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8 SCIENTIFIC METHODS ARE MAKING ARID LANDS PRODUCTIVE Plateau Farms Company's Success in Gilliam County, Under Direction of Professor Scudder and "Farmer" Smith, Are Related by Addison Bennett, Who Makes Appeal to Other Agriculturists. SCIENTIFIC FARMING MAY AF FKCT GREAT AREA. The problem To increase the fer tility and productiveness oi an Im mense territory In arid sections of Oregon, cast of Cascades. Tha experimenters Portland capi talists who comprise the Plateau Farms Company, owning 600a acres of land In Gilliam County. Their solution More thorough and frequent cultivation and crop rotation as recommended hy sclent- -ists called into consultation. The results On the three farms owned by the company the showing has been most favorable and may lead to revolutionizing farming: methods In the wheat belt. BY ADDISON BENNETT. NUMBER of years ago, before the Zjk O.-W. R. & N. branch was built m from Arlington to Condon, some enterprising gentlemen of thja city pur chased something like 6000 acres of land In Gilliam County, the purchasers operating under the corporate name of the Plateau Farms Company. Peter Kerr, of Kerr, Gifford & Co., is the president of the company, w. D. Wheel wright. Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie and Mr. Kerr, together with his associates in the Kerr-Gifford Company, owning- all the stock. The greater portion of this land Is in three tracts, known as farms Nos. 1, 2 and 5. No. 1 has about 2000 acres. No. 2 about 9u0 acres and No. 5 2000 acres. Farms 3 and 4, comprising the remaining land, are In the southeast ern portion of the county and are as a rule rented. So no mention need be made of those tracts. Farm No. 1 is situated on Shuttler Flat, about 10 miles southeast of Ar lington, and about two and one-half miles from the railroad; farm No. 2 is about 10 miles north of Condon and farm No. 5 about six miles west of Mikkalo, a station on the railroad. These farms are all in the higher portions of Gilliam County, In what is commonly called the wheat belt, a sec tion where a crop is taken, or expected, every second year, the land being Sum mer fallowed every other year. This is done to use the moisture of two years in making one year's crop, the rainfall, about 10 inches a year, being insuffi cient to give a paying crop every year. But It is no great secret that for the last 1 years not more than three pay ing crops have been taken from the dry lands of Sherman, Gilliam and Morrow Sunday Services in City Clrurclies BAPTIST. First, White Temple. Twelfth and Taylor streets Minister, Rev. W B. Hinson and Kev. F. A. Agar. 10, Bible school, classes for all ages; 11, preaching by Rev. William Kay; theme, "Christian Witnesses in the Twentieth Century"; 6:15, B. Y. P. U.. 7:30, preaching by Rev. William Hay; theme, 'The Superb Achievement of Christian I'aith." East Side. East Ankeny and Twentieth streets Rev. w. O. Shank, pastor. Services, 11 ; preaching by the pastor; theme, "My Grace is Sufficient for Thee"; 6:30, B. Y. P. U.; 7:30. preaching by the pastor; theme. "'How to Be Happy"; 10, Sunday school. Highland, Alberta and East Sixth streets Rev. Charles B. Elliott, pastor. , 0:45, Sun day school ; 11, preaching dv Rev. O. C. Wright; 7. B. Y. P. U. ; 8, evening worship. East Forty-fifth Street Rev. A. B. Walts, pastor. 11. preaching by the pastor; theme "A Top-Heavy Vessel"; 6:30, B. Y. P. U.; 7:30. "The Gospel on Wheel and on Keel," by Rev. George L. White; :45, Sunday school. Tabernacle Rev. Robert Gray, pastor. 11, preaching by the pastor; theme, "Christian Unity"; 6:30, young people's meeting; 7:30. preaching by the pastor; theme, "A Wasted Life"; 9:45, Sunday school. Calvary, East Eighth and Grant streets Services. 