MilK I’KODimS IOIIAVF AN INNING l.imt Sitliiiilay s ndjoiirn»'«l meeting «•( the dmrvini'ii of F n*l« rn Miiltltmuiah, in th«« r«MitiiN of th«- GrvNham Commer­ cial ('lub, warn largely attended and the real Blatter «»f a pei inaneiil orgamxa- tioii w mn nnele II wa* iiMtiie«! th«« < Ire- gon Dairy I’rodtirer»' A rrih im I ioii mid will I m « governi'd by five trust« «« b , h h<> will name tin« |M«rinanent officer*. During the progress of th«* meeting it was shown that the 1'ortlaml City or­ dinance which requires all milk to la* not more than M degrees temp«*ratur«* could not I»«» compil’d with bv any dairyman <>r MNB«M*iatioii unless hi p«»s- N««NNioii of a refrigerating plant H *¡1« claimed that all milk sold in Porllanil is m I mivo I at lem|K’ratur««, hern««* 1*» I m *- 1 ng sold unlaw billy. and th«« dairymen will endeavor, as one Of their first duties, to hav«» th«* city lav« changed or demand it* rignl »'nf«»r<'«*mciit, which woubl create a milk famin« at once. Con<'«*rning lulH*rctil«»*i»» 1 It was shown that iininv «lair • I R M 11* m»t yet inRp«,ct«Mi liecati«*»’ • I n « k of sufficient ex|M*rl h« Ip in th» Bonn I of II cm I i h Hh h«ra for inwpkH’lioii ol rows ar»« then*. An riil«*uvt»r wdl remedy this drf**rt *«» that pur** protiuct* will I»«« *«»bl Tilt* licit Inrrtllitf Will l»t held here on Muy ?7 to elect the Board of True- toes Hitd perfect the orgrnixatioii by adopting it set <»f by -laws w filch w ill I m * in harmony w ith th«* laws ol th«« state and th«« city of Portland, governing wuch malt« r* Corvallis. Or»* , May h The earnest- m*MN of t he O A. t ' student cadets in their work, their cardili training, a rd parti<*u I a rly their attention to »inali -le- tailR which «dim )-»ca|H- the attention of the ordinary ol»s«*rvrr, were matters upon which (’apt. II I Laubsch of I «• L* S (ienrral Army Staff compliment­ ed Maj. Ma«' Alexander, the college commandant, at th«' annual inspection day tournament Friday. According to Morrell Art of |MI2 Net­ ting asi«lc land for ugiicultural and me- schools, military chanieal science acieiire ami tactics muai be included in the curriculum. The War I>«*partmeiit haw an »«dura tioiinl committer, four officers of which I conipf»Ne the college inspection l**arl, anti during April and May of each year the/muet visit each of the 100 college* giving military training They report to th«« War I>epartinrnt, and the ten having *tandinga al*>v<« th«« other* nri» de*ignat«« th»* War De­ partment wa* very flattering, ami lhis year the atihlrnt* gave “a vrrv gratify ing exhibition all around,M he *ai«l. “It show* an »«arne*tm«MN on tin« part of th«« Ntu«l»«nt body m tin* work that i* worthy of remark. They have had careful training, and I have notic»»d particul­ arly their attention to Rinall details which often times e*ca|»e the notice of ordinary obHery»*i*.’* lie mentioned with appreciation tin* fa« t timi tlu- erertlon of thè baid stand and tlag ¡iole on Ilo. campus sliowed n generai apprrciatioii of militsry traili mg bv tli stident tedi ss a whol- nini thè a In irmi. Capi, lauliai'li ha* t hi- mspei-lionof tlu- militar/ Work in college» of thè Western Divisjon, im-lmling Iziuisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyom­ ing, .Montana, aid all state» we»t of these, tlir largv.t area of any of tlie in s|iection distrteia, conta ning 21 insti- tute» « f militar/ training Moie I h > May h , hr in*|M*rto«l ih«* cadati* al Keal tir Thr hdliritf off of .MI per crfit of thè ut t eli'hiiicc Èli thè««« i nstilUlions the pn-t yvar in noi, he rhjn ari tiidicatiun of «leclme in the ni hool , hot a reflex of ut'oiioiiiic romlitioii*. Cor valli«, Or»« , May m ‘M’are sbolli«! b«* exercised in the sehn'tion <»f varieties