THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLiAXD, APRIL 9 DAIRYING GOSPEL IS HEARD BY 7000 , Agricultural Campaign at Ex i pense of O.-W. R. & N. Com- . pany Comes to End. i ' LAST STOP IS AT TENINO Addison Bennett Lauds Attitude o Hallway and of Farmers, Ex pressing Belief Result Will Be Mutually Beneficial. BY ADDISON BENNETT. TTSNIN'O, Wash., April S. (Special.) The last two meetings of the O.-W. R. & N. agricultural campaign con ducted by Farmer Smith and his asso-' ciates throughout Southwestern Wash ington were held at Tenino last night. However, there were two meetings held on the closing day and I will speak of the afternoon meeting first. This was held at the Grange Hall at fikookemchuck at 2 o'clock. Do not imagine that the long and euphonious name of Skookemchuck means that the place so set down on our itinerary is a city or even a town. It is mostly name, the rest being a grange hall, a schoolhouse and many surrounding acres of logged-off land with the stumps still there to show for Jt. But it is the making of a fine agricultural section and many fine farms are in the near neighborhood. That the owners of these lands are prosperous was shown by the well dressed audience and the neat appear ance of the well clothed children at play on the adjacent school grounds. By the way, the teacher of this schooj 4s a young woman from New York City who has been out here less than a. year. Now it is some change from Broadway to Skookemchuck, but this teacher. Miss Minnie Jewett, is so en amored of Washington that she does not care to go back. From what a director of the school told me I think Washington would be fortunate in having a few hundred more Miss Jewetts as teachers; I know Oregon ,-would be fortunate in getting fully as many. Coplona Notes Taken. As to the meeting, it was attended by about 75 persons, and Farmer Smith had a pleasant 90 minutes with them and surely to their edification if close questioning and copious notes mean anything. Mr. Smith was introduced by the master of the grange. Miss Amda Prince. The hall they own is a. fine one recently erected and is the social center for a large neighborhood. The grange I was told is doing a good work and that there is no doubt the Farmer Smith lecture will start some thing in the way of corn, pig and chicken clubs was the view expressed to me by one of the members of the grange. Perhaps I should have said at the beginning that Skookemchuck (which I suppose means good "fodder") Is four miles southeast of Tenino. Tenino, where the final meeting took place, has been best known for many years as the place where two large companies, the Tenino Stone Company and the Hercules Sandstone Company Quarry fine building stone of various hues, which is shipped to all parts of the Northwest. It is also in the center of a fine agricultural section where the dairy cow is getting to be supreme. It is a nice little city, well paved, well lighted, has a good water supply and In every -way looks prosperous. It has been hard, hit by the lumber slump and & bad bank failure. The latter was caused by outside get-rich-quick bank smiths bleeding the vaults and was in no wise the fault of Tenino people. A new bank was organized recently with many of the business men behind it and it already has something like $25,000 on deposit. L. H. Hubbard is cashier of the new concern, called the Citizens Bank, and S. N. Peterson cashier. Hotel Kara Landed. There is a good hotel here, which our party can vouch for from direct evidence a good dinner served to us. This is the Central Hotel, kept by Mrs. Mattie Stine. There is also a large hotel where good rooms can be had but no meals the Hotel Francis, which be longs to the Tenino Stone Company. There are two weekly newspapers here, the old established Tenino News, owned and run by John E. Zenner, well and favorably known in this entire section of the state, and the Tenino Journal, published and owned by Maurice Mc Donald, which has Just concluded its first year of publication. There is a prosperous crearrfery here which is owned by H. J. Keithahn. It Is doing a large business in spite of the great loads of cream that are ship ped out by rail and auto trucks. As to the stores, they all look prosperous and all carry big stocks and they surely have their goods displayed in city style. In fact, the place is going ahead on the road to prosperity in spite of milll closing, bank failure and every other baneful circumstance. Indeed, the peo ple are of the sort that would go ahead in spite of any adverse condition that might befall them. Ovation Given "Fanner" Smith. And here we held the final meeting last night at 8 o'clock in the fine Odd fellows' Hall. It was