3 FARMERS OF WOOD MEN FAIL 'SHO W OF WONDERS" PROMISES TO ECLIPSE ALL ITS PREDECESSORS ANNOUNCEMENT - ' The Entire Swastika Biscuit Line RIVER FORTUNATE Questionnaires of 122 Regis trants Not Returned. Peace and Happiness Un known Elsewhere Dwell in Klamath Wilds. 'Goes Over the Top " as INFORMATION IS SOUGHT TITE SUNDAY OREGON! AN, PORTLAND, MARCH 10, 1918. " DRAFTED I I T I a! w-e at . eae a a. a 1 (i roQucuon, rraturinf ixin( use oi -otel Sinjrcr ana lomeaisiu, iiiui B Attraction at Heilif Theater on Wednesdar EVening, March 20. I GOLDEN TIDE UNSTEMMED tVlton Families and I. C. Sbrroort Operate Has Tract at Rig Have fplrndld Home Travel at I'icuurc I'roril. and BT AjyVtSS BEX.NETT. tK th poor farmer." Tor many years th fanners of th TTnlted Statea war held op to ridicule because their occupation wu, aa a ruio, oniuccMJiui. But or lata years tha farmers hare been coming Into their own and today tha forehanded farmers hara tha laugh on moat etbtr Business men. Indeed, th.r ara no ether business men la the country who are In better condition than tha sue ceful farmers, and on good land. In good location aa to market, there la ao reason why every farmer who haa Van free from a run of untoward elr cumstanr, should not be successful. Aa I have traveled back and forth throughout Oregon I have met un with many farmera who ara more to be envied than a Rockefei;er or a Car ne ar' a. It la true none of them have reached tha high financial conditions aa have tboaa financial geniuses, but they get mora out of life for them lvr and their famlllea than do nine tentha of the vary w.altby men of the eouatry. naaeaee La la Ani of aU tha farmers In Oreren 1 think those, of the Wood River Valley. In KUmarh fount, are the moil to be envi-d. I'erhap tbe realer will lauch an au:a a sucgestlon: wlU cite tha al line 01 mat aortlon a acainet the termer; win recall tha Winters of ae ver coin and d-ep inovi; will. In fact. Wry that aactlon when compared with soma of tha beat sections of tha WI1 laiT.tr. Roeue or fmtxjua valley. il iney a.y thai It wt be becaaaa they ara not familiar with that rather remote district. If yotj will take map or irrecon and look at the I'poer i.mn iaia you will see where the Vood Kiver romea rushing down from h Cascade Mountain. rome Zi tuilea to the weet Ilea Crater Lake. On v the eaat.rn-ceotraj portion of the valley la Jittie town of Fort Klamath. To in aouta and southwest, and to por tion of the valley to tha west. Ilea tbe I'paer Klamath Lake. The elevation la over 70 feet. The entire valley la under Irrigation from tha watera of Wood River. Anna Creek. e-v.n-Hlle Creek and Crane Creek. iTacticaiky every bit of the land la. or can be. Irrtxatrl from thnae streams and tha water rtcbt appertain to the land, tha farmera havtnr conatructed their own Irrigating systems. In ad dition to thla every farm baa ona or more arteaiaa floalng weRs and nearly .ry awe. line ana stock barn Iff sup. niij wttB cleer. pure running water. Ta contour of tha valley la euch tnat ipl, canals and lateral, are an aeee.aary. aad all of tha Irrigating. practically speaking, la dona by srav icy flooding, while espenalv drainage aanaia are not seeded. Hardy VeaeeaMew fs Well. The seasons there ara short, bat all aarcy vesetablcs. auch aa cabbage, onions, turnip, beets, parsnips, car rota, radlabea and rutabaaas. thrive. Oralne oat a. wheat, rya aTld barley can ce raised tnere aa successfully In any other part of tbe atate. But tha principal product of the section Is bay timothy, clover and alsiks and the principal bualneaa of tha farmera la In tha turning of tbeaa cropa Into beef. Teai. mutton ana pork. As for alatke. there Is no other por tlon of Oregon where there are such pure, clean fields of that succulent clover aa In tha Wood Ri verVValley. . remember that two years ago tha com Ins; Autumn I went over a rood part of the valley with President Kerr and Jtegents Walter it. Iterc and Jeffer. on Myers and w saw alslk fields that each said surpassed In luxuriance and yield any fields of the kind they had ever seen. On field of soma 400 acres belongs to y. H. Pace, of Face a. eon. Portland, which, was veritable picture of beauty. I have met at various times and In verioua places some or tha most suc cessful of the Wood River Valley farm ers, notably John E. Pelton. James K p-itnn hie brother, and their half- Don't Suffer 4 From Piles f lend Tot m Trial Treatment. 