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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1913)
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECE31BER 21, 1913. WORK STARTED ON UMATILLA PROJECT Secretary of Interior Orders Operations on West tension at Once. Ex- posed opening for settlement of several thousand acres of land in U Rainier ream o t t , Hi tr RAtlnm rntintrV in ' catm TBL-ia C.iimfu T I m Timlin KH . apparently, to throw open the lands by the race plan, rather than By tottery Representative Johnson's letter says: "The Interior and Agricultural De partments are still endeavorins to de cide the number of acres to be elimi nated and the method of opening. It is now presumed that the opening will not be by lottery but by a race. If this plan la finally adopted those deslrins to settle on the lands may go on after tha President's proclamation is issued and pick out the particular piece of land that appeals to them, and there upon bo to the land office and make application, which application will be considered ahead of those who have SETTLERS GET FIRST CALL bcTcnty Thousand Acres Included In Proposal to Be Reclaimed by Units, riri.t of Which I to Hare 10,000 Acres. PENDLETON, Or, Dec. 20. (Spe cial.) H. IX Newell, engineer in charge of the Umatilla project at Hermlstoo, received orders by telegraph today from Secretary of the Interior Lace to 1-egln operations on the west extension ' of that project Immediately. SAs this order has been eauerly awaited for several days, no time was lost, and within one hour after the message was received a crew of men were busy locating tha first construction camp. This will be about two miles west of Jlermlston. All will be in readiness fur the teams and men to begin opera tions Monday. E. R. Davis, chief surveyor for the project, has been engaged with a crew of men locating lines for several week a All tha preliminary work has therefore been completed, so there will be no further delays of any kind. Engineer Newell announced today it would be Impossible at this time to give employment to all the men whose services might be offered. Most of the work will be done by teams and the settlers on the present project win be given preference. A number of the men with families and teams, who have been camping near Hermlston tor some time awaiting the commencement of work, will be given employment as rapidly as possible. The 70.000 acres -contained ln the west extension will be reclaimed by units. There are 10.000 acres In the first unit. The principal part of the -work will be the construction of the diversion dam across the Umatilla River, making a reservoir of the river valley. This dam wll be located two miles west of Hermlston. Following the completion of the first unit, a sec ond dam will be built across the rtver near Stanfield. converting a large part of the Umatilla meadows into a reservoir. WORK IS ORDERED AT OXCE Lane Tells Service Xot to Walt on Further Formalities. OREGON IAN " NEWS BUREAU. Washington. Dec 20. Secretary Lane today Issued final orders to the recla mation service to proceed Immediately with the construction of the first unit of the West Umatilla Irrigation project and not wait on the iormai recoroins of the court decree lnvloving the pri vate lands under the project. Instructions were given to advertise for bids, and It is hoped to have work under way early next year. Prompt action was urged by Will R. King, law officer of the reclamation service ORCHARD SCHOOL CLOSES Washington Educators Lecture In Lew lston-Clarkston Course. LUWI.TON. Ida.. Dec. 20. (Special.) The third annual Bhort course of the I.en-IMon-Clarkston Srhool of Horti OTiIturo closed yesterday. The work was intensely practical from every point of viow. from the demonstration work with livestock to the demonstra tion work In pruning, soil physics and the management of soils and crop pro duction. The work was made to fit conditions lu the Lewlston-Clarkston Valley. Through an exchange of Instructors of tha Washington State College, the School of Horticulture had the use of Professor George Severance, head of the department of agriculture of the Washington State College. W. D. Fos ter, superintendent of the Washington State College Farm, rullman. Wash,, also save talks and lectures. la addition to- the cultivation of orchards. Professor Severance strongly urges the growing of such crops as Canada peasr hairy vetch, spring vetch, clover and alfalfa as soil-builders and corn as a profitable crop among the trees. lr. Foster's work dealt primarily with the hog and dairy cow. ALB ATI V ' WAR VETERAN'S ELECTION I.XSI'RES SIC CESSFIL YEAR. T 