THE 5T3DAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 14, 1909. 10 APPLE-GRGWING IS THEME OF- EXPERT Orctiardists, Actual and Pros pective, Attend Y. M. C. A. Lecture. ASSEMBLY HALL IS TAXED Jrofoor Colo, of t'orvallii-. Tells How to Produce. Harvest and Market Ret Crnjj Ques tions Storm Speaker. More than 150 oichardists. active or prospective, last night learned the A B C's of apple culture at the V. M. C. A. when they attended a lecture on "The Beginning of an Apple Or chard." by Professor Cole, a member of the faculty of the Mate Agricul tural C'oliege at Curvalli. The lec ture was given under the auspices of the educational department of the association, directed by Robert C. French. Arrangements have been maJe for a series of these lectures, which will continue weekly throughout the Winter. In these discussions every phase of the apple-producing business, including the harvesting and market ing of the crop, will t discussed by men experienced in this industry. Hall Is Overtaxed. The attendance at last night's lecture was a surprise to the management of the aociation. which had not provided ade quate seating capacity. The audience in cluded men and women, who already had planted or bought apple orchards and others who contemplated going Into the applegrowtng business and were desirous of obtaining reliable and expert knowl edge hp to how lo make a beginning prop erly. Following the lecture, the inter ested members of the audience askeM scores of questions- which were answered by Professor Cole, all of which revealed a desire on the part of the inquirers to adopt only the most approved methods of planting, cultivating, pruning, spraying, picking and marketing the crop. ' Care Main Kssential. "As in business, success in apple-growing and attaining satisfactory results de pends on getting started right." said Pro fessor Cole. "More failures in orchard ing may be attributed to lack of care in selecting a location for an orchard and the. treea to bo planted than to all other causes combined. The first thing to be considered in planting an apple orchard is the selection of a locality with the right kind of soil which is adapted to apple growing. Climatic conditions should first be studied and that location selected for the orchard which will insure sun shine for coloring the fruit as well as the proper amount of moisture for de ' veloping its flavor, localities subject to late Spring and early Fall frosts should not be selected. Extreme lowland should be avoided for'that reason. An orchard preferably should be located at an eleva tion of not less than 100 to 300 feet and on the northeast slope of a hill for pro lection from our southwest winds. Close Transportation Counts. "For the orchardist to get the best results, his orchard should not be lo cated more than six miles from the railroad or other transportation agency for the double reason that to haul his product a greater distance lessens Its market value and because the better the transportation facilities the more easily it is for him to market his product." Professor Cole pointed out that a water supply, air and water drainage and the condition of the soil are other essentials to successful orcharding. The soil, said the lecturer, should be not less than four feet deep, providing a good bed in which to grow roots. As to the preparation of land for an or-t-hard. Professor Cole said the tract should be thoroughly worked at least one year, prefers bly for two seasons, by growing some highly cultivated crop ' mo that it would be in the best possible condition for receiving trees. This con dition, he emphasized, was of the great est Importance for the reason that the first year's growth of a fruit tree had everything to do both with the life of the tree and Its productiveness. Tvo Varieties Knonpli. "As to the variety tn lie planted." continued Professor Col", "set out only that variety or varieties that are best nutted to the locality in which your or chard ! situated. That ran be deter mined from your own observation. Don't get too many 'varieties. Two varieties are enough for any tpn acre orchard. To Insure thorough pollenluition. I would t-tigcrst the piantiiiK of Spitxenberg and ewtons. alternating wltu four rows of each lor the entire length of the or chard. "In setting out a commercial orchard, rrlant only 1-year-old budded trees. In doing so you will have a 3-year-old root m'Km of sufficient strength to bring the tree out. Do not plant grafted trees. I have no recommendation .o make as to the sMtinc out of tree.", whether the quar liexagoi