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'"V "1 IV THE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 3A 1912. i v- Bend J Orv'CitizenFumished th mdstoneFree ..l.ii(i..i-v.iV'iw".- .it. : .ft - J, : ' ; ' AT 1 c. Lively City Election Results in V Election of But One Pro- T 'hi'-' v gressive Councilman. m TT (CM - 1. t V v Js JMcCLUJlRIE - ! . In J I ' v i -1 u .. i. ' (ftiwclal to The Journal. Pallas. Or.. AprU S. The Citizens' ' .' ticket. under the leadership of K. C. - Kirkpatrtrk, won out In nearly every i till la (he city election held here Von . dajr, w The four amendment , jropoied were defeated by substantial majorities. - In Jthe first ward, H. I. Fenton, I'ro- . '(resalve, for reelection, deflated U P. Brown. CltlsensV by a vole of 117 to , til. It wan in thin ward that the flsht -.was the hardest. Brown, a leading at '..torner, was considered th strongest '.: rj'an 'on the ticket fighting the preeent administration. It was believed that (f .-( he Cltlrena" tk-ket won In any ward JJrown world be the winner How- , -ever, he Is the only man defeated, v .'In the second ward. 'J. J. McBee de fatcd V. V. Fuller by a safe majority; i-nd In the third ward. A., B. Mulr. presl , 'nt of the Dallas Commercial club, was i . i"efeatd by A. J. Barhan. Harhan and McBe were practically unknown In ; It jr politic until yesterday. Before the v vote was counted. It was irenerally .oon ' ieded that Fuller and Mulr would win; ' Mind their defeat created much surprise. ,i- The vote was nearly a direct opposite j( ff the vote laet year, -when the Cltt ; Mil' ticket was defeated all down the -J n by nearly a t-to-1 vote. Mora ln- t M-eat was manifested In yesterday's i 'ectlon man jn any city election held t era in years. More than 600 vote were : asu Flora IslfappyinHer Comparative Isolation n. oui IP Bta J. ly Written for The Journal fey Mrs. E. P. r Skaggs. . tfftoaHal In 'ih Jonm.l.fc LOR A, Or., April. 8. One visiting our burs must travel 38 miles by. aire or private conveyance, most. between pines, tamaracs. spruce and fir trees, with- an occasional ;uniper and when here ha finds t omethlng worth while. Beside being; in , fie lend of Flora, he Is but a few miles from Paradise, can find Lost Prairie In tt 'half hour, or Grouse (not ratable) In a couple of hours. He can look across ,tha river olmost into the land of prom ise, then, by turning a little, vary near ly into the garden of Eden. . Although our localities are so nearly . !olatel from, the busy world, none but the very oldest settlers can remember t he , log houses, with their puncheon Jloors and. "shake"' roofs . of 20 years f go. They very soon disappeared In tompany. with barley coffee and. truth to -tell, some of the pioneer friendliness. Agricultural and fruit possibilities of 1 he north end of Wallowa county? Well, whether Our localities aro better, adapt ed to one of these or stock: raising would W difficult to determine. - All fruity. ex I .iung ' me itnatr varieties, are suc- cessfully raised In the higher localities, 1 nnd all of the northern sorts Jn the low- pri.i We never have an entirs failure In i ! crops. Small grain is mostly raised, i' although corn- is a success in our lower loralitle. Tfik hillsides .are good for atock grazing and the canyons, make sood winter range.' ' ;' As to -climate, you can.. begin. at the . (irande Ronde river and climb it to the top on either side. 1 will add 'that It will be a pretty stiff climb, too, at times, "but the recompense, bow, how great, ; At , rest 'spells you may behold some of the most beautiful scenery that eye ever rested upon. I I Ml 1 j ,.r- - I i . iini"1""""" 1 .. iiti iat, .Wt- "1 ' w" i ! iii ' T What Bend claims Is he handsomest depot In Oregon in a small" town. Fend. Or.. April 3. Built of stono quarried near town, which waa paid for by the citizens of Bend, wkat Is said to bn the finest passenger station for a town of its sixe In Oregon Is shown in the accompanying pictura It has now been in use by the Orejron Trunk and Deschutes railway lines fo: a month and all newcomers remaric upon its beauty. It contains a wait ing room for women, another for men. office for railway employee and Quar tern for the exprsaa and baggage de partments. It has ceinent floor and cement walks around It.. . The dimensions are 9040 feet. The rock used In its construction is the pink sandstone, of which there are unlim ited quantities at Bend and