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IHORO - EXPERIMENT SCENES AT MORO EXPERIMENT FARM. SHASTA ASCENDED ft 11 STATION SUCCESS DAILY BY MAZAflS :Adcison Bennett Writes of Interesting Experiences of Camp Life Recounted by Anne Dillinger. , :i Great Good Being Done in , Sherman County. ' i RESULTS ARE WONDERFUL CLOUDS OFT HIDE PATHS 1 .Trip to Model Farm Shows That , "I-essons Are Belnr Learned and : " Farmers In District Are Turn ! ing Station to Profit. BY ADDISOX BENNETT. -MORO. Or.. July 17. (Special.) President Kerr, of the Oregon Agricul tural College, accompanied by Regrent Jefferson Myers, left Portland on the Ck-W. R. & N. train Monday for this t'lace to inspect the branch agricul tural station here. Walter Pierce, an other member of the board of regents, was to meet the party at Bissrs, but lie was detained unavoidably and tele fcraphed that he could not come, but ivpuld meet them at the Hermiston branch station later. Mrs. Jefferson Myers and The Oregonian correspond ent are also members of the party. The trip is also to take in the branch sta tions at Union, Burns and Medford. and Visits to the county agriculturists ot Lake and Klamath counties. ; On our arrival here the party was at once taken by automobile by Superin tendent 15. M. Stevens to the experi ment farm, which situated on a 230 acre tract adjoining this splendid little eity on the southeast. The remainder t.the afternoon wa3 passed in going ever the fields where the work is car ried on. Tract I Only ATtngc. 1 3Vhen President Kerr and the . re gents selected this tract, seven, years 4 to, they did so after going thoroughly war Sherman, Gilliam and Morrow counties in search of an average tract, conveniently located to transportation Knes. It was then a farm that was badly run down and consisted of land not nearly so good as the beet farm ing land of the county, and yet not so poor as some, although there is some 30 acres of scab or rocky soil which waa considered untillable. J -The first crops were planted six years 050 last Spring, so there has been time enough since the start to show what can. be done by expert, perhaps more properly intelligent, farming methods. The farm is divided into something like 1250 units or tracts. 1200 of them being two by eight rods, thus containing one tenth of an acre. The other tracts run from one up to 20 acres. The various tracts are not fenced, most of the di visions being a narrow unplanted a,F?ace. In. coming up through the county from Biggs on the train, we passed through a portion of the wheat area of the county and had a good opportu nity of seeing a great many fields of mature grain, and a few fields that were being cut. Some of the fields showed up mighty well, some moder ately so, and some showed that the harvest would be light. So when we . Tent up to the lands of the experiment station, we were pretty well prepared to make comparisons. I am sure it was a "surprise party," for we saw many lipids, or plats, of as fine wheat as can be found in the dry farming districts of Oregon or Washington, fields that will- run more than 40 bushels to the acre. Grain Four Feet High. "Getting on one of the eminences, or hills, for this Is a. rolling country, and looking over the farm as a whole, it was certainly a sight well worth see ing. Much of the grain stood brave and strong more than four feet high, while in many of the fields we had seen, inany of them on better land, better by far, there was a. stand of from 18 inches to two feet, rarely as high as 30 inches. But the difference in the heads, and it 1s that that counts, was still more marked. We also had the opportunity of getting object lessons at close range by comparing the grain on the state farm with that across the line fences on private-owned tracts, and in every case to the advantage of the experi ment lands. . "I wish 1 could take up the work of a few dozen of these experimental patches and show the hundreds yes, the thousands of variations made in treatment. Let is suffice to say that every tract is a separate account on the books kept by Superintendent 8teven and the variations of treatment are " a