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THE ' OREGON'-SUNDAY JOURNAL, .PORTLAND, . SUNDAY MORNING, . OCTOBER 8, 1916;
iMEXICO IS TRAVELING
II
3VARD
PROSPERITY
Z
Former Officer of Diaz' Army
Denies Truth of General
Industrial Chaos,
CONDITIONS ARE RELATED
.
i Country Going Ahead la work of
t Jtooxt ruction: Staple 'Crops Ap-
peax to Be Biff , It Xs Declared.
Mexico, as a whole, 1 going for-
SAYS COLONEL MUNO
despite the wild tales of lawlessness,
economic hiatus and general lndus-
v trial chaos that have found currency
ana credence in the United States.
..." Kuch. in brief. Is the message of
'Colonel J. A. Munoz, who was an offi-
fjr fit thtk Mv1cfln rm v under PriI-
dent Porflrio Idas and lntendente of
i the Mexican postoffice department
under President Madero.
. Colonel Munoz has written many in
teresting facts about Mexico to Miss
eAnnlo Jones, a former Duluth girl,
' 1 who spent several years in Mexico City
and who has been living In Portland
i for some time. Miss Jones' recollec
tion of her experiences in Mexico City
are vivid but not altogether unpleas
- rant. In fact, she learned enough of
; Mexican ways to love the people and
to believe that, left alone, they will
work out their own salvation with
credit to themselves and to civiliza
tion. Letter If Quoted.
Th following extract from Colonel
Munoz'a last letter, dated September 9,
"l of significance at this time, when
so many alarmist tales of riot and dis
order are so prevalent:
; "Mexico is going ahead in its work
'of reconstruction and only in the dis
tant -States of Chiapas, Guerrero an J
Oaxaca are some revolutionists, as the
' rest of the country is controlled by
General Carranza and his troopa. There
" fore, the empire of the law has cora-
-menced again and the merchant, the
; agricultural and the industrial ele
- ments are operating peacefully ail
aroumd Mexico,
i "The crops seem to be very big in
. born, wheat, barley, beans, rice, sugar,
, potatoes, chill and lots of forage for
the cattle and horses. Mining is also
developing to a great extent, as there
. ,rt ODeratlna several companies in 111-
,dalgo, Ouanato, Mexico and Zacatetaj,
drawing from the mines hundreds and
. hundreds of carloads of ores, bullion
. - . and minerals and stone containing lead,
" copper, silver and gold.
';' "The government mint is coining its
1 money to be put into circulation soon
V oand the railroads are operating free of
jjny trouble. That of Vera Cruz,
known as the Mexican railroad tlCng
lllsh company), has been tu,rned over
. I'to the hands of Its proprietors since
the first day of this month. Elections
took place for municipal authorities
''last week all over the country and wo
expect the high elections for the su
. ' preme government within the next two
(months.
t Conference Is Begun.
1 "The incident of the border states
- 'with your country has been submitted
"to the decision of a special committee
of high men of both countries and the
.conference began the day before yes
terday under the best auspices of
friendship and loyalty. Of course, there
Ms plenty to be done. But the spirit
f good-will will help so much that
within a few months more peace and
.mt win ifnmlnou In MA-xton find a
?itream of gold will be the result of
j t much righting at last.
ri "We are exporting to Cuba, the Unit
v f I States, England and the continent
'tany million dollars in bullion, hides,
' logwood. mahogany, sugar, coffee
' ,1'ibber gums, medicinal herbs, etc., etc.,
jhlih amount shall be exchanged for
manufactured goods of your country.
nachincry, etc.
ft "The money conditions yet are hard
tin account that paper money Is only
(filiated 3 or 4 cents gold for dollar,
' v LUtx.. but we are already accustomed
V ho the high prices of goods and are
Ay in a !2i for cne. American, French
nd Rncllsh business, men are coming
ack to the country attd the banks are
ollig a good business.
Theatres Are Crowded.
"Theatres, moving pictnre hall,
aes, restaurants, hotels, etc., aru
rowdel day by day, and San Francisco,
uarez. 'I.a Keforma and otha,r .streetii.
venues and paseos have resumed their
activity us before.
Malls are running regularly and
our letter of the twenty-seventh,
caled at Seattle August 2S at 7 p. m.,
eaclied me here this very morning,
naking 1:! days In all from Its depar
ure to ICS arrival, which I consider
feast enough."