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V- I "Z ' s li t If i V " I 1 I' ' r , , I . u I I lis N point of macnltur and scenic ffects. number of people required nd splendor of appointments, the "Show of Wonders," the 10th produc teon to be mad by tha New York Win ter Garden, and which cornea on March :0 to the Hell!;, is said to eclipse all Its predecessors. Tha fact that this hue extrava cans amused New Torkera for more than aeven months, and Chlcacoans for more than four months, and Boston and i'hlladelphla for Ions: runs. Is an in dication of tbe pieces euci-esa. Head ir.a Its lone list of singers and cuine dlana will be found the operatic broth ers. Luin and Willie Howard: the unique comedian. Tom. Lewis: the In Imttable Sidney Phillips; tha nimble footed dancers. White and Clayton; fan Wuinlan. the old minstrel star. and the celebrated Russian ballet dancer. Jacque Kujawskl. Flora Lea will portray the role of Eve In the "back to nature" scenes, and will also play tha pari of a slave girl In the brilliant Burmese ballet. Other charm ing personalities In the "Show of Won ders' ara Virginia Smith. Adela Ards- ley. Patsla O llearn. Myrtle Victoria nd Irene Zolar. Prom the costumer point of view. nothing has been left undone to se cure colorful effects and the sartorial equipment runa the gamut from Eve like attire to modlah Parisian models. In olden daya on went to the theater to ae thrilling melodramatic effects, but the movlea have done away with theae Invention, which used to make our heart throb with excitement. . Nowaday on aeea these thrillers In such huge extravagansaa aa the Local Exemption Board Reminds Ever Citizen of Doty to Give Present AVhereabont of All Delinquent Registrants. A Nation-wide campaign will be con ducted by tha American Red Cross and the Commission for Relief In Belgium to obtain at least 6000 tons of clothe for the destitute people of Belgium and occupied parts of France. The csmpaign was proposed by Her. bert C. Hoover, who urged H. P. Davi son, chairman of the war 'council of the Red Cross, to sponsor the move ment. It will be held between March 18 MStd 25. and tha donatlona will be sent To the Atlantlo border and as sembled there for overseas. No arrang-ements have yet been mad here for handling; tha donatlona, but R. F. Prael. director of 'tha Red Cross workroom, said committees ' for the work would be appointed. "W shall arrange to receive these donations," be said, "but we must ask Portlanders to withhold their donations until March II, as It will require an organization to handle tha slAiation." Serviceable Clothe Waated. That it will be an easy matter to col lect 6000 tons of clothing In tha coun try seems undoubted, but Red - Cross officials ask all donors to remember that these clothes must ae hard wear and to act accordingly, a. Mr. Hoover's letter V Mr. Davison follows: Washington, Feb. 28. My Dear-Mr. Davlnon.' Tha practically -entire ex haustion of clothing, shoes and leather n occupied Belgium - and Northern France and the shortage of those ne cessities In the world's markets ara making it ' Increasingly difficult fo the Commission for the Relief of Bel glum to keep clothed and shod tha un fortunate people of theae occupied ter rltorlea. In addition- to new material we need gifts of used and surplus clothing and shoes, blankets, rlanne cloth, etc.. In large quantities fron the people oi me unuea siaies. . ".As the commission has allowed most of its local committees scattered over he United States to disband because of the financial arrangement made last June with our Government, It occurs to me that the Red Cross, with Its exist ng elaborate system of local organ tzatlons. would be in excellent situation to conduct this clothing campaign for Will you lend the machinery of this organization to collect for the commls ion from the people of the country tha articles needed by It in its relief work? From your repeated cordial .offers of co-operation of tha American Red Cross In any. of the charitable