which Is now belntf used extensively In Jthe erec tion of business buildings. Native white pine and walnut were used for the Interior decorations. , The cost of the depot to the Oregon Trunk Railway was about 1 2,000. This was exclusive of the cost of the stone, every cubic foot of which was paid for by the people. of Bend. When the rail way was about to be built, it made a proposition to the city that stone would be used If It war furnished the road free laid down on the ground, otherwise a frame building would be put up. The city accepted the proposal, the city council appropriating 1531.90 to the Commercial club for this purpose. Soil Cultivation in Western Lane County D' MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS ; REJECT PRIMARY PLAN Coltf Preu tne4 Win.) - St. Paul, AprU 8. By a vote of 38 to 7 the Republican state committee bf Minnesota yesterday rejected the presi dential preferential primary plan. The i Republican state convention will be held in Minneapolis, May IB. mnoplnl to The junrml.) X2NZER. OR, April Practically all or l,ano couniy, west or xne Coast range,! In the Sluslaw-for- est reserve. Forestry reports show that EI per cent of this land hab been taken up under the various land laws. Some of this la held for the timber only, but more Is held by home steaders who are here building homes and bringing into cultivation some of the best farm land on the coast. The soil can not be excelled anywhere. 'In most mountain districts only the creek bot toms are suitable for agriculture, but here, like some of our other coast dis tricts, every bench and hilltop, with but few exceptions. Is covered with soil deep enough to raise any crop Of course there are places where the hills are steep, or the rock ledges are so close to tha surface that cultivation Is impossible, but settlers who have run over, this land for years say this amounts to much less than '25 per cent of the total surface. The hillsides pro duce all kinds of hay crops. Root crops are equal to those raised In any portion of our state. Most varieties of fruit raised In other parts of the state are to be found here, and of a quality that will make a demand for them, when the' or chards are planted for commercial pur poses. But above all things this is a dairying country. Being close to the coast' there is UHle snow or .freezing' weather. . What" snow does come soon tneltsr Grass Is not frozen out in the winter, nor drleJ up . in the summer. - S- . - Outlook Bright in Bohemia District Pears of Rogue River Valley Lead the World M C (Snerlal to The Journal.) OTTAOE GROVE, OR, AprU 3. Operators In the Bohemia district freely predict that it will soon be one of the biggest mining districts in the state of Oregon, and the ac tivities going On there now seem to In dicate such a possibility. The coming season will be the most? active In the his tory of the district. There will be stamp mills operating at the West Coast prop erties, at the Vesuvius, Sweepstakes and rxvlsl t" The Journal. EDFORD, OR.. April S. Recog nising the superiority or the Rogue River valley district in the matter of growing fancy pears ; for the. marketB of the world. more and more attention Is being paid by orchnrdlsts of this section to that fruit. While there are a dozen or more localities which produce apples th equal of those grown in the southern district no other section has as yet produced pears which In quality can ap proach the Rogue River product This fact has been recognized not only by the United States department of agri culture but by fruit dealers the world over, paying the. highest prices for RoRue River pears ever paid In any fruit market for any green fruit. For the past four years Rogue River pears have topped the fresh fruit mar kets of the world, bringing as 'high as $10.09 in London and S8.40 In New York per box. While this record means but little for an occasional lot of extra fancy fruit, the average returns have been excellent and have caused orchard men to turn their attention In a great degree to the growing of pears. In some Instances bearing apple orchards have been supplanted with young pears. Several varieties of pears, are grown with a great degree of success in the Rogue River valley. For the most part Bartletts are raised but lately -Bose have been recognized as a splendid com mercial variety and a larger and larger acreaae la beintr nlanted. The Rovil ! Comet is a great favorite and is