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THE -OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY- MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1912. ma First Apple Trees Come Intq Bearing-on Umatilla Project Total of All Classes of Fires Is 367; Vigilance of Rang ers Proves of Great Value; 4880 Acres Burned Over. FUSh FIRE LOSS m IB YEAR "12 yX - Iioss by fir in the national 7ofesls o7 Oregon and Washington for the present - calendar year was the lowest in many years, according ton compilation Just ; completed by District Forester Cecil 1 Greater experience on the part of . the forest officers, together with the In- ' creased number of trails and telephone linen iii the national forests have made The total of all elasses. of fires is 367. Of these, 5 were of no conse quence sin they consisted ' mostly of unattended camp b I axes and other small flareups that did not extend over more than a quarter of an acre. Had it not been for the vigilance of the forest rangers, no doubt a number of these would have grown Into serious con f la (rations. Of the remainder, 68 extended , ever less than 19 acres, while 40 were estimated to have done damage amount . lng to 1100 each. Thirteen werd estimated to have done -damage amounting-t t least and two were estimated to have done dam age slightly in excess of 11000, Where Tires Started,. I XVith respect to the location of origin, l 6 J fires started on national forest land, 41 started on private lands In side the forests, four started outside the forest and burned Into it, and 68 occurred near the boundaries of the for ests and were fought by forest officers primarily to prevent "burning" Into the forests and secondarily to prevent loss " to the. Owners.: r ' Analysis of the causes show that SI of the 36T fires are chargeable to rail ' roads, : i ; to lightning, 19 to incen diaries. 7 to brush burning .by settlers, 78 to campers, three to sawmills and 71 to unknown causes. The total area of forest land burned over was 4880 acres and the total of private lands, Inside, the forest burned over Is 8065 acres. The estimated value of matBrff'nattonsl'forest'.'timbcr'de stroyed Is $3230, and the value of pri vately owned timbeLjJthln ' the na tional forests Is estimated at I4S51. The totar expenditure ty the forest service for fighting fires on and near the na tional forests is $5637, and the value of , the cooperation recelvedfrom Interested parties amounts to $1770. Causes of Fires. - In IS 11 the, report of the district for ester showed that a total of 891 fires doing a damage of $78,230 to . timber In the national forests and to private tim ber bad been done. - The report for 1910 showed 864 . fires doing a damage of $954,08 to national forest timber and private timber within the forests, It la at once recognised that with the ex- , ccptloi of lightning, an forest fires are traceable directly to the thoughtlessness or maliciousness of man, and an analy sis of the causes of the fires show that ; in 1910, 87 per cent were In the man made class. This per centtn i 1911 fell to 70 per cent and In 191$ this per cent was further reduced to 0 per cent, : In other words, only a little more than half of the number of fires this year were caused by human hands. This Improvement is a direct result of the campaign of education carried on by the various fire prevention agencies and the splendid cooperation of the northwestern press. Card of Thanks. To the many kind friends whose sym pathy and -assistance has-been such a comfort to me during the illness and death of my beloved husband;' I wish to express my heartiest gratitude. Signed,- MRS. ROBERT BKRRT. : Young apple orchard on land watered by the government near Hermlston, Or. : (SriMs! to Tha Innmat.' 1 JHMmistonr-jDj,;No.Ihla: Jul Jth a first year in which apples have been bearing on the Umatilla government pro ject; that It Is an apple country has been fully demonstrated in every way, and now thousands of acres are being put Into orchaxd-by-tha-aettlera-The Winesap apple seems to be most popu lar. Most of the settlers are putting In this variety. It is possible to grow garden truck between the tree rows; some have put In alfalfa, but lt has been shown that garden truck is better an(Linoreprofltableii5n Jhe orchards of the Western Land and Irrigation com pany's lands, rye is' sown between the rows -ad then-turned- under- ThU gives moisture to the ground and les sens the need of water. 