al or triangular plan b followed. Trees should be planted Co feet aprt. leaving room for the spraying jnachine to pass between the rows. Fall Planting Best.' "TVhere the climate is not too se vere. I would advise planting trees In the Fall, for the reason that trees so planted get the advantage of an additional growth they do not get in the Spring and as a result, through this root growth, begin to establish themselves In the soil. An orchard should be cultivated every 10 days. For the first few years, after ati or chard has been set out and until the trees attain their growth and begin to produce, straw berries, potatoes or other vegetables may be grown be tween the rows of trees. Hut do not row wheat or grass in a young orchard. Peach trees, which come Into bearing sooner than apple trees, may also be planted In a growing apple orchard, but I would not advise any orchardist 'to introduce peach trees anion.: his apples unless lie has the nerve to rut out the fillers when the apple trees Come into bearing." STOCKMEN PAY FULL VALUE w leasing System Puts reserva tions on Business Ba.-ls. OREXJON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Nov. 11. From this time forward Indian grazing lands leased to stock owners will return to the owners a reas onable annual fee In lieu of the nominal rental heretofor collected. The entire system of controlling Indian grazing lands Is being revised by Commissioner Valen tine: in fact, a system Is being installed where none heretofore existed. Before Mr. Valentine came Into office there was no fixed policy under which Indian range land was leased to stockmen ; it was leased more or less as Individual Indian agents desired, and in most Instances, the return to the Indians was hardly wprth while. As fast as old leases expire. Mr. Van entine is placing the Indian range on the market, giving all stockmen an oppor tunity to bid for Its use and awarding the gracing privilege in each instance to the highest bidder. The bids are submitted at so much per head of sheep or cattle, as the case may b. and bidders are re quired to graze stock somewhere between the maximum snu minimum figure fixed by the Indian office. The minimum figure is fixed at a point where the total annual grazing fee will constitute a reasonable price for the use of the range as a wholo. and trie maximum represents the total capacity of the range. In this way the Indians are always sure of a fair in come every year. The Crow Reservation, in Montana. Is the first big range to oe placed under the new competitive plan of leasing. " That range , has Just been leased for the en suing year for J155.1.V). the right to graze In each instance being awarded to the highest bidder. Under the old system, where leases were made largely as the agent or hi political friends desired, this same range brought the Crow Indians only Under the new system po litical Influence is cast aside and all awards are made on a business basis; the highest bidder is recognized every time. On ail Indian reservations that are still held intact are found more or less valuable grazing lands. On every such reservation the new system of control is to be installed just as fast as existing leasts expire. The experiment on the Crow Reservation has demonstrated that the grazing privilege is worth several times what stockmen have paid for it in times past. and. so successful has been the experiment, that stockmen every where will have to recognize the com petitive bid system when they seek to renew old leases or acquire the grazing privilege on Indian lard heretofore al lotted to others. OPTION IS SOLD AGAIN SEW YORK MAS GETS BOSD OS BUKKHARD BUILDING. Former Owner Also Made $13,000 In Two Years Building Will' Be Improved and Made Higher. The option on the Burkliard block, which has been traded in frequently re cently, was purchased yesterday by Vol ney D. Williamson, a New York niillion alre.who will go ahead with extensive Improvements. The option was taken on the basis of a valuation of $170,000 for the half block, Mr. Williamson paying Napoleon Davis, holder of the option. WS. 000 for the option to buy. The property is still owned by Joseph Burkhard. of Los Angeles and the option calls for the pay ment of $125,000 additional. Mr. Williamson has not only bought the option, but will take it up as soon as lie returns from Spokane, where he has gone on a short business trip. The option calls for the payment of 1650 a month Interest on the J12S.000 deterred payment for the life of the option, which still has two years -to run. The option has been out