An earlier letter, dared July , snows
he growing confidence of the people in
.'arranza:
"Conditions have improved sinee you
'wrote. Candidly, I never did suppose
hat we should have war between our
two countries, as both yours and ours
ire working for freedom and human
progress. The strucBlo of this country
la the electlbn of a good president, and
B believe Mr. Carranza will be a good
tine as he has the support of the l.ib
Sral party. of Mexico, which Is the ma
jority of Its population. Consequently
we hope conditions will be better every
Sajr for the future business and within
ro long time we shall .enjoy a heavy
ush of trade and commercial devel
pment. "A good news for you and your fel
0W cltixens Is that Mr. Carranza will
-onslder in his platform the 'gold
asls" for business, just as the United
states standard. Therefore a Mexican
;old dollar will be of the same weight
und fineness as the United states dol
ar. And furthermore Mr. Carranza
nIU create a federal bank of Mexico
Which will Issue gold and silver cer-
Iftcates Just aa Unci Bam Issues
nose ceriiiicaiea oi m treasury.
. ' aylne Off Debt.
"Our debt from the revolution is an
mount of 700.000,000 pesos, and we
re Baying it every day about S200.000
4 Mexican) and destroying by fire t-
hall not owe any money from the war
ebt, and the balance, if any, will be
ompensated with treasury bonds of
liver, as it represent the actual basis
f Mexican currency., .
"At present we have in the treasury
n amount of l26,00.0O0 in gold H1-
ttalgo,' and about $10,000,000 of silver
l pesos) and also' some silver bars for
J he mint to le coined with the new
eai At tn goia stanaara. as soon as
he election takes place the Chamber
f Congress will authorize the.execu-
1 ve power to ask a foreign loan . of
500.000.t00 to go into the new stand
ard. Br thla you will consider that
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Last lay of registration biggest In
. extended into the lower lobbies
and hurried by the late comers.
WOBBLING AUTO HITS
POLICE CAR SENT IN
QUEST OF JOY RIDERS
Party of Merrymakers Ar
rested but Only After Pur
suers Come, to Grief,
It cost the police department the use
of one of its touring cars last night
to make an arrest of a party for driv
ing: an automobile while intoxicated.
Sergeant Ray Ellis and Patrolman
Ellsworth Adams were told by people
at Fiftieth and Division streets that
a machine had passed there a short
I'.me befoio, driven by a drunken man
They started cast on Division street
in search ol the party.
At Sixty-seventh and Division they
righted the car coming towards them
They declare it was wobbling from
side to side and going at high speed.
Adams drove the police machine in
to the ditch on the right hand side
of the road to avoid a collision but
despite his efforts, the car crashed
Into it, tearing the left front wheel and
fender from the police machine.
The occupants of the larger machine
ma.1e n break to get away, but were
stopped bv Ellis, who grabbed the
running board and forced a stop.
Patrolmen Nutter and Hales were
stiit from thfi station and took the
car In. En route. tTiey assert, one
of the members of the party threw a
bcttle of 'whiskey out of the machine.
Those arrested arc: Edward Close,
16, an engineer, charged with driving
while intoxicated: Roily Moon. 34
chauffeur, charged with being drunk;
Bessie Lynn. 30, charged with being
drunk and disorderly. Each of th
trio Is held under J100 cash bail.
verv broad field for all sorts of busi
ness."
Police Service Termed Good.
As long ago as March, conditions
were growing more stable, as indicated
by this letter of March 8:
"Mexico City has improved so much
that we have no more trouble than
that of the economic situation that
is to say the low rate of exchange.
"Regarding safeness for the life and
property, there is good police service,
and the military government of Car
ransa's staff is acting promptly on be
half of every neighbor. Therefore, you
can walk day and night through the
streets without any trouble whatever.
Cherniavski Concert
Is Artistic Success
The Chernlavsky trio' scored another
big success last night at the HellU
theatre, playing the aecond concert
withfrn three days to a larger house
than that of Thursday night, when the
organization made its debut in this
city.
The program of last night was fully
as interesting as that of Thursday
night, if not more so, Leo Chernlavsky,
the violinist, having chosen for his
piece de resistance the difficult and
exacting Ernst concerto. He, as well
as Jan Chernlavsky, cellist, and
Mischel Chernlavsky, pianist, were re
called time and again and had to re
spond with several encores.
