TITE SUXDAT OKEGOXIAX, .PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 3, 1913.
HOST FIRES DUE
TO CARELESSNESS
HOUSE IN OLD ENGLISH STYLE BUILT ON PORTLAND HEIGHTS.
APPRAISALS GIVE
PROPERTY VALUES
POVERTY DECLARED TO KILL
MORE PEOPLE THAN WAR DOES
Life Insurance Big Factor Not Only in Reducing; Poverty Itself, but in
Decreasing Mortality From Poverty.
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Expert Gives Advice to Home
Owners on How to Make
Their Houses Safer.
OAN'GER IN THAWING PIPES
C. Stanley Taylor, la Article . in
Realty Slagaalne. Make Plata
How Oance of Simple Pre
vention Is Beta Care.
BT C. 8TA.VLET TAYLOR.
Prcm an Article In Realty Magazine.
Klgbty-thrro thousand bomra consti
tute a conservative estimate of the
aarrlflce to fire made annually by tha
homeowners of America! Many times
tiat numbr are partially damaged
very year.
The first natural 'bought In regard
to a fir loss concerns Insurance: and
If the destroyed property has been
rovered by Iniiunince to the extent of
lb ). tho.e of u. to whom the loss
baa not struck directly home little
reads Its far-rrachlnc effect. In oth
er words. inles the lesson bas at
some time been bnmed In. we do not
appreciate the result of the Indlract
loss.
Naturalti. when 1IM ara lost or
bodies burned and crippled we sense
tii stgnlf Icance of one factor In the
Indirect loss, but apparently experience
only will teach tbe entire lesson. A
fire In tbe borne disrupts everyday
life: causes the loss of article of an
anreplaceable nature, dear to ua
through association or aa family heir
looms, objects of art and vertu which
cannot ever be replaced: documents
and other valuables. Pathetic Indeed
is the thought of attempting to re-es-tabllsb
the home which has been per
haps tbe culmination of a lifelong am
bition. lire Hasarda Too Maay.
When w reallie that fully 70 per
ernt of borne fires are tbe result of
carrlaasnraa. Improper construction.
In. proper installation of beating de
vice, and In manr rases directly caused
bv isrnoranre hich allows the ex
istence of danaerous conditions, we
know that now l the time for the home
owner to look to his own bouse, to o
i,irr It carefully and eliminate the many
ordinary fire hasards which we over
look Iwisnw of familiarity.
rrerheatmv of stove. ,
h'niokers' carelessness.
Sparks from nearby fires.
The. matter of defecuve flu and
Birthods of safu.rUln aglnst fire
losses from this cause bas been given
csrefut consideration In recent lurs
of lta!t. I'nder tin general subject
might aWo be considered the hazard of
rark flying from chimneys and IS
Bitlnc shingle roofs.
In ibis -nectton there Is no danfer
If the rof tiles be of s ate, tile or
meial. If they are of wood, however,
there is some chance of fire originating
on the ro(. cause.l by ftytna cbinin
apark. sparks or brands from nearby
fires, or from brush or bonfirea There
i. r.r.. 11. -Ilv po protection aaini
such flre ecefi to have an available
nr siidpIv an.l hose. This prwau
ttofi haa scired many homes. Care
should be taken to krep the chimneys
dun and not to a. low too a-rat ac
cumulations of soot. Rubbish should
mt burned In the furnace In quan
titie sufficient to ran eruptions of
sharks from the chimney.
Klreolae -reeaa Issaortaat.
1'oorlT constructed open fireplaces
and ess r rates are dangerous. Open
fires should not be left unattended, nor
ehould they be built close to the front
of tbe fireplace. Klreplace screens
ehoo d be u.e.1 constantly In order to
avoid the d.ner of burning embers
thrown out by log fires Flues should
he ample and metal flues from ass
gratra should be avoided.
