The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 25, 1912, SECTION FOUR, Image 56

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Newspaper Page Text10 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, FORTXAXD, FEBRUARY 25, 1912. SILL FOB W& BEST Intensive Agriculture and Country Life Make High- est Citizenship. "LEADER SYSTEM" URGZD C. J- Smith. Railroad Expert. In Ad dress Before Irrigation Congress, Advocate Adoption of Mod--ern Farming Methods. la an sddresa given before tha Ors- fon Irrltraatlon Cons-res last week. C. I. Smith, agriculturist for tha O. v . R. m N . declared that tha proper settlement and development of sari cultural land would prov tha chle factor In tha solution of tha social and economic problems be for th American people. He unld that If mora people were Interested In home-ma kin than In acquirlnsr nor.fr. there would ba amaller and better farms and muc better conditions of living would pre valL "For manr year the men and women who have slven thought to auctal and economic questions have deplored th' fact of growing: tendency imrnis farm ers loni and daughters to loave th farm and rather in t: e cttlea," raid lr. Smith. "The problem ha been d'scuased throuc" th pre and from the platform: hut there hn been no practical solution given The rarlous remedies s-.isested illffer as widely as the temper, teste, education or poln of Ttw of the writer or speaker. Oni writer says Amerlra educates Its chil dren. Kducates theni for the towns fills them with ambition. Every one of them has been taught to walk along that Imaginary road which leads on from log cabin to White House, and they all want to walk, at least a little alona; th war. "The tendency of our writers and speakers to hold up as models to be Imitated, the successful few. In poll tics or business, alona with tha bad bablt of measuring everything In dol- lara and cents, haa diverted the thourhu. energy and purpose of life to money-getting rather than to right living "If the children were taught at home and In school to -weigh every prob lera by Its final effect upon the sum total of human happiness,' Instead of the number of doll-ars. such teaching would go a long way toward aolvlng many of tha social and economic prob lems that vex our people today. "If more people were Interested In home-making Instead of money-get ting, we would have smaller farms, better farm houses, better conditions of living and leea of unreat and dis satisfaction. Social conditions would be Improved and fewer people would leave tha farm for tha city. Small Farwas Are Vrged. "The problem of Improving country life la not a new one with me. I have atudled It for more than 40 years. Dur lag thla period both experience and ob serration Justifies the conclusion that the owner of a small farm who placea home-making before money-getting la nearly always auccessful; also that the real home-maker Is more often found en a smal farm than a large one. Tha eondltiona of living, tha homo com forts, the net returns Jn food, shelter, clothing, rest, recreation and social enjoyment for capital. labor and thought Invested are as a rule much greater on the small farm than on tha large ones. "The Individual who desires to make for himself and family a home with home comforts, who must provide these thing by the labor of hand and head can secure a larger measure of tha ne- ceaaltlea and comforts of Ufa from the care and cultivation of a amall farm than a Ilka amount of thought and la bor will secure anywhere else. "Compared with tha Ufa of a wage earner In tha city, tha opportunities and advantagea of the amall farmer are every way preferable. Tha same amount of labor will furnish so much better bouse, better food, better air and more agreeable surroundings. He does not have to obey the orders of tha boss, nor the rules of tha union, lie la not afraid of losing hla Job. His eggs are freh. milk unskimmed, veg etables and fruit fresh from th tree or vine. If bo la not ambitious for wealth, doea not venture on aome scheme to get rlcb quickly, he ran be Independent of business conditions, financial crisis or other factor that vex the average wage earner. "The multiplication of such homes, the Improvement in conditions of liv ing and the better cltlxenshlp found among home-owners are worthy the attention and fostering care of tha state. Tha boy and (Iris growing up on these small farms, educated In tha rural school. are the beat bulwarks of the state against the crime and degen eracy bred In the alums of the c It lea. Usaer erateW Adveeated. "The system of forming to bo fol lowed must depend