Hogan to Bo Judge AdTOcato.
Lieutenant C. F. Hogan, of Troop
A. Oregon Cavalry, on the Mexican
border. Is to act as judge advocate
of a general oourtmartlal to try four
deserters at Calexico. The troop Is
organising a football team and will
probably play against a team from
battery A. or from one of the Wash
ington units.
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Portland history. Upper The line of people waiting to register
of the court house. Lower- Every registration clerk was harried
, .
Program Is Given at
Old People's Home
Under the direction of Albina union,
ol the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, the following program was giv
en at the Mann Old People's home,
Mrs. Eugene Palmer being chairman of
the committee In charge: Piano solo,
Mrs. J. Kronberg; vocal solo, Mrs.
Lazendy; instrumental, J. Dickson; vo
cal solo, Mrs. Smidtz; reading, Mrs.
Kullman: vocal solo, Mrs. P. Lambert.
Judge W. N. Gatens spoke, and among
other things mentioned the Woman's
Property Rights law and the Illegiti
mate Child bill. He also spoke in fa
vor of women serving on Juries.
SIjps on Gang Plank.
Mrs. I. F. Jones of Kalama, slipped
on the gang plank of the river steamer
"Reed" at the foot of Alder street yes
terday afternoon as she was coming
ashore and is thought to have sus
tained a fracture of the left arm. She
was taken to the Good Samaritan hos
pital. Mrs. Jones is 54 years old.
BUSINESS OF
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TW .!'' "' 11111111
Ivan Stewart of Wheeler county and
A few days ago Ivan Stewart, a
youth of 20 years, came down out of
the dry hills of railroadless Wheeler
county to enter Oregon Agricultural
college.
He is the son of James S. Stewart i
of Fossil and for four years he has
operated his father's farm with the
aid of his younger brothers and each
year of work, by agreement, had
earned for him a year at college.
On his way he stopped at th state
fair at Salem with a dry land farm
exhibit, which won for him a second
prise In a competition with an exhibit'
from an irrigated farm.
It was not his first experience in
prise winning. During the past three
years the brotherly partnership, father
advised, had gathered in about $850 in
cash prises for excellence of farm
prodnots. In addition to a $60 corn
cultivator, blacksmith tools, wire fenc
ing, a butter worker and uncounted
blue and red ribbons as well as a gold
medal.
For three years lnf succession the
boys have won the first cash prise of
1100 for the best individual farm ex
hibit at the Wheeler county fair. Last
fall they won a $104 prise and a gold
medal for an Individual display at the
Portland land prouc:s show. The
state fair prize- this year was $75. -
BOXES AT HORSE SHOW
TO BE AUCTIONED OFF
BY VISITING NURSES
Officers of Association Look
for Lively Bidding at Gala
Society Event,
Boxes for the occupancy of specta
tors at the Horse Show, to be held the
nights of October 20 and 21, at the Ice
Palace, are to be auctioned off by the
Visiting Nurse association either on
Thursday or Friday of this week at
noon. The auction will be held at the
Heilig theatre.
The officers of the association look
FARMING APPEALS TO BOY
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his dry-land farm exhibit , on which was awarded a prize t the
state fair.
You might think that a boy who
through practical experience had suc
ceeded in winning such recognition
from his county and state recogni
tion that 'older than he have competed
for in vain would consider this- edu
cation in the college of hard clods
sufficient basis for future effort. But
at the college this boy intends to spe-
pcialise In the subiact of agriculture
and to take up other, kindred branches
so that his diploma will represent the
reliable equipment of broad, practical
knowledge that will help him com
mand success in increasing the pro
ductiveness of Oregon's acres.
"Farming, fruit growing, stock rais
ing and dairying are occupying the
best attention of the biggest men we
have." he declared. "There never
has been a time when there were so
many improved methods to make work
on the farm easier and more profit
able,, or such- opportunities to learn of
them. At the same time the demand
has never been so great as now for
food and the acres of the country are
being pressed as never before to in
crease their yield. With the tractor
and other improved farm machinery,
with the motorcycle and the auto
mobile as a means of fast conveyance,
placed wjtbin reach of the farmer, the
man " preparing for a career on the
land need no longer dread Isolation,
am a believer tn diversified farm
forward to a. lively bidding for the
boxes, the proceeds of the sales going;
-to- the work- of the association among
the slok and. needy during the coming
winter. i .
