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SEEKING RELIEF FROM SUMMER SON IN NEW YORK'S EAST-SIDE
WITH RED BLOOD
Portland's "Dooryard" Has
Wonderful Possibilities for
Man Who Would Enjoy a
Home of His Own.
By Marshall N Dana.
. What do you think of 2000 chickens
farcing- $3004 a year, net, for a man In
Tualatin valley?
Hera is another man In Tualatin val
ley who has sold 10,1100 rhubarb plants
to a Portland seed flrni. and the pro
ceeds of his crop are going to net him
exact?? 80 per cent first year returns
: on an Investment of $300 an acr
A little farther down the valley Is a
man named Eproat whose brotner at
Hood River captured first prizes for
apples last year, and who has matched
apples with that brother to his own
credit and to such an extent that five
relatives have settled around him.
Thee have ben excursions into cen
tral, southern and eastern Oregon to
tell of undeveloped resources. I have
Just returned from a first visit to Wal
Iowa county and what I found there in
the .way of productive possibilities
amazed me. But the amount of talk
about what other sections can and
should do set me to thinking; about what
we have In the way of uideveloped pos
sibltiUe in Portland's "door-yard."
drove through the valley Friday with
1iK at Telker wbo has a good citisen's
Interest In its development.'
Tualatin valley, seen from Council
Crest, stretches away, a fertile succes
sion . of fields, green and brown. In
terspersed with woodland. For some
years tourists have been in the habit of
exclaiming; over the picture like beauty
of the expense. .They have told them
selves how great and tiow varied the
production of such a valley must be
because' It should be. They neglected
to notice how " infrequent were the
homes. "
Xt Sounds Uke Moaeerlnr. '
The man-with, the chickens, 'for in
stance. He knows he is going to earn
$3000 a year with them because he did
It la California He baa just located on
the Shaw-Fear tract' and he has invest
ed Just $3000 In scientific ranches and
coops with which to earn the money.
The man with the pie-plant he la in
the same boat Only last year the land
was cleared. Doesn't that sound like
pioneering?
Only the man with the applea has
. actually proved out . His orchard, is t
years old. He has cultivated the trees
with what should, be termed loving
care. Just across the road is another
orchard that he set out at the same
time. He parted company with these
latter trees. They are not bains; culti
vated. His trees now are bearing; they
are beautifully shaped, and they are three
times as big as the trees across the
- road, the same kind of .trees, planted by
the same man, at the same time.
The Incident affords a comparison
between the naw blood coming into Tu
alatln valley to make It a great market
tributary to Portland, and the;1 older
folk wbo met and were conquered by
the soil. Briefly stated the new condi
tion represents the man, the know-how
and the -energy; and the old condition, a
haphazard looting; or mining . of the
carelessly cleared land. Always this
great market garden area has adjoined
its Portland market - The soil in virile
fertility has been there and. there has
been the unequal ed climate. , But en
terprise system and science have been
lacking. I saw beaverdanv land ' of
boundless richness frdm whlph crops
of potatoes and onions, thousands of
pounds to the acre, had been taken,- and
nothing replaced to maintain the soil's
marvelous productivity, and yet there
was wonder that it was losing fertil
ity. - - Now it Is worth while to predict a
new beginning and a new order. Tuala-
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tin valley Just over the hill from Port
land, an unexpected, broad-acred vallsy
where once a glacial lake was, , will
produce the chickens and the vegetables
and the staples and the butter and
cheese and milk that Portland markets
now send thousands of miles for. - The
new, blood in. the valley of bottomless
soil , Justifies the prediction. A well
digger near St Mary's penetrated to a
depth of 702 feet ' the other day and
found stumps and moss. The soil at
that depth was still alluvial, the silt de
posit of the prehistoric lake.
zTaber Zs Growing.
