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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND,1 ' SUNDAY , MORNING, AUGUST , 17. 1913:, t; -ft ; MORROW COUNTY HAS wmm mm w, CAMP RILEY TODAY; FOREST. RANGER KILLS 60 rpfis.To E COYOTES IN.ONE SEASON i: ALL VISITORS TO FAIR GET HOI First Annual Event Is to Take Official Ascent Wednesday 1 Off Curse of Reputation for Sees Only 10 Reach . Top r r n i i Semi-Aridity. cecause 0T.,aa weatner, 10 CENTRAL OREGON SETTLERS OKI IMISI IU . SMS TONIGH jflj ' EL- - " M G V II I i (8pecUI to The Journl 1 Heppner, Or., Aug. 16. Morrow Coun ty will hold lta first annual fair Sep tember 85-27. This county Is in what Is frequently called the semi-arid belt, but the prospects are that people un- ; familiar -with the products of this coun ty will be surprised at the display. Un- ; der the dry farming methods, the grain produced in Morrow county astonishes even Oregon ians from other parts of the state, when they consider the limited J rainfall. But grain is not all. There will somei of the finest cattle on the contin ;. rent. W. O. Minor's herd will be shown, and there will be a goodly number of ' others. There will be hogs on exhibi . tio Which will be hard to beat any- whereThere will be chickens; It is doubtful whether there Is a better coun . try anywhere for poultry. This indus " try Tias not received much attention -until within the past three or four years. , If It continues to forge ahead, it bids fair to be one of the leaders. There i will be an exhibit of sheep worth going miles to see. The reputation of Morrow county as a sheep-growing and wool i producing region is well known. And people who think that all the fruit grown In Oregon la raised at Hood River and a few other points will find some thing here to convince them that this is a fruit country. The Irrigon and Willow-Creek and Butter Creek orchards produce some of the finest ffiuit to be found in the state. a, pretty Good Cora, Country, There will also be evidence that this county can grow corn. While it cannot compete with Iowa and Illinois, it will : be able to demonstrate that corn can be raised to an advantage. The dairy In dustry is developing rapidly and the de i mand for corn for silage will result in the production of great quantities. - The baby show will also demonstrate , that Morrow county is in the front line when it comes to showing the future citizen in miniature. . Although the fact that the fair would he held this year was not known until late will somewhat interfere with the children's exhibit, the indications are that a very creditable showing will be made. On the uplands. It Is somewhat difficult for children to do much in, the line of gardening:, but on irrigated lands they are doing some excellent work. Th children will make a showing in t lis poultry raising line. There will also be a creditable showing In sewing, baking and mechanical work. One Say Tot The Pioneers. The amusement features will be en tertaining and clean. It Is expected that a number of speakers of note will ad dress the people, Also. One day will be given over to the pioneers, and. it Js ex pected that on this occasion many who have left the country for other fields will return .for a visit. There will be musie by a first class band. Heppner and Morrow county expect to do them selves proud, and the first county fair will furnish some agreeable surprises, to the people from the outside IS ON A BIG SCALE j Pioneer Company Is Expected to Spend $1,500,000 on f Improvements, i! (Speclti! to The Joernal.) , Marshfield, Or., Aug. 16. Extensive t work is being carried on at the new J town of Brookings in southern Curry t county. Brookings is at the mouth of .; the Chetco river, not far from the Cail t fornia line. It is' opposite the small town of Harbor. The improvements are . bcingr made by the Brookings Lumber j- company. A large saw mill has been . started and a bank, church and other buildings are to be erected, besides - houses for the men. The mmna-nx, i. building a costly dam in, the river fur . me purpose or making a log pond.' It s itf O )1 firm n,i&il . K . . . . . . , . - ...uu iimv vwr a. minion ana a , half dollars will be expended before the j improvements are) completed. The saw mill will have a capacity of 230,000 feet i a day. . . . . ;, ' Some engineering- work has been dono with a view of opening the mouth of the v Chetco river as a harbor but at prese.it t all unloading of material is done by wire ' cable. f The Owens Lumber company and an j, other lumber concern also expect to build mills at Brookings. The Brook- lugs company owns 32,000 acres of tini 5 ber land in southern Curry county and a , logging; railroad is under construction , It la. aaid that the mill win be one of j the most modern on the coast and the. , number of men employed in the mill f aLSSu make ,he town of WILL RUN FIFTEEN CARS Picking of Bartletts in Prog .. ress; Apples Will Be of J-arge Sizes. WORK AT BROOKINGS HOOD RIVER PEAR CROP ' ! 