11 and 7:30; preaching by Rev 3. N. Munroe, former pastor; 10, Sunday school; 5:K, B. T. P. U. Italian Mission, East Eighteenth and Tib betts streets Rev. Francesco Sannella, pas tor. 10. Sunday school; ll. preaching serv ice : 7, pastor's circle (prayer service) ; S, proaching service; 10:30. short sermon for English-speaking people; theme, "The Guard, ian of Our Heart"; 7:30, "A Man Away From His Duty." Lnts Rev. J. M. Nelson, pastor. 10, Sun day school : 1 1, preaching by the pastor; theme, "The Man That God Calls a Fool"; 6:30, B. Y. P. V.; 7:SO, preaching by the pastor, theme. "The Unpardonable Sin"; 10, .Sunday school. St. Johns Rev. E. P. Borden, pastor Services, 11 and & Third. Vancouver avenue and Knott street Rev. Webley J. Beaven, pastor. 11 and 7:30, Rev. E. H. East. M. D., of Burma, will preach; Bible school, 9:45: B. Y. P. U. 6:30. Arleta Rev. D, M. McPhaii, pastor. 11, preaching by the pastor; 6:15, B. Y. P. TJ.; 7:30, preaching by the pastor; 10. Sunday school. Elmo Heights, Lents Sunday school, 2:30 o'clock. Swedish, Fifteenth and Hoyt streets Rev. F. Undeen, pastor. Sunday school, 12; B. Y. P. U.. 6:15. Grace. Montavilla Rev. H. T. Cash, pas tor. Sunday school, 9:45; services. 11 and B. Y. P. U.. 7. Mount Olivet. Seventh and Everett streets Rev. W. A. Ma sett, pastor. Services, 11 and 3: Sunday school, 12:30. University Park Rev. a. C. Ssxton. pas tor. Sunday school, 10 ; ll, preaching by I " : j . - , A)) r":. -3' . It .... i--i Jv-l j.. Li L'.'-.r-t . ' v 1 Counties. On the other hand It must be remembered that these are not high priced lands, sales taking place at prices ranging from $15 to $25 an acre, in large tracts at even less prices. Mr. Kerr seems to have the actual oversight of the Plateau Farms Com pany lands, and everybody who knows Mr. Kerr knows him to be a gentleman who does not follow the beaten track if he sees another that looks better to him. When he found their farms were not paying the profits they should he began to look into the matter. Messrs. Wheelwright and Mackenzie "looked" also. "If on the "off year we can raise such a fine crop of weeds on these lands, why can we not just as well raise something else, something of value?" That was the question these gentlemen studied over. They went ahead in their own way .for a short time to improve upon the ancient methods, then they called- in Professor Scudder, of the Oregon Agri cultural College, and "Farmer" Smith, the O.-W. R. & N. agriculturist. In company with the superintendent of the farms, O. E. Fisk, of Arlington, these gentlemen made a thorough in vestigation of conditions and finally got the work started in what seems to be the right direction. Matter Important to Owners. There is no more important question in the rural districts of Oregon than that confronting the land owners in the arid section of our state east of the Cascades. There are hundreds of thousand of acres of land in Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, Wheeler and Grant Counties, saying nothing about the larger areas of Crook, Klamath, Lake, Harney and Mal heur, which with the present system of farming do not pay an average profit of a dollar a year. This is a rath,er dis couraging statement, but the reader can readily take the annual wheat crop from Eastern Oregon, even including the sections where the rainfall is great er and the yield larger, in sections of Baker, Union, Wallowa and Umatilla Counties, and compare the yield with the total area. Professor Scudder has long and faith fully taught that these lands are im properly cropped. He has for years maintained that the wheat yield of the arid sections could be doubled, or at least the profits of the land doubled, by adopting different methods. So no man could have been called in by the the pastor; 6:30. B. Y. P. TJ.; 7:30, preach ing by the pastor. Russellvllle Schoolhouse, under auspices of Grace Church, Montavilla Sunday school, 2:15. Chinese Mission, 353 Burnslde street Sun. day school, 7; J. G. Malone, superintendent. Sellwood, Eleventh street and Tacoma ave nue Rev. F, H. Hayes, pastor. Preaching. 