At present there are long stretches,
dotted but here and there with new
homes, some of them are little, humble
homes, like the pioneers built years ago.
and In them live those who are, in a
sense, as' truly pioneers. And there are
some better homes; the homes of peo
ple who are going out to live In the
country and work in town; the homes of
others who have made toe land produce
the wherewithal to build the home, we
came to the town of Hubex which has
already the seeming of a place of com
mercial activity, and there Mr. Caplea
Is building a home the whole country is
proud of, and Dr. Wetmore Is getting
ready to build a drug store and another
man to put up a general store.
And out along the line of the Southern
Pacific heavy rails are laid the whole
distance out from town, getting ready
to electrify the line. Archbishop Chris
tie of the Catholic church, which owns
quite a little land In the vicinity, an
nounced the other day that he had de
cided to add a young woman's industrial
college to the young men's industrial
school, the readiness for the construc
tion of which was made known some
time ago.
Home for Poor Ken.
The roads, like all Washington coun
ty roads, have been indifferent, but the
Shaw-Fear people are doing road grad
ing and sidewalk building at a cost of
several thousands of dollars. Certain
it is that electrification of the railroad,
added to the facilities given by the Hill
Forest Orove electric, improved roads,
and school building, will open up to
thousands of people opportunity to live
In the valley though they work In
town.
Even now the time to get to one's
prospective home varies between 30 and
40 minutes. I have often wondered why
the hundreds of young men In Portland,
who receive small salaries and live in
apartments, do not avail themselves of
the now open opportunity to occupy a
little, of unoccupied acreage so close to
Portland. Will all respect to the men
who sell lots in Portland, It Is certain
that a town home Is always an expense,
from the first investment In the prop
erty. There follows the cost of paving,
of sewers, of water mains and a thous
and other things that an aggrieved city
resident can count in 10 minutes. But
a country location is different. Modern
transportation makes the distance from
work no greater In point of time than
the suburban residence the small sal
ftrled man can afford. Where dollars
buy a lot In town they buy acres close
to the city acres that by their crop
production pay the first cost, pay for
home building and furnish a home mean
while, that 1b apart from city noise
and dust and dirt iind congested life
an ideal place for getting needed exer
cise, and for rearing healthy children.
I believe ho much in this argument that
I am trying It myself.
Old Methods Taboo.
As the results of the work of the
Oregon Agricultural college, in sending
back to the farms young men trained
In scientific, yet practical, soil cult
ure, are witnessed the advantages of
country life are better understood.
Whether In the Tualatin valley or any
other part of the state, trie old haphaz
ard methods will be taboo, and system
and method will obtain. Peas and beans
will be raised on the land that last year
produced wheat, and which this summer,
In many instances personally seen, ;i
lying fallow and unproductive. ,
When the Oregon farmer builds better
highways, farms Intensively, and sup
plies with seasonable production - the
great Portland and northwest market,
he will be representative of the most
powerful and respected class In tht
state. - ., ,
.'AMERICAN WOMAN QUEEN? BAH!"
SAYS UNCONVENTIONAL COUNTESS
ttlnltfd Press Lsaass Win.)
New Tork, July 22. Just as you will
find a girl now and then who will
stoutly maintain that she Is glad she
is not a boy, so you will encounter
occasionally some one with a good stiff
knock on the proposition that the
American woman Is the most Independ
ent and advanced - In the world. If
you run across Countess von Bylandt,
divorced 'wife of a well known editor
of Copenhagen, you will find all this
out. The countess Is now sojourning
in New York.
It is-true tha't the countess' Idea of
American freedom results In large
measure from her failure to be per
mitted to smoke cigarettes wherever
she wished in this city, but she con
siders tha one violation of personal lib-
erty is just as gross as any other and
so she makes her case out of a cigar
ette. ij ," ' .!',-": - - .