'ti JSloltf to Tit JoarnaL) Hood hiver. Or., Aug. 1 .The fruit i harvest began today with the picking of Bartlett pears, and as soon as they are JUt of the way the Cornice and D'An-.- Jous will follow. The estimates that 7. the Apple Orowers' association have on ,ii;ttie pear crop of the valley will total about 5 cars. The pears will be packed , soon as they are picked and shipped i ,jo eastern narket s. After the pears , ,y , have been harvested the Gravonstefu apples will be picked, followed by the earlier varieties. Hood Uver apples will run 40 large aires this season on no count of the cool weather that has pro . ; ailed throughout the growing season. Scouts Will Hike to Trout Lake. Jfood River,, Or.. Aug. 1 The Boy Peouts of Hood , River.; 25 in number, - ill lve Mondays moralng-lfor' Trout Lake, AValT.,-wher they will remain in Smip for wo weeks. The boys will .. make the entire distance of approxt hmtely 99 miles sfoot n4-carry their 'A striking feature of personal con tact with homesteaders in most sections of central Oregon where material growth was noted. Is that they are all confi dently optimistic of the present and future," says R. 11. Crosier, assistant general passenger agent of the Oregon Trunk railway. Mr. Crozler was a member of the fly ing squad that a few days ago com pleted an 1800 mile rlp through the interior of the state, reaching almost to the Oregon-Nevada boundary Among other members of the party were Pro fessor A. B. Cordley, dean of the Ore gon Agricultural college, Phil Bates, publisher of the Pacific Northwest, as well as representatives of other inter ested railways and the Oregon Develop ment league. The object of the trip was the ex ploitatfon of Interest In, and the organ ization of delegations to the Oregon Development league meeting at Kla math Falls, commencing Tuesday. Aug. 19. Forty meetings were held In Crook. Harney, Lake, and 'Klamath counties. Many were Informal meetings. Talks with groups of ranchers and settlers were had. ' "Very practical features of our pro motion gatherings were presented by. Mr. Bates, acting secretary or tne De velopment league, and Professor Cord lev," continued Mr. Crozler. "The latter made a carefuj survey of conditions in the central Oregon country and ad dressed the meetings with a view to carrying out the provisions of recent legislation, providing for demonstration farms and experimental tracts. He laid stress upon the opportunities for agri cultural betterment. "An underlying thought of the meet ings was that local endeavor should look toward caring for new-comers and solving local problems rather than far distant publicity workjft Demonstration Fariunnrlshes. "We found the demonstration farm of 200 acres east of Burns in rplnndirt con dition. It has ibO individual tracts planted to various grains, grasses, etc. Its cultivation is receiving wide atten tion from the farmers In that territory. "The territory between Bend and Burns, particularly the Hampton valley, has had considerable homestead immi gration during the past two years. We gained the Impression that most of these people Intend to prove up on their claims and hold them until there are more railroad facilities. There are slll problems of water to solve. In the tat low valley which we traversed, there has been a surprising number of new settlers who are making fair headway. "Homestead development which af forded considerable satisfaction was found In the Christmas Lake valley. Large numbers of people have gone , bedding ami provisions. The lads will be in charge of Rev. Kdward Harris, scout master. , Band Carnival of TItree Days. Hood River, Or., Aug. 16. The Hood River Concert band has maintained its regular practices throughout the sum mer months and is now preparing to give a three days' carnival in Hood River, assisted by Arnold's shows of Portland. The band has been self-supporting since Its organization and has never asked a donation of cash