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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND," SUNDAY MORNINO, AUGUST 17 1918. ONE HUSKY.! HILL - MUSTARD CAN START 1,500,000 OF ITS ID m PREDICTION IS CITY OF 10,000 PEOPLE BLAME FOR INDIAN'S DEATH . 9 RESTS WITH BOOTLEGGER NINE TRUNKS RISE'FROM- " ONE STUM P NEAR N EWPO RT AT Each Seed May Live 10 Years and All Rabbits of Oregon Would Do Less Harm, ; Purchaser of $250,000 Sift on Coos Bay Says Ultimate ly 1200 Men Will 'Be Hired, Mrs. Ada Graham, Kings Val ley Passenger,' Claims Per-' manent 'Disability. ' C. & E. IS MULCTED OF I 410,000 FORINJORYIfl THE CHITWOOD-VRECK COOSTON OREGON ' Oregon Agricultural College, Cor . vallls, Or., Aug. 16. "If all the Jack , rabbits of Oregon were confined to the ' Columbia river basin, they would do less damage to the wheat fields than the tumbling mustard is now doing," says Professor M. p, Scudder, agronom ist! of the .Oregon Agricultural College. "In many' fields reduces the yield one . half and throughout the entire wheat belt it Is rapidly growing worse. Farmersare beginning to count the cost per acre, and when put into dollars and cents It runs very high. Although .ne may not havs - realized it, the damage it, does the wheat grower Is the heav iest tax be has to pay. "This 'JJih Hill' mustard is a bad ' weed-pest for these reasons: It is com mon , throughout eastern Oregon. When rips the bead of the plant breaks off and blows for miles, while the, tough podS opeji a little at every jump, drop ping a few hundred or thousand seed. A full grown normal plant bears about 1,500,000 seeds,, which are covered with , resistant seed coats' end regain their vitality for 10 to 15 years, germlnatjng only when brought near the surface. The plant 4 Is a-very heavy feeder upon soil food and moisture and hastens soil de pletion. And It . makes harvest difficult and to some extent injures the feeding value tof the crop. "In the work of eradication farmers should cooperate. Waste places should be clipped and burned before , the seeds ripen. In draws ahd the lee of hills where It collects it should be burned. Fences that cross the direction of pre vailing winds may have two wires strung on cleats nailed to the tops of the posts, to help catch and hold the ... traveling weeds. Railway companies will be ale to cooperate' with the farmers, and clean their rights of way. Seed of grain crops should be entirely free of the mustard seed. Badly infested crops should' be harvested with headers, as - the combined harvesters scatter the weed" seeds. "Following the harvest, the fielJ should be thoroughly disced with th double-action type of machine that will , bast chop down the stubble and prepare - a shallow seed bed in which the seeds will mostly sprout at the first rain fall. " Tbe'young plants may be destroyed be fore winter by a second discing. In very foul ground another crop of weeds will come up in the following spring, and the discing should bo repeated. Most of the seeds remaining in the ground will be 'brought up by the discing and may be effectually destroyed in the early Bum mer plowing. This treatment will not only destroy Ihe mustard, but most other weeds as welt. It also saves the moisture and adds humus to the soil. "Another method of great value on dry farming lands is to seed a part Of the farm to alfalfa in drill dows, three feet apart. The alfalfa may then be cultivated so thoroughly that at the end of the year the field will be en- ; tlrely free from weeds of any kind. If the best strains of alfalfa are seeded the succeeding crop, harvested for seed, will be worth more than the wheat crop. . At the end of three or four years the field for this crop may be moved to another section of the farm, until the entire farm is cleaned up. ' "When the weed is first attacked in bad areas the iron sulphur spray should prove of great assistance. But nothing can take the place of cultivated erops I Or cultivated summer fallow in the ex - termination of weeds." PORTLAND AND ASTORIA TO GO TO SANGERFEST Pacific Coast Societies Will Have 300.Voices in Grand Chorus at Spokane, 8pn-U) to The Journals