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THE -SUXDA1 OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 6, 1910. WILSON IS 'CALLED' Secretary of Agriculture Gets Good Advice. WEST ASKS FOR EXPERTS Kawtem Men Lucking Knowledge or Conditions or Farming on This Side of Rockies Crit icism Well Founded. OREGON IAN Js'E-V'S BUREAU. Wash ington. March 2. The Department of lAfrriruIture has been severely condemned for Its dilatoriness in making public the results of Investigations intended to assist farmers. In the course of its regular work, the Department is in the habit of conducting experiments more or less elab orate to devise Improved methods of ag riculture and to develop other informa tion of value to agriculturists and or i ehardlsts, but as a usual thing reports !rf these experiments and deductions of tthe experts are not given to the public hintll two or three years after the field )work is done. : JMin T. Burns, of Denver. Secretary W the Dry Farming Congress, in a re icent Interview with Secretary Wilson, !polnled out the inexcusable delay of the dppartment In getting its Information brfore the public, and urged the sec retary to require the prompt publication of all reports compiled by its represen tatives. Publication to Be Harried. lie Insisted that the results of each jear's work should be made public as oon as known, and that valuable mat ter collected during the Summer should tie distributed during the following "Win ter. Secretary Wilson conceded that Mr. Burns' criticism was well-founded and promised to direct a change in the meth od of issuing all bulletins. Mr. Burns also told the secretary that the great bulk of -.terature issued by the Department of Agriculture was en tirely too technical to be of value. Most of it. he said, was written in the lan guage of scientists, which is incompre hensible to the average farmer. He told the secretary that the representatives of the railroad companies who are encour aging settlement in the West, and that farmers generally condemned these publi cations as being almost valueless be cause of their technical language. He urged the secretary to revise the nature of reports hereafter issued and to leave out all scientific terms and descriptions. Mr. Bums also told the secretary that the value of the work of the department would be materially enhanced if the de partment employ western men in mak ing investigations of western problems. Kastern Men. Lack Knowledge. He gave it as his opinion that a great amount of money has been wasted be cause eastern college men, with no prac tical experience, have been sent into the " West to study conditions of which they 4 had no knowledge. The work of these theorists, he said, was of little value to farmers, and he urged the department to keep its eastern men in the Kant and to employ practical westerners in the Koeky Mountain and Pacific Coast states. In concluding his interview, Mr. Burns nrg?d the secretary to revise and re publish all information of value which the department has collected with ref renre to dry farming and to issue this matter as a single bulletin for the use of farmers who are undertaking to de velop inadequately watered lands by this pew system. This the secretary prom ised to do. NEW LINCOLN STORY TOLD t-:x-Judge Ewing Says Tales Were Always Polite, Too. NEW YORK. March 2. Ex-Judge Ewlnsr. of Chicago, who was nick named "Whig" by Abraham Lincoln the the first time he" ever met the great 'Abolitionist, says that the reports about ljincolns fondness for telling risque stories are untrue. Judge Ewing spent much of his time near Lincoln for many years prior to the Civil War. "There have always been a great many mistakes made about Lincoln's stories," he said. "It has been said that they were stories not quite fit for the people at large. It is not true. His stories were entirely, or almost entirely, confined to personal experiences or ones he had witnessed, and he had a mar velous ability to present occurrences to you as if you were standing beside the man and saw the same thing." Judge Ewing said that in 1843 his father kept a little tavern in which Lincoln often was a guest. In that little tavern Lincoln and his friends used to tell many stories. It was there that "Whig" Ewing frequently used to hear the humorous sullies of Lin coln. He told the congregation of First Church about the time Lincoln met a Mr. Higbee in the Supreme Court room In Springfield. Lincoln expressed his pleasure at seeing Higbee, who was Just out of college, and wanted to know how Higbee stood in his class. He was told S7th in a class of 125 or 130. "Well,-you ought to be thankful you were no nearer the top," said Lincoln. ""All you want to know is that you are above the average, for if you are you can go. to the top if you want to. Still, I ought not to be preaching that way, lor I stood second in my class. : It was !Wlthout effort, however." Higbee wanted to know how many there had been in the class. "Two," replied Lincoln. ITALIAN TAKES LONG WALK Crosses Continent With Possessions on His Back. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 6. (Spe cial.) Asleep in an undertaker's wood shed, Anton Sandor. aged 45, a native of sunny Italy, was arrested by Officer Cresap last evening. Sandor says he walked from Pittsburg, Pa., to Los Angeles, and carried a load of 75 pounds, all of his earthly possessions ahd collections of 10 years In the "United States. He also says he walked from Los Angeles to Vancouver, via Portland, in 85 days, and is now making for Rossland, E. C, where he thinks he has some rela tives. Sandor was given his liberty this morn Ing, and he started down the Northern pacific track toward Seattle, carrying his bundle on his back. UMATILLA FORMS LEAGUE Athletes and Orators to Compete for Cup and Medals. PENDLETON. Or., March B. (Spe .clal.) The Umatilla County Inter Scholastic Athletic and Oratorical As sociation was formed In this city to- day at a meeting of the principals of the schools of the county, includ ing the. Columbia College at Milton and the Pendleton Academy, of this city. Arrangements were perfected for holding a field meet in Athena, May 14, and oratorical and declamation contests in that city the evening of that day. The business men of Athena have donated a silver cup to be competed for by the athletic teams, and gold and silver medals will be presented to the first and second prize winners in each of the divisions of the orator ical and declamation contests. CATHOLICS HONOR EAGAN Minister to Denmark Recipient of I.aetere Medal. SOUTH BEND, Ind.. March- 3. The Laetere medal, the highest decoration of honor for a Roman Catholic church mem. NEWLY KI.RCTRD -TOACH OF C. Y. M. V. BASEBALL TEAM. Ray Kennedy. Jack Helser, president of the Tri City Baseball L3affue, was elected yesterday as general manager of the Catholic Young Men's Club baseball team and. Gene Flint was elected playing; manager. Mr. Helser and Mr. Flint are both among tho best known local boosters of the National game and are expected to bring the Catholic team through a successful season. A Ray Kennedy has been chosen coach of the" team. J-Ta will Issue a J vqii ii'i tauuiunies ruuj iiCAt v r.. - The club has repaired its grounds and now has an ideal baseball dia mond. A heavy schedule of games is being arranged with college, aca demic and independent teams. Among the candidates for ' the team are: Catcher, Robert Gleason, formerly of the University of Idaho; pitchers, Duffy, Hendricks, Cook, Sullivan of Gonxaga College, Wolfe from the University of Idaho; in ftslders, Tom Crowley, Jimmy Ahern, T. Hutchlns, Ed Dooley, David Da vidson, Flint, Zander and Davies ; outfielders, Hughes, Millan, Eulrich and McDonald. ber in the ' "United States, was presented this year to Dr. Maurice F Bgan, Amer ican minister to Denmark. The medal is given- to the person who. In the opinion of the trustees of the .Uni versity of Notre Dame, has achieved the greatest eminence in art, literature, sci ence, or philanthropy. A New England railroad is experimenting wltn ball bearings for car axles to econo mize on lubricants. , T ..... ... l : - if. ! r I if ' 5 I j 4 ; ' - ; ; i & - 1 r ' . f - . mwt I t -' - ' ' ; t A " $ ' ' y y k ; iimmmmmtiammmu,:- ..issaMsaeswJ I I FATHER AND SON HAVE SEEN MANY CAMPAIGNS Michael Damphoffer, Sr. and Jr., of Vancouver, Fought in Both Civil and Indian Wars Elder Now Aged 95. J" -4;N-'V '-' ?".. I ...ii-i:'""" :.,....,", .";: ;.." " ; i '- -? -JA ' mm mm VVNCOUVER. Wash.. March 5. (Special.) Father and son,- vet erans of the Civil War and nu merous Indian engagements, are two residents of - Vancouver who spend much time talking over the old times and recalling their many hardships. They are Michael Dampfhoffer, Sr., and Michael Dampfhoffer, Jr., and their resi dence is at Thirteenth and Reserve streets, just across the road from Van couver Barracks. . Both are active members of Ellsworth Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic. They are 95 years and 65 years of age, respec tively. Mr. Dampfhoffer Sr.. is active, ex ceptionally so for his age, and tends his little garden every year, spading up the 'ground, planting the seed and later hoeing the vegetables. He spends much time drawing music out of his fiddle and puffing his pipe. He expects to round out the century mark. In speaking of their experiences to day Dampfhoffer, Jr., said: "My father was born in France and was a member of the French army. He received an honorable discharge and came to the United States in 1852. Be ing a musician, he went to Fort Mon roe, Va., from New York, and enlisted in the Ninth Infantry Band, which, with the regiment, was sent to Fort Vancouver by boat, several months be ing consumed in the journey. They landed here January 12, 1856. "Colonel Wright was in command of the regiment and sent two companies to the Cascades to fight the Indians, who were on the warpath. In a short time he sent the remaining companies to different points, leaving the band to guard the fort. Three hundred Indians were then camped where the State School for the Deaf stands, and it was extremely trying for the six women and dozen children who were crowded into one small log cabin. We all ex pected to be killed at any minute. My father was the only man who would r - V" y J i FLOODS SEEM OVER Streams Subsiding, Railroads Make Rapid Strides. 