largely attended, and Farmer Smith was given quite an ovation both at the commencement and close of his remarks. And the "class meeting" at the wind-up showed by the many questions asked that the people hereabouts are intelligent enough to know that Farmer Smith gives good advice to all people who make their living on the farm and as a rule they will adopt at least some of the meth ods advocated by him. And that will be the last report of a meeting for this tour, which has lasted 83 days and has carried us pretty well over the counties of Thurston, Lewis. Cowlitz and Clarke, has entailed a travel of about 550 miles by railroad and about the same distance by auto. Thirty-seven meetings have been held and about 7000 people have been ad dressed, which number includes high school students. Several hundred bush els of seed corn have been given away and many thousand "corn primers" and other booklets and pamphlets have been distributed. Result Is Analyzed. Has the campaign been worth while? Looking- at it from the standpoint of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, the con cern that footed the bills, it can only be said that directly the trip has en tailed an expenditure of a large sum of money and that no returns can ever be expected. But indirectly the returns will be large if the people who have received the "lecturing," seed corn and literature will only move upward in the efficiency scale of farming Just a few pegs. That they will there seems no doubt, for former tours have met with quick and ready responses then why not this? I cannot close without saying a few words as to the camaraderie of the trip, of the way in which William 51c Murray, William Carruthars, J. B. Courtright and J. A. McLeod, the rail way members of the party, have han dled the trip and particularly the man ner in which "Farmer" Smith, as dean of the party, has conducted the meet ings and considered the other and less important members of the party. And a word, must also be said about the good work done by Farmer Smith's son, Lou S. Smith, who has demonstrated milk testing at many of the meetings. Finally, the correspondent of The Oregonian wishes to say that as a hotel this car 181 has few superiors, while the landlord and landlady presiding, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Blake, are in a class by themselves as cooks and caterers. They may be dark of face, but they are white of heart, and under all circum stances the personification of good and faithful servitors. And by their good feeding I have gained seven pounds on the trip! 1KIJSEV COWS BRIXG $190 Satsoj and Chehalis Stockmen Get T'ine Cattle at I'ease Sale. BY ADDISON BENNETT. ADNA, Wash., April 7 (Special.) As our party halted at Centralia yes terday we had the good fortune to have our car spotted opposite the stockyards in Chehalis and saw 15 head of as fine Jersey cows and heifers as there are in the Northwest. They were just being unloaded from a car which had brought them from the dispersal sale of Bert Pease, a Jersey fancier and breeder, whose place is located near Ellensburg. Wash. He sold 59 head at prices rang ing from about 135 for the heifers up to $490 for the cows. The 10 head shipped here were "in transit except five head for N. B. Coff man and his protege-partner, Adolph son. Readers of The Oregonian may remember that a short time ago I wrote about Mr. Coffman's place at Chehalis and about his fine Jerseys. He and Adolphson were at the Pease sale, but Adolphson passed a couple of days pre vious there and saw the cows milked, so he knew on what to bid. Mr. Coff man thinks he was fortunate in get ting this stock, as in breeding the ani mals are right in line with his founda tion stock. Five of the cows and heifers belonged to Mr. Brewer, the Jersey breeder of Satsop, Wash. Mr. Brewer was here in charge of the animals and was pre paring to reship them to his place. One of the cows, 4 years old, I think, he bred on his Satsop farm and sold to Pease as a heifer for around $100. Now he was taking her home at a cost of $450. But Mr. Brewer knows the Jer sey game and knows what he is doing. The other five head belonged Jointly to Ed Carey and E. F. Jernstedt, of Carlton. Or. Readers of The Oregonian will remember, or those interested in dairy cows, that Mr. Carey has some of the finest Jerseys on the Coast. Well, he has made some excellent additions to his herd. Mr. Jernstedt is a neigh bor of Mr. Carey and is just launching into the Jersey business. This little ' town of Adna is by no means a city, but it is Al as far as it goes and is in about as fino neigh borhood of dairymen as there is in Wash ington. Tins has been written by me before, for I consider the farms along the Upper Chehalis River and those across the divide in the "Willapa "Valley about as fine as any I have seen in Oregon. And then it is worth a trip here to see the fine barns and silos and more building. As a dairy country this is sure standing well at the head in development of any large neighbor hood in either Oregon or Washington. There are two large general stores at Adna, a schoolhouse. a church, a grange hall and a few dwellings, and, of course, two railroad depots the Mil waukee and the Northern Pacific. As it is not on the O.