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r-' : II s THE OREGON SUNDAY OURNAlT PORTtii :m mm Nearly Every Farmer Has Up- - to-Date Car or Is Intending to Buy One Cars Not Low . Priced Either. "On, of theurprislns; things about tha great "whaat growing districts of Bhcrman county lor tne autoist wno is Visiting the country ther for the first time, ia the great number of autoa in use . by the farmers," eaicY Dr. Sam CL Slocum, who returned to Portland .last week liter an autotrlp from -Moro Into th4aterior. yesterday. Dr. Slocum was accompanied on the trip by Mrs. " Slocum. . c. '"Practically every farmer has an auto, or is intending to get one right away. I asked one man what n was rolng to do with the money he got front L his wheat crop thla year, and he re plied that for one thing, ha Intended to ' buy an auto. It is that way ail through the county. "All the autos, in use are good ears, . too. The farmers insist on having the best, and are willing to pay the price. ; The favorite machines in use cost about 52000 hut there are several cars, that liave cost more. "All Ihesef farmers are prosperous, and every indication points to the fact . that their crop will be a remarkably pood one this year. They are expecting - to 6ell---thir eraia -lor from . 0,to, JJ6 . cents a bushel. , . The "hum of the big combine har- vester and stationary threshers is to, be neaiu-from. ne end or the county to the other these tfays. The harvest ' was in full blast when I was there. Everybody was threshing his graln and taking It to the farmers' warehouses In Moro and Wasco. . ," e , Enormoni Xaaoh. - Some of the wheat ranches In ' the county ar enormous. That of Louis Belcher, 12 miles from Moro, where we passed our first night In Sherman county, for instance; comprises two and one-half aeetions, more than 1500 acres. He expects to harvest 20,000 bushels of . " "Wheat. . " "The whole of Sherman county, I was told, is owned by 450 men, anj nearly la one of the large counties in the state. "The manner of harvesting is in tensely interesting to the Visitor. Every other farm generally has a combine har vester,. th two farmers owning it to- , get her, - On an- especially big ... ranch, ' like that of Mr. Belcher's, however, there is usually a stationary thresher. To keep tills thresher busy requires the labor of 35 men and 72 horses'. "The grain is cut by headers, car ried to the big thresher on wagons, and v - threshed as fast as it is cut The whole . load of one wagon is lifted bodily by - means of a block and tackle, into a big box frame on the thresher, where "hoe down" men put it into the machine. To keep one of these huge threshers busy takes two headers and eometlmea three. " Threshers Bun Long Hours. "The thresher will benln operation! at dawn and be kept running until dark. . IThS one like that at Mr. Belcher's will . thresh abouFllOFsacka a day. Each , sack hold lto pounds, more than two busneis. . . "Another hi farm tha Mra R1ru.no ' and I - visited was that of Frank Say - era, which comprises a section and a lialf of land more than 900 acres, Hla grain-was being cut by a combine har vester, operated by five men and 11 horses. In such a harvester, the grain Is cut and sacked at the asms time. A Harvester of this size, cuttlnr u foot swath, will cut and thresh about z acres of wheat a day. "Mr. Bayers' farm produces about , ii to 11 sacks to the acre, or some thing over 40 bushela. - "Besides the presence of so many " autos where one would not expect them, . another surprising thing about Sherman rounty is the remarkably arood roads ,,Thr,.auto roads are almost - perf ect. iiua is not aue to worn done on them . for roost of them have never been lm. proved, but to the fact that th .oil 4nd foundation are naturally fitted to i-roaa jnamng. .. ... "The roads usually are laid on land with a gravel base, covered with sandy loam, and, in the hollows, with shell rocs, it makes a remarkably firm and ar riding road material. In spite of the, dryness, there la little duat. One can even drive an auto across the fields - without trouble. 'Good Auto Country. The land itself Is beautifully adapted to the use of autos. It is for the most . part,-roUIag- Th people there,-with their big ranehea, and few towna aa yet,. are used to distances that would frighten city folk but have no terrors for them. For these farmers, the auto la the ideal conveyance. '--"The Sherman county climate la re warkably healthful. The air is dry and bracing, and the atmosphere very clear, mo much so that the stars im in.aj at night than they do In the Willamette valley. Sometimes it gets pretty warm .v in the daytime, but the nights are cool and comfortable. WOMAN FOdTRACER TAKES MANY PRIZES if . N ( P W! A ''Y V .T ilnrfir Mrs. H. A. Stiles, who won,. 