"THE OREGON I SUNDAVi JOURNAL. 'rt PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING , OCT 0 SER--18,- IS l:. LlMt BUIIUM15 : '.' ; NfeWGYMNASIUM FOR nnnminTiwr nrninor -? 1 r-"-? ' ' ' . .'. ........ . ' " 1 . ' "" 11: District Near Salerrf First Set- f " : 1 . "-3 - -tled by -Early Missionaries - nj 1 lrY t P, riv , ' . ' Among Most Fertile in State, -f MlU-l 1 :( ? f i . in li -i !R ' rr-1 BrP.I. If you have tver n Mission Bottom you .will understand why Jason Lea ' and the mlaaionariea In the early days with the whole country to pick from selected - tola locality. " It la located nine miles north of Balem and contains - about 1,000 acres. L. H. McMahon of Salem soma years o purchased 109Q. acres In tha heart of Mission uotiom. His piece Includes the site of the orlgl nal :: mission settlement Recently spent a day oln over tha alte of the original raisaioB settlement with , Mr, McMahon. ..,..';-..:., 'Before purchaeinff thfs place,"; said r Mr. McMslion, "I looked all over Orefon to find a nlace that suited ma and thia came nearer my Ideal than: any -other place In any part of Che state." . From the house built on the exact location ff me original log nouse or tne mission arlea we went out to the barnyard. Thence we went to the . 6i acre ' hop : rieia wnere 160 picKera were at work. As I passed up and' down the rows topped i back of a pretty little red cheeked English ylrl who was leading the jslnrlng group of pickers were singing Annie iaurie. "i can pick 10 boxea a.day.-sha said. "Some of the pickers, here have picked as high as It boxea a day. Moat of them average from? to 7 boxes though. They pay eo cents a dox. These hops are very heavy and large. In some yards they can not make nearly so much as we do nere." :-'"':-:;;...-'? ...v.,-:,....'-r , 'The best pickers," said Mr. McMa hon, . "are Indiana They have a high sense of honor and will not throw stems and leaves in the boxes. They wlU do exactly what they are told. There are about S2S acres of hops on Mission Hot torn. This yard is II years old and as you sea. bears heavily. It will average 1500 pounds to the acre. :-v, -l v-; " 'each Orchard ' TsxtTe. From the hop field we went through a " 0 acre wrchard Of young peara- D Anioua, Bartletta. Hoilisters and Wln ter Keltla; 'I have IS 5 acres In peaches ana eoo acre in apples with peach fll lers," said Mr. McMahon. The peaches are from two to five years old. ' .As we walked through the orchard ws stopped- and picked large. ripe peacnes orawroraa, uiings ana ea bertaa. ' This land Is so rich that many of the, trees look like eight or 10 year old trees. Many of the trees had made from six to 10 feet Of new growth. 7 Yes, this is an ideal peach district,' saio. air,- aicftwnon in answer to 'my question.- -Also ta Follett, my neigh- oor, is me pioneer or Mission Bottom in the peach Industry. Part of bis neach orchard Is SI years old. I know of no ether districfci where .peach 4rees wyi pruauce-waen - me -trees are" more than IS years old. f. , ,v "Some of the famous peach districts advertise the ..fact that their trees will bear- up to- their fourteenth year. rWa have some-peach tree here that were set out iO years ago and that are pro. cueing an average of bushels of peaches iq the tree. ! This year from a peach tree 47 years old I picked a 10 pound box. Front " tny four-year-old treesI picked peaches that wa packed zo td thiayer and four layers to tha ousnei Dox .whienv-means : that It only took SO peaches to fill a bushel box. Aleo La Follett saya durina tha nam S3 ear ht has only had three partial iiiur;a causea oy a neavy rreese after the trees were in blossom. All of tha reaches 1 oTflclally exhibited at tha Iewls . Clark fair were secured from Mr.. La Follett's. place after. Inveatigat Ing the various districts in Oregon and Washington.1';" 'v.', :v..-.