Missionaries Get T erse Story
Wanderings in Arctic,
burned
areas
reseeded .
Forest Service Men Plant Larch and
Pine Near Bear Creek.
Wallowa— Local officers o f the For-
set service have begun to plant 45
acres of an old burned area on the
headwaters o f Bear ereek to European
larch and Scotch pine. They are using
the seed-spot method. In all over 300
acres have been planted in the Wal­
lowa national forest this year, but all
but the Bear Creek burn are in areas
burned over this year.
The Bear Creek burn, which is seve­
ral years old, is on the watershed of
W allowa’s water supply and as it has
not reforested from natural sources,
the forest service has resorted to arti­
ficial means to better protect the store­
house for the c ity ’s summer supply of
water. The method used consists of
digging seed spots six feet apart each
way and planting the tree seeds. While
the loss of seed in this manner is a very
large percentage, it is considered one
o f the most economical ways of refor­
esting burned over areas.
The work is under the direction of
Supervisor H. W . Harris, and six men
are employed.
W A Y T O IM PR O V E ROADS.
What is Known as “ Splitlog
Being Introduced.
Drag"
Portland— The Pacific Highway asso­
ciation is sending out information in
regard to the operation and construc­
tion of the “ K in g D rag” or “ Split
Log D rag” for the immediate improve­
ment o f road conditions on the Pacific
Coast.
This information has been
sent to every county commissioner in
the counties o f the state o f California,
Oregon and Washington, through which
the proposed Pacific highway will pass,
in order to put this inexpensive meth­
od o f road improvement into wider
fields, not alone for the Pacific High­
way but for general thoroughfares.
Great encouragemnet is being con­
stantly afforded the Pacific Highway
association in this endeavor to better
the road conditions, especially by the
Seattle Automobile club, which at its
last meeting voted to affiliate and
financially assist the P. H. A.
Railroad Reaches Butte Falls.
Cottage Grove— The Pacific & East­
ern railroad has reached Butte Falls.
The last bridge was crossed Sunday
and work will be rapid from this time
on until the line is ready for use to the
timber city.
The road is planning to inaugurate
a regular train service to Butte Falls
as early as possible. In all probabil­
ity an excursion w ill be run in the
near future, givin g all an opportunity
of inspecting the new line.
The Pacific & Eastern belongs to the
Hill people and consists o f 30 miles
of standard track between Medford and
Butte Falls. The line is surveyed and
ready for grading from Butte Falls to
a point on the main line of the Oregon
Trunk coming down’ the Deschutes
country.
of
Chicago— Dr. Frederick A. Cook is
TAXABLE LAND $9,500,000.
further discredited in a special cable
_
‘
dispat:h to the Chicago Daily News
Benton County Richer by $2,000,000 f rom its correspondent in Copenhag-
Than Year Ago.
en- Denmark.
Corvallis__The t » » *„11
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The story ' 8 the first publication of
countv
/
Knud Rasmussen, the Danish explorer.
is made up and will as sent by him to his w ife in Copen-
soon be turned over to the proper offi- j hagen, and now given out by her.
cals. The figures show the total taxa- [ t^ontained in the story are purported
ble property in the countv is $9 500 - statements of Cook’s two Eskimo corn-
000.
’
’ j Panlons in the Polar quest, Itukusuk
T’, ,
.
“ nd Apilak,
in which they confirm
, * niA a'amount for 1909 was $7,- Commander Robert E. Peary’s charge
onn '7 ’ “ n.lncrease of over $2,000,- that Cook traveled in a circle and
ooo. ihis increase comes from an in- never even approached the Pole,
crease in the assessment of railroad
Rasmussen, in the story, is quoted
timber and speculative
holdings, as saying he did not himself interview
1 hese properties heretofore have been the man, but that their statements
assessed a very low figure and in some ! were taken by the Rev. Gustav Olsen
places were never assessed. The sev- and Kateket Sechmann Rosebach, mis­
eral items as shown are as follows!
sionaries.
Tillable land. $2,249,900; non-tilla-
The dispatch to the Daily News
ble land, $4,002,976; farm improve­ says:
ments, $356,375; town lots, $1,191,-
“ Already in 1909 when I was on an
545; improvements on town lots, $466,- expedition to Greenland,” writes Ras­
075; machinery, etc., $67,060; mer­ mussen, “ there existed grave doubts
chandise, etc., $184,355; shares of as to whether Dr. Cook really had
Btock, $51,540;
farm implements, reached the Pole, so I determined to
$48,675; household furniture, $78,- find out from his two Eskimo compan­
905; horses and mules, $166,870; cat­ ions, I secured
their
statements
tle, $60,130; sheep and goats, $13,188; through the missionaries.”
swine, $3,845; dogs, $1,075; total,
This is the story o f the Eskimos, as
$8,960,514. Railroads and public util­ given in the dispatch:
ities, $540.
