The Oregon daily journal., December 28, 1908, Page 4, Image 4

7 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL', ?:; PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1908.
ELPFUL . HE
AFFIIIITy DRIVES
WIFE JIB MRD
But' Seen From : the Water,
Life Still Looks Good to
Poor. Mrs. Planne.
SAVANTS GIVE.
DAY TO DARWIN
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Centenary of Birth and Semi
Centenary of Great Work
Holidays Conventions.
BEN SE
MOB
WORK
Biddy Is Worth $600,000,000
a Year to America and
Will Be Worth More and
3Iore as Years rass Story
of a Great Industry.
Br FREDERIC J. IIASKTN.
(Copyright. 1908, by Frederic J. Haskln.)
, Washington. Dec 28. From Its hum-
ble nlace as an insignificant part Of
the average frrrH the chicken yard has
come to be one of . the chief source
of -the national wealth. According? to
the secretary of agriculture the value
of the annual product of poultry, eggs
anfl feathers in the United States ex
ceeds the enormous sum of $600,000,000.
The modest, 'unintelligent speckled hen
and her numerous progeny have ele
vated this particular industry from a
mere by-product of a farm to a plac
of worldwide Importance. In Missouri,
alone, last "ear the value of the poul
try and eggs sent out of the state far
exceeded the value of the wheat crop.
The laC eenlins shows that every In
habitant should have three and half
head of poultry and IT dozen eggs per
year. If a. division were made. Iowa's
poultry -census shows over 30,000,000
head. . '" ,. - -
The ordinary farm fowls of the Tnl
ted States form the foundation for this
(treat .poultry buslnessv They have a
permanent value because of the . world
wide use of poultry and eggs as food
for human consumption. The prices
of poultry and eggs for food have been
steanlly increasing In the past-i or 16
years, and despite trade depression of
the past winter and spring, their prices
remained as high as ever, and when the
price of meat advances In the next few
years, as It Is predicted, poultry and
eggs will follow.
-fti' Two Complete roods. '
Modern InRenulty has catered to the
public In the poultry trade aa In all
others. Strictly fresh egg marketed
In attractive packages have done much
to Increase their demand and have con
sequently brought higher prices. The
best tables of big cities, and of sum
mer snd winter resorts have asked for
"prime market poultry" such as squab
broilers, ordinary broilers, soft roasters
and capons, and readily pay from 20
to 50 centa a pound for them. Physi
cians the country over are urging eggs
and mtllc as the best foods for their
r,
atlentfl. these two, according to chem-
Rtrv. belnr VomDletei foods." Their
rireserintiona and orders from the thou
sands -of sanitariums throughout the
country, where people are fighting tu
berculosis, have made, the demand . for
eggs higher than was ever known.
The hen and her family, and her va
rious feathered cousins of the barnyard,
sre now important features of the va
rious count v and state fairs that are
held every fall or winter from ocean to
ocean, from Central Canada- to Mex
ico. From a few dosen" to several thou
sand at each fair compete for the prises
that range from SO cents to $5 a bird
and aggregate in the main many thou
sands of dollars. The judges decide on
the merits of the competitors In ac
cordance with the American standard of
perfection, a book of 200 pages or more,
complied by the American Poultry as- i
soclation a 86 year old organisation of
American and Canadian poultrymen. In
detail this book describes 128 varieties
of chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese.
snd gives minute descriptions as to how
snn gives minute descriptions as 10 now
should each weigh. The ambition to
have all fowls measure up to the set
standard has brought , about a better
claee of poultry In the years that hava
passed since the first poultry shows.
Poultry Shows and Associations.
Every winter nearly 409 poultry shows
are held, and there are now more than
400 poultry associations In the United
States and Canada. The shows are held
wherever room can be had, snd range
from country stores, where a few dosen
are exhibited, to Madison Square garden.
New York, where from 4000 to 4600
birds are shown every year, and Me
chanics' building, Boston, where 6000
have been shown. The Coliseum In Chi
cago and Convention Hall, Kansas cltv,
have been- filled to overflowing with
guests time and again to see the $000
birds exhibited, for the shows are so
popular that managements can always
more than- fill the buildings.