Mrs. Robert Q. Dieck, president of
the association, said last Bight that, if
the people of Portland responded prop
erly to the-opportunity jto help along
this charitable work, the financial
troubles of the' association -for. this
season, 'at least, will be over.
J. H. Murphy, chairman of tha horse
show committee,-and president of the
Hunt club, sent letters yesterday to a.
D. Charlton. William McMurray. W.
D. Skinner and John M. Scott, passen-
rer traffic officials of the Northern
Pacific, p-W R. k. North Bank and
Southern Pacific, respectively, asking;
that special reduced rates be put in by j
the railroads for the horse show event. J
It Is expected that the attendance will j
be drawn from ail over Oregon, wnere
there are fine horses and lovers of fine
horseflesh;.
- Since the successful horse show held
at the state fair at Salem, Mr. Murphy
says great Increase in the interest In
horses Is manifest, and the show
should do much toward re-establishing
good old Dobbin In the affections of
the people.
Woman Complains
Of Forced Marriage
Victim, Bearl&f ETidencs of Baring
Been Beatea Up, Voond la Hotel
Three Are ut trader Arrest.
During a raid on the Australian
hotel, 203 First street, at 1:30 Sat
urday morning. Detectives Hill and
Cahill and Patrolman Wlllett found a
woman with battered features and
blackened eyes who . was fairly
smeared with blood. At the emer
gency hospital today she told a story
of a forced marriage with & stranger
at Vancouver and forcible detention
at the hotel, the beating she had re
ceived following her attempt to es
cape. On the strength of her story, the
officers arrested Mr. and Mrs. E. O.
Brune, proprietors of the hotel, and
are looking for Bert Hall, a hanger
on, charged with having beaten tne
woman when she refused to accept the
marriage. They may later be charged
with abduction.
The woman says she lsi the legal
wife of Peter A. Larson, hut she re
fiiKri tn toll hia nreeent whereaboutB.
She asserted that the Brunes and Hall j
had taken her, while drugged, to Van- 1
couver, where, a marriage ceremony ,
was gone through with. Hall being tne j
bridegroom. When she came to her
self, she said, she tried to escape,
and the beating followed. Hall es
caped arrest,
Harry Sadler, another hanger-on of
the hotel, was also arrested and Is
being held for investigation. All three
were put under $100 bail in podice
court.
The police are holding for investi
gation Bessie Williamson, Hans Jor
genson and George Burcham, whom
they found drinking "Jamaica ginger"
at the time of the raid. They may be
detained as witnesses.
Mark -Weatherford Speaks.
Albany, Or.. Oct. 7. This has been
a busy day In Albany political circles.
This morning the women entertained
and received for Mrs. Alexander
Thompson, of The Dalles. Mark
Weatherford1, Democratic and Prohibi
tion candidate for congress, spoke at
the Globe theatre.
Congressgman Hawley also spent
most of the day here, on "his way to
Brownsville, to speak tonight. During
the afternoon the County Dry ciud
held a meeting on a street corner and
conducted a registration bootn on tne
street in a fight against the brewers
bill.
Former Portlander Dies.
Succumbing to apoplexy, George P.
Beveridsre. manager of the California
Thursday In the central California ing nabbed. Any man below the teacher
city according to word received by class who appears on the street wlth
Portland friends. Mr. Beveridge was tout a load would be commandeered by
the father-in-law of Gerald Thorns,
son of George H. 'Thomas, a former
Portland resident, who Is now making
his home in Fresno.
I n tr Tt la Via HaoI Tr.s email e e A St xr
tat'h income means more than a larger
amount once a year. The farmer who I
believes In diversified production .
means more as a developer than the
one-crop - farmer, for je grows his
own fruits, vegetables, meats and
other food products and makes him
self practically self sustaining. One
crop farming is poor business because
it is too much dependent on chance
and season. There has been such a
widespread movement for Improve
ment during the last few years in di
versified production by the college and
the government department of agri
culture that even the most harkwirit
farmer can't escape the contagion of 'r hld yesterday afternoon from
new methods and Ideas as adopted by Finley's chapel with Rev. W. T. ICerr
more progressive neighbors. and officiating. Rev. Mr. Kerr was .as
brought to his attention by their ex,- ' sted by Chaplain Hoadley of the O.
ample and the work of tho county I A. R. Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Hamilton
agricultural agents who are also lead- ' sang "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." and
ing a fine work In improving the I "Falling Into Line." Interment was
quality of . farm animals and prevent-, made In Rose City cemetery. Mr.
ing diseases among them. Live farm-(Young is survived by his widow. Mrs.
ers, the ones who are getting ahead I Mary Young, a daughter,' Emma A.
incidentally these are the ones that 'Young and a son, Robert M. Young.
pay the bulk of the taxes have ap-
prove heartily of the county agents.
