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VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON, TIIUItSDAY, MAY 14. 1908.
NO. 6282.
SOUNDS WIG
10 BIG FARMERS
Demonstration Train Lee
turers Declare Wheat Im-
' poverished the Soil.
PRODUCTS OP COUNTY
COULD BE QUADRUPLED,
Fertility of Soil and Molnture Receiv
ed lo Sufficient to Make Umatilla
Much Greater Than It Is Rotation
of Crops, Diversified Fanning and
Coiuft-rvatioti of Moisture Is Gospel
preached From O. It. N. Trail
Cliange of Policy Mum Come Soon-
er or Later.
Umatilla county has a soli and a
rainfall that Justifies a family upon
every 160 acres of the land now used
only for wheat
Annual crops may be raised with
ease If the right methods are but used
and the present system of summer
fallowing Is a monstrous and economic
waste. . .
In the course of time the supply ot
nitrogen In the soil will become de
pleted If wheat raising Is adhered to
and the farmers of the county wll be
forced to take up diversified farming
a they did In western Oregon. .
This la the substance of the things
that were told the people of this city
and the surrounding country by Dr.
James Wlthycombe and his associates
from the Oregon Agricultural college
faculty. Similar things are being told
the farmers of eastern Oregon at all
the points where the O. R. N. dem
onstration train stops.
Effect of Ail Tic Unknown.
What the effect of the advtoe will
be future years must tell, bnt accord
ing to the men who were here yester
day the change from wheat raising to
diversified farming will occur In time
as surely as the earth moves In its
orbit.
The demonstration train reached
here shortly after'4 o'clock lawt even
ing and the meeting was deferred un
tll after the other evening pasenger
trains had pulled out. The crowd
then gathered around the rear end of
the private car in which the rarry
was traveling and R. B. Miller, gen
eral freight agent, opened the meet
ing with a few remarks at the con
clusion of which he Introduced Ir.
Wlthycombe, director of the state ex
periment station.
Dr. James Wlthyrnnrbc.
In the glowing talk Dr. Wlthycombe
pnld a high tribute to the prosperity
of Umatilla county and of Pendleton
and praised the people for the pro
gress that they have made. But con
tinuing he declared that for the most
Dart they were In almost utter Ignor
ance of the true possibilities of this
Bectlon and declared that U the coun
ty was settled with the population that
It can sustain, Pendleton would grow
to a city of 50,000 people.
Taking up the problem of wheat
raising Dr. Wlthycombe held that
with every succeeding wheat cnp the
suddIv of nitrogen In the Umatilla
cnuntv soil
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wns being made less una ;
hnt in time It cannot but become ex- ,
hausted.
When that time comes, as It did
some years ago In the Willamette val-
ley, the farmers of this section will
have to turn their attention to dry
farming methods and when they do
they will mnkp more money thnn they
iflo now and their lands will greatly
ltumfflHft In value.
ITof. Seudder'a Talk.
Ait the conclusion of Dr. Wlthy
combe address he Introduced Prof.
H. . Scudder, agronomist at the ag
ricultural college, was Introduced.
HI 'talk was along a similar strain
to that of Dr. Wlthycombe, but he
went wore into detail regarding dry
farming mothods and quoted statistics
thnt owed he was well Informed
concerning the character of the soil
In this county and likewise regarding
amount of rainfall.
According to the speaker the precip
itation In this county Is sufficient, If
properly conserved, that four times the
present crops could be raised. As to
the conservation of moisture ho de
cleared that a very satisfactory meth.
od has been worked oat and It con
sists In providing a soil "blanket."
He declared that the waste Is through
In a tult filed In the circuit court
today A. B. Reed, father of the late
Justin Reed, who was shot a year ago
by Dave Lavender, marshal of Weston,
seeks to recover $5000 damages from
Lavender for his act
. The complaint waa filed today by
Messrs Prultt at Oliver, attorneys for
Reed, and the complaint recites the
facta of young Reed's death. He waa
01 KB IS SUED FOB 55.11
COMPTROLLER SAVES
1100,000 FOR CITY.
Decatur, 111., May 14. City
authorities were astounded to
day when City Comptroller
Robblns "confessed" that he had
been holding out city revenues
for eight years and now has
1100,000 In the bank to the
credit of the city. No one knew
his secret but the mayors who
have served during that time.
Robblns said he knew the al
dermen would spend the money
if they had It ao he undertook
to save the municipality a cer
tain amount for a rainy day.