Iiefectiv insulation constitute an
other prolific cause of fires In the
home. In caes where electric equip
ment l poorly Insulated, dangerous
ahort-ctrcults may result. The home
owner Is protected In many communl
tics bv systematic tnsnectlon on the
wart of bullrtlnr departments and In
surance nrrantxattons. but he will do
well, particularly In Isolated communi
ties, to have his equipment gone over
occasionally by a good electrician.
Another haaard which should not be
overlooked Is that of the mishandling
of electrics! apparatns such as elec
tric Irons, beating and rooking devices.
i Many f res are caused through leavtn
the current turned on In tbe electric
fUllron. causing it to overheat and set
fire to the paper or cloth on which It
may be resting. So with cooklnc and
heating devices rare must be taken to
turn them oft when leaving the bouse.
srs of OH Lassaw.
Carelessness with fire Is but human,
and Is the result of the familiarity of
dally contact and a lack of realisation
of fire hazards and consequent
looses. Oil lamps should never be
t:acet near woodwork or where
the heat riven off at the tup
of tbe chlmnev may set fire to bans
Insre above. Where lamp holders are
provide.!, tin beat deflectors should
be hung above, and nearby woodwork
anould be protected. Lamp should
never be set where tbey may be
knocked over, nor should they be
turned low when leaving the house be
cause of the danger of explosion. Oil
fires should never be attacked with
water, r'lour. sand or similar material
wttl smother such fires where water
tends to spread them
Accumulations of wast paper and
rubbish are dangerous potential has
arls. Metal or metal covered con
tainers ran easily be purchased or
made at home, and In these waste mat
ter should be placed. In plies of oily
rags and various waste materials
spontaneous combustion (a chemical
reaction causing heat sufficient to
start a fire) may start at any time.
Waste accumulation are both Insani
tary and dangeroua.
atoaftrew Ussrcs of Paster.
Pancerous bonfires, started by chil
dren or for the purpose of disposing
of waste paper, dry leaves aa I raktngs,
cause maay homes to be destroyed.
:rs should sever be built near a
building nor on a windy day when
parks and embers may be carried for
hundreds of feet.
Many fires originate In the base
riant and are usoally the result of
carelessness. The piling of waste paper
near the furnace, searching for gaa
leaks w.th aa open flame, or trying
to thaw water plpee with a torch, rare-I-sa
disposition of hot ashes ash
aiiould never be stored In wooden boxes
or bins these are some of the cause
of avoidable basement fires.
The hanlilpg of matches, gasoline,
kerosene, alcohol, naphtha and similar
easily Inflammable matertale consti
tutes a weil-recocnued fire ha sard.
Jeverthe!es we find f:res occurring
every day aa a direct re ill of careless
ness with matches, cleaning with gaso-
1. an eaooeed flaw, or through explo- I
eione of sn'nt stove and lamps. Vols- I
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MODI'.R.t RKMDKCE COXSTRICTK U BV V. F- 80WMAH A CO. AT COST OF S12.S0O.
Thl new Old Kncllsh style home ha Just been completed by F. E. Bowman & Co. at a cost of $12,500. It Is
located on a view lot on the corner of Seventeenth and Laurel streets. Portland Heights. The exterior of the house
1 of white stucco trimmed with brown-stained woodwork, with an attractive Imitation thatch roof of shingles. The
entrance bas a very attractive canopy and large mahogany door. There are view porches opening from the living
room and main bedroom, with French doors affording a magnificent view of the river and city. The house con
tains eight rooms, exclusive of servants' quarters and attic The interior finish is mahogany and white enamel,
with the walla beautifully papered and electric fixtures harmonizing with the whole. Besides the main hall on the
first floor, are living-room, dining-room, breakfast or sunroom. kitchen and pantry From the rear porch the
garage la entered. The second floor ha four bedrooms and two bathrooms. There are beautifully tiled fireplaces
In the llvtng-room and main bedroom. There are hardwood floors and plate-glass windows throughout the house.
The basement haa heating plant, laundry and storerooms. '
b handled In the same room with an
open light or firs or where a draft can
possibly carry th fumes to a fire.