Spokane, Wash., Aug. 16. The Pacific Coast Norwegian Singers' association will hold its ninth Sangerfest in Spo kane on August 30, 31 and Sept. 1. Two concerts will be oil the program In which the different singing societies, n orchestra and soloists will take part. The grand chorus will consist of about 800 voices and will be under the direc tion of Prof. Sperati, of Decorah, Iowa. Norwegian singing societies from the following cities and towns are members of the Pacific Coast association: From Washington Everett, Seattle, Ballard, Tatoma, iBllvana, Stanwood,- Norman, Spokane and Aberdeen. From Oregon Portland' and Astoria. From California San Francisco and Eureka. From Idaho Potlatch. From British Colum biaVancouver. From Montana go mere. Great Falls, Kallspell and Ana conda. Two large Norwegian associations of male choruses have been formed in this country, one east of the Rooky Moun tains, the other on the Pacific slope. The one in the east has flourished for nearly 26 years. They always have suc cessful and well attended S&ngerfests, In Which about 1000 voices Join in the male chorus. s The different Sangerfests of the Pa cific Coast Singers' association have been given at the following times and Places: , 1903, Everett; 1904, Seattle; 190G, Portland, during Lewis and Clark Exposition;, 1808, Tacoma; 1907, Astoria; 1909, Seattle, A. T, P. Exposition; mo, Eureka, Cel.; 1912, Everett . Death Follows Dreadful Injuries. Walla, Walia," Wash., Aug. 16. His body crushed as the result of a runa ; way accident on Mill creek last week, J X C. Cullen was taken to a. local Dos- pital Thursday night and died . there J yesterday. Mr. Cullen, who was 68 years old. was working on the A. II. Reynolds - ranch. A week ago Tuesday he fell from a wsgon loaded with wood. He was 5 kicked by one of the horses, and .the J wagon passed over his body. 24 Silk Hair Net, 25c j ; $15.00 Ytmntx Cut Hair Switch, ' h t sepnrata stem 87.45 115.00 88-inch, 3 separate stem gray Switches ...........,...$7.45 " HAIR STORE 130 etk sji4 na Wasungton. We match when others rail. Mall orders carefully attended to. (film vlM$$ 1 i ?aiN; 5I Mose Lane and (Sperlal to The Jounwl. Newport, Or., Aug. 16. Mose Lane, aged 61. fullblood Rogue River Indian, at one time famous throughout a large section of this country on account of his immense strength, has at last been "civilized." Wherever the white man spreads his dominion, in India, Africa, the Philippines, China or all over the world, "civilization" has always been accomplished by one or, all three agen cies buIletH, Bibles or booze. Bullets made a signal Sailure of Mose, no one seems to. have thought to try the Bible, and the booze finally got him. Mose Land came to Newport to cele brate the Fourth of July and was boot legged a Quart of "rot-gut" whiskey, and lying out in the wet all night, con tructed pneumonia and died July 11. Carl Davis, United States commissioner for. this district, and who was Lane's "tlllicum," says: "There is absolutely no two ways about it. Lans was murdered by some white iftan for the sum of one dollar. Lane was an Indian absolutely courageous, free from the superstitions of his race and whose word was worth more than a white man's bond. The Slletz has uffcred much from unpleasant notori ety in the past, but the white bootleg gers are to blame for it all. Some one is going to pay a terrible price, here or hereafter, for what has been going on here the past few years." Mr. Davis, through his court, has been one of the agencies which is responsible for the quieter times which now rule on the Sllets. Indian Voted for Sis Strength. Iene was about five feet six inches tall and weighed from 220 to 250 pounds, and was thought to be the strorgest man that ever lived in this parti,of the country. In over 20 years' career as a wrestler he never was thrown by Indian or white. About 20 years ago he went out to Corvallls to meet a white man who had been wrest ling up and down the Pacific coast and who claimed to be- the' western cham pton. Lane threw him twice inside of a few seconds, and angered- the white wrestler so that he asked for a gun to Kill th Indian. Xane Just grinned: "Ugh. mek no dlffens; kill um just the same." And ha was in truth able to kill the trained wrestler with his bare nands had trouble arisen. Lane's favorite expression in the face of heavy oaas was. 