"They say the American woman is a
qneen In her own right," the countess
declared with indignation that made her
collar uncomfortably close.' "Bah I A
queen who does not dare to smoke In
the public restaurant because her hus
band objects to the sight. A queen who
is allowed, to stand in a crowded sub
way train while her male vassals sit
and read their papers. A queen who
hammers away at the typewriter all
day long while her kind employer mo
tors in the country. A European wo
man would want no such freedom."
Cigarette and Morals Unrelated.
But the Countess von Bylandt is noth
ing If not bizarre. She declares that
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a week, a month, or
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along bright, light
reading that will add to
the pleasure of your
trip! This list is but a
few of the hundreds of
titles awaiting your
selection here. - Don't
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matter is just as im
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John Sherwood, Ironmas
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S. Weir Mitchell.
The Prodigal Judge. .Wet 11.85
Vaughan Kester.
Bawbee Jock Wet 11.35
Amy McLaren.
The Long Roll Hettl.40
Mary E. Johnson.
The Claw Jfst 81.35
Cynthia Stockley.
The Vlxionlng Net 1.3S
Suaan Glaspell.
The Women Haters. -Net $1.85
Joseph Lincoln.
The Oolden Silence. .Net $1.35
A. N. and C. M. Williamson.
The Broad Highway .Net $1.35
( Jeffrey Farnol.
Members of The Fam
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Owen Wlster.
The Vanity Box Net $1.80
Alice Stuyvesant.
Old Reliable ....... .Net $1.83
Harris Dickson.
Miss Oibble Gault. . .Net $1JI0
Kate Langley Boarher,
My Life .Net $80
Richard. Wagner.
Memories of a Man
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Daniel Prohman.
The West In the East
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Price Collier. -Woman
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Oliver Schrlner.
The Cabin Net $1.60
Stewart E. White.
My First Bummer in the
Sierras .Net $8.50
John Mulr,
Mental Efficiency. .'.Net $ .75
Arnold Bennett.
How to Live On 2 Hours ,
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pNew Tork -women ears ' more s for ths
conventions than for their morals and
oltti as proof that 'they - think ' noth
ing at all of having as many as three
divorces but would consider three our
axettes In public ah Sternal dlsgraoa
No matter what the countess talks about
somehow the conversation drifts to !
rette. Maybe It is because, as she
confesses,' she smokes between 50 and
-SO of them -a, -day. .-iuWt t
."Bmokinf has nothing : to do with
one's morals." she says. "It Is as much
a personal matter as the way one does
: one's hair. A gentlewoman Is a law
unto herself. It Is not what, she does
but how she does It that should count
Hnw'a that .for- a wide mlatform 'on
which to stand? There's one other thing
that this unconventional woman doesn't
Understand In her America sisters and
that is their treatment of divorced husbandstheir-
own divorced husbands.'!'.:
.. "The other day I was visiting , in
.Rye." she said, "and I met a woman
who had been divorced. At a clubhouse
gathering this woman discovered that
her divorced , husband , was thera What
did she doT . Did she greet him with
'kindest and courtesy as one should frost
A divorced husband? ; - -" '
Kot at - alL, , ahe cut him and she
left the clubhouse. -., Shall I tell you
what I . da when . X, meet . my dlroreed
husband? 'Ah, my r dear friend,' I ex
claim;' 'come and Jet us hays a bite of
supper together..: a's . in ' the old days;
or shall It sbe a cigarette T Fancy not
speaking to a man whose wife you had
ncsvbeen.?' C.,,-. .;;,.:. , ''
Honey Hunger and Child The ft. -
There's no': better stage In the world
for. watching the , drama of the child
than the children's court of New Tork
city. Bo when Ernest K.- Coulter, who
has been chief clerk of the court since
Its establishment, tells you that "money
hunger, as it exists among a certain
clans of persons, 4s certainly driving a
large number of children to crime," you
can't dismiss the Indictment off hand.
Coulter has heard thousands of tales
told of the 'children and of their par
ents, he has learned 'to sift ths false
from the true and to draw deductions
that are warranted. He . formed the
"Big Brothers' Club" to aid In making
the life of the New Tork boy somewhat
easier and happier..