Inflammable curtain and ornaments
often cause a serious fire. Lace cur
tains before sn open window may be
blown across a lighted gas Jet. Christ
mas candles may set fir to ornaments
or they may be Ignited in some other
manner. Care should be taken that all
ornamental hanglnga and decorations
be kept distant from open flame.
lasok After Ilea flag Pipes.
Fire often originate where heating
pipes are installed too close to wooden
structural members. Th home owner
should investigate the Installation of
heating devices, making sure that pro
tection la afforded where pipe run
Ihrousb wall or along unfinished
ceilings.
The carlessness of smokers I pro
verbial. Many firea originate from dis
carded cigarette and cigar ends, thrown
relessly Into light shafts or in cor
ner of th basement. Smoking in bed
haa caused much loss.
The home owner will undoubtedly
profit by giving careful consideration
to the ordinary fire basarda and In
peeling his home In a critical manner
to discover and remedy those which ex
l-t. In every home one or mors port'
able fir extinguisher should be kept.
These, usually of the band type, may
be purcnased for a few dollars at th
nearest hardware store and are In
fallible In rase of Incipient blazes. Bet
ter than protection, however. 1 pre-
vtntlon and th application of com
mon-ens methods, together with
realisation of the seriousness of the
potential loss threatened by fire In the
borne, will result In a vast saving for
th home-owning Interest of America.
ALBANY PLANT IS RUSHED
New Building for Manufacturing
Company Being Built.
ALBANY. Or, Feb. S. (Special.)
Rapid progress Is being made In the
erection of buildings for th factory
of th Far West Manufacturing Com
pany In this city. The structures
being, erected on a tract of land on
South Ferry street. Just south of the
Southern Pacific tracks.
This company, which manufactures
a patent stepladder and several other
article on which It hold patents and
also makes cedar chests and other ar
tlcle. ha been operating here the past
few years, but bas bad its products
made In a local planing mllL It is
now establishing a plant of Its own
This business started here on a small
scale, but ha grown until It la ship
ping its products all over the country,
It manufactures cedar chests for one
of the largest sale houses in the
world.
NEW HOSPITAL IS PLANNED
Crntralia lo Have $50,000 Modern
Structure Soon.
CRNTRALIA. Wash.. Feb. I. (Spe
cial.) It was announced last week that
excavating will begin this week on
new IS0.900 hospital to be erected on
Seminary Hill by Ir. Lee A. Scace. The
main building will be 188 by 38 feet in
else with a wing. 4 by 38 feet. The
structure will be three stories in height,
of brick construction and modern In
every detail. The building will be
steam heated: the corridors and bath
rooms will be In white tile and each
bed will have an Individual electric
light and slims).
Tbe old hospital that occupies the
site of the new structure, and which
was used as a Baptist seminary In the
early daya of tbe city, will be torn
down.
ABERDEEN SHORT OF HOVSES
Immediate) Building of Bungalows
for Worklngmen I'rgrd.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. t. (Spa-
ctaD A serious shortage of homes
was disclosed yesterday at the noon
weekly luncheon of the Grays Harbor
Realty Board, when 10 realty fin
reported that altogether they had but
eight vacant homes on their list. Many
of th firms had no vacant homes. On
agent reported It Inquiries on Satur
day for homes to rent and another aald
he had nearly a score of calls for
house dally.
Aa Investigation ha shown rooming
house filled to capacity. Th imme
diate building of bungalow for work
Ingmea and of on or more large rooming-houses
for (Ingle men was declared
necessity.
ROGUE RIVER TRACT IS SOLD
Commcrrial Traveler Buys 50 Acres
of Bottom Land From John Hair
GOLD HILL. Or, Feb, !. (Special.)
John B. Hair haa sold his so-acre tract
of Rogue River bottom land to A. R.
Brashear. of Walla Walla. Wash. This
farm Is locataed six miles west of Oold
HllJ, with a full river frontage and on
the Pacific Highway, and Is one of the
most beautiful country homes In the
valley. The new owner, who I a com
mercial traveler, has rented the prem
ses for the present year, after which
he expects to make it his home.