10 0-yard ' dash at Press Club plcnlo. One of the features of the athletic contests staged at the Press cjub plc nlo last Sunday was the 10a-yard dash for women. The sprint was won by. Mrs, H. A. Stiles, who showed a dazzling burst of speed, crossing the finish many yams in advance of her nearest com petitor. This was not the first race won by Mrs. Stile this year, the fleet footed college girl, having won, first prize In the 100-yard dash for women at the grocers' plcnlo last month. She was !sovlctprtoui Latilaat. year! jjicnic of tna grocers. Her irienda say they will pit her against any Atalanta in the United States. Mrs. Stiles learned how to sprint In her college days, and she takes a frequent cross-country run for exercise. ' GREAT PROGRESS Old Bridge But Pigmy by Side of Colossal New Railway Steel Viaduct The old O-VT. R. & N. steel bridge and the new one which has Just been built to replace it at Portland, splendid ly illustrate the progress made In the mechanics of ateel bridge construction. during the last quarter century. Spanning the same atream, built for the aama character of service, and etand- ing only a short distance apart, a lay man may gain a comprehensive idea of the advance made In bridge building, almost at a glance. The old structure was completed in 1SS8. At the time it wss the last word in steel bridge construction. Today. viewed from the titanic span just com pleted to carry oat: its service, the old bridge looks like a frail pigmy. Pedes trians, passing over the upper span of the new structure have to look down ward to see the lop of the old one, and viewed from the tlpa of the two great towers of the new bridge, that mount 264 feet into the air, the old structure the marvel of 18S8 appears like a toy. The new span Is now the wonder. It Is the visualized concrete evidence of the latest creative ideas and theories on bridge building, and the only, one of us type in tne woria. when the old steel bridge was built, structures of ateel were exceptlona and not the rule. At that time wood and cast iron entered largely into auch struc tures. Departing as it did from the old Ideas, the span was considered "won derful." But that was yeaterday-to day It is "common." The draw bridge haa been replaced by a double lift span, composed of an upper liail i Irntfr pari BO ffnntruritfl that IIU LE RIVER II TO BE IMPROVED ounty Court to Drive 500 f iles to Prevent Wash of Banks. . "Sherman county farmers are Just beginning to find out the wonderful possibilities of hog raising in that coun try. One farmer, a Mr. Powell, living west of Moro. told nie that one year ago (Special to Tbe Journal.) Conullle. Or., Aug. 10. The Coaullle rlrer . is. gradually washing its banks away at certain points along its course and the county court has decided to try and keep the current away from the nanus Dy tne use of piling and brush. The river bed through the valley Is very winding and naturally contains many sharp curves. In the winter the water mover with great rabidity, caus ing tne current to cut away great aec- uona or the river bank. m i . . .me urooiem. came ud several veara ago and It was decided to experiment with piling. The piles are first driven out about five or ten feet, according to tne slope or the bank, and the inter vening apace is filled with brush and siasmng, thus forming a very formld aoie resistance to the currents. The experiment proved uniformly successful. Thi county court has let a contract for thfe driving 6f 600 piles along the river oetween tnis city and Beaver slough, a distance of about four miles. Thla washing away of the banka also creates shoals In tha lower river, which. If .nothing Is done, will form serious impediments to navigation. This is shown by the work of the dredge Oregon last year which. cut through four of the lower river shoals and removed 130,000 cubic yards of material. SAYS PLANS FURNISHED BY CITY NOT COMPLETE George Mason.. engineer, and contract, or. was the only wltneas yesterday In the case of Robert Wakefield a rn against the city to collect 1408,000 for building the Mount Tabor reaervotrs Mason'a chief testimony was to the ef fect that the plans and blue prints fur nished the company by the city were not sufficiently complete. He said that h. general result of such inefficiency would be delay In work and added essenac Entertain Hotel Men. .v . 