11 and 7:30; Sunday school, 10; B. Y. P. U.. 6:30. First German, Fourth and Mill streets Rev. j. Kratt, pastor. Services. 11 and 7:30; Sunday school, 9:45. Second German. Morris street and Rodney avenue Rov. Frederick Buerrman, pastor. Sunday school, 9:43; preaching, 11 and 7:30: B. Y. P. U.. 6:45. CATHOLIC. St. Michael's (Italian), Fourth and Mill streets Jesuit Fathers. Low mass, 8:30: high mass and sermon, l0:3O; vespers and benediction, 7:3. Ascension, East Seventy-sixth and East Morrison streets Rev. James B. Fitzpatrick. rector. Low mass, 8; high mass and sermon, 10:30; Sunday school, 9:30; benediction of tho blessed sacrament, 7:30; weekdays' mass, 6 :30. St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Fifteenth and Davis streets Most Rev. A. Christie, D. D. Low mass, 6. 8 and 9; high mass and ser mon, 11; vespers. Instruction and benedic tion, 7:43 Immaculate Heart of Mary, Williams ave nue and Stanton street Rev. W. A. Daly. Low mass. 6. S and 9; high mass and ser mon, 10:80; vespersand benediction, 7:30. St. Francis. East Twelfth street between Pine and Oak Rev. Father Black. Low mass, 8; high mass and sermon. 10:30; ves pers, Jnstructlon and benediction. 7:30. St. Andrew's, East Ninth and Alberta streets Rev. Thomas Kiernan. Low mass, S; high mass and sermon, lO; vespers. In struction and benediction, 7:30. Holy Rosary. East Third and Clackamas streets Very Rev. H. H. Kelly, o. P. Low mass. 6. 7, 8 and 9; high mass and sermon. 11: vespers and benediction, 7:30. On the first Sunday of the month rosary procession sermon and benediction, 7:30; third Sunday, sermon, procession of the most blessed sac rament and benediction, 7:30; every Thurs day evening, holy hour, from 7:30 to 8-30. Holy Cross, University Park Rev. C. R. Flnner. Low mass, 8:30; high mass and sermon, 10:30; vespers and benediction. 4. St. Lawrence's, Third and Sherman streets Rev. J. C. Hughes. Low mass. 6, 8 and 9; hich, mass and sermon, 10:3O; vespers, in struction and benediction. 7:S0. CHJUSTIAX SCIENCE. Third. East Twelfth and Salmon streets 11, lesson sermon, "Spirit"; Sunday school, primary 11, seniors 12:15; Wednesday even, ing meeting, S. Fourth, 24G Killingsworth avenue Serv ices, 11; subject of lesson sermon. "Spirit"; junior Sunday school, 11 ; senior. 12:15; Wednesday evening meeting, 8. Second, Woodmen Hall, East Sixth and Plateau Farms Company better versed than he, no man whose training and experience is as extensive as ""Farmer" Smith's. I recently made a trip of investiga tion of the three farms mentioned, the trip being made in company with Mr. Fisk, the superintendent, and Charles E. Van Winkle, manager of farm No. 1. Our first visit was to farm No. 2, where we found I. J. Lytle, the farm manager, somewhat discouraged be cause the well drillers had not struck water in a hole being drilled near the house. They were down 380 feet, while an abundance of water "has been found at far less depth nearby. On this farm there are 110 acres of alfalfa, which was seeded during the second week of May, this year. It was put in in drills three feet apart, and the seeds were supposed to be so dis tributed as to bring a hill or stalk about every foot. However, "it was seeded five or six times as thick as that, so the plants are only a few inches apart at the best, often all bunched together. But in spite of this there was a pretty even stand about 12 inches high, and many of the plants were Just beginning to bloom. On the day following our visit a mower- was to be run over the ground, cutting the plants off about six inches from the ground, and allowing the cut foliage to lie and rot on the ground. This crop had been cultivated three times, and the soil was moist down for three feet, beginning three inches, in places less than two inches, beneath the