'Melc no aniens," and usual ly It didn't. On another occasion In Toledo' Lane became intoxicated' and W becoming noisy and had to be arrested. lie thrashed the entire posse of seven men and then retreated between two build ings where It was impossible to get at him. One man got a smash at him with a club and the club broke. He sent out Jthe ultimatum that if he was allowed to go by himself, he would go to Jail, but that the whole town couldn't make him go. He tired of Jail In a few hours, however, and charged across the floor against the side wall. At the third smash he torn a hole big enough to drive through and then charged down the street, to the consternation of the police force. Lane was not a heavy drinker and only occasionally became drunk, but never quarrelsome.' If It was not for the disgusting bootlegging tricks for which some parts of Lincoln county have become unfortunately famous, he probably would never have bothered with liquor. On account of his reliabil ity he served as government policeman on the reservation for many years, and his administration was characterized by absolute fearlessness and - respect for the law. - - "Kek Wo Dlffens." Word was brought to him once that his brother-in-law, Ned Evans, an aged Indian still alive, had been badly beaten by the Klamath Indiana at the Upper Farm. Mose started out to arrest them and meeting three of them, thrashed them all at once and was immediately, beseiged In his cabin by several score of Klamaths. The agent hurried to the scene with his policemen and a pla toon of soldiers. Lens was calmly smoking In the cabin with hts Win chester ready. "Oh, melt no diffens. I lick um anyway. You go back reserva tion. All safe here." ' One of Lane's best known adventures demonstrated his Independence and free dom from the superstition which domi nates his race. One of the legends of the Slletz country Is about a famous SlleU chief who became lost In the tim ber on a hunting trip and was caught by the "little black men" and tied up by them as a captive, much as Gulliver was by the LIHlputians. , The forests of the Slletz are supposed to be full of these gnomes and , to this day none of the. .old Indlaus will venture, Into the forest sifter dark' without a white man for protection, 1 Trappers Are Basoned, Lanerhad been detailed to resous two white ,trapper who. were known to be lost in the gorge country on the upper Sllets, . Two of 'a, party of for had come out for provisions and had been prevented by heavy snow storms from J returning ana Knew inmr companions' supplies must have long since been ex hausted. Lane had been hunting: some time without success until one morning a franllo Indian dashed into his oabln and screamed that the "little black men" were after him, and had shouted at hira. Photograph by Dr. Clausslus. Nellie Lane. "Mek no dlffens, come along, we go see," said Lane, picking up his rifle. Arriving at the spot where the other Indian had been, scared he found the two whites unconscious behind a log. One had been able to sit up and look across the log, and seeing the Indian passing, had shouted to him. The In dian, seeing his face, black with grime and whiskers, had fled. Lane shoul dered the two men and carried them to the village. One died later but the other owes his life to the fact that Lano hud the nerve to go get him and the strength to carry him home through huge snowdrifts. ' K Lano suffered a terrible beating once, however, last August at Toledo. When It was said that Lane had been licked, old timers laughed In disdain. But when particulars arrived it was found to be much like the Swede's case, who said: "I thought them Irishmen was such fighters! Why, me and me two brothers and a policeman and another feller licked one of them today." Lane had been set upon by about a dozen Indians, and this, coupled with his 60 years, made it too big odds. The effects of this beating probably had