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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, .1911.,' 3 Inland Empire. Railroad Buildinq S&?i - -f Hill ' . 'J 4 --A ml -Ji-- I Moms Siort totffe o Portland Inspaetor for cheeking up.- Tha frame work of the present building U or stael and cast-tro construction and. la ef ampla ' aireartkj ( support . tha pr poa4 addition! etortea. Steal la i ta uaad In tha . framewerk of tha all super-addad alorlea, It la undarsloo.1 that eonatruetlon work on tha addl. tlonal atonaa will baa to about Ua ftrit af tha new year. PURCHASES 'AS' ACREAGE NEAR LEONA Inirtnr tha past weak ona of tha his toric place af . Oregon wn aald.br J. O. Johnson to John C. Bourapaa. a Orrak merchant of Portland. Tha tract of land containing Til aeree and lr Ing near Leona, Douglaa county, 'Ore gon, will be well remembered by many of tha early trnvrlera before the advent of tha Southern Pacific retimed, aa It waa ona of the a tat lone on the old ataga line "running to California and being a part of tha. old E. T. Eatea donation lanrl el aim. More than 100 acrea of thla land la lo cultivation and a good lum ber mill Jolna the place and aeveral billion feet of fine timber aurround thla farm. Sandy creek. Rock and Paea rrke run throuch tha land, furnlah Ing abundant water during tha ntlre rrar. The Southern pacific railroad, aa wall aa the Pacific hlghwa'y run length wlee through the place. - Mr. Johnaon la a retired and pen slontd employe of the Southern Pacific company and Ana ct tha men who helped build tha flrat railroad threuftk Ore gort, and will now apend tha faiualnJr of hla da ye In Portland. Mr.' Hourapaa It president f the flreek rommunlly (Or ehurvk ) 14 Portland aad la aa eathualaat among hla countrymen I reference ta land opportunltlea, la OreaeaC Tha aeeialderatlPW laeUed l Ike de waa not made public, but M la thoual that Be.rapaa paid eloee to ITI aa aera for tha entire tract, -- STRIKE OF SCHOOL BOYS PRACTICALLY .ENDED Ixindon, . Sept 19 Toung ' Mfiglaad appeara to be In a atata of vnreet, Tha atrlka of schoolboys at Lla nelly (wher rlola and ehootlng eocurrad during tka railway atrlka) waa followed by boya "downing hooka" at Liverpool and Man rheelrr. Tbla week tha movement reached London. Mit In Moiton, lallng lon. Pulham, Hackney and Peptford tha' enthuelaam haa declined, and tha aplrU of revolt haa apparently been practical ly auppreeeed: Other placee affected were Hull, Sheffield. Orlmeby, Brad ford, Aahton-Under-Lyne, Leltbv Tha boya readily Imitated tha method of their eldrra la holding maea meeting and proeeailona and appointing plcketa, Hut tha policeman wag a factor which the little rebela oould not face. When ona approached they fled round tha neareat cornera aa If tor their Uvea. Generally apaaklng, tha following were the boya' demand a. In which for tha moat part they failed, greatly to their dleadvantage. particularly In tha laat named: Maatera to be mora lenient with tha cane: half hour" a play ejech day: aJf day holiday each week; relnaLatement of all atrlkera without puntahtnetiL Top Taking sand for Northern Pacific fill, eight tracks In width; changing line of Northern Pacific, moving 70.000 yards of rock. , grades; moving 100,000 yards -where three lines are on one right-of-way; filling high trestle west of Marshall. Lower Marshall canyon, showing three Portland will be 64 ml lee nearer Spo kane by the Waahlngton-Oregon line when the cut-off north of the Snake river la completed, which will not be later than a year hence. The road bed II being built aa rapidly as poseible, 10 miles of It, through a country rich In resources. It will glv- direct ser vice to Spokane without the long-haul up the Snake to Rlpurla. thence by way of Colfax hill to Tekoa, the most round about route of any of the roada lu eaatern Washington. Portland people are inclined to think that the only railroad eonatruetlon to speak of la in central Oregon, along Deschutes river, where millions of dol lars are being spent by both the Hill and Harrlman Interests. But the Spo kane cut-off Is important, because It representa the development of quicker aervlce and shorter lines where already i the service wjtuld seem to be sufficient for the need of the people.. It clearly