-W. R, & N.. it may be asked why they should spend money to improve conditions in the territory of other roads. Well, in the first place, the vision of the officials is broad enough to see that if one road prospers all will, and, in the second place, the people here had requested that "Farm er" Smith be sent to talk to them. The oldest store is operated by W. A. Curtis. He has been in business here or many years and has prospered. About a year ago Scott Yancey opened a store in the fine new building of the grange, and he has built up a good business. He carries a well-selected stock and displays it with as much taste and skill as our city merchants. In fact, it is a city store in a hamlet. The meeting last night was held in the grange hall, over the Tancey store and postoffice, and it was the banner meeting of the trip. Not In numbers, for there were only about 125 present But in point of interest and in the in telligence of the audience, it will stand as the banner meeting of the trip. Mr. Smith made his usual talk and then de voted nearly two hours to answering questions. Not captious, hypercritical or "smart queries, but practical farm problems. Many of them referred to a former meeting held here about a year ago by Mr. Smith. He then, as. now, was preaching the doctrine of the silo, corn, cows, pigs and poultry diversified farming in its best phases. And many of those present last night had tried his methods and succeeded; some had tried and failed and wanted to know why. They found out wherein they had departed from the instruc tions, and will go to work-at once to remedy their errors this season. Yes, it was a splendid meeting and will do much good. The people around here are all successful, and this success is sure to be intensified, because they have the brains under their hats to take advice and carry it out to the best of their ability. The Adna people are proud of their 1913. MONTH. January. ...... $2,257.03 2.388.38 2.626.53 2.575.33 2.749.83 2.535.00 2.796.76 2,697.08 2,554.86 2.563.65 2.593.32 2,647.77 383 381 383 370 372 366 355 353 351 351 358 347 $2,606.18 2.669.15 2.518.11 2,446.32 2,485.85 2,585.67 2.429.38 2,439.40 2,421.82 2,418.73 2.417.61 2,455.84 ebruary. . ... March. ....... April , May June July August , September. ... October November. December. school. Professor J. Iv. 'Cavanaugh is the principal. It was Professor Cava naugh who wrote persistently to the railway officials to have "Farmer" Smith come here. As he takes that much interest in the community, you can guess he is an invaluable man without my writing it. Certificates Granted 1 4 at Pomeroy. POMEROY, Wash.. April 8. (Spe cial.) Fourteen persons passed the teachers' examinations recently held in the Courthouse and will receive certificates. Those passing were Lu cille Tucker, Marguerite Ogden. Hazel Shilling, Nelle DeVleming, Pearl Cook, Imza Godsey, Carolyn Bratcher, Wayne Davis, Nell Jackson. Dessa M. King, Mrs. Flora Peterson, Mrs. Victoria Pea body, Mrs. Feme Lacey and Emma Mark. Xorth Albany Gets Business House. ALBANY. Or., April 8. (Special.) North Albany, a settlement in Benton County, across the Willamette bridge from this city, has its first business house. A general merchandise store is being established there by William Tracy, who has been conducting a con fectionery etsablishment in this city. North Albany has been a well-settled residence suburb for several years. Shedd Home Burns; Loss $1500. SHEDD. Or., April 8. (Special.) The home of Mrs. J. A. McBride, three miles west of this place, was totally de stroyed by fire late today. A defective chimney flue was the cause. The loss Jjs estimated at about $1500. ESCAPES GUT HALF UNDER VVITHYCDMRE Prison Records Refute State ment That Costs Under West's Rule Were Less. PAYROLL EXPENSE LOWER Only Convict to .Make Exit From Inside of Penitentiary During Present Administration Is Recaptured and Returned. SALEM. Or., April 8. (Special.) With the return today from Bakers field, Cal., of George Clark, who drilled his. way out of the Oregon Peniten tiary on the night of January 24, the only man who has made his escape from inside, the prison during the en tire Withycombe administration once more is in the Penitentiary. Records of the prison to date show that the total escapes under the pres ent administration were 15, of which 13 were last year and two this year. Contrary to the statement of the Ore gon Journal, which in an editoria this week declared there "were more net escapes at the prison under the Withy combe system than under the West honor system," the facts revealed by official records indicate that the es capes under the present administration have a yearly average of less than half as many as under the West regime. 