standing now for three years, but It may be taken up, under the terms, at any time during its life by the payment of 11.5,000 and the monthly . interest of $650 will then stop. This It is which Induces Mr. Williamson to stop the option now and take over the property at once. Option Often Traded. This option has been traded In much recently. Eleven days ago Napoleon Davis bought the option from A rata Bros, for $30,000, and has now sold It for $45,000, or a profit of 125 per cent. Mr. Arata also made a profit of $15,000 in two years by trading on the option. Mr. Williamson will Improve the prop erty at once. Yesterday he had an archi tect. Richard Martin. Jr.. suggest en largements and Improvements costing $50,000. The addition of two stories is in cluded in the proposed changes. The property has a frontage of 200 feet on the north side of East Burnslde street and 100 feet on both Union and Grand avenues. It Is a three-story building, oc cupied on the ground floor by 11 stores, which pay a good rental, and on the upper two floors by the Savoy Hotel. There are leases on some of the stores, none of which, however, extends further than the life of the original option, two years more. The option was first given for a period of five years, three years ago. Bought as Investment. Mr. Williamson is not a speculator but an investor In real estate. He lias not bought the option to trade in it. but to improve the building and hold it as income-bearing property. He owns a large amount of real estate in Spokane and has improved his property there with a high class of buildings. He says Portland values seem to be far below the. market and declares this is but the start of a series of Investments here, and that his next purchase will be on the West Side. He believes there will soon be a decided increase in the property values south of East Burnsidc street in Central East Portland. Negotiations for the purchase of the option between Napoleon Davis and Mr. Williamson were conducted by two realty firms, Paul Bates, of the firm of Mc Carger, Bates A IJvely. handling one end of the transaction and M. J. Clohessey and C. C. Smith, of the firm of Clohessey & Smith, taking care of the other part. PIANO BARGAINS. pee Beed-French's piano announcement in tomorrow mornine's paper. " 8ATBP From excruciating pain and extended illness bv ttie timely use of that great discovery. Salgrene. Take one bottle Salgrene. add four ounces pure olive oil. shake the bottle well and follow the directions explicitly and your rheu matism, gout or neuralgia will soon dis appear. Sold by all first-class drug gists. . See Xjnd Agent of Portland Ry.. lt. P. Company, at First and Alder. A Chance to Hake Money. Ton can get a Homestead in Mexleo free, and do not have to live on it. 'We have secured and hare absolute title to a magnificent tract of land in the Rio Tonto Valley. Mexico. This land is ess ily accessible, is very rich, and is espe cially adapted to the grow ins of bananas. All that is required of you is to have 1.000 banana trees planted within live years, snd the Improvement Department will prepare the land, supply and plant the trees and care tor them until -they come into healing, for shout $'iNI. You can pay this in installments of $5 or more a month, and in three years after your trees are planted they will brin; vou a profit of from SliUO to $."i00 an acre. Sve are starting a community and want vou to let us send you our Booklet tell ing all about it, and showing how yon may participate in these profits and se cure a permanent income. We invite you to visit the plantation and make a com plete investigation of our Company and the proposition we mate, and satisfy vourself that we offer you a square deal. Write at once for full particulars. TI1K JASTI1A PLANTATION CO., Block -50 Pittsburgh, Ta. ...... MANY WANT LIGHTS Mayor Proposes Redistribu tion of Existing Arcs. PRESENT SYSTEM UNFAIR Budget Estimates Will Fall Far Short if Any Portion or Peti tions for Sew Lamps Is Granted. Mayor Simon Is greatly concerned re garding the lighting situation, which he declares is one of ' the most difficult problems confronting the administration. Hundreds of applications for arc lamps have come in from every section of the city, and the lighting committee, of which Sig. Slchel is chairman, is literally, swamped. This committee.' with City Enclneer Morris, Is formulating a new '. svstem, whereby the lamps now strung : will be distributed equitably. At present j they are placed unequally, so that some streets are well liluminatea ana omer are dark. "I have