Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1900)
THE' SjCTNDAY OEEGONIANl PORTLAND, OCTOBER 7 1900. CEREALS TO BE TESTED fcEVJCRAL HUNDRED VARIETIES FOR O. B. &, IP. EXPERIMENT STATION. Jtadnstrial Agent Jndsoa Receive Seeds Prom. All Over tho World Results: of His "WorJc R. C Judson, Industrial agent of the O. R. & N., received yesterday several hundred new varieties of cereals and grasses that will be tested on the O. R. & N. experimental station near Walla Walla. Most of these have been sent by the United States Department of Agri culture, but many have been received dl rect from other experimental stations, 'and some from John Goodnow, Consul "General to China. From Germany France, Italy, Russia, Australia," Argen tine Republic, .Algeria, Japan, Egypt and China the grains come, and are adapt ed to'any climate, but have been selected chiefly -with a velw to trial in Eastern 'Oregon and Washington, where a hardy ldrought-reslstlng- grain is needed. The chief object of the O. R. & N. ex perimental station," said Colonel Judson yesterday, "since it was started two years tago by the company, is to test the growth of grains and grasses to determine, ; if jiosslble, "what grains will grow to ad Vantage and ripen before the .dry winds, commence in the month of June, which chall also have a stiff straw, tanalng (after being ripened, and not shattering. This is the kind of grain needed In this ireglon. Another object was to see wheth er we could find a better variety than the little club, bluestem and Turkish Tra Irieties of wheat, which have so far proved 'the best. "So far Tre have tested a large number of varieties, but none have proved so 'valuable. The traffic department of the 'O. R. & N., under which the experimental 'station is conducted, has requested me to continue the work this year, and some 170 new varieties will be tested. Thirty one varieties of Winter wheat will be sent to the farm Monday, as well as Win ter barley and Winter rye. The wheats come from every country on the globe, and will be thoroughly tested. Other vari eties will be-put in as fast as they arrive. The United States Department of Agricul ture is sending us samples of all tho dif ferent seeds they receive, and it is our intention this year to put In some 300' varieties of grain, besides forage plants. "'One can readily see the importance of . this station, as its location is in Eastern Oregon, in the great grain-raising section of the United States, where the condi tions are favorable to the raising of all kinds of cereals, and where a test can be made as to drought and hot, dry winds that often do so much damage. There are -41 experimental stations in the United States conducing similar work. All the camples tested in these combined stations are here tested in one under the same conditions, and whether the grain is good, bad or indifferent, the result is known. Right on this one farm were raised the 71 varieties of grain that won the prize at the Paris exposition. Many of the different varieties I will pollenlze with each other and experi ment as to the result. Some very inter esting results are obtained in this way. and I have hybridized Winter barley, the result of the pollenizatlon of the best Winter 'barley with a Russian variety that would yield in the same proportions 175 bushels to the acre. Of course, this is not possible, but it would be a great thing to develop a variety that would yield even 100. I know of a hybridized club wheat that was introduced on land formerly yielding 22 bushels to the acre that now brings in 47. Some of the sam ples of Argentine Republic wheat I will pollenlze with Sonora, Turkish and blue-' stem wheat, and hope to get an excellent variety." "Do you find that the farmers appreciate end profit by the -work at the station?" was asked Colonel Judson. "I can't say that they do. The station Is open for visit and inspection, and we are llberar in giving seeds and samples with which to experiment We have had good results in lntroducinc- eoori vnriati.. .of grasses, especially with dairymen, but as to wheat, farmers are confident that they have little to learn, and go on rais ing the same variety year after year from the same seed. At Blalocks we have introduced alfalfa with a yield 4 feet 3 inches high and a yield to the acre of 4 tons. This was on unlrrigated land, 51 feet above water. However, at Baker City and Pendleton the Chambers of Commerce have been Interested, and they will conduct seed beds and test our grains Another thing we are working on Is &f J?" corthat WW e adaptable to this region. We are going to experiment with corn from Cairo, Egypt; Kansas Texas, South Carolina andVIrglnK Another work we will carry on will ?. prove by actual demonstrations tnat grass can be made to grow on the ranges without irrigation that will be drought-resisting. To do this we will re grass the ranges tributary to the railroad. 