show that the railroad people of the country anticipate a tremendous devel opment of the country in the Imme diate future. it may be Interesting to Oregon peo ple to learn that more than 1000 men with an Immense equipment of steam shovels and engines and horses, aro employed on the new line extending north from Snake river, not far east of Pasco. A few weeks ago an Immense blast was set off In the bluffs of the Snake river to give tha Una an outlet along the rocky walls of the stream to connect with tha grade com pleted on the higher lands. The work Is being rushed In a dozen placea be-1 Jween the river and Marshall Junction, where the road bed Is being made hi the canyon leading to Spokane alongside the Northern Pacific tracks. Work on the line, known as the North Coast, managed by Robert Stra horn, who mysteriously built hundreds of miles of road in central, Washington, was begun last February, the contract calling for the road to be ready for the operating department wlthjn two yeare. With the present progress con tinued another year the work will be finished and the new line will be ready for formal opening not later than Jan uary 1, 1911. With the cut-off In op eration, the Washington-Oregon Rail road & Navigation company will be placed on an equal footing with the North Bank line in distance and In quality of road bed. One of the moat difficult pieces of construction on the line . will be a bridge 4000 feet long across' the $nska river, The structure will be of ateel with a draw 200 feet wide. It will be located near the mouth of the Pal ouse river, along which stream the new road will find a pass to the plateau of western Whitman county. At the present time work is being rushed In the Marshall canyon, within a few miles of Spokane. In an early day Northern Pacific engineers dis covered this pass as the only avail able route for a railroad to the high land on which the city of Spokane la built, and the road was constructed along the most feasible route. The North Bank line is also built In the canyon, and now a third line Is being constructed. And In places there Is! WARDS OF COUNTY SOON TO BE MOVED T0NEWMFA1 County Spends $150,000 in Erecting New Buildings and Has One of Best Plants in s Country. POULTRY RAISING NEAR PORTLAND Article No. aMaking the Most of Small Plants and System. Multnomah county's new poor farm, 12 miles east of Portland, Is aimos readv for the reception of the county 160 or more wards, quartered at' the old farm. During the past year, tho county has erected buildings at the new farm involving an. erpenaiture of more than S1S0.000. Those who nave in spected the farm pronounce It one of the completest plants for taking care of wards of the public anywhere in tne country. The building erected are a main structure, which Is a large two-story hrtpk wall and slow burning Interior, Bhaped like a letter "H," tuberculosis ward, power atation, siames ana Darns, sunerintendent's cottage and several small cottages for the occupancy of lndl nt couDleb. . The main structure Is 190x280 feet and lias accommodations for 260 Inmates on the' second and third floors. This building has an attic which has not been finlsnea?tout when necessary It can be so arranged as to accommodate from 100 to 150 Inmates. The base ment can accommodate 100. " - The power building, is a fireproof structure &0xl00 feet In slse and Is two stories high. Besides the power gen omtlnff nlant this building contains i laundry,' fire station fully equipped and nlumblna- fihOD on the first ilpor. The second floor Is unfinished, but can be so arranged as .to accommodate luo in " mates when the county's wards increase to the extent that more room is re quired. , ... The sunerlntendent's cottage, a 1 story, seven-room frame bungalow, Is a considerable distance from the rest of the bulldlnars. The tuberculosis building Is nearly .a Quarter of a mile from the mam struc ture. This is a S0xl0-foot, two-story tnictura' and la so built that the pa tlenta occupying It all have .outdoor kleeDlriK apartments. r Accommodations hava been Drovlded for 88 patients. The stable and barn have stalls for 10 horses and 36 cows. The water supply Is obtained from large springs located ,on, the county's property, water ispipea w me duiiq