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BY ADDISON BENNETT.
ROSKBURG. Or., Nov. 1. (Special.)
It is 199 miles from Portland to
Roseburg via the Southern Pa
cific and the Journey takes one through
a. section of country that is pretty
hard to beat. The trip at this season
of the year is especially delightful.
Fortunately the train service on the
Southern Pacific Is such that the ride
can be made by daylilght If one wishes,
as It should be by any person who has
not seen the country at its best.
The reader may wonder why It is
said that "at its best" Is in the Fall,
after tho crops have matured and been
garnered, when the grain, fields have
Kiven way to stubble, when the pasture
lands have lost much of their verdure
and the frost3 have nipped the leaves
in forest and orchard; when one is
lilled simply with the Joy of living,
when every minute of e)very hour of
every day might be called a moment
of praise for the manifold works of
nature in such a state of contentment
the present is always so beautiful as
to fill wholly the mind and eye.
Just now the leaves in the fields and
forests are & riot of color, some of the
grape vines are so far above any words
at my command that I can only say if
any artist would duplicate them on
canvas he would be mobbed as a nature
faker. I saw today In the Overland
Orchards tract, on the old home place
of the Booth family, three grape vlnjes
that ought to be worth $1,000,000 each,
valued according to some of the works
of the old masters that have been pur
chased by the collectors of the day.
As an artist nature can so far outdo
the works of man as to but about
those three vines (and as the frosts
come there will be hundreds and thou-
eands more of them In the same vine
yard) It Is worth a trip of many days
to see them. And in the neighboring
hills and valleys are many trees and
vines and shrubs and plants with fo
liage nearly as beautiful. Tes, as an
artist nature stands alone, unapproach.
able, and many of her very best works
are to be seen at this time of year In
this lovely Umpqua Valley. And having
seen many of them, I can declare that
Tight now Is the very time of the year
to see this country at its best.
Homes May Be Duplicated.
You can take the words of the grow
ers as to the number of bushels of corn
crown hereabouts to the acre, the boxes
of apples picked from a tree, the pounds
of prunes taken from an acre, the num
ber of eggs laid by a hen, the price
received for hogs, cattle or sheep, the
pounds of buttter made from the milk
of one or a dozen cows. All of these
Milnsrs can be squared, measured, cone
puted and stated in cold figures for
the beautiful works of nature there is
no way to compute, compare or est!
mate. The answer lies deep down In
the soul of the beholder and can no
more be expressed than can the sounds
of nature's orchestra the never-ending
surge of the sea be set to music by
man.
Were you born in the country? The
most of us were, those who were not
were unfortunate. Do you remember
the old home? Is it far away? If it is,
you, no doubt, spend many moments
with your eyes closed thinking,
dreaming about the old home. You do
If your heart is clean and your brain
clew and your liver working right.
The dear old fields, the splendid for
ests and valleys, the trees, the thick
ets, the briar patches even there were
never any like unto them, never will
bo again unless you can partake of
some potion to restore youth.
But in the Umpqua Valley you can
duplicate tho home country of your
birth. No matter where It was you
can And another just like It In the
Umpqua Valley. Why, I often Imagine
as I pass along through this wonder
ful section that I am really and truly
"' back in my childhood home. Closing
ny eyes I see the old brook and hear
t too and remember, thankfully re
'ifrhen I sat upon its banks
IN UMPQUA VALLEY: FOLK WITH GROWING CHILDREN
Addison Bennett Says All "Old Homes" Can Be Matched in Roseburg Country, Where Strawberries Grow to Unequaled Supremacy.
and looked Into the eyes of-
go on?
All of which has no bearing on what
I ought to write and was supposed to
write about the country adjacent to
Roseburg. What the Roseburg people
want, what we all want anywhere in
Oregon, is more people on the lands.
more people of the producing class.
The editor of The Oregonian sent me
here to "write a piece for the paper"
to assist, or try to assist, in the work
to that end. But I come here and am
so enthused by the wonders and beau
ties of the country that I forget my
mission and in place of giving facts,
statistics and figures I go off into gen
eralities and rave over the beautiful
coloring of a grapevine.
Wanted I Folk With Families.
Perhaps after all poorer and weaker
arguments might be advanced to those
seeking homes than I have set forth
at least to the sort of people we would
like to have come here as our neigh
bors. As said, and as everybody knows.
we want more people to till our lands,
more people to make their" homes on
our farms, or rather to make farms
out of our lands now vacant or lying
fallow. We must get those people. If
we get them at all, from outside the
State of Oregon. In so far as possible
we want men and women with families.
