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23 UNCLE SAM CAN PRODUCE MANY YOUTHFUL MARVELS oodls Acceptedl a.t Arrival of Polish Chesa Wonder Recalls Boys Who Show Adept Beyond Age in United States Many in Colleges. Greater Part of Land Owned by the Operators. Par om PhoinioirsiTDlhLS IBoiuiht: ' . v . k s. CENSUS REPORT FINISHED T1TE SUXDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, NOVE3IBER 21, 1920 OREGON FARM AREA SHOWS BIG GROWTH 182 0 Figures Are Proof or State's Increase in Wealth Daring .Last Ten Tears. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, Nov. 20. (Special.) Deschutes county, Oregon, has 751 farms, according: to the 1920 census, C46 of which were operated by own era or managers and 105 by tenants. The total farm acreage of the county was 144,979 and of that 51,744 acres were improved. The value of the land and buildings was (5.120,960. Domestic animals reported were as follows: Horses. 3378; cattle, 11,616; Sheep, 13.192; swine, 1774. Last year's crop yield was 'shown as follows: Rye, 9300 bushels; wheat, 14,684; oats, 20,631; hay. 32,002 tons; potatoes, 83, 480 bushels. Clackamas county has 8836 farms In 1920, as compared with 3646 in 1910. The value of farm lands in the county was 834.992.015 in 1920, as ag-alnst 826,969,404, a gain of 88,022, Cll. Only 40 colored farmers op erated in the county, and 3236 farms were operated either by owners or managers, and 601 by tenants. The crop yield for last year was: Oats, 1.041,489 bushels; wheat, 659.632 bush els; hay, 62.700 tons; potatoes, 662,890 bushels. Domestic animals were re ported as follows: Horses, 8409; mules 150; cattle, 19,467; sheep, 16,780; wine, 20,291. Linn Karma Show Gain. An Increase in the number of farms In Linn county from 2761 in 1910 to 8041 in 1920 was shown and there was a gain in the value of farm land and buildings from 823,726,770 in 1910 to $33,592,695 in 1920, .a difference of 89.865,918. Only 761 farms were op erated by tenants, the balance were run by owners or managers. The farm acreage was 472,469, of which 258.591 ecrm were improved. The crop yield tor last year was: Wheat. 1,031.564 bushels; oats. 1.290.055 bush els; corn. 84.649 bushels; hay. 93,782 tons. Domestic animals reported in cluded 11.640 horses, 170 mules, 28.860 cattle. 47,209 sheep and 21,17 swine. A train of 13.1 per cent was shown In the number of Polk county farms In the period from 1910 to 1920. There were 1657 farms in 1910. whereas there were 1761 in 1920 and the value of farm land and buildings in 1920 was 825.356,300 against 115.782.963 ten years ago, a gain of 19,573,345, or 60.5 per cent. Tenant Operate 340 Ftrni, All but 13 farms were operated by white persons, 1421 by owners or managers and 340 by tenants. Farm acreage totaled 239.621, of which lav nio i ... .......... .1 r-An .... t ...... ., e i r last year were: Wheat. 689,213 bushel els; oats, S5,682; hay, 23.40 ions; hops. 1,274.640 pounds. Domestic an imals Included 6027 horses, 112 mules, 10,637 cattle, 12,731 sheep and 10.186 swine. Wakiakum county, Washington, had 873 farms this year, against 229 ten years ago, and the value of farm land and buildings had increased to 83,869.820 from 81.214,350 ten years ago, a gain of $1,655,470, or 135.3 per cent. The county produced last year 2193 busheds of wheat. 8518 tons rf hay. 23.095 bushels of potatoesVand 7652 bushels of apples. Domestic an imals included 473 horses. 4688 cat tle, 722 sheep and 1551 swine. ' ' i vu" - ? 1 ' ' lt i " 1 1 1 aimir,- I . a 1 J 1 i A " Publisher Sees Old Haunts but No Acquaintances. Clarence Hedges Sleeps In Hotel He Worked on 50 Venn Ago. SALEM, Or.. Nov. 20. (Special.) Clarence Hedges, 64, arrived In Salem Thursday from California and passed last night in a room in a ho tel which he helped to construct more than a half century ago. After losing his Job with the con struction crew, because he turned a hose on an Indian woman who was sitting near the hotel, he learned the printing business and for a time was employed on the Salem Statesman. At that time H. D'Arcy, one of the oldest and best known residents of Marion county, also was a .member of the composing room staff of the local newspaper. Other printers with whom Mr. Hedges was acquainted in the early days in Salem included D. w. Craig, Sumter Craig, George Good, the Dunbars and others who have since become prominent in the affairs of Oregon. Mr. Hedges also was employed on Tony Noltner's paper, the old Port land Standard, and then drifted to California and back again. Later he returned to California and for 35 years was actively engaged in the publication of newspapers In that state. Afterward he settled at Dal las. Or., where he purchased the Chronicle, which he conducted for five years. Last