0. R. & INUNEARING NORMAL All Submerged Points Encouraged, Western. Washington Freeze Wel comed Detoured Trains Here. Willamette River Falling. From every point, where. 48 hours ago floods surged and bore destruction, re ports now come that the waters are sub siding: and hat further damage need not be feared. A few more days of mild wAther will enable the railroads to resume their schedule, the comparative absence of rain and chinooks1 for one day enabling all Northwest lines to make rapid strides toward normal conditions. The Spokane-Lewiston service on the N. P. may be resumed today. , The Clear water line will be opened toforrow, the Rlparia line is being put in shape rap idly and the Grangevllle line has resumed operations. Seattle reports the flood over and a predicted freeze for Western Washing ton is of further enceuragemont. The Northern Pacific resumed its service yesterday and the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound, which was badly crippled by the Snoqualmie Pass blockade will be back to normal soon. Strong hope that what has been almost a continuously hard battle with the elements alf Winter In the Blue Mountains is over for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co., are held by J. P. 0'Brleri, vice-president and general manager of the road, who reached Portland after a trip through from the Kast Friday night. "A few days of mild weather, such as we are now having, will end all danger of floods along our line." said Mr. O'Brien. "I came out from the East with forebodings of floods along the O. R. & N., for I knew that the snowfall had been unusually heavy. While there is a heavy blanket of snow on the ground in the Blue Mountains, It Is snow that has been accumulating and thawing alternate ly for weeks and Is packed down hard. Such snow does not go off wltha rush and floods are not likely." The cost to the O. R. & N. of the floods on the Washington division this year is placed by Mr. O'Brien at about $125,000, This estimate does not include the loss occasioned by the suspension of operations on the main line and branches, but applies only to repair and rebuilding of bridges and grade. "We are spotting all places where we have had trouble this year," said Mr. O'Brien "and wherever there has been a trestle or culvert washed out it will be replaced by a permanent structure. It probably will be necessary to relocate three miles of road In1 Hay Canyon to avoid future floods, and 'these three miles alone will cost the company about-$80,- 000." In addition to the regular traffic over the O. R. & N., four detoured Southern Pacific trains reached Portland from the East yesterday and went on to San Francisco over the Shasta route. The arrival of the trains began with one about 8 A. M. and the others were strung along at intervals until late at ! night. In addition to one detoured train that arrived in Portland from San Francisco just before midnight Friday night and which was not listed yesterday, six. other detoured trains came in over the Shasta route ' yesterday. All these trains de parted at once for the East. Both the volunteer to do picket duty, and guard ed the cabin and camp for three nights In succession. Finally I Company re turned from up th. Columbia River and relieved us. "Two years later, while marching to Walla Walla, in U858, a son, named Peter, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dampfhoffer at The Dalles. Of the family of six children, but two myself and George, the youngest- sop sur vive." Three of the children, including Michael Dampfhoffer. were born in France, and all were musicians. When the Civil War started, feeling the excitement of war, Michael Dampf hoffer and his 16-year-old son, Michael, erlisted In the First Oregon Cavalry, under the command of Captain William Kelly. It was understood that - the elder Dampfhoffer was to be bandmas ter and the son to be trumpeter. The regiment was not allowed a band, so, after three years' fighting In the Northwest, the elder Dampfhoffer re tired after serving his term of enlist ment. The son re-enlisted and served until the end of the war. "We