work of our commission, I have no doubt of the an awer you will make to our present re. uest. Faithfully yours. (Signed) "HERBERT C. HOOVER." Davlsoa Approve Plaa. To which, under date of March 4, Mr. Davison replied: "My Dear Mr. Hoover: In response 'Victory Products ' to Back Up Uncle Sam . - From this date on and until such time as our Gov ernment feels that the enormous demand of our allies and our men "over there" for wheat flour has been met, the entire Swastika Line will contain 33 per cent or more of the coarser grain substitutes a True Victory Line Our MASTER BAKERS have again proven themselves by retaining all the goodness and marked superiority of the original Swastika line. Swastika Victory Products will at once appeal to all, for each in his turn wants and is anxious to . serve our Government when and wherever possible. Yours for Victory REMEMBER: Every package of blaealt beartnsath SWASTIKA Label will comply with the V. S. Food Administration's requeeta But be aure to ask for Swastika Brand. Pacific Coast BiscuiS Co. PORTLAND, OREGON "Show of Wonders." where they are raised to the nth degree. "Over the Tp" Is the nam of th new Winter Garden sensation, and it Is a slzzler. for It showa a mysterious raid on the German trenches by American aero planes and the scene which ensues Is said to rival description In Its Intensity. brother. L. C. Stsemore. These are all large operators, the firm of Pelton at Loo, ley. John K. Pelton being the senior partner, have 100 acre of their own deeded land and lease 1H30 acres. They specialise In exhort Horn and Hereford cattle. Their ranch la three miles from Fort Klamath on th banks of Wood River. James K. Pelton operates tinder the name of the Jamea Pelton Company. Horace I. Pletrow, of Gold Hill, bring a partner. Their plnre la about a mile north and west of Fort Klamath. The Slsemore place is about a mile west of Fort Klamath. The Pelton Company owns about 1(00 acres, the Slsemore place has 350 acres. Mr. Slsemore is a breeder of fin Shropshire sheep. The Pelton Company deals exclusively In Shorthorn cattle, and they have a fine herd of pur breda Traaapartatloa la Adeawate. Perhaps tha reader will aay these people are Isolated, being 40 odd miles north of Klamath Falls. There 1 a branch of the Southern Paclflo running up eaat of th lake to Chiloquln. 13 miles south of Fort Klamath. Then there are boats regularly plying up the lakes to the mouth of Wood River, and then up that river to Weed Landing, four miles from Fort Klamath. And there la a good wagon road from Jrort Klamath to Klamath Falls. I think it was on my first visit to tha valley that I met Jamea R. Pelton and apent a pleaaant hour with him and hla charming wife In their splendid country home with every city conveni ence. Dozens of men were working for them but -their wants war looked after In aeparate bultdlnpa. Tha Pel- tons occupied their fine dwelling sep arata and apart from tha farming oper ation Mr. and Mrs. Pelton bad Just returned from a trip of aix months through California. Central America, Cuba and several of our southern statea They motored down to - Loa Angeles and from there home. In fact the Wood River Valley farmers do little save enjoy themselves for six months of the j ear. I gathered many of the facts I am now giving from John E. Pelton. who spent a fortnight with his family at th Hotel Seward. In thla city. He re side In a fin horn at Roseburg dur Inr tha Winters. 'Behold tha farmer. Do you know of any reason' why th farmers who reside In favored sections, like, the Wood River Valley, ahould not bo envied In place of pitied? I do not. On tbe contrary I am free to say. as I said at the beginning, that people like tha Peltona and Mr. blsemore. and many other farmera In that valley, are better off In every way tending to peace, comfort and happiness than a Rockefeller or a Carnegie. neral services and Interment wlU made In the Salt Creek Cemetery. be Students to Help Fanners. CENTRALIA. Wash.. March 9. (Spe cial.) A patriotic resolution has been passed by the Centralis School Board permitting all high school boys IS years of ag and over to quit school In April to follow agricultural pur suits and giving them credit