Aldermen are furious, aa they
recently floated a bond Issue of
$125,000 for a city water
works.
Robblns withheld the money
cpmlng to the city each year
from the road fund and none of
the aldermen knew the city got
revenue from that source.
surface drainage and evaporation and
that the latter can be checked by use
of proper tillage methods.
The Clicmical Suit.
After Prof. Scudder, Prof C. E.
Bradley, chemist at O. 'A. C, was In
troduced and he gave one of the most
forcible talks of the meeting. It was
upon the subject of the chemical
composition of soils and he urged that
a farmer should be a scientist,, to an
extent, as well as a practical agricul
turalist. Prof. Bradley's talk waa lim
ited too closely aa were all the other
discourses, and at hia conclusion the
train meeting adjourned.
Owing to the bustle and confusion
at the meeting grounds at the time
the meeting was held, the attendance
was not as large as had been hoped.
But In the audience were many prac
tical farmers and they were deeply
lotercsted In the subject and they paid
close attention to all that was said.
That the demonstration train has
made a deep Impression here and
elsewhere along the line la plainly evi
dent from the talk of farmers and
others who attended the meetings yes
terday. PACIFIC COAST TIMBER
WILL LAST BUT 10 YEARS.
James J. Ilia Warns the Went of the
Rutblcw Wntc of Its' Umber Riijr
lly Consumption of TlmlJcr Ex
oreils the New Growth Four Fold
Congress of Governors Brings Out
Sonic Sturtlhig Fuels ami Discus
tfton. Washington. May 14 Jiimes J. Hill
the railroad king, sounded a note of
warning today In the session of the
governors' otthc White Home when
In a carefully prepared address he de
clared that If Immediate steps for the
conservation of forests on the Fnclflc
ccHst are tinttaken some varieties of
tlm!er will be exhausted "Ithin 10
years.
'The Pacific const." ho rail, "has a
considerable body -of
merchantable
but we are
timber stilt standing.
consuming yearly three or (our times
as much timber as the forest growth
restores.
"Our supply In some varieties will
lie exhausted within 10 or 12 years,
W'thout re-fnrestratlon the present
century will wipe out all of the for-
est-"
Regarding the unsettled lands In the
wc.-a tne speaker said that practically
the whole Interior had been settled
ulthln the past 60 years and asked
what the country will offer next.
"It Is no longer "possible." ho do
c'ared, "for us to say that Uncle Sam
Jias a farm for all of us."
l'resldent Roosevelt presided at this
mmilr.g'a session, but announced
that Governor Charles S. Doneen of
Illinois, would preside this afternoon;
Trust Company Falls.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 14. The Re
serve Trust Co. filed a deed of assign
ment this morning to the Superior
Savings & Trust company. All depos
itors will be paid In full.. The action
caused great surprise here as the Re
serve was supposed to be one of the
strongest In the city.
shot at Weston on March 29, 1907,
and died on April 22 from the effect
of the wound.
It is contended by the plaintiff that
the killing of young. Reed was wrong
ful and entirely unnecesary. By his
death the plaintiff lost the benefit of
his aon'a services and accordingly he
asks judgment for the amount above
named.
FORESTS DOOMED,
shs j. j. mu
ONE HUNDRED PERSONS PERISH
IN GEORGIAN DEVASTATING TORNADO.
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Atlanta, Ga., May 14. Meager reports coming slowly. Indicate
that perhaps more than 100 persons are dead today In various parte
of Louisiana and that considerable property has been ruined as a re-
suit of the tornado that swept the state yesterday afteroon.
It is feared that In Gilliam, La., alone, 100 were killed.
Unconfirmed reports also state that the loss In the oil city of Bel-
linger w,Il be very heavy, although not so great as In former years.
The latest reports say that half the village population of 200 were
either killed or Injured.
Definite word from these places Is anxiously awaited. All efforts
to get into communication with these places this morning failed.
The tornado Is said to have started near Shreveport, la., and mov-
ed toward Little Rock and Texarkana.
Late Wednesday It was reports J to have centered In Texas, but
whether It subsided before damage was done or not In that vicinity Is
not known.
A Call for Help.
Little Rock, Arkansas, May 14. Another dispatch asking for help
has been received from Gilliam. The first message received Wednes-
day night by the Postal Telegraph company stated that the town
had been wrecked and half the population had perished.
onus
C01PI0HIP
State University Athletes Best
In Four States Lead Whit
man at All Times.