- ,. , As I stood aCibe jeda of. the orchard end looked -dowTt thf long- nnlforra yows of peach area that ran for more than a i alf mile- ' tp-' the distant' timber ' I thought I had never seen a more beautl. ful sight "How do you account for this, being such a wonderful peach dis trict?" I askedt- .,- . -Professor 8. R. Lake, formerly of the Oregon Agricultural College but now at the head-of the Pomologlcal Depart ment of the Bureau of Agriculture at W aahington, D. C. has visited officially every fruit district in the United States and has made two trips to Europe in vRtigatlng conditions there. He ex plains it by saying that the soil on Mission Bottom Is oomposed, of alluvial silt' deposited-by. the river and is from H to 25 feet deep and Its richness is almost Inexhaustible. Added to that the whole place is . sub-Irrigated as you can eee by noticing the water rush that springs up. all over the place. No matter how dry the season the soil is moist within an inch or two of the sur facev It waa Professor Lake who told ma of thia district He told ma It waa the finest district for peaches, pears and apples he had ever seen in all his travels They have, grown barely con tinuously for from1 40 to 0 years on some of the farms here and today they fVA .bu8hel? 10 th cr nJ on land that has been cropped for 10 years vnojr kwh so to 40 buahl e wheat" ; Lakes Aboand In risK .We went from the peach orchard to ; a chain of three lakes varying from ' one-fourth mile to a half mile in length. 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Tyrs'mid Drug Co.,-!'.. t''- ' - , . 487 Pryamld Bldg., Marshall, Mich, Send me a -free trial package of Pyramid pile Remedy in a plain, nn marked, ronf Identlal, wrapper.' I agree o,use same is directed, . , , Name' City K;'. ,, , .-J-''' ,tu. - -v -,,. . ' . . -S - " H ' ': k : one- - jk , f til IK Jv. " iJ J i .TTZTTm-- I I nil f - ? ii ' n if . : v x III V' IllVV'-'Vs lr . w ' v " -''-'' ' ' ' '' Modern Buiiding . Will .Permit - . r.i.jL.- n i.iL..-.i!i n 'Oi runner ueveiupiueiu in Physical Training, ' v t' (Special te The' JnvnaL) i Oregon Agricultural College Corval- lIs,.Or., Oct (11. The toundatlons .f tha east wing of 'the ;0. A. C. men's gymnasium,; the largest structure of its kind on the coast were poured recently and a very large crew, of men are rush ing the work on the main building, in order to get tha foundation work out of the way before the winter rains set In. Favorable weather condltl6ns hace enabled the contractors' to make rapid pro grass ia the preliminary work on the new structure, and the prospects of tha early -completion : of the. building are very bright. . , , ; . . . .. ' ,he wonderful growth of the Oregon Agricultural college made a big Increase In gymnasium-quarters Imperative. The girls' and .men's classes Interfered with each other to such a degree that neither could.de satisfactory 1 work, i For indoor sports such as.. basket hall, .the seating capacity was far too small to handle the crowds wnlch" attend 'ever' conference game. Numerous mtnoY accidents have occurred by collisions on- the small floor, - ,.. -f- v ,:-. - In plahnlng the new'-gymnaalum the officials-looked; entirely to , the future, putting up such a building aa would accommodate "the. students for at least 18 years,; .By the end of that period the building which is now to be used only for the- giria will' be ready to be torn down, a new building , erected for . the men. and the girls vmoved,lnto the one pow under way., " ,; . . ; . Eiguty-two thousand dollars. Is the sum .being4 spent on tthe main section and one wing of the edifice, Tne state legislature .voted y this amount to be snent at this time On the building, and the remainder -of the fudd necessary; to complete the gymnasium will be naked from some of the succeeding leglsla- lakes they feed along