114 Escape During Wt( Rule. In the four years that West occu pied the Governor's chair , there were 114 escapes, an average of 28 annually. Under his administration nine men es caped from inside the prison, as com pared with the one, who escaped since Governor Withycombe has been in of fice. It is pointed out that the es capes from inside the prison are the important ones. Indicating the effi ciency or lack thereof of the prison administration. The list of escaped prisoners as re vealed by the Penitentiary records since January 1, 1911, follows: Escapes in 1911 Trusties. 6; em ployed at other state institutions. 7; in side. 2; brickyard, 3. Total. 18. Re turned. 7. Escapes in 1912 Trusties. 4: em ployed at other state institutions, 19; road gangs, 16; brickyard, 5. Total, 48. Returned. 17. Escapes in 1913 Trusties, 6; em ployed at state institutions, 6; road gangs, 13; brickyard, 4. Total, 29. Re turned. 16. Escapes in 1914 Trusties. 3; inside, 3; employed at state institutions, 5; road gangs, 7; brickyard, 1. Total, 19. Returned. 10. Escapes in 1915 Trusties, 7; Astoria road gang, 2; flax gangs, 3; prison farm (under guard), 1. Total. 13. Returned, 3. Fimren Refute Statement. Figures compiled from the financial records of the state prison refute the editorial statement of the Oregon Jour nal, which declared: "As a result of the management and the excessive num ber of prison guards, the prison appro priation will be bankrupt soon." A detailed statement of the payroll cost of the prison for the last three years as compared with the population during each of these years clearly proves that in no instance is the per capita payroll cos so great under the present administration as under that of Governor West. In fact, many months show the Withycombe administration's payroll outlay as smaller than the West administration's, despite the fact that the number of prisoners cared for now is far in excess of that during the former regime. Below is the actual guard cost taken from the flax fund since last July: July, $301.51; August, $907.04; Septem ber. $130; October, $482.90; November, $739.25; December, $606.27: January, $335.48; Februarv, $305.52; March, $446.73. Total, $4254.70. These figures do not include $250 a month paid from the flax fund to J. N. Cady, superintendent of the prison flax plant. Since last July the state has paid $3519.62 to convicts for labor in the' flax industry at the prison. By months the expense for convict labor has been as follows: July, $282; August. $562.87; September, no expense; October, $561.25; November, $591.38; December, $526.5i); January, $240; February, $360.62; March, $405. February, 1914, Payroll S2G60. As an instance, in February, 1914, with 351 prisoners, the payroll outlay was $2669. In the same month of this year, with 657 ' prisoners, the payroll cost was only $2621. During 1913 and 1914, under the West administration, the per capita cost per month was $16.11. For the same period the aver- 1914. 1915. 1916. 342 351 371 373 375 393 400 393 401 423 433 445 $2,939.75 2,811.29 2,709.18 2.761.31 2.533.57 2.401.35 2.336.97 2.262.78 2.381.34 2.580.84 2.349.32 2,598.45 432 452 465 4-72 486 506 524 519 505 516 532 532 563. 621. 628. 535 557 age annual cost per prisoner totaled $193.35. In 1315 the per capita cost was $14.76 a month and $177 for the year. For 1916 the average per capita cost so far has been $15.35 monthly. In this connection attention is called t the fact that the general cost of living and foodstuffs, etc., has increased greatly during the last two years. In every case the per capita cost under the present administration is materially below that of the former administra tion. Payroll Statement Given. The statement of the monthly pay roll at the state prison beginning with 1913, with the population of the prison at the time, is given below for pur poses of comparison. Under the plan of reducing the cost for guard hire at the Penitentiary in the future, the Parole Board, at its meeting next Monday, will consider what the Governor terms the "merit system." This system provides that the Parole Board will each month furnish a