1 1" ' ' . U P' - 'v: - " ! It-.. k h - . K ' - HOUSE BOY CONVICT Lister's Cook Also Honor Man From Penitentiary. SERVANT PROBLEM SOLVED A I via C. Baker. ALBANY. Or., Dec. 20. (Spe cial.) Alvln C. Baker, who has been chosen commander of Camp Phillips, No. 4. Spanish-American War Veterans, of this city, for the year, is one of the most ac tive members of the camp and his election insures a most suc cessful year . fox the organisa tion. The new commander was a member of Battery B, of the Ore gon Volunteers, during the Spanish-American War. He is in the United States railway mall serv ice and for the past two and a half years has been in charge of the mall transfer work at the Southern Pacific and Corvallls & Eastern Union Depot In this city. Owing to the fact that this is the junction of the Southern Pa cific and Corvallls & Eastern lines and because of the branch lines runnlns out of this city a great deal of mail is transferred here and this position is regarded as one of the best In the railway mail service. Prior to entering the railway mall service Mr. Baker taught school for eight years, teaching In Marion, Linn, Polk. Yamhill and Tillamook Counties. Washington Governor Shows Ills Faith in System of Handling Prison Inmates by Estab lishing Camp at Home. I "bLXilPIA, Wash., Dec. 10. (Special.) By establishing a sort of branch honor camp at the executive mansion. employing two men from Walla Walla penitentiary as house servants. Gov ernor Lister believes he has solved a vexatious servant problem, " In addi tion to showing his own faith In a carefully planned system of handling the prison inmates. For .two months now a Japanese houseboy and a man cook from Walla Walla have done all work about the executive mansion. The Isolated situ ation of tl)e mansion, beyond a heavy grove of . trees and the old Capitol foundation, made it almost impossible for women servants to go downtown In the evenings unattended, and the fact that they were practically cut off from the rest of the world made j the help problem a severe one. ,j.a ii is nuw. Muveriiur auu isxrs. Lister are more satisfied with the way the men handle the work; the men are delighted at the chance to work, the comparative comfort they enjoy and the fact that each will have a consid erable "stake" when his term expires. while the state, which pays for the maintenance of the mansion, benefits from the wage saving. Each of the men is paid 40 cents a day in addition to board. As they work seven days a week this corresponds roughly to the 50 cents per day allowed the men of the honor road camps. The men live In a small cottage at the rear of the mansion. Besides handling all the housework, which had proved rather heavy for two women, the Japanuese boy finds time to con struct wonderful cardboard houses for Master John Lister, the Governor's son, while the cook keeps 20 chickens as a diversion and attempts to coax Winter eggs from them. Next week one or both of the men will learn to milk, as a pedigreed Jersey heifer, from the herd of State Senator Troy, will arrive for the Lis ter household. Are You a Spug? ' The President of the United S':ates is a Spug; Cabinet Members, Congressmen, Judges, everybody from Workman to Captains of Industry are Spugs. S-p:u-g is made up of T ' the initial letters of the "Society for the ':- Prevention of Useless Giving." J oinihe Spugs today you are a member the minute you buy a useful present. 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Mr. Garrecht stated assurances were trlven him that there is a feeling; In of ficial circles that the announced policy of concentration of the Army in a few large poets irill be abandoned. HOLLY TREES DESTROYED Trespassers Make Off With All Sorts of Shrubbery for Christmas. Trespassers on city lots and suburban acreage have been destroying quantities of fir trees, holly trees and ornamental shrubs of all kinds In order to make themselves Christmas trees, according to reports received daily by the police. From the vicinity of Mount Scott -ame the most severe complaints. Along the numerous roads running out of the city to the east farmers complain that their trees are being cut off or other wise hurt by the seekers after Christ mas trees. RACE FOR LAND PLANNED KcpresentaUTe Say Mrtliod May Be Adopted in Big Bottom Opening. CHEHALIS. Wash, rec. 10. (Spe cial.) Albert Johnson. Representative In Congress from this district, has writ tea to local persons relative to the pro filed directly in the land office without having been on the ground. "Holders of script will not be consid ered for 30 days after the opening. It is not likely that the state will he given an opportunity to make any of its claims good to forest lands in this piece. "It is also proposed, if a way can be found, to arrange it so that the origi nal homesteaders in this valley can perfect their homesteads. That is, those whom the Agricultural Department re duced to as low aa 40 acres may be given a chance to extend to' 160 acres." CELEBRATION IS URGED VANCOUVER MAY OBSEKVE 0OTII BIRTHDAY OF CITY. Reproduction of Events of I'loneer Days, Including Trading and Fight ing With Indians, Suggested. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec 18. (Spe cial.) Professor W. IL GUstrap, of the Washington State Historical Society, was in the city recently and started a movement to have a big monument built in the city park next year, the SOth anniversary of the founding of this city. J. Frederick Meagher, of the Wash ington State School for the Deaf, has taken great Interest in the project. It has been suggested that an effort be made to gather pioneers and have them outline scenes of early days to the committee which is yet to be selected, the object being to reproduce events of old as near as possible. Hudson Bay men in buckskins, if the idea la followed out. will disem bark on almost the exact spot where they founded this outpost of the wil derness 90 Tears ago. There, in full view of thousands, sitting on the natural vantage point of the railroad embankment, the Hudson Bay men and good old Dr. McLouithlln will barter with Indians real redskins from some Washington reservation. Other in teresting historical events will pass In rapid succession, cmlins with a battle between Indians and settlers, and the arrival of the immigrrains with the motto "J4-40 or fight." Military events by soldiers In Van couver Barracks, endinc with a sharo battle between two detachments, will bo a feature also. Thomsen's chocolates roafcc appre ciated sifts: SO cents and 51. the pound at your dealers. Adv. ASHLAND COIPI.F. CELEBRATE (iOLDE.V WEDDING. CO, . ' Mr. and Mrs. B. Beach. ASHLAND. Or Dec 20. (Special.) Mr. and airs. B. Beach, residents of Ashland for more than 10 years, cele brated their golden .wedding anniver sary, December 15. Their daughter. Mrs. c U. Veghte, entertained in tneir honor. At midnight on the date of the anniversary event a large company of ruests drank to the health of the bride and bridegroom of 50 years ago. They were married at Lockport, Y. Baldwin Beach was born at Aurora, jf. and Mrs. Beach, whose maiden name was Susie Maria Goodwin.- was born at Lockport. X. Y. Mr. Beach. Is TS years oil and Mrs, Beach, la 68, ALBANY MAY RETAIN $1000 Court Sustains City's JSeinnrrer Against Recovery of Bond. ALBAXY, Or., Dec 20. (Special.) When Judge Kelly today sustained a demurrer of the plaintiff to the defend ant's answer, the City of Albany vir tually won Its case against W. H. Mc Goldrick, of San Francisco, for the re covery of $1000 on a bond he gave for the erection of a gas plant in this city. As the facts in the case are not in controversy, and both sides are under stood to be relying on the law points raised by this demurrer, the sustaining of the demurrer practically decides the case In favor of the city. It is under stood the defendant will appeal to tue Stato Supreme Court. McGoldrick secured a franchise for a gas plant here and gave a bond to com plete the plant in one year. The plant was not erected and the city sued for the amount of the bond. RAYMOND TO GIVE CHEER Committees Are Organized to Pro vide Aid for Needy. RAYMOND. Wash.. Dec. 20. (Spe cial.) A committee from different fra ternal orders of this city has been ap pointed and a general committee or ganized to dispense Christmas cheer to the needy. Every man, .woman and child will receive substantial gifts In the way of food and clothing, and in the case of the children toys and plenty of candy, nuts and fruit will be included. f Already $1000 has been plMged for this purpose by the business men of the city and the different lodges, and the amount Is thought to be ample to care properly for the needy poor in this city. BRIDGE WORK UNDER WAY Laying or Track: Through Xoti Tun nel to Start Next AVeck. EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 20 (Special.) The bridge-building equipment of Wil liard & McCreary was moved to the second Nott crossing yesterday, and erection of the only large bridge yet to be built east of Not! tunnel will be begun at one. Laying of track through the tunnel and down the Siuslaw water shed can be begun next week. The first Noti crossing was completed this week, and while the track was be ing laid for tha mile between the two lyidges across Noti, tho bridge