trie king of Tears. However It Is too fragile to be considered a commercial pear -and hence la neglected to some extent. Rogue River apples have for some time held the attention of the country but the time Is coming, and in the near future, when Rogue River fruit will mean pears. Oregon's One Normal School at Monmouth RT (Special to The Journal, t ONMOUTH, OR., April 3. In view of the fact that in times past the state has maintained more than one normal school. and that -the voters have declared that they will centralise iie work of normal training In one Institution, a word explaining the plans and details of the work as outlined by the presi dent of the school and the board of regents may not be amiss. It, goes without saying that the whole plan of the normal school is to prepare toacrjera for tha publlo schools of tlw state.. The '-work in practice and teaching which the students do at the 'normal Is the same work that is done both in th rural and graded schools of the state, for in connection with the State Normal at Monmouth there. Is one thoroughly well graded school as well as tw6 rural schools to which the student teachers have full access, and the conditions are the same as those under which any other teacher in the state works. The normal school Idea, as all fully understand, la not an experiment elthe, tn Oregon or in the other states of tho Union, but in tha recent change the worn is now centralized.- It is believed that In this way that teachers in the state's public schools can be more eas ily brought Into harmony. Journal Want Ads bring results. II. I III ;. ;,-,?!," i;...' ,; ' f " ': ' V-'": ' ":, :.","', !: ;::' y ,v, ,'' 'v V fNSu'-V'' ''''' We Are the People That Compelled the Elec tric Trust to Reduce Prices on Electric Lamps We Are Representatives of Independent TUNGSTEN LXlMIP - Manufacturers and 'Are Not Governed : by Any Trust Compare the Following Prices With Those Quoted by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. arid Think Before Ordering Your Future Supplies THEIR PRICE OUR PRICE Candle . Bowl ... ' . . Candle r. Bow! Watts powcr Clear Frosted Watts power Clear Frost?d 25 20 $.45 $.50 25 20 $.40 $.45 40 32 .50 .55 40 32 .45 .50 60 50 .70 .75 60 50 .65 .70 100 . SO 1.00 1.10 100 .80 ,95 1.05 150 120 1.50 1.60 150 120 1.45 1.55 250 200 2.00 1.75 250 200 1.95 1.70 .400 300 3.90 4.10 ' 400 390 3.85 4.05 500 400 4.30 4.55 500 430 4.25 4.50 Special. JT. C. IVttcCIJUIRE &. CO. Manufacturer's Representatives 103 TWELFTH Hi M (F5) M. F " With Lambert Cherries, Peaches, Pears, Prunes, Ap plesj Berries a family orchard in the famous Wil lamette Valley, at ST. JOE On two railroads, and one more building. Near Portland and 3 miles from McMinnville, county seat of Yamhill County These , ST. JOE ORCHARD HOMES ' Are planted to Lambert Cherries, Peaches and Pears, under the direction of the acknowledged best author- f ity, scientific and practical men of the Pacific North west, who will cultivate nd care for these tracts for " four years and turn over a COMPLETE COMMER CIAL ORCHARD guaranteed. ' It combines SAFETY AND GREAT PROFITS. When half is paid, in case you die, your family will -"be given a deed, all paid for, which will insure a LIFE INCOME. .... ,j s; . This project is backed up and evfy statement , made is guaranteed by the principal financial men in. - the Willamette Valley. German Realty Trust Co. TeL Marehall 3832, A615 264 STARK STREET Crystal. .U of these stamps are on the grounds and were operated during the past year with the exception of that on the Crystal prftperty. Many gold bars were brought down, most of them being from the West Coast and Vesuvius mills. , . There are no records of who first dis covered and prospected In the BohenSTli district. Fifty-three years ago a party of men from Cottage Grove, composed of Rufus Adams, William Shields. Willis Oglesby and O. P. Adams, made the first prospecting, trip of record, but they found many evidences that others had been there ahead of them. They madfl a few rich finds, but with their erude tools were able to make but little profit from their adventure. Since then opera tions have become more active An the district- and fully $800,000 ha been spent In opening up the West Cofeiit and Vesuvius prpperties alone. fjlilly as mucn nas unaouDteaiy been spent on the other properties. The Oregon & Southeastern railway nins within 10 miles of the Wis t Coast properties and there Is a good ftase ro1 from Cottage Grove to Bohjbmia, the headquarters or the Vesuviu KB iflU "BUY YOUR CANADIAN FARM FROM THE CANADIAN PACIFIC" ,O0O0Odv AcnBS oil the t Fertile Hails Ii iQienen Dairying lndustr in Benton County c (Special to The JocrncLt QRVALLIS, OR.; April! 