Thousands o? poultry fanciers In this
country and Canada make a regular
business of breeding standard fowls,
and their average annual production
rangee anywhere from small flocks of
a score or so, to several thousand
specimens. Prices have improved with
the breeds , and range anywhere from
tl to $109 a head. Sometimes the
; sales run up to $309, $500, $800 and
$1000 a fowt A notable sale was that
made by Ernest Kellerstrass of Kan
sas City when he sold to Madame
Pederewskl. wife of the pianist, five
ffl
CLOTHIERS
; 160-170 Third Street
Pre-lnventory
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" Of Interesting Items
in Men's Furnishings
$10 House Coats". . . .$5.00
$5 Fancy Vests ...... ?2.50
$3 Wool Sweaters.... $1.50
$2 Holiday Suspen
ders . ..$1.00
$1 Fancy Neckwear. , . .50?
50c Fancy Neckwear.; . 25
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San Francisco. Pec 18. Half erased
by the confession of her husband that
he loved another woman, Mrs. Mary
Planne of Oakland leaped from the
deck of a bay ferryboat yesterday aft
ernoon and is In a critical condition at
the Harbor hospital. Scarcely had she
touched the water before the Instinct
to live asserted itself and she succeeded
in keeping afloat until a boat came to
her rescue.'
Mrs. Planne was seen by several
deck hands as ahe Jumped from the
forward end of the ferryboat. Her
6-year-old daughter Mabel ran to -the
rail frantically crying to her mother,
who was rapidly swept astern. The
boat was put about, a small boat low
ered and the half drowned woman was
hauled to safety.
Mrs. Planne said she was married six
years ago in Hawaii and was happy un
til recently, when another woman came
between herself and her husband. The
husband brutally told her of hla lovs
for the affinity. This and his alleged
111 treatment of the child caused her
rash act y
birds for $7500. These werechildren
of the famous "Peggy," who travels
from fair to fair with a man in con
stant attendance to smooth her feath
ers and polish her bill and her spurs.
Another Instance of a high price be
ing paid was when Gearge H. Korthriip
of Racevllle, N. Y., sola several Rose
Comb Black Minorcas about five years
ago to a Gorman buyer., to be shipped
abroad, getting -600 for one and:1000
for another male bird. About three
years ago U. R. Fisher of Hone, Ind.,
sold a white Plymouth Rock for $800
and at last year's Madison Square Oar
den show, C. H. Welles refused $1000
ror a barred Plymouth Rock ', ben that
had taken first prize. 1
i-nere is scarcely a rarm nowadays
that haa not a poultry paper on Its
list of periodicals, and almost every
farm paper, household and religious
paper circulating among farmers, has
a column or so devoted to fowls and
their care. Between' 60 and 70 poultry
Journals are published In the United
(states and Canada, ranging; from small
affalra to large magazines - and the
readers number somewhere near 2,000,
000 for every month of the year. , ,
The Pahllo Inoubator.
The Incubator has been a blr factor
In promoting the poultry Industry. The
business could never have grown to
such magnitude without the aid of ar
tificial means. Publlo hatcheries are
coming; into vogue. Like the big cen
tral creameries of farming and dairy
districts, these will be able to mini
mise expense and increase the output
of the product. Several of these pub
lib hatcheries have grown up in the
past three or four yeara and are so
arranged that apace for the egg trays
can be let In each plant at so much
per tray, or tha eggs are Incubated at
so much per thousand. Eggs are
brought to these incubators either by!
hand or are shipped by express, it hav
ing been found that eggs for hatch
ing can be shipped hundreds of mile
and still yield good percentages when
Incubated. "
From the English poultrymen Amer
icans have learned that day old chicks
can be shipped long distances and now
the modern lncurjaior is sending mem
out the day they are hatched 03 long
Journeys or hundreds ana even inou
sands of miles and the death rate Is
comparatively nothing. When a chick
Is first hatched It require no food for
38 hours, the needed nounsnmeni oe
lng obtained front absorbing the yolk
of the egg from which It was batched.
