The Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1912
NO. 3
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LrKest Yield Yet Reported
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ORGANIC MATTER IM
PROVES THE FARMS
Superintendent Powors, of the Crook
County FBrmi, Furnlnhos Valua
ble Information About Sol!a
Mr. W. L. Powers, sunerin-
tendent of the Crook Countv
farms, says: Oriranic matter in
soils is decayed and decaying
vegetable and animal fragments.
When in a thoroughly decayed
gelatinous form it is called
humus. Growth and decav of
plants is the principal agency in
the formation of humus. It be
comes incorporated into the soil
by various mixing agencies.
Good productive soils should
contain two to six per cent or
ganic matter in the surface seven
inches. Very few sections of
the county have such an abund
ance of organic matter in the
soils that its maintenance may
be neglected, while most of our
soils may be greatly improved
by increasing the amount pres
ent. The only mcthocy which
we can change the physical and
chemical effects.
Chemically organic matter is
the chief source of soil nitrogen.
Most of our soils seem rather
too low in nitrogen when com
pared with many other Oregon
soils. Humus in arid soils con
tains about fifteen per cent nit
rogen while humus contained
in humid soils is only about five
per cent nitrogen. Being the
residues of decayed plants,
humus contains in fairly availa
ble form, -all food elements requir
ed by plants, Moreover, the
fermentation and decay of or
ganic matter is associated with
great bacterial activity and the
formation of acid substances
which in turn react on the min
eral particles in soils to release
potash and phosphorous.
Physically organic matter,
through its fibrous or gelatinous
nature improves the physical con
dition or tilth by causing the
soil particles to stick together
into crumbs giving a good mel
low soil condition.
Organic matter improves
the moisture content of soils
because it acts as a sponge or
absorbant and because it keeps
the soil loose and easly mulch
ed, that is, it holds the soil par
ticles together in clusters and
prevcnts4,pu(ldlini?"or,4runninK
totrether" and crusting.
Vegetable matter in the soils
lessens the eroding eflect oi
heavv rains by holding the soil
particles in place and by loosen
ing up the soil so the water win
bo absorbed to a greater extent.
Humus generally is associa?
ted with dark color in soils and
it iB well known that dark sur
faces absorb heat while light ones
nnnn.f it ft vtwiments have
hnmi ft4 ied in which differences
of several decrees were obtained
where part of a soil was darken
ed with organic matter.
Run down land more fre
nnnn flu innlfH oriranic matter
than it does chemical fertiliza
tion. Burning straw or stalks
flhnuld bo avoided for. this des
troys the organic matter and re
leases the most costly of plant
foods (nitrogen) to the air. leav
ing only the minerals in the
ash.
Farm manure furnishes a
limited amount of organic mat
tor and this should bo supplement
ed by green manures, such as
rye in tho southeast part of the
county and especially clover,
alfalfa and field peas where they
can bo grown because thoy are
nitrogen gatherers.
Attend the fair at Prinovillo..
COLONEL ROOSEVELT SHOT
BY A POLITICAL FANATIC
After Being Arrested Assassin Calmly Remarks That
"Any Man Who Wants Third Term Deserves
Death," While the Colonel Said "It Will
Take More Than One .Bullet to
Kill -a Bull Moose." Then Delivers
Speech Despite Painful Wound
WILL DO BIG THINGS AT
LAND PRODUCTS SHOW
Plana Will be Outlined to Advertlae
Coat of Land, Fertility of Soil,
The Coat of Marketing, Etc.
Land of Golden Opportunities' la At
tracting the Attention of Home
aeekera and Manufacturer
9 by American Pre Association.
TiHE! &EVELT
Monday afternoon, in Milwaukee, Ex-President Roosevelt,
and again candidate on the Progressive ticket for president of the
United States, was shot as he was leaving his hotel to go to a
large auditorium to deliver a campaign address. The Colonel had
just entered an automobile arid was standing up in the machine
waving to the crowd around him, when a man in the crowd
nushed forward as near as possible to the machine, and before any
one could stop him fired a shot from a 38-calibre revolver at the
ex-president, which found a lodging place in the chest.
The nttemnted assassination and all its accompanying scenes
were dramatic in the extreme. The would-be murderer was John
Snhrnnk. O f New York City, a man apparently demented on the
subiect of the third term. He was captured and locked up.
Unconscious of his wound, Colonel Roosevelt proceeded to the
Auditorium, and when his condition was discovered, in spite of the
nrotest of his physician, he made a stirring address on the subject
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of his attempted murder weaKenea irom tne ioss oi Diooa ana
at tho conclusion of his speech he was taken to the Emergency
Hospital, where, after an examination by physicians, tho nature
of his wound was ascertained. It was not considered serious
onnnirli fn romnel a stav in Milwaukee, and at 12:50 a. m., he was
taken aboard his special train on a slow run to Chicago.
Upon his arrival at Chicago an all-day examination and con
sultation was held by a corps of physicians, who definitely de
scribed the Colonel's injury as "a serious wound in the chest," and
"not a mere flesh wound." A late bulletin, which prohibited com
munication between the Colonel and persons other than those who
are attending him, declared that "quietude is absolutely essential."
The nhvBicians asserted, however, that it was pot now necessary
to probe for or remove the bullet. Even this action was thought
undesirable, and the patient probably will be kept as calm as his
nnrnre will allow for a few days.
n mnn rllqp.losed that Elbert E. Martin,, tho secretary who
'npized tho assailant, saw the pistol before the shot was fired and
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thnf the weanon was aiacnurguu juoi. ua o huuk uuuauu ujjuh
Schrank. Powerful of build, ho forced Schrank's neck back until
oaoniinnr. wns c-asning for breath. He then rendered Schrank
unconscious and relieved him of his murderous weapon.