ings from these springs, every room havlna- running water. .The Portland Railway. Light 4 Power company sup plies the electrlolty for lighting the various structures. The grounds have bean laid out ; by a landscape architect. The roadways and sidewalks connecting the various buildings will be hardsurfaced and will be bordered with- different - klnda of . shrubbery and flowers. - Immediately In front of the main building Is a hand some fountain which waa donated to tha county .by ope of Its wealthy cltl- Achltects Bridges A Webber designed tha various buildings and, superintended their construction. B. White had the contract Xor thelf erection, r The average', rate of wages thoughout the Chinese empire Is probably 18 cents - dy.-r in Japan r it is probably not more, tn India much less! Written for The Journal by W. R. Reld, It was shown In my first article (Au gust 15) 'that the only real obstacle to profitable poultry raising In 'and near Portland lies In the poultryman lum self. Climatic disadvantages in this re gion can- be overcome tn this pursuit more easily than In 'some other rural occupations such as apple growing, for Instance, where persistence and Ingenu lty have accomplished such splendid re suits and added to Oregon's wide fame as a fruit country, - The same thing can be done in poultry near Portland. But it can only be done In one way, and that is by beginning rigtuu it is not dirricuit to show tnose who desire an outdoor - occupation how poultry keeping can give them a good living at the very least, with but a fraction of the capital needed to run a paying orchard and without the exhaust Ing labor, continual outlay and the fre quent anxiety as to what the- weather Is going to do, which the fruitgrower has to shoulder,' besides ; his marketing and output problems. Utile tand Headed. It Is a demonstrable truth that one acre of land devoted to poultry raising in this region can be made to yield 31000 annual profit, But how many fruit orchards are there that actually iet S1000 per acre to the producer. Not many. To him or her., who will strive, along the right lines, for real success In poultry raising aa a business, will come steady accumulating, profits that In two or. three years should result In .a handsome, competence. ' More, It la not nevessary to 'claim, though many "ama teurs-' in New Yoric and New Jersey, who started four or five years ago with out any experience, having been cooped up In cities an their lives, are .today possessors of fortunes made out of the hen business. This is of record. And none of these began on. a large scalo some with only a hen and a brood. Thereare hundreds, too, who have failed "at it, through' ignorance of the principles of success. Making Poutry. ray. As one of the greatest poultry ex perts in the country recently put it: holds that purebred stock is unneces sary to commercial success In fact, he gets the best results from cross breeds; he says he can even take common "mongrels" and manipulate them Into good layers, though he usually breeds his own layers. Mr. Chipman gives his hens free, range; Mr. Carr, on the other hand, follows the intensive methods, shutting his hens up and giving them freedom only In a very small runway after they have laid. Growing pullets. however, he gives, free range; also, hens in the moulting season, Both are poultrymen of experience and both are careful and scientific In their respective methods. Both are successful; though neither man alms at extending his business to make more money. Theirs are good methods for beginners to study, but not necessary to Imitate closely in detail. Has Learnql the Tricks. Take Carr. He has been keeping poultry for 60 years and finds as much Interest in It at the age of - 86 as he did at 36,. when he begaa independent ly. But -he began to learn the tricks of -"Biddy" when a lad in Tunbrldge Wella," England, and he hasn't .stopped learning .them yet! -He raised poultry in Michigan for many years, and Is now supporting himself in his old ago off his 80 hens lrf St. Johns. He thinks .the Oregon climate not so fav orable for poultry raising as that of the eastern states there Is not enough moisture in the summer and too much rain during the winter. Too many mites to war against In the