25, 7 6lffht J, all along our SSL Wav where we wlu Eh0 what grasses can be grown, and that the same grasses will thrive on the ranees a? oioKes we are raisin alfalfa h w., ftr .ere ve srow these grasses Knnn,,n0 lrtlon' d no more rain than 10 31 Inches yearly. Yet they actu ally grow and flourish." EASTERN MULTNOMAH, SHos Create a New Industry G. A. R. Campgrround. h5 ?" - 6 A new industry has been developed in this section as the result of the building of fIIos. It is the' cutting of green corn fodder to fill them "with, which is being done by a fully equipped steam outfit that travels from place to place and cuts about 40 tons of ensilage daily. There are now six silos In ihls neighborhood, and more will be put up. The cutting industry will be as im portant nere a threshing in a year or two, as about the same number of hanaa are employed in one as in the other. The corn is hauled direct from the fields to the silos, the work requiring five teams and 10 men, all told. Netv Campgrround. M. A. Ross Post G- A. R., at Pleasant Home, will have a business meeting next Saturday, at which time a proposition to locate a new campground will be dis cussed. The Lake place, near Powell Valley, has been offered the post free of rent and all cost of improving it and moving the pavilion and other buildings "nlll be defrayed by the owner without cost The new location is about four miles nearer Portland than the old one, ana more desirable in many respects. It is highly probable the offer will be ac cepted and that next year's reunion will be held on the new grounds. Field Hands Scarce. f McKlnley prosperity "has developed here to such an extent that fields hands are very scarce. Potato digging is slow in consequence, and wages are up to the top notch. The prevailing rate is a 75 per day or 4 cents per bushel, and at the latter figure a good strong man can earn about $2 per day. Quite a few Chinamen and Japs are now In this section and all find -work because of the scarcity of white labor. Brief Notes. Rev. F. H. Frulht is about to com mence the erection of a new barn at his place on the Base Line, to cost about JSOO. It will be 40x60 feet and be ar ranged for stock and feed -when finished. Captain Brown's potato-digger Is a nov elty here and can easily keep 12 men 1 busy picking up. It is the first machine of the kind to be used In this section. O. T. Turner, for the past year foreman of the Melville farm, has decided to locate on a homestead near Grass Valley, in Phermaa County, and will leave on Tues- day for his new home. His place on Melville farm will be taken by E. C. Gordman. "Mrs. John Overton has returned to Hon olulu, after a pleasant .visit with her parents at Terry for over two monthsi Road-Supervisor T. Ii. Evans has-gone to California, on receipt of a message conveying the information of the serious illness of. a sister in that state." . J. W..Stanley is putting up a residence on Stanley avenue, to cost $500 when completed. , The people of Gresham are highly pleased over the return of Jtev. M. L. Hardingham as pastor of the Methodist Church for another year. He is very popular -with all classes. G. W. Wyer, of Gresham, was bound over to the grand jury last 'week for.as- saultlng a man named Clanahan with a shovel. The difficulty arose over the clearing of a" piece of -land vf or the latter by Mr, Wyer. Justice Harlow was the committing magistrate. Joseph BramhalL has bought the for mer site of Conft Tirna mill at. Troutdale and will use it as a yard for" ties and cordwood, which he will float down the Bandy River. The endless chain elevator will probably be moved there, so as to re lieve the congestion of ties on the present yaras in tne streets of -Troutaaie. I - PORTLAND WOMAN'S CLUB. First Meeting of tke Year to Be Held , Friday. What promises to be a most prosperous year in the life "of the ..Woman's; Club will open with the first meeting, in their old clubrooms, in the Hlrach-Selling'bulid-ing. Friday, October 12, at 2 P. M. At present the clubhas an enrollment of' nearly 200 members, with a comple ment of officers whose standing and abil ity, bespeak for the year a well-conducted and f business-like administration, -while the personnel of the standing committees' and the leaders of departments guarantee Its perfect and harmonious workins: throughout. The year-took just Issued Is artistically bound in green and white (the club col ors), and contains, besides the -very at tractive programme for the entire year, much general Information regarding the club and its departments, and, what is quite an innovation, the revised constitu tion and by-laws. The entire work re flects much credit upon the calendar com mittee, which prepared it. The1 meeting Friday is "officers' day," and will be almost wholly of a social na ture, with , the exception of the presi dent's annual address At her request, also, the leaders of departments will give a five-minute report and outline of their work for the coming year, for the benefit of new members -who. may wish to Join the departments. The music will be a special feature of the entertainment. As the first object of the club is to "fos ter friendly relations," a large attendance on "officers' day" Is looked forward to,' and the hope expressed that this oppor tunity, which has been so happily placed on the opening day, may engender such a spirit of loyal good-fellowship between officers and members that a determina tion to be jnutually helpful will pervade the entire year. Following is the musical programme for Friday afternoon, .October 12: Piano solo "Witches' Dance" " - ... E. A. McDowell Mrs. W. A. Knight". ' Vocal solo "Sunshine and Rain".,.... Blumenihal