matter of record. These will 1 show every detail of the preparation of that land for 'the last six years, the Fort and quantity of the seed sown, the day it was sown, the crop it fol lowed, the date of harvesting and the yield to the ounce. Take, for instance, a dozen, adjoin ing tracts or patches. Each was plowed or disked on a different day, each seeded on a different day, each seeded in a different way, -each harvested in a. different way then on the adjacent lozen or more tracts the same treat- -, ment with various quantities of seed. These simple experiments run from two pecks of seed to the acre up to eight pecks. And then score upon score of different "breeds" of grain brought from various parts of the world. Per haps I have used the word wheat when I should have said grain, for there are a great many patches of oats and bar ley, and' all treated in the same way. Time of rioTiine Important. I might go on' and on and describe the experiments in grasses and kindred lood plants, the emers, vetches, kales. bromes everything that this farmer or that farmer might wish to know about in . this dry-farming section. But it would be utterly impossible to go into cetaus and deal with the 1250 tracts. Let us look at the facts as to Blow ing; that is, the season of plowing. The larmers. we will say. think anv time from early April up to the middle of June will do for plowing the Summer fallow. For. I take it, the reader un derstands enough about dry farming to know that the method is to take a crop every second year, cultivating (Summer fallowing) the land the oft year. Let us now go and view a hundred or so tracts that have been plowed on the different days between those dates. Mr; Stevens can show by his records that the difference in the yield between the tracts sown in early April and early June is 15 bush els to the acre in favor of the A'pril plowing. Now, how could an. in dividual farmer take it on himself to , make say 1000 experiments to find that out? Let 'us look at just that one point, and it is but one out of 100. There are 00,000 acres of grain land in use in this county, or about 150,000 acres seeded and harvested each year. Let us suppose that the plowing begins on tm average on the first day of May and that the loss by this late plowing is five bushels to the acre. That makes a', loss to the farmers of thie county of . 750,000 bushels a year. Now, this experimental work can save that much, not only to this county, but to 1.000, . 060 acres in other counties if the farmers will just treat their farming fell f&&t,i&& '4-$t. &AhZ$' -VV'r v ; ? z-J-t .. 11111 1 i&;&tvssx S.H-ry$? - 1 operations as they would, say, a case with any gumption 'does not attempt to practice medicine without any train ing, nor doe.l Iia trt Info 'nnrt wlthnnf a lawyer. But many of them, far too many, are prone to tninn mat experts in law and medicine are necessary. 1 . . cApciia in agrjuuuuro are not capable of advising or even worth lis- Mteptlclam la Leaving. . a mil iiul iiij 1 1 1 k l tin l jnaici- ment At thA Hnrtra nf 1 1. 4 r. ..... 4 Sherman County. And I want to ay that through lean years and through fat years, through panics and times of nlnntv . 4 . I J L, , , "v.u.s, tanucia wi. uiu oacrman nave always showed good common sense and good business judgment. They may have been a little skeptical as to this experiment station's work. Some of them ar( frnm r 1 tA inacnn.1 n .1 - - . 'J - . UI1U to be shown. Not simply one year, but a series of years. So they have aort of built up their faith in this station as its work has progressed and today I ven ture to say not a half dozen men in the rmintV Will Hianula .-. - I - ..... " OLaiciiicui II1RQC as to the experiments vouched for by I am led to that belief from my talka with farmers here and by statements uauc arouna tne Danquet board Mon day nifht. Knr thu nonnl. 