The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, April 28, 1912, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. AfRIL 28,- 1912. 7 1, : i HATCHET IS BURIED , BY BIG SCHOOLS Oregon "Aggies" and Univers ity Settle Differences and Resume Relations. CONTESTS ARE ARRANGED Srriea of Four Baaeball Game to Be Flayed la May and Track Meet Will Take Place at Eu gene, May 10. ALBANY. Or.. April ST. i Special.) In a meeting of reprentatlv of the ivitent bodies of the Oregon Agricul tural College and the L'nlveraity of nrrsnn at the Revere Hotel In Albany amicable student relation again wrrr established between the two trriltM educational institutions of the taie. Cnntracta were nnM for con tMfis In all brinchu of student activi ties by graduate Manager Geary of the tate university and Graduate Manager I'llklngton of the agrlrultjral college, which, wden Indorsed by the etudent boards, will become binding. It la the opinion of Professor Hetzel. I- G. Rice, president of the Oregon Agricultural College atudent body, and C H. Thompson, who represented the cjllrn-. and I Leon Ray. president ui the student body of the state uni versity, and Graduate Manager Geary. !io represented the state university, mil the squabbles In the past were due mainly to tie students of the two In stitutions nt being well acquainted with each other. Rivalry Will Help School a. With the electric carllne soon to be completed, connecting Corrallls with KuKene. It la expected that frequent visits to the neighboring campuses will result In the permanent establishment of a rivalry In athletics and forenslcs, which will be greatly to the advantage of both Institutions, and will remove the possibility of the state again en during the unpleasant spectacle of a breach of friendship between the two schools. The meeting was friendly In every way. the managers being left to thresh out the schedules. Track Meet Arranged. Due to the football schedule of the state university next Fall containing five g Ames aiready. which Is the maxi mum number permitted by a faculty regulation, the signing of a football cbntract for next November was pre vented. However, a tentative agree ment relative to game was made sub ject to the indorsement by the faculty of the university In their regular monthly meeting next Thursday. The schedules of contests arranged are as follows: Baseball games. May 1 and 2 at Kiigene; May Is and 1 at t'orvallls: track meet May 10 at Kugene; debate two-year contract first contest to be held In 1513 "PROGRESSIVE" IS URGED Lewis County Democrat- Shy at Governor liarmuu. HKJ1ALIS. Wash.. April 17. (Spe cial.) At the afternoon session of Lewi County lemocratic convention a platform was adopted declaring for the nomination by the National con vention of a "progressive." This de claration vas Intended to forestall any attempt to support Governor Harmon. No particular candidate was indorsed, but the great majority of the members apparently were favorable to Clark for President, although a strong under current for Bryan was In evidence. Francis Donahoe. of Chehalis, was In dorsed for delegate to the National con vention. 11c has assurances of strong pupport from other Southwest Wash ington counties, some being already pledged to him. The following delegates were chosen to attend the suite convention at Walla Walla. May 7. T. J. Long. Ceres: Frncis 1'onahoe. Mrs. W. II. Kenoyer. C. O. Gingrich. Mrs. C. O. Gingrich. E. M--Broom. Georce R. Sibley. A. K. Judl. II. A. Anirel. Anton Hess. Chehalis: Miss Ida Pownlnir. Mrs. Ida Stewart. T. 11. .McCleary. Theodore tins. Central; George Wall. Wlnloek: J. W. McCnt cheon. Chehalis: C. 1 Twlss. Knox; G. M. Boyles. Toledo. FARMERS TO FEED 100 Vancouver Men Will Go to Salmon Crock for Big Dinner. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 27. (Spe cial.) One hundred professional and business men of Vancouver will go In automobiles to Salmon Creek for lunch eon Thursday. May 2. as the guests of farmers and the wives of farmers In that vicinity. Recently the Commer cial Clu Invited 100 farmers and fruit growers to luncheon In Vancouver for a ret-tosether meeting to plan ways nd means to assist In boosting the third annual Clark County Fair. This luncheon on May 3 Is a sort of "return match." Automobiles will start from the Com mercial Club'Tooms In time to reach Salmon Creek by noon. The women will serve an old-fashioned chicken dinner. large shipments of fine nursery stock are arriving dally. The greatest number of fruit trees yet planted in this section will be planted this Spring. The completion of recent surveys and estimates shows a planting slightly exceeding 20.000 trees. The greater part of this planting Is In what Is known as tha Yamhill High lands, directly north of Sheridan. The soil In the Highlands Is of the famous red-shot variety, especially adapted to the culture of large fruits and walnuts. The other section to be highly devel oped Is the Red Prairie district, lying south of Sheridan. This district has about 6000 acres under the control of one Portland Company. About 12.000 treea will be set out this Spring. There are now In the country tribu tary to Sheridan nearly 1I.0U0 acres in fruit and walnut treea. of from two to four years' growth. With the 30.000 trees to be planted, this year, Sheridan will have a larger fruit area than any other section of Oregon. The apple seems to be the most popu lar variety of tree set so far, but there are several hundred acres of prunes and about l.&ou acres of English wal nuts The cherry, while not planted alone. Is used to good advantage as a filler In the various larger maturing orchards. BIG FRUIT CROP- SEEN noRTicvLTrrusT mam:. pre- DICTIO.V AFTER INSPECTION. 1000 ACRES IN NEW PLAN Land on Lower Snake. ItlTer Will Be Reclaimed. I.EWISTO.V. Idaho. Aorll 27. Within t!ie next si months approximately lO'iO ares on the lower Snke River will be reclaimed for orchards, alfalfa an-l fields. Many of the ranchers who have owned thousands of acres adjacent to the river have now seen the value In Ir rigation. It Is estimated $150.1)00 will be expended In reclaiming sandbars, heretofore sources of considerable dam age. This year 500 acres of orchards will he set out to be irrigated by individual pumping plants, with water from the river. 30,000 TREES TO BE SET Development at Slierldan Indicate Unprecedented Crotli. SHERIDAN, Or.. April 17. (Special.) There will be 30.0u0 fruit trees planted In the country surrounding Sheridan this Spring. With the com ing of warm weather the setting of fruit trees has begun In earnest, and Prunes Safe From Frost, Ho Says, but Warn of Danger In Cold Rain Which May Come. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 27 (Spe cial.) Present Indications are that the fruit crop of Clark County for the coming season will be especially large, according to F. A. Huntley, State Com missioner of Horticulture, and A. A. Quarnberg. his deputy for this district, comprising tha counties of Clark. Cowlitz. Skamania and Klickitat. Mr. Quarnberg. who has been making observations, is of the opinion that the prune crop is safe from frost, though there is a possibility that cold rains may injure It. The buda began to swell early this year, being noticed as early as February 1. March was somewhat colder and held back the buds. In this county are approximately 000 acres In prunes, as much as in all other countlea in the state combined. There are about 00.000 prune trees In the county, according to a careful census made by Quarnberg last year, who counted every tree In the four counties, going from orchard to or chard. It nas been published that prunes bleed from pruning. Quarnberg says prunes have never been known to bleed after -pruning. A chart showing when the first blossoms and when the trees were In full bloom on juarnberg"s ranch In Fruit Valley, which is Included within the city limits of Vancouver. Tear Klrst blossoms. Full nloni. Itfrj April 11 April 2' Uxt April H April , 21 IM14 April 1J April 17 1!mC, Mart-h -'- April 2 lHt April April 1H S"7 April Vi April I 1VS April 10 April J iwrtt April " H April 17 Jill I April 2 April 15 11M2 April 1 April S The temperature for the past 10 years: Degrees.' Degrees. inoi 4X 1!xik l-3 iixi.! 4'. iO" :...4.a 14 4 4 l'"0 3. Irt).-. 