of fruit f*«r planting in I astern Or«*gon, " r H« s Prof ( I la*wls of th«* Oregon Agricultural < ollrge horticiiltur«* d«— partmeut " since the higher elevations of that part of the stato suffer timre or 1« s fr<»tn tt.e severity of the winter and Iti«« drouth in suminer. A- to apple*» the Ru-Nian varieti» s will lx* the hardiest, i'fie»«« in low al­ ti udes are summer and fall varieties, but «»fton in high nltitud««* th«-y are long k« rp«*rs Th«« ReNh |{««d nr«- th«« best and most saliafartury to plant Occas­ ionally nearly am of tin* standard var­ ied** grow Bulli« iently well for family us«* \’arieti«** of sou «• promise in such *e«*lions ar«* the Koine Keauty, Idle Winter Pearmain. Delicious, ami <»ano. ’ The varieties of ¡war«« I would sug­ gest for lb«« region ar«* the Whit«« Di.y- enne, S««clile, Clapp’s l avoriti*, l'<-ach- r«. as a rule, should nut I m - Kr<’wn ■*> the higher elevation* «»( Eastern < >re- gon. but <>c<*asionally »neb varit-lira a» Alexander and Amaden do very u. II Tlo* < iobb’s Aprn’ot is oft« 11 sure« 1-ennful.” I h«* four kinds of <*herriew suggested bv Prof Lewis are the l4imlw«rt ami Bing sweet ch««rriea. and Early Rich­ mond an«l Olivetto for sour one*. Two varieties of raNpb«*rrit«a—Cuthbert ami Turner's Red are named as gissi and any of the standanl varieties of black- lN«rrie*, such as Kittatinny, Lawton, and Ehiorado, may I m « grown. Red Jacket and Champion gooseberrir«*, and BederwiMNl, Warfield, ami ('lark * Sedi- ling strawberries are also mentioned. FATAI ACCIDENT ON MT. HOOD LINI Four men were killed and four proba­ bly fatally injured in a landslide on the Mount llo.sl Railway A Power Com­ pany's line on the sandy River, 28 miles east >>f Portland, at II :5ft o'c ra-k yesterday morning Two of tbe bodies were recovered la«t night and a force worked all night in an effort to find the two lashes that were buried under the avalanche. T e injured workmen were conveyed on a tram as far a. Gresham ami from that point were taken to Portland in automobile ambulances anil are Iw-ing cared for at the G-xxl Samaritan Hoe- pital. The «lead arc. It Hunt, William Htranley, E-l Toganaen. W. Parrish. Ttu* I hm I ics of Togansen aid Parrish are still missing. Th* injiire-l are. Malt Otto, R. J. Ryan, A. Jackson, E. J. Murphy. All lour were in urei in tornai ly and mav not recover PIAN IO PRIVEN! IORFSF FIRES C- rvalli«, Ore , May a—E. O. Siecke Ill: iTIf -.MlZX «KVKH.ll.. 1 of the O. A. C. fore.try department ha» Ten or 12 men were in the path of tbe avalanche an-l several experienceii nar­ just accepted appointment a- assistant state forester, ami upon completion of row ewai-e«. Engineer Ryan, u broth­ his im-tructi-mal work st the colleg er of II J. Ryan, who was hurt, wax will go to Salem to make his headquar­ carried ovi*r tl e lull and to the t«ige of ter» there. The »t te forestry de|»art- the river, but wax unacathed. He can ment ba« already la-gun the organiza­ nut account for his perilous ride to tion of the Are pr -lection throughout safety. A man who wua employed on I --very county of the state, so as to min- tin- huge cram- of the «l.ovel eX|-erien- : imize the severe losses suffered annual- ceil an e»t ape jierha|» even more re­ ! ly through fire catastrophic. markable He dung to the machinery on the *av down tin* embankment ann, the foreman, hail the Mr*. 8. 0. Jone, jjnve a »urprixe party rare experu-m e of »e-'ing the machinery, for Grati-lnia Jones Thura-lay afternoon msu anti hillside »wept away in front May ISth. The oeeaaion being her H2nd of him. The earth broke loose directly birthday he party wax in the form of » under his feet, but tore away right be­ handkerchief «hower, each gue»t brirqr- fore him allowing him Io stand at the | ing a handkerchief. Everyone ha-i a edge of tbe yawning hole that it left. moat enjoyable t me. Thoee present C. If. I'a-ker, the superintendent, w.