4 ikl. inn. city gave the party a fine dinner at the 4.jik vaaa ianaiora itntled ge surely showed that he , knows how to serve a fine mpnl nnri . i .i.k.t which was attended by nearly two-score Of DeoDle from m rrliti r oe MnA. around, most of them land owners, many ' iticiii practical iarmers. Many short nciG niaae, ana not one jarring . mo wwri. oi me station and the advantages to be gained iwuwiuB me aavice or Air. Stevens. lAll 'XriOri metll Btlttnn tm 4 " w. iiiua ue unless the superintendent is a man of v " wk" mm who me people, it is a difficult nnalHnn All S . . - uhe who .Knows it all and is prepared to prove '"so irmer Knewa nothing- haS no hllfainAnm in . i . : Mr. Stevens admits that he has not the " ooiomon ana tnat the farm ers can teach him things, even after five years here, about farming. He Is a good deal of a diplomat and does not rub the farmers the wrong way. And they believe in him and believe in his work and go to him for advice and examine his planted tracts and his rec ords as object lessons. Station One of Finest. And I would like to add my faint voice to the praise given him at the dinner by saying that I have visited many exDerimont , , one at Mora away up at the top of the A word aa to the personnel of the party at the table. Mrs. Myers, who has traveled much and waa reared in New York City, remarked to me as the speaking was going on, that she had never seen a more intelligent looking party around a banquet board than was there seated. And I quite agreed with a Another thing optimism seems to be a sort of Sherman County slogan. The air is so filled-with it hereabouts that you. can reach up into the atmosnbere and grab It by the handful. I have already grabbed a lot of it and am ready to say that I believe in Sher- 110 to the dollar, and in the people far above that. v v wLiehPeCV 8ee sherman advance la fa "f, fPula"n 'rem now on. Lt k ?i lt ia now gradually increas ing both ways. But it is going to set a swifter pace from now onl-and large ly through the splendid work befn-i'a'- st7 n the grounds 'of the Moro branch experiment station. 1 DIES ASAUTOTOPPLES SURVIVING VICTIJI :s PIXSED vx. DEU CAR FOR HALF HOUR. Robert Mays, Former Postmaster of Elgin. Is Killed In Accident on Jleavy Grade. LA GRANDE, Or., July 17. (Special.) -r-Robert Mays. 55. who a few weeks ago completed a four-year term as postmaster of Elgin, was Instantly killed when his automobile went over a grade. Joseph Bush, whe was in the car with him, escaped serious Injury thougn pinned under the upturned car for half an hour, before a passing farm er saw their plight and pulled the ma chine off the two men. Mr. Mays was one of Elgin'o foremost business men and citizens. Until he was appointed postmaster he was in the grain-buying business, and a few days after relinquishing his Govern ment post formed a partnership with E. O. Ryder to re-enter the grain busi ness. While driving over a high grade five miles from Elgin the car suddenly dove off the road over the embank ment. No inquest will be held. A widow and a son. who is proprie tor of a drug store at Elgin, survive Mr. Maya. r f . . . , .. . ; ; Vy. yv - tL, yr VP'y ' ' S&?:'i:yZ:: .V;'.-. Top lxiKlns: Toward Moro. Over Field Peas. Ilt-lovr (lft) k. l. Knoerlntendent Moro Kxperlmeat Station. ItlRkt Farmer mltk of Wheat on Experiment Farm. RAIN REVIVES CROPS Hay and Grain Yields About Baker to Be Large. SOME DISTRICTS SUFFER Eastern Multnomah anil Clackamas Hay InJuTcd Ligrritntns Causes Damage Near Genesee and Valley Is lrenched. BAKER, Or.. July 17. (Special.) The first cutting of hay this week proves that this district will have big yields this season. The rains of the last few days have greatly revived the crop. The third crop of hay is growing well and Indications are that the total yield will also be big. The rains also helped the grain greatly. It is turning fast and an earlier harvest than usual in expected. Before the rains the crops were burn, ing up. DAMAGE DONE "EAR GEXESEE Lightning: Strikes Phone Line and Heavy Haln Drenches Valley. GENESEE, Idaho. July 17. (Special.) One of the' heaviest rains that ever fell in this valley visited it Tuesday. It did considerable damage through the section which it passed. The shower seemed to cover a strip about six miles wide and was moving northeast. Lightning struck the telephone line southeast of the city and put several telephones out of order and destroyed several poles. Considerable fall barley was down before the rain and more was put down Wednesday. The Farmers' Union Warehouse Com pany, Ltd.. of this place bas shipped two carloads of hogs from this point this week. It had four carloads ready for market Wednesday, but on account of a shortage of cars was able to ship only one. The company Is - paying a little better than 6 bents on foot. . Considerable grain has been, cut through this section the last few' days and it is reported that there Is not much smut. KAIX HELPS SAVE HOLDINGS Cottage Grove Home Burns and Sev eral Others Are Endangered. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. July 17. (Special.) The rafns of a week ago, which many feared would spoil the hay, undoubtedly saved several Cottage Grove homes from being destroyed by fire Tuesday night, when the Henry Gregory home was burned. Flying fire brands that would have set dry roofs and grass afire were scattered for half a mile. Mr. Gregory and eon were alone In the house at the time. They awakened In time to save only three or four small pieces of furniture. In the part of the house where the fire started there had been no fire In the stove for three weeks and Its origin is a mystry. The loss was partly covered by insurance. Mr. Gregory suffered a few slight burns in endeavoring- to save some of the contents of the house. Prunes in Polk Survive Frosts. DALLAS. Or.. July 17. (Special.) Though the late frosts injured the prune crop to some extent in this J county, atill the loss will not be keenly 3-, i'-J St h iv :' ;-V ; : ')V;;M)Ti " in Field felt. An average crop Is expected. Owing to unsettled rnndltlnni In Europe, growers do not look for as high a' price this year as last, when they went to !i cents a pound. Buy ers are In the county contracting at prices ranging from 4kj to 5yj cents. CHOPS XEAU SPOKAXn UXHUHT Rains IVHI Not Damage Wheat, Says Member or Grain Company. SPOKANE. Wash.. July 17. (Ppe dal. "From all reports we have re celved. the present rain, while It may delay harvesting slightly, will work no damage to the wheat crop." said R. J. Stephens, of the Stephens-Smith Grain Company, today. "J. M. Phillips, of Othello, said that up to the time he left home it had not rained In the Othello section, and he is now cutting his crop of J400 acres." In the vicinity of Davenport flight showers were reported, but harvesting has not started and no damage was done. Moat of the farmers report that the rain Is of real benefit to their crops, particularly the Fall wheat. The cool weather la giving the grain a chance to fill out and prospects never were better. At Colfax the nights are cool and with the light rains of the last week the grain pronpects of Whitman County are the best In years. In the western part of the county some threshing has been started, but harvest will not be on In earnest for a week, or so. The rains may delay the harvest a little, but the effect will be good. UAIXS SPOIL HAY IX 1TELDS Loss In Two Counties Is Heavy and Dairymen Are Hard Hit. GRESIIAM. Or, July 17. (Special.) Careful estimates place the amount of hay that Is spoiling in the fields of Eastern Multnomah and Clackamas counties at 2000 tons. Unless the rains cease in a week or ten days It Is es timated ten times that amount will be lost in this part of the state. Many fields are seen where the grnss Is lying In the swath, wlnrow or slock. with perhaps one-half of the grass cut. The fate of the standing fields is little bet ter, as the grass is either too ripe for good hay or is matted down to the ground and the stems rotting. Many farmers will be compelled to buy Imported hay this year If the damp weather continues much longer. The dairymen are the hardest hit, as they will have to buy grain and feed to keep them going, they say. Ttalns Spoil Rldgerield Hay.' RIDGEFIELn. Wash., July 17. (Spe cial.) The extraordinary raias will. It Is feared, play havoc with the hay crops. The majority of the farmers around Rldgefield commenced cutting their hay by the first of last week, but the rain has prevented them from get ting the crop into their barns, or under cover. RECLAMATION WORK NEAR About 7 000 Acres to Be Added to Klamatlt Lands Tills Year. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, July 17. (Special.) Klamath County's reclaimed land area Is to be Increased about 7300 acres this year. The largest single project ia a combined drainage and pumping system south of this city on the Keno road, and involves about 5000 acres of land. This Is being drained by Kerns Bros., of Keno. R. A. Eramltt Is draining 100 acres and irrigating 600 more. Howard H. Van Valkenburg is about ready to irri gate 500 acres. Between Keno and Worden. there will be about looo acres of land brought under the ditch this year.. R. O. Vincent and Henry L. Veit, of Worden. are arranging to reclaim several tracts by( Irrigation. Mount Lassen Watched In Hope of Seeing Only JLdvinj Volcano in United States In Eruption. Bear Hunt Is Beron, BT ANN1B DILLINGER. CAMP B RON AUG H. Mount Ehaata. Cal., July 14 (Special.) The Maxamas have been making dally ascents ot snowy Shasta ever since the arrival In camp. Professor J. S. Burd. of the Sierra Club, of Han Francisco, accompanied as far as Thumb Hock. F. C. Davis, also of the Sierras, made the first ascent to the summit, on July 12. At an eleva tion of I3.0J0 feet they were enveloped In a mass of clouds which obscured the trail to such an extent that Mr. Davis thought it prudent to turn back. Mr. Burd, however, was successful in reach ing the summit. He encountered great difficulties in returning, as the fog, in stead of lifting, became denser and he was forced to grope his way. step by step, downward, following as best ha could the trail he had made in ascend ing. Since he was on the south of Shasta, where there are no crevasses or glaciers, he was in no Immediate dan ger. On July 13, the second ascent was made by Itoy W. Ay re. Rosroe Clarey and myself. Mr. Ayer and A. Boyd Wil liams, members of the outing commit tee went on a scouting expedition to make observations and explorations prepsratorv to the official climb. Fri day. July 1C. Rxplerlswr Party Starts Early. They left camp at 3 In tha morning and Mr. Williams passed the day ex ploring the ridges on the southeast lopes. Mr. Ayer continued his explora tions until he reached the summit at the early hour of 9 A. M. and surprised all those in camp by returning In time for lunch, apparently none the worse for his strenuous trip. On the name day. Koncoe Clarey. his sister. Miss blone Clarey. and 1 left camp at A. M. on a revonnoitering trip. Mr. Clarey and I reached the summit at 2 o'clock. The ascent acrots the snow slopes was made under a blistering sun. but shortly after The party reached Thumb Rock, an hour and a half's Journey from the highest point, they encountered an extremely cold north wind, which made the trail across the eastern margin of the Kon uaklton glacier Icy. F II. McNeil led a parly. Tuday. to expfore the ridges and canyons of the southeast slopes up to an elevation of 11.000 feet. After Initiating the new members In ramp In the art of glissad ing, all varieties of this sport were In dulged In. A toboggan of 11 enthus iasts was arranged with great care and precision at the top of a. long, tempt ing slope. This slide, which was be gun In such a dignified manner, ended In a conglomeration of arms, legs and aipenstocKs. Party to F.ipoU.n. The Birch nartv will leave for Klaann Thursday morning, continuing their iour soumwam to the exposition at Fan Francisco. Mount Lassen. which Is plainly visible in a southeasterly di rection, about 70 miles dUtant. comes In for a large share of attention. The members of the party watch it dally In hopes of seeing an eruption of the only active volcano In the United fctates. A column of steam could be seen Is suing from its crater, but as yet noth ing spectacular has been noted. A. K. Peterson. "Ed" Peterwon. Ben Newell. Elsine Kwell. Ann Nickell. Iota Crelghton. Harriet Knuckles, of Port land. Or, snd C. A. Uuerne. of Turner. Or., who are visiting the Crater Lake region, are expected to arrive In camp In time for the official climb. Miss Agnes lawtnn, who came out over the trail from Kiason alone. Tues day, startled the camp with the