Hundreds of telegrams from all over the world were re
nnivprl hv those in charge of the' patient, congrtulating the Colone
upon his narrow escape from death, and expressing tho hope that
he will (soon recover me guuu ubhuh wmu u ua mya wiijiycu
That the people of Portland and
the state at large have an errone
ous conception of a land products
show and fail to realize what
may.be done in the event slated
for this city November 18-23 is
the emphatic declaration of Pres
ident A. P. Bateham, of the Ore
gon Horticultural Society. He
insists that a new work is plan
ned, and that this work is to be
the most powerful educational in
fluence -alonjypractical .lines yet
undertekernrn Oregon.
"We have a multiude of new
ideas for this Pacific Northwest
Land Products Show," said Pres
ident Bateham yesterday.
"These ideas go to the very
rudiments of agricultural and
horticultural success in tre
Northwest. We intend to organ
ize a pjan of work which shall
continue m the coming years,
and give all land products shows
and fairs a different meaning.
'The day for a dry exhibit of
what has been taken from the
soil has passed. We intend to
give to the public here- and
throughout the country informar
tion about our land and its pro
ducts which will be a more
accurate guide to the man who is
studying the state.
"In carrying out the plan of
work which we have adopted,
such a land rrodcte how can
not be held elsewhere than near
the scene of production. We
want the men-who produce, the
experts of the land, to be present
when we exhibit their handi
work, and have them tell us and
he world what it has cost, what
their difficulties are, what would
improve the situation and what
the state at large and the entire
Northwest must do in the line of
cooperation, education and busi
ness simplification. The Agri-
cutural College is pressing with
highest success scientific study
of agriculture and horticulture,
but we want to start a movement
which shall apply the science of
business to the practical side cf
the work. In each of the pro
minent fruit districts of the
Northwest there has developed
an association or union, which
has accomplished wonderful
things for the producer" We
want to see this principle, if it
is generally practical, applied
to farm work, or if associated
effort of that character is not
feasible.
To do all this we must get
the producers together. It is
fitting that they assemble here
their products plan to go so much
into the technical aspects of pro
duction, for that is not covered
by the Agricultural College.
"We want to concentrate upon
the practical problems. Market
ing, financing, transportation
and like topics will be chosen.
We also want to get before the
world what the profit may be
made in this Northwestern re
gion. it the selling price oi
land is high, we want to show
that its earnings on that valua
tion equal or surpass reputed
cheap lands. We also want to
bring into comparison the cost
of getting out products to the
marKeta oi tne worm as
against the same cost in com
petittve parts of tho country,
All these subjects are of the
deepest interest to the producer.
to the business men of Portland,
and to the country at large.
(Contlued on Page 5)
NTERIOR OREGON-THE
That the fanners of northern
Crook county are living in the
richest section of Central Ore
gon, and one of the best portions
of the Northwest, is the opinion
of every grower in the wheat
belt, and in fact every resident in
the district. Not so very many
years ago the idea of dry - farm
ing in Crook county had not en-
red the brain of man, and
when farming without water was
proposed by an agriculturalist
who expressed his willingness to
make the experiment his propos
al was considered a huge joke
and treated as such by a class of
those individuals who also de
nounced the inventors of the air
ship and wireless telegraphy as
candidates for the insane asylum.
But dry-farming has long since
passed the experimental stagr.
t is a reality, and-the farmers of
northern Crook county have ach
ieved phenominal success. That
their effors have been richly re
warded was proven by the large
number of exhibits at the Land
roducts Show, which was held
in this city last Thursday.
Changes in the condition of the
country have been so rapid that
we mays truthfully say that yes-
erday northern Crook county
was a vast waste of land infest
ed by howling coyotes. Today
it is -developed into a rich f arnv
ing country, inhabited by happy
wealthy and progressive
dotted with attractive
industries and enterprises, and
the success of agricultural pur
suits without irrigation, but with
the assistance of old sol, has
captured and held the attention
of the whole world.
That interior Oregon is destir -
ed to become a country with a
marvelous reputation is almost
an asiured fact. By the victories
of the past we are able to predict
the success of the future. J,ames
J. Hill had sufficient confidence
in the future of the country to
cause him to expend millions of
dollars in the construction of a
great trunk railway, and the
snort of the iron horse can be
heard throughout the length and
breadth of the land.
Teachers' Institute at PrincvHIe
The local corps of teachers in
the Public Schools and the Union
High School are attending the
Teachers Institute held in Prine-
ville the early part of this week.
There seems to be quite an in
terest in the institute this year.
the programme as laid out will
be interesting as well as instruc
tive. The principal speaker will
be Dr. E. A. Winship.
Those attending from here are
Professor Kilgore, Miss Elva J.
Smith. MissjA. Areinsmier. Miss
K. Lowther.
They expect to return tomor
row evening.
The school children are having
a.lively time this week, it being
the first vvaction since the com
mencement of school last month.
A Youthful Inventor
Earl Esselstyn, a fifteen year
old boy, is a genius. He has
constructed a complete wireless
telegraph station on the roof
of his father's house and the
other evening was able to hear
other wireless operators but waB
unable to read the messages on
account of the receiving pole
not being high enough in tho
ir. Echo Echoes.