8peHl to The Journal.) Aberdeen. Wash.. Ausr. 10 Pinn fn. the entertainment of th Hoi.i m-....'. association of Washington, which will convene here Thursday, August 15, for a three day session, have been com pleted. The program consists of a musicals, a dance and numerous din ners, all to end with bin cl ana arternoon at Cohasset Beach. Satur. day. - " he Invested $100 in some hogs. He has since sold $475 worth of hogs, and still has $200 worth of hogs left He said he considered that the eaalent mnn. he had ever made." r DentSsfir Of Does Away Entirely With Plates and Bridgework Dentistry at Half Price , , ' luiiiii turiner nouce.j . Vhlle our charges for Alveolar work are the same aa the atandard price of high-clue; bridgework. in such cuseo where It Is possible to hve bridgework j and the patient desires it for nny rea son, we will put In for hiirt the very beat and classiest bridgework. crowns, plates, etc., - possible to be made, at exactly one-half the price charged by dentists-whose work will compare fa vorably with oura. "And there la a reason. (Terms for this work will be rash.) Alveolar Testa Where Bridgework Xa Impossible, your front teeth are left, say fou.ru o mre, we can replace all of those that have been lost on both aides clear bar with perfect Alveolar tteth, wbllat bridgework would be 1m palble even If you had eight or ten .7r'1n, t"'h ttle to Jf rou have only l o lack hetnotreacTTMae,' Bay molars we can supply all the front teeth tha jre mtaslng with beautiful, serviceable, lifelike Alveolar teeth. Thla could not - - i r ' -, - ' . ' . ... ' J " - - 1 DOSBlblv liA Anna U h. k.tj.. And where bridge work la possible there is no comparison between the two. A LL2"g2 Ee.1enU? of outwork taking out bridgework put In bv' sup posedly high-class dentlBts, sjid replac ing It with the beautiful and artistic Alveolnr teeth. And, unlike bridgework m another respect, it ia practically puln I.ib. No boring or cutting into the guma,, nothing to be dreaded. Now. then prices being equal, which would you choose? " Curing Pyorrhea (looae-teeth), a dis eiae gIven-Mp by most jdentlsts as In curable, ia another our apeclaltles. ve cure it absolutely! , It'a a boastful statement to make, but We can do. any thing that la possible in dentistry and what we do is always of the very high est class. Our booklets, Alveolnr Den tistry, are free. Write for one if you cannot call. We have-aamples of our work to show at all tlmea. A&YCOLAm dextix ro . nrTrTrnTti tus atairat biflg, 8d and Fine. Open nndaya, 10 to 1. Tanna to Sellable People, the lower one can be raised without af fectlng trafflo over the upper one. A brand new departure in bridge building science-! Steam as the motor force has stepped aside for electricity. Concrete haa re placed wood, and ao on down the line. When the bridge operatora deserted the structure yesterday morning they wrote in the old bridge log one word, "Good-bye," lta epitaph. Workmen will soon swarm over It, tearing It down girder and beam, and within . a few We "Attend to All the details In placing your money In a first mortgage. If you have a few hun dred or a few thousand dollar to invest, we at tend to the many details, and at no expense to you. The borrower pays ua a modest sum for our serv ices. Many professional men, aa they save a thousand , v, or -two, ask us to Invest the money in good mort gages, without taking their valuable time, Why not you 7 Hartman-Thompson Bank rourtfi and Stark Streets. Chamber of Conuaerea Bloff. short months, tha eld ateel brldge the marvel of '$t will have become a mem ory, and Its boIy a part of tha railroad' Junk pile. : "BILLY" SUNDAY-T0 TALK T0 AD CLUB MEMBERS Rev. Billy Bunday,' "lata Vf' tha Na Uooal . league, . no wJatIonal itinerant evangelist and lncidentaly fruit grower at Hood River, is coming; to Portland and on Wednesday will deliver an ad dreaa entitled "Caaey (Sunday) at tha Bat af tha Ad club luncaeon. Some time ago tha Ad club enlisted a ball team from among Its membership: The pitchers have been famous for letting opposing .batters net home runs from them, Tha fielders have been notorioua for muffing flies. The basemea have been excoriated for . bungling infield ball. Tha umpires have been renowned for being fair to aa extent that lost the Ad club all Ita games despite frantic rooting; That tha flayers might learn the gam from a big leaguer who bad "graduated into the ministry" the club began making plana some -time ago to bring Billy 6unday t Portland, frank A. Steel la to rv aa chairman of tha luncheon which will be held in tha Multnomah hotel. - ' A bill pending tn the Arlaona legis lature -prohibits - consumptive from teaching in th public schools.