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r ' - - - v - tv .--.. - . " ', ,.. '. ."'...-'.- --- TOE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, rORTLAXD, JUNE 6. 1920 FARMER" SMITH WELL POSTED AND ALWAYS WILLING TO DEAL WITH RURAL PROBLEMS Past Life Gives Railway Agriculturist First-hand Knowledge of Troubles Incident to Cultivation of Land. Lectures Followed by General Discussion and Giving of Sound Advice to Inquirers. ' " 'TV ? , "i I- " r 14-.- - a r BY ADDISON BENNETT, any reader, of The Oregon ian should ask you if you knew C L.. initli. or Cvrus . Smith, or Hon. O. Smitli. or Professor C 1 Hmith, or "I.itt le" Smith, or tyrus T-.iltle Smith, you would likely be unable to pick out the particular Smith referred to from the pro lific Smith family. Yea. verily, the Smith family is larqc, the l.ircrst family on cat th so far as the Ar.flo Saxon race is concerned. In the Portland telephone directory there are ahout 350 member of the preat family named; in the I'ortland direc tory the Smiths and iheir first cous ins, the Smyths, and their cousins further removed the Smithers, the Smithfields and others with a prefix or suffix added to the .Smith, take up a dozen pages or so. Were you to bo to the top of the Meier & Frank building and throw a brick down into the passing throng on busy Fifth street, the chances are that if you hit anyone he or she would be a member of this great family, which is growing greater every day. The John Doc family u.sed to be in the running with the Smiths, but no' longer so. And yet in all of the Smith ranks there is, so far as I know, only one 'Farmer" Smith, the name of the object of this article. And the name was not pre sented to him by a happy father, a loving mother, a proud nurse or at the baptismal font by a kindly pastor, nor was it wished on him by a press agent with a large vocabulary, nor an interviewing reporter who did not know whether Cyrus was spelled that way or with an i like this Cirus. Our Smith was made "Farmer" Smith by a natural sequence of cir cumstances and fortuitous evolutions, because he had the happy faculty of telling the tillers of the soil how to make two potatoes grow where but one grew before, and three ears of corn to grow upon one stalk. These happy farmers listened to the talks of Farmer" Smith, took his advice, pained the goal promisoHl, and then in one accord they proclaimed him a rial farmer and the name stuck, stuck so tight that eventually upon a tombstone, perhaps a monument erected by those he. has assisted to wards success, will appear an epitaph to "Farmer" Smith. l'nrmer, Horn in Ohio. "Farmer" Smith, whose proper name is Cyrus Little Smith, was born on a small farm near Dover, Wayne county, Uhio, on the 2"2d day of Jan uary, 1S45. While his father was a farmer in the sense that he lived up on a small tract of land, his real oc cupation was that of a "Yankee ped dler," one of those migratory, pere grinating individuals who formerly traveled through the country with a horse and wagon carrying such light merchandise hs would appeal to the farmer folks, either for cash or on a 'swap." Hard and lacking in emolu ments was the life of most of that host that used to infest the rural dis tricts like the seven-year locusts on the eventful seventh year. Hard it was for the elder Smith and his wife and three children. Rent day must have been a hard for them, for when little Cyrus was seven years old he had "resided" at seven different "resi dences" in three states. "Sly mother," said "Farmer" Smith to me in talking about' those early days, was a noble woman, a loving mother, and she had taught me my letters and how to spell many words of one and even two syllables by the time I was seven years old, living in Cass county, Mich." As he was telling mo this there were tears in his eyes, upon his cheeks, and although that mother has been dead these many years her memory is still fresh in the heart of the boy she loved and labored for. Those seven years had not been years of plenty In the various Smith homes, but years of trials and troubles and sometimes almost want. It was only by hard work, self-denial and lovo of the frugal mother that the little family was kept together. Having utterly failed to make good as a peddler the elder Smith decided to become a farmer. So he purchased an SO-acre tract of Tieavy timbered land in Cass county. Mich., and moved onto it in the spring of 1853. The purchase was entirely on time. There was no money in the Smith exchequer and no house to live In on the new tract. But by barter and trade of work a space in the heavy timber was cleared out as a site for the cabin. It took two men and two ox teams two days to clear a place a little over rod square where the house was built. We will leave the elder Smith and bis wife and children in their new hotne, where he struggled manfully to establish a farm, and the patient mother did all in her power to assist. Little Cyrus was taught his letters and then to read, but there was no school in reach, no school books to be had save for money, and it took every cent that came in for the bare neces sities that had to be purchased. For three years the family was kept together and then, in the fall of 1S56. Cyrus went to work for a farmer seven miles distant. He was to work a year for his board and clothes and four months' schooling In the winter. He lived there two years and then "graduated" with his eight months of schooling. Never after did he see the Inside of a school or collage building until he entered as a teacher and the principal speaker or lecturer. Then he secured a "position" as a charcoal burner at the munificent wage of three dollars a month and board. Then he had the misfortune to be bitten on the foot by a rattle snake and came near dying. After partial recovery he tramped away for Point Commerce, Indiana, 250 miles to the south, where it was thought work could be had in a woolen mill. He had So cents when he started on this cVrS Vers- Sofcj'&j-jOrS&G. trip. Getting to Port Commerce he could get no work in the woolen mill, but did secure a job in a market gar den and nursery near by, owned by W. If. Osborn. His "salary" was $50 a year, then for the second year $60. and for the third year $75. And those three years were the years that made "Farmer" Smith, for though he was but a lad from 'l to 3 5 years old, he formed a love for the soil, a fond ness for seed time and harvest, a craving to always do a little better in the way of planting and cultivating than he