infor mation that she had seen a large brown hear In the woods along the way. A party of hunters from Sisson Is scour ing the woods. PRIZE CHERRIES SHOWN rnriT at cove-s axmal exiii- ItlTIOX NEAR PERFECTION. Frank Williams Win Sweepstakes J. B. Lave. John Draa, E. . Har ris and Others Share Awards. LA GRANDE. Or.. July 17. (Spe cial.) Cove's annual cherry show this year won double distinction, for In the face of almost a complete crop- failure, measured la terms of former years, the growers in and about this prise-winning cherry district set before several thousand visitors some of the choicest cherries Cove has ever grown. The perfection or the display, how vr. does not truthfuly mark the vol ume fcr that was small the flrst time In years. '"rank Williams, well-known fruit grower, wo the sweepstakes. This re quire 1 an tntry of IS or more botes. John Dean took second honors, wltu Karl J. .Stackland third. The other prises awarded were: Royal Anive exhibits use box of Hoyil An nee J. B. Lot finjt. John I.n socond. J. K. Unn third; two boxea of Koyal Anas. John len firt. J. W. Inc-ram wciDd. B. H. Morris third: three boxra of RoaI Annr. J. M. Iovo flrt. J. K. Lantl kcuu.1. Jol.u Lan third; five boiri of Hoyal Ainu. John Lxisn first, J. w. Ingram second, tflird not aw ardV'd. Blnr r!aes One box. J. K. Lants first. E. S. Morris -ond. Krank Williams third; twe boxes of Hln. Frank Williams first. John Ian second. E. 8. Morris third; three boxes of Bint. John bean first. Krank Wl.l Ixms second, so third awarded; five boxes of Hlnsa. Krank Williams first. Joha Qua second, no third awarded. Tventr-flv pound exhibits la this class Frsck Williams won first prises on the one. two, three and five-box entry ot IS sounds each. Lambert class One box of T-amberts. Ltont Aiderman (Union) first. J. w. Baxeter, Jr.. sooond. no third awarded: two pounds of Lamberts. J. W. Bttler (t'nlon) first. K. 8. Morns Covs second, no third awarded. bperlai rlasses "". M. and O. O. StarBand won first and J. W. Insratn second In the specia' entry r'.ats. The Ktackland exhibit, a huc-a flss snd an eax-le. composed of cherries, wa sent to the Kana.-iia Kxnoaltloa to be entered In the Oreron building there. Itoscburg; Cliaotaaqua Over. ROSEEURO. Or.. July 17. (Special.) Roseburg's fourth annual Chautauqua closed here last night, after the most successful event of Its kind held in Douglas County. At Thursday night's session 40 local business men signed a guarantee whereby another Chautau qua will he held here next year. Ro land A. Nichols was the principal speak r on the closing day of the Chau tauqua. The event was successful, both from a social and financial standpoint. In Order to Close Out Remaining Sizes of Summer Footwear We Have Reduced Prices on the Following: Styles of Men's Shoes and Oxfords NOTICE THIS SALE TAKES PLACE AT OUR STORE, 303 WASHINGTON ST., WILCOX BLDG. IIANANS Men's Tan Russia Calf Button and Bluchers, all toes; regular price $7.50, now 5 S5 HANAN'S Men's Tan and Black Russia Calf. Tatcnt Colt and Patent Kid, also Vici Kid Blucher Oxfords; regular price ?6.50 and $7.00, now 5 BOYDEN'S Men's Tan Russia Calf Button and Bals, English toe; regular price $8.00. now G G. BOYDEN'S Men's Black or Tan Russia Calf Lace Oxfords, English toes; regular $7.50 and ?S.00. now $5 S5 Mac DONALD, & KILEY CO. Men's Tan and Black Russia Calf Blucher Oxfords; regular $6.00, now i g5 ALDEN'S Men's Tan Russia Calf Lace and Button Shoes, English toes; regular $6.00, now 4 5 Men's Tan and Black Russia Calf Oxfords ; reg. $r, now S.'i S", Men's Tan and Black Russia Calf Oxfords; reg. $4, now Sii'sH 400 pairs Black Calf anil Vici Kid Button and Bluchers all toes; regular price $1.50, now S3. -15 Above is composed of choice, clean merchandise, coupled with our usual standard of highest quality and worth, and affords a rare oportunity to the men of Portland to save monej- on their footwear in the heart of the season. 