Mrs. Fletcher Linn. ' WHEAT IN THE PALOUSE: " ' Average Yield Is 25 Bushels Acre. R. D. Wlls, an agricultural Implement dealer of Pomeroy, was In the city yes terday, on his way to California for a visit He considered the average yield - of wheat in the Palouse country this -year to be 25 bushels, per acre, and the quality of the grain has never been excelled. The wheat Is plump, hard and heavy, Its weight ranging from 58 to 62 pounds per bushel. "Much wheat Is being shipped to Port land, but there seems to be a scarcity of cars and so our farmers are not selling as rapidly as they would If transportation facilities were better. The price now paid for wheat in Pomeroy Is 43 to 45 cents, the cost of shipping to Portland belng-12"4 cents per bushel. The distance is a little over 300 miles. "Considerable Sonora wheat Is being shipped to St Paul, where It Is made into breakfast foods. The cost per bushel' for freight to St Paul is about 30 cents, so the wheat is valued at 75 cent3 a bushel In the Minnesota capital." DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Real Estate Transfers. A. B. Manley and wife to Mary Carr, lot 4, block 156, Portland, October 6.. $2000 C. A. Francis and wife to Ida S. Mul ligan, lot 14, Belmont Place, Sep tember 20 200 Anna R. Thompson to Caroline Buck, lot 6, block 142, October 5 2100 guaranty savings & Joan Associa tion to Anna Ij. Christopher, lot IE, block 2. Center Addition. September 26 -223 James Taggart to Meta M. Van Houter, lots S and 3, block 4, Uncoln Park Addition. October 4 1000 Central Trust Investment Co. et aL to Dora Corbln. lot 1 and north 23 feet lot 2. block 10, Central Addition, October 5 160 CL P. Halght to D. Van Zante, lots 1 and 2. block 34, Central Albino, October 6 r. 140 Harriet Bolles to George Hahn, lot 2, block 8, Lincoln Park, October 6.... 100 Marriage Licenses. E. F. Catching, aged 27, and Dora Per due, aged IS. J. Li. Wells, aged 30, and Olivia L.. Mann, aged 22. Charles W. Smith, aged 40, and Jo sephine W. Mergens, aged 23. Ray Congdon, aged 24, and Laura E. Hotchins, aged 19. Layfayette Stalmaker, aged" 39, Clarke County, Washington, and Lizzie McCau ley, aged 22. Dan Klttleson, aged 27, and C. D. Isaacs, aged 28. Harry Colvlg, aged 24, and Martha W. Moore, aged 23. B. J. Schlegel, aged 24, and Nellie B. Zlegler, aged 2L Contagious Diseases. L. P. Merrlam, 715 East Stark street; typhoid fever. t Mr. Rountsch, 300 Benton street; scarlet fever. Lurens Rodgers, .North Alblna; scar letina. Mrs. Hogan, St Vincent's Hospital; ty. phold fever. Births. September 25, girl, to' the wife of L. R. Pullen. September 11, boy, to the wife of Ed ward J. Clayson. September 29, boy, to the wife of W. W. Mcintosh. Deaths. October 2, Henry E. Battln, 53 years of age; hypertrophy of the spleen. SUNDAY TRIPS TO BONNEVILLE The Sunday trips to BonnevlUe still con tinue popular, many people taking ad vantage of the low rate and splendid train service to spend Sunday under the pines and along the banks of the Columbia. The train leaves Union depot Sunday morning at 9 o'clock; returning train reaches Port land at 4:30 P. M. Fare is only 50 cents for the round trip. Customary Attitude. Washington Post Mr. Terkes will not be happy until he has the Londoners hanging onto the straps of his trams. jnut "Ester" orean Wllev B. Allen Co. I TO PLAY GOOD FOOTBALL MULTNOMAH fHAS ORGANIZED , STRONG TEAM. Old Cracks as Well as New Men im the Ranks Practicing Every t 'Day. The football season Is here. Quietly during the last week the gridiron veter ans -have been actively training to ac custom themselves to hard knocks, and then to burst suddenly Into the public view like the blooming of the chrysanthe mum, whose floral similitude to the shag gy heads of the players has Inseparably associated it with the popular game. Next Saturday the season will be opened on Multnomah field by an exhibltlongame, open to the publlcfree, between the first and second teams of playersT During the early stages of training'" tho men will be jdlvided into two teams, .and contests played between them that will be well worth"seeIng, for' the Intense rivalry for places on the club eleven willmake these practice matches sharp and Interesting. Captain Martin Pratt, of the, Multnomah "MY! HOW. YOU HAVE. IMPROVED IN THE 'LAST FOUR YEARS!" , Club, has had his- team candidates out every evening, numbering from 20 to 26 men. Punting, running with the ball, catching the ball after' itsf soaring flight through -the air, diving headlong after it when dropped, have been the exercises that the men have gone through. These are the rudiments. Even the experienced player must go through them every year until1' handling the ball becomes second nature to him, automatic In performance. Multnomah will have a strong team if the present enthusiastic spirit continues. Xastr year's team Is 'almost intact,, and there are good men ava!labler.for every" position. ' Stiles and t Montague, ends; Pratt and Rusk, tackles; Rasch' and Mc KJnnon, guards, are the players of last year's star Hue that will be following tha pigskin in its rambles this season. The center position Is open, as1 Dr. Watson has decided not to compete. Back of the line there are Kerrigan,, quarter back; McMillan and Meyers, half backs, last year's