from the citizens for maintenance. It retains the seivlces of Thomas Hill as leader. What is aid to be the largest rattle snake farm in the world is conducted in Texas by a man and his wife. CONCRETE RESERVOIR AT HOOD RIVER HOLDS 1 1 ' 4 . Hl, 1 A 4 ' x j I I ' - - ,.r 'y - m' ill Exterior view of the new cement reservoir at Hood River,. just Completed, Of the Tucker Bpring water being brought in a distance of nine miles iiuiu njjjMUAiuiai-pi ,uu,uuu Ksiioiis. it exienos aDout far belo. Twenty-four heavy cement pillars support the roof from SS" T ;"z&zi tSr S? J- ' tSS" SSS-SSSSv . . sMMMs1sMsl'5Sr lrgi'J,lJ Top Six thousand head of cattle in this summer's round-up at Silver Lake. . 1 Middle The Bend-Burns stage at Brookings. Dottom Settlers gathered at the school house at Lorma Vista, Christ mas lake valley. One year ago there wsb one settler here. Into this country in the past f eW lrea sons. They are making marked ad vance in clearing and getting the land under the plow. Water is easily reached. There are al.so numerous squatters on unfcurvcyed portions of the public do main. "At one point, Loma Vista, where there wfes only one settler a year ago, about 76 people were assembled at the new Kohool house which they had erect ed. The poople manifested an unusual Interest in the message of Professor Cordley. This and other places we vis ited showed the people as a whole to be cheerful and hopeful in the work of conquering a new country. We did not hear a complaint from any of them. XAkevlew Canals Completed, "At Latdlaw the engineers are -busy on the Tumalo project, which Is backed by a state appropriation. The people here arc confident of the productiveness of the country and the tributary sec tions served by this canal system will undoubtedly become a very productive one within a few years. At Lakeview main canals have been completed" which next season are to furnish water for about 45,000 acres of land on the west side of Ooose 1 .ake. . This district is very favorably located and the soil is deep. The land under the Klamath STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! S.P. Hands Klamath County $17, 000 Too Much Even Aftel Check by Special Agent. Sp-ll to Th Journal.) Klamath Falls, Or., Aug. 16. Klam ath county Is Indebted to the Southern OVERPAYS TAXES reclamation districts for the most part is now under cultivation and is very productive of hay, potatoes, etc. Al falfa Is selling tor around $15 per ton f. o. b. Klamath Falls. Another notice able fact In development is that In the neighborhood of the fort the land is coming into the hands of eastern farm ers of high class. "In the Harney valley they have been raising hogs galore. They now find the production is too great for the home market and tliey are figuring on a small packing plant and creamery to reduce the products to proportions suit able for long haul. In this valley we ran across a bunch of industrious In d taxis clearing 10,000 acres of sage brush laud with a giant caterpillar en gine. "There Is a company actively engaged In developing borax, soda and salt at the south end of Summer lake. A dam about a mile long has been thrown across the end of the lake, and I under stand that they expect to produce large quantities of these commodities; also that they are unttar contact to furnish sale to the stock men on that country. It is a mistake to suppose that the great cattle land country Is rapidly passing and that the typical cow punch ers of the great west remain only in Remington's pictures.' Pacific Company In the sum of $17,000, the amount In which the railway com pany overpaid its 1912 taxes. The mis take was made in the assessor's office and was overlooked by the railway rep resentative who inspected the assess ment and gave his approval to the valu ation as It appeared on the assessor's books. In the first instance the error was merely clelcal, but after its ap proval by the railway company's special agent It went on the ill and the taxes were paid. The error was discovered by the expert who audited the county book. No action has yet been taken to refund the amount. It has not been de termined What course will be pursued. It. is believed the company could not re cover the amount, but it Is the lnten tlon of the county court to make a sat isfactory adjustment. 