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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1908)
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, FORTLA"D, APRIL 26, 1908. F, rr Of! GAR-WHEELS Read how one of last week's buyers came to be interestedfin 0. R. & N. Will Run Two Farm ing Demonstration Trains in the Inland Empire. 10 rHMFRS SMI WAVEEEM $450.00 FOR A CHOICE BUILDING LOT $25.00 DOWN AND $10.00 PER MONTH EXPERTS TO MAKE TALKS Washington Agricultural (ollCRe Will C'o-operatet hy Sending Lec turers Similar Trains In Wil lamette Valley Later On. Two spoeial farming dfmonstration trains will be operated over the Oregon and WashinKton lines of the O. R. & X during the eomlng month. The first train will rover the Walla Walla and Touchet valleys and the other will visit the wheat growing belt of Wasco, Morrow, Sherman and nearby counties. The trains are being run under the direction of R. B. Miller, general freight agent for the J. R. & N.. and the train into Washington will have the co-operation of the Wash ington Agricultural College tt Pullman, nuile that run in this state will have the assistance of the Oregon Agrlcu.tural College at Corvallis. The first of the two trains will be started Monday, May 4, and will be out three days. It will cover the Fataha, Touchet and Walla Walla valleys and the dates that the different stations will be visited are as follows: Monday, May 4 Starburk. Pomeroy, Chard. May 5 Turner. Dayton. Huntsville, Waitsbur?. Presoott and Walla Walla. May 6 Wal lula and Touchet. This train is the second in a scries to be sent out by General Freight Agent Miller. Its purpose is to assist in im proving agricultural conditions through out the territory and lectures will bo given to farmers by agricultural experts from the Washington state Institution. Subjects that will be taken up on this trip will be Summer fallow, conserva tion of moisture, animal husbandry, horti culture and dairying. Those who will ac company the train are K. E. Elliott, pro fessor of agriculture; George Severance, agronomist: R. W. Thatcher, director ex periment, station: G. W. Lawrence, wheat specialist, and W. S. Thornber, professor of horticulture, all from the Washington Agricultural College: R. B. Miller, gen eral freight agent for the O. R. & N.. and Byron Hunter, assistant agricultur ist, farm management investigations, bureau of plant industry. Itinerary of Oregon Trains. The Oregon train will be run through Sherman, Gilliam. Morrow and Umatilla counties, on May 11, 12, 13 and 14. Among the subjects to be discussed by the Ore gon Agricultural professors -who will ac company the train, are livestock, fruit growing, chemistry of the soil, rotation of crops, conservation of moisture, gen eral cultural methods. Stops will be mads at the following stations: May 11 Kent, Grass Valley. Moro, Wasco and Condon. May 12 Clem, lone, Lexington and Hepp Tier. May 13 Irrlgon, Hermiston, Echo, Pilot Rock and Pendleton. May 14 Mil ton. Weston, Athena, Adams and Pendle ton. The following professors from the Oregon Agricultural College will accom pany the train: James Withycombe, direc tor experiment station: C. I. Lewis; horti culturist; C. B. Bradley, chemist, and H. I. Scudder, agronomist. R. B. Miller will be on the train, as well as Byron Hunter. Secretary Wilson of the Department of Aprieulture has taken a special interest in the work started by R. B. Miller and will send a representative of the depart ment to accompany the trains. ""The purpose of the company in send ing out these trains." said Mr. Miller yes terday, "is to grow profitable crops on about 1.000.000 acres of land tributary to the. lines of the O. R. & X.. which, under the present method of Summer fallow, lie idle each year. The ' conservation of moisture and the replenishing of the soil with organic matter, which will assist in maturing larger wheat crops than are now grown, is another object we have In view, as well arf the establishment of such physical conditions as will prevent the exhaustion of the land In future vear?. Increase Population and Wealth. "Our plan contemplates tho increase of population and the addition to the wealth of the. country by cutting up large individ ual holdings of land Into smaller tracts. These things will provide a means towards lessening the disastrous effects which a failure of the wheat crop will bring about. "Tho wheat farms of Eastern Oregon nd Washington are already large, and the tendency Is to enlarge them further. The result is that the population in the country districts is not Increasing as it should. We believe that these conditions can be overcome through continuous oc cupation of tho soil by a rotating system of cropping and abandonment of the al ternating Summer fallow in districts where the precipitation Is sufficiently frrat to make the latter unnecessary. "All commercial organizations where our demonstration trains will stop., are working closely with us and are interest ing themselves in the movement for the IHirpose. of getting a lare attendance of farmers. Invitations and Itineraries have been mailed to every farmer in the terri tory tributary to the towtis where tiie trains will stop. Tho lectures to be given will vary according to the needs of the different sections. In counties where the rainfall is light we will proceed along different lines than In the wet counties, where climatic and soil conditions are dif ferent. "We propose to operate a farming dem onstration train a little later over the Southern Paifi.