upon a great vari ety of factors, and tha raeaaure of suc cess achieved would always b modi fied by tha adaptation of tha various factors to each other, the tastes, ener gy and ability of tha Individual. Aa a rule, the largest measure of success win be secured where there is some one thing selected aa a leader, with such a diversity along other lines as to pro vide fairly continuous labor with cor responding continuity of Income. Tha old adage about 'putting all tha eggs In one basket' Is worth heeding. All tha most successful men I know carry on a diversified system with one leader. "VVIth a five-acre tract one man can make a leader of onions: growing two acres each year. Thla la hla main crop, proo-uclng from MOO to fl2i0 per year. He haa fruit and vegetables for hla own use and aome to sell, keeps a cow. a horse and 60 hens. These very Dearly furnish living expenses for tha family, leaving tha money from the onion crop aa net Income. Another mak.ee a specialty of celery, growing only enough of other vegetables for family use. . "The selection of a crop for a lead er must be determined by tne taste of ths Individual, the distance froea market, the character of the soil, the labor available, working capital. Irri gated or non-lrrlgated land. "Vence tablea give quicker return than' fruit. Potatoes, corn and (quash es reoulre much leea labor and mora land than onions and celery. The tree fruits produce a good and reaaonably sure Income after four or five yeara Cherrlea and peers will produce a larger annual Income than apples: but the market for theee Is more variable, gathering and marketing require mora rare and must be done promptly, strawberries, raspberries, dewberries, and blackberries give large returns after one year. The picking of these during the harvest season requires the t:me of one person for each one-fourth of an acre: therefor the labor avail able Is an Important factor to con alder. One man can cars far five times the area of apple orchard that ha can of strawberries. roaltrr-Kalslag rrefltable. "Poultry pays handsome profits for the labor and capital inveated. when the care Is Just right. Few people are thorough enough to be successful with poultry on a large scale, a a little negligence wllf often wipe out the prof Ita of the season. Every small farmer should keep from to to 100 hens as a side line. They should not go above this number unless they are prepared to specialise on poultry and give the necessary care and attention down to the smallest detail. "With 10 or more acres of land dairy ing Is a profitable line for a leader. One that yields a contlnuoua and certain Income. It gives constant and profit able employment for labor, provides for maintaining or Increasing tho fer tility of the soil and la perhaps th most reliable line to depend upon un der all eondltiona. "The country tributary to th Oregon-Washington Railroad at Navigation Company line la very diversified in character and offers exceptional op portunities and advantages for tha home-maker, whatever their taste or means may bo There are few locali ties where the combination of fertile soil, mild climate, good markets, trans portation facilities, scenery. pur water, sunshine and rainfall are so fa- DISTRICT IS ACTIVE Big Development Made Willamina Valley. In SOIL IS VERY PRODUCTIVE Town of Willamina Making- Rapid Growth Payroll la Iiig Many Homeseekers Purchase Di versified Farming Tracts. Few people tn Portland realli that there la such a picturesque spot In Ore gon as tha Willamina Valley. The val ley proper 1 about 10 miles long and different colors oomee from th aam pit. New Line la Projected. At present the Southern Paolflo Is the only means of rail transportation that servea the town, but It la about a certainty that before the year Is well under way, active conslruotlon will beg-In on a new line from McMlnnvllle to the Coaat. It la not yet known Just who are backing- thla new road. They own the right of way for almost the entire distance, and have obtained franchises from various towna along the line. Heretofore, the small farmer has had no chance to own a farm In this fertile valley until one of the live real estate firms of Portland purchased several of the large farms near the town and subdivided them Into tracts of five to ten acres each. - DOCGLAS FIR IS IX FAVOR Species Slaking- Rapid Inroad on Yellow Pine. Douglas fir. the variety of timber that haa made Oregon and Washington famou. in the lumber markets of the world, was the aperies next to yellow pina drawn upon most heavily as lum ber material In 1810. according to a atatement of the output of lumber. M0TJTT TABOR SCHOOL BUILDING COMPLETED. lr . i e-sN, : J-JEjf!7! Mi 'sS if i i i.iju. i mill m u .'), i --.mi l I.SJH II 11 I'S'S.