surface. Not a single weed was visible on this tract, so the alfalfa was getting every particle of the moisture save the evaporation. On this same farm was a field of corn, 45 acres, which had been culti vated three times, besides going through it and hoeing out the wheat, for this ' corn crop was being taken instead of a Summer fallow crop of weeds. This corn was waist high, was just tassellng out, and looked as thrifty as any corn could. At the very least, according to Mr. Van Winkle's estimate, there will be 500 bushels of well-matured shelled corn on this patch, and the fodder will be a con siderable item besides, and when the plowing is done for the Fall seding of wheat the ground will turn up like an ash heap, without a weed and full of moisture. That was object lesson number one. The cost of planting and cultivating Alder streets Services, 11 during August; subject of lesson sermon, "Spirit"; Sunday school, 9:40 and 11; Wednesday evening service, 8. CHRISTIAN. Montavilla, East Seventy-sixth and Hoyt streets .Services, 11 and 8; subjects, "The Marks of Jesus" and "The State of the Christian"; Sunday school,. 10. Rev. S. H. Kimball, minister. Vernon, East Fifteenth and Wygant streets Dr. J. F. Ghormley will speak at 11 and 8; Sunday school, 10. CO'GKEGATIONAL. First, Park and Madison Rev. L. R.. Dy ott, minister. Rev. H. C. Mason, of Se attle, 11 and 7:4.V, Bible school, 9:50. Highland, East Sixth and Prescott Rev. E. S. Bollinger, pastor. If, Sunday school. 11, "The Back Side of the Desert"; 7:45, "Heroism in Self -Mastery." Sunnyside, East Thirty-second and Tay lor Rev. J. J. staub, pastor. 11, "He Is of Age" ; 8, "Our Unseen Helpers" ; Sunday school, 10; Christian Endeavor, 6:45. Waverly Heights, Thirty-third and Ells worth streets Andrew Watson Bond, pas tor. Sunday school, 10 A. M. ; Y. P. S. C. E., 7 P. M.: morning preaching, 11, subject, "Moody People" ; evening preaching, 8, "The Modern Goliath and Who Will Kill Him." EPISCOPAX. St. Matthew's, Bancroft and Cortett streets Rev. W. A. M. Breck, vicar. Service and sermon, 11. No evening service during Au gust All Saints', Twenty-fifth and Savier streets Rev. R. E. Remington, rector. Sunday school, 9:45; morning service, 1L No even ing service during the Summer. St. David's, East Twelfth and Belmont streets Rev. H. R. Talbott, rector. 7:30, celebration of holy eucharist; 9:45, Sunday school; 11. morning prater and sermon; cel ebration of holy eucharist the first Sunday in the month. Trinity, Nineteenth and Everett streets Dr. A. A. Morrison, rector. Services, 8,- 11 and Grace Memorial, Weldler and East Sev enteenth streets North Rev. George B. Van Waters.' rector; Rev. Oswald W. Taylor vicar. Holy communion, 8; Sunday school, 30; morning service and sermon, 11; no evening service. Sa Paul's, Woodmere Rev. Oswald W. Taylor, rector. Sunday school, 3 ; evening prayer and sermon. 4. St. John's. Mtiwaukie Rev. John D. Rice, vicar. 3, evening prayer; holy communion, 8:SO, first Sunday of month. St. Mark's. Twenty-nrst and Marshall streets Rev. J. E. H. Simpson, rector. 7:30. holy eucharist ; '9:45, Sunday school ; 10:15. matins and litany; 11, holy eucharist and sermon; evensong and sermon. 8. Pro-Cathedral of St. Stephen the Martyr Thirteenth and Clay streets Very Rev. H. M. Ramsey, dean. Holy communion. 7:30 ; Sunday school, lO; morning service, il ; service for colored people, 3: evening serv ice, 7:45. St. Michael's and All Angels, East Thirty- I 4t i i4 ft - & 1 r I If C l,if' ! - 't I this corn did not amount to much more than if it had been properly Summer fallowed, and there will be from $300 to $400 worth of corn on it, a good many dollars' worth" of fodder and a greatly increased yield of wheat next year. One might go no whit beyond that Just wheat, corn and then wheat eighth street and Broadway-rRev. T. F. Bowen, .vicar. Holy communion. 