- - Mexican Bandits Eout Chinese. - (United Press Leased Wirt.) ' . Loa Angeles, Aug. 19. Driving a col ony of Chinese from their bunk house In tha southwestern section of Los An geles, two Mexican armed with shot guns late today atola 1500 in gold that waa hidden-la jthe.bunk house and mad their escape. A doien mounted deputies are on th robbers' trail. Journal Want Ada bring results to mieiip 2 b s ilimlk ' ' There's a-big saving in -the reduced prices oh our clothing and got your share; you'll save money on everything you buy Look at tnese prices, and remember that the goods are the Moyer quality MEN'S 40.00 SUITS $6.95 MEN'S tjSm SUITS $11.35 MEN'S $20.00 SUITS S13.3S MEN'S $25.00 SUITS MEN'S $2.00 PANTS S51.4S MEN'S $3.00 PANTS $2.25 MEN'S $3.50 PANTS $2.65 MEN'S $4.50 PANTS S3.00 MEN'S $5.00 PANTS $3.75 MEN'S $6.00 PANTS S4.50 BOYS' $1.95 SUITS $1.35 BOYS' $2.50 SUITS Si.65 BOYS' $2.95 SUITS - $1.95 x: 6 GSt-$3v95SUfT $2.65 BOYS' $4.35 SUITS S2.90 "BOYS' $5.00 SUITS $3,. 3 5 BOYS' $6.00 SUITS AU Boys' and Children's Wash Suits HALF PRICE MEN'S 5oc UNDERWEAR 35 c MEN'S $1.00 UNDERWEAR 79 c MEN'S $1.00 SHIRTS ENS:i$T5mRTSr- ; $i.i5 MEN'S $2.00 SHIRTS $1.35 , MEN'S 50c NECKWEAR 39c MEN'S 25c GARTERS 15 c All Straw Hats and All Panamas HALF PRICE AU Our Men's Suits in Blues and Blacks ONE FOURTH OFF t When you see it in our ad, it's so Fiye Stores t Five Stores First and Morrison Second and Morrison First and Yamhill Third and Oak 87 and 89 Third I J. G. Mack & Co. Fifth and GtarR J. G. Mack & Co. a. n r . iu mmJ sun Kmtiuirv4tfMtfftmvny li.Adii hi.iIimj iMX Ul.liliiid,i;ihJ U1 ill i k:i In Our Furniture fop-the Living Room and Library There's Trastworthlaess ol Construction and Highest Material Qnnty Not of passing fashion,. but of permanent rood taste in HIan .. . . . . . iL . and buiIt in a manner that denotes the highest structural qual ity. In furnishing the living-room or library, you'll find in our displays the very pieces that afford comfort and niaiaciti, aim ai yuLCi nidi yuu u aumii are reasonaoie. M9PP' DouWMtuflupKIilerf- Made by one of the leading Grand Rapids makers. The price is only $87.50. Other Davenoorts with solid m,hnn. a a P! . as low as $60. Overstuffed Davenports, made by BircS, of London EngUnd, as high 8250. upholstery, The Arm Rocker pictured here is a popular type, with solid Cuban mahogany frame. Winzed back The fact thit"?t ; a k u i fid. todtno,e to , n. price ,. orty $30. Aisoa, $30 1. . Lad, Echai, oTJtJ' Sohd Mahogany Lftrary Table of the .c.roll Colonial type. Another Table, with turned pillar po,tS, also of solid mahogany, at $3sf E Anglo Persian, Ardebil, Royal Kashan. Heratl In beauty of design and color faithful reproductions of the rarest Oriental Rugs and worthy of a the finest homes. Therefore, in buying these handsome floor coverings, one secures practically the same distinct- lvcncbb anu Deauiy ai one tenth of the cost of the gert'ttinc Oriental these reproductions, they are shown in desfgns and color combinations, suitable Never a more complete showing of these beautiful ..rugs than what is displayed on The standard room sizes, ranging in price to $57.00. Extra large sizes also in stock 9x15 inches by .13 feet 6 inches, 11 feet 3 inches large living-rooms, etc.. they are BMiBfBSjar Rugs. Besides other refined for all rooms, serviceable and our rug racks, from $33.50 feet; 10 feet 6 by 13 feet, for Sample Carpet Rugs at 50c, 75c and $1.00 One-j-ard and lH-yard sam ples of Wilton and Axmlnster Carpeta that aell regularly for $1.65 to li.BO yard. Naatly. bound and s e r g e d. Can b uad as effectively. aa th regula ajnall-slsa ruga. .. Lace Curtains a,Arru,"T Sample pairs anc single Curtain's being disposed of at very unusual Reductions. An opportunity to renew your window hangings. Half pairs of Nottingham and Cluny Laces to close at 25c, $1.00 and $1.25 each. One-pair lots of Plain Net, Cluny, Brussels, Ruf fled Swiss, Scrim and Marie Antoinette Lace Curtains & iJ5?-00' $1'25' 2'00' $2-25 $2.65, $3.75, $4.25 and $6.00 pair. One-pair lots of Novelty Curtains, 12 patternsln' all, to close at $2.75 to $8.50 pair. Fifth and Slark I I . I. 4'. - .