for a full term work, providing they are up-In their studies at the time they quit school. The same rule will apply to boys of th same age who quit school In April to work In camps and nil Us of this vicinity. vour red u est on behalf of tha Com mission for Relief in Belgium, th Red Cross will be glad to -undertake th collection of used and surplus clothing and other articles for the uea of th commission in Its relief work -in oceu pled territory in Belgium and France. We have set aside the week of March 18 to 25 for a special campaign for this purpose. We will send out your appeal to alt chapters through our divisional organization.-Where your local commit tees stiU exist, we trust this work may be done by such committees In co-operation with our local chapter, in order that the chapter may that they, too. have a part In tha great work. Cordially yours, (Signed) "H. P. DAVTSOX, "Chairman Red Cross War Council." Wldow Wins Insurance Fight. ' ABERDEEN, Wash, March . (Spe cial..) Mrs. Allen Logan has won her suit for $5000 against the New York Life Insurance Company for Insurance ca-rled by her husband, who died In Portland two years ago. Logan was a well-known local logger. The company claimed that he was In poor health be fore he took; out the Insurance. CALL OF MOVIES PROVES TOO MUCH FOR FAMOUS ATHLETES Mike Donlin, Jack Goodman and George Walsh Compile Celluloid History in "Jack Spurlock, Prodigal," Here This Week. OREGON MOSS VALUABLE SCBSTITCTE FOR ABSORB El XT COT" TO!f IS FOUND. I.k.ma Moaa. Plentiful la State la Being Widely Uaed by Red Croea la Dressing W'oumds, ' ternal Revenue Millar from Daniel C. Roper, Commissioner of Internal Reve nue, at Washington, D. C. Under the Income tax law for war purposes, the salaries of state, county and city officials are expressly ex empted from the payment of the war Income tax of 2 per cent Mr. Roper saji in his letter that th Government will accept tax payments on all such salaries when Included as a portion of the Income of the official, unless It is expressly listed as salary In the state ment that must be filed with the col lector In connection with tha payment of the tax. 2235 DALLAS SOLDIER IS DEAD Harry Quiring Fall to Survive Op eration at Camp Lewis. DALLAS. Or, March I. (Special) Word waa received in thla city yester day that Harry Quiring, a young man of German parentage, who enlisted In th Cnlted State, Army last December. bad passed away In th military hos pital at Camp Lewis, following an op eration for appendlolti. Arrangement have been made to bar the Dallas veterans of th Grand Army and th Honor Ouards conduct th service . All pieces of business In tha dtjr will b closed durlog th fu- -.- ' j-fw,eewi--l . s yv!-- a ; ' - : jwas? -'t ' ? --vewr . ,--L - , . ..-. . .-'3" fvv' f s. i Vt '--: . a -; 'ivtv s r J f '-v - v-rt i-v"- "' ' ' f -v-- a--' ; -.- . v. 1 I- : .1, . j - - ; t . - -- v f'v , . 1 . -feeW. -s aasaa.. HI 1H I I III I in II I asalaaJ WsaT- -.a'..'Wi"?ae3C Ayrs M TjNIVERSITT OF OREGON, Eugene, March 4. (SpeclaL) Sphagnum moss, such a most florists use In wrapping the stems of cut flowers to keep them fresh. Is soon to be added to Oregon's long list of contributions to the na tion's war chest. The moss, which is found In large quantities In the salt marshes along the Oregon coast, has been found to be an excellent substi tute for absorbent cotton and Is being widely used by th Red Cross in the war zones. To what extent the moss is to be found In this state is to be determined by the unlversty through a survey con ducted by'Professor A. R. Sweetser, of the botany department. iroiessor Sweetser, who returned Sunday from Seattle, where he was In conference with Dr. H. J. Smith, head of tbe Na tional survey work on sphagnum moss. and other nrominent botanists of the Northwest, announced that, he would commence hi survey at once. No deft nite plan have yet been given out re garding th mean that will be adopted for gathering and preparing in moss. It 1 probable, however, that school children, will be utilised In gathering and that the moss will then be shipped to th university, where It will be pre Dared and made ready for shipment 'Sphagnum moss I a comparatively new discovery