-H "llil JIUi J r ' : . t C ranraj EWET PART OF 8TH CT'IK IS OF REIFOHCEI COXCRETE. The Mount Tabor Schoolhouse. erected at the corner of Kaat Sixtieth and East Ash streets, haa been com pleted and la now occupied. Four rooms of this building are of frame construction, but the remaining eight rooma are reinforced concrete, so that the building Is partly fireproof. It waa over thla building that the first campaign for fireproof schoolhouse in Portland waa started by the Mount Tabor Improvement Club. vorably combined for Ideal home-mak ing. Diversifies! FaraalsaT Apeeala. 'Where Irrigation Is used in tha val leys and on the lighter soils, a very few acres are devoted to the amall fruits, onions, tomatoes and celery will provide profitable and continuous em ployment for a man and family and yield an income of from $300 to 11200 per acre. These Irrigated lands are also excellent for the tree fruits and after a few years will yield an Income varying from 1500 to II 000 per acre. The rich, rolling prairie land and benches along the foothills have a p, rich fertile soil, with a great oa- pacley for holding moisture. When properly prepared and cultivated, these anda carry enough moisture to mature 11 kinds of grain, fruit or vegetable without Irrigation. They produce large yields of hay. small gralna of all kinds, corn, and all of tha root cropa; hey carry a cow to each two acres, some even doing better than thla The annual Income per oow being from 1100 to 1115. All the tree fruits thrive lux- orlently on these hill lands, and bear ing orchards yield an annual groaa In come of from 1 100 to flSOO per acre." SAFER METHODS URGED 6POKAXE BANKS ADVOCATE TTSE OF GUARANTEED TITLES. Resolutions Favoring Stronger Pro tective Loan Policy Recently Adopted. Ia passing resolutions advocating th aa of g-aaranteed certificate of title n all real estate tranafera. the Spokane Clearing House Association has adopted radical changes In th manner of ban ting real estate deals This action was aken to provide better protection of he public against loss snd of the baqka making loans. All memnera oi tn association will be urged to uae Up uarsnte method exclusively. Trust companies have lost much money by loaning on real estate where the abstract baa been mad by an old company, or soma Arm out of business, at the t.me of the loan. In cas of er ror the bank cannot recover, but must stand the '-aa If the old abstract Is taken to a title company and a deposit equal to th cost bringing the abstract up to oat made, a guaranteed certificate of title can be secured. This protect ths parties against any loas by reaaon of efectlve tranafer of record, and for thla reason the new method of abstract ing la being taken up by the bankers. Tha resolution passed by the bpo- kans Clearing House Association on ebruary t la as follows: "Whereaa. Heal estate titles are of he utmost Importance to every mem ber of this association and to th cus tomers of every member: and Whereaa, 11 appears upon Investlga- lon that many abstracts, prepared by vartoua abstract enmpanlea that have oar since ceased to exist, are passing urrent In Spokane, and losses hav occurred by reason of abstracta com piled by careless and Irresponsible ab stractors and for the reason that the aw Imposes practically no liability lther on the abstractor or tha person who examines the abstract, and that he coat of an abstract and opinion hereon la often expensive and out of proportion to th benefits: thataguar- nteed certificate of title la an abaoluta ontract that the title to the real estate described is as stated therein; and that the last Legislature of thla state paased a law authorizing com panlea organised for that purpose to Issue guaranteed certlncatea of title on depositing 175.000 of approved se curities with tha State Treasurer to guarantee certlncatea Issued by tha depositing company: and "Whereas. In many of the larger cities of the United States guaranteed certificates of title have almost en tirely taken the place of the old meth od of abstracting; "Now. Therefore. Be It Resolved. That the Spokane Clearing House Associa tion, aa a body, and each of the mem bers thereof recommend to the patrona and depositor of th bank which are members of this association the use of the guaranteed certificate of title In all real estate transactions." j from one-half to three-quarters of a mile wide. The Willamina Klver Is a beautiful stream heading In the Coast Range and flowa