Perhaps In that we are selfish in wish
ing to swell our own census figures
at the expense of other communities.
Beyond selfishness, however, rests the
fact that the man and wife with grow
ing boys and girls will do better here
than the single man or the childless
husband and wife.
Because there Is so much work here
that children can do, and thrive In the
doing, that this labor goes a long way
toward reaching the goal of success.
This Is particularly true of the Ump
qua Valley where the newcomer may
often pay for his land twice over by
a Bingle crop of strawberries taken
the second year and the work prac
tically all done by the children. For
here, here In the Umpqua Valley, at
Roseburg, they raise as fine strawber
ries as ever passed the lips of human.
There are no real strawberries raised
"back yonder" in the East. The per
fect strawberry, like the perfect
cherry, is grown In the Northwest
here at Roseburg they produce the
very best. And they have made their
reputation anl the market is estab
lished. The price isoften very large
always good. Indeed, the amount oreen
realized from a two or three-acre patch
of strawberries Is more than many
quarter-section In the best corn belt
fetches when crop and prices are at
their best.
After all, the strawberry business
is a rather back-breaking pursuit
but follow It year after year. At least
that is the case around Roseburg, all
over the state for that matter. I could
point to hundreds and thousands of
prosperous people In Oregon who made
their first start, their first "quick
money on a little strawberry patch
Then the strawberry grower finds there
are so many easier ways to make
money from his land that he retire
from the business of strawberry grow
ing.
Land Salts Dairying.
All sorts of fruits and berries grow
here to perfection. Just as good ap
pies as can be grown in any of the
famously advertised sections of Ore
gon, Washington or Idaho can be an
are grown here. And the wise land
owner will set out a portion -of his
land to some of the best-known ap
pies, pears, cherries, peaches or prune
The sort of people this valley need
the 8ort that will do best here, are
those who will do this and then turn
the balance of their land to the uses
of diversified farming until the owner
"finds himself." By that I mean that
one man' may decide that he can do
best by raising fine sheep, another
fancie another cows.'-ajj
-,,t horses wniie
vegetables, -others but
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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 2, 1913.
Any sort of crop that the landowner
may fancy will thrive here and make
the grower prosperous, rich If he sticks
to it and does not squander his income.
The entire valley is peculiarly adapt
ed to dairying. The Winter pasturage
almost as good as In the Summer.
There Is no better climate for the dairy
ow than here. An acre or two of kale
can be raised for a mere trifle it will
produce more milk than any acre of
fodder grown almost anywhere else.
The price of milk is always good at
the nearest creamery, tne payments
prompt. But why "tout" the dairy busi
ness when everybody knows It Is one
f the most promising fields for tne
landowner when conditions of soil and
climate are right and here they are
right.
Qolns "back East lor tne Bort or
people we want on these lands the first
question the man seeking a new home
will ask Is this:
"Can corn be raised there?
Now It has been said for two gen-
ratlons, ever since Oregon was settled.
n fact, that this was not a corn state.
WOMEN BACK UP 72,000 SMOKERS
WHO ASK FOR ONE CAR IN FIVE
Devotees of Weed, Tired of Being Regarded as Dangerous Criminals, All Their Privileges Withdrawn, Arise in
Wrath Busybody Objects, of Course Commission Takes Hand.
BY LLOYD F. LONERGAN.
N
EW YORK, Nov. 1. (Special.)
Sharing in the Interest aroused by
the lively campaign of former
Governor William Sulzer Is the fcattle
of smokers to obtain some privileges
from the Public Service Commission.
Men who like cigars, pipes and cigar
ettes have finally awakened -to a real
ization of tho fact that their privileges
have been taken away, one by one At
the present time smokers are regarded
as dangerous criminals, and live ln con-
tan t fear of arrest. Now they have
arisen In their wrath and. realizing
that numbers count, have petitioned the
Public Service Commission to give them
some rights.
It has always been asserted that it
is easy to gather petitions, but It la
not the simplest matter In the world
to gci 72,000 voters to appeal for one
thing, and that is what the smokers
have done. They have presented a pe
tition with that number of signatures.
requesting that every fifth surface car
be a smoker, and that on each elevated
train of five cars one car be set
aside for those who enjoy the weed.
The crusade is so well officered and
disciplined that for once in Its career
the Public Service Board has taken no
tice. and there is a good chance that the
request will be granted.
SmoklnK Prevents Oroaches.