"The principles which underlie
profitable farming are . a good deal
like those that underlie any other suc
cessful business and t want to he
come firmly crouoded -in those prin
ciples.". . .. . . ,v
CONDITION OF CHAOS
EXISTS IN. IMOR
.TEACHER SAYS
Interesting Description of
Present Conditions Given, in
Letter to Portland Man,
SOLDIERS VERY SAVAGE
Waits People Hot Molested Bat Chi
nese Hade to Xo All Manner
of Xenial Tasks.
An interesting description of condi
tions in the far interior of China has
Just been received in Portland by D. A.
Chambers, optometrist, from his niece.
Miss Irene Chambers, a teacher in
Chingtu, West China.
The letter was written Jate in June
but Chingtu is in Sze-chuen, far up the
Yangtze river, many weeks' travel
from th seacoast. Miss Chambers
has been Uarhlnr th.r. tn- v. r
' six years. She is the daughter of E.
A- Chambers of Amanda, Ohio.
miss Chambers, of course, writes of
conditions in June. "There has been
something doing in West China all
Hong, she says, "but foreigners are
pexieciiy safe as Is shown by the fact
that Chinese flock to our places to seek
reruge. is early every foreigner's com
pound has a number of refugees, ac
coming as iney nave room to take
them in.
Oas Ooes, Another Coming1.
"We have no room where we could
give lodging, but have promised a few
of our neighbors that they could run
In when th blow was struck. They
are not likely to stay any longer than
Is absolutely necessary or to come un
til something really happens when we
have no beds to offer.
"We do not know that anything In
pen
tne way or fighting la going to hap
oen. Our eovernnr fhnn yam aimiiv
started his northern army back to
Pekin todav and he himself leaven to.
morrow tne remainder of hla sol-
dlers will be moved as fast as pos
sible.
"The-next man in the line is Cheo,
who has been halting on the Chung
king road only some 20 miles away,
with quite an army, for over a week,
threatening to come on up and take
Chingtu by force.
"Now that Chun is moving out Cheo
will probably move In, but he has a
rival by the name of Clu, so it seems
doubtful whether or not everything
will be smooth when he tries to move
in.
"Yuan Shi Kal promised him the
governorship if he could drive Chun
out. but after Yuan died Chun again de
clared his loyalty to the central gov
ernment. However, it seems Cheo still
wants a dead man's promise fulfilled.
Tag Chinese Servants
"The people have suffered a good
deal the last week or so from the sol
diers. There has not been looting, but
individual soldiers have been very sav
age and have demanded just anything
thev liked
"They go into any snop ana isjte
. anything they like at their own price
Then they have been commandeering
men to carry loads. Practically all
the chair carriers in the city have
been taken. There a only one left
in the shop nearest us and none in
a shop a little further down the street.
"We had to write tags on cloth and
sew them on the garments of our per-
sonal employes to keep them from be-
northern soldiers. men
it has fre
quently happened that a soldier halt
ing a man to carry him in a chair
or to carry a load for his personal
convenience would run the man
through with his bayonet if the de
fenseless citizen did not Immediately
comply.
"Yesterday and today the shops and
houses have all been closed. Of fcourse
the Chinese do not observe the eabbath
so this closing of shops is a thing that
practically never happens except on
New Year's or when there is a scare.
Make Chinese Carry Loads.
'Today the soldiers have been enter
ing houses and drawing men out to
help carry loads. It Is no small mat
ter to move Chun's army with no ve-,
I hides except men's backs.
I "1 sent a coolie out with a note in
j my chit book the other day thinking
that the chit book would be nts secur
ity but such a time as he had to get
home. The northern soldiers do not
understand the Szechuanese tak very
ell and so a fellow is likely to find
himself roped up and carried off be
fore he knows what has happened to
him.