rapidly In tha hills and more slowly through the peaceful valley, emptying Into the Yamhill Klver a short distance below the town of Willamina. The rich bottom lands along the river are becoming well known for their great productive qualities. For pota toes and all root crops It Is safe to say no better land can b found in the tate. Hops ylekl as high as 2000 pounds per acre, potatoea from ISO to 2S0 aacka per acre and all cropa In pro portion. Willamina la a progressive town of (00 people. Four years ago tha popu lation waa about 60. There are 14 stores, two hotels, a state bank with large deposits, coming rrora numerous prosperous farmers; a good school, va rious churches, aa well aa several se cret and social orders. The town boasts of one of the most complete and up-to-date water systems In the state. Tha water Is piped from pure springs sev eral miles back In the hills. A com plete electric-lighting system, gener ated by water power from the Willa mina River, furnlahea light and power. Wlllamlaa'a Payroll Big. Willamina has th largest permanent payroll of any town tn Yamhill County. Tha Pacific Face Brick Company oper atea a plant that Is a credit to tha state. In .fact, to the entire Northwest. The plant employes about 100 men at present snd bus a capacity for 140.000 bricks every 10 hours, snd soon will employ from 125 to 150 men. There Is no limit to the clay deposits. Th mill occupies a alt right by th pit, thua effecting a great saving tn transport ing the raw material. At present, the company I specialising on flreprooflng and bulMlng blocka, for which tha oon cern finds a great demand. An idea aa to the class of material this plant turns out csn be obtained by taking a stroll smong the fine buildings In Portland, such aa th Wells-Fargo, Spalding, Commercial Club. Fmllh Hotel, the new Lincoln High School and numerous fine apartment-houses. Many beautiful fire places found In numeroua Portland home are built by brick made at Wil lamina. The brick is made In many different colore and ahades, being white, cream, buff, brown, chocolate nd a dozen other colors. The peculiar part la that the material for all of these I that region. lath and shingles In the United States during the calendar yeara 1910, 1809, 1908 and. 1907, issued recently by Cen sus Director Durand. The production from this wood per cent of the total cut from all spe cies in 1910. Only ten states reported sn output of Douglas fir in 1910. The figures for the output of the lumber of the entire country for tho year 1911 have not been announced. Washington, - which had been the leading state In lumber production since 1905, not only stood first in 1910, but showed the largest actual increase In output over 1909. Mississippi, on the other hand, while still one of the heavleat lumber producers, reported the largest actual decrease from 1909. Al though the total reported production In 1910 was. less than In 1909 by only 10.1 per cent, all the atatea showed decreased cut In the latter year except Washington, Louisiana, Oregon. Call fornla, Idaho, Montana. Arlsona and v yomlng. all of which, with the ex ception of Louisiana. It will be noted. are on or near the Pacific Coast. Of the four principal lumber regions, the decrease during the last four years haa been greatest In New Tork and the Naw England states, and less marked In the Lake atates, while tha Southern states and the Pacific Coast group, which are the newest centers of lum ber manufacturing activity, have stead lly Increased their production. In 1907 New Tork and the New Eng land atatea contributed 9 per cent of tha total cut, at against t.2 per cent In 1910; the Lake states supplied 13.8 per cent In 1907 and 12.5 per cent In 1910, while 40.S per cent of the total was reported from th Southern states in 1907 and 43. per cent In 1910. The cut of the Pacific Coast states Increased from 1S.S per. cent of the total in 1907 to 18. per cent in 1910. The relative prominence of the Southern group of statea in lumber production has been maintained during many years, owing to the continuous and rapid develop ment of the Industry In the Western portion of the region, thus making up for the decline In the Eastern and older lumber states of the group. In fact, th general westward move ment of the lumber Industry during the past decade is Indicated by the 30 per cent of the total output of lumber In th United States in 1900 cut west of the Mississippi River, while in 1910 about 45 per cent was reported from ilifilllMPPIliiWiifSl That Look of Worry and Discontent Will disappear when you will have established your home in You will be more prosperous; you will be able to raise your own fresh fruit, veg etables and provisions. You will be located far enough away from the dust and dirt and noise of the city. You will be close enough in to be convenient to and to have the conveniences of the city. You will Solve the High Cost of Living Many desirable acres are at your disposal now. Take a ride out Sunday on the , new car line. Look at this beautiful productive property. See where others have determined to locate and where you yet have the opportunity of buying a whole acre for as low as $1200 on easy terms. Don't put it off another week. Now is the time to buy. HARTMAN & THOMPSON Main 208. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG. A 2050 EAST SIDE- VICTOR CATHOU0 PASISH TO BUILD TWO-STORY BBICK STRUCTURE TOR ITS PUPILS. mztm Itt(fi it A nl. - 1 4J ri?e vrj PROPOSED HOLY CUtJSS SCHOOL. Plana have been drawn for a two-story brick schoolhouse to be built In the ioly Cross Catholic parish in University Park. Work will ba started on the structure within a month. The building will be com pleted and ready for the openlnir of school next September. Four classrooms on the first floor will be finished this year. The struc ture will stand in the same block with the Holy Cross Church, near Portsmouth Station. Rev. Father Flnner Is tha pastor. He estimates that 100 pupils will enter the school next Fall. Jacobberger & Smith prepared the plans. Big Freight Depot to Rise Warehouse District. in SHIPPERS TO BENEFIT Fireproof Structure to Cost Approx imately $100,000 Will Be Com pleted This Tear by Southern Pacific Definite promise by E. E. Calvin, gen eral manager, that the Southern Paclflo Company will erect a freight depot, costing $100,000 on the south side of East Pine street, between East First and East Second streets. Is considered a great gain by the East Side Busi ness Men's Club and the Implement association, for the East Side. The plan of the proposed freight house la not on as large a scale as at first oroposed by General Manager J. P. conrer- a freight depot will tend to encourage other concerns to come in here." Depot Will Help Factories. That the erection of the frelghthouse will help the entire East Side and pro mote the factory interests, is the l opinion of 'William H. Hall, a prominent real estate dealer. . "The benefits of this freight depot," said Mr. Hall yesterday, "will extend back as tar as East Twenty-Eighth j street. A large number of factory I sites have been sold on the East Side in the last year, and several factories have been established in this district, which have no 'rackage facilities, but thla freight depot will put them on the map. The freight house will en i courage other similar concerns to come 1 to the East Side which could not come I hafnra erte n-Q lit n f frftlcht fflnllltles. "This freight depot is the best thing that could have come to the East- Side, and will do more to develop that part of the city than anything that could come there at this time. It means that the sanitary condition of the East Side will be Improved. The slough now filled with mud and water will be filled with material taken from the bed of the WlllamettJ River. Now, if the rail road and owners of the waterfront property will build a concrete seawall and fill In behind, it will make the East Side an ideal wholesale and man ufacturing district." "The proposed freight depot will help the East Side in every direction," said Edward Newbegln, manager for R. M. Wade & Company, "and in 10 years nothing has come to the East Side which .will develop it faster than a freight house." Dlfl: Advantages Seen. O. E. Helntz, manager of thef Paclflo Iron Works, said: "This freight depot O'Brien last year during hi enca with the East Side Business Men's j will help all classes, the wholesale and Club when lc was proposed tnai cer- manuiaciunng concerns. in iaci. tain streets should be vacated between East Pine and Oregon streets, and that the streets and blocks intervening should constitute switching grounds nd team tracks extending uirougn that district. Blr District to Be Helped. The freight-house as then proposed would have covered two blocks, but concerns. In fact, l think that the whole of the East Side will get a large benefit from this depot. Want of freight facilities has held back the East Elde.". "It will help the East Side in every way," said Charles R. Arc herd, general manager of the John Deere Plow Com pany, "and especially the wholesale district. It will enable us to. handle our business with less delay and get opposition to the vacation of j goo&a tQ customer wlth ie8S ,oss of time. There will be less drayage across the bridges. ' Freight facilities are Club delayed the matter up to tne present. The Zelgler ordinance also prevents vacation of streets, but It is declared that under the Zelgler ordi nance the railroad company can have th use of the streets under a iran- chise. or lease. However, the erection of this freight-house on the East Side, It Is contended, will open that district south of Hawthorne avenue to ware house concern a. At present the tracks on East Third and East Second are used for switching purposes. I regard victory for needed In this district above everything else." National Cold Storage & Ice Com pany "It will help us Indirectly in getting some of our freight a little sooner. What we need Is a competing line, the Hill lines, so that the switch ing charge. of $7 per car can be elimi nated. However, the freight depot will help the East Side largely, and it will be a good thing, but we ought to give thla freight depot as a I "". the East Side Business Men's Club," said Ia. M. Lepper yester day, "but this freight-house win not stop the movement for a common-user provision. We have been after this freight-house for years, and now the Southern Pacific has had its ears to the ground and heard aomethlng. We will Insist on common-user on all the railroads for protection of the public" Project Loss; Needed. H. W. Mitchell, chairman of the fran- chlae committee from the n;ast side Business Men s Club, and member ot the firm of Mitchell, lwis at staver, on of the large concerns In the East Side warehouse district. Is greatly pleased over the prospects for the early construction of the freight-house on the East Side'. Mr. Mitchell. In speak ing of the proposed freight-house, yes terday said: "In my Judgment the erection of this freight depot Is long due. for the East Side, and the O.-W. K. N. would have worked for Its own interests had it erected this proposed freight-house years ago. It will not only afford freight facilities, but It will relieve the freight congestion In this district. Vast quantities of freight must now be transported across the bridges to the freight depot on th West Sid. Also, CLUSTER LIGHTS URGED IIbrMIXATIOX PROGRAMME IS TJXDER WAY OX EAST SIDE. Upper Albina. connecting with the two bridges, the railroad and Broadway. Union avenue is longer. It is proposed to illuminate Union avenue northward from East Morrison to Woodlawn, if It can be done. Broadway street will be lighted from the Broadway approach to East Twenty-fourth street if the plans proposed are carried out. This illumination programme wll make these the best-lighted of any East Side streets. Williams and Union avenues are both becoming business streets. It is In tended to get the illumination pro gramme under way so the -streets may bo illuminated on completion of the Broadway bridge. Williams avenue will be lighted as soon as the contract for the lights can be made. Fills are to be made on Weidler and Broadway streets between Williams avenue and Wheeler street this year preparatory to the opening of the Broadway bridge. So far Oregon street, which connects with the railroad bridge, has not been improved, and none of the streets running to this bridge is improved. . Woodland Ships Potatoes. WOODLAND, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) A shipment of 780 sacks of potatoes was made to Portland yester day via steamer Modoo, the shipment being made by E. C. Swart a local buyer. The price was $1 per 100 f. o. b. the Mock at-Woodland. It would seem that growers are' going to be disap pointed in the expected hlp-h price. District Xear Two Xew Bridges to Be Made Brilliant Streets to Be Improved. An extensive illumination programme Is proposed for Oregon and Broadway, the new bridge streets, and Union and Williams avenues by the North East Side Improvement Association. Wil liams avenue will probably be the first street illuminated. I E. Sauvie announces that Wil liams avenue property owners have al ready taken steps to light that street between Holladay and Killingsworth avenues, a distance of two miles, with clusters of electric lights. Williams avenue is the main thorousrhfare for LightingThat Pleases in Every Detail Expert service costs no more than ordinary work. You'll pay even less for fixtures select ed from our large stock than when you choose from the meager assort ments of the small places. Are you ready to ask for esti mates f Or nearly ready? Let us figure for you. Experts in Lighting, Wiring and Artistic Tiling M. J. Walsh Co. 311 Stark Street, near Sixth Bolhpliones.