“ We traveled from Annatook with
Grand total, $9,500,514.
eight sledges in company with Dr.
Cook, at the first sunshine, February.
From there to Ellsmere we slept
RAILROADS RUN A T LOSS.
only once on the ice. .It took four days
to cross Ellsmere land.
Eighteen
Pacific & Eastern Report Shows days out our companions left us. We
Deficit o f $16,400.
then had gone only about 12 English
miles from land.
Salem— Deficit in railroad operation
“ The ice was fine and there was no
is shown by the annual report of the
reason to stop, for anyone who wanted
Pacific Eastern which has just been
to go on could do so.
The 19th day
filed with the state railroad commis­
Dr. Cook took observations with an
sion. The income account and operat­
instrument he held in his hand and we
ing revenue show a deficit, net, of
then changed our course westward.
$15,400.23. The total operating reve­
“ We left here a lot o f food for men
nues are reported as $9,557.69.
and dogs and one o f us went ahead to
D. M. Rohibrough, of Aurora, has
examine the ice. He reported it in
complained to the commission that he
good shape, ^which it was, but Dr. Cook
shipped an emigrant car from Burley, looked at it and said it was bad.
Idaho, to Newberg, Or., and he was
“ On they way back we stopped at
told the charge would be $128, but open water near the land. We stopped
when the car arrived he was charged one day and went over to Ringnas is­
$198, he alleges. He asks the commis­ land before the
snow had melted
sion to determine if he can be rebated (A p ril).
for an overcharge in this case.
“ One day I (Apilak) came upon Dr.
Thomas A. Jenson, of Portland, com­ Cook sitting down and drawing a map.
plains that he shipped a piano from I looked at it and asked him: ‘ Whose
Watertown, S. D., to Portland and route are you drawing?’
was charged $37.34 for the shipment.
“ ‘ My own,’ replied Dr. Cook.
This rate, he asserts, is an outrage.
“ But that was a lie, because he
drew the map a long way out at sea,
where he had never been.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
“ We continued to shoot bears on the
ice, until we had enough for the dogs.
Wheat— Track prices: Bluestem. We do not know how many nights we
77® 78c; club, 75c; red Russian, 73c; slept on this part of the journey. The
small rivers had only begun to break
valley, 78c; 40-fold, 76c.
when we reached H ell’s Gate.
Barley— Feed, $20®20.50 per ton.
“ Here as Dr. Cook directed, we left
Millstuffs— Bran, $25 per ton; mid­
dlings, $33; shorts, $27; rolled barley, our dogs behind, although they were
fat from the bear meat.
We had
$24® 25.
Hay— Track prices: Timothy, W il­ crossed the great sound and had to
lamette valley, $19(0.20 per ton; East­ push our boat along the ice.
“ Dr Cook said:
‘ We will reach
ern Oregon, $21(822; alfalfa, new, $15
human beings (Baffinsland) within two
@16; grain hay, $14.
Corn— Whole, $31; cracked, $32 ton. days. ’
" W e had slept twice when he looked
Oats— White, $27(828 per ton.
Poultry— Hens, 17c; springs, 15c; ahead and said he saw a tent, but it
We kept hunting
ducks, white, 16c; geese, 11 c; tur­ was only a stone.
keys, live, 20c; dressed,
23@25c; for human beings a long time. Then
we came to an island on which eider
squabs, $2 per dozen.
Eggs—Oregon ranch, candled, 40c; birds were resting. We followed the
current receipts, 38c; Eastern, 30®.32c land past Cape Sparbo and when our
per dozen.
provisions were nearly gone we re-
Butter— City creamery, solid pack, turned toward Cape Zeddon, where we
36c per pound; prints, 3 7 @ 3 7 *c; out- arranged for wintering,
side creamery, 35®.36c; butter fat,
" I t was yet twilight the whole night
36c- country store butter, 24® 25c.
»nd we built a house of peat and stone,
just as we do at home.
We caught
Pork— Fancy, 12@12^c per pound.
Veal— Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 12>i walrus, musk ox and bear for winter.
It was a fine autumn and we had made
@13c per pound.
Apples— King, 40@75c per
box; provisions for the winter. During the
W olf River, 75c<ffi$l; Waxen, 85c® dark time we were inside most o f the
$1.25; Baldwin, 76c@$1.26; Northern time making clothes ”
100,000 Acres Will Be Reclaimed
Crescent— Actual work o f reclaiming
several thousand acres o f land near
Crescent will be inaugurated early in
the spring. A ll the necessary survey­
ing has been completed.
Some 100,000 acres o f land will be
irrigated with water to be ttgjcen from
Crescent and Fish lakes. The project,
it is understood, ‘ is fathered by the
Hunter Land company, o f Portland,
who own about half o f the land affect­
ed. The rest w ill be watered in con­
junction with the government reclam­
ation service.