TwtcBennam. Kngiana. its nv norae
butcherlea. owing to the Influx of Bel
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Vacant Lot and Landless Man
to Come Together.
REALTY BOARD INTERESTED
Garden Prod nee for Summer Tables
and Fall Canning Should Be
Grown In City, Officials
Are Convinced.
Into the war garden drive, which la
expected to place the greater part of
Portland's 100.000 vacant lota under
cultivation this Spring, the Portland
Realty Board has thrown the full
weight of Its organization.
Members of tne Realty Board have
been asked by Paul C. Murphy, presi
dent, to list all vacant and available
lot at once with George It. Funk. City
Auditor, in order that the plan of the
Patriotic Conservation League may be
furthered.
W. B. Ayer, Federal Food Adminis
trator for Oregon, has given the r'an
Indorsement. Jtrleriy. tne garaen arive
I for tbe purpose of connecting land
hungry city resident with tillable lots,
thus creating an abundant supply of
garden produce for Spring and Summer
use and for rail canning.
Practical farmers and seedmen have
been Interested In the drive, and it Is
probable that public meeting will be
held later, at which gardening authori
ties will give advice on soil prepara
tion and varieties of produce to be
planted.
In response to Inquiry regarding
what varieties of beans are best
adapted to city gardening, II. B. Davis,
manager of the W. W. Cotton farm, at
Gresham, bas furnished the league with
nformatlon.
The Lady Washington is a better
variety than the navy, says Mr. Davis,
a it develop and maturea in superior
fashion. It is a bush bean. He advo
cates the Oregon-grown Lima bean
over the Eastern variety and urges
that local seed be bought. For pole
beans Mr. Davis advises the planting
of Kentucky Wonder and Asparagus
True, two splendid producers.
Concerning general points in garden
ing. Mr. Davis says:
"Such plants aa are desired to pro
duce vines or leaves should have land
plaster. Examples are peas, beans.
cabbage, etc. Ashes are suited to such
plants as ara to produce filled-out
fruits and for corn, berries, turnips.
onions. Land plaster sets free nitro
gen: ashes contain potash, phosphoric
acid and lime.
Mr. Davia will speak at any meeting
that may be arranged for between now
and March 13, and will also make ar
rangements with other practical farm
ers and seedmen to speak at war gar
den meetings.
Ferdinand E. Reed has been named
director of the war garden drive, and
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has appointed district directors for
every locality in the city. These will
list vacant lots in their districts and
take applications .for war garden plots.
General information may be procured
from the Patriotic Conservation League,
Northwestern Bank building. . Main
4170.
nERMISTON REALTY ACTIVE
Several Sales of Property in and
Near Town Reported.
HERMISTON, Or., Feb. 2. (Special.)
J. T. Hinkle has added to his Her-
miston home tract a 13-acre place ad
Joining. The price paid waa IJ900.
Mr. Hinkle owned a well-improved
tract in the South Hill district, on
which he built a JioOO home and other.
wise Improved, making it one of the
most beautiful places In the west end
of the county. The tract just pur
chased is also highly improved. The
entire tract is on an elevation above
town Just outside the city limits, where
values are climbing.
Henry Hanby has purchased 10 acres
of the Skinner lands lying a mile east
of town. Mr. Hanby owns an improved
orchard tract In the edge of town and
adjoining th sarvey of the Columbia
Highway.
J. H. Toung has sold his residence
property in town to Dr. E. W. Barnes
for $1700. Mr. Toung has under con
struction a new modern bungalow.
which- he will move Into within a few
day.
George Strohm bought 10 acres ad
Joining hia hog ranch, two miles east
of town, from W. H. Skinner. He will
seed tbe land to alfalfa next month.
FARM LABOR SURVET PLAN
Agricultural Con noil to Assist
County Agent in Work.
REDMOND, Or., Feb. 2. (Special.)
The labor situation on the farms of
Crook and Deschutes counties at the
present time is rather acute with the
prospects of growing worse Instead of
better as the season advancea.