41. S lS.il 41.0 1K12 I'M- 44. I This shows that February was much warmer than any month In February for the last 10 years. The mean tem perature for 11 years, not including 112. was 41.3. COLLEGE AID PLANNED State to Be Akcd to Increase An nual Appropriation. CORVALLIS. Or.. Aprtl 27. (Special.) II. B. Miller introduced a resolution at the banquet here last night which was unanimously carried and will be tele graphed to Oregon Representatives In Congress, urging the passage of the Lever extension bill. This provides for a 12000 Increase of the $10,000 annual appropriation by the Government for the Agricultural College, providing tne State Legislature makes an equal ap propriation. J K. Weatherford. of Albany, chair man of the Board of Regents., presided at the banquet. Speakers were Dr. W. J. Kerr. Mayor Vates, B. S. Irvine, J. E. Carroll, B. S. Josselyn and Wil liam Hanley. MINER KILLED BY TRAIN Harry Cooper, Neplsew of Late Sen ator Mc-Brlde, Victim. ivr,r' wH inril 7 ISnecial.) Harry Cooper. "a miner, was struck by Great Northern train ,o. is one i i ... .. n Tn.r Inst niirht. He was found a few hours later with his skull rushed and one hand cut on. lie aieu early today. Cooper was a nephew or tne late United States Senator McBride, or Ore gon, and hla step-father was a United States District Judge of Idaho. Cooper at one time was acting cniei lerk in the Mall Service, with head- el quarters at Portland. Bank Changes Announced. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 27. (Spe cial.) M. B. Kies. receiver of the Com mercial Bank, has leased the bank building and fixtures and will vacate before May 1 to the new tenants. His office will be with George B. Simpson, referee in bankruptcy for this district, and H. L. Parcel, attorney for the de funct bank. Another bank with a new name will occupy the corner at Fifth and Main streets, and it will be ready for business not later than June 1. Boy Shot by Playmate. RAYMOND. Wash.. April 27. (Spe cial.) Lloyd Simmons, the 11-year-old son of Rev. J. S. Simmons, a Methodist minister residing at Willapa. was brought to the hospital here yesterday suffering from the effects of a bullet wound in the thigh, received by the ac cidental discharge of a revolver In the hands of a playmate, William Gibbons. Fire Does $15,000 Damage. SALEM. Or.. April 27. (Special.) Fire In the Steeves block, at Liberty and High streets, gutted the two upper floors of the building. Damage, by water In the lower floor Is also great, it being estimated that the entire dam age probably will reach $15,000. The property was fully insured. Seattle Man Goes to Centralis. CENTRALIA. Wash.. April 27. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the Centralis school board last night most of this year's teachers were employed for next year. K. R. Thomas, of Seattle, was appointed principal of the High School, to succeed L. II. Pryor. When completed, the improvements of Eastmoreland and the construction of the first Reed College buildings will have required the work of 110 men for 300 days. This is the equivalent of one man's work for 330,000 days, or say 900 years. More than half of the entire job has now been completed and all of it will be entirely finished by December, '12. Some undertaking, isn't it? F. N. CLARK Selling Agent 818-823 Spalding Building Portland, Oregon jpppiHIS square. contains 331,776 mM points of exactly the same size as the one below. These points rep resent the number of days it would take one man to complete the im provement and construction work in Eastmoreland and at Reed College FREE CARS Daily 2:30 Saturday 2:30 and 4:00 Sunday 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 The point to which the.ar row directs represents one day's labor of one man HAVVLEY IS Idaho's Chief Executive in State Fifty Years. HE CAME WEST'FOR GOLD During Half Century Ho Has Fig ured Notably In Progress of His State and Has Been Prominent Man in Its Politics. BOISE. Idaho, April 27. (Special.) The month of April marks the 60th an niversary of the date Governor James H. Hawley. of this state, first set foot on Idaho soil, and places him among the oldest pioneers in Idaho. Purine; the half century the chief executive of this state has witnessed wonderful de velopment of Idaho and marvelous changes take place. From a youthful placer miner during the territorial days when the lust for gold was at its height. Governor Hawley has risen to the position of the most noted and lead ing criminal lawyer of Idaho, to the office of Governor, and is now men