list of prisoners eligible to be made trusties. The warden will be author led to inform these men that if they maintain good conduct while trusties until the expiration of their minimum sentence that they will forthwith re ceive a parole. Aberdeen to Clean. T7p All Week. ABERDEEN, Wash., April 8. (Spe cial.) The most vigorous cleanup campaign in Aberdeen's history is be ing planned by Mayor J. M. Phillips and the health committee of the Coun cil, and will be conducted here through put all of next week. Mayor Phillips has worked out a plan of dividing the city into blocks and has appointed a cleanup captain over each of these. Civic improvement associations will as sist in the work and will urge flower planting and lawn beautifying. ROAD DEBATE AT IMBLER Question of $4,000,000 Bond Issue Agitates Union County. LA GRANDE. Or, April 8 (Special.) Ex-Senator Walter - M. Pierce and Will Jasper, both ranchers, took the floor in public at Inibler tonight against bonding the county for $4,00, 000 to build hard-surface roads. At torney George T. Cochran, president of the Union County Good Roads Assocla- MEDFORO GIHX. TO HR MAY Hl'EK.V AT HO.V'MOITU, - ' .,.::. T. : s 'it ... yt. y - Miss Myrtle I. Clayvllle. MONMOUTH. ' Or., April 8. (Special.) Miss Myrtle I. Clay ville has been selected as May queen for the annual May fes tivities at the Oregon Normal School. These will be held this year on May 6. Miss Clayville is a teacher in the public schools at Medford, Or., but is here on leave of ab sence to complete her normal course and wilr be granted her state certificate in June. tion, and Karl Stackland, Cove fruit grower, defended the cause. The debate followed the quarterly meeting of the Farmers' Union at Ini bler, at which State Secretary Sykes was present. This is the second debate held thus far on a question which is agitating the county. ' QUINTET rERE THIS WEEK Tnskegee Jubilee Singers to Appear In Portland Cliurches. Portland people are due to hear some rare musical entertainment this week while the Tuskegee Institute jubilee singers are here. The party consists of five singers, all men, a tenor, two leaders, a bari tone and a bass. They are accompanied by Charles Winter , Wood, a teacher and lecturer. At 11 o'clock this morn ing they will sing at the Centenary Methodist Church7 at 4:30 at the Y. W". C. A. vesper service, at 5 o'clock at the Unitarian Church and at 7:30 this evening at the Congregatiopal Church. Other engagements have been arranged for the remainder of the week. Mr. Wood will speak briefly, telling the story of the life and work of Booker T. Washington, who, 34 years ago, founded the Tuskegee Institute. The programme to be rehdered will consist of the singing of the old fashioned plantation melodies, negro spiritual 6ongs and dialect readings. 5000 MAY LOSE VOTE Court to Be Asked to Determine Character of Election. TACOMA. Wash., April 8. City Con troller Meads has arranged to bring action to test the question of whether those persons who are registered but did not vote at the first election may vote at the second election May 18. If the contention is upheld that the first election is a general election in the meaning of the state law. it is estimated that between 5000 and 6000 names will have to be 'stricken from the registration books. Rosetmrg to Honor S. A. Kendall. ROSEBURG. Or., April 8. (Special.) A move has been instituted here to hold a public reception on the streets of the city Monday night in honor of S. A. Kendall, of Pittsburg, who is now ert route to Roseburg to execute a new contract and proceed with the con struction of the proposed Roseburg & Eastern Railroad. Two bands have been engaged for the occasion and practically everybody in Roseburg will be at the depot to greet the capitalist. Gardiner Residents Promised Road. ROSEBURG. Or., April 8. (Special.) Acting upon a petition filed by the people of Gardiner, the County Court has authorized the construction of a wagon road extending from that city to the junction of the Umpqua River and the Willamette-Pacific Railroad. The road will cost $11,000 and will be built this year. Under present condi tions the people of Gardiner are almost isolated from the railroad, as far as wagon roads are concerned. Tlmrston Democrats Meet April 2 2. OLTMPIA. Wash., April 8. (Special.) With 13 members present, the Thurs- AMUSEMENTS Free Attractions or Feature Acts We are now ready to let concessions in one of the best amuse ment resorts of its kind. A large amount of money is now being spent to make this the most popular beach resort in the Northwest. For particulars write or call at office of Columbia Beach Amusement Co. J. G. Vogel, Mgr., 607-608 Buchanan