- linos in this state, and others will undoubted- follow from time to time," KY LINK MOUK T1IAX HIS AXCH Adams K.xpei-ts Lewi-Inn K.vteiision to lifm h Huntington. That the Riparia-I.ewiston line, now being completed by the o. II. & N. ts a part of a new main line to ie built by the company on to Huntington, thus avoiding steep mountain grades between Huntington and Pendleton, is the belief of Charles Francis Adams. formerly president of the Inion Pacific Railroad, who is in Portland for a short visit. Mr. Adams made a trip down the Snake River by steamer from I.ewlston. where he had an opportunity to Inspect the work done on the new line. "It is one of the most solid pieces of railroad construction I ever saw," he says, "and It would seem to me that the engineers had more in their minds than a branch line of railway." Mr. Adams unquestionably refers to the Huntington cutoff, the surveys for which were made at the time he was president of the. Cnion Pacific. The excursionists from Portland to I.ewlston on May 1 will be the first pas si ngers to travel over the new road. The trip will be made from Portland In ll'i hours, but afttr the road Is put In good Graded Streets, Bull Run Water, Cement Walks, Two Garlines We Will Build You a Home on the Installment Plan at JOHN P. SHARKEY GO. 122 i Sixth Street. Phones: A 2537, Main 550 N. B. Take W. R. car and get off at East Thirty-fifth street. Our agents on the ground all day ANNOUNCEMENT WE ARE NOW. READY TO SELL LOTS IN "DEL AURA BEACH" Our plats and maps are now all ready for inspection. Call and see our BIRDSEYE VIEW of the property. Those buying first will get ground-floor prices. Delaura Beach Company lioom 5, Lafayette building, 6th and Wash ington Streets, Portland, Oregon. Phones Main 2707, A 2707. condition, this time will be considerably reduced. The building of the roadbed is said to hav been one of the most ex pensive engineering projects In the Pa cific Northwest. For a 'great part of the distance between Riparia and Lewiston, the valley of the Snake River Is a pre cipitously walled gorge. The almost per pendicular sides of the canyon .rise ab ruptly from the water, which has made necessary the blasting away of track space from the rocky wall. Scenically, the Snake River Gorge Is spectacular and will be one of tho chief attractions for tourists in this territory. At Intervals, however, there are bars along the bank of the river, which have become immensely productive In apples, peaches and cherries. The table land at the top of the cliffs Is the great Washington-Idaho wheat plateau. The new line will thus develop a groat traffic throughout this country, as well as haul a large amount of through transconti LINES OF OREGON HERKW1TH is presented a revised map of the Oregon lectric Rail way Company's lines, those In op eration and under construction, as well as the lines located and projected by the Electric Railway Company. The map Is 'A yXvs YL (fiV lresi Western Oregon. V J S J S I ( J X lrrS"Trvct;rn h ' yJ I I V ' I ' nrS.arrjfo ACas7?rs. - nental freight from the East by the new low grade line. Officials of the O. R. & N. report that the new road is sufficiently near comple tion for the excursion on May 1. A large force of riveters has been working for some weeks on the bridge across the Clearwater River, and before May 1 the last rivet will be driven and the last chord laid. K. ST. JOHN DIES IX THE EAST Had Wide Acquaintance Among Ore gon Railroadmen. News received here this week that K. St. John, one of the most widely known railroad men in the state, has passed" away at Wellesley, Mass., caused widespread regret throughout the local railroad eotony. where Mr. S?t. John was, well known and liked. He ELECTRIC RAILWAY authorized by Guy W. Talbot, general manager of the company, and was pre pared for him by the engineering firm of W. 8. Barstow & Co., who are the en gineers and builder of th Electric Rail way Company's enterprises. A. glance at The addition in the city on the W.-W; carline one block from the Clinton-Kelly school A stranger walked into this office the other dar and addressing the near est salesman, said: "What's the price of those EVANSTON lots?" Upon ' being informed that the prices were $400, he replied: "Well, here's a joke. I've just been fully a mile and a half beyond your tract looking at a couple of lots at $50 a lot more. I noticed EVANSTON on the way home." This roan was not long deciding on two lots, and he'll double his money, just as sure as he's a foot high. ' Only eleven lots remain in EVANSTON. This is the last announcement . we wili make. The Spanton Company's selling contract, as we told you be fore, expires the first of May. With our work so nearly done, there is no longer a doubt about our completing our contract, but we want to do a little better: make a finale of it toda Those who bought in EVANSTON received a big concession, as it is con ceded that the prices are from $o0 to $100 below the market. The difference between these prices and the actual values goes into your pocket May 1st, when our Our agents at the tract all day today (Sunday) BHlj AX 270 Stark St., Ground Floor III loaves a nephew In Portland, J. L. Pc Bcvoise, who was formerly traveling passenger agent for the Rock Island, working out of the Portland office. Mr. St- John was widely known as general passenger agent for the Rock CO., BUILT, BUILDING the network of lines at once presents the magnitude of the Oregon Electric Rail way Company's undertakings. So far these lines extend only to Roseburg. and future plans of the company have not been announced. The Oregon Electric Railway Company, aver since Its organisation, has selling arrangement ends. TO ILLUSTRATE OCR POINT: The corner of E. 28th and Rhone Sts., EVANSTON, can be bought today for $500. Ac cording to values in the im mediate vicinity, this is worth $700 or more. Only the Span ton selling contract makes it possible at $500, and $50 down and $10 a month makes this lot yours. A small deposit will hold it till your pay-day. today is $300 on easiest possible terms. You know where the Clinton Kelly School is. Well, EVANSTON is just one block from there; fourteen minutes from the center of town, on the W.