something to do with his succumbing to pneumonia so quickly this year. Lan was married three times and is survived ndW by widow and one grandchild. Ht, was always peaceable, law abiding and a factor for good on the reservation. He never was a "fire water" Indian, and his occasional drunken spells were soon over and al ways due to the white bootlegger, who carried the liquor to him, as he seldom or never sought It. GLATSKANIE BOYS BUILD MOTOR BOAT Two Lads Put Manual Train ing to Practical Purpose, Motorboat built by Clatskanle high school students. Clatskanle, Or., Aug. 1C Wlllard and Franklin Evenson, of the Clats kanle high school, while standing high la all their studies, were exceptionally good In the mantal training depart ment. They have Improved their sum mer vacation by building a luunch, which. Is as trim a little sneod boat as can be found upon the Columbia. All of the work was done by them, even to the shaping of the timbers. The length' of the launch is 32 feet, ami beam 4 feet, 8 Inches. The craft Is equipped with a Vanvlerk engino, of 40 horsepower, with apoel of 25 mlls an hour, and has a seating capacity for 1J. She is named the "Alert" of Clats kanle. The builders are the sons of O. J. Evenson, manager of the Benson Timber company. wuiard, the elder of the boys, was graduated from the high school In June last He Is making preparations to enter Stanford university this fall. SECRETARY HUMPHRIES - LEAVES LA GRANDE CLUB ' . (Boacllll to Th Jniiriml 1 . La Grande, Or.,, Aug. 16. I). M. Hum phries; secretary of the La - Grande "sa 1 " " " ' I I --jl iv .''l t-i rOftX v v if Commercial olub, has resigned to go Into private business, A successor has not been 'decided, upon, , , ' iStifclnl to Tb Jtirntl. ' Marshfield, Or., Aug. . 16. Joseph Krels, representative of the eastern cap italists who huve purchased a large tract of land, on the east side of the bay at Coon ion, is in the city. Krels says the purchase is a bona fide one and that , thu price paid was $250,000. He says 'he is not in a position to say who has made the buy but that the purpose is to establish four large-Industries, one a stove works and one a furniture factory. In the latter the myrtle wood of this country will be used, and iron he states has . been found jn large quantities In this part of the state. Krels says that the industries, will develop to a point where 1200 men will be employed and that it is expected to make S. city of 10,000 people on the' east sida of the bay; Actual work on the new city will begin about the first of the year, according to Mr. Krels. What Krels Said at Rosebuig. (Bpeulnl to Tht imiroal. I Roseburg, Or., Aug. 16. The estab lishment of an Industry on Coos Bay that will euual that of the C. A. Smith timber company is claimed for the land deal consummated here Thursday. The land Is about 600 acres and It .Is the Intention, Joseph Krels said, to estab llsh Iron and woodworking factories on the site, whloh is across the bay from North Bend. The land formerly was owned by the Coos Bay Townslte com pany. Mr.. Kreis said that on of the pro posed mills would occupy more than 80 acres of the land. Construction of the plants, he said, would be commenced early the coming year and they were to be in every way equal to those op erated by the syndicate In Illinois and Pennsylvania. About ' 200 acres of the land is located on the tide flats and is to be utilized for the manufacturing plants. The balance of the land, which already Is platted into a townslte, Is to be devoted to the establishment of a small city. Mr. Krels says he Is confident two railroads soon will be running into the Coos Bay country. One of these Is now being built from Eugene. The other, Mr. Kreis predicts, will be an east and west line and will cross the Southern Pacific not a great distance from Rose burg. The Coos Bay Townslte company is composed mostly of Roseburg men. L Annual Conference of About 200 Will Be Held at Walla Walla. (Knrrtal t" Ttii Journal.) Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 16. The 40th session of the Columbia River An. nual Conference of the Methodist Epis copal church will be held in this city September 2 to 7, according to announce ment made yesterday morning by Dr. John 1". Robinson, pastor of the First II. K. church. It Is expected that 00 ministers from the Columbia River con ference will attend. The procram for the conference has been completed and was announced yes d'rday. Among the speakers will be lilshop R. J. Cooke of Portlsnd, Dr. Henry Ostrom of Oreencastle, Indiana; Dr. Fletcher Homan of Salem, Or.; Dr. J. C. Zeller of Tacoma; Dr. Robert Forbes, of Philadelphia; Dr. Edgar Blake, of New York City; A. W. Leon ard, of Seattle; Rev. J. G. A. Martin, Mrs. Cotton Mather, Fort Collins, Colo.; Thomas Hare of National Anti-Saloon League; H. M;. Marvin, Sunnyslde, Rev. Robert Brumlay, Pullman, and President Marsh of the State Federation of Labor. Appointments will be announced at the conclusion of the buslnews meet ing Monday, the last day of the confer ence. The board to act upon the appointments- consists of , Bishop Cooko and the five district superintendents, Andrew Warner, B. K. Koontz, 11. o. Perry, C. A. Hodshire and C. K. 'Gibson. EVIDENCE IS THROWN INTO YAQUINA BAY Redman's Good Faith Does Not,. However, Save Siletz Man From $50 Fine. Newport, Or., Aug. 16. E. G. Carter and W. S. Satterlec, two new "cops" added to the Newport force, celebrated tneir Jirst night on duty by "pinching" a white bootlegger in the very act of handlrg liquor to an Indian.' Numbers of Indians are In town this week sell ing baskets, and are being closely watched to see where the unfailing supply of liquor comes from. The white was observed to purchase the whiskey and go out on one of the wharfs, where an Indian was waltlna. Juht us ho passed the bottle the offi cers, who bad been following, Jumped out ' The Indian quickly turned and threw the evidence into the bay. Satterlee put both in jail, while Car ter watched the widening circles made by the disappearance of bis muoh cov eted evidence. It. -has been the ambi tion of every police, officer in this sec- non to nuute sucn an arrest and get a conviction, and Carter determined to deliver the goods after getting so close. He therefore hired two street urchins to dive for the bottlo, which was not In deap. water, and as he had kent his eyes on It from the time it left the Indian's bands, he was able to swear to it and secure conviction the first- of kind on record here. The white man was West Horner of Sllets, who was fined f CO and oosta In Justice Berry's court New rostmaster for Marmot, '(Waablnfton Bureau of 7b Journal.) Washington, Aug, '16 Adolph Asch of f -has been appointed postmaster at Marmot. Clackamas county, vies Dora Asohoff. resigned, " . COLUMBIA RIVE R BASIN SEND PASTORS Freak cedar tree on (Special to Th Journal.) Newport, Or., Aug. 16. An unusual freak tree stands on the Newport-Selitz Bay road about 15 miles north of New port. It Is a huge cedar which has, in some unaccountable manner, been split up until nine trunks , rise from one stump. Ail of the nine are good sized trunks and rise straight, giving the ROAD TO TSILTCOOS LAKE Ideal Camping Place Near Florence to Be More ' Accessible. Eugene, Or.. Aug 16. A summer re sort that promises to become una of the most popular in Oregon after the Kugene-Coos Bay branch of the South ern Pacific Is placed in operation Is Tslltcoos lake, a few miles south, of Florence and very near the ocean. And not only will it be a summer resort, but it will be the sportsmen's mecca in tho winter time, for countless thousands of ducks make the lake their wintering place. The new railroad skirts the south shore of the lake, thus giving pleasure seukers easy access to the numerous camping places on its shores. Not only is the duck hunting good, but the fishing Is among the best to be bad on the coast Fishers and camp ers are reaching the lake this year in grater numbers than ever before and they all report finding ideal camping grounds. The trip from Eugene to the lake is one of the most scenic in Ore gon. It follows the' line of the new railway down the Siuslaw river to Mapleton, a launch Is taken at that place to GlenaJa or Florence, and vehi cles convey the pleasure