veterans. The fullback position is to be filled. Cap tainCharles McDonell and Ed Davey, the two fullbacks, are out of the game, and this position will likely be filled by 'Dr. Millard .Holbrook, an experienced player and formerly a member of the Multnomah team. Besides these men, Hamilton, end of the old Portland University team; Saunders.the Chemawa player; Sam Hol brook, end; Dunbar, halfback; Holman, center; Nottage, end; are candidates for their respective positions. For the second team, Tim and Ted Wood, Doble, Keller, York, 'Price, Har klns, Stout, Glbbs, Ford, Kirkley, Holmes, Bennett, are candidates, but the team1 Is not yet organized by positions. After next Saturday's practice game, a match will be arranged -with one of the Valley colleges for Saturday, October 27. On November 3, the team's old rival, the State University eleven, will be plsyred in Portland, and again on Thanksgiving. November 29. Between, these two games a match will be taken on with some outside team. Early In December a trip will be taken to Spokane to meet the Spokane Athletic Club, and impossible the season' will be closed by a series of, holiday games with one of.the California colleges, probably Stanford. QUERIES FOR-MR. WOOD. Was It, or Was It "Sot, Imperialism Our Fathers Proposed. SALEM, Oct 5. (To "the Editor.) Mr. C. E." 6. Wood Is one of the distinguished' gentlemen who attempted to answer the arguments presented by President Mc Klnley in his 'letter of acceptance. Mr. Wood is one of those Democrats who, it Is .generally supposed, 'voted for McKln ley In 1896. but who is this year support ing Bryan through his fear of "Imperial ism." The campaign is now so far pro gressed that the intentions of Mr. Bryan are pretty well understood, for the rea son that he has said a great many things. "Mr. 'Wood appears to be Mr. Bryan's chief defender and supporter in Oregon, and since there are no Bryan speakers, on the stump In the state there are some-ap parent inconsistencies in his position which a great many people In Oregon would delight to have explained, say by Mr. Wood. If the payment of Government obliga tions In silver four years ago would have brought us to the silver standard, why would not the same thing have the same effect now And why would not the sil ver standard work the same disastrous re sults to business of all kinds as it would have "done then? And since Mr. Bryan says that, If elected, he will not endure the gold standard "any longer than he can get rid of it," and since everybody knows that as long as the Republicans are In power that standard will be main tained, where is the Gold Democrat going to "get" off" who believes, as he sald he did four years ago. that the silver stand ard would simply paralyze business and place us. on a level with China in the matter of finances? If the Gold Democrat believes, as some of them have said, that the question "whether it shall be Republic or Empire" overshadows everything else,, why is there any more danger from ' "empire" now by the payment of $20,000,000 for the Philippines, "which is noncontiguous ter ritory, " than there was when Jefferson wrote to Madison in 1807, while he was yet President, about some other noncon tiguous country, ,as follows: "I had rather have war with Soaln than not if we are to go to war with England. Our Southern defenses can take of the Florldas, volunteers will flock to our standard from the Mexican Army, and rich pabulum will bo offered to our pri vateers In the plunder of their commerce and coasts. PrbbalJly Cuba would add itself to4our confederation." How Is that' for 'militarism" and "Im perialism" from Mr. Wood's standpoint Mr. Jefferson had no1 particular grievance agalnst-Spaln, but since war was im minent with England" he "would rather have war with Spain than not," for no other reason given than that it would offer "rich pabulum" for our privateers "in their plunder of th6lr commerce and coasts." Incidentally, the acquisition of Cuba -to "our confederation" is hoped for. In hls'speeches to the Germans of Wis consin, Mr. Bryan, said, in substance, "Be ware -of the impending, establishment of militarism in this country. Who can measure the value of life of one of his sons as weighed against the acquisition of foreign territory?" But 1 since it requires the sacrifice of lives to take "rich- pabulum" from the high seas with? privateers, what Is Mr. Wood's rea opinion of' Jefferson for ut tering , the statement that he would rather go to war than not for no other object than that which he gave? . In 1809 Jefferson wrote to Madison, who was then President: "That Napoleon would give us the Flor ldas to withhold Intercourse with the res idue of, these colonics cannot be doubted, but that Is no price, or they are ours at the first moment of the first war; but, although with' difficulty, he will consent i ' S . ' - t Chicago Record. tq our receiving Cuba into the Union, to prevent' ouraid tO-Mexlco and the other provinces. That will be a price, and I would Immediately erect a column on the southernmost limit of Cuba and in scribe on It' pur ne plus ultra as to us In that direction; ' We should then only have to include the North in our . Con federacy, which Would 'be, of course, In the first war, and we" should have such, an empire' for liberty