Some of the arguments presented
were interesting and unique. For ex
ample, many women appeared before
the Commissioners and asked for rights
for the men. Mrs, Ellen Healy an
nounced that she favored the conces
sion, as she believed that smoking pre
vented men from acquiring grouches.
Another woman said that smokers as a
class were better-natured men than
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That was because our people had not
learned how to raise corn. They are I
jusi on tne tnresnoia or learning now,
and all over Oregon good crops of corn
are being produced. The area planted
has been trebled in the last two years,
it will treble again during the next
two. It Is Bald that the area growing
good corn in the Umpqua Valley this
year was around 3000 acres, which
averaged nearly 60 bushels of matured
corn to the acre much of It went as
high as 80 bushels. J. H. Booth raised
8000 bushels of as fine corn as was
ever shucked in any of the so-called
corn states from 100 acres. Any per
son who visited the Douglas County
display of corn and other agricultural
products at the late State Fair will tell
you that the Umpqua Valley raises as
good corn as is grown anywhere -on
earth.
Good Schools Available.
Another" thing of -Interest to home
seekers is the fact that this whole
valley has splendid schools wlthm
easy reach over good roads. The same
those who shunned the weed, while Dr.
J. Gardiner Smith proclaimed that
smokers bathe more frequently than
non-smokers and that the "general hy
giene of smokers is ln excess of non
smokers, and more red noses are walk
ing the streets of New York today
from excessive tea drinking than from
excessive liquor drinking."
Of course, old Dr. Pease was heard
from, vehemently objecting to any con
sideration to smokers. Dr. Charles G.
Pease is one of our most celebrated
busybodies, who apparently earns his
living by trying to make other people
miserable. He announced that a spoon
ful of nicotine would kill a cat, to
which one of his critics retorted that
there were few smokers who drank
nicotine by the spoonful. Another man
said "tobacco Is not nearly so offen
sive as the obnoxious circulars that Dr.
Pease shoves under my nose when he
gets into a car ln which I happen to be
riding."
Reekie Driving Crusade On.
Mayor Kline has started a crusade
against the reckless auto drivers who
are protected by legal exemption. Un
der the city ordinances, fire and police
apparatus, ambulances and mail wag
ons are not required to obey the speed
laws or traffic regulations. Recent In
vestigatlons have developed that many
of the fatal accidents of late are due
to these vehicles, particularly the mail
autos. Already representations have
been made to the postal authorities at
Washington, and the chances are that
the privileges now granted to the con
tractors will be withdrawn.
In general terms neither the Post
office officials at Washington or Post
master Morgan here can do anything
to check the fast or reckless driving
of mail trucks through the streets of
New York. The Government does not
transport the mail through the streets
Itself, ut leta out the worls py con
may be said of churches. Let not the
Intending settler think that he and his
tamiiy are getting out oi ciyhhhiuu
by securing a piece of land hereabouts,
There are just as fine people here as
there are In the world, lust as good so
ciety as you will find anywhere, just
as good educational advantages. In
the county seat, Roseburg, you will
find every advantage to be found In
any city of the size Ln this country
it is Indeed a beautiful city, a lovely
home city, a magnificent city in which
to bring up a family.
The new hotel at Roseburg, the
Umpqua House, Is one of the finest
hotels ln the state and one of the best
kept. a lie new Elks Opera House
would be a credit to a city of 60,000
people, the new building of the First
Trust & Savings Bank is a gem of
architectural beauty.
Look at the bank statements of the
town: The newest of these Institutions
started business a year ago last April.
This is the Umpqua Valley Bank. It
has capital and surplus of J57.000, de
posits of $190,000. The Roseburg Na-
tract. If any of the specifications of
the contract are not lived up to, the
Government can enforce compliance;
but the contracts say nothing about
reckless driving. There is now in con
templation a. test case to determine
Just what the powers of the city are
over vehicles carrying United States
mall. In order that there may be no
conflict between the Federal and mu
nicipal authorities.
In this connection, it is saia Dy a man
who has Informed himself on the sub
ject, that If the city requires the con
tractors to obey the trairic regulations.
the contractors might have cause for
comolalnt. on the ground that they en
tered into the contracts on teptemDer
1 last with the present ordinance ln
view, and that they would have to have
more equipment and more men it tne
speed of their trucks were curtailed
thus making tneir present contracts
with the Postoffice Department un
Tirofitable.
Fire Commissioner jonnson recently
showed an appreciation of the dangers
resulting from reckless driving by or
dering all vehicles of his department
to obey the regular speed and traffic
regulations except in case of emer
gency.
No More Don In Pullmans.