M ORE OF 75 TO 47 MIGHT
HAVE BEEN EVEN WORSE.
Victor Did Not Try to Win Relay, aa
Content Waa Already Decided
Thirteen of Oregon's Fourteen Men
Were Point Winner Martin Fail
ed to Take tlie Hundred Scrota
tlonal and Scctacular Events Were
. Xuiwwii-No Record Broken,
Rut Time Wan Good Plilllrok of
WhlUnnn Wax Star Point Winner of
the Day.
The University of Oregon triumph
ed over Whitman college In the Inter
collegiate track meet held on Ankeny
field yesterday afternoon, defeating
the local Institution 75 to 47 and
thereby winning the championship of
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana. Oregon has an exceptionally
strong team of track athletes and well
deserved to win. Of the 14 men com
posing the team 13 were point win
ners In yesterday's meet, most of them
winning five points or over. Oregon
took a total of 10 out of 14 firsts
and seven seconds. .
Huston Wins the Century.
The hundred was a very spactacu
lar race. Martin of Whitman and
Huston of Oregon finished less than
a foot apart at the tape, Huston In
advance. Martin did not get a good
stnrt, and Is confident that he can
beat Oregon's fast man If given an
other chance.
The quarter-mile run was another
exceedingly spectacular run. Reld and
Lowell of Oregon and Barnes of Whit
man finished less than three feet
apart, each running like a fiend, cir
cling the oval In the fast time of
52 1-6.
The pole 'vault was the most hardly
contested field event. All three men.
Felthouse, Foster and Moullen, tied
at 10 feet 9. After repeated attempts
in Jumping off the tie, Moullen finally
cleared the bar at 9 feet 11, wnicn
won first place.
TiiiiVirook of Whitman was the
greatest individual winner of the day,
being credited with a total of 17, in
cluding two firsts, two seconds and a
third. Moullen of Oregon and Martin
of Whitman, came next, eacn if
points to their credit.
The scores of the individuals of cach
team waa as follows:
Whitman.
Phllbrook, 17; Martin, 14; Foster,
4; Dutcher, 3; Cox 1; Flcthouse, 1;
Barnes,. 1; Lewis, 1.
Oregon.
Moullen, 14; Kuykendall, 10; Zach
nrls, 7; Huston, 6; Downs, 6; Roberts,
6; Slovers, 6; Reld, 4; Moon, 4; Gar
diner, 3; May 1.
. Heavyweights In Relay.
Trainer Hayward of Oregon, did not
want to run the relay, because the
meet wns already won and he wished
to keep his men In condition for the
Pullmnn meet Saturday. But he wai
urged to do o for the sake of the
spectators, to whom the relay is usu
ally the most exciting event of the
dny. Accordingly an Oregon relay
team was made up of, their four
weight men, furnishing a very amus
ing race for the crowd, Whitman win
ning by almost a full lap. The Whit
man team, although not pressed, made
very good'tlme, circling the oval four
times In 3:32 4-5. Martin, who ran
the final quarter, made the remark
ably good time of 51 t-&-r
Moanry Still at Large.
The Montana officers who thought
they had Mosney, the outlaw, corner
ed In a coulee failed to capture him.
LEFT
OFF DELEGATIOri
Taft Endorsed and Free Locks
Demanded tor Oregon City
by Convention. .
ASA n. THOMSON WILL GO
TO NATIONAL MEETING.
Republican State and Congressional
Convent ions Being Held in Portland
Today Platform Adopted Endorses
Roosevcft Policies and Work of
Coiigrcsslonal Delegation, Con,
denutsrthe recall, Proportional Rep
resentation and the Single Tax
Amendments to Constitution.
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Portland, May 14. The first
district Oregon congressional
convention met this morning,
4 endorsed Taft and demanded
free locks and canals at Oregon
City. Elected E. R. Williams of
Polk county, C. A. Sehlbreed of
Coos, as delegates to the Chica-
go convention, with F. A. White
of Klamath, and E. D. Cuslck of
Albany, alternates.
Second congressional district
delegates are Asa B. Thomson
of Umatilla county, and Dr.
Henry Waldo Coe of Multno-
mah.
Portland, May 14. The republicans
of Oregon are meeting today In state
convention called for the purpose of
selecting four delegates at large to
the Chicago convention and allowing
the congressional districts an oppor
tunity to meet and select their dele
gates to the national convention.