30S WASHINGTON. BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH RAILWAY WORK HEAR Building of Roseburg Line to Begin by August 15. ROAD TO COST $800;0C0 Mill to lie Krectrd to Handle Ivors lYoin Tlmbrr Along Vmpqui. City Joins Willi Kendall Bros. In tJrent Project'. IIOSKBVRG, Or.. July 17. tSpevial.) That actual construction work on lc railroad which Kendall Bro.. of Pitts burg;. Pa., propose to hulM from Hose burp to the line of the I'mpqua Na tional Korettt Reserve, and on the saw mill to be located in this city, will begin on or before Auzust I5. wa asserted by S. A.- Kendall, a nicmhccr of the Kendall BroV corporation, prior to hia departure for the Kast la?t nlRht. , The railroad will be about 3S mil' Ion? and will follow a water Kra'.e along the Umpqua River. To con atruct and equlo the line will cost ap proximately 1800.000. according: to eeti mates. The contract calls for the early completion of the rallrond as far as Roclc Creek, but the builders have agreed to extend it to the line of the forest reserve whenever It Is necessary. For every mile of road completed between Roseburs; and Rock Creek the City of Roseburgr will pay 13000 to Kendull Bros. For every mile of road completed between Rock Creek and the forest reserve the city will pay Kendall Bros. J 11.000. (Hr Yetea tlssds. The city recently authorised the Issu ance of bonds for 1300.0. n. These bonda will be accepted by Kendall Bros. Nearly all the rights of way for the railroad have been secured and a crew of surveyors la at present laying out the route of the proposed line. The task is expected to be completed in two weeks. The mill to be erected on the fairs-rounds near Roieburp will cost ap proximately I350.00U. lt will have a minimum capacity of :o.0o0 feet of finished lumber a day. Several auxiliary plants will-care for the by products. Klectriclty will be rrntr-tted by a steam plant to be erected some distance from the mill. It Is the Inten tion of Kendall Bros, to establish camps alons- the railroad and ship their logs to Roseburc. liere they will be con verted into merchantable lurnbi'r. A II !-( tilmrr. Gets Ceatract. The contract for erecting the mil! has been awarded to the Allls-Chnlmrrs Company, of Milwaukee. The rtrst in atallment of machinery Is. scheduled to arrive here December -1. In addition to opening; up a vast amount of timber lands alomr the Umpqua River, the proposed railroad will prove of frreat benefit to the farm ers residing between Roseburg " and Rock Creek. S. A. Kendall. J. 1 Snyder and R. ft. Jobson. who are associated in the con struction of the mill and railroad, ex pect to arrivu here and begin work as soon as the Supreme Court determines the validity of the bonds voted by the people of Rosrburs;. Jurfpe fkipwortli recently passed on the bonds and hold them to be valid. Mr. Jobson has gone to Milwaukee, Wis., to make known to the Allls Chalmers Company the final details regarding- the plant. Titrongs at Junction City See K-P, JCNCTIOX CITV. Or.. July IT. Sp- i 111. i l iiiuusmii'I .tvi ii:riii line County residents witnessed the arrival of the Liberty Rell Thursday. Business houses closed and all gazed In awe at' the famous relic. The train stopped 11 minutes. 1 H 9 III 5 etttld-Summcr Book Sale Rich in Opportunities The sale embraces trie widest range in variety new books are reduced to a fraction of their original price handled books and shelf-worn books are reduced from 25'o to 50f",' children's books. Bibles, fiction, etc.. etc.. all cut for quick sale at this time. As afn-aps, you are welcome to examine at your leisure, H'helher you contemplate a purchase or not. Bibles Reduced Complete line of Oxford. Nel son, Bagsler. Children's. Fam ily and Teachers" Bibles sharply cut in price. Standard Authors in Sets Reduced lOTo to 60cc tfaenif':cent Variety of Cift Zjoo-s. Art Coo(-s. etc., hand somely bound and beautifully illustrated, noir reduced I O'i- to 50:;. Travel, History, Biog raphy, all reduced, con tract goods excepted. Children's Books j Cut 10 to 50 j Parents and lovers of children will find here a splendid va riety of choice books for the kiddies at prices never before made for books of such ster ling worth. Visit the Book Depart ment and Inspect at Your Leisure The J. K. Gill Co.. Booksellers. stationers anfl Complete office Ouifitlerr, Third and Alder Streets. wills