-re Grandma Wright. She was the was only a few fret away, and was first I olde»t peraon present. Mr». M. ®- attracted by the w ild cries of tin- men Sleret, Mr- William Bond, Mr», Henry- as they were carried toward their fate. Kane, Mr». George Lealie, Mr». Brand, Mr». Geo Sunday, Mr». M. F. Cleve- Hotiixa girr Ykr roc.ttr Others employed in the camp also land, Mrs. Kaney, Grandma Jones, Mrs. beard the aliout» of their comrades and 8 c. Jones and Miss Echo Jones. haRtmed to the rescue Soon the en­ tire const' uctiou force was engaged in the task of liberating tbe injured and : GRANGE ANNIVERSARY attempting to recover tbe Ixalies of tin- dead. The last Saturday in May will be The grading crew wax about to quit celebrated in Pleasant Valley Grange work for dinner when without warning by an anniversary program. Special 20,OX) yard» of earth, trees, rock and effort will Ire made to entertain a num- debris rushed down tlie steep hillside, ' her of visitors. There will lie a degree Corvallis, Ore., May 13.—Diseases and swallow ing eight of tbe workmen in its team contest lietween some of the coun­ in-sets winch destroy the prune and ina-l course toward the Sandy River. ty Granges. hop crops are to lie made the subject of i Other meniliera of the crew barely es- a big investigation by the experts Hl cajx'd with their lives. Those who escaped the path of the Dr. Lowe, optician, will lie in tlu Oregon Agricultural College The Gresham again, at Fieldhouse work ln-gaii this week when Prof. II. avalanche at once ascertained tlie iden- S. Jackson and II F. Wilson went to ity of their missing comrade* and threw jewelry store, May 31. Salem to investigate the prune pests of themselves quickly into the work of tlie districts, slid found two insects do­ ! rescuing the victims. After hour* of ing much harm to young grafts, May heroic lalxir, four of tlie crew were un­ Dr. Short of It*, they go to Iiidcpendcnce to In-gin covered and r moved i Gresham took charge of tbe injured and the work ■ n hop crop pests. Ths Salem fruit union has done milch had them conveyed to tin- city as stain to faeilinte the investigations, having ' as possible. I-ater tiie Ixxih-s of Hunt * made an addition to it a building to pro­ and Stranley were unearthed, theii lives having been crushed out by the ’ vide headquarters for the experts while terrific slide. they are at work there. Tiie rescuing party was reinforced by other workmen employed on tbe grad­ lm|M>rtai>t Clubbintr Offer: The Pa­ ing work at other points and by resi- i cific Monthly, The Herald, Hammond'» . dents living in the vicinity. Tons of 1 Modern Alin» of the World, worth Sft.fttl. | ear, h were removed but up to last for only $2.7ft. The Regular price of night, it was im|x>s*ible to find a trace the at la» i» $3.00. of tiie two missing men The immense steam shovel used by | the grading crew was gathered up by I the onrushing slide and hurled into the Handy River as if it were a piece of paper. A BANK FOR THE PEOPLE COMMERCIAL CLUB OFFERS PRIZES A financial instUution such as thin in n public utility. and an such depends, not upon a limited few, but upon the many (or its nuc- ce-s. Thu individual thrift of a community in the one and only tiling that makes it prosperous and contented. To the bank belongs the privilege of encouraging that individual thrift and advancing the intereata of the community thereby. On the bank falls the responsibility of discouraging over-epeculation, which is often the ruin of a community. Every rent of money deposited in thin bunk is working for the