seekers 'only a-few miles to the lake. MOLALLA BY 77 JO 20 Timber for First City Election Is Now Sought Among the Business Men, (Special to Tb Journal.! Molalla, Or., Aug. 16. The people of Molalla have voted to incorporate the town, with a total of 77 votes for and 20 against The progressive element of the town was very Jubilant after learn ing the overwhelming result of the elec tion. In about a month the new city will have Its regular election of officers. The county will set the day within 10 days from yesterday's 'election, and the time will be 30 days from the day on which the county takes action. It Is not known yet who will be the candi dates for the new city offices. Mont of the leading business men and main boosters ofrfthe town say emphatically they wflr'not run for positions on the first list of city officers. Some of the possible candidates, however, are known to be John Vernon of the Molalla Drug Laue-Davis Drug Co. TBIXD AWD YJikUUI.I, OA1ETTEB BEST QUALITT or Elastic AwraxTS, , XWBS CAPS "; AND ,:;" ABDOMIWAK Send for :OV ' ' ' and Prices '. ..V m VOTES TO INCORPORATE mi A&. m Photograph by Sasman. Slletz-Yaqulna road. . . ' tree the appearance of a giant cactus. The tree has been dead some time. It Is a well known landmark to the residents of the Siletz Bay country, none of whom know how it came to be so deformed, since it is not burned or struck by lightning. The. most plaus ible explanation is that another tree fell across it when it was a sapling and bent it In the manner it growa company; W. A. Beck of W. A. Beck & Co.; Wayne Robbins of Bobbins Bros.; J. O. Taylor, editor of the Molalla Pio neer, and JP. G. Havemann, cashier of the Molalla State bank John Vernon is being urged by a number of citizens to accept the nomination for mayor, but says he wlirnot run. - Steel King Concrete Mixer COST LESS LAST LONGER MIX BETTER Engine can be entirely closed to protect It from sand and grit. Hous ing is built entirely of steel and is strong enough to keep petty thieves away Front and side caa be quickly removed allowing free access to the engine.' .-v BUILT ENTIRELY OP STEEL1 This explains everything. 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Golf Towrner AUg' Ticket Office 0th & SUrk -; North Bank Station 11th & Hoyt (Special Is The Journal. I Newport, Or., Aug. 18 Mrs. Ada Gra ham of Kings Valley, Or., was granted , a decision for (10,000 damages against, the Corvallls & Eastern railway by the, circuit court at Toledo this week. Mrs. Oraham was lu a wreck near Chit wood last November, and claims to have been permanently disabled and sued for $25,000. v The jury, after brief dellbera tion, brought in the $10,000 verdlot. The attorneys for the company Immediately'., asked for a new trial, and if this is 1 dented it is expected an appeal will be taken. -,. ." A number of people were Injured In r the wreck of November 15, but none has entered suit except Mrs. Oraham, The westbound passenger train went through' a bridge near Chltwood, put- .; ting a pair of cars into the river and) derailing others. It was the most seri ous of the numerous small wrecks oo- -currlng on this line last winter. Since then a number of the bridges have been completely rebuilt and the " roadbed Improved, and it is thought 1C will be in better condition for this winter. EYES OF STATE IN Tl (Salem Bureau of The Journal.) Salem, Or., Aug. 16. Oregon's "big gest and best stats fail" Is In prospect for this year, as there Is mors early de mand for exhibitors' space and mors general interest in the fair than be fore, according to Secretary Frank Mer edith. - Mr. Meredith said: "There is partic ularly a Btrong interest in the dairy do- , partment this year. There will be a big showing of dairy cattle, especially Jerseys. Nearly all the space In the. pavilion fend machinery hall has been taken, and tents will have to be pro vided for the overflow." Work is now being rushed on the new machinery hall, 122x225 feet in dimensions, and on the eugenics ball, 80x40 feet, and on the children's indus trial department building, 60x150 feet, N. C. 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