as she has never surveyed since the creation,' and I am per suaded that no Constitution was ever so well calculated ' as - ours for extensive empire and self-government." Mr.Bryan says' "we" cannot buy' peo ple," "but wha"t' does Mr. Wood thlnkr of this bold and 'bald proposition of the author i of the Declaration of Indepen dence to "acquire" the people of Cuba, not by purehase, to be sure, but by the more Imperialistic manner of conquest, and not by the consent of the Cubans, but, as he plainly says, by the 'consent of Napoleon, the most heedless and un feeling imperialist the world has ever seen? On June 20, 1823, President Monroe wrote that he was In favor 'of "Incorporating Cuba into our Union." and said that he regarded its acquisition of the highest Im portance to our Internal panqulllity as to our prosperity and aggrandizement". Just now the opposition brothers are feeling themselves outraged because some one reported Senator Beverldge as favor-' ing the acquisition of the Philippines be cause they would add to our material wealth. No doubt Mr. Wood feels him self in ivl degree .bound to blush because a Senator would so express himself, but what Is his real opinion of Mr. Monroe, who was one of "the fathers" and yet was in favor of "incorporating" non contiguous territory into the Union for purposes of "aggrandizement"? In 1854 James Buchanan, Pierre Soule and Mason, of Virginia, made a report to President Pierce, at his request, on the Cuban question, and after recommending w payment to Spain of the sum Qf ?100- 000,000 and 30,0CK,000.more rather than to have the- effort fall, said: "After we have offered Spain a price for Cuba far beyond Its present value, and this shall have been refused, It will then be time to consider the question, Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seri ously Injure our internal peace, and the existence of our cherished Union? Should' this question be answered in the affirma tive, the3 by every law, human and dl vlno, we shall be justified In wresting it from Spain, if we have the power to do so." What does Mr. Wood think of these ex pressions, made long before there was any Imperial party In this country, as tending to "criminal aggression" and "im-, perlalism"? v ' On page 69 of the Oregon code will be found an act of Congress, passed first on May. 26, 1796, and amended on March 27, 1804, which was signed by both Washing ton and Jefferson, while they, were Presi dents, and which reads as follows: "The acts of the Legislature of any state or territory," or of any country sub ject to the jurisdiction of the United States, shall "be authenticated by having the seals of state, 'territory or country af fixed " " Mr. Wood is a good lawyer, and It would be very instructive to have his opinion of the ,klnd of "country" here mentioned by the fathers, which should be neither state nor territory, but simply a country that was to be "subject to the jurisdic tion of the United States." If provision was no't here made for just such a coun try as the Philippines, what does Mr. Wood think the fathers had in mind 7 ) If. a country Is neither a state nor territory, and Is still "subject to the ju risdiction of the United States," how far would Its peoplo miss being subjects of the United States. In Mr. Wood's opinion? If we were to have" such a country, does it not seem that provision had been made for the flag to go soma place without the Constitution necessarily following? Doesn't it seem so to Mr. Wood? ,And what about the "consent of the governed" In all these propositions of the fathers in their efforts to not only "buy people" but to simply "wrest them" if "we have the power"? In short, don't Mr. Wood and Mr. Cox know that the free-silver people have them scared at a ridiculously transparent "bogey man"? ANTI-IMPERIAJLIST, Duluth's Compliments. Duluth News-Tribune. Though DUluth people can't help to elect Mr.Bryan President they canv rejoice that toe has prospered with therest of us, an,d is sure of four year3 more of good Mc Klnley times. . . ! MiLCH COWS COME-HIGH STOCKING DAIRY FARMS' j PENSIVE. ' IS EX- Well-Known Dairyzaan Says It Pays to Buy Only the Best Aal- sials. A. A. Bonney, of Tygh 'Valley, who is considered the most extensive daryman' in Eastern Oregon, was in Portland yes terday. He has abbut 60 cows 'at present, and the butter from these Is sold at 55 oents a roll, right at home, the price be ing governed by the Portland quotations. He irrigates 50 acres of alfalfa, and es-. tlmates that the crop averages seven tons to the acre. He cuts hay three times during tho year, obtaining two tons at each cutting, and he figures another ton as pasturage In the Fall and Winter. Mr. Bonney sees a tendency on the part of the farmers of the Northwest to drift into the dairy business, but thinks It no easy matter to obtain a good paying herd of dairy cows. "A cow that will produce but half a pound of butter per day," ha said, "is not worth her keep, and should be disposed of. One that produces a. pound per diem will make expenses; the one producing 1 pounds will make soms thlng'for her owner,' while 'the two-pound-a-day cow'Ib a money-maker. "It costs no more to feed the " two pound cow than .the the half-pound ani mal, but the difference in profit is vast, so It