The Federal Government for some
time has been considering methods of
relieving this difficulty. In order to
get accurate information Concerning
the needs of the farms of the United
States and- the available labor supply,
a country-wide labor survey is to be
conducted during the week of Febru
ary 11-16. This will be conducted by
mean of a questionnaire, which, when
filled out, will show the labor needs of
each county, the acreage in crop and
the probable crop strength of the Na
tion by next harvest season.
Farmers to Attend Meeting.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Feb. 2. (Spe
cial.) County Agent Keyes has ar
ranged for open meetings of the
granges of Silver Lake, Sandy Bend and
Pleasant Hill Saturday, February 9. N.
F. Thompson, of the Washington State
College and United States Department
of Agriculture, will be there and show
slides of cereal and potato diseases and
the farmers are invited to confer with
him on the local plant disease problems.
Meetings are to be held throughout the
county, those for this district Saturday,
February , being Sandy Bend, Grange
Hall. 10:30 A. M. ; Pleasant Hill, 1:30 P.
M.; Silver Lake. 8 P. M.
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LAURELHURST RESIDENCE BRINGS $12,500.
AT HXtT EAST ANKEJfT STREET. PPOSfTB
PURCHASED FROM D. J. MAHONY. -
Secretary of Portland Realty
Board Discusses Growing
Valuation Demand.
EXPERTS ON COMMITTEE
Many Reasons Cited as to Xeed for
Frequent Appraisals of Real
Estate by Men Who Are
Specialists In Work.
BT PAUL A. COWGILL,
Secretary Portland Realty Board.
There always has been, is now. and
nrobablv- will be a demand for the ap
nraisal of real estate by Individuals,
but there is a growing demand for
group appraisals, which is being met
in a splendtd way by real estate boards
throughout the country, througn men
valuation committees. These commit
tees are always composed of the best
informed members in the boards and
ire men who give very careful study
to each appraisal, and the result of
their findings is the best valuation that
can be secured.
Many individuals, firms and corpora
tions now feei that, In justice to xnei
business, they should have an ap
praisai of all their real estate at least
every other year by tne valuation com
mittee of the real 'estate board in their
cities. This is necessary in figuring
the Income of their business, for real
natal has an advancing or a declin
ing value, reflecting conditions In
locality or community.
. Reasons for Appraisal.
soma nf the valuations made by com
raittees in various cities recently have
been for the following reasons:
A real estate holding company, wish
ing to issue bonds, wanted a valuation
of the committee to use in its pros
pectus; a merchant, wishing to sell.
asked the valuation as to the price to
ask; an owner, wishing to lease for a
term of years, wanted the valuation in
order to arrange for ground rent; a
leading deDartment store used the
valuation of the committee when mak
ing a statement to its bank; an out
of-town party who had made a trad
and believed that misstatements were
made as to value of property wished a
board annraieal to be used in a pros
pective lawsuit; both parties united in
asking for reappraisal, in connection
with a ground lease: a holder of ground
lease wanted a valuation as a basis for
a selling price; a tenant in a large
building, wishing to subdivide and rent
part of the space, wanted to know what
such space should rent lor; many
trust and insurance companies, where
loans were under consideration; a num
ber of instances for valuation of es
tates; insurance company, before issu
ing annual statement, asked for valu
ation to be used in same; and many
countr and municipal appraisals, both
for the purchase and sale of real estate
Growing Appraisal Demand.
An analysis of these calls on com
mjttee of the boards throughout the
country is evidence that there is a
growing need for this service on the
part of real estate boards.
The Portland Realty Board is espe
cially fortunate in the personnel of its
appraisal committee. All the members
who compose it are men of wide ex
perience and mature Judgment. They
are specialists in their line and know
Portland property thoroughly.
Applications for appraisals are made
to the secretary of the board and are
sent by him to the committee, 'llie
committee then views the property,
calling in any members of the board
to give testimony if necessary or de
sirable. A certificate is Chen issued,
signed by the appraisal committee and
attested by the secretary. There can
be no more certain wayof arriving at
the value of a property and no opinion
as to value can nave any greater
weight.
EASTERNERS BUYIXti HOMES
. L. Hartman Company Reports
That Jfew Money Is Coming.
That there is a steady influx of East
erners into Portland and that they are
buying homes is now substantiated, ac
cording to the J. L. Hartman Company.
Of the 20-odd houses and bungalows
sold in the last two months a satisfac
tory proportion of them were to new
comers, who have "come to stay," as
one wide-awake Pennsylvania lumber
man put it.
The rapidly disappearing "House ior
Rent" sign is gladdening to the busi
ness man's eye and modern house hunt
ers are becoming frantic
Mr. Hickman and Mr. Wilson, who
are managing the -city sales and rental
department, report the sale of 18 lots
in or about Hose City Park, all of which
will soon have houses or bungalows un
der construction, in spite of the steadily
increasing cost of labor and materials.
The big demand Is for bungalows,
and although most of these sales were
made in the Rose City Park district, the
demand is spreading to all parts of the
city.
LACRELITURST
POVERTY in the United States kills
more people than are killed in the
great war, is the startling state
ment of Government experts. Surgeon
General Blue, of the Public Health
Service, declares that 50 per cent of
the death from certain diseases can be
prevented, while the Committee of In
dustrial Relations asserts that, 250,000
men, women and children are killed
each year in the United States and
4,700,000 wounded "because our states
men remain silent in the face of daily
atrocities wrought in times of peace
by our system of economic and indus
trial exploitation."
It is claimed that these figures do
not include the toll each year of 100.000
babies killed by poverty before they
reach their first birthday.
"The preventable mortality," says
General Gorgas, "in this country is
greater than the mortality caused by
the European war. Science knows that
the chief cause of disease is poverty;
tht disease can never be eliminated
so long as people are forced to live
poorly and close together."
Statistics show that there are 1,250.-000-
dependent aged wageearners cost
ing this country $220,000,000 a year for
their support. There are 3.127,000 wid
ows in this country at least 65 years
old, 32 per cent of whom lack the ne
cessities of life and 90 per cent the
comforts. , There are 7.000.000 women
compelled to earn a. living and 1,990,225
children from 10 fo 15 years of age
making a living. At the present time
we are'supporting more than 1,000,000
dependents and delinquents in institu
tions. When the breadwinner of a family
dies and the widow and several small
children are left destitute, it is almost
always necessary for the widow to earn
a livelihood. Naturally the wages she
receives will be small, and by reason
of the fact that she is forced to work
long hours, frequently in unsanitary
quarters, it is impossible for her to
COAST DEFENSES URGED
PORTLAND WILL SEEK AVIATION
AND SUBMARINE BASE.
Commercial Bodies Ask Congress
Carry Out Recommendations of
Helm Commission.
By adopting a resolution at its last
meeting urging Congress to act imme
diately on the recommendations of the
Helm commission, the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce took part in a con
certed move by all the chambers of
commerce of the Pacific Coast to try
to prevail upon Congress to strengthen
and add to the seaboard defenses from
the Canadian line to the Mexican bor
der.
The programme for the Pacific Coast.
as laid down by the Helm commission,
appointed by Congress in 1916 to make
country-wide investigation into the
needs for coast defenses, is as follows:
At Portland, Or. Development of pos
sibilities for aviation and submarine
base.
At Astoria, Or. Development of the
possibilities for a submarine base. .
At Alameda, Cal. Pacific Coast naval
base to cost 36,307,000.
At Bremerton and Seattle, Wash.
(Puget Sound district) Development
of a home and repair base for sub
marines; one additional drydock to cost
$2,500,000.
At Mare Island, CaL Home base for
submarines; repair base-for submarines
and aviation: one additional drydock to
cost $2,225,000; additional shops and
accessories.
At Los Angeles, Cal. Submarine
base.
At Redwood City, Cal. Aviation base.
At San Diego, Cal. Aviation base.