ShlDDed in a simple form of box the
youthful traveler suffer litis Incon
venience and proves the possibility of
these Incubating- centers In towns, vil
lages and cities throughout the eoun-
: ;h -rever there Is a good shipping
can havs the eggs hatcnea oy me giani
plant and the chicks returned to them
wun a smaii ouiiay- i w
the hen, emancipated from this part
of her work, can go on supplying the
egg market .
. - . Baa Breeds.
Egg farming is easier than the rais
ing of broilers, roasters and capons,
and many farms liave come Into exist
ence close to big cities or prominent
resort to meet, the demand. These
farms run . in capacity all the way
from 800 or 409 good laying hens up to
5000 or 10,000, and White Leghorns are
generally used for egg production,
though the White Wyandottes, and the
White and Barred Plymouth Rocks are
very popular. On these egg farms the
Incubator is called Into use to increaae
the number of fowls, and when the
farms combine both the egg and the
broiler trade. Rhode Island Reds and
Buff Orpingtons are Included in the
list of busy hens that supply eggs for
both Industries.
Back Benches.
Because of the development of arti
ficial hatching the present duck indus
try has grown, and is assuming still
greater proportions, than that prophe
sied when it began to become promi
nent 25 years ago. These duck ranches,
like the egg and chicken farms, find
the best locations close to big cities.
On Long Island, for example, there are
between ti and 40 duck farms market
ing each season. - principally In New
York and the nearby summer resorts,
between 350,000 and 400,000 ducklings.
These ducks, known as "green ducks,"
are sold at 10 weeks old on the aver
age, and weigh four or five pounds
each. They sell at $0 centa a pound In
early April, and 12 to 14 cents at the
end of the season In August. Massa
chusetts, 'New Jersey and Pennsylvania
have extensive duck ranches In the
cast, California In the went. Some of
these ranches sell-from 26,000 to 60,
000 ducklings a season.
The greatest part of the table fowls
and eggs still come from ths farms and
villages of the United States and Can
adav though the fanciers are forging
ahead with their products and by sup
plying standard- specimens for use are
vastly improving the rural flocks and
bringing up the average American
poultry yard to a higher standard of
excellence. Missouri. Iowa, Illinois
and Ohio head the list of agricultural
states that are supplying poultry and
eggs for the market, but the eastern
states lead In the number of poultry
plants and regular poultry growers.
Poultry Scientists.
Poultry raising is being given due
consideration by the national govern
ment and state agricultural colleges In
many parts of the country. Three years
ago the bureau of animal Industry of
the department of agriculture started
an experiment station in Maryland near
Washington. For years the depart
ment has published bulletins on poul
try. Twenty or more states of the
Lnlon and practically all of the prov
inces of Canada have established state
and provincial experiment stations. In
these there are- regular courses of In
struction on poultry raising, while sci
entific experiments are made to deter
mine the comparative values of differ
ent breeds and varieties, the best meth
ods of housing and breeding, and the
vflu of the different foods. In July
f this year a notable step in the
progress of the poultry Industry was
taken when an organisation of the In
ternational Association of Poultry In
structors and Investigators was per
fected. Its members will aid materi
ally in furthering this big $306,000,000
Industry of the nation. .
V Police Dcubt Cronk'a Story.
..CaltM trees !.(! Wire.)
wrist slashed with a very sharp knife
or a raxor Harry Cronk, a barber, is at
the Pacific Hospital, ss the result. he
MTJ-ef m tnpounlfr with a negro
highwayman. The pollee, however, be-
- (Special Dlipatcn to Ths Joornil.)
Baltimore, Pec. 28, The annual con
ventlon of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science will com
mence tomorrow at Johns Hopkins
university. It Is expected that mora
than 1000 members of the association,
embracing: men of wide reputation as
educators and students of science, will
be In attendance. .. .
One entire dav of the nnnventlnn has
been set aside for exercises in celebra
tion of the- centenary of the birth of
Charles larwin and the semi-centenary
of the first publication of his "Origin of
bpecies.- one or the principal speakers
will be Professor K. B. Poulton. the fa
mous English scientist, who will repre
sent wsmonage university,
LEARNED BODIES
IX JOINT SESSION
(Sneelal Dlimteh to Tl. Journal.!