pays to be careful In the selection of "stock when going into the dairy busi ness. ' "The best dairy cow is .the well-selected Jersey or Guernsey, though some Jerseys are not worth anything for milking "pur poses, as therbutter fat supply may be meager and the animal difficult to milk. The Jersey, crossed wlth'thenatlve Short horn sometimes makes a very good cow, both as to quantity of' milk and the amount of butter fat. "G004 milch cows are scarce and" high now.as the supply Is short and the de mand great "on account of the desire to get Into the dairy business. It will there fore take 10 years for 'the farmers of Oregon and Washington obtain a good supply of dairy cattle and judgment in the selection of stock must be used In tha meantfme. "A good milch cow at present Is worth $40, while the cow and .calf would bo worth ?50. Farmers who contemplate go ing Into the dairy business must there fore pay well for what stock they buy, while thoroughbreds for breeding pur poses will be worth ?200 and over. Good stock is the only stock to buy, however, and the price will not cut so much figure In the long run." Mr. Bonney noticed in the dally quota tions that "creamery" butter is worth 65 cents a roll, while "dairy" butter Is duoted at 35. He thinks this discrepancy In price 13 due altogether to the manu facture of the butter, as the butter fats in each case are exactly the same. "Some dairymen,'; he said, "use caro and clean liness in churning ana packing, whll& others throw the butter together any old way. and in packing for city sale, use soap boxes or anything else that comes handy. Why men will go on making but ter in a slipshod fashion and losing 20 cents a roll, year after year, is beyond my comprehension. They virtually throw away all the profit there Is In butter making by refusing to learn the modern methods of separating the cream, churn ing the butter and nacklntr neatlv fnr shipment." Mr. Bonney uses the cream separator which enables the day's milk ing to be churned while yet sweet A barrel churn, run by water power, makes the dairy work easy, and, as he obtains top prices for the butter right at his door in TyghValley, he has no com plaint to make as regards profits. He uses skimmed milk for feeding calves and hogs, and values this at 15 cents per 100 pounds for this purpose. He considers Western Oregon particularly adapted to dairying, as grass gr.ows nearly the year around, while the locality Is rich in all that milch cows -need 'In the way of fodder. No irrigation Is necessary to pro duce alfalfa, while the temperature Is mild and equable at' all times of the year. The farmers, however, have a big job ahead of them, for several years to come, In stocking their fields with the right kind of cattle. PERSONAL MENTION, Governor Geer registered at the Imperial yesterday. W. G. Robb. an Astoria contractor, and ylte, are at the Imperial. M. H. Whlttaker, a stockman of Lake view, is registered at the St. Charles. Samuel Motherhead, a merchant of Burns, is registered at the Imperial. F. M. Fayles, a dairyman of Fayles' Landing, Wash., is at the St. Charles. M. J. Maloney, a Democratic politician of Spokane, is registered at the Imperial. E. Hofer, a Salem newspaper man, is at the Perkins, accompanied by his wife." M. Wax, a business man of Grange vllle, Idaho, is registered at the Port land. H. L. Colvln, an extensive logger of Marshland, Is - registered at the St Charles. E. N. Carter, superintendent of the Clackamas fish hatchery. Is registered at tho Imperial. R. Smith, a prominent Eastern- Oregon lumberman Is registered at the Portland from Perry, Union County. Emll Waldman, a San Francisco mer chant, Is at the Perkins, while making NO STUDENTS EMPLOYED The NEW YORK DENTAIi PARLORS are conveniently and elaborately arranged with PRIVATE OPERATING ROOMS for each patient, with all modern appliances, and. being the only DENTAL PARLORS In Portland which re ceive all dental supplies direct from' the MANUFACTURERS, which fact enables us to carry a SUPERIOR QUALITY, and give our patronB a MODERATE PRICE on all work done b us. In our GOLD CROWNS and BRIDGE WORK, of which wo are making a SPECIALTY, the most BEAUTIFUL. PAINLESS and DURABLE of all dental work known to the profession, you will .find an example of the HIGHEST ARTISTIC ATTAINMENT, the adaptability of. which to the HYGIENIC conditions of the mouth is unquestioned. If you are troubled with nervousness or heart trouble, be sure and call upon us. You will have no fainting spells, no bad after effects.- y W jtit fc vT isi rvI'v'AvrMii's'Bnrvri. i we uuaraniee a rii or no rav. frBr BPMBHfcA tiBfcittjMralffiPts Nowhere tn earth is the subject of dentistry so thoroughly understood and so much care experienced as by the directors of these magnificently appointed parlors. , Teeth extracted and filled absolutely without pain by our late scientific method. No sleep-producing agents or cocaine. These are the only dental parlors In Portland that have the patent appliances and ingredients to extract, fill and apply gohl crowns and porcelain crowns, undetectable from natural teeth and warranted for ten years, without the least particle of pain. Gold crowns and teeth without plates, gold fillings and all other dental work done painlessly and by socialists. Our prices are the lowest consistent with flrst-class work. We do not try to compete with CHEAP dental work. We are making a specialty of gold crown and bridge work. Our name alone will be a guarantee that your work will be of the best. .We have a specialist In .each department. Best operators, best gold workmen and extractors of teeth: in fact, all the staff are Inventors of modern dentistry. "We will tell you in advance exactly what your work will cost by a free examination. Give us a call, and you will find we do exactly as we advertise. ' A-PROTECTIVE GUARANTEE given with all work for ten years. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PA!N. Set of Teeth fiftM Fun : Silver Filling Ladles Always fa Attendance. Hoars: 8 to 8; Sundays, 10 t 4. NEW YORK DENTAL PARLORS F0URTH V&gEg STS arrangements to start a branch house in Portland. F."X, Dunbar, Secretary of State, and O. S. Moore, State Treasurer, registered at the Imperial yesterday. Phil 'Metschan. of the Imperial Hotel, left yesterday for Honolulu, accompanied by his wife, to be gone a. month. C W. Knowles, the manager of the hotel, will remain at the helm to greet patrons of the Imperiarin Mr. Metschan's absence. THE BOOSTER CLUB. Its President Gives His Reasons for . Forming; It. Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. The Booster Club, iof Chicago, Is a club for the promotion of helpfulness. Its motto Is expressed with breezy Western forcefulness: "If you can't say anything good of a man, keep still.' The object of the club Is expressed as follows: 'The discouragement of unkind criti cism and the encouragement and boosting of everything that Is publfc-splrlted or praiseworthy." Each member wears a Booster button, and this token, wherever seen. Is intended as a warning; that harsh criticism, gossip and evil speaking are offensive to its wearer. Most of thoso who display this little badge of helpfulness are substantial young business men, for it is this class which furnishes the greater portion of the many recruits who are joining the move ment It has already begun to spread be yond Chicago. The president of the club Is John A. Heusner. He was also its founder, and his most active helper is Al-J. Olson. In a conversation between the two men they talked of their strug gle's in getting a foothold In the business world. "My bitterest disappointments," Bald Mr. HeuBner, "have come through people on whom, from friendship or relationship, I thought I had the most right lo depend f or s encouragement. If not for aid." The discussion of this statement resulted in the organization of the club. "My experiences have caused me," said President Heusner, a few days ago, "to classify men under three heads Boosters, Knockers and Rangers. These are not very elegant terms, perhaps, but most men of the world will understand them, and I can illustrate by my own experi ence: "Father died when I was a barefooted youngster. My two older brothers were accepted by the people of our little New York town as promising lads, but there was a certain element, which 'ranged' T the community, that gave out the impression that my mother would es cape easily if I failed to land In Jail or In some way bring disgrace upon her head. Meantime-1 was working like a beaver and earning ?6 a week. All but 75 cents of this amount was always and will ingly turned over to mother. Finally the whisperings of the 'rangers'' became so rasping to me that I determined to quit the old home town, make a good, big stake and thdn return In triumph to put their suspicions to confusion and hear them forced for once to speak fairly of me. "Borrowing J20 from my elder brother, I started for the West. I found employ ment with a railway, and, best of all, met a number of big-hearted, generous men of the world, who took delight In giving a boy a 0)0031. As a result in just six months I was on my way back home for a- triumphal visit I had in my pocketJ600. which I had earned and saved, an annual pass over the road which em ployed me. and also passes over several other lines. "When the 'rangers' heard I had re turned, they dropped In at mother's to catechise me. I had resolved to do the generous thing and forgive them after I had seen their contrition. I made my modest boast as to what I had accom plished. One old 'ranger' casually hinted that if I had the documents with me they'd be more convincing than anything else. This was the opportunity I had been waiting for, and I put into his hands the1 ?600 in currency and the railway passes. Then came my turn to be sur--prlsea, and to learn the total depravity of the constitutional 'ranger! That old fellow went away shaking his head, as much as to say that he wondered by what doubtful hook or crook I'd been able to get so much money together. , "It was- the recollection of this and other experiences In my own life and similar experiences In the lives of oth ers that caused the organization of the helpful 'Boosters.' ' DRIVING CAPITAL AWAY. One Very Practical Effect ot Anti Trnst Laws. Chicago Tribune. The Democraltc National platform pledges the party to "an Increasing war fare in Nation, State and city against private " monopoly' In every form." The Democrats are In power In 21 states. "What have they done In those states to mo lest "private monopoly?" It