con tractors placed the steel for the first crossing over the Loner Tom River. SCHOOL GETS PBUUNT PIBLIC 1NSTITCTIOX AT SODAVILLE IS STANDARDIZED. Large Crowd In Attendance at Exer cises Accompanying Presentation And Unique Programme Given. SODAVILLE, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.) Practically every man, woman and child In the vicinity of Sodavllle at tended the standardization or the scnooi on Friday of last week. The teachers and pupils had prepared an unique pro gramme. A number of dramas, com posed by local talent about characters of the vicinity, made great .nits. The programme began at 10 A. M. with music by the school, followed by various exercises by the pupils; an ad dress by Dr. E. M. Sharp, of Albany College, and the presentation of the standardization pennant by Supervisor P. E. Baker. Principal Hoag accepted the pennant and said the school meant to keep up the enthusiasm and live up to the requirements of a standard school, and if possible to exceed It Principal Hoag stated it had only been possible to attain the points by all working together; that It was not due to the " pupils, school board, teachers or patrons alone, but to their united efforts. After a chicken dinner had been served the crowd .was photographed. At 1:30 P. M. the programme continued, the main features of which were the song, "Fifty Years Ago," dramatized by seven girls who were holding a class meeting in the year of 1963 a nd look ing back upon the school days at Soda ville; an address on "Social Adjust ment" by Dr. Schafer, of the extension department of the University of Ore gon; and the unique illustration of the school", the teachers, the board and the patrons as a huge man, by a member of the school board. SCHOOL GOES TO PEOPLE riVrVEHSITY OK IDAHO SENDS OUT DEMONSTRATION" TRAIN. Fanners Are Advised on Vnlne of Best Breed of Horarm, Cattle, Hogs and Sheep Home Emnomlcs Tnuctat. LEWISTON'. ' Idaho, Doc. 20. (Spe cial.) The University of Idaho special demonstration train of eight cars ar- rived here yesterday afternoon and was met at the station by large dele gations of the leading stockmen of this vicinity. Keen interest is beinar aroupd among the farmers for pure-bred stock, and many Inquiries are heard as to where pure-bred sires may be purT chased. The various types of thorough bred horses, beef and dairy cattle, hogs and sheep are shown in a most inter esting manner in connection with the lectures. A special feature of the excursion is charge of Miss" Jessie Hoover, for which a car has been especially iiiiea for her lectures and demonstrations. showing the. cuts of meats and relative values, practical textiles, color scnemes, sanitary appliances, together with hun n t, r? j nf aur?fitfnnt for n. model homd. Dean Carlyle said Idaho was situated so It is difficult for the people to at tend the short courses offered by the university, so-It Is the intention to send the practical demoifstrations to the country, and by this method they have already reached more than 6000 people. FARMERS' WEEK IS SET MOSCOW HAS SIX-DAY COURSE COM. MEXCISG JANUARY 12. Owing to Prevalence of Hog Cholera in Idaho Special Demonstrations in This Disease Will Be Given. MOSCOW, Idaho. Dec 20.' (Special.) A week of lectures and demonstra tions which have been arranged for farmers from all sections of the state who wish to -attend will open at the university January 12. The week has been designated "farmers' week" and Is being widely advertised an over Idaho. Six days will be devoted to practical lectures and demonstrations along the lines of animal husbandry, dairying and horticulture. Besides this a series of lectures and demonstrations in home economics have been arranged by Miss Jessie SL Hoover for the women who attend. Owing to the growing need on the part of farmers in all sections of the state for a thorough knowledge of the hog cholera malady .which is gaining such a foothold In Idaho a series of demonstrations in the manufacture of cholera serum and In the precautionary measures which should be observed to prevent the spread of the disease will be given. "farmers', week" is a new feature of the work of the university and is in ac cordance with the desire of tho in stitution to be "of the greatest pos sible service to the citizens of the state by opening its doors to all who can spare the time and expense to come to Moscow for special work along the most practical lines. This will be made an annual feature of the university's work. It will be under the direction of W. IL Olin, director of agricultural extension of the university. 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