According to Coulter It Is not the
abjectly poor who drive their children
Into , crime, for the money that It may
bring In. This class will send Its chil
dren out to- labor at scanty wages far
too early In life, and will do other things
that amount to virtual murder of the
little ones In the long run, but they
do not countenance crime.
"It is In ths second class that you
find money hunger.. In the middle class
home you wtU often see children work
Jng 'when It Is not really necessary.' But
the parents hate felt the craving for,
money and every cent that comes into
the home Is hoarded up, In many cases
the parent will . take , ths child's hard,
earned money and spend , It for Ms .or
bsr own diversion.' These are the par
ents ' who are making criminals of , lit
tle children and who should be severely
punished... v.-. v.cirfw.w '
-?. "These ' children. ; taken from school
at too early an ago, put to work and
deprived of ths righf.of relaxation of
mind and body, form a large portion of
those little ones who are pitied because
they havo defective minds. ,
I think there should be "a law re
quiring tho parent to aljow the poy.or
girl who earns money a certain reason
able percentage of ' It for, pleasure.
"If such a law were made and en
foroed, if every child who earns money
and' lives at home were permitted ' to
have, a , fair portion. of K, to feel that
he has some compensation , for his work
outside of a .roof to cover him and
something to eat.' fewer children would
be placed. In reformatories and state in
stitutions. ' -""::V '-,..:. 'J .S '"
t. "It "Is shameful - fr have 'to believe'
that nearly three urtora of the num
ber of children brought to this court on
a charge- of theft have been complained
of by the parent ' .-f.
"The child who'1' 1svnot allowed to
nend a ' cent - sees 'Other bys ' with
money, finds them happy and making lit
tle purcnases. i ne ooy wiin no money
feels envious. He is laughed at by his
companions. What Is he to do? :' Surely
a few pennies will not be missed from
the pocketbook he has helped to fill. He
takes them. Tho demand for money
grows and he begins to steal" from out
siders. '' v .. v;,i 1 ' '
"These' parents should do dealt with
Just as ' severely," If .'not ' more severely,
than the child. There are Just as many
if not morev delinquent parents lit large
than there , are children of ' that class.
These parents do pot understand the
fundamental principles of bringing up
child. For such parents' there should
be punishment." ' -.'
'"Unofficial Xeat That Boorehes.
While 8 degrees, the maximum offi
cial 'temperature registered -in the re
cent , wave-' of torridlty in )ew York,
was certainly going some in a bake oven
wav. the Official figures rive only an
indication of Jiust how hot it waa The
government's weather station Is on top
of the towering Whitehall building, over
looking the battery, where there are
cooling breezes, if any are loose at all.
Not only is the thermometer 25
stories above the street level but It Is
protected by s roof and altogether out
of. sympathy with heat conditions down ,
on the street; t When the. government
thermometer was registering near the
century mark, other thermometers,
placed on the streets and in the places ,
where New York's thousands had to
toll, showed markings of 110 and 113.
This -waa (he veal heat. Of the city, a -heat
that endured, for almost four days,
which "tailed to relieve when , the tenw
perature dropped because of a corre
sponding Increase in the humidity. -It
is this unofficial heat that New.
Vrtrlr tiaa n Km mn K f , whan vnu
read of a hot'season here just add about
10 degrees to the temperature as given
out and you -will be near the actual
eondltlona ,
PREPARES FOR FINAL FIGHT
(Continued from Page One.)
conspiracy can- be proved to the sat
isfaction of a Jury. There are many
facts and circumstances to show It, In
addition to any testimony that might
be given by Morris.
."The question of this conspiracy to
loot the bank, for the benefit of the
pocketbook of Wilde and Morris
principally of Wilde is one that
should be submitted to an Oregon
Jury. : ' ,
Oorernor Delays.