seen for some time that some thing must be done regarding the light ing problem." said Mayor Simon yester day. .."The outlay of. public funds for electric lamps Is enormous, aggregating, as It now does, more than $8000 a month. In my budget, sent to the Council two .weeks ago. I recommended a levy suffi cient to net $117,500 for electric lights for 1910. That will not suffice, if the light ing committee of the Executive Board grants anywhere near the number of new lamps for which citizens all over Port land have petitioned. Equitable Division Suggested. "A halt, therefore, has been called until we can work out a system whereby all sections of the city may be treated equally. It is not right for one street to have all. or nearly all, the lights, while other streets, with as many or more peo ple living on them, have few or none. Such is the condition now prevailing in many places, and this must be rearranged before any new lamps are ordered." There are about 1700 arc lamps In use In Portland, the "current being supplied on contract by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. A large pro portion of these lamps are of the aerial type, or overhead wire style, and cost the city $58 it year each. There are some attached to the under ground system, costing $72 a year each. The Incandescent lamps, with which the public buildings are equipped, are lighted at a meter rate, aggregating a trivial sum only. Arcs Cause Complication. t It is the arc lamp, therefore, that has created the present serious situation. These cost much in the aggregate, and it is estimated that, with the city properly lighted It would require at least $250,000 a year at this time, and more as the limits are extended. Applications are coming in at the rate of about ) a week, from all parts of the city, especially the outlying sections, where wire extensions are highly expen sive. The only solution to the problem. It Is said by the officials, is a rearrange ment of tlie whole system, so that the lamps now in service shall be equitably distributed, and then to add new ones as rapidly as the funds will permit. EXHIBIT GOING TO. OMAHA Central Oregon Products to Demon strate Necessity of Railroad. Exhibits sent from Central Oregon to the Dry Farming Congress at Billings, Mont., where they received many prizes, are to be forwarded to Omaha, where they will be placed on exhibition at the National Corn Exhibition, to be held De cember 6 to 18. At the close of this Ex position tlie exhibit will be sent to St. Paul, where it will become ajiart of the permanent exhibit of tlie Great Northern Railway. This exhibit won fame for Central Ore gon at the Dry Farming Congress, and was to have received tlie first prize, had not the Colorado representatives protest ed on the grounds that their exhibit cov ered a much greater variety and de manded the prize, which was then re voked from Oregon, and awarded them. W. P. Kennedy, traffic manager of the Great Northern, when in Portland re centlv quoted James .T. Hill as having said. "regarding this exhibit from Central Oregon: "Any country that can grow things like that ought to have a railroad." PERSONALMENTiON. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wells, of Albany, are guests at the Seward Hotel. R. S. Brandenstein. of Jacksonville. Fla., is a guest at the Hotel Lenox. Irving Ward. Chief of Police at Se attle, is at the Perkins Hotel. S. J. Sullivan, a business man of De troit, is registered at the Nortonia Ho tel. Lynn B. Ferguson, a druggist of Newberg. is a guest at the Cornelius Hotel. C. N. McArthur, secretary to the Gov ernor of Oregon, is a guest at the Ho tel Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Reed, tour- STAR THEATER GETS . SPLENDID INSTRUMENT SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED PIAN ORCHESTRION HAS JUST BEEN INSTALLED IN THE STAR THEATER BY ETXERS PIANO HOUSE. This Is the Largest Instrument of Its Kind E7er Brought to the West, and Was Imported Especially for the Management of the Star Equal to a 25- Piece Orchestra The largest and finest Pian-Orches-triin ever brought to the West ha3 Just been install! In tlie Star Theater. The instrument was especially im ported hy the Star Theater by Eiler Piano House. Tiie construction of this mammoth instrument reveals the high est mechanical and technical skill. Music of every description may be reproduced from the great overtures and other concert mualc to the popular pieces of today. 