750,000 GALLONS and to become the rereptacle "Oder municipal ownershlD The 16 feet above ground and the Interior . as (Spcelal to The Jourpil.t Troutlake, Wash., Aug. 16. With gale blowing at the rate of SO miles an hour, and noses frosted in many in stances, 50 Masamas attempted the as cent of Mount Adams Wednesday. Only IS reached tne summit, seven of whom were young women as follows: Miss Jean Richardson, Miss Pauline Geballe, Miss Nettie Crout, Miss Marion Schnei der. Miss Wilson. Miss Alice Banfleld and Miss L. Freeman. Miss Richardson attempted the ascent last week and reached only the first summit, but de termined to complete the climb Wedns day If possible Jnd this feat she ac complished. Mlhs Wilson suffered a frostad nose, the mercury reaching about 6 degrees' below sero. " A real mountain storm was encoun tered and the mountaineers Could hardly keep their feet as they climbed. It was one of the most determined crowd of climbers that ever attempted to subdue the oid snow peak and they experienced the rigors of winter. , Eighteen reached the first summit only, one, Mrs. C. K. DHIeng'er. being 65 years of age. She had been waiting dur ing the entire time of the sojourn of the Mazamaa at Camp Riley, to make the ascent of the mountain on this oc casion, this being the official climb. Hr friends did not believe that she could reach the summit In the storm but sho achieved the distinction of being the enly woman of her age ever to hp.ve reached the height of the first summit Three Captains Are Warned. The Mazama climbers were divided into three divisions or companies on this occasion, A, B and C. A captain was appointed to head each division and it was the duty of each captain to see that every one kept up with the line of march. If anyone lagged he was urged forward. If any grew too slow in mak ing the climb and the altitude affect ed him. he would be sent back, nothing Deing anowea to deter the rest from making the ascent. Several on this of ficial climb were sent back and waited at the lower levels for the crowd as it returned. The retijrn trip down the mountain was extremely dangerous because of ice and the utmost care was exercised In order that no accidents would happen. Very little coasting down the snow fields was attempted. The mountain folk took to the rocks In making the de scent Instead of coasting all the way. Only the last snowfield was attempted and the usual sport of sliding was ta booed because of the dangerously slip pery condition of the snow. Miss Nellie Crout was one of those suffering- from snow blindness and found It difficult to make the trjp because of this. Trip Unmarred, by Aooldent. That no accidents occurred on this trip, one of the most difficult of anv ever attempted by Mazamas because of the condition of the weather, is due to the continual efforts of the leaders of the ascent, who used every precaution to avert danger. A. Boyd Williams made the second as cent this week. The first one was made Monday when he climbed alone, making the return trip Just four and a quarter hours from the time he left the camp. His was the record climb. Mazamaa will break camp Sunday, re turning to( the Jewett Karm at White Salmon, where dinner will be served. andjWiii reach Portland Sunday evening. Trips Will Be Taken Through Farming District; Lakes Will Afford Joy, (SpK'lal to Th Journal.) Klamath Falls, Or., Aug. 16. The pro. gram ror tne Central Oregon Develop ment league has been completed. The sessions for the three days liave been arranged so that the meetings will be held at times when they will not con fllct with trips to Merrill and other parts of the farming district and also a pleasure trip on the upper Klamath lake. There is every assurance that the city will be crowded and that much good will come from the meeting. The farm ers Of Klamath county ere going to at tend in large numbers. The local cham ber of commerce will look after the vis itors. 0. A. C. EXPECTS LARGE f( California Squad Will Be Ex ceptionally Large; Sweden Will Send Students, (Special to Tba Journal.) Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lls. Or., Aug:. 