7:30; Sun day school, 10; prayer and sermon, V 11; service. 7 :30. St. Andrew's, Portsmouth, Hereford street, near Lombard Rev. F. M. Baum, vicar. Sunday school, 10; morning service, 11; holy communion on second and fourth Sun days each month, 7:30 A. M. ; on first Sun day at 11 and on holidays by appointment. Church of Our Savior, Woodstock avenue and Forty-first street Southeast Rev. E. H Clark, in charge. Regular services. 8 and 11. Good Shepherd. Graham street and Van couver avenue Rev. John Dawson, rector. Sunday school. 9 :45 ; morning service, 11 ; evening service. 7:30. St. John's, Sellwood Rev. John D. Rice, vicar. S, holy communion, except on first Sunday of month ; 10, Sunday school ; 11. morning prayer; holy communion first Sun day of month. Kenton, fire hall, Brandon street Rev. F. M. Baum, vicar. Sunday school. lO; even ing service, 8; holy communion, 7:30 A. M., third Sunday each month. Bishop Morris Memorial Chapel. Good Samaritan Hospital Rev. Frederick K. How ard, chaplain. Holy communion. 7; vespers. tNTEKNATIOXAX BIBLE STUDENTS. Oddfellows Hall, East Sixth and East Al der streets Berean Bible lesson, "The New Creation," 1:30; praise service,, 2:45; dis course by William B. Baker, 3:15; topic, "The Three Phases of the Church of Christ." 8 3 11 wood Services at 778 Sherrett avenue. Berean Bible lesson. "The Plan of the Ages," 7:45. LUTHERAN'. St. James English, West Park and Jef ferson streets Rev. J. Allen Leas, pastor. Services. 11, conducted by the pastor; Sun day school, 10. Bethany (Danish), Union avenue North And Morris street Rev. M. C- Jensen. Eng holm, pastor. Services, ll and 8; Sunday school, 10; young people's meeting every Tuesday at S; Ladles' Aid meets in church basement Wednesday at 2. METHODIST EPISCOPAL - First Dr. Benjamin Young, pastor. 9:30, classes; 10:30, Dr. Fletcher Homan; 12:15, Sunday school; 6:45, Ep worth League : 7 :45 Dr. Fletcher Homan. Rose City Park, Rose City Park Club- iiuue ncv. w . w . x oungaon, minister, w hj, Sunday school; 11, "The Tides of the Spir it"; 7:45, "The Old Anchors." Oak Grove Rev. H. Spiess, pastor. Sun- aay scnooi, iu; ll, -. A. Lewis; S, the pastor. Central, Vancouver avenue and Fargo Rev. C. C. Rarick, pastor. Sunday school, 9:45; "The Voice of God." 11: class meet ing, 12:15; Epworth League, 7; "Christ and tne Gadarene Demoniac." 8 ; mid-week ser vice, Thursday, 8. Centenary, East Ninth and Pine Rev. D. H. Trimble, minister. 11, Rev. J. W. Mc Dougall; 7:45, : Dr. McDougall; Sunday school, 9:45: Epworth League. 6:45. German, Rodney avenue and Stanton Rev. F. A. Schumann, pastor. Sunday scnooi. :4o; services 11 and 8; Epworth League, 7 :15. ML Tabor, East Sixty-first and Stark Rev. C L. Hamilton, pastor. Sunday school, 9:45; preaching, 11 and 8; Epworth League, 7 First Norwegian Danish, Eighteenth, and again and greatly Increase the crops of the arid belt and wonderfully in crease' the prosperity of the farmers, or rather turn many of the failures into successes. The alfalfa will be pastured after it is clipped and gets a second start, then next year it probably will be clipped Hoyt Rev. Ellas Gjerdlng, pastor. Mom-; ing service, 11; Epworth League service, 7; preaching. 8; Tuesday night. Young People's meeting ; Thursday night, Bible study. Patton, Michigan and Alberta, Geo. F Hopkins, pastor Sunday school, lO A. M.; Epworth League, 6:45 P. M. ; sermon. 11 A. M., "People That Know Their God Are Strong and Do Exploits," and 7 :45 P. M., "A Christian Gentleman." Trinity, 368 Hemlock street, Ladd'B Ad dition, Rev. Charles T. McPherson, pastor 11, Dr. B. J. Hoadley; 8, pastor; subject, "Tho Great Ransom"; 10, Sunday school. Clinton-Kelly Memorial, East Fortieth street and Powell Valley toad. Rev. C. O. McCulloch, pastor Morning theme, "Hu man Impotence and Divine Omnipotence" ; evening theme, "An Effectual, Fervent Prayer Sunday school 9:45; preaching, 11 and 7 :45; class meeting, 12 ; Epworth League. 