"After Lin Iso Chin's chase and nar
row escape with the chit book, we
tagged the men servants with cloth
and that works better, if our school
coolies, for instance, should be nabbed
we would be In quite a way with the
school girls to feed and no one to carry
eatables.
"It has been hard enough ts get
them fed even with a coolie to do his
best because there is very little to be
had on the streets. Everything is
closed and the vegetable men are not
hankering much for city trade these
days.
Sard to Oet riags.
"The way we foreigners do to let
it be known that there are foreigners
within the gates is to hang out flags
by days and lanterns by night. My
fellow teacher was not the possessor
of an Union Jack nor I of an Old
' a,ry but we eaCh. h,ad contrymjn
who took pity on us for our poverty
and we each have one. Then we have
a large Chinese lantern made with
characters written on it saying that a
Britisher and -American live within.
"This is very different from the
Boxer times when the foreigner waa
likely to be made the target of every
outburst. We try to accept this con
dition of safety with humility and do
what good we can. It Is hard times
for the Chinese."
Funeral of Robert Young.
Funeral services for Robert Young
German Editor to Speak.
Max Bedacht. editor of the Vorwarts
of the Pacific coast, a German Social
ist weekly in San Francisco; will speak
this evening at S o'clock. In Arlon halt.
2$ltt Oak street on the subject, "Class
Struggles of the Past and at Present.
CHINA
FUNERAL OF WOMAN
SUICIDE IS CONDUCTED
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Mrs. Sophia M. Marsh.
The funeral of Mrs. Sophia M. Marsh
who ended her life in this city last
Tuesday, was held last Friday at the
residence establishment of J. P. Fin-
ley & Son. Dr. Frank J. Lovcland off!
elating. Many friends who knew her
in this city and in Salem. Or., attended
the services. High tribute was paid
to her as a life-long member of the
Methodist church, a church worker and
a mother. Kev. Mr. Khrhart assisted
In the services. Miss Lodesca I-ovs-
land sang "Beautiful Isle of Some
where" and "Some Sweet Day." The
body was cremated. L. W. Tasker, S,
Wiley. 1 11. Drake. 1 P. Horton, L.
R. Amidon and J. W. Holt acted as pall
bearers. Mrs. Marsh is survived by her hus
band, Canfleld Marsh, and a daughter.
Mrs. Myrtle Kinder. She was born in
New York on November 12, 1848.
COOPERATIVE CREDIT
UNION PUT OUT OF
BUSINESS BY COURT
Judge Finds Operations Will
Perpetrate Fraud on Mem
bers, Creditors and State.
Circuit Judge Morrow yesterday
signed the decree which forfeits the
charter of the Western Cooperative
Rural Credits Union and puts that or
ganization out of business.
Its contracts with those who would
obtain loans from it were never ap
proved by the state superintendent of
banks, points out the court in its find
ings, and "are designed to and will, in
fact, operate to perpetrate a fraud
upon its members, its creditors and
upon the plaintiff herein." says the
court. The plaintiff is the state of
Oregon.
The union was organized June 24.
1915. by George A. Hall. L. F. Knowl
ton. A. C. Marsters, Claude Hale. L. C.
Cor'nwaii, Ci. B. Williams and Oliver H.
Hickey. Marsters was elected presi
dent and Hale, secretary.
The organization was to be con
ducted under the provisions of chap
ter -77, laws of 1915.
Stock Hot Paid Por.
Superintendent of Banks Sargent.
served notice on the union September
18. 1915, to cease doing business In tne
state.
The capital stock of the union had
a par value of $25. The incorporators
subscribed for one share -ach, but not
one paid up 1 n full, although the court
finds they represented to Mr. .Sargent
that they had done po.
A supervisory committee was ap
pointed July 6, 1915, consisting of I..
F. Knowlton.'C M. Jiurlburt and W. J.
Blumensfheln, and the court found
that not one of them ever paid for a
share of stock, so were not members
of the union.
The scheme was for farmers and
Others who wanted to borrow money to
begin making payments to the union
and then take turns In getting a loan
as fast as a fund accumulated from
their own payments.
Law Was Violated.
The court found the acts of the
union were illegal and void, and were
in violation of the law, as the union
failed to create and hold intact a guar
antee. It did not limit the scope of
Its activities to any one county or
counties as provided In the law, and
did not limit Its membership to any
one class of people.
It set up and promoted a form of lot
tery among Its members, the court de
cided, and Its provision allowing mem
bers to withdraw their payments after
10 had been made would defraud Its
creditors.