Washington, lec. Z8. The Joint an
nual meeting or the American Historical
society and tne American fouticRl hci
ence association is to be opened tonight
with an address by the Right Honorable
James Bryce, who is to speak on "The
neiation or comical (science, to juisiory
and Practice." ,
The two societies will continue In
session in this city tomorrow and on
the following day an adjournment will
be taken to Richmond, where the ses
sions will be continued over Wednesday
and Thursday. Following the final ad
journment Friday the members will
vlRlt the University of Virginia at
t nariottesviue and the home of. Thomas
jeirerson at JUonticollo.
The prominent speakers at the' several
sessions will include Senator Owen of
Oklahoma, R. B. Scott of the University
oi Wisconsin, Attorney oenerai William
A. Anderson of Virginia Charles A.
ftioore of A she villa. N. C Henrv'T).
Capers of Atlanta, William Nelson of
ine . rxew jersey Historical - society.
Dr. Charles H. Haskins of Harvard,
Professor Edward B. Chenev of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and Professor
uerDert l Osgood of Columbia.
Educators of Gopher State.
V IHiwdal PlKOatcIl to Tbs Journal.
St. Paul, Minn., Deo. 28. Hundreds
or teachers are here ror the forty
sixth annual meeting of the Minnesota
S A,. , 1 J...i n .
aBNvemuou, luvvry county
of the state is represented among the
visitors, and the meeting promises to be
the largest In the history of the asso
ciation. "Efficiency in Education" is
to be the chief topic of the convention.
At the opening session this evening the
principal speakers are to be Miss Jane
Brown lee of New York and Dr. George
H. Martin, secretary of the Massachu
setts state board of education. To
morrow morning the visitors will be
welcomed by Governor Johnson, whose
greeting will ha followed h h annual
address of President C. G. Schuls. .The
gathering will continue until Fridai In
addition to the general sessions there
will be conferences of the county super
intendents, elementary nil .raH.il
school teachers and others,
Montana Librarians.
. (Special Dlptch to Ths Journal.)
Helena. Mont.. Tien nAmnni,
holldav visitor In Helena are numer-
uub uurarians wno nave come to at
tend the fourth annual meeting of their
state association. Beginning this even
ing the sessions will continue over to-
morrow, closing tomorrow evening! with
the election
or orncers. Among those
to take part in the
proceedings' are
Presideat Dunlway of the State uni
versity. Miss Grace M. Stoddard of
Missoula. Miss Mabel Collins of Bill
ings, Miss Elizabeth McCord of Bose
man. Miss Gertrude Buckhouse of Mis
soula, and Theodore Brantley of the
Montana state law tllbrary. .
Convention of Economists.
' (Special DlKoatcb to The Jonrnal.l " '
Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 28. A large
gathering of men distinguished In his
orical and sclentlfio research sssnTnhlnrf
here today for the twenty-first annual
meeting of the American Economic as
sociation. Conjointly with the Eco
nomic association, there will be conven
tions of the American association for
Labor Legislation and the American So
ciological society. Most Important pa
pers have been prepared by prominent
speakers.
Learned Men at Toronto.
tSpedsl Tlpatrh to The Jnrns!.t
Torouto. Ont.. Deo. SS Th T'n I var
sity of Toronto Is entertaining for three
days the fortieth annual meeting of
the American Philological association
and the annual session of the Archaeo
logical Institute of America It is the
first time the societies have met In
Canada. Noted educators representing
the leading colleges and universities of
America are on the program for papers
and addresses.
Teachers of Modern Languages.
(Rpeelal Dltipatcb to The Journal.!
Princeton. N. 1.. Dee. 28.RM-ir.non.
tatlves of many large , universities and
colleges assembled at Princeton today
to take part in the twenty-sixth annua
meeting of the Modern Language asso
ciation of America. In McCosh hall
this afternoon the gathering was for
mally opened with an address of wel
come by President Woodrow Wilson of
Princeton. The sessions will continue
three days.