the edge of the lake in the Illy pods. I have seen bass weighing as hlgn aa nine pounds caugnt In the lakes here on my place.". We next went to a 76 acre ash swale on some beaver dam land where the re cent work of the beavers is in evidence. In going through the primeval growth of firs along the lake we scared up arouse and pheasants. "I do not allow any shooting whatever on this place." said ir. McMahon. Last year w sowed a field of buckwheaj for the bees. We did not cut It, and in the winter you could always see- from 60 to so unina pheasants in the field. "Mission Dottom oemg rormen oy me deposit of fine silt from the river means that there are no stones nere you can not find a wash tub full of stones on the whole puce, rroiessor E. ft Lake Introduced . the low open head system of pruning In Oregon and California. That Is the system We use here. The greatest trouble we have is securing skilled labor to prune ana care for the trees. The trees should be cut back heavily to secure a strong root system. la the past men used to work without being watched but I ftnd it difficult to get that type of worker nowadays.! '-;.?''''.;;. '-"''iVr--'' ';''.' ;.'','; N onogenef ian Also Gives Re cipe ; for Living to Ripe Old'Age " ; Indianapolis, Ind Oct 11- Kicked out of bed by Abraham Lincoln, a "distinc tion" which 0r. B. C Richardson, of this lty, enjoys, has not Interfered with his health nor his disposition. "He was 90 years old October 7, and says he Will Jive to be a hundred.' - ', .-.-f - - -.' -,i -. How to live to be a hundred years old Is Dr. Richardson's hobby. Here is hew he says he Is going to do It: - "Eat much less than- Ignorant appetite calls for. '; ,'' "Chew what little you do eat with ex treme care..'- -.',"5?';t,,;i ;,;,-. '.-!,';-:.-.--i "Take a cold plunge every morning. : 'Work every day, whether you feel like It or not. ., ' ';.-:,'i"'jv'-,'i. "Keep ryour; mind clean, as well -as your body. - '' '. ':'';.-. ,':.'.; . Cv ,: "iV "Leave stimulants alone..iJ:"':-!',!''? . "Take regular mental and bodily! jrec- DMia ni ngnt to vanquish old age RiEND AY LINCOLN FROM BED Dr. . Richardson looks, Ilk a v robust man of CO his pet hobby Is Lincoln and the story of how Lincoln kicked him out of bed is his pet story. ; A remarkable diary covering , tl years, and written from memory a few years ago,' relates many interesting incidents of his friend' j ;,Vf - '!'''-''''- -f ,v !,'' -.-'' -,r i ''- ':-'. . A. Top New-j gymnasium .under construction at the Oregon Agricultural ..college. f " - a ) t s ' Bottom, left to' right James O. Arbuthnot, Instructor of physical edu' : catiofi? 'Miss Carolyn M Plock, instructor, of physical education: E. J; Stewart; physical director; Miss Miriam Agnes Thayer, head ": of the department of physical education for women.' ' A tures. In the main section and one wing will be the rooms most needed at this time. 'The fund will not totally equip even thls 'much'bf the building, but enough can be purchased to make occu pation possible, .1 , -r, , , ; - v. iC, Ample recilltiee of Vew Balldlar According to the 1 figures submitted bv Dr. K. J. Stewart athletic director of the Oregon Agricultural college, 3500 men will be accommodated in the new building without crowding. Three floors. a basement main floor, and second floor comprise the total space. - This has been divided in the most economical manner. The mosrHmportant part of the base ment will be the looker rooms, showers, and large swimming pool. The latter will be 50x100 feet ranging in deptn from S to 12 feet, with a, concave bot tom. Aquatic sports will tie Introduced into the field of sport at O. A. C, and the pool-Is built o as to accommodate 10 men in races, each with a five-foot lane In which to swim. A complete sys tem of showers- has been planned. The pool will be emptied ' three times a week. .