It abused Us powers and therefore
forfeited its charter, the court continued.
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FIRST STEPS TAKEN :
FOR ACQUISITION OF
STATE Llj DEPOSITS
Big Meeting at Corvallis Goes
on Record Strongly in
Favor of Proposition,
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LEGISLATION PROPOSED
Committee Will B Appointed to Start
the Ball Boiling and to Use Btrea
uoas Meaas for TaTorabls Action.
Corvallis. Or., Oct. 7. Whereas, the
need of lime, for its beneficial effect
on a large portion of the soils of west
ern Oregon, is generally recognized;
and.
Whereas, the states of Virginia and
Illinois have now in operation state
owned plants, and are grinding lime
stone, with the use of convict labor,
at 75 cents per ton in Virginia, and 60
cents in Illinois; and,
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
conference, assembled In Corvallis this
7th day of October, that the state ot
Oregon should acquire such of our
lime deposits as are needed, either by
long term lease, or actual purchase, If
satisfactory terms can be secured, oth
erwise such property should be con
demned; and, be it further '
Resolved, That an adequate appro
priation should b made by the next
legislature and placed under Qie su
pervision of the state board of control,
and said board be authorized to acquire
the necessary property, establish and
equip a plant for the grinding of lime
stone, and operate same with the uit
of convict labor, as far as practicable,
and furnish the product at cost, with a
reasonable percentage added to provide
a sinking fund to keep up repairs, pur
chase new machinery and additional
lime deposits when necessary.
Resolutions adopted Today.
These resolutions were unanimously
adopted at the "Dime meeting" held In
Corvallis today, a meeting which rep
resented more acreage than any meet
ing ever held In this city There were
ptesent farmers, cattlemen, fruit grow
ers, lime dealers, real estate men, col
lege officials and business .men, and
the talks were unanimous that the slate
should take over the necessary lime
deposits, manufacture the lima .with
cenvict labor and sell it to the farmers
at cost.
State Orange Master Spence called
the meeting to order, and stated Its
object was to get lime at a cost all
users could afford to pay.
B. Q. leedy, olf Corvallis, former
master of the state grange, was elected
chairman, after which there was" an
hour and a half of open discussion of
tho lime proposition.
Dean Cord ley, of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, said that It was not a
question what the farmers could af
ford to pay. but what can it be pro
duced for; that there was no question
of the need of lime; that the people
should not bo stampeded, but should
go at the matter carefully and thor
oughly and work out the means.
Mr. Spence said one important thing
was to determine what land , needed
lime, that all lands did not need It.
He thought lime would do wonders for
the most of the land of the Willamette
valley and, as agriculture was the
basic Industry, the prosperity of the
whole statowas vitally concerned.
Results Are Splendid.
Professor Scudder of the agronomy
department of the Oregon Agricultural
college stated that, while lime was
greatly needed In the Willamette val
ley and coast sections, it was not a
panacea for all poor land, but was a
correction of acldilt y i that since 181 1
the college had made 150 tests of lime
In different eetlons of western Ure
roii and the results were great varia
tions. There were places where the
yield was lru-roastd 1 Oil. :00 and 600
jK-r cent on clover, and others 1!50, 300
and 5U0 hundred.
J. M. Connor, a real estate man, said
there were 3,000,000 acres In Oregon
that needed lime and that farmers and
fruit men would not pay 6.25 a ton
lor lime.
Kdltor 10. K. Kavllle of the Western
Fanner of Portland made sn address,
stating that lime, drainage and rural
credits are the needed tilings for the
valley. -
"The Lord put the lime here for
your use. ko und grt It." advised the
speaker, "and get It cheup."
Dr. Hector Macphertion of the Ore
gon Agricultural college and many
others made short talks.
Committee Zs Appointed.
A resolution by Mr. Spence was
adopted that a committee of five le
selected, one each from the Statn
Grange, Farmers' Union, State Tax
Commission, Oregon Agricultural
College and one at large to act as a
legislative committee to draft a bill
to be presented to the legislature for
passage.
The delegate at large was Ram
Moore of Corvallis, ami his selection
was loudly applauded. The others will
be chosen by the organizations.
It was decided to make the or
ganization permanent, and committees
for publicity were appointed to con
duct a vigorous campaign to awaken
sentiment to force: the passage of the
bill.
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