The idea of stimulating Congress in
the matter of coast defenses by reso
lutions from all the Chambers of Com
merce of the Pacific Coast started with
the San Francisco Chamber. The reso
lution also has been adopted by the
Oakland (Cal.) Chamber. Other mem
bers of the Associated Chambers of
Commerce of the Pacific Coast are: As
toria. Los Angeles. Bellingham, San
Diego, Seattle and Tacoma.
It is expected that each chamber will
adopt the resolution and send a copy to
its representatives in - Congress.
RAIN HINDERS MINE WORK
Delivery of Equipment for Gold Hill
Delayed by Storm.
GOLD HILL, Or., Feb. 2. (Special.)
The extra heavy rainfall the past
month has curtailed the delivery of
much equipment to the several mines
and the shipping of ore from, mines
with wagon hauls in this region
Twohy Bros., who have been engaged
in hauling copper ore from the Queen
of Bronze mine at Takilma to a ship
ping point at Waters Creek with
wagons, have withdrawn su neaa oi
horses and shipped them to Shaniko
In Eastern Oregon, for -work- on
grading contract.
The shipment of the aerial tramway
from the Greenback mine for the state
limestone plant at Gold Hill, which
has been delayed, arrived today, and
with it came the crew -of 15 honor men,
who will join the crew now here - in
constructing the plant. As soon as
quarters can be made for them at the
plant the crew will he increased to
60 honor men from the penitentiary.
BEAN GROWERS TO MEET
Lane County Farmers Will Discuss
Adoption of Mexican Bean.
EUGENE. Or., Feb. 2. (Special.)
Bean growers will hold a meeting in
Eugene tomorrow for the purpose of
discussing plans for procuring the
adoption of the- Mexican tree bean as
the standard variety for Lane County,
according to an announcement made
recently by County Agricultural Agent
N. S. Robb.
Lane County produced more beans
last year than ever before, notwith
standing the unprecedented drouth,
which fairly caused bushes to shrivel
up in the field. A total of 3300 acres
was planted and to- date 12 cars have
been shipped, as compared to a total
of six cars last year.
EASTERNERS LIKE OREGON
Films of Portland and Columbia
River Highway Applauded.
Oregon is receiving the highest kind
of advertising in all the important
cities of the East through the Newman
Traveltalks. according to word re
ceived here from Jacob Patterson, a
former Portlander, who attended the
lecture in Pittsburg. Pa.
According to Mr. Patterson s account.
Mr. Newman, speaking upon the gener
al subject of "The Pacific Coast,"
started with California, worked his way
up to Klamath Lake, of which motion
pictures and slides were shown, then
showed a series of pictures of the WU-
give proper attention to her children.
In cases where the father insured his
life, even for a small amount, the cir
cumstances are different. Investigators
are often amazed at the cleverness of
widows in spreading out, so to speak,
over a long period of time, the pro
ceeds of a small life insurance policy.
In many cases it tides- over the years
necessary for the children to mature
and be in & position to earn their own
living.
Where there has been nothing saved
and no life insurance has been pro
vided, Infant mortality is necessarily
high.
The report of the Government ex
perts shows how poverty kills, and
makes the following comparison:
"In Brookline, Mass.. live the well-to-do
and rich of Boston. Babies die
in Brookline at the rate of 76 per
thousand. In South Bethlehem, where
live the steel workers, whose brawn
and brain produce the wealth that bas
glutted Wall street banks and the cof
fers of Broadway wine merchants,
babies die at the rate of 233 per thou
sand. "Where the people work the hardest
their babies die the fastest. Poverty
kills them. It is fair to say that the
net result of the American steel in
dustry is killing babies and making
mil lionaires.
"East Orange, N. J., is another
wealthy subruban town, where no ono
works very hard and most of the resi
dents work not at all. Babies die there
at the rate of 78 per thousand.
"Fall River, Mass.. is a center of the
textile industry of New England. The
people there produce the wealth that
is spent in towns like Brookline and
East Orange, or on Fifth avenue. New
York. And their babies die at the rato
of 228 per thousand."