- Aside from locker rooms to accommo date 2500 men! in the basement the low er plant and 'heating plant will be in stalled, so that the gymnasium will be Independent of the college heating plant, and can have heat without firing up the whole college system. Tha 'main floor will .contain the big gymnasium room. This floor will be of sufficient, else to allow 200 men to perform calisthenics upon it at one time. The area will be 90 feet by 110 feet and will be finished in hardwood flooring. Leading to the, basement will be a number of brass sliding poles, so that the floor can be emptied in a little ship with the martyred preftldent Dr. Richardson .met Lincoln at' Charleston when the doctor was engaged In dentis try In the early '80a - "Mr. Lincoln came to my boarding house," writes Dr. Richardson, "and our acquaintance soon' became" close and friendly. ' Lincoln made Charleston his headquarters during important court sessions. "When - the city -was very crowded, Mr, , Lincoln and I bunked to gether (to accommodate our landlady. "On one such occasion ' Aba partook too much of extra strong, corn beef and fricasseed honey cakes . and other ram bunctious dainties with inclinations toward- nightmare. " - - v- ' ' "Suddenly he planted his No. 10's square in the middle - of my . back and knocked me out of the four-poster to tne center of the dingy bedroom. Not to be outdone, I tiptoed downstairs, drew a bucketful of water and dashed the water square in the snoring .countenance of Abraham Lincoln. He slammed the door in my. face and let me sleep on the rug Just outside the door." . MAN SHOULD ATTAIN AGE 0FH 00 YEARS -,, London, . Oct ,11 In ' a, discission on the comparative longevity of , man and the animals, Blr James Crlchton-Browne, presiding , at the annual i conference of the Sanitary Inspectors'- association,' at -As solid and firm as your own teeth. two or more roots or teeth in ' A ill n - vr a .' wnrartt r ';.. -President and Manager.. ' . - 2 Years In Portland . - r 4 t CRQWN'y fxS'vi r rfl . . ; J S 'llt -':,-TOOTH fcM'Jr?Zi:i 3 1 LiU- V;.''-: SE?pENTAK;W'lilf V.' " X. i yi':44;''S. , rAtzjnro tm.jtHo, tks aits if.BBUaaoe.-on T'urd Street aw v.:..- - . - ' .. m ..... , ...... . C." IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION over one minute, and will enable the men to. reach the dressing rooms di rectly from the main gymnasium floor. In the main corridor will be the show cases full of the trophies won by the various athletic teams In the past, From the main corridor will open the offices of the director of athletica. . In these offices will be. rooms for the examine tlon and treatment of students needing medical attendanoe, beside the receiving rooms. - .."-.' ; . .'-i, A wrestling floor, special fencing and boxing rcoms, and a small 'complete gymnasium, storerooms and drying clos ets will complete the equipment' of the main floor. In the wrestling floor will be padded walls and floors, and a spec tators gallery to seat a large irftmber. On the second' floor will be a large gallery, -running entirely around ; the main floor. Around this gallery , will be a running. track, IS laps to ths mile, Thyaloai vraialng- Oompnlsory. . It is Intended to put the new gym nasium' to much greater use than the old one. Participants Jn soma form of athletics has heea madJX compulsory by a recent jnandate issued -from the de partment of 'pBysieaVducaUorVfor every student of whpni gymnasium work IS required. As 600 men are registered in tha freshman' and sophomore classes, the two organisations of which 'gym nasium work is required. ' The physical eduoatlon department is headed by Dr.'E. J. Stewart who has been with the Institution since January 1, 191L Assisting him Is James Ar buthnot, instructor In physical educa tion, and wrestling coach." Mr. Arbuth not came to the Oregon Agricultural college in 1909. Miss Miriam Thayer Llandudno, said that 100 years was the period man ought to live. '. -''' ": It they fell short of that, they ought to he ashamed of themselves. It would be entirely due to the ignoring either by themselves or their progenitors of the laws of health. . ; y , . ; , Mr. John Mole pleaded -the necessity for wholesome food. He declared that there was an Immense amount of guess work In tha provision and preparation of our food.