1 In three years time the Umatilla government project will be known far and wide as an apple district. There are today -several hundred acrea of land la orchard that will be bearing in three years. Land is not considered high In price. The water right under the pro ject Is $60 per acre, payable in 10 years at $8 per aore each year; this howeyer, will most likely be made payable in 20 years, as soonaa congreea convenes. The people who have located at Hetv mlston nnder the project are mostly fromthe,-eaaUrn-jttttea-nd-hava-come here to 'make homes. The soil is of a sandy loam and volcanic ash and with irrigation will grow nearly all kinds of garden truck. Watermelons, squash, and potatpea-are all great products of thla-aolL,Orapea and strawberries have also been shipped In large quantltes. Several car loads of cows are now being brought In to the farmers, and a cream, ery and dairy will soon be Installed. There la organised here a Farmers' Un ion and Farmers' Exchange, which ships alLiha jroductgof--thefarm-andJweps in touch with the best markets. Woman Draws Gun on Suit Club Man Gets His Watch, His Mmdmm AIIeged.,Svylndler liitRock jn.Shapeof: Mrs.;Berry, Who Turns Tables on Collector; Victims Form an "Anti-" Club. . '.' JlWn'lted ttm Xa Wire. ' San Francisco, Nov. 2. Backing lip her demand with a business-like gun, Mrs. Emma Berry, one of hundreds of women along the Paclflo coast who have been concerned in a weekly In stallment suit club plan, has to her credit the first decisive victory Irt a crusade begun by the -women to canoe their bargains and recover their money. 'Retunutho $10 I have paid you on your sult-----scheinei!,-T-:sakl----MrSr--errjr-when a collector for the Great Eastern Woolen mills" called at her home for his weekly $1 Installment" "I haven't got It," protested the col lector,, plainly awed by tho gun. "All I have is $1 and you can't have that." "Well, I will have it. And lil have your watch as well," was Mrs. Berry's reply. : And, aided by the gun, aha got them. When the collector, W. P. McNally, tried to secure a warrant from District Attorney Ftckert for -Mrs.-1 Berry, r his employer. Charles W. Hlckey, was also on hand asking for redress against Mrs. Anna Bawart, another member of .the suit club. Mrs. Bawart, he said, visited his office to try on the suit, which, some day, was to be hers upon the pay ment of an additional $20 for extra cloth required. Mrs. Bawart lacf mountainous build, and when the suit was once draped about her form, she defied Hlckey to separate her from It, ana caimiy wanted out, both' Hlckey and" his man that'they had no Just cause of complaint and ordered them out of his office. - The action of the two women ts due to agitation against the suit clubs which has resulted in warrants being sworn out on a swindling charge against half a doien-suit clubs, which are said to have secured more .than $10,000 from trusting women in many cities and towns oii, the coast. One of those ac cused is John. , Joe.: Btmmona, who is said .to 1 Jiave operated In- Portland, Or. Determined to put the accused con cerns, which are all alleged to be af filiated -with the Hlckey concern, out of business, scores of the women victims win meet nere next Monday as an Manti Hickey club." It Is reported that Mrs. Berry and Mrs. Bawart are to occupy vi oouor at me garnering. GIRLS FORBIDDEN TO WEAR 1 LOUD HOSE The state of Illinois recently opened to the public Its new school for the study and prevention of occupational diseases and Industrial accidents. The Vschool"- is part of the new headquarters of the state factory Inspector. It comes Into existence by virtue of the occuna tional diseases law and the health, safe ty and comfort act, which requires the state factory inspector to compel the installation of health and .safety de vices. London has mora than 900.000 Ficktrt told tially-or wholly deaf residents. par- . ; I r T")T-T r r mT-l TTTT f1 riTX Tl1 m T f Aim i-t , -4 1 IS FOUND THE CHICKERING P j Herewith is reproduced an ex- .. x V ' ; iexiorafi(nw9 iniemrvlewrcT Jy " Ji, r'-H'VvVC'U t - the beautiful home of Mr. T. B. - jfi' j" V ' STtf2d Wilcox on Nob Hill. ? V' me lnienor Tiews show the frr .Sy '5 - '"j1 main corridor and beautiful stair- if; ' $ ' i; ; " Y J way, as well as the artistic music Jf-i' X' t" room, where a superb Chickering R.T -vT pi " i"ft Parlor Grand Pjano reigns su- f-iV 4jk Ll premc 11 ' WL ': K -Vfr j J A noteworthy fact proven by r , ' U. piano is favored and used in more , U h W ; J j cultured homes, not only in this JA l ;. 