Poverty in the United States kills
more people than are killed in the war,
but a careful analysis of the statistics
given shows that life insurance would
have greatly reduced the mortality.
lamete Valley, the salmon fishing in
the Columbia, the Columbia River
Highway, and ended with views of
Portland and the Rose Festival as the
climax of his lecture.
Motion pictures of the Rose Festival
and colored views showing Portland
residence sections, with their profusion
of roses, says Mr. Patterson, brought
bursts of applause and many gasps of
surprise from the audience.
COUNTY AGENTS TO ORDER
Agriculturists
Shipments
to Handle Nitrate
for Farmers.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman, Feb. 2. (Special.) In the
distribution of Washington's share of
100,000 tons of nitrate of soda which
the United States has purchased from
Chile, county agricultural agents will
act as the intermediary between the
Government and the farmers, according
to advice Just received by Director
Thornber, of the Washington extension
service.
The price named for the nitrate of
soad is $75.50 per ton at the ports of
Charleston and 'New York, on the At
lantic seaboard. Director Thornbef
states that if farmers of the PacifiH
Northwest apply for nitrate of soda in
sufficient amount to warrant the send
ing of a shipload direct from Chile t4
either Portland or Seattle, the trans,
continental freight can likely be saved,
PRINEVILLE COW HIGHEST
Registered Holstein Produces :
Pounds of Milk in Month.
480
REDMOND, Or., Feb, 2. (Special.)
Tbe report of the first Central Oregon
Cow Testing Association just received
by County Agent Ward shows that for
the second time a Central Oregon cow
heads the list of highest butterfat pro
ducers in the state and perhaps in the
Northwest.
The report of Ray K. Potter, official
tester, shows that the registered Hol
stein, Pearl, owned by Henry McCall,
of Prlneville, during the period of 30
days ended January 16 produced 2480
pounds of milk, which yielded 96.7
pounds of butterfat. The merit of the
dairy animal in Central Oregon is fast
becoming known throughout the North
western states and many inquiries con
cerning this country as a dairy sec
tion are received by the county agri
cultural agent.
FARMERS TO GET WATER
Horsefly Irrigation Project Will Be
Bonded for Improvements.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 2. (Special.)
Charles F. Ferguson, of Klamath Falls,
has submitted to State Engineer Lewis
data as to the Horsefly irrigation proj
ect of Klamath County of 5000 acres, to
be developed in five units. The water
will be purchased from the Government
for approximately $6.50 an acre and
will be pumped from Lost River.
The district will bond itself for the
purchase of the pumping equipment,
while the farmers will construct their
own ditches.
Directory of Prominent
Life Insurance Agencies,
Members of Life Underwriteri
, Association of Oregon
Wm. Goldman. General Manager.
NATIONAL LIFE OF VEKHONT.
Oregontan BIdg.
H. G. Colton, Manager.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL. LIFB.
Chamber of Commerce Bidg.
Harmon & Cummings, General Agents,
PENN MUTUAL. LIFE.
- Northweatern Bank Bldg.
Horace Mecklem, Manager,
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL. LIFB.
Northwestern Bank Bldg
MORTGAGE LOANS ,
Very flexible contract.
NEW WORLD LIFE INSUKANCB CO- ,'
202 Stevens Bldg.
Albea & Amesbury.. tseneral Asenta. )
NORTH WESTLiftN MUTUAL. LIFE INS. CO, I
MortnweBtern Ban Biag. '
T. H. McAlUa, State Mgr.,
UNION MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.
Board of Trade Bldg.
F:riirtLr W Smith. Manager.
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETT.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Representative Realty Operator of
tbe State of Oregun, V aching ton.
Who Are Non -Resident Members of
Fort land Realty Board
These men can be depended upon to
sell or exchange your property, or
represent you In any way.
OREGON.
Bend J. A Eastes.
Marsbfield Title Guarantee at Abstract Co.
Stanfleld James M. Kyle.
WASHINGTON.
Hoqnlam Grays Harbor Laad Co.
Rldgefield H. B. Appersoa.
lacolt Lew V. Williams. . j