- wi - . r, .' ' V.T :..; .'.-.-- "In my opinion," he said, it would be quite safe to say that only a very small percentage of those whose business or duty it is to provide and prepare our food supply' ready for the table have even a moderate knowledge of Its com position or suitability for meeting the needs of the body. It does seem very extraordinary that , such an amount of blind indifference should be allowed to prevail In connection wKh such an Im portant muer. . ; , . irt -t , ' Manuscripts Lost .on - Streets. . Parle, Oct 11. Among the-property lost last week, in the streets f Paris and unclaimed y.the owners, were five long prose manuscripts, Tour long manu scripts in verse, and two t concerning which fhe police are not certain whether they are In verse or prose. 1 ! i There are also 43 corsets, 721 bunches of keys, 2S boots 'and a hare, , which in a year, and a. day will become the property , of , the. 'finder If he likes his mm ktarh ' T ,'t.- y - .J, ,',-,,- ' ;i, Eat anythingi ! i All you need is :ther law. Fuiiir snarantaed. t GOtD ' CROWN Places. With flexible anetlon-v. A:-; The very best and latest in modern f dentistry. No more falling plates. v ' washihotobt. . . oositbb. '" - -'- ;-, y .-, ... Portland., Oregon w j ., I, .... ,i I'M is at the head of the - department of physical education for girls, assisted by Miss Carolyn Plock. .The classes are c large In the men's department that a .new assistant la being sought, -and aa soon - as . President Kerr Is able to find a man qualified to take tha place he will be added te the faculty. taste or pure maple in Cabin: Syrup makesVybu want more it Vmighty fine these mornings with waffles or wheat cakes.k TQWLE'S ., j t.4-:- .--tHvn , k m "ss. a '" m -4. a , jbbsbsbbs is i a picasing; anu neaiuuux - eiicacy lor- Get a can or Log Cabin Syrup ; from',. . -i -. send in his name and325 cents, nd:a-Si5MM; , ijffiidffi - ,1' 'U v- :--'i:VB 'i"';;.A",i-:i:,5j'''i'i''Cr?! '.f;'-"?';-r ,;-. ', I-,'v ' r, TlfAfV :fc,e 30. r '.- '.U''rl-"'' road bu.lij:;:g has-; CHARACTERIZED if,, ,u , i 1 ' History ;Teaches;.Nationa:,Der cadence, Generally?' Manifest Tif Poor -Class of rTighways, - 1 ' i - ..-"!, One of the unvarylpg(lessops of his tory Is that progressive, prosperous, and great "nations "built good roads.' Stag nant, pooj and weak nations built no road a' '. , I " , -N w , v The first roads were paths beaten by prehistoric -animals between their ' feed' lnrf places and " their, watering' lioles; Primitive man found it easier td follow these paths than to break a way through tangled fo.resta or -over -rough country. Besldett these trails brought hint to the haunts of; the game on -which he rsub slsted.' .-iVid-.-rf V-' ift;..4- - He- lived along, these v trails 4 and camped where he slew an animal until it was eaten, or he used, the trail as a road to carry his food supply to lil cave, -. He had ho means of travel except afoot and np transport medium save his own back. Even-today man prefers to live along the roads most convenient to supplies, jW,w,v,.-.??i.yY.,.f v.- With i ortrahlied v society .Vcame f the building of roads and only by -constant Improvement of these means of trans portation and communication have na tions progressed and prospered. ... ? , 1 !