About 100 miles of
canal will be required. A ll the land Spy, 75 c® $1.25; Snow, $1.25® 1.50;
lies west o f Crescent, and it now is i Spitzenberg, $1.25(82; W inter Ba­
covered for the most part, with black j nanas, $1.75(83.50.
pine. The country is said to have
Green Fruits—Pears, $1.25®2 per
great promise as a dairying region.
box; grapes, $1.15(81.25; 17,‘■ic per
basket; cranberries, $8.50®9 per bar­
One Teasel-G row er Left.
rel; quinces, $1(81.25 per box; huckle­
Oregon City— W ith the sale o f the berries, 6 ® 8 c per pound; persimmons,
Samuel E. Gregory farm, at Carus, $1.85 per box.
Vegetables — Beans, 1 0 @ llc per
there remains only one teasel grower
in Clackamas county.
He is George pound; cabbage, J i@ lc ; cauliflower,
40c®$1
per dozen; celery, 50®80c;
E. Gregory, at Molalla.
___.
Gregory brothers came here 15 years pumpkins, 1(81 ‘ i c Per pound; sprouts,
ago, and George Gregory bought the j fta gc; squash, 1 ® l X e ; tomatoes, 50@
teasel farm o f J. N. Sawtell, at Mo- 60c per box: carrots, $1(81.25 hun-
lalla. S. E. Gregory has just dis- <jred; parsnips. $1@1.25; turnips, $1.
posed of his ranch, 57 acres, with the
Onions— Oregon, buying price, $1.10
buildings and 25 acres o f timber, to per hundred.
Noah Christner, o f Eugene, for $150 j Hops — 1910 crop, 12@14c 1909,
When the winds of bleak N ovem ber
Dozen the chimney moan and sigh.
Stirring into life each ember
Till the flames roar fierce and high
Then my thoughts revert to boyhood.
When Thanksgiving Day drew nigh.
In
the flames I see the farmhouse.
A n d the woodland brown and sere
Where the sportsman’s rifle echoed
A s that day of days drew near.
Scenes which ever shall be cherished
In the burning logs appear.
J
I
can see the deep old cellar
Where the apple bins, piled high.
Overshadowed heaps of pumpkins
Golden as the sunset sky,
A n d the casks of new fall cider
Stood along the wall close by.
As
the old-time scenes are fading
While the fire slowly dies.
Visions of a groaning table
A r e presented to my eyes.
A n d I almost scent the fragrance
O f the mince and pumpkin pies.
KEEPING THE FEAST
TRUE
MEANING OF LESSON
THANKSGIVING.
OF
Should Be Time of Rejoicing for All,
Those Who Have Abundance
Sharing With Their Lees
Fortunate Brethren.
»
Include those for whom the day would
otherwise be lonelier than others days
for privation of home companionships.
The community was the host la
that first Plymouth festival, yet tha
community divided Into families. As
they kept the feast In the large family
groups Into which the necessity of
house building and defense had up to
this time divided them, did any of
them think, we wonder, of the law of
the paasover established for other
exiles and pilgrims so many centuries
beforo: "And If the household be too
little for the lamb, let him and hla
neighbor next unto his house take It
according to the number of tha
soul«” ?
I As a community we are today much
further from absolute want and peril
of starvation than the Pllgrima wers
when they began the custom of tho
yearly feast of thanksgiving
Tot
there are many of our people who.
If they keep the feast, must keep It
In the mldat of poverty and peril of
want
In the wldst of greater want
and peril the forefathers Invited
strangers to the feast, providing what
they could
They were wholly free
from that false pride, so common now­
adays. which thinks moat of appear
ances and la ashamed to offer hos­
pitality unless It Is possible, also, to
make a show of wealth. Out of what
they had the fathers gave God thanks
and entertained the strangers at their
gates The other spirit of false pride
and shame robs both guest and hoet
of the beat joy of the Thanksgiving
time— the joy of common faith In the
Giver of all good, and of cordial wel­
come which has nothing to conceal
The sober joyfulness of the first
New England Thanksgiving did not
exhaust Itself In a single day
Gov­
ernor Bradford after the first scanty
harvest made deliberate provision for
three days’ feastlug and rejoicing,
during which the tnlant colony enter
talned raoro than Its own number of
visiting Indians It Is true that these
guests contributed venison for the
feast, aa thev had earlier contributed
com for the use nt fhe colonv. hut
the heart of the feast was In the
hospitality which made them wel­
come
We call Thanksgiving day especial­
ly a home festival, and Its associations
are most delightful In family reunions
and home pleasures. Yet the prece­
dent of Plymouth hospitality
has
never been and never ought to be
neglected
It Is a time when those
who are blessed