had ever done before. Youth Knliftts For Mar. Now we come to the spring of 1SG1. War had been declared. Lincoln had issued a call for men. The great fire of loyalty filled the soul of young Smith, and though but a little more than 16 years old he went to enlist tTiat he might fight for his country. He went to two different recruiting stations but was refused owing to his age and his size, for he was "little" for his age. Finally it was promised that if he would get the consent of his parents he would be enrolled in the 32d In diana infantry. So he made the 250 mile trip up to his parents to get such consent. His parents decided that if he would go he had best enlist in a home regiment, and early in August, 1861, he was enrolled at White Pigeon, Mich., in Company K, 11th Michigan infantry. From August, 1S61. until May. 1865. our "Farmer" Smith followed the colors to the end that the Union might be saved. He fought as a private throughout the war, known in his company and regiment as "Little" Smith, because of his small stature more likely than because that Is his middle name. Only very briefly am I going to write of "Little" Smith, the soldier, of his career throughout the set ofit shade trees to amount of $3700. He did the work all right but some fellow got out an injunction re straining the treasurer from paying the bill, and he never got a cent. So he was now, at the age of 38. broke to trye nth degree for about the nth time: And now he had a family of seven, for Gertrude was born on Sept. 18. 1881. And worst of all, he was now so afflicted with his old enemy, rheu matism. that he could not get out of bed. And yet that was his salvation, for while he was flat on his back, in the winter of '84-'85, John Steven, associate editor of the St. Paul Trib une, came to him to get an article written about wheat. He wrote 5000 words and received $22 for it. Stevens came back for more, and the result was that in less than 10 years he had made by his pencil $17,000, ajl of his deDts were paid, and his services .as a writer and lecturer were in greac demand. I have refrained, with a purpose thus far in this article to mention .what must now be evident to the reader, that Mr. Smith had worked himself up to Farmer Smith by much studying and much reading. With slight knowledge of reading, writing .nd spelling gained by eight months' schooling, he had gained a love for study, a desire for an education. And when one is fired with that ambition he gets -the education. He gets no degree with it. No college dubs him professor. He knows no Ureek or Latin. Knows nothing about higher mathematics, cannot measure the dis tance to Venus. But he has an edu cation along the practical lines he is traveling in which, will carry him through. From the time Mr. Smith was a sol dier, a mere boy soldier, he had the knack of telling things straight and war. Remember he wanted to enlist1 ln good language. And then came the long before he was old enough. It was never a question as to how to keep out of the army that troubled him. On the contrary he tramped 250 miles when he was but three or four months over 16 years of age for the great privilege of fighting for hia country. I would like to tell you of his serv ices in the army of Ohio, the army of Cumberland, his skirmishes in Ten nessee and Kentucky, his advances and his retreats, the defeats and vic tories of his company, regiment, bri gade and corps, and his marches after Morgan and Forrest, the' fight on fcltone river, where they marched at night through running ice and water up to their necks and captured a rebel battery. In that foray 25 per cent of his regiment were killed. At Murphysboro, at Gettysburg, and at the surrender of Vicksburg. and then at the bloody fight at Chickamauga fought "Little" Smith. In the latter fight his company went into action with 108 men; the following morning they lined up for roll call on Mis sionary ridge and only 27 men re sponded to their names. In all of the fighting up to that time "Little" Smith had come through unscathed, but when followed the battle of Missionary Ridge he re ceived eight different wounds, ail of the scars still visible. Of the 27, the balance of the 108. his company left nine there on Missionary ridge, and when the victory had been won there were but seven able to pull down the rebel flag. I might go on and follow him through other battles, with Sherman 'from Atlanta to the sea." through the battle at Xashville, which was the last of his fighting and the last of the war but a brief mention only of these battles and I will pass along to later and better (?) days. After he was mustered out he went home to pay a visit to his parents, being then not quite 21 years of age, and then he and a comrade from his old company took a flyer with the little money they had as horse traders,! sold nursery stock for a Rochester, N. T, concern, and then rented a little piece of land and started a nursery, then bought a half interest in a nursery at New Oregon. Iowa. There, on Sept. 21, 1868, he married Miss Elvah F. Weston. Soon after marriage they moved onto a home stead of 80 acres near the present town of Wells, 25 miles west of Albert Lea, 35 miles from a railroad. There he was taken with inflammatory rheumatism, from which he was a great sufferer for many years. A re moval was made to Albert Lea, where he purchased on credit 4V4 acres of land for $25 an acre, got $38 worth of lumber on a trade for labor to be performed and soon had a home. knack of talking to groups and crowds. And then he became known in his circle as a speaker who could drive his points home by rough but forcible logic. And notice that always he kept close to the soil, always he was an observer of plant life, of the demands of cultivation, of the needs of rota tion and polonlzation. Nt much of this he learned from books. He pat at the feet of Nature kept close to the soil. Feeling the want of book learning he went to his garden, field or nursery and there learned at first hand what others learn from books. He never was an idler. His time was always valuable. Even when sick in Dea ne was a learner, both as a listener nd reader. In.lSSfl. on the ISth of June, the hardest blow of all came to Mr. Smitl his wife died. Just as he had "found himself," when his name be came known throughout Minnesota as a writer and speaker of high repute on larm topics. As a man carrying the gospel of better living, better homes and more consideration for the housewives into every part of the state. Juat then his loving wife, the sweetheart of his younger days and the mainstay through many a hard chip, passed to the great beyond to her reward. It was in 1891 that the real "Farmer" Smith came into his own. He was then editor of the Western farmer at a salary of $1200 a year. and' another $1200 from the state assistant food and dairy commis sioner, having charge of the dairy end of the business. Until 1897 he held the former job. The owner of the paper wanted it to espouse the free eilver cause, which "Farmer" Smith would not agree to. Then in 1899 John Lind, governor just elect ed, fired him because their policies did not flow in the same channel. He soon had many offers. First he took the position of associate editor of the N. W. Farmer, of Minneapolis. Then he received a letter from A. L. Mohler. general manager of the O.-W. R. & N.. who wanted him to come out here andl see why it was that we were shipping butter, eggs, poultry, pork, etc., from east of the Rockies, devot ing every energy to wheat growing. So he came and put In nearly two years, 1900 and 1901, in the O.-W. R. & N. territory, preaching the doc trine of better farming, of diversified crops, and particularly beseeching the land owners to plant corn and raise more hogs. Then he spent three months in the employment of the Southern Pacific lines In the Willam ette valley hammering away on the same subjects. Then, until 1906, he was employed by the Washington state college as farmers' institute lecturer in the state of Washington. In 1906 he went to work along the same lines for the Inland Empire electric roads about Spokane, and bought a farm on Moran prairie, near Spokane, which he still manages. In 1911 the Inland Empire lines were sold to the Hill interests, and in the meantime the O.-W. R. & N. was reorganized and J. D. Farrell became president- He employed Mr. Smith and now for more than ten years he has carried the title of agriculturist of that road and- I guess nothing but Heath will sever him from the payroll. It is not for me to say what he has ilnne for us in the last ten years, thone-h 1 miirht state some conditions that obtained when he came here and compare them with the present con ditions. Go up into the Yakima val ley, in Washington, and you will find that ten years ago there were but seven silos in the entire valley; now there are more than 2000. In 1904 the. total amount of farm products shipped from that valley amounted to $7,000,000; in 1919 the amount .was $54,000,000. ln 1910 there was an area of 300 acres of corn planted in the valley: in 1919 there were 16.000 acres. The 1910 crop was all "hog corn"; last year's cibp would average up in quality and yield per acre with any grov ft in the country. 1 do not say that "Farmer Smith is responsible for all this; but I do ay he is the main factor. Other rail roads have had professors and agri culturists and sil experts and hog breeders and dairy cow promoters covering the same field. I know all of that. Many and many a hundred miles I have traveled with them and attended their meetings, listened to their speeches and witnessed their demonstrations. Nearly all of them hold college degrees. All of them are able men and men of gentlemanly instincts. But none of them can reach the hearts of the farmer and his wife and children like Farmer Smith. He bears no college degrees, but he has the knack of telling them what to do, how to do it, and what not to do in language they understand and in tones that they believe. Because, as said before, they believe him, believe in him. He meets them and greets them and treats them as an equal, not as in feriors or superiors. They are plain farmer folks he is just a plain, ev eryday farmer himself. He has been through all of the trials and troubles and tribulations that beset farmer folks, and therefore he can advise as one who has met and overcome the very obstacles now enveloping the questioner. I find difficulty in expressing lust how I feel on this subject and just how I regard "Farmer" Smith. I have known him from the first day he came here under Mr. Farrell. I have been with him at many corn shows, have accompanied him on many dem onstration trains. Also I have in th same way accompanied other lectur ers employed by the state and other railroads, and always I have taken note of the remarks made by the farmer folks as they passed out at the close of the meeting, and never did I hear a slighting or doubting remark about Farmer Smith, while about all of the others 1 have heard such re marks many, many times. Again, unless the lecturing Is over and the audience dismissed, you will always find at the meetings of Farm er Smith that the bulk of the talking and nearly all of the quizzing is done after the speaker has left the plat form and taken a chair. The farmer folks gather around him. They come to him as the penitent comes to the father confessor, to make known their troubles, and maybe for an hour that goes on. To my mind that is the real, the crucial, the absolute test to be used in comparing "Farmer" Smith with others in the same profession. And there we get the true insight into "Farmer" Smith's powers for good. I consider him one of the most useful men in Oregon, and the present condition of the farmers, which Is so far ahead of ten years ago, is due in a large measure to the labors of "Farmer" Smith. Carter, Kutssell IS. Private Infantry. Hills boro, died of wounds received la ac tion August 3, 1117. Chrlstensen. Kobrt Private Infantry, Timber, died of pneumonia April V, 1K18. Dixon, Levi B. Private coast artillery, Oilley. died of parenchyma poua April 1U18. Gates, Carroll C. Private infantry. Hilla boro, died of wounds received in action June 12, 1918. Gates, Miliura M. Private Infantry, Hills boro, died of wounds received in ac tion November 17, 1U18. Hendricks. Kinsley C. Private Infantry, Beaverton. died of pneumonia Feb ruary 7, 1918. Holtz, Henty louis Private spruce pro duction division, Cornelius, died of pneumonia October -'8. 1118. Lee, Gene I. Private infantry. HiUsboro. died of pneumonia October 16. 1918. Lewton. Theodore E. Private engineers. Forest Grove, killed in action Feb ruary 5. 1U18. Long. Charles U. Mechanic infantry. For est Grove, died of intestinal obstruc tion Seotember S. 1918. Ffahl, Herman R. Private development battalion, Cornelius, died of pneumonia October 17. 1918. Prohaska. Frank tioyce Private marines. Beavetron. killed ln action June 30. 1U18. Ritchey. Charles R. Private first class field artillery. Mlltsboro. died of pneu monia January 21), 1919. Rasmussen, Axel Major Infantry. Sher wood, killed in action May 4. 1918. Rothermel, Wilson M. Private engineers. North Plains, killed in action August 15. 1918. Smith, Frank L. Corporal infantry. For est Grove, died of pneumonia April 12. 3918. Smith, Kdwin Private Infantry, Timber, killed in action October 12, 1918. Sohler. Edward Private field artillery. Forest Grove, died of pneumonia and Influenza, October 20. 1918. Swalley. Glen Private coast artillery corps, Keedville, died of pneumonia October 1. 1918. Vanderzanden. John M. Private infan try. Forest Grove, killed in action October 10. 1918. Walker. Charles i. Private first class infantry, HillFboro. killed in action October 18. 1918. Whltford, Wesley Sherwood, cause and place of death not given. Whltmore, I.loya Private coast artillery Laurel, died of injuries September 1, 1918. Willis. Hines Private infantry. Gaston, klled in action July 22. 1918. M" heeler County. Breeding. .lames R. Private infantry. Spray, died of ceelulltis septic acute angle right jaw December 2, 1918. Brookshire, William A. Private coast ar tillery. Fossil, died of pneumonia No vember 25. 1918. Glover. Arthur F.. Cook engineers. Antone, killed in action November 10, 1918. Cfiats'MtfillomevjarcteRergl i ' D- OREGON CASUALTIES ARE GIVEN Continued from Pase 4.) Gitchell. Hebo Hotel Venture? Unprofitable. There two children were born in the four years they lived there. Grace, and Ernest. He then secured a job as canvasser for the Wilson sewing machine at $55 a month, was soon promoted to demonstrator, was in poor health but plugged away Ontu by Jan. 1, 1876. he had saved $1100, and he made a venture in the hotel business by leasing the Vermont House, at Faribault, Minn. It took him just 11 months to lose the last cent of the $1100. He then bargained for five acres of land near Faribault, went in debt also for some lumber and soon had a new home established for his family I of five, Dixie having been born Jan. 5, 1874. He then began a new business 1 trading in milch cows, trading for them in the country and selling them in Minneapolis. Did fairly well. Be gan' planting a nursery. In follow ing spring went into railroad office in Milwaukee to collect for a cow and got to talking about trees. This con versation blossomed into a sale of 1200 trees at one dollar each. He bought them at 50 cents and returned home with $600. . But he owed every cent of it and more. In April. .1878, Lou I., the fourth child was born. Mr. Smith kept dab bling in nursery stock and cow trad ing, and finally in 1883 he made a contract with the city of St Paul to Tillamook Connt.T. Leonard C. Private infantry, killed in action October 5. 1918. Gray. Perry O. Private infantry. Blaine, died of pneumonia January 16. 1918. McKlmens, Donald B. Corporal infantry. Mohler. killed in action October 15, 191N. Millis, Howard B. Private tank corps, Til lamook, died of pneumonia September 28. 191S Loerpabel. Guy Private first class, Moh ler. killed In action May 29, 1918. Van Nortwick. Roy H. Private signal corps. Garibaldi, died of pneumonia January IB. 1919. Williams. Lloyd I. Private coast artillery, died of pneumonia November 5, 1918. Sherman Coonty. Baker. Henry S. Private infantry. Grass Valley, killed in action October 4, 1918. Dixon, Harold L. Corporal signal corps, Moro, died of myocarditis December 31. 1918. Henley, Alex Sergeant infantry. Grass Valley, killed in action November 3, 1918. Reid. Jim Private signal corps, Moro, died of drowning February 23, 1918. Sutherland. Donald James Corporal ma rines. Klondykc. died of wounds June 18, 1918. White. Raymond ;Private depot brigade. Moro, died of pneumonia October 6, 1918. Umatilla County. Best. Neil W. Private. Inrantrv. Milton killed in action. September 27. 1918. Brown. Charles A. Corporal. infantrr. Athena, died of pneumonia. October Brunton, Richard F. Private, coast artil lery corps, rreewater. died of pneu monia, isovemoer . Sasteel, John Lou Private, marines. TJkiah killed in action. October 3. 1918. Foster. Harry Private, depot brigade Pen. dleton. died of wounds received ln ac tion, September 15. 1918. Goodman. Frank Dewaine Private, train ing corps. Pendleton, died of myelitis, November 27. 1918. Hoffnagle, Don V. Private. Infantry, Echo killed in action. October 12. 191S. Huff. Ervin A. Private, aero squadron. Pendleton, died of pneumonia, January 28. 1918. Ingalls. Robert F. Private. Infantry. Pendleton, died of wounds received " in action. October 10. 1918. Leavens. Dan Private, infantry, Pendle ton, died of wounds received in action. October 6. 1918. Monese. Menuel -Private, depot brigade, Pendleton, died of pneumonia, Janu ary 30. 1918. Parks. Frank C. Private, infantry. Pendle ton, died of wounds received in aotion. October 22. 1918. Sloan. Lyle T. Private, first-class aero squadron. Pendleton, died of pneu monia. September 30. 1918. Starnard. Archie C. Private. cavalry. Pendleton, killed in action, August 11. 1918. Still. Robert C. Private, tank corps. Mil ton, died of pneumonia, October 3, 181S. Templeton. Raymond X. Second, lieuten ant, air service signal corps. Pendle ton, died of accident. June 2S. 1918 Ulrick. Frank Sheldon First-class private. marine, i-enaieton. killed in action, November 10. 1918. Webster. James M. Private field artillerv. Pendleton, killed in action, August 11. 1918. Wallowa County. Beeson. Harry C. Private, infantrr. En terprise, killed ln action. September 28. 1918. Berner. Robert B. Private, field artillery. Flora, killed In action, July 15. 1918. Bruce. Henry H. Private, infantry. En terprise, killed in action. September 28. IMS. Buc. Peter Private, infantry. Enterprise, killed In action. October 12. 1918. Eckley. Grover C. Private. Infantry, En terprise, killed ln action, September 28, 1918. Hamilton. Ralph E. Private, quartermas te corps. W'llowa. died of pneumonia. . October 15. 1918. Lundquist. August W. Private. Infantry, Enterprise, killed in action. October 10. mis. Mawhin. Mathew L. Private, first-class, medical department. Joseph, died of pneumonia. October 29. 1918. Medesker. Peter L. Private, infantry. En terprise, killed In action. October 8, 1918. Rogers. Earl R. Private, field artillery. Enterprise, died of pneumonia. Septem- Der -M. 1918. Southwiek. Arthur P. Corporal, infantry. Wallowa, died of pneumonia,, October 13. litis. Stephens. Joseph V. Enterprise, cause, date and place of death not given Thompson, Bee Private, coast artillery corps. Wallowa, died of tuberculosis, April 24. 1919. Waco County. Cooke. William E. Master gunner, coast artillery. Shaniko. died of Influenza and pneumonia. October 7. 1918. Fisher. Benjamin E. Private first-class, aero squadron signal corps. The Dalles died of pneumonia. February 9. 1919. Frazier. Donald R. Private first claiss aero squadron. Waptnltia. died result aeroplane accident, April 19. 1918. Haugen. Elvin J. Private first-class ma chine gun battalion. Dufur. killed in action. September 'ZA, luitt. Isom. Forrest I. Private, infantry, Mosier, killed ln action. July 21. 1918. Jones. Terry C. Private. Infantry, Wamlc, died of pneumonia. October 3. 1918. Lombard, Clytle Lorine .Private, depot Drigaae. i ne uaiies. oiea or pneu monia. octooer n. mis. , Paquet. Ernest O. Private, medical de-! partment, Waplnltia. died of pneu monia. June 21. 1917. Parker. Herbert E. Private first-class, in fantry. The Dalies, died of heart dis ease. July 27. 1918. Washin-rton County. Okin. Omer O. Private first class field ar tillery. Beaverton, died of pneumonia, December 7, 1918. Carpenter. Oates Prtvate machine gun battalion. Forest Grove, kiled la action November s, mio. Cnion County. Andrew. Bert E. Private hospital unit. La Grande, died of bronchitis. Decem ber 28. 1917. Berg. Loranza Private infantry. I.a Grande, killed in action October 12. 1918. Brill. Josiah I.. Private infantry. I.a Grande, died of pneumonia October 8. 1918. Cross. Charles W. Private Infantry. Union, died of pneumonia October 10, 1918. Cross. Raymond J. Private infantry. F.l gin. died of peritonitis October 25. 1918. Eckerslev. Frank M. Private Infantrv. Cove, klled in action October 10. 1918. Hall. Erhman Private infantry. Union. died of wounds received jn action October 20. 1918. Henderson. Andrew J. Private first class engineers. Elgin, died of pyemia, No vember 17. 1917. Kelley. Charlie R. Private coast artillery corps. Cove, died of nephritis July 6. 1918. Kollstra. .William TT. Private tank ar tillery, Elgin, died of influenza' and pneumonia October 2, 1918. Larsen. Henry K. Private quartermaster corps. Imbler. died of pneumonia March 19. 1918. Moenkhouse. Ernest J. Private Infantry. u Grande, dice ln action octooer 5. 1918. Montgomery. Sidney Private infantry. I.a "Grande, died of wounds received in ac tion October 8. 1918. Pfel. Louis Private spruce squadron. Perry, died of pneumonia January 15, 1919. Tuttle. Terry Corporal engineers, drowned February 5, 1918. Yamhill County. Bennette. Louis A. Private coast artll lfrv corps. McMlnnville. died of pneu monin October 23, 1918. Bower. William M. sergeant infantry. Amitv. killed In action July 3. 1918. Brown. William S. Private first class field artillery, McMlnnville, killed in action July 27. 191K. Burnham. William B. Private aero serv ice squadron. Xewburg, died of empy ema March 14. 1919. Churchmsn. Oscar Day Private Infantry, Sheridan, died of wounds received in action October 18. 1918. Clayton. Fredrick E. Private cavalrr. Mc Mlnnville. died of pneumonia Decem ber 4. 1918. ' Fourtner. Ralph R. Private Infantry. Grand Ronde, died of diphtheria June 3, 1917. Green. Clarence E. Private spruce squad- . ron. Newmirg. died or acute mania I January 10. 1919. Greene. Oswald IV 1'rlvate ipranirr. sner Irian, died of acute mania August 1. 1917. Hagen. Alfred 'Mechanic Infantry. Joseph, died or pneumonia r eoruary T. lui. Henrv. Robert L. Private engineers. Mr Minnville, killed in action October 20, 1918. Jensen. Charles W. Private first class engineers. Carlton killed in action September 12. 1918. Laughlin. Herman Corporal Infantry. Yamhill, died of wounds received in action July 1. 1018. Loop. Robert C. Private Infantry. Amity, killed in action November 4. 191S. Manning. George W. Private first class infantry. McMlnnville. died of tuber culosis January 28. 1918. Mardis. Guv B. Corporal Infantry. Mc Mlnnville. killed ln action July 23, 191 S. Matthes. Walter P. Private infantry. Sher idan, died of wounds received In ac tion July 1, 1918. Olson. Edwin H. Private Infantry. Sheri dan, died of empyema May 23. 1918. Orr, John F. Second lieutenant infantry. Tain hi 11. killed in action October 15, 1918. Ottinger. Andrew D. Private first class infantry, Sheridan, killed In action July 31. 1918. Reese. Lester C. Private first class in fantry. McMlnnville. killed in action October 12. 1918. Rice. Harry L.- Private field artillery. Willlminta, died of pneumonia Janu ary 31. 1919. Savaire. Harry Private Infantry. Trov. died of pneumonia December 29. 1917. Sheppard. Rollie M. Private mechanical repair shop. Tamhill, died of pneu monia April 22. 1918. Skinner. Harold C. Private infantry. Mr- Mrhnvllle. killed In action July 3. 1918. Terry. Robert Private engineers. Carlton. died of pneumonia September 3fi 1918. Udell. Bert H. Private coast artillery corps. Xewburg. died of pneumonia January 1. 1918. Vanderbeck. Herman C. Private coast ar tillery. Newburg. died of pneumonia December 23. 1918. Toungs. Richard P. Sergeant first class quartermaster corps. Newberg. died of pneumonia "and influenza January 27, 1919. EAR FRIENDS Last week I rged you to plant for a late fall and winter garden, and I hope you all intend to do this as these vegetables are much more important than those that mature early ln spring. They furnish food for so much longer time and when it is so much more expensive on account of the scarcity of fresh vegetables. There is not much written about this in our papers and magazines be cause it is only a few especially fav ored sections of the north that are able to have fresh vegetables out in the open ground in late fall, winter and early spring as it is common to have in the south. Of course all vegetables do not grow here in late fall and winter and those that do each have their special time for planting just as early vege tables do. As we have our spring planting all in now, it may be of advantage to take the time today for a general survey of our field of operations and for definite plans as to what we have to piant ror our winter garden: when the early crops should be harvested, leaving the soil ready for this late planting, and the proper time to plant each vegetable. As our season is generally very late this year, vegtables that are ordi"- nariiy planted about July 1, in place of the early vegetables which have matured by then, will have to wait until these first vegetables do mature and are gathered. But because of this lateness of the season we must have our plans all made and our plants all ready and not lose a day in setting the plants (or sowing the seed) as soon as the bed is emntv. First we will see when our spring crops should be harvested in normal seasons. VEGETABLES WHICH SHOULD BE READY TO HARVEST BI JULY: 1. Early beets. 2. Early Brussels sprouts. 3. Early cabbage. 4. Early carrots. 5. Early and late lettuce fi. Early and late onion seta. 7. Ea-rly and late peas. 8. Early potatoes. 9. Early and late radishes. 10. Early spinach. 11. Early turnips. VEGETABLES WHICH MATURE IN SUMMER OR EARLY FALL: 1. Rush or string beans. From July 15 to late fa'l 2. Early cauliflower. In September. X Early sweet corn. In August or eariy September. 4. Early kohlrabi. August 1-August IS. 5. Early (bush) squash. Late July or eariy August. VEGETABLES WHICH REQUIRE THE GROUND THE WHOLE SEASON: 1. Beans---late bush or dry. 2. Beans pole. 3. Cucumbers. 4. Watermelons. . 5. Musk melons. 6. Okra or Gumbo. 7. Parsley. R. Parsnips. 9. Peppers. 10. Late or main crop potatoes. It. Salsify. 12. Swifts chard. 1:1. Tomatoes. 14. Winter onions. Here are the late vegetables which should be planted in place of the above for our fall, winter and spring gardens. 15. 15. DUNCAN McKAY CANDIDATE Portland Man Would Head State Department of C. A. K. Duncan L. McKay, who was a pris oner in Libby and Belle Isle, Rich mond and Andersonvllle, Ga., for 15 months in civil war days, is a can didate for state department com mander of the Grand Army of the Republic. The election will take place at the encampment in Astoria, which opens June 8. Mr. McKay is the candidate of George Wright post. G. A. R. -e has been a resident of Portland since 1900, and before coming to this city was post commander at Chippewa Falls, Wis. During the civil war Mr. McKay served with the 99th New York volunteers. Mr. McKay has a son. Clyde, who is treasurer of Deschutes county and connected with the Bend Press. An other son, Joseph, is a druggist at Rainier, and a third son, Don, is with the O.-W. R. & N. company. Congregation to Have Picnic. A picnic will be held by Ahavai Sholom congregation W ednesday The Oaks park, the event being an annual airalr. Manager John F. Cor dray yesterday extended an Invita tion to the committee In charge to make full use of the amusement place. The committee is planning for a large attendance and is arranging several leatures. Piano Recital Announced. Francis Richter, the well-known Oregon piano soloist and organist, will appear in piano recital in the as- Benvbly hall of the Portland hotel at 8:15 o'clock tomorrow night. This recital is in behalf of the pipe organ fund of the Divine Science church. where Mr. Richter is organist. LATE VEGETABLES TO BE PLANTED BEFORE JULY 1: 1. Winter beets. From June 1-20. 2. Winter carrots. From May 15 to June 3. 'Fall cauliflower. From June' 10 to 25. 4. Celery medium early. From June 1 to Juiy 5 Fall sweet corn. From May 15 to June 15. 6. Late potatoes. From April 1 to June 15. Plants set out. i All others seeded in ground. LATE VEGETABLES TO BE PLANTED IN JULY: 1 Winter Brussels sprouts. From July 1-20. 2. "Spring Broccoli. From July 1-12. 3. Winter Cabbage. From July 10-25. 4. Chinese cabbage. Seed in July or August. 5. Winter kale. July l-2. 6. Fall kohlrabi. July -J.",-.uguat 13. 7 Fall sweet corn. In July and August. Plants set out. All others seeded In ground. LATE VEGETABLES TO BE PLANTED IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER: Fall bush beana August. Fall peas August, l.ate parsley August. Fall radishes August. Japanese radishes August. Corn salafi Aug.. Sept. and October. Endive In September. Fall lettuce Aug. 15 to Sept. 15. Winter spinach In September. Winter turnlps From Aug. 1O-30. As has been said, our season is ex ceptionally late and you will not be able to harvest your early crops in time to seed your late ones as sched uled, but put them in as you do get room, and with careful irrigation and cultivation they will soon catch up and make good vegetables next win ter. Those vegetables which are to be set out as plants should all have been sown in a carefully prepared seed bed before this, yet, as they can not be set out so soon this year, there will be time yet to. sow the seed for some of these plants, if you do so at once. Give these little plants every at tention so that they may be extra good plants when you set them out to make up for their late starL Or it might be a yet better way to Durchase small plants at the seed store, now, and set them out, letting them grow in plenty of room so they will become large stocky plants by the time the bed is empty and ready for them. The second transplanting is trood for them if carefully done as previously described in detail. Companion Crops May Be Planted. When two different crops occupy the same plot of ground at the same time they are called "companion crops." The object in sowing in this wav is that a slow-maturing long growing crop may have, growing be tween its rows wniie ine plants are small, a quick-growing crop which will mature and be harvested before the slow crop needs the space which thev occupy. As conditions are now. it would be a good plan, whenever possible to do so. to seed the fall and winter crops now in the space neiween ine rows of vegetables which will soon mature and be harvested. If you do this you will have to be very careful in harvesting the first crop that you do not step on or pull out the plants of the late crop, btft with oare It can be successfully ac complished. These companion crops must be chosen with care. Not all vegetables grow well together this way, and the same soil and location is not suitable to all. Here are some suggestions as to the best combina tions: Lettuce or radish between rows of cabbage. Lettuce between tomato plants. Radish between rows of string beans. Parsnips or carrots may be sown thinly with rows of onions. Pole beans or turnips may be sown between early sweet corn. Squash, pumpkin or melons may be sown between corn. Any late vegetables may be sown between melons, cucumbers or squash, Tou can readily work this out fo yourself by studying the soil require ments of various vegetables; but, above all. remember that ln all cases j the soil has been somewhat depleted' by the first crop. If it was extra rich at first it may be just right now for your late vegetable, but it not you should apply some fertilizer soon after setting, or soon after the plants come up, to start the growth and maintain extra good cultivation. Plan. SoeeeBBlon In Planting;. Here are some general suggestions as given by an authority on garden ing as to what vegetables naturally follow others best in the same soil: Celery may follow early peas, beans, radish, lettuce, onions or spinach. Early potatoes may be followed by sweet corn, celery, beans, beets, car rots or spinach. Onion sets may be followed by to matoes, peppers, beans or sweet corn. Early peas, beets or potatoes may be followed by turnips, string beans or winter radishes. Turnips may be sown on any land made vacant by an earlier crop. Lettuce may be planted practically throughout the growing season. Note By-careful study of the above it seems to me we might improve upon it: for instance, land for pota toes is not rich land, and while per haps it would grow corn well, it cer tainly would not be adapted to celery without much fertilizer added to it Study this out for yourselves. Here are also suggestions from the same authority for several successive crops, which may be had from the same bed throughout the season: : Lettuce, followed by summer rad ishes, these followed by beans and then spinach. Leaf lettuce may he followed by string beans, then fall turnips. Spinach may be followed by early sweet corn, string beans or early cab bage, then fall radishes or lettuce. This is all general advice, good for many sections, but our local ability to raise winter crops and to leave many of our late crops in the ground all winter is, of course, not included in it. Taking the above as suggestive only, we can each plan out for our selves here a succession that will I keep our little garden plat busy the year around. There need not be an idle foot of land in our garden dur ing a single week of the whole year that is exactly what the term "in tensive cultivation" may (and should) mean to those of us who live in this favored section. we will now turn to snecial and detailed directions for harvesting our early vegetables- and planting the late crops in their place. Haneatisc Early Vrgrlablta. The larger proportion of our early vegetables will, of course, be con sumed as gathered on the family table. and many have only this use. These are; Brussels sprouts, cabbage. lettuce. onion sets, potatoes and radishes. Besitles these there are those wnicn we may nave raised an excess to can tor winter use. These are beets, carrots, peas, spinach and turnips. All of these five early vegetables will be raised again in fall and" win ter except peas. It will soon be time to can peas, and every home gardener should put up plenty for winter use. There is one "trick" about canning peas which makes all the difference imaginable in the product when the can is opened, and that is to pick ana can peas when extra young. Do not let them get fully ready for taoie use, out picK tnem for canning just oerore this Just as they first attain a suitable size. This method will give you as fine "French peas as you can buy anywhere. While beets, carrots and turnips will ne raised again in fall and winter, it will be different forms of them which really make different vegetables. There is almost as much difference between baby beets and the lone-. large solid, matured beets of the win er Raraen as mere is Detween green hell beans and the usual dry winter beans. jii tnree or these vegetables are delicious canned now, for as indicated their supreme excellence lies in their being canned at the "baby" stage of tneir growth. The canneries require their young eets to be only one-half to two inches in diameter for canning and they pay much more for those that are 1 inth or under, than for larger ones. Turnips and carrots should also be canned at this extremely immature stage. They are then used particu larly for garnishing meats and salads as too much of a luxury for genera family use. While spinach may be canned, i you have an excess and want to save t, I see no other advantage in doing so if you raise a winter crop. All the spinach you sowed in early spring should be cut now before hot weathe conies on as it will then become tough and stringy, but this spinach is not fi for table use here in summer, it i planted again in early fall for winte and early spring use. Now having planned for harvesting all these early vegetables we will con sider how best to plant the crops tha go in their place. In previous "chats" we have de scribed in detail the planting o celery, sweet corn and main crop potatoes. This leaves us fall caul flower, winter beets and winter car rots to speak of today. Planting Fanl Cauliflower. As a general thing cauliflower doe exceptionally well in our climate. If the summer is very hot and dry we must irrigate it often, particularly just as it begins to head up and we must be careful to plant the right varieties for summer and fall growth. For the summer, or main-crop plant ing fc-now vvnite is highly recom mended as "very resistant against dry' weather and unfavorable conditions." and Danish Dry Weather cauliflower is also recommended for growing in dry localities where other varieties fail to produce good heads, but cauli flower is naturally a cool weather crop and grows much better in fall than In summer. For late, fall-grown cauliflower. Veitch's Autumn Giant and Algiers, are fine hardy late varieties. These will not produce cauliflower that may be left outdoors in winter. as all cauliflower is tender and will not stand much frot. This late cauli flower makes very fine heads for use In October. November and December though, of course, it would not have stood much chance last December. We are planning, as always, on the usual weather we have reason to expect. Make your seed bed for cauliflower the same as for cabbage only richer. If you cannot get manure use nitrate of soda to start them, t-et out the plants just as you do cabbage, being careful to water each one as you set it as was described in a previous let ter. Make your rows about 24 feet apart and set the plants 1 M feet apart in the row. as cauliflower heads are not generally so large as cab bage heads. Cauliflower needs much water and must be well irrigated as needed dur ing the summer and until the fall rains begin. How to Grow Winter Beet. Beets need a good deal of water. If the soil is dry work up a fine seed bed and irrigate it thoroughly before planting your late beets. Let the water soak well down over night and be cur to work the leg soil over la a dust mulch next morning before tha sun has had a chance to bake the crust. Either the round or turnip-shaped table beets are grown for summer use. The long varieties are crown only for -winter use and on the Pacific ' coast may be left in the ground all winter and pulled from time to time as needed. A rich sandy soil is most suitable for them. The improved Blood turnip la the best long beet to grow for winter use. The round varieties may also be grown as late beets. Detroit Dark Red being the best variety. The seed germinates quicker if hot water is poured on it and It Is left to soak a day or more before plant ing, riant tne same as earlv beets and thin the same, using the young beets, tops and all for "greens." The land must be kept well tilled and free from weeds for these winter beets and they must be irrigated If they get very dry in the heat of summer. If any of your early beets are left in the ground when it comes oft hot in summer you should pull them and use them at once as they become tough and woody if left longrer in the ground. Growfnar Winter Carrot. Carrots need the best of surfac tillage, but are easy to grow after they are once established. Be aura the soil is well cultivated for the win ter carrots as dry or weedy soil ia very bad for them. However, tha main difficulty in. growing carrot is always In getting- the young plants started. One reason for this is that people do not give them time to come up. They are slower than other veg etables, requiring from 12 to 18 dayw under the very best of circumstances for germination, and often longer. The seed may be dormant for weeks and then come up after a good rain so do not be discouraged too soon. At this time of year it is especially osirable to sow a few radish seed with the carrot seed to mark the rows and break the soil, as radishes come up so very soon. The Chantenay was the variety reo mmended for both early and late use. Of course, the full grown carrots are. sed in fall and winter, although the ittle carrots thinned out may be used for greens like young beets. In our mild climate west of the Casc ades they may be left in the ground 11 winter and used one or two at a ime for seasoning, stews, etc., saving he expense of buying a whole bunch every time you want one to use. The winter vegetables which are best planted in July or August will discussed later, but have your plants growing now so they will be ready to transplant. The best varieties for winter are Brussels sprouts. Odeuse market. grown both early and late: broccoli, St. Valentine, winter cabbage, 1) Danish ball head, (2) Danish round head. Varieties of seed will be named as the time comes for planting it. Preparing? Soil for Iterroppinar. At the last of this letter we have room for a few words about a sub- ject which naturally comes first and has been referred to frequently, that is, the especial preparation of the ground for a succession of vegetables. As often stated, one good crop per year will usually use up the avail able sou fertility, so when you har vest this crop and intend to plant an other in the same soil you must take some extra 'pains to prepare it. Spade up the ground again and. work it over so it is soft and fine. adding well-rotted manure if pos sible. If not, buy some good reason ably priced commercial fertilizer from your seedsman, who will advise you as to what ia best for your soil and the vegetables you Intend to grow. The small amount you will need is inexpensive, especially in comparison with the expensive vegetables it win help grow. Be sure to keep your wood ashes and scatter them over your sou, as they are not only a good fertilized but also a most effective protection against insects. Of course, you must not sow your ashes thick as nothing will grow in an ash pile, but a mod erate amount of ashes is very bene ficial to our heavy clay soils in par ticular. A light application of nitrate or soda ih always good to start the growth of all plants, as it helps leaf and stem growth. Although the weather may be dry and dusty, do not water your plant every morning with the hose. The moisture just serves to draw the plant roots to the surface of the ground and destroys your garden. Cultivate the surface of the ground never more than two or three inches deep, during hot weather and do not water any plants unless they wilt badly. Then irrigate them thor oughly in the late afternoon and !et the water soak in all night, cultivat ing the surface soil carefully again the next morning as soon as it is dry enough. I will write you a letter soon about this most Important subject of the right way to water plants. Your garden neighbor, INEZ AY CHAPEL. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Marriage licensee. HOWB-SAUNDERS Edward 1 Howe. 2R Waldport. Or., and Lesley France. Saunders, 1M. 055 Commercial street. BOLLE-DOWNING Fred Bolle, 23, of Park Place, and Beatrice Downing. 2u 50 Eat Ankeny street. REINKR-FREEDMAN Edward M. Rei ner. 2T. 96 East Twenty-eighth street, and. Esther Freedman, 23, 4.18 Fourth street. SEFTON-SPELMAN Blnger H. Sefton. 23 104 Broadway, and Lora M. Spel man, 22, S425 Forty-second avenue South- "viNCENT-BUTTERFlELD Ttov Benton Vincent. 2 Silo East Thirty-fifth Btree'. and Mae Annie Butterfleld, 26. 865 East Thirtv-fiftli street. CURTIS-UNOER Thomas Glffard Cur tis. 23. 104 East Forty-fifth stiVet. and Agnes Irene Unger, 18. 30 North Sixteenth street. COHX-EUKEI.ES Edward H. Colin, 2. St. Francis apartments, and Etbel Euke les. 20. .VV Second street. COCHRAN-FROMONM Clark W. Coch ran. 4. 6!4 Umatilla avenue, and Gertrude M. Fromonc. 3, 503 Arlon atri.-. HAWARTH-McCAN'MON Ernest D. Hl warth. 3.",, 4K12 Seventieth street Southeast, and Aida MeCanmon, 2S. same address. KUNZ-HONSTEIN Albert Kuuz, 2B. 822 Missouri avenue, and Ora Honstein. 23, 5S1 Roseiawn. Vancouver Maurrlacre licensee. NOTAK-PURBIX Frank M. Novak, le gal, and Adelle F. Durbin. legal, botit of Vancouver, wasn. PRO EGIT HOFFMAN Luther Proegit 29. of Emporia. Kan., and Olive V. Hoff man. 24, of Benedict. Kan. BANCROFT-WALTER Willis Bancroft. 21. of Portland, and Gladys Walter. 21. of (iaston. Or. THUEKBACK BERtiER Charles F. Thuerback. 49. and ilina Berger. 47. both of Portland Outside Judges Lcn-d Aid. To clean up congested court dockets, three circuit judges from outside dis tricts will assist local jurists until the arrival of the summer vacation period. "Pinch-hitters" during the coming week will include Judge Harry H. Belt ot McMinnville, Judge Frank M. Calkins- of Medford, and Judge F. M. Phelps of Pendleton. It is hoped to have most of the cases cleared up 'before the Hose Festival and Shrine festivities, though it. is not expected that the visiting judges win leave Portland at that time. 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