- . JSgrptlaa MoUMmrn.. The Egyptians, maintained a ' great number of highways for 'commerce.',: The solid construction of. these roads is made evident by traces oft them,' that still exist, -c j- ' .The Phoenicians ' were the-greatest traders' and, coloniaers.'of, early .times. They established great, commercial land routes by which their merchants Jour nejfed to the interior of Europe, i Asia and Africa to gather cargo for their ships. The highways of Carthage were the models of the, Romans, the greatest of road bulldera . .-:" - ' 1 ,-.'!, Under Darius Persia stretched 8000 miles east to west Excepting Home she had the best system of early roads. -1 The cities of the Medea were connected by highways and postal communication or government business was maintained over these roads. Couriers, riding in re lays of horses, covered,; 240 miles of more in 24 hour. , ' Many years before the Christian era A:'V:-'Al,t- vi'u--f. .;SJ'-.',.:v',-tt,i-ll!;ji, 9t EVER ViGO 0 mm mM. u (die-. (:kihi&$t M S :, L0g iHM Mmsw pj, mm ii "7 . t 1 the : Chinese - b'egan-' to chunk ni t i wide, ' durable, roadwuys, pov, v , hewn - blocks ' ot stops : perci y , ) and. well peniented. f J ' In Greece rnuch time and money wa.i given to state roads. .. , , . . ,- , -Athens waa connected with her h bor, thff Plraeux, more than f')iir ml, distant by : 'highway 200 yardu whla . which has been scarcely equalled. "r I' Jtomans Were fast-Masters. ' - The provinces 'Of Jmperlat Rome war connected by more than io.000 miles -of solidly constructed highways. The Ro mans Improved in the pn of road build ing which they ' learned- from the- Car- -thageniuns. They laid -out' roads. wlthv low grades in straight lines from." sta tion to station, building bridges, tunnels , andradCfCtS to " evercome , najflrftl ou ataolesAvarnv4oundattoiCwaB' pro vided always". Wherever necessary tho ground was rammed .with,. small- stones or fragments' of brick, a pavement of larger stones weaid,next, firmly set -in cementi,A';'?',.ri,ri.'.'.-'V-v,'rtv This method has "not been Improved ' pn even in the present day. 'It Is the' beat bajse for 'laying Belgian block a' or wood or asphalt pavement Sometimes ' these' early wagon roads were- double- -' tracked -with a .raised footpath in the ' ii i-f 'Immense lams Sxpended. j? , j , , Immense sums were expended by the Komans In construction and upkeep of roads. -No.v other, publio outlay, was i larger. This imposed, a .heavy - burden' -on the people but It: was -justified oy the . results. ';.,?: f',:.i,i.).t,lwj!, v In the middle ages transportation fa cilities were exceedingly crude. In the seventeenth -century .a, systerm of roaia and , canals' was .established in ;. France , hy-Louis XI.' ,:-., tj-;-.Vi'vieVM . ' . --Frederick- the Great recognising) the lack iOf . transportation , facilitiea as the , chief , cause of industrial depression be gan to construot turnpikes , and. canals in .jfrusaia. x -. . , f . , o, 'After the ; Romans left . England . the aA m ih,v .trttkA ,Kllfr nM-l-.,, Inter-communication,- Although the first -turnpike act was passed In 16fi,. turn pike roads were not extensively .adopted lrt England until th, last half , pfj, tha eighteenth, century. j ,i-i-...,v.-a , :"v -. 1 " . . . ' , Heavy .Question in Balance. , ; " London, OctH.-VA notice on tha door- of ; the ; town . bH 7of Castelpanet-par- Bealraount, ia' 8outh France, summons the members of the munlolpal coancil to -f a special meeting s with the following -agenda: :itte"?". fM.; r.-V; , "Discussion bf the 'mayor's report oh ' the- advisability or buying two brooms tor. th,:munloinal. ltttnien,"'-i;""-i';1- , . "Urgency In person only. - rv r, ' ' ' "Tfour presence Indispensable,'- , "a I 'ri i -i ' i ''iii i- , ' 1, I ijetrolt,' Mlch.,vhas been mW ' the ' permanent headquarters tf. the Ama1ga-" mated Association of Btreet and ElectrW Hallway employes of 'America. ; , ' ' , ........ J 1 V ).; . I, ,.v-