1 The beauty of the exterior of this instrument is rivaled only by the won derful musics, which is played by it. The Pian-Orchestrion will be ready for playing this afternoon. November 1-i and a visit to the Star will be aniplv repaid when the musical possi bilities of this instrument are re vealed to you It cannot fail to b,of Interest to music-lovers generally.- Ists from Pittsburgh, are at the Nor tonia Hotel. F. A. Seufert,- a capitalist of The Dalles, and wife ire guests at the Im perial Hotel. James T. Weart, a fruit dealer of Hood River, and wife are staying at the Hotel Lenox. ' Homer Pickering, of the United States Army. Is registered at the Port land Hotel with hia wife. G. W. Griffin, a hardware merchant of Eugene, and wife are registered at the Seward Hotel. . Al D. Short, chief clerk of the Rainier Grand Hotel of Seattle, is a guest at the Hotel Oregon. . . Arnold Zbinden. proprietor of the Palace Hotel of Seattle, is a guest at the Perkins Hotel. W. F. McGregor. Collector of Customs at Astoria, is visiting Portland and has taken quarters at the Cornelius Hotel. Mrs. Charles Gritzmacher. who haa been at Good Samaritan Hospital for several weeks, has sufficiently recov ered to return to her home. C. 'A. Heath, of South Bend, is stay ing at the Imperial Hotel. Mr. Heath Is here to be with his son. who is un dergoing an operation in a local hos pital. ' George M. Varnell. of the Spokane Chronicle, visited Portland yesterday to referee the Oregon-Washington foot ball game and took quarters at the Portland Hotel. Mrs. M. D. Wisdom and her two sons. Stanton and Preston, have moved to Corvallls, where Stanton has en tered Oregon Agricultural College upon a four-years course. R. E. Benedict, supervor of the Olympia National Forest, with head quarters at Washington. D. C., has been in the city since Friday night. He Is arranging details of the sale, of some 50.000.000 feet of saw timber, which will be purchased by Puget Sound Interests within the next 30 days. Details of the sale were com pleted yesterday at Forest Service headquarters In Portland. NEW YORK. Nov. IS. (Special.) Northwestern people at hotels: Seattle F. Kernan and wife, at the Grenoble; J. H. Stratford. Mrs. Jj II. Stratford, at the Arlington. Tacoma T. Feist. ' 'he Hotel Astor. CLICAGO. Nov. 13. Northwest peo ple at hotels: From Portland Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Browne, at the Congress; E. R. Thomas at the La Salle. From The Dalles Mrs. II. C. Walls, at the Auditorium. JACKSON DAY PLANS MADE Democrats Appoint Committee to Ar range Banquet on January 8. Under the auspices of the Democratic Caunty Central Committee and other allied Democratic organizations and in dividual members of the party in this city and county, a banquet will be held in Watson's restaurant on the night of January 8. next, in commemoration of Jackson Day. The details are being arranged by committees which have been appointed. The banquet is intended to give the members of the minority party an op portunity to discuss and outline a plan of political action for the campaign of 1910. Orpheum Cuts Matinee Prices. Manager Errickson, of the Orpheum, announced last night that, beginning today. the popular Morrison-street vaudeville house will give special priced Sunday matinees. The new prices will be the same scale that Is charged for the week-day matinees. Heretofore the prices charged for the afternoon per formances on Sunday have been the some as those charged at night. rE arc now monds, Xouveau WW y T Every article in the vast showing is of the Avell-known" "Fried lander Quality" which means the very best. Even-- article is on pale, at the well-known " Fricdlander Prices" which means that they insure you a susbtantial savings on articles of genuine merit. FRIEDLANBmS JEWELERS Over Coats Rain Coats Auto Coats by' "SCHLOSS" H .... . xce Hence ' '.Vex! h Excellence is ike Apr-eacl:cn oft." THACKERY. No man who knows Clothing can fail to Appreciate the excellence of the Schloss Baltimore garments Even the laymen is cognizant of it at first glan ce. Appreciation Doubles When the Reasonableness of Price Is Learned. If y o u want to know what Smartly Dressed l1en are wearing1 Ask the Leading Clothes Shop of your City to m show you - None Genuink Without Thb Label, EBaltlmore Postoffice Robbery Charged. John Jacobson was Indicted by the Federal grand jury yesterday on a charge of having: broken into a post office building at Elk City March 31 of this year. In the case of VI to Tunzi. charged -with aiding in having the postoffice at Merlin. Or., entered for FRI EDL ANDER'S HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT displaying absolutely complete stocks of Dia- Watches, Silver, Jewelry, Cut articles one and all suitable AS AN EXAMPLE WE OFFER FOR MONDAY'S 100 LADIES' WATCHES 14 karat gold-filled cases, Elgin, Waltham or Duber-Hamp-den watches; all fully guar anteed at, each . ESTABLISHED 1870. MsBKe, 1,; Copyrighted 1909 Br SCHLOSS BROS 8 CO. Pine Clothes Makers Baltimore and New York The "Clothes ;l i n 4 j I ill .1 q 1 i . 