tioned as possible Attorney-General of the I'nited States in the event of the success of the Democratic party at the polls next November. bold Fever Drew Him West. The gold fever In 1S2. particularly in Idaho, had a great deal to do with the directing of the steps of Idaho's Governor to the Gem State. It was In 181, when Governor Hawley was In California, preparing to enter college, that he heard of the wonderful discov eries of gold In the Salmon River coun try in Idaho. Hoping to strike it lucky he left California April 8, 162. arriv ing in Florence the latter part of the same month, when the mining eaclte ment was at its height. Since then he has been Identified with mining interests, though his ef forts have by no means been confined to one line of endeavor. He person ally went over the famous diggings In the Boise Basin, where millions of. dol lars In gold was found, and discovered many rich strikes in that, as well as other, sections. In the Spring of 1S69 he worked placer claims in California and dur ing the Summer was at Gold Hill Mountain. He prospected in the Loon Creek country, returning in the Fall to what Is now Quartzburg. where he prospected for quarts. Iowa Mine Discovered. That Autumn he discovered what is known as the Iowa mine. While work ing one day he found a rich deposit. Gathering some of the rock Into a flour sack, he took It to a creek, where he washed out. gold to the value of $1000. Throughout his entire life Governor Hawley has been an advocate of Demo cratic principles and has been an active worker in the Interests of the party in Idaho. In 1870 he was elected to the lower house of the territorial legisla ture. During the eighth and ninth territorial sessions he was clerk of the assembly. In 1878 he was elected Dis trict Attorney of the Second District and was renominated in 1880. President Cleveland appointed him United States' District Attorney for Idaho In 1SS5 and he served four years. It was while he was District Attorney that the Mormon issue came up In Idaho, and Governor Hawley was vig orous In his prosecution of the mem bers of the Church of the Latter Day Ealnts under the Edmunds-Tucker law. He Convicts Mormons. He sent many Mormons to the Peni tentiary, yet today he has many ar dent admirers and friends among them. I He vigorously opposed the test-oatn law. While a candidate for Congress against Fred T. Dubois, who defeated him. he campaigned in Mormon terri tory. At one of the meetings a lead ing Mormon, whom he had convicted and aent to the Penitentiary, but who had served his time and returned, opened the meeting with prayer. He prayed long and laboriously and took advantage of the opportunity to ask forgiveness for Governor Hawley for his acts while District Attorney. After the prayer, and when passing Governor Hawley to leave the platform, the Mor mon eider turned to the Governor and whispered: "1 got even with you then.". The rise of Governor Hawley as a lawyer was rspld and the climax was reached when he assumed charge of the prosecution of Moyer. Haywood and Pettlbone after Harry Orchard con fessed to the murder of ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg. Win Raee for Governorsnip. Governor Hawley defeated James H. Brady, Republican, running for a sec- ! ond term as Governor, in the Fall of 1910, and took office In January, 1911. ) His administration has been featured i by his stand on full-cash-value taxa- tion and the convening of the Initial I special session of the Legislature to j enact a revised revenue law. Governor Hawley was born in Du buque, la.. January 17, 1847. REALTY DEALER ARRESTED Medford Man Held on Charge of Embarzllng IVora Woman. MEDFORD. Or.. April 27. (Special.) C. C. Tschlrgl, a Medford real estate man, recently from Dubuque, la., was arrested this afternoon charged with embezzling 8350 from Nettie E. Carpen ter, of this city. Miss Carpenter claimed that Mr. Tschirgi acted as her agent in securing a lot near the Sacred Heart Hospital, for which she paid 8650, when This Girl Recovered From Consumption The makers of Eckman'i Alterative, which Is dolna so much food for Conaumptlvea, are continually In receipt of really wonder ful reports of cures brought about solely through the use of this medicine. These reports ara always at tha command of any one Interested, and many of the writers in their gratitude have suggested that like sufferers write direct and learn what It did for them. Here Is one specimen: 421 Second Ave., Aurora. III. ' "Gentlemen: Pardon me for not writing sooner but I wanted to see If I would stay cured. I can now truthfully say I am per fectly well. Never felt better la all my life. I wish to express my heartfelt thanks. 