-W. car. EVANSTON is surrounded with substantial and expensive homes. Real estate men without exception admit that EVANSTON is the oppor tunity of opportunities, and it would seem so, considering what we have done in one short and stormy month. But May 1st it's all over; the selling contract has expired; it's "exit Spanton Company." Remember, only eleven lots re main a magnificent property and away below the market. oamtaon Island system in fact, few railroad men in the United States enjoyed a wider acquaintance or were more gen erally Hkrd. He died In retirement from the railroad service, having gotten out of the harness and was living at AND PROJECTED had little to say. but went right ahead doing things: and If It follows out Its enterprising policy, the Willamette Val ley will soon be covered with a network of electric railways, developing Its mag nificent resources as has never been done by any previous anlAnu-U. After that date, you will have to our purchasers, who will not sell below the market value, if they sell at all. So the unvarnished fact simply is that you will realize an advance of from $50 to $150 May 1st, by paying the small cash payment required on one of the remain ing eleven, before that time. The "before-Mav-lst price" of an other high, drv, sightly EVANSTON lot is $400. You'd be lucky to get this after May day for $500. Still -the same terms, $50 cash and $10 monthly, makes jou the landlord. Among the entire eleven are three irregularly-sized lots. These are slightly smaller, but you get a handsome allow ance for it. After May 1st, you'll have to talk around the $400 mark to interest the owner of these, although the proposition his country home. Old. He was 63 years Train to Vmat.illa Project. Thcro Tv-111 be a special train run to tlie new I'matilla irrigation project May 27 by the O. R. & N. to give th puhltc an opportunity to look over the project. Week-end rates will also be placed on sale by the railroad company from Her miston to the Government reservoir. The special train will be run from ""Valla Walla. I'matilla and Pendleton. The run will he made to llermlston, the nearest ralroad station to the blK dam and other Irrigation work. Teams will be provided to carry excursionists from Hermiston to the center of the project, where work Is now being completed. LAMBS AND DECREMENT Another single Tax Vision as S-pen by P. S. Guilford. TV EST PORT. Wash, April 25. (To the Kditor.) If any of the property exempted by the proposed Amendment from taxation in the State of Oregon comes under th" elass of values which takes the '"unearned Increment." I shall take pleasure in further discuss ing that feature. 1 would point out that natural opportunities. such as mines, water power, timber, oil-wells, site values, and special privileges con st It ue "land value." These are the vakies which the single taxer would tax, and to which the "unearned incre ment" pertains. The following question has been asked: If It Is right for aocletr to take the "unearned Increment" when It accrues, why should not society re imburse the individual. In case of a "decrement." as is the case when the bottom goes out after a boom? Iet me present an anlysls: The boomers grab the land. They then boom the town. The lambs are at tracted. In order to live they must have land. The boomer la "delighted." The lamb Improves the land, builds himself home, pays th t&xea. The talk to Coo in price of lots douhlrs. the second batch of lambs buy. Since the land has been sold far above its actual worth, the holders have so much "watered stork." Producers have to pay so high for the privilege Pf producing that production ceases. When production rpjisos, the power to demand erases. After a cer tain strain, the bubble bursts. The wise boomers have held np confidence long enough to unloadi Crash! It fs tip to the lambs. Under the present system the boomers sometimes pns over a Pmnll share of the "unearned increment" In tho form of charity to the lambs, to reimburse them for bear ing the "decrement. The secret of the bottom failing out is a follows: When specula t ion has become so burdensome that capital and' labor can support it no longer, capital and labor have a quarrel and produc tion ceases. The "unearned increment" which results from the labor of soei ety. vanishes, when society ceases to labor, and the momentum of the fa 11 carries the price of land below Us rc;il value, thus ca using thp "decrement." It is the grabbing by the speculative class of the "unearned Increment" which causes the stoppage of labor and the consequent "decrement." When land become cheap, the ineentivc to labor again appears and times pick up. With single tax, the boom, the "un earned increment, the hard times, the crash. the subsequent "deeremmt." will vanish with its cause, land specu lation. - p. s. oni.FOUO. Debs' Jail Iteoord. PORTLAND. Or.. April 23.-(To th" IdJtor. Was Bugerie V. Debs snten ed to jail for his part in the Chicago Hay market riots? IXQITIREK. No. He served six months In jail for disobeying an Injunction of the Feder.il court growing out of the railway strike of 18J4. Annlngs, Porch Curtains. TVe collcit your patronage and guar antee satisfaction. Agencies In every town in the Northwest. Willamette Ten A Awning Co. Main