'If ' S.i V - ; ty, but throughout the United fc 'v ' 1 - ' States as well, than any other ":'ks . ; f make. .-.vsW .w, , ; '. . I -pgpjqpieSJISBSSBBBWa j C s . - !i Ti l II I II New York, Nor, I.-Mlss Oldham, who has charge of the girls In the Bayonne (N. X)-Jilgh- schooV- made some i head-to-foot criticisms recently. She addressed the girls saying; "You tfirls are . too prolific In "the use of paint and rouge and you will have to stop the practice at once. We do not care to be treated to moving pictures in this school and neither do we want any Galateas or living oil paintings around here. This Is a public school and not an art gallery. Besides, I think the complexion of the average American girl Is such that is harmed Instead of Improved by artificial devices."-' - Then Miss Oldham lectured the girls on their clothing. She said many of the girls had got Into the habit of wear ing hose of too loud a color and an nounced that In the future hosiery and shoes would be confined to black and tan colors. ' t Several of the schoolgirls win take up the matter of black and tan shades withthftjaoard of. education. ,, v DARTS FROM BATH TO CHAS E THIEF! HORROR Chicago, 111., Nov. J, One CMcagoan would have-been-tickled to death to adopt the proposed silt skirt, or any otner oia costume. George H. Buggies, while in the bath tub in his apartments at a hotel here. heard some one in his bedroom, Itug-4 gies aasnea out and found a man making off with his clothes. He ran at than-h darted thrdusrhzthiziiaii door, and before fie could check hlnv seir Kuggies was outside his door. which swung to and latched behind him, Kugglcs. abandoned the chase of the robber and made efforts to get his door open or to scale the transom, as several guests were approaching down, the ha U. His-effort proving unavailing, he wan forced to snatch up a length of the hall carpetto-drape-Wmself. Employe-of the hotel, thinking Ruggles was insane, took him thus clad to a trunkroonr and sent for the police before he could make them believe his explanation. He re turned t his room by way of a freight elevator. COVER CROPS VALUABLE IN IRRIGATED ORCHARDS (Special t The Jnnrntl Oregon Agricultural College. Corval lis, Or., Nov. $. The Importance of the grewmg of cover crops In orchards Is emphasized in a recent bulletin on or chard irrigation Issued by the Oregon Agricultural college. "Cover crops add humus and fiber to the sons' says the bulletin. "The fiber adds to the moisture-holding capacity of the light soils and makes the heavier typcs more- friable, and more easily nanaiea. Any sou or high clay or silt content ana low in organic matter is not only difficult to handle with re spect to cultivation, but also as to ir rigation. . - . -Tnis type of soil takes up water very, slowly. Percolation Is so slow that a large number of furrows are neces sary If a sufficient amount of water la to be supplied. Thus a greater surface for evaporation is exposed, 'and such soils bake and crack badly on drying tout. A good cover crop either natural or sown. If plowed under early in the spring, will, aid greatly In overcoming meee auiicuiuea. ' ' In experiments It was ro:'ced that when there had bfen a late Irrlnatl.jn a good natural cover crop grow up, tf cnivawuuu, auiria ana various grasses. In , r.e orchard covjr vf i of ..vticn and rye and of hitler,, town tariy in tseptemoer alter 'ats irr ty-ittaiu, Martrd readily and made fine jjrowtli. An early cover crop or mis , tiuiur.i not only eaas its own iioer to iti noil, but r.iv vents tne leaves irom blowing aw.iv. thus keeping them' when they wMi bo or benefit. Those cover crops which get a good start early in the fall make the best kind of protection for the soli during the winter. ' The back of a new couch hammock that er-Wiaeowalw- w h pateweeeWs- so mounted that it adjusts itself to the angle at which an occupant may be sitting or reclining. ' . --v A. 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