The Fulton-Taft faction will ap
parently have a predominating con
trol over the organization of the con
vention and It Is not thought that
Senator Bourne will be given a place
in the delegation. The slate at 1
o'clock today was: Delegates at large
Charles W. Fulton, Clatsop; George
H. Williams, Multnomah; A. W. Gil
bert, Marlon; W. Kuykendall of Lane.
Bourne's name was not mentioned
In the convention this morning. An
effort was made in the caucus of the
Multnomah caunty delegation to have
the junior senator endorsed as a del
egate at large along with Judge Wil
liams and Senator Fulton, but It met
with defeat after a stormy debate,
during which a resolution was passed
endorsing Taft and commending Ful
ton and condemning his detractors,
but In which Bourne's name was not
mentioned.
A. J. Johnson was made temporary
chairman, a credential committee was
appointed and the convention ad
journed until 2 o'clock. .
ROOSEVELT INDORSED.
Portland, May H. The republican
platform today adopted in the state
convention Indorsed Roosevelt's pol
icies, and the work of the congres-
slonnl delegation In congress.
An Ironclad resolution for Taft
which will bind the entire delegation
to the war secretary, was adopted.
The platform commends the pur
chase of the locks and canals at Ore
gon City, condemns the recall, propor
tional representation and tho single
tax amendment to the constitution.'
McGraw In Control at Spokane.
Spokane, May 14. John H. McGraw
of Kings county. Is In complete con
trol of today's republican state con
vention, which was called to order
hl. morning.
Taft will be Indorsed as will be the
Roosevelt administration.
J. M. Ashton was made temporary
chairman with the understanding that
I-'cCraw waa to have the gavel when
JAPANESE DO NOT ,
' VISIT THE FLEET.
San Francisco, May 14. A
special order haa been Issued by
Admiral Thomas directing the
officers to take every precaution
to prevent strangers from gain-
Ing access to the fire room, and
engines of the ships.
Issuance of the order caused
comment in the fleet aa a gener-
al order to that effect waa al-
ready In force-
. A feature Just observed today
that among the thousands of vis-
Itors, not one Japanese has been
aboard. It la believed that local
Japs fearing that some outrage
might be attempted, to avoid all
supslclon, advised their country-
men to keep off the vessels en-
tlrely.
the permanent chairman U selected
this afternoon.
On the slate for the delegates to the
national convention are Frank T.
Post and D. T. Ham of Spokane, R.
A. Balllnger of Seattle, Emerson
Himmer of Skagit county, and Robert
Moran of San Juan.
McGraw won his fight largely
through dropping all plans to fight
the Taft Indorsement.
RULER ASSASSINATED.
S. Petersburg, May 14. It la ru
mored here that Ameer nablo Ullah
Kahn, ruler of Afghanistan has been
aHn8sinated. It a impossible to ob
tain a confirmation of the news.
If true It might lead to partial oc
cupation of Afghanistan by the Brit
ish. Fight on In Georgia.
Macon, Ga., May 14. With Indica
tions that it would develop into a
free-for-all fight between l!he "lily
white" and "black-and-tan" factions,
the Georgia republican state conven
ventlon was opened here today. The
former element favors the indorsement
of Taft, while the negro wing of the
party is enthusiastic for Foraker.
SUBSCRIBERS REQUESTED
TO PAY UP Tins WEEK
ctlon on Contract Cannot Be Taken
Until Money la in Hands of Re
corder Many Applications for Sa
loon Licenses Length of Time Will
Depend Upon Election Result
Much North Side Street Improve
ment. Those who have subscribed to the
fund for Improving the cemetery are
asked to pay the amount of their sub
scriptions to Recorder Thomas Flta
Gerald between now and next Wed
nesday, and those who have not yet
subscribed to the fund are urged to
do so between now and that day.
At the council meeting last night
the subject of letting the contract for
CEMETERY
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watering the ceremony was again upT- Shaw of Milton. A. S. Pearson, j. S.
but no action was taken because the
money subscribed has not yet been
paid In.
It Is earnestly desired by the coun
cil to let the contract as soon as pos
sible and so every effort will be made
to collect as soon as possible and so
every effort will be made to collect
the money at once. Therefore, those
who have offered to hefp the move
ment by personal subscriptions are
asked to pay their respective amounts
immediately.