spring he disposed of the Chronicle, and has since been In Cal ifornia. Although favoring Oregon as a home, air. Hedges said he was un able to remain here because of Mrs. Hedges' health. In California Mrs. Hedges is able to walk about, while in Oregon she was confined to a wheel chair by rheumatism for several years. Mr. Hedges today visited the several Salem newspaper and job printing ottlues but found no fa miliar faces. LEWISTON SHRINERS HOST 120 Candidates Initiated in Orig inal Mystic Ceremonial. LEWISTOX. Idaho. Nov. 20. (Spe cial.) The biggest and most origina Mystic Shrine ceremonial ever held here took place Friday when 120 can didates from every town in north Idaho were Initiated. The streets were filled with wearers of the fex and weird-looking individuals whose faces were strangely marked. The initiation took place at 4:30 o'clock In the afternoon, and was followed by an elaborate banquet served to 350 Shriners and candidates from this section of the Inland Empire. After the banquet the entire body attended "Just Around the Corner" at the Tem ple theater. The initiation ceremony , continued after the show and some of the most original and startling scenic and stage effects ever seen in lodge work were features of the occasion. It was announced Friday that Lewiston would be visited next March by Im perial Potentate Garretson of Taco ma, and this will be the occasion for the biggest gathering of Shriners er held In the state. C A. Blanchard Is illustrious potentate of the locat lodes and Jess J. Wilson is recorder. I fcamuei rixecne wieki, ins e-year-old Polish chess marvel who re pntlv ftrrivfid in this country. thinks that he is the only boy won der in the United States it will not take him long to change his mind. Without doubt this young exponent of chess is a wonder for his years in his particular line, his feats at the game having already astounded tne chess masters of the old world. While in England he met with as much suc cess as on the continent, and of 64 games played by him in three exniDl tions he lost only one. winning 43 and drawing ten. One of his greatest feats was the playing to a stanastui f 25 expert adult chess masters at the sama table. But if not chess ex perts Uncle Sam has in other lines a few boy marvels nimsen ana none wi them will have to sidestep to the Polish youngster. Their attainments also are along very diverse fields. Take for ex amnle the many exceptionally young students who have just been edmitted to our leading universities ana col leges, most of them at an age when other boys of their years are still plying away in grammar scnooi. Heading the line of freshman snake dancers which uncoiled its length re cently across the campus at the close of a football game won by uoiumoia university was 12-year-old Ldwara Rochie Hardy, at his tender age a wizard of varied learning. He is the youngest "lad who has ever entered Columbia university and probably of any American university, and his rare record of 187 per cent credits on en trance examinations surpassed all the freshman who lock-stepped behind him in the snake dance. Youna- Hardv is a chubby lad and weighs 143 pounds. He was one of the first to Bign up for the freshman- sophomore tug-of-war and in his home town in Pennsylvania is consid ered a regular Babe Ruth In his abil itv to wallop a baseball. At 3 Edward started his comet-like dash through the spaces of learning in the kindergarten. He snot tnrougn elementary and high schools, taking three and sometimes four scholastic years of instruction in one. His father, professor of insurance in New York university, selected Harvard for the boy. The mother favored New York university. But the boy was born in the shadow of the Morning side Heights school, lived on and loved its campus, and it was nis ae sire to enter Columbia, which finally prevailed. He has his Harvard en trance papers, obtained last spring when his father sent him to Cam bridge for examination. His mother takes a number of Ed ward's courses with him. The pair are already familiar figures on the campus. She relates that they often go to the Metropolitan Museum to gether, where the boy astounds curators, and the public by reading the legends on Persian and Indian rugs readily. He also amuses him self by buying packets of oriental to bacco, silks and fruits and reading the legends printed thereon. His parents give him many ex traordinary advantages. In 1918, when his interest in astronomy was lively, they took him to Denver to witness a solar eclipse. He once took up ' industrial engineering for a few days and they took him to Detroit to see the manufacture of automobiles. Next summer, says Mrs. Hardy, they will take the boy to Cairo, Egypt, to get his first glimpse of the actual