"I fall to see how there can be any
question as to Wilde being guilty of
the crime inf mh.Hi.m.n, it,m u-.
is charged, if the state proves a con-
tmlMBAu K nmj. . - . ..
vvuu ana Morns.
Governor Johnson had announced
that he would give ' his decision In
tho matter yesterday, buV this was
DOStOOnad. rinnn n.nA. .k- ri.i.
cago lawyer, now representing the Mo-
Nnmn wmm sk o Ha a .
, m Annies, ana wno
called into the conference by Governor
uuuaum ona narrow gave It as his
opinion that at the most WlMe's ac
tion waa the. subject of a civil suit
and that he was not guilty of a crimi
nal offense. nnV.rnn. tk-
that this was also ths opinion of the
,, ul eaia tnat n)
would rive District iltn.-.. r--
mm . ova lie J aIUDriyIB
0DK,ortun,ty to convince Webb, and
"uum aci acooraingly.
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Choice of finest Upright pi
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84 Frise Magnificent chest of silver
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3d Prise Ladles' gold watch and
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eth Prise Beautiful music cabinet
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th Prise Ladles' gold watch and
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7 tli Prise Gentlemen's gold signet
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EILERSMUSICHOUSE
Largest Western Dealers In Pianos,
in Conjunction With Boston's, New
York's, Philadelphia's and Chi
cago's Greatest Piano Makers, Will
Distribute to Residents of Port
land and Vicinity.
ic "7" Puzzle $4750 Free
Seven Grand Prizes Seventy-Seven Special Prizes to be awarded by
Seven Great Piano Manufacturers during the
Seventh Month of the year,
Can You Solve It? It Can Be Done!
Take any number from 3 to 11 inclusive. Do not use any number
more than once. Place one number in each of the squares (as nJy"J .
aboey on this or a separate sheet of paper so that when they are added
perpendicularly or horizontally the total will be 21. The 7 neatest, most
attractive, correct answers will be given the 7 grand awards above men
tioned, and the others in the order named. Few will get all 8 columns.
Some will possibly get 6 columns, though all 8 columns can be. arranged.
Each contestant to abide by the rules. The decision of the judges to be .
final. In case of a tie, prizes of similar, value to be given to each contest
ant.. Professional artists, music trade employes and winners of first
prizes in our previous contests barred. All answers must be mailed or
brought, in to us by JULY 25, 1911, at 12 noon. Be sure your name and
address are plainly written on your answer and send or deliver ,to Contest
Manager, Eilers Music House, Portland, Or. '
INFORMATION BLANK
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your friends' whom you believe might consider the purchase of a
Piano, Autopiano orOrgan:
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Also one or more who might consider the purchase of a Phonograph.
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WHY IT IS DONE
Our purpose in holding this contest
is to acquaint the people of this
section with the many far-famed
makes of pianos we handle. The
manufacturers of these pianos are
convinced that this form of adver
tising is far more effective than
spending large amounts in maga
zine and newspaper advertising,
subsidizing concert pianists, etc.,
etc. We, too, believe the best ad
vertisement for a good piano is a
satisfied customer, and we believe,
further, that the advertising allow
ance should go to the person who
buys a piano. We want everyone
to knpw that ours are the only
stores in the west that sell the
famous Chickeriug. the oldest and
most expensive of American pianos;
the beautiful toned Sohmerr the
now celebrated Lester of Phila
delphia; the world-renowned Kim
ball (given the Highest Grand
Award, at the Chicago Exposition,;
and again at the Seattle Exposi
tion); the genuine Decker, and our
own Eilers Orchestral Piano, as
well as the famous - Autopiano,
which every one can play without
"bractice. t.The Steger Pianos, the
Bush fie uerts and the Ji. f. Mel
son Pianos also are sold only by
us. . And we want every one ' to
know that we sell these fine, de
pendable makes bf instrument for
less than they are obtainable elsewhere.
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