Oregon summer," Mr. Carr says. They breed by the million in the hgn coops and lodge under the roosts and other places and attack' the fowls when they come In. They such their life blood eat 'em up, Iji: fact and ruin them for laying." Thlsis the greatest drawback in Oregon, he thinks. Burns Out Mites. But Carr's hens are never bothered with mites nor lice, either. During spring he "flares" the roosts, the cor ners, crevices and walls' of the coop and the nests, about twice a week .with a lighted rag soaked In kerosene and and supply clean, fresh drinking water three times a day In the hens' drink ing vessels, which should be kept clean. When a bird shows symptoms of. chol era become weak and sleepy; separ scarcely room for the three pairs of ralla The work Includes changing both of the other lines and building miles and miles of, wagon roads for the use of the public, as In placea the old high ways havi) .peen absorbed entirely by the steel tracks. Hundreds of men, with half a dosen steam shovels and large equipment, are buay In this can yon, not only making grades, but alter Ing- the entire face' of the district. Tha work will Involve montha of time and millions of dollars In expense, but when It Is finished three railroads will have passes to Spokane on practically the same grade and under the same con-' dltlons. The Spokane cut-off Is being built by Watson, Flagg & Standlfer company, of Portland. Frederick L. Pitman Is engineer In charge of construction. for the health and latereat he gets out of It than for more profits. One advantage of Carr'a plant is that It is located in an orchard and graaa lot, zoo ty 200 feet, so that he can let his fowls out to range when n sc ales from the flock, droops It wings I essary. Hens usually Ilka to lay In and loses appetite. Is thirsty and fev- the forenoon, so ha pens up his layers j erlsh and dropa yellow or whitish ex- until they have deposited their eggs,, creta It should be Isolated and the hen "Biddy" gets her coveted freedom 10 run idoul houses and runways thoroughly cleaned and disinfected with a solution of one pound In 60 .quarts of water or half a pound to 25 quarts. These measures Tkorongh Knowledge rays. Mr. Carr's thorough knowledge of. and skill with, "Biddy" the most un- wlll probably save the flock from In- r" cnm,rcla' j J.n .Mn ti,... h. ence enables him to "let things -go" I and do with materials no one else could use with safety; he swings too never had cholera. BTotlons Hot for Carr. Now to- Mr. Carr's methods. one cannot get poultry to keep him." Meaning those with loose, easy methods or wrong methods, ' or no method at all. .And I am afraid that epigram of Michael K. Boyer applies to the situa tion in Oregon. Instances of Individuals- In this vi cinity who are making a living out of raising hens can be readily cited, I have selected two for this article who illustrate opposite Ideas in their math ods, while both make the business pay. This shows the wide range of methods and systems there ' Is In poultry pur suits, adaptable to Individual needs or notions or locality, yet within the nar row, lines of correct fundamental prin ciples. .Outside of these lines no sue cesaf ul poultryman strays, though be exercise his own originality and re sourcefulness In his methods. These fundamental principles will be developed as we go along. They are, In brief: Rear carefully; feed, and feed well; house properly; keep houses and hens clean. Nearly alt the failures come from neglect of one or all of these sim ple principles,. : , - , ' Zxpexfaneat of Interest. L. B. Chipman and J. Carr. both of St Johns, have email ranches the for mer with about 20Q. fowls and the latter between 70 and 80. Mr. Carr maintains himself entirely by his hens, Mr. Chin- man's ranch yields him an annual profit ne equivalent or a jiving; though he Is Independent of that need. He uaea only bl0dIatct.: aa he balleveln-the theory that high class birds bring ie beat permanent results. But Mr.