3. Benton county for four times has been tho winner of the blu ribbon for general farm exhibits at the Ore gon state fair, and last year won the (200 Hill cup, a speciajfprlze offered by the Great Northern mllroad. The grains and grasses that! made up a great part of the exhibits Miat won these blue ribbons, alfalfa, kali, vetch, oats, wheat, corn, .and so on, frm a part of the dairying" Industry. J By monthly planting of kale the Benton " county farmer can have green succulent feed for his dairy stock everyj month In the year. .Alfalfa which yleBls here about five to six tons per acre ft'lthout irriga tion l tha best single point the dalry man." can grow. Th f Irsrl cutting of al falfa vls usually put up is a hay crop and fed during Jhe wlntir; the second cutting cart 'hfr fed fromithc field as a succuleiitflfatiorr when trfo pastures are low frorri lack of moistfire; the third cutting makes an excellcjit dairy ration alHO. Sweet' corn is grown advanta;e6usly in this part of the Willajnette valley an a fodder cropland I,. gaining in favor among dairymen each year. Root crops grow in Benton countyjto the highest tate of perfection, ana they play an Important part in the farmers' feeding list. - Consultation of the Jweather reports shows .the advanta-gea Berfton county has for" the care and protection of dairy stock and the real IrrftirovemenV In th dairy herds will be accfmpllshedAhrough beater breeding. ' . Duang the past few years there has been ft mar'ked Increase of pure bred sires, ifecords VhJch have been secured in various state Indicate that there1 Is perhaps a greater 'propor tion of poor da!rymnthan pobr dairy eown' - A numhw of llnstances A'lght be cited to show that A change of owner ship and methods &f handling s dairy herd In Bentoncouf ty has made a very marked difference in the profit yleMetM Ready lor the Plow the Moment You Purchase ARE BEING SOLD BY THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, CANADA, AT $10 TO $20 PER ACRE, ON TEN-YEAR PAYMENTS The area of Alberta, Canada, the rich northwest Canadian province, is 253,540.. square miles: It is as long as from Arizona on the south to Idaho on the north. It Is, i in fact, a rich agricultural empire, so to speak. . Its soil isl as fertile as found on the American continent; its returps to the farmer, as large as that of any region of the country, and the prosperity of its people is not surpassed in. any of the agricultural districts known to modern times. CEREALS AND GRASSES ENRICH THE FARMER It has been said that "When one thinks of Alberta he thinks of wheat." It is true that this territory Is one of the most generous wheat producers of which we have knowledge. But It Is likewise true that Its yields of all Other species of grains, grasses and vegetables aro equally abundant. - Fifty bush els of wheat to the acre is not unusual, and oats have climbed up to 100 bushels and over. Root crops are cultivated with astounding success, and dalrvin?. stimulated by the luxuriant growth Of native a-rasaes. is becoming one ot the most profitable industries or me wonaerruiiy monweaitn. THE GOVERNMENT HELPS THE DAIRYMAN There are S4 private creameries and 11 cheese factories In the province, and 20 other creameries operated on the cooperatlv plan and managed by the government. These latter are financed by the government and a govern ment agent, expert in butter and cheese. Is placed In charge of them. The dairymen are given control from the first, organizing and electing their own board of directors, which works in conjunction with the government's man ager. When the profits which would accrue, if privately owned, have amounted to the sum the government has advanced, the creamery Is trans ferred to the dairymen who have been its patrons, free -of all incumbrances, and Is controlled and managed oy them thereafter without interference on the part of the government. The government has therefore Instituted a needed enterprise; the dairymen have profited and increased In number: the output of butter and cheese has been multiplied; numerous cltlasens nave been benefited and none Injured. i, -' FLOCKMASTERS AND HERDSMEN Farmers' flocks