During the meeting last night ap
plications from 22 local saloons for
license renewals were recejved and
they were all referred to the license
committee. The licenses expire June 1,
and the length of time for which the
new ones will be Issued will depend
upon the result of the election. Should
the county go dry the saloonmen will
be given licenses good up to July 1.
Much time was devoted to stret Im
provement business last night, most,
of the work being on the north side
streets.
1W ROAD M Oil TIE IffiET
Three hundred thousand acres of
southern Oregon land was placed on
the market In Pendleton-today when
the Pendleton Investment company
became snles agents for a pQrtlon of
the military road grant In Klamath,
Lake and Harney counties.
R. F. Flke, representing the Oregon
Valley Land company of Kansas clt,
Is in the city today from Portland and
closed a conh-act with Pendleton In
vestment company to handle this im
mense tract of rich agricultural land
In southern Oregon and Pendleton is
now the eastern Oregon headquarters
for the land company.
OEUIOII IS
Of 'ST IEIIIIK
Dr. Withycombe Declares'
Umatilla Will be Densely
Populated.
PENDLETON SHOULD BECOME
CITY OF 100,000 people:
Director of Experiment Station Says
Fertile Soil Is Capable of Sustain
his; an Unlimited population Ap
preciation Expressed by Local Men
for Work Being Pone by O. R. A N.
and the State Agricultural College
Dr. McClure Gives Local Conceit
a Terrible Jolt on Livestock Ques
tion. Last evening an Informal receptloir
was given In the Commercial associa
tion rooms to the members of the
demonstration train party and it turn
ed out to be the finest "booster"
meeting that has yet been held here..
Though no announcement had been,
made of the meeting the rooms were
filled with local people, several from
the east end and the members of the
party.
In a brief address R. Alexander,
president of the association, warmly
welcomed the visiting railroad men
and professors and then called upon
Dr. Wlthycombe for a few remarks.
A Bonanza County.
In responding, the agricultural col
lege man gave a talk that for encour
agement made the walls ring as they
have never done before. In speaking,
of the present large farms In the,
county the doctor had no censure for
the land owners personally but de
clared they were doing but what oth-
ers would do If able. However, he re- -Iterated
his former statement that
those now here do not realize one-
tenth part of the natural advantages
of the county and he declared that in
the course of time Pendleton will see
a densely settled country about It and
the city larger in proportion.
"I have said that Pendleton might -reach
a population of 50,000," said he,- .
"but I wll go better than that and say .
that If this entire section, wheat land '
and Irrigated tracts, are settled with
the number of people the land will
sustain, this city should have a popu
lation of 100,000 people."
Local Men Speak.
At the conclusion of Dr. Wlthycom- -be's
talk different local people were
called upon to speak, for the members
of the party had requested that such
be done, saying they wished to hear
what the people of the county had to
say regarding their work.
Accordingly a dozen or more Uma- -tilla
county men were called forth
and some excellent talks were given.
All showed deep appreciation of tha
work being done by the railroad com
pany and the agricultural college peo
ple and most of the speakers took
views similar to those of Dr. Wlthy
combe and his associates. Among
those to speak were Will Moore, W.
Vinson of Fretwater, J. H. Gwlnn, M.
B. Gwlnn, Dr. W. G. Cole, T. C. Tay
lor, F. W. Vincent. Prof. Hunter, Dr.
McClure and others.
The Livestock Industry
In the talk by Dr. S. W. McClure
he said some things that were very
pointed and tended to take conceit
out of those who have heralded east
ern Oregon as a livestock country. Ac
cording to the doctor, the west is not
now the livestock section 6f the coun
try. Ohio, with but a small area,
raises as many sheep as does Oregon,
because diversified methods are used.
He said that there is not sufficient
mutton in the state to supply the local!
markets and showed how 'beef, mut
ton and hogs are now being shipped'
.westward from Omaha and other cen
ters of the middle west.
Dr. K. A. J. McKenzie, O. R. & N.
physician, who Is accompanying the
train, was also called upon and gave
a most Interesting talk. He likened
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The Oregon Valley Land company
has just secured a large tract of the
southern Oregon military road grant
which lies tributary to the Ontario
Natron railroad which has been sur
veyed and thla promises to be one of
the richest and most populous section
of Oregon within a few years.
The military land will be sold In
acreage tracts of from 10 to 1000
acres and half of each 10-acre tract
under Irrigation with a perpetual wa
te right. Lakevlew is the trading
point and nearest town to the tract
just opened and there promises to be
a rush of settlers into that section this
spring.
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