aa far as Ita utility lor war purposes goes," said Professor Sweetser. "It Is extremely plentiful along th coast of Oregon and Wash ington and has great value as a substi tute for absorbent cotton and also for oakum, which require uch careful preparation before It can b used lor th nads and wipes required in an surgical work In hospitals. It Is even more absorbent than oakum ana its decomposition Is slow, which further recommends It for hospital use." SCHOOL PROBLEM SOLVED DRIVE FORCES ORGANIZED Linn. County Liberty Loan Speakers Already Engaged- ALHANT O. March t, (Special.) Dan Johnston, chairman of the com mittee on speakers for the coming lib erty loan drive in Linn County, Is plan ning his work so that speaker will be available at all meetings where ad dresses on th liberty loan drive are desired. Linn County speakers al ready selected are C. E. Sox. L. L. Swan. F. E. Van Tassell. Wlllard U Marks, W. A Eastburn. P. D. Gilbert Rev. (X B. Pershing and A. C. Sohmltt W. H. Hornlbrook. editor of the Al bany Democrat and ex-United Statea Minister to Slam; Samuel M. Garland, of Lebanon, State Senator from Linn County, and A. C. Schmltt. vice-president of the First National Bank of Al bany, are among the local men who have accepted invitations to make lib erty loan talks in other sections of tha state. Idaho Freshmen Elect Officer. UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow, March 9. (Special.) The following of ficers for the ensuing semester were elected ysterday by the University of Idaho freshman classi Ralph Gouch nour, of Burley, president; Cora Salter, of Spokane, vice-president; Valerie El der, of Coeur d'AIene, secretary, and Marian Snyder, of Aberdeen, treasurer. Phone your want ads to Th Oreg- nlan. Main 7070, A 6096. Tendency Oregon Normal Provides Real perience for Teacher. Ex- l FORMER diamond idol, a near- champion boxer and a famous col lege athlete are film pals now adays. They are Mike Donlin, former Olant 'outfielder; Jack Goodman, who startled New Tork a few years ago with a string of sensational victories Walsh, baseball. ' rowing, football and track college star, later member of the Brooklyn Nationals and now on of the kings of fllmdom. Donlin. Goodman and' Walsh have been "picturing" together In the Fox adaptation of the popular George Horace Lorlmer story, "Jack Bpurlock. Prodigal." which is to be shown at the over llfitUwoWit boxers, and. George buud Jnesr f Wednesday, Jus haaa reuaUM fee Coliootot of la- OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL Mon mouth, March . (Special.) Th Ore gon "Normal School has solved the prob lem of recruiting training school pu pils in order that the Normal student teachers may have practical experience in teaching before they are called to actual work in Oregon schools. The Independence publio school, which at the first of this year was added to the Normal system. Is supplying the senior class with the necessary material for grade teaching. President Ackerman, In reviewing the. training school facilities, says the pupils are getting thorough Instruction and the young teacher a- at ease In Imparting Instruction, since the schools now are not, overcrowded. With the prospect for a bigger, enrollment in both the Monmouth and Independence public schools next year, no ajarm is felt over the limitation of th training school situation.- HOSTESS HOUSE IN LEAD Camp Tjewia "Establishment Men--" -tloned for Great Usefulness. TACOMA. . Wash., ; March . (Spe claL) Th T. W C. A. hostess house at Camp Lewis was tha only on of Its knd specifically mentioned for the work It 1 doing at the National T. W. C. A. board meeting in New York. That was the report brought back by Miss Jane N. Scott -hief executive for the Northwest Y. W. C'A. work, who waa In .Tacoma today en route from the con ference. "' - i ' Miss Scott said that the number of persons fed and cared for her exceed ed any of th others. As an example Miss Scott pointed out that 240p per sons were fed there in a day recently at the cafeteria, as against S00 at th Camp "Dodge .hostess house. OFFICIALS, MAY PAY TAX Salary If Included In Income, Sub ject to Federal Taxation. 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