Is well known what they and their Populist associates have done in Nebraska and what they did in Kansas when In power In that state. They made war on capital and drove It away. They attacked business enterprise as If It were a public enemy. But what "trust" did they break up? "What "private monopoly" has been up rooted by the legislation of any Demo cratlc or Popullstic state? Texas has a rigid anti-trust law. The Democratic state administration tried to enforce It. It revoked the license under which a company, acting for the Stand ard Oil Company, distributed petroleum throughout the state. The local courts run oeif -- - m I CdLIIf r m I, isl nave .your teeth out In the morning and go home with new ones the same day. $5.00 . si on ' - " r. 50c Cures Goitre Remarkable Discovery That Cures This Dangerous and Dlsfijcuring Disease "Without -Pain, Opera tion or Inconvenience. TRIAL PACKAGE SENT FREE Dr. John P. Hals, a well-known Cincinnati pnyalclsn, has had marvelous success with a remedy that cures Goitre or Thick Neck. And owing to tho tact that moat sufferers believa Mrs. Milan Brown, -who was entirely cured ot Goitre after suffering: for 22 years. Goltra Is Incurable. Dr. Halar sends a free trial package of his discovery, bo that patients may try and know positively that Goitre can be cured at home without pain, danger, operation or any Inconvenience. Send your name and address to Dr. John P. Hals. 20S Glenn Build ing. Cincinnati. Ohio, and ha will forward the treatment postage prepaid. Do not fall to get this wonderful remedy. In Bombay, India, 60,000 patients In that Infected district wore cured with this same remedy, and wherever used Us success has been marvelous. "Write at once, send name and address today, and Dr. Haig will be glad to send you a trial package of the remedy free. Do not delay sustained that revocation. Tho Supreme Court of the United States sustained the state court3. There was rejoicing at tho victory fwhlch had been won over a "trust." At once application was made to the Texas authorities for a charter for a new company to be controlled by tho same people who controlled the concern which was denied the right to do busi ness. The charter has been granted be cause the laws do not warrant Its refusal. Congressman Bailey, that great Texaj Democrat. Is the counsel for tha new or ganization and defends the state authori ties against attacks made on them for allowing it to do business. In this case antr-"trust" legislation haa been ineffective. In other states it haa been more effective and mischievous. Be cause of Illinois antl-"trust" laws and the judicial enforcement of them the Steel and "Wire Company has removed Its gen eral headquarters from this cityto New York. Records and employes departed in a spectacular fashion la a special train. The city has lost some residents and a landlord has lost some tenants. Neither the city nor the state has gained anything. Before long the Diamond Match Company will remove Its general offices to New York. There will be'ono "trust" the less in Illinois, but the power of that "trust" will remain unchanged. At the close of this month the geueral offices of tho Associated Pres3 will be re moved to New York. Before the year has expired that association will be re organized under a New York charter, abandoning Its Illinois charter because of the rigid "anti-monopoly" view3 of the Supreme Court of Illinois. It is lmnos&I bla to see what Chicago will gain by j that decision which haa caused tha Associated Press to decide to go East- It is easy to see what the city will toso. It will lose that prestige which It has enjoyed for some years as the central point for the collection ot pews in the Western world. New York will regain an advantage which it long enjoyed, but which tho energy and enterprise of Chicago men took away from it. Hereafter Chicago will be mere ly a subsidiary news-collecting point a way-station. From a business point of view the loss of general offices Is not so serious a mat ter for a city as the loss of factories. But if a number of large corporations move their headquarters from Chicago because of the effectiveness of the antl "trust" laws of this state, it will not be necessary to rush the construction of new office buildings here. The owners of those whose corporation tenants have left or are about to leave will be able to meet new demands for room3 for some time to come. If all that can be done against "private monopolies" under Illinois laws Is to drive their general omce3 out of this state into some other state, where they will be made at home, what good end ha3 been accomplished by those laws? "He "Was My All." CFrom Mrs. Conger's story of the German Mln- lster's murder in s letter to a friend ) Baron von Ketteler was shot through the head. "Word wa3 sent at once to tho Tsung 11 Yamun and they enly fffflnd tho two chairs, badly crushed. The inter preter saw the Minister snot and saw him fall. It fell upon me to bear the word to his swe$t young American wife. They had been married three years. She said: "I have lost an, and ha a strange land. He was my husband, my mother, my brother, my children, my all, and he Is swept from me." I helped her pack some things and we went together to the British Legation. W rW $0 PLATES REDiiw "llh no