The Pullman Company has decided to
enforce strictly Its rule against the
transportation of dogs In its cars.
Heretofore, while there has been such
a regulation, the conductors have fre
quently winked at violations, especial
ly when the dog's owner had a com
partment.
The matter was thrashed out the
other day by E. Livingston Ludlow,
well known here and in Newport. He
had to bring his dog ln a baggage car
and ' was much peeved thereby. Con
sequently he went to the local Pull
man offices and complained formally
According to Mr. Ludlow he has for 20
Uonal has capital and surplus of $6S,000
and deposits of $376,000. The First
Trust & Savings has capital and sur
plus of $60,000 and deposits of $126,000.
The Douglas National, which is one of
the strongest financial institutions in
Southern Oregon, has capital and sur
plus of $137,000 and deposits of $723,
000. These statements are from those
of August 9, at which time the deposits
were very low. During the last week
nearly $J0O,000 has come into the town
and gone Into the various banks, mostly
from the prune crop. The deposits o"
the Douglas National frequently run
over $1,000,000, the Roseburg National
up to and over $750,000.
Of course, the reader, the kind of
reader I hope will see this article the
homeseeker who reads it will say:
- "Conceding the Umpqua Valley Is all
that you say for It how about the
chances for a newcomer, how about the
prices of land and the terms?"
There Is just where the Roseburg
country "has It on" most of the other
sections of the Northwest, for actually
the land values hereabouts are very,
very low. Many quarter-sections can
be had for $2000, some for less, most
years been carrying small dogs with
him on his various trips. Superinten
dent A. J. Grant told him that it was
a railroad rule and would not nereat-
ter be broken, adding that any con
ductor who tried to do so would lose
his job.
In conversation later Mr. Grant de
clared that while it had always been
the rule of the Pullman Company to
prohibit the transportation of animals
ln Its cars, this regulation had not
been strictly enforced until the inter
state commerce law went into effect.
Now, he said, neither the railroads nor
the Pullman Company was allowed to
discriminate ln favor of one passenger
over another.
FINNS OFFEND RUSSIANS
Three Sentenced to Six Months for
Breach of Imperial Law.
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 1. (Spe
cial.) Three Finnish members of the
Viborg Municipal Council have been
tried In the St. Petersburg District
A Human Match Factory.
The body contains phosphorus sufficient to make 483,000 matches. Phos
phorus is one of fourteen elements composing the body divided among
bones, flesh, nervous system and other organs. The perfect health of body
requires a perfect balance of the elements. These elements come from the
food we eat the stomach extracts and distributes them.
But if stomach is deranged the balance of health is destroyed and the
blood does not carry the proper elements to the different organs, and there
is blood trouble nerve trouble heart trouble. Pain is the hungry cry of
starved organs. Put the liver, stomach and organs of digestion and nutri
tion into a condition of health. That is just what is done by
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of them fairly well improved as to
fences, tolerably so as to buildings
that Is, good enough to start with. As
fo terms almost any sort of terms if
you will go on the land and live there
and improve it. homeseekers who wish
to be homeseekers will have no trouble
in getting good places at moderate
prices. Do not consider the prices given
are for the best places. On farms at
those prices there would be consider
able brush land, rolling and hilly land
but all fit for pasture. The actual
tillable land might not amount to over
80, perhaps not over to acres. But the
balance could be easily cleared of It?
brush and made first-class for almost
any crop the owner wished to grow.
To sum it all up if you wish a home
on the land in a splendid country,
among splendid people, and - have a
trifle of money to start on, go to the
Umpqua Valley. You will not miss it
if you do, you will miss it if you do not.
A section with a climate almost above
compare, plenty of wood, springs and
streams In abundance, an annual pre
cipitation of 28 Inches for the home
seeker, the homemaker, it stands as the
veritable "promised land."
Court and sentenced to the highest
penalty of the law. namely, six months'
imprisonment, for a third offense
against the imperial law which declares
that Russians born in Finland shall
have the same rights as Flnlanders.
Previous sentences of two and four
months for similar offenses have had
no effect. The present case turns on
the refusal to a woman born In Fin
land of the right to open a shop in
Viborg on the ground that It is a Rus
sian. Election Rolls Padded.
MELBOURNE. Nov. 1. (Special.)
The statements regarding inflated
electoral rolls at the recent election
have been substantiated by the official
return of the commonwealth statisti
cians, showing more than 175.000
names on the rolls above the total of
eligible persons.
Woman, the Leader.
Atchison Globe.
If a woman Is the leader, leading a
man Into temptation Is the easiest
chore.
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