California Connty Clerks. .
fSpeeUI Dispatch to Tha Journal.)
Los Angeles. Dec. 28. fiountv clerks
representing a majority of the counties
of California met in Los Angeles today
for a three days' conference. The chief
purpose of the meeting Is to perfect a
stata organization., .-
SOUTHERN EDUCATORS
; CONSIDER THE NEGRO
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 28. The annual
meeting of the Southern Educational
association which will be ' in session
here during the next three days, has at
tracted a gathering of nearly 2000 vis
itors, among whom are many of the
loremost educators or tne south. The
initial session will be held tomorrow
with President P. P. Caxton of Tennes
see in the chair. The convention this
year is to give particular attention to
tha consideration of Industrial educa
tion and the - education of the negro.
Other general topics slated for discus
sion Include publlo school Improve
ment, sanitation, the course of stud v.
education and citizenship, agricultural
Schools, and education and public
health. Of the general association three
morning sessions and three evening ses
sions will be held. The afternoons will
be devoted to the programs of the vari
ous departments. , - ,;
The Company Which Makes No Estimates
A EVERYTHING IN OUR POLICIES IS GUARANTEED
. OF PORTLAND, OREGON ;
W. M. LADD, President " x" r T. B. WILCOX, Vice-President
S. P. LOCKWOOD, General Manager - ' .
Ladies'anti Misses'
Coats Hal!
LADIES' $20 COATS now.
LADIES' $15 COATS now.
Ladies' Sweaters
All Reduced
BOYS $1.50 Wool Sweaters.
BOYS' $1.00 Wool Sweaters.
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Ladies' Bent Gloves
. Any Size
81.75 Values,
Boys' Plain
Pants Half
BOYS' $1.50 Knee Pants. . . J
BOYS' $1.00 Knee Pants.
BOYS' 50c Knee Pants.. ....
NP NAVYvVARfl
Oil THE PACIFIC
Senator Flint Explains His
Proposal Jor Commis
sion of Experts.
(United Presi Lease Wlr.i
Washington, Dec. 28,That he will
secure tha passage of bis bill provid
ing for a commission to select a site
for a naval base on tha California coast
south of San Francisco, Is the statement
made today by Senator Flint. V .-
The bill appropriates $2600 to defray
the expenses of the proposed commis
sion, which Is to consist of the chief
of ths bureau of yards and docks, the
chief of the naval bureau of construe
tlon and repair, and an officer of- the
engineer corps of the army to be desig
nated by the secretary of war. : '
The bill asks for the selection of "a
suitable site on the coast of the state
of California south of San Francisco
bay as a location for a modern naval
base, Including a navy yard and repair
station capable of docking and repair
ing the largest ships of the navy .'f .
"I knew, of course, that It would be
useless to ask for an appropriation for
a navy - yard," said Senator. Flint to
day, '"without " first having figures as
to available sites and the estimate 1
cost of the yard. There is some ques
tion as to whether San Diego or San
Pedro should - be selected and I was
unwilling to precipitate a controversy
as to the relative merits of these har
bors at the outset of my efforts to or
ganize another navy yard for the Pa-
"There Is no Question that there
should be another navy yard on . the
Pacific coast. . The Atlantic coast now
has seven yards and the Pacific coast
line but two. If we are to render our
western frontier impregnable we must
have a large navy in the Pacific, but it
would be senseless and foolish to send
a large navy to the Pacific without any
place being provided for docking and
repairing" the ships.
,rWe have two navy yards that are
fairly adequate for our needs, and even
these need to be enlarged. But we
should have another navy yard and it
should be south of San Francisco bay.
If a commission should select a site
which would have in advance the ap
proval of the navy department, local
jealousies could not then assert them
selves to hinder the establishment of
a yard and this is my aim in asking
for a commission at this time
"1 hope to get the bill through' con
gress this year and to be able to in
troduce at the next regular session a
bill that will provide for the beginning
of actual construction on the new navy
yard."
Metzgers Jewelers and OptWMans. 142
Washington st. bet, 7th and Park.