- Jr "Anyone can, keep poultry, but every- tied to an old umbrella stick, andrtkat destroys every vesuge or tne pesi, ms hens are free from mites all summer. That Is , the simplest remedy, though there are others a bit more expensive. It cost Carr two cents- a week last spring and saved his ranch! "Look to your roosts for mites," Carr says. "Apply your flare underneath the; roost boards and you'll., get most of them. I never spray for mites. I burn 'em up, eggs and all. '. Mites' eggs will live for months In any old out house. Burn 'em out!" - Guard Against Cholera. The cholera plague, which Is bad In England, owing to the . wet climate, must also be guarded against' In a Wet spring or during any penoa or warm rains in Oregon. Mr. Carr haa an ef fectual remedy made by himself, but. as he sells It as well as usee it. I can not a-lve the recipe. At nve cents ex pense he can keep Immune a flock of 500 - bens. One remeqywrycn tmay aave the patient if given in time la prepared as follows: " . Two ounces pulverised capsicum, two ounces pulverised asaretlda. one ounce pulverized rhubarb, six .ounces Spanish brown, two ounces flowers, of sulphur; mix thoroughly and keep In an slr tight can.. Put one teaspoonful In two quarta of tha feeding mash and feed twice a day. until all symptoms dis appear. -' The! best "cure". I know of is pre- VenHS --Jfceep-Trr wy .wwngiy clean, change your runways r " else ajg over tha foul ground once a week,' fection. They are not necessary, how ever, if one follows the rules about n....nln.i. n II.. .t..H,n... I 1,1. DViuyuivui uunjr viwiuiiicon III I , J, j coops and runways and In-proper feed- " L " Y-' """'V: Ing and watering. My own hens have IT' '"Z' Z. . v, or not for "Biddy," or whether they are cleaned once a week nr nnt for ha With haa- wavii to hrlnir an alllnr nr ntur 11 111 launiig is a uusiiisss, iui v i la vino- nail at (inn. tn tha mark' tn and simple. He follows plain rules and counteract any 111 effects from cold or uoineo-.nuL auoui xancy notions, nix- dirty coops, he mixes simple remedies cept that he takes pleasure In .his hens 0f bis own with their food, and feeds and Is kind to them, sentiment plays no them good and plenty, with variety of pun in ins yiera an nens 01 wnaiever nourishment. Ha un rut rM n color look alike to him if .they do the and lice so easily, and can cure a fowl business he rears them for laying eggs, so quickly, that he doesn't bother much "Feed, and keep fedlng your hens, and about -absolute cleanliness or comfort niey mve gut 10 iay. is ms main pnn- for Biddy." nor whether she rata rin ciple. water thrice a day. He rets hla raauita When I visited Mr. Carr's ranch re- in spite of, and not because of his cently I was struck with the fine, rather easy-going system.. healthy appearance of his fowls, though I Carr could get 30 per cent better re many of them were moulting. At pres-1 suits out of his small plant if he ent he has 65 heiis. The "mongrels" cared to work harder at It and "obey the iooKea as good as tne pure bred Buff rules more strictly. Prevention la Orpingtons-blg, fat and vigorous. He I better than cure. He could maintain siiuwau mo ma egg recura or last winter I tvu nenu la ius small plant, with a 90 per cent of his hens laid right profit of 84.60 or 15.00 per hen. aside through the winter when their esrsrs from all the by-products, with a llttla brought 60 cents a dozen. 'more work and his system tightened up His Dlan is this: To force hi nulleta a on. nowever, a man of 85 naturally by heavy and varied feeding to grow I (Joes not care to hustle- These remarks fast and then force them by feeding tolare to show the .possibilities of lav nil throuch winter. HMno- vmina- the business when the system and the and healthy these pullets will lay pro- man are right A producer like Mr. Carr lineally through the year, until they tuuu mr.ei an nis products even more take a two months' rest and go through i" "e aoes oy establish- their mnultlnsr Than mnat nf thorn a r 1 Ing a Special brand for his Verv n sold at good prices, the best being re- e"gs. and B"ett'h higher prices for his tained for breeders. nri for annthar rancn eggs are much heavier and mora season's laying. r Some cockerels he nourishing than most fresh egga. owing keeps for breeding, the rest he pens up , trucea ana nis using and rattens for broilers. As a business V iyrB. ne couia adjunct, he buys a few first class roost ers and mates them with his best her.s. The eggs therefrom he sells for breeding purposes every spring at 60 cents a sell