1 never have any pain, no cough, no night sweats, no hay-fever. tilnce a child of two years I have been ailing with lung trouble, which grew worse as I grew older. At the age of fourteen the doctor said If I could not he sent South 1 would surely die of Consumption. Every Winter I would be sure to have either Bronchitis. Pleurisy, or Pneumonia. 1 had Typhoid-Pneumonia one time. I had catarrh of tha stomach and bowels and had Hay Fever for the last few years: but have not anvthlng of the kind this year. 't will answer all letters sent to me, asking a history of my case, from any one suffering from lung trouble. "I remain with many thanks to you, your grateful friend." . . (Signed Affidavit ETTA PLATH. Three years later reports still well. Eokmini Alterative is effective In Bron chitis. Asthma. Hay Fever. Throat and Lung Troubles snd in upbuilding the sys tem Does not contain poisons, opiates or hsbit-formlng drugs. For sale by The Owl Drug Co.. and other leading druggists. Ask for booklet of cured ces snd write to F.ckmin Laboratory, Philadelphia, . Pa., for additional evidence. the price paid for the same was 8300. The balance of 8350, she claimed, Tschirgi appropriated. Tschlrgl claims the amount in ques tion was part of the sum due him from the plaintiff for previous services. He was released on $1000 bonds pending a hearing Saturday. Injured Employe Sues Mill. ASTORIA. Or.. April 27. (Special.) A suit was filed in the Circuit Court this afternoon by Henry Sutinen against the Clatsop Mill Company to recover $15,000 damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sus tained by the plaintiff, who asserts that on Aprtl 3, 1912, while running a machine known as a sash sticker, his right hand was caught In the knives of the machine and three fingers were cut off. Negligence of the defendant com pany In not keeping the machine in proper repair and in not warning the plaintiff of the danger incident to the work is alleged. FANCY "3" HALTS COUNCIL Sheridan Aldermen Couldn't Head Notice With Marshal's Flourish. SHERIDAN. Or., April 27. (Special.) As a second chapter in the contro versy regarding the proposed sale of the city rock crusher and road roller, a local Councilman claims a recent meeting of the Council Illegal. A slip of the pen has served as the technicality. At a metting of the Coun cil last evening. Councilman Flynn po tested that the meeting was illegal, and showed his notice sent by the Marshal. It seems that In dating his notice the 23d. the Marshal had made a flurlsh on the "3" In such a manner. Councilman Flynn said, that he was un able to determine whether the date was 23 or 20. Council adjourned until such a time as the Marshal could send the notices again. Local feeling is at a high pitch and there is considerable talk of graft. Klamath Cmmittee Elect. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., April 27. (Special.) The Republican county cen tral committee-elect met and organized by choosing Robert A. Emmitt chair man of the committee and Caleb T. Oli ver secretary. Dr. George H. Merry man. ex-State Senator. was elected state central committeeman and Abel Ady Congressional committeeman. Most of the precincts were represented at the meeting. So rare is hydrophobia in Europe that fewer than a dozen fatal cases ot the din ease have been reported in the last 10 yar.. "CORVALLIS, PLEASE" Say That to Your Grocer It Means "The Best Butter on Earth" and Save the Coupons ONE IN EVERY PACKAGE OF CORVALLIS BUTTER AND EGGS pill li I , an I in ill II III 1 I I 1 t I . rwJ ,w 1 rr in i i --" . , '-...,," , ' - hi You will like Corvallis Freshly Churned Butter, made in the heart of the Willamette Valley, the famous dairy region, and you will prize the handsome set of Gold Banded China to which the coupons entitlo you. ' INSIST ON COEVALLIS Corvallis Creamery Co., 224-226 Salmon St.