BOYS'
BOYS
BOYS'
BOYS
BOYS'
BOYS'
Price
. . .. .?10.00
. . . .V $7.50
ALL
..... . .89
. .'. . . . .59
-: ' $
Lot 1
Lot 2
S1.15
Knee
Price
Lot 3
FULL
. . .... '. 75f
, 50
. . . ... ,25
NIGHT RIDER FEARING
DEATH SHOOTS SELF
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Paducah, Ky.. Dec S8. Threatened
with vengeance by night riders for ex.
posure of depredations, Ed Fox, living
near Eddyville. shot himself through
the stomach and Is not expected to live.
He is under $2000 bonds on the charge
of night riding, although he has not
been indicted. He was suspected of
participating In the Eddyvllle, Prince
Dycusburar and Birmingham raid,
ton, Dye
AND CHILDREN'S $15.00 SUITS NOW. .9.85
AND CHILDREN'S $12.50 SUITS NOW ,.$7.95
AND CHILDREN'S $10.00 SUITS NOW, ....... $0.35
AND CHILDREN'S $ 7.50 SUITS NOW........ $4.95
AND CHILDREN'S $ 5.00 SUITS NOW. ..... . .$3.35
AND CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS ' SAME PRICES
MEN'S. SUITS, RAINCOATS AND
OVERCOATS DIVIDED INTO
THREE LOTS
MEN'S SUITS, RAINCOATS, OVERCOATS,
selling at $20 and $25, this sale.'. . : .'. . .". ;
MEN'S SUITS, RAINCOATS, OVERCOATS, (tQA
selling at $30
and $35, this sale. . . . . . .... . . , idM
MEN'S SUITS, RAINCOATS, OVERCOATS,
selling at $40 and $50, this sale
DRESS and TUXEDO SUITS included in this sale.
YOUNG MEN'S COLLEGE CLOTHES
. included in this sale.
ALI BLACKS and BLUES included in this saje.
MOST SUCCESSFUL SALE Portland has ever known.
Fox' has Interested tha authorities for
the reason that he failed to keep an ap
pointment at Grand River with County
Attorney Kroon. It waa thought his
appointment was a ruse to lure Kroon
Into an ambush of night rldera, and
Kroon was accompanied by troops.- Now
it Is believed the night riders' . threats
kept ,hlm away. . , v ),.,..
Karl H. Barker a Sulctdo. '
(Dnfted Praas Leaaed Wlre.1 f
who conducted the Paclfld . Coast Em-
ployment company, was found dead In
WILL exchange two lots on Bkld
. more St. and modern 7 room house,
close In, for equity , in modern flat. 601
McKay bldg-.
A NEW modern room house, fine
lawn, 20 rose bushes, fine view of
city. See owner, 104 3. it at: terms if
desired. " . ;
Have a Home
Your Own
;: Are you one of the many thousands of jpeople who
are seeking a safe place to , invest your hard-earned
dollars? 1 j ,
Have you had ambitions to invest your money in
a home for yourself and family? 7 . ,
v t . If you desire to buy a home, a lot or borrow money
just read the Rear Estate Want Ad columns of The
Journal. It's Portland's strong real estate center.
' ' The best bargains , in Portland and suburban real
. estate are offered through the want columns of The
Journal every day. '
Jf you want to buy, sell or exchange real estate of
any kind at a profit, read The Journal Want Ads care
fully every day. , . ,
' It will always pay you well.
NEW 7 room modern house, near Mount
Scott car line; $1000 cash, balance to
suit purchaser. Taggart, 4l( Chamber
Of Commerce. -
t ROOM house, furnished, cement base
- ment, electric light, 11800. tit Mil
" waukle St. '
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LEADING
CLOTHIER
his room ' at the plaza hotel. Suicide
by cyanide of potassium -is the Verdict.
Barker was 28 years old and single.
His grandmother lives in California and
a stepbrother and stepsister somewhere
in Massachusetts. ; Except -that he was
hard pressed for money no cause for
his act ecu be learned,
The world's
most powerful dredge.
recently completed
in Belgium from an
American's designs, for , the Russian
government, can remove 7,000 cublo
yards of earth from a river bottom in
an hour.
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