7. PRESBCTEKIAX. First, Twelfth -and Alder Morning and evening, Rev. Robert Johnson, of Montreal. Calvary, Eleventh and Clay Rev. J. V. Milligan, 10:30; 12 M., Bible school, ad dressed by Miss Carrutfeers. No evening ser mon, v Hawthorne Park, East Twelfth and Tay lor 10:30, "Conditions of Acceptance With God"; Sunday school, 12. No evening service. Rev. L. KL. Grimes, pastor. Spokane-Avenue, Spokane avenue and Sixteenth Rev. J. E. Youel, pastor. 11, "Christian Culture and Its Social Uses"; open-air service, SellWood Park, 7. Fourth, First and Gibbs Rev. H. G. Han son, minister. 10 ;S0, "Missions in Syria" ; 12, Sunday school; 6:45, Christian Endeavor; 7 :45, evening service. UNITED EVANGELICAL. First, Ladd Tract, East Sixteenth street Rev. C. C. Poling, D. D.. pastor. Preaching at 11 A M. and 8 P. M.. by the pastor; "A God in Ruins" is the subject of the morn ing disco arse; special music; Christian En deavor at 7 P. M. and Sunday school at 9:45 A M. All ar welcome. Ockley Green Rev. G. L. Lfvell, pastor. Preaching both morning and evening; Sun day school at 10 A. M.; Christian Endeavor at 7 P. M.. St. Johns Dr. J. A Goode, pastor. Preaching both morning and evening; Sun day school at 10 A. M. ; Christian Endeavor at 7 P. M- Wlchita Rev. H. H. Farnham, pastor. Preacning by J. Bowersox Sunday, August 10; Sunday school at lO A. M-, Christian En deavor at 7 P. M. Woodlawn, East Seventh street North and Liberty street Rev. B. F- Bass will occupy the pulpit at the morning service, 11 A. M., and in the evening. S P. M. Sunday school, 9:4& A. M. All are cordially invited. UNIVERSALIS T. Church of the Good Tidings, Broadway and East Twenty-fourth street Rev. Dr. James D. Corby, pastor. There will be no service August 10 on account of repairs to the churcn. Dr. Corby wl be available for services at his home, 802 Broadway. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN. Church of the Strangers. 10:30, "The Change on the Open Face"; 8:00, "The Man Who Really Prayed." Third, East Thirty-seventh, near Haw thorne -Rev. W. A Spalding, minister. Sun - rather early and then allowed to go to seed, for it is for raising seed that the company has planted it. Of that later, when we get to the'fields planted last year. Here on farm No. 2 are also 1 acres of potatoes, which have been cultivated five times, which will yield perhaps upwards of 150 bushels an acre. These were planted April 15. We pulled several hills and they averaged six good spuds to the hill and larger than a large egg, with several smaller ones. Now remember this is on land that has had during the last twelve month a rainfall of perhaps less than eight inches. "It's the cultivation" that does the business. On farm No. 5, 18 miles south west of Arlington, there are 1600 acres in cultivation. By the way, I said nothing about the wheat on farm No. 2. The less said the better, for it is not a good stand, the seeding being done in the dust. It would have paid to plough it under and Summer fallowed or corn-cropped it. But mis takes of that sort are bound to occur. There are 700 acres in grain on farm No. 5, and it will run upwards of 18 bushels to the acre, while the farms around it will run from 12 to 15 bushels. Reason? Better cultiva tion, better plowing, more attention to keeping the weeds from sapping the moisture last year. Scientific-farming, Scudder farming, Farmer Smith farm ing that is all that is wanted all over the arid belt Here on farm number five we saw 42 acres of alfalfa planted in 1912 and 123 acres seeded about the middle of last day school, 10; 11, John L. Achison; S "You Will Have to Show Me." UNITARIAN. Church of Our Father, Broadway and Yamhill Btreet Rev. T. L. Eliot, D. D., minister emeritus; Rev. W. G. Eliot, Jr.. minister. Service,. 