16. Estimated on the basis of the credentials received by Registrar H. M. Tennant for entrance to the Ore gon Agricultural College, attendance during the coming year will be greatly In excess of that of any previous year. The Influence of the college In attract ing students from practically every state in the Union1 and from the leading nations of Europe and Asia as well, is rapidly moulding it Into a cosmopolitan character. . In addition to the 10 for eign countries represented last year. Sweden will send students, according to credentials received. Of states othrr than Oregon, California continues to lead, and already 24 new students have forwarded -credentials. As there were 115 In the last year's delegation from that state, the California group will be a very large one. Other Indications' of a. creased attendance are requests for blanks, and announcements of Drosoec- uve siuaenis. Ail- tnese are mora nu merous than those for the correspond ing period last year. Students accom panied by their families are arriving, although It is more than four weeks be fore registration opens, September 29. On Tuesday, September 23, the fall se mester formally opens. - - - ' journal Want Ads bring- results. i KLAMATH FALLS READY FOR ROADS CONVENTION JREIGN ATTENDANCE JW 1 . -J a i T . v iwl IV '"KC "&r.kxl J,M7. Bvl Forest Ranger McBntire of Malheur - coyotes he killed during the (Special to The Journal.) John I)ay, Aug. 16. About 60 coy otles in cne season, besides a few bears and wild cats, Is a pretty good record for one who follows hunting and trap ping only as a side Issue. This record was made last season by James B. Mc- Entire, a ranger on the Malheur na tional forest. During the winter months the regu lar business of the forest does not re quire the entire time of the rangers and they are expected to occupy their spare time in ridding the ranges of predatory animals. Traps for this purpose are furnished by the forest service, but if the rangers desire to hunt also, guns and ammunition must be furnished by themselves. Tnls works no hardship on them, however, as the bounty and the value of the furs nuts them quite a profit McBntire Enjoys Hunting. Trapping and hunting is the most agreeable part of Mr. McKntlre's win ter work. Whenever he and his dog take to the hills it behooves the coy otes to move over into the next county. McEntlro and his dog'are the terror of all predatory animals In the Izee coun try. Every winter there Is cause for prolonged mourning among such pests, due to the havoc worked by these two relentless hunters. Besides being an expert with tho rifle, Mr. McEntlre Is a skillful trapper. lie also knows tho value of a well-trained hunting dog. The damage done to stock In this county every year by coyotes and other animals amounts to thousands of dol 1 I fe'ZR B BRIDGE: EXPERT SERVICE LOWEST PRICES We replace teeth without plates which can not be told from your own. We give abscn lutely reliable and up-to-date dentistry which will please you not only in looks but in active service. Our artificial teeth are guaranteed to fit, to stick. .to jour moutli and to feel com fortable. Crown and Bridge Specialists Good Plates ,. . . . ... .85,00 Porcelain Crowns ..$3.50 Gold Fillings $1.00 22-K Gold Crowns $3.50 22-K Gold Bridge $3.50 Silver Fillings 50 We are always busy because our success is due to the fact that. we do the very best work at very lowest prices. Electro Dental Parlors 1 RELIABLE PAINLESS DENTISTS y $ E. G.'Ausphmd, D. D. S.t Manager Washington Street, Corner Sixth" National Forest, and pelts of th winter of 1912 and 1913. lars. Some of the larger stock owners employ men all winter to do nothing but destroy coyotes. Coyotes Are Disappearlaf. The- bounty offered by the county, together with the value of the pelts. Induces many men to spend the winter trapping and hunting Independently. The officers of the Malheur national forest alone destroyed nearly 150 of these animals last winter. As a result of these activities the coyote is rapidly disappearing, and it is only a matter of a few more years until It will cease to be the scourge of the eastern Oregon stock ranges. Cooper Brick to Be Enlarged. Cottage Grove, Or., Aug. 16. Still another brick building is announced for Cottage Grove for the year. W. -B. Cooper, who has begun erection of a brick near the corner of Fifth street. on Main, has formed a partnership with Al P. Churchill In the purchase of the corner property also, and will extend the first building to cover this prop erty. O. O. Veath also contemplates the erection of a brick on the lot east of the Cooper building. Fall Time Auto Time TUffht now while the roads are in goo-1 condition is the time to buy that "auto." 2nd hand autos are soia at a sacrmoe. and thev do not depreciate in valu. There are real buys in Journal automo bile columns every day. Watch this column closely. Examination and Estimate or worn Cheerfully Given Free. 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