his year-old hens for higher prices! ub Dremiera or layers. Must Have Market. A .producer must not onlv nrndnca dozen. Most breeders charge 81.50 to first class goods, but also try for tha IB per setting of 13 or 15 eggs, but Carr best paying market By-products should says he makes more money at 50 cents also oe nursed for profit ; because he sells a large Quantity, and Air. Chipmairs system will ba da. his eggs all being fertile sell without scribed and commented on soon. In these trouble. Carr sels his. eggs at top re-1 columns, as well as- that of another tall prices. proaucer pn an entirely different planj pallets Will Xy. from anyfof those described. In the! Now. a strong .healthy pullet, fed ner article also the beginner will be right and housed comfortably will lay shown how to start a ranch on a small in winter as well as in summer. Hem r"-"0 w tha farr method la tn nrnrliwa n whan I 1 W.OUld advise those Who are inter. the price Is highest by the pullet-forc- est?d, to-cut-out each of this series of Ing plan, two-year-olds all being sold off, arUcles, beginning with the first prlnt except the breeders. As It costs 81.50 ed August IS, and preserve them, for a year to reea a nen, the wisdom of reed- I ' " " ' nmwuii jin tnereinj ing only productive bens -Is apparent cannot be found In books because they It does not cost Mr. uarr, however. 81.60 . . r . nn a year to feed a hen. He has ani Ingen- aetu ,n aetau WUn "reron condltlone. lous plan of- getting . his feed, cheaper than most poultrymen do. This plan will bet treated when we deal with that subject by Itself. Carr will winter 100 hens this season for layers. The reader can figure out roughly the profits of Oils little ranch for a year on this basis with the top -price of fresh eggs rang ing from fall to spring, from 40 .to 60 cents; and from spring to fall, from 35 to 40 cents; the egg yield for tan months being (0 per cent; feed, 81 per fowl for At an estimated expenditure of 8150,- the year; 80 young hens sold at end of 1000 the falling estate will build six season at 11 to J 1 apiece; 40 cackerels additional artorea to the six-story struck for broilers at jo cents eacn;, o dosen tura at tha southwest corner of Fifth breeding eggs at 60 cents. .' and : Alder. These premises have been Hen Pay f4 a Tear. taken over on a long time lease by By the above method, I figure a gross I: Oevurts ft Bona and will be occupied profit of $4 per laying hen; thd by. by that firm with a complete house products can be easily figured out in I rurnisning store. . Bddiof -Tht-giva -a an aged map who dss not work very prepared plana for tha building, which hard at tha ' business and cares mora" are, now In the office-of tha building ! FAILING ESTATE WILL ADD ON SIX STORIES FREE EXCURSION ' . TO BEMB9 REGORJ To Celebrate Railroad Day. Oct. 5th VgCTg ayA HmjgHAfcg SBATTU ALASKA xaS) vsaf ata f Come, go with 'us FREE OF COST. See J. J. HILL drive the GOLDEN SPIKE which completes the TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR railway system to - . BEND Around Bend you will see the WHEAT FIELDS of Min nesota, the PINE FORESTS of Michigan, the IRRIGATED LANDS of Washington and the WATER POWER OF NIAGARA. BEND has an UNLIMITED supply of purest mountain water and a delightful, invigorating climate where EXTREMES ARE UNKNOWN. This combination of NA TURE'S GREATEST RESOURCES IS UNEQUALED at any one point in the ENTIRE UNITED STATES. That's why Bend Will Make a In the near future. YOU may be so fortunate as to know of a town or city with TWO of these advantages. , But where is there A CITY having ALL of them? There is ONLY ONE. It is M,-r, BEND, OREGON The HILL and HARRIM AN Railways have agreed to make BEND a joint terminal, where they , will have their large shops, "roundhouses and ' " -t UNION DEPOT Within THREE BLOCKS of which , we are telling close-in Residence and Business Lots 50x140 Large City I mm i -TERMS, $10.00 PER MONTH. , CERTIFIED ABSTRACT FREE. V . Call TODAY and make your reservation and go with us on . our FREE excursion. We will have our own chartered Pull man Sleeper, leaving Portland October 4 returning October 6u All reservations must be made by Monday evening. Office . jopen evenings.v ' . ' ' . ThclMeWlon-ffe .sowortuciiNA rr.