interests of the community. Every cent lonned is put out on thoroughly approved security—loani-d to our customers in smsll amounts for legitimate purposes and not to speculatori for the promotion of ** wildcat schemes ” FIRST STATE BA GRESHAM, OffC |_ I Ilf will b. wit held in confidence, to tie u»e I only when asked for by a proa* Jiective settler. I very citizen alio in interested in the welfare and development of th * won* di rful country 1“ urgently requested to relate any actual experiences that will Hid in bringing before the people in the i-nst the advantage« of eastern Mult nomah County. The commercial club in going to a great deal of expense and trouble to get this information before Eastern people, and although each and every contributor may not receive a prize they will lie doing much towa'ds advertising our wonderful country. Remember only by co-operation of this kind can we hope to win our share of the many |ieople who are daily com­ ing to Oregon and everyone who cornes here helps to develop the wonderful re­ sources nature has endowed us with. List of prizes will I m - published short­ ly. nut In-gin now to get your article of experiences in nice shape for publica­ tion. I .MZVII . It S-i IVZVIS.K J 4 — The commercial club ha» decided to offer priz.t-a for the lieat written article of not to exceed WX) words, advertising the advantages of Gresham and East­ ern Multnomah County. Al»o prizes for the la-at written experience», not to exceed 200 word» of what you have ac- compliehed in poultry raising, dairy­ ing, fruit railing, and gardening. It ia the desire of the commercial club that »11 citizen» of Greahani and vacin- ity who have done aomething worth while, which would lie of interest to | prospective settler» in the East, to semi in »m b facts to the corresponding | secretary of the commercial club for use in a phainplet to I m - published »oon, Baine to be published over your own signature, or in case you do not desire your name to appear, so state and it I POWER HOUSE SII E FINALLY LOCATED [ of all gr« Mt dny**—or»« that means inde­ pendence of flie Ming’e railway line that has heretofore held all travel of Eastern Multnomah to and from the metropolis. PICNIC DINNER AÎ LRASWELE’S Through a statement made by Gen-I eral Hii[>erintendent Lawson, ol the ' Three gaily decorated Hat care, drawn Mount Hood Railroad Company, it is by a powerful locomotive vnd loaded mon- than probable that nat the me site site of oi the me ' , ,j()Wn wjth a jolly crowd of railroad men Junction of the power- -house _ branch ha» aD(j t|,ejr faini|ie«i Went over tbe new been definitely located, It known n,xxj line on Sunday last from that Steel rail» were only laid as far as Gresham to the Sandy Bluff. It was Cra»well'» crossing, and that from there , tbe tir»t excursion over the road, the on toward, th. Hwdy river a lighter _ _____. At rail has been laid The reason why Craxwell's Crossing the train was halted was a mystery until Mr. Lawson made long enough to put off a bountiful sup­ the statement last Sunday that Cras- ply of refreshments which were taken well Crossing would tie the Junction by a wagon to the grove in the Mullen- and that from there the main line boff farm. Then the train went on to would be built towards Mount Hood. the end of the roail as far as completed. It will keep on top of the Sandy bluff When it came back the entire party, all the way up to the town of Sandy. numbering probably a hundred persons, following tbe original -urvey, and pass- left the train and went to the grove for ing just east ol Oittrell. In grading a picnic an mile» General Superintendent laiwson was from tie- power plant and well located director of the excursion, and he cer- (or a g