Building. IpiiiiiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiisiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM 1 SAY- r r . . tt c ' . . . .. I I This Is Really Funny! f II Five Reels Packed With II I THE HABIT of 1 I HAPFINE STARRING II Domglas Fairbanks "Of the success of this picture, with audiences there is no doubt whatever. It is comedy of an orig inal sort, or perhaps we might say comedy-drama. "The piece is manifestly a vehicle for the astonish ing ability of Douglas Fairbanks. His contagious good nature is here occupied with making people laugh people in the picture, and people in the audi ence. He succeeds in both instances, particularly in the latter instance, so well that he must be re garded as in a class by himself in thedtind of comedy which only the Fine Arts people seem to know how to make." The Motion Picture News. U II Joe Jackson jj m 'Gypsy Joe' A Keystone Comedy in Two Acts li Continuous 10:30 niillllillill I III II II III l III! mi li ill mil in i milium nil nullum in i ii iiiiiii ton County Democratic central commit tee today fixed the county convention for April 22 In Olympia. The county will send 16 delegates to the Demo cratic state convention at North Yak ima on May 2. Business College to Close. Students of the Holmes Business Col lege have been notified by officers .of that institution that the school, be cause of financial difficulties, will close, its doors. Last Friday marked tha last reguia- class day'. It is pos slble a reorganization may be effected and the school continue as before. Military Ball Set for April 2 8. ABERDEEN. Wash., April 8. (Spe cial.) Friday evening-, April 28, has been set as the date of this year's an nual military ball. Governor Lister will be among the out-of-town guests invited. Alfalfa Prospects Are Good. TONE, Or.,' April 8. (Special.) Ex cellent prospects for a heavy alfalfa crop are reported by farmers near here, now that flood waters have receded. Florence Loses Prominent Citizen. FLORENCE, Or., April 8. (Special.) D. E. Severy, who died at his home here Wednesday, was a man who had played a prominent part in local af fairs. Born at Danforth. III., in 1868, he came to Oregon 'When 20 years old. "Not Tibins Nor Triplets'" :Even the critics (grouches every one of "It is safe to say that Douglas Fairbanks would cure any case of grouch which is brought into a theater showing this film. The play is at once funny and thought-provoking." Motography. Evy.Sngs Children Weekday A. M. to 11 P. M. and since that time had made his home almost continuously In the vicinity of .Florence. In 1904 he was elected City Recorder, and had held that office con-' tinuously until his death. His health had prevented his being a candidate for re-election this week, and his wife was elected to succeed him. Xorth Bend Has Reservoir. . NORTH BEND. Or., April 8. (Spe cial.) The Coos Bay Water Company, complying with an order of the State Public Service Commission, has finished the construction of a reservoir in this city. The reservoir was constructed of redwood, and has a capacity of 250,000 gallons. It was necessary in the water system In this city to insure hydrant "GREAT!" BLUE RIBBON Soda Wafers Popular with every cracker lover who's tried them these unique little squares of crispy goodness make friends wherever they axe served. Everyone likes their delicate, slightly salty flavor and right-from-the-oven freshness. Try a package; your grocer has them. 1 g Packed in Triple Sealed g 1UC Moisture-Proof Cartons , 1 UC Tru Blu Biscuit Company in i - them) laughed "The story has been endowed with the richness of humorous incident that has characterized all the Fairbanks pictures. There are some rarely funny scenes." j ' New York Morning Telegraph. . " 'The Habit of Happiness,' a Fine Arts production, featuring Douglas Fair banks, is a story with a vital purpose and characterized by some delightful psychology and bright subtitles." The Moving Picture World. and Sundays 15 5 Matinees 10p Sixth and Washington iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuir: pressure for flre-fiBhtirvg. Lime was used in the tank to remove the stain from the water, caused by the redwood lumber. Mrs. Hof fmeister, Eagle Creek, lies. EAGLE CREEK., Or., April 8. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Dora Hoffmeister, an old settler of this place, died at her home April 1 after an illness of two weeks. Dora Schroeder was born in Hanover, Germany. July 24. 1838. She came to the United States in 1S67 and was mar ried to Henry Hoffmeister in Pittsburg. She is survived by her husband, fourt sons John and Henry, of Damascus: Dave and Fred, of Eagle Creek and a daughter living in Portland. roriiana, uregon