11; evening service omit ted, Y. M. C A. City Association Meeting for men at 3 o'clock at White Temple, will be addressed by Billy Sunday on the subject, "Chickens Come Home to Roost. MISCELLANEOUS. Divine Truth Chapel, Selling-Hirsch build. Ing, West Park and Washington streets Rev. T. M.. Minard, pastor. Services, 11; midweek meeting, Thursday, 8. Bahai meeting in Eilers Hall every Mon day evening a S. New Thought, Temple of Truth, Eilers building Rev. P. J. Green, minister. Lec ture at &, "The Great Spiritual Awakening' by Judge H. .H. Benson, of Los Angeles. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon), Portland Branch Semi annual conference at East Tenth and Sher man streets. Services, 11:45 and 7. Presi dent Melvin J. Ballard will be the principal speaker. Christian Yoga, 171 Eleventh street, Chris tensen building Silence meeting, 11, 8; "The New Dispensation of the Divine Pres ence," Frank O. Garrison will speak. MORMON SITE DEDICATED Joseph F. Smith Says Great Future Awaits Church In Canada. CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 9. (Spe cial.) The Mormon Church has prac tically decided to abandon its Mexican colonization scheme and devote all of Its outside energies to the development of its lands and settlements in South ern Alberta. Announcement to this effect was made semi-officially at Cardston. south of Calgary, last week, on the occasion of the visit of Joseph F. Smith, of Utah, head of the church, who came to Alberta to dedicate the site of the new temple to be built at Cardston, the first to be erected out side of Salt Lake City. President Smith made no secret of the fact that the Church of Latter Day Saints had great development plans for the country south of Calgary. The church owns hundreds of thousands of acres of lands in this territory, and is prepared to add to its holdings as often as It can, no matter what price has to be paid. The main theme of the president's address was his assurance to the world that nothing would be carried on in this temple that would be contrary to the law of the land. He also strongly April. The last year's crop Is headed out and filled with seed, the plants be ing almost four feet high. Suppose it harvests only 100 pounds an acre, sup pose the price is only 15 cents a pound. Why, even at that it beats 15 bushels of wheat at 80 cents a bushel. But it looks like it would run 150 pounds, and the yield Is sold for 20 cents a pound, or $30 an acre. All of this has been cultivated from four to six times, but eight acres a day can be culti vated by a man and two horses. Less work than working out the weeds in Summer fallowing. There will be three or four months' good pasturage after the seed alfalfa Is harvested. Corn Care Equals Fallow. Here are 120 acres of corn on land that was in wheat last year. It will run around 12 or 15 bushels to the acre and the fodder. The care of the corn, crop is not much in excess of Summer fallowing. Does the Scudder method, the Farmer Smith method pay? Go out to these farms and see! Here are 35 acres in field peas on Summer fallowed ground. They will be harvested before this letter is print, ed. They were not planted thick enough. All of this work is in its ex perimental stage. Men can scarcely be hired who will follow the advice of the owners and the scientists. But in spite of having the peas too thin in the rows they will yield upwards of 700 pounds to the acre, worth in any mar ket 4 cents a pound! In place of Sum mer fallow! ' And the crop enriches the ground! It will yield a large crop of wheat next year. Do scientific methods avail anything? Here we are down to farm number one, the home farm, so to speak. Mr. Van Winkle, a young man of rare in telligence, manages this place. His wife, a superior woman, looks after the turkeys and has 150 fine young ones to range on the alfalfa and pick up the grain and seeds from the fields. Here are 650 acres in wheat and barley. Look around! Look around carefully! There are no such grain fields around. Dig into the earth! The moisture is down three feet. Why? Because the soil was properly worked last year, and then properly seeded. Look over the whole field and you will not discern a weed! Do scientific methods pay? Do the scientists, . like Professor Scudder and "Farmer" Smith, know what they are talking about? Does a 25-bushel yield pay better than a 10-bushel yield? Here we see 100 acres of corn, 30 acres of peas, 10 acres of potatoes. 