1 xt'tA --: r 1 , p7rt j W W,ii.ili-.g , . designed and made by the Celebrated Master Tailors Schloss Bros. 5c the purpose of robbing it, the grand jury returned not a true bill. Taylors' Memory Honored. A committee, ' consisting of Joseph Buchtel and G. L. Story, has been ap pointed by the Multnomah Engine Be nevolent Association to draft suitable ESTABLISHED 1870 Glass and Art for holiday gifts. SELLING : $12 268 WASHING TON STREET Bet. 3d and 4th SILVERSMITHS as li f J Beautiful" None Genuine Without The Label. Co." resolutions on the dearti of Peter Tay lor, one of Its veteran members. This action was taken by the association at its meetin-r lnxt Thursday night. Talks on Teeth BV THE REX DENTAL. CO, DENTISTS WHY i0T GOOD TEETH If vou are going through life with poor teeth or with a makeshift for good teeth in the shape of a partial plate or torturesome bridgework, it's high time for you to reform. Why do you spoil your looks and health with poor teeth or no teelh? what's the sense in wasting any more time on the 'artificial-' when we can give vou a full set of sound, strong, beautiful, useful teeth, that will be as satisfactory as nature's teeth, and with out asklne you V "P your mouth with a bits piece of rubber or metal in the shape of a plate? Why will you put up with unsatisfactory dental work, when in everything else you demand the best? This is straight-from-tbe-slioulder talk, and we want answers to tlie ques tions i you will favor u.. Wc have a right to ask the questions we do. tor we have helped thousands of people who. were suffering from old-faphioned dentistrv and are proud of our success, and want to help tens of thousands more. One can't be healthy who. can t chew his food the way nature intended lie shoald. The Alveolar method of suppliinK missing teetli without the. use of plates or bridgework is not a new method, for we have been lioing this work for six vears and are the largest concern In the world ena-aged In the dental business. All that we require -is two or more teeth in either jaw. either tight or loose, anil with these to start from we can build up a full set of teeth that will defy anyone to tell from your own natural tee'th.. Old-fashioned partial plates anil "Cantilever bridges" between teeth are obsolete. They belong with the tallow candles and the &tae;e coaches of the last century. What you want is r.EAi-. teeth, and we are ready to supply them without pain or surgery or any other discomfort. In many cases where it is impossible to replace missing teeth with bridge work, it can be done perfectly with beautiful lifelike, serviceable Alveolar teeth. Tiie question narrows Itself down to whether or not you are satisfied to get along with partial plates or "bridges," or want to begin to enjoy eating. Jf the latter then will you come and let us tell vou what we can do for you? Vou don't need to follow our sugges tions: neither will you be under any ob ligations to us of any kind. We simply can't advise you without PEKINCr vunr mouth. If you can't cu.ME. then send for our fre book. "Alveolar Dentistry," and read it. We will liear from you after you read that book, because it is wortli its weight in gold to anyone who has lost or is about to lose teeth. Why not send now, while It's on your mind ? In addition to our specialty of Alveo lar Dentistry Restoring Lost Teeth) ami curing Pyorrhea i loose teeth) we are experts in every branch of dental work, inlavs. viz.: Porcelain, gold and filver fillings. Crown, Plate Work, cor rect ing' irregu larit ies. etc.. etc. Special ists in each branch of dentistry at your service. Tin-re is no disputing the fact that the b"st in Dentistry is the cheap est. Yuu are .caressing danger when vou buy chean dental work. Don't do it. THE KEY rKTAI. CO., DENTISTS oil to oil Arlington Bldg.. t0V4 Sd St. Sundays. 10 to 12. Cured by the Marvel of the Century, the Obbac System THt eat Mood potaon in sny stag pTORot)y, withont deadly mercury, or iodid of prt"h. bit with purely f Ubl; Mfa Ingredient. To pro It w will mo4 yoa 30 Day Treatment Free TtnpVwni qaick . CuryrarMlf ahotnnew. Snd for freet.catmeatKD'j remarkkbla book on Curof BloM Poiwm. THE OBBAC CO., ?ld Rector B!dfl.t Chicao D V