of sheep are proving very profitable -1n: all the broad region covered by the Canadian Pacific's Immense possessions, The large local demand has, up to this time, and will for several years to corns, take all the mntton produced at a trifle .above market values, and the wool, Is largely sold to Ontario manufacturers at good figures. The natural herbage of the prairie and river banks produces mutton of fine flavor. Cattle-and horses thrive on this herbage food, and require no other nutriment to fatten and fit them for1 the market. On small capital to start with it Is an easy matter to amass a fdrtune-'ln the livestock business In Alberta, ftn la tftntnteri in ffr.1s.ro that "thm whftl a furfur -of Albert, la nnffr1aM aiversiiieq uuiu- i witn coal, SWINE AND POULTRY TVtrU mvnrltir-Hnn iu furtlrilv Kdnrnnlnor an tmtinpta ni InrinatrV In Alhafta particularly in that portion lying north of the main line of the Canadian Pacific, covered by the lands we are selling at from 110 to-IJO per -acre. Here the grains and grasses' necessary to swine raising grow" luxuriantly and produce pork of the highest quality. Forty "thousand head were sold the J. Y. Griff Ip Packing cbmpany at Edmonton last year, and 60,000 head to P. Burns & Co. at Calgary. ' Poultry pays most generous profits In Alberta, 0c to 0e per doien, and 16c to 26c per pound for first l ne nrignt sunsnme ot tne country, ana snort winters. "with eggs at from class dreased fowls. combine to encourage Doultrv raising as on of the most Dleasant and nrofit able Industries in which one may engage. There is no poultry sickness or diseases to torment and perplex the poultryman. COAL, GAS AND OIL but this statement would not be correct. It la acknowledged, nuwever, we oeiieve, inai a mousana years oreinaupinous mining wouia noi exhaust the immense beds of anthracite and lignite already known to exist. Natural gas is also a reality, and within a few weeks 100,000,000 cubic feet per day will be turned Into the Calgary gas pipes, and the city, which owns the supply, will charge but 16 cents per 1000 cublo feet for it. This will trill soon be flowing from North bring power for manufacturing down to IU.60 per horsepower per year, and the heating, cooking and lighting of an eight room home, even fn that north ern clime, down to 50 per year. There is oiso abundance of timber for fuel, ano, on building and fencing purposes AiDerta wens HOW FARMS ARE MULTIPLYING s were 1,193,2(1 acres of Alberta's rich soil sown td spring it, oats, barley, flax and other grains. In 1811 the area was 0,000 acres, an INCREASES of. ovea SIXTY' per centl Surely In 1919 there and winter wheal enlarged to 1,900,000 acres, an INCREASE! of. ovea SIXTY per centl Surely the experiences of the past must have enlisted the confidence aye. the KNTHU8IASM of (the farmer or this tremendous growth in area would not nmvm lanen pia.c.- xum waaun, c cni.inia.vvu, murv inui unuuier million acre will be added. Without question the country is growing by leaps and boundsl ' And 'this enlargement of cultivated land will continue until the whole or Alberta s as thickly populated as any of our own great states! LAND IS SELLING FAST The Canadian Pacific's representatives throughout the country report a monumental movement toward Alberta. Added together, the figures mailed In to the company's headquarters in Calgary place the number of Americans who will settle there this year at 200,0001 OUR BOOKLETS TELL THE STORY We have no room In this small space to say more concerning Albert but those Interested may-mall their names and addresses to this office and we will mall them booklets picturing the country and telling the story of its splendor, modestly and truthfully. We may add, however, that all tne railroad company's lands are sold on the 10-year payment plan and -that the distanoe from Portland to Calgary Is only 848 miles by rail, via Spokane Wash. Our booklets give prices and terms, the latter so easy to meet that even a working girl might own a quarter section. . j . . . , LIVE SELLING AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Y LAMP CdD Ground Floor Lumbermen Building Fifth and. Stark StreeU, Portland, Oregon. Telephone' Main 3712.' inquire about our low railroad fates to Alberta, and the days on which we send parties' of settlers to that f sir laadi' " ' Our Alberta Office It in the: Grain Exchange Building, Calgary T. F. McCarthy in Criarge : : ' 43