1 acre of artichokes, 40 acres of 1912 alfalfa, 100 acres planted last Spring and no better stands can be found in the humid belt. Cultivation, cultiva tion, cultivation and more cultivation! Five, six, seven or eight times during the season the land is cultivated to conserve the moisture and keep down, the weeds. But what of it? Eight to ten acres a day can be gone over with one man and two horses. Does it pay? Must I close? Perhaps it is best, for I certainly have written enough to set the farmers of the arid regions to thinking. Will they act? If only 50 per cent of them would pursue the methods of the Plateau Farms Com pany and thereby follow the advice of Professor Scudder and "Farmer" Smith we would have a different story from the arid wheat belt. We would hear no more of certain failures and tenantless, cropless farms. "We would see the wheat yield of those regions doubled and a good paying crop, perhaps far better than the wheat, on the off year. We cannot sufficiently thank Messrs. Kerr, Wheelwright and Mackenzie for their demonstrations; we . cannot give commendations high enough or strong enough to Messrs. Scu'dder and Smith. They are doing a noble, a grand and glorious work, and it is bound to re pay the community many fold. emphasized the excellence of British institutions, British government, Brit ish law and British Justice. He es pecially mentioned in this connection tho desirable observance of the Sab bath he had noted in Canada. He con cluded by scoring the liquor traffic. An interesting feature of the cere monies was the presence of "Aunt" Zina Card, wife of the pioneer Mormon settler in Southern Alberta, and the daughter of Brigham Young, the pio neer of Salt Lake City and one of the faith's greatest leaders. The presence of Mrs. Card created a link with the past of unusual interest. PRINCE BUYS PLANTATION Member of Reuss Family to Engage in Rubber Cultivation. BERLIN1, Aug. 9. (Special.) Prince Henry XXXII, of the Junior branch of the Reuss family, has just founded a limited liability company to manage a couple of rubber plantations that he recently purchased in German Bast Africa. The company, which is named the - Manga-Marimba-Gesellschaf t, is presided over by the Prince in per son, and another member of the board, is the Prince's teacher in commercial affairs, Herr Eiffe of Hamburg. Apparently the plantation is not giv. ing every satisfaction, as it is now de cided to engage in the cultivation of other . products besides rubber. Last year as much as $25,000 worth of rub ber "was collected, but this sum repre sented a more than usually large quantity, as, through the extreme di versity of quality, there was some dif ficulty in disposing of it.-. Prince Henry of Reuss is one of the score of Princes of this name. He was born at Constantinople, while his father was in the diplomatic service there, and for some time was engaged in the German navy. He then served as ap prentice with Herr Eiffe, and then took a diploma at the Commercial High School at Cologne. Since then he has been engaged in business, but this is his first important venture. He is now 35 years old. When Mint Is Fragrant. If you like mint, gather the fresh leaves before the blossoms appear, and put them in large-mouthed bottles. Cover them with vinegar and cork them. In about three weeks strain through' cheesecloth. This vinegar can be kept indefinitely, if it is bottled carefully.