labors of achaeologlsts. An investigation of Edward's habits and likes indicates that he is normal in all things but learning. He plays baseball in the streets, swims, likes rice pudding and raisin cake, according to his own confession, and takes intense and perspiring Interest in the annual quarrel for campus su premacy between - sophomores and freshmen and also in the university football team. Frederick Santee, another boy won der who has chosen Harvard as his alma mater, promises to shine In baseball as well as in studies. He enrolled in the freshman class at the Cambridge institution of learning just after he had passed his 14th birthday. Frederick began to spell when he was 2 years-old. Within a few weeks he could spell out whole sentences. and before he was 3 years old he had mastered the multiplication table. Be sides English, he reads five languages nuentiy r rencn, Spanish, Latin. Greek and German. He has passed analytical geometry, has begun work ing in caicuius and is well advanced in chemistry. Frederick neither looks nor acts the part of the typical bookworm. His idea of a perfect day is to play baseball until he is tired enouerh to drop and then rest up by reading or opanisn or Dy worKing out problems in chemistry. The youngest member of the class of Wesleya'n this year is 15-year-old Julian Kingsley Stevens. He expects to specialize in work leading up to an education in business matters and entertained hopes of some day be coming a wizard of finance. Two thousand five hundred sin. dents enrolled in the freshman class at the University of Pennsylvania tnis tall, the honor of being the youngest student arolnsr to HarnH James Fox of Harrisburg, Pa., who it years Ola. Young Fox says His mother's train ing is entirely responsible for his being able to enter college at such an early age. h:rt ral I 1"T" I - I foi, Li Why sacrifice a Liberty Bond at the low market price when you can claim its full face value on the purchase of a phonograph which you may already have decided to buy? We have arranged to allow par on Liberty Bonds up to a certain amount buy that machine at Hyatt's. HiursiclFeds off New Machlnies Delivery Grafonola Victrola Edison Brunswick HYATT SERVICE A goocT phono graph is seldom obstinate. Once in a great while expert attention is desirable. Hy att's service to patrons is thor ough and prompt generally it is FREE. Only the newest standard machines are sold at Hyatt's. Why pay the same price or near for some "off brand," upon which the second-hand value would be very low should you some time wish to dispose of it? Buy a standard machine buy it at Hyatt's and receive practically intrinsic value for your money. S a.Month 'On Machines up to $125 Models Inclusive" a erms s Talk 9 Phonographs Hyatt achiine Co, ill 350 Alder Street Records 'ifcfTSfti 3ariTS HE several fleeces and samples of fleeces from Sonth Africa. . They were sup posed to bave been clipped from some of the best Angoras of that country and bad been scored by points. R. Allen, an expert wool grader, com pared these samples .with American fleeces and found that although some of the American fleeces were a little coarse, others were of noticeably finer and better quality than those from Africa. MEMORIAL T0 BE HELD Anniversary Exercises Planned to Honor Manchester Martyrs. ' Anniversary exercises in commem oration of Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, the Manchester martyrs, will' be held tomorrow evening in Hibernian hall, 340 Russell street. The speaker of the evening will be' Rev. Gabriel Har rington of Bend, Or. Father Har rington was an intimate friend of the late Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, and was chaplain of his battalion. He is thoroughly versed in the Irish movement, having ar rived from Ireland only a few weeks ago. Father Harrington will preface his address with a few remarks in Irish. Dr.- Andrew C. Smith will preside. The programme will open with the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner by the audience. Among the well known entertainers who will appear are little Helen Farrell, Gaelic dancer, who scored a great hit at the recent Irish fair in Hibernia ball; Marcella Larkins, violinist, and Besse Smith, lyric soprano. Mary Claire Larkins will be the accompanist. The public Is invited to attend. A gold necklace, valued at 125 also was reported stolen. K. H. Oba, a grocer of 595 Washington street, com plained tljat thieves bad broken into his store through a rear window and taken $50 In silver which he had hidden in a box at the rear of the store. 