were enlisted to go to the Po tomac, but the Indians went on the warpath in Oregon," continued Dampf hoffer, Jr., "and the English wanted to take the Pacific Coast, so we were compelled to stay in the West and were sent to the Rogue River country. At Jacksonville, Or., the ConfederaTes hoisted the Confederate flag, but we hauled It down and put the rebels into a guardhouse. Before we released them we made them swear allegiance to the United States and promise not to take, up arms against the Union. - We traveled over that country now called Klamath Falls and Council Prairie." Both the father and son receive pen sions from the Goverment. the elder re ceiving 20 and the. younger $12 a month Dampfhoffer was a brewer here in the early days, conducting the Co lumbia brewery, but that burned in 1882 and has not since been rebuilt. CENTRAL BANK We want your Check and Savings accounts, unrest ri c t e d as to amounts. Our facilities and service are unsur passed. Beside v commercial ' banking, we do a gen - eral trust business, bonds, escrows, title holding under will or agreement, collect rents, pay taxes, sell properties, etc. A most comprehen sive and economic service. Your business is so licited. MERCHANTS SAVINCS & TRUST COMPANY Corner Sixth and Washington Streets O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific han dled 10 passenger trains in addition to those on the regular, schedules yester day. The Willamette River is falling at Port land and at all points above. The river reached its highest stage, 19.6 feet, yes terday forenoon. In the afternoon there was a Blight drop. On account of the volume of water in the Columbia the fall in the Lower Willamette will nec essarily be slow. Fair weather is predicted for Port land today. The temperature, says the forecast, will drop considerably and Vere will be a heavy frost, with northerly winds. Similar ' conditions will prevail over the entire Northwest. Little rain fell at any point in the district yester day. EGG COLORING 0L0 FIND O. A. C PROFESSOR TOLD OF FOOD'S EFFECT 6 YEARS AGO. Head of Poultry Husbandry at Cor vallis, James Dryden, Did Xot Use Dyes In Tests. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis, Or., March S. (Special.) That the color of the eggs which hens produce can be governed through the feeding of the hens whioh fact has attracted wide spread attention throughout the country and which has been hailed as a' great contribution to science. Is in reality not a new discovery according to James Dry den, professor of poultry husbandry at the Oregon Agricultural Coljege. He says that he discovered six years ago while experimenting with various kinds of feeds for chickens, that the color of the yolk of the egg could be deter mined by the color of the foods admin istered and that he issued a bulletin on the subject at that time. He did not use dyes as have the professors at Cornell and Chicago In recent experiments, but he had demonstrated the principle very clearly by the use of different foods. Eastern colleges are not the first to cause hens to lay eggs of the official col lege color. Last year it was demons trated at the O. A. C. that hens could be fed in such a manner as to caus? them to lay orange colored eggs in token of the official color of the agricultural col lege. Borne of these eggs were on exhibi tion on the demonstration train which made a trip through the southern part of the state last year, and some were also exhibited at the poultry show recently held at the college. The thousand-headed kale, fed liberally, produced the O. A. C. colors. Dry alfalfa leaves also did it. That flavor and quality as well as color can be fed into eggs is a fact which Professor Dryden has also established through his experiments. He has found that if a hen is fed heavily on onions and other foods for some time the egg will be so strongly flavored that It cannot be eaten. The discovery that quality and flavor can be fed into eggs is considered by Professor Dryden to be exceedglnly im portant and of great commercial value. He can see less practical value in the knowledge that color can also be regu lated except possibly that a deeply col ored egg will sell better than an egg with a pale yolk. He does not believe that the color of a chicken's feathers can be changed by feeding colors. "I have not experimented to any great extent in that direction but I think the most that can be done is to bring about a slight change in the tint of the flesh and plumage," said Professor Dryden. On the demonstration train that goes through Eastern Oregon this month there will be an exhibit showing the effect of food on the color of eggs. DOG DISFIGURES WOMAN Fox Terrier Ordered to Kiss Her Fastens Teeth In Xose. NEW TORK, March 2. A pet fox ter rier, owned by Mrs. Marlon F. Howard, of . Brooklyn, bit her -nose in such a shocking manner that she probably, will be disfigured for life. Mrs. Howard taught the dog many tricks, among them to understand when a kiss was wanted from him. While she was caressing the terrier she bent over and told Gyp to kiss her. The dog would not obey, and when she spoke to him. angrily, he jumped at her, fastening his teeth in her nose. The dog was turned over to the De partment of Health for observation. HALF INCH LOT IS SOLD Strip of Land 65 Feet Deep and Just Wide Enough to See, Bought. NEW YORK, March 2. A deed for a strip of land Vt-ifch In width and 63 feet in depth, conveyed by Thomas H. Car man to Joseph Wegemann. on Depot Place. Broadway, Flushing, was filed in the Queens County Clerk's office in Ja maica. The consideration was not named. The strip adjoins a lot on which Wegemann Intends erecting a, three-story brick building. TO BE DEEPER SIUSLAW MAY GET APPROPRIA TION" OF $213,000. Engineers Make Favorable Report After Harbor Bill Reaches Sen ate When Amendment Is Made. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 2.--Cp to the time the river and harbor b.ill passed the House of Representatives, the War Depart ment had not recommended any apro prlation for the further improvement of the mouth of Siusiaw River, but on the other hand the latest report on nle was adverse-to the project. Hence no appropriation for the Siusiaw was made in the House bill. Soon after the bill reached the Sen ate, however, a favorable report was submitted by the chief engineer, in which he called attention to the fact that the Port of Siusiaw had bonded Itself to raise $250,000 to aid in the con struction of two Jetties, and in view of that situation, the engineers recom mended that Congress recognise the project and appropriate half the cost of the desired work. The estimate showed that the two jetties would cost $426,000. Therefore, in pursuance of the general rule, the Senate committee adopted the recommendation of the en gineers and inserted a provision in the bill appropriating J213.000 as the Gov ernment's share, of the cost of this project. The report on which this appropria tion was based recommended the build ing of a north and a south jetty, ex tending seaward across the bar a dis tance of about 4000 feet. The Jetties are to converge, and be only about 760 feet apart at their outer extremity. In explaining the proposed work Major f ""fT "fl Established 1 847. T"" PLASTEHS Wherever 3 Pains in the Back jillcoci' s Plasters have no equal. Strengthen Weak Backs as nothing else can. Allcock's Plasters can always be distinguished by their fine balsam odor ; this comes from the Frank incense, which has remarkable curative qualities. f When you need a Pill take a Brandretfts Pill For CONSTIPATION, IBILIOUSNKSS, HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, INDIGESTION, Etc Purely Vegetable. Always Correct Spring and Summer Styles Now on Display 311 Morrison St Opposite Postofflce Mclndoe. under whose "direction the plans were prepared, says: "The main object of this south jetty is to prevent the river breaking through the low.lylng south spit, a short dis tance north of station Seal (a frequent occurrence during the Winter season of freshets, high tides and rough seas, and always accompanied by a decided shoaling of the bar) ; also to prevent the flood tides from carrying large quantities of sand across the &"pt into the river, only to be carried down to ward the bar on the following ebb. It will also create a fixed headland on the south. For these reasons it is deemed advisable to construct the south jetty first. Its estimated cost, including receiving wharf is $100,000. The Port of Siusiaw has this amount of funds on hand' and has entered into a contract for its construction on plans approved by the War Department. "The estimated cost of the proposed north jetty is J225.000, including the re building of the old receiving wharf and new tramway. The Government plant heretofore in use for Jetty work on the coast south of the Columbia River is all very old and In poor con dition and it must be renewed before both of the above Jetties could be com pleted and this, it is estimated, would cost $30,000. "The estimated cost may be sum marised as follows: Kew plant , $ .0OO South Jetty 100,000 North Jetty l'2o,000 BnBineerlr.B, contingencies, etc., 20 per cent 71.000 Total 40.0W For repairs and maintenance, an nually 5.000 City Seeks Flood Protection. ' SPRINGFIELD, Or., March 5. (Spe cial.) The joint committee appointed by the Commercial Club and City Council will ask the Booth-Kelly Lumber Com pany to build a dyke along their mill race, above the city to prevent a repeti tion of this Winter's flood on Main street. The city asks that the. corporation stand the whole cost of the work. 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