'Police believe the theft was mads by some person who watched him hide the money. In the rural districts of Germany, not so many years ago, "pay wed dings" were quite common. Theses peculiar entertainments were ar-. ; ranged for the pecuniary benefit tit". the bridal pair, for the guests each paid an admittance fee. The receipts r went toward furnishing a home for. the newlyweds. :-'.-. $75 0 Fur Is Stolen. Mrs. Alice Armstrpng. Eaton hotel, reported to the police detective bureau yesterday that some person had entered her room during her absence and stolen a fur cape valued at 1750. DUTY ON MOHAIR DESIRED Oregon Growers' Association to . Submit Petition to Congress; Mohair growers of Oregon, through the Oregon Mohair Growers" associa tion, have decided to petition con gress to place an .Import duty on mo hair. The growers say that goat raisers of America have to compete with cheap labor in South Africa and Turkey, the two principal countries producing mohair. . Kaffir labor is employed -in herd ing and handling in South Africa and labor of a similar character is used in Asia Minor, they say. They assert also that American breeders of An goras are cut off from the importa tion of new breeding stock from both of these countries. The association has adopted a resolution asking that the tariff on raw mohair be placed at 25 cents a pound. The association recently obtained jWm choking- to death thou- xV M,w sands of chickens a dav. You ctiokln to death thou- l of chickens a div. You know che symptoms face swollen. running at eyes and nose, combpMe, " w hlatle or sneeze when breathing, catarrhal odor. When it attacks your flock Stop it Quick With Roup Remedy' Just put it in the drinking water chickens doctor themselves. Also use it for prevention. Conkey's Poultry Tonic keeps hens healthy and gets win ter es. It is a Regulator, Laying Tonic. Moulting Powder and Chick Conditioner of the highest type. No cayenne pepper no filler. Con key 8 Poultry Book is worth 50c to any poultryman. Sent for 5c stamps. The O. CConkey Co., Cleveiaad.O. Dlatrl bated y Rnatlrdfce Ser4 Jt Kloral 143 Bf-cend fet., Portland. Or. ; CHEMIST- "genuine t& is always uniform" Kt every Giant Powder plant the chemical laboratory con trols the processes of manufacture. They make continuous tests that insure the unvarying high quality of Giant Powders. Each pound of Giant Powder is exactly like every other pound of, the same grade. Such uniformity means economy, efficiency, safety. Professional users of Giant Powders miners, quarrymen, contractors all know that the name "Giant" stands for utmost dependability in explosives. When you have land to clear, trees to plant, subsoil to be broken of ditches to be blasted, tell your dealer to get for you one of the Giant Farm Powders Eureka Stumping or Giant Stumping. Don't accept any ordinary dynamite, but insist on genuine Giant Powder, bearing the Giant trade mark on every box. A saxtof will brine you our book. "Better Farmins with Giant Farm Few dcr." Its s pases are full of short-cuts and labor-savins methods. THE GIANT POWDER CO., CON. "Everything f or Blasting" asm l JbtnlcBldfr. San Francisco - Branch Offices: Butte, Denver. Ixs Angelas. Port land, bait Lake City. Seattle, Spokane. STUMPING EUREKA Heuikird J r' i -' Juoce5Y r--. --j -Arab i am iW The Great Durocs of Diamond ar The big .Diamond Bar Ranch, with its 1200 head of pure-bred Duroc-Jerseys, has set a new standard for the hog-breeding industry of the west. From point of size and quality and show ring records, Diamond Bar Durocs are second to none in the country. They have in their veins the blood of the greatest sires that America has ever produced. Ace of Pathfinders This great sire was Grand Champion Boar at the Los Angeles Livestock Show - in 1919 and headed the world's champion aged herd at the National Swine Show, 1919. This year his reputation is still further enhanced by the fact that his pigs are winning wherever exhibited. Breed for Profit by Buying This Blood If you are feeding for pork production or producing breeding stock you need hogs of the caliber bred on Diamond Bar, and they are NOW FOR SALE Registered spring boars and gilts by the Ace of Pathfinders, Mammoth Sensation Junior, Great Pathfinder and Royal Pathfinder. We have only a limited number of these choice Durocs. A Special Trio To build np a pure-bred herd that will bring profit and pride, order a trio at these reasonable prices. Boar and two unrelated sows, seven to nine months old, all registered and sired by such boars as mentioned above. For the three, S500. Prize-Winning Boars a Specialty This is your opportunity to put the best blood in America in your herd. Let us know your needs at once before these choice offerings are gone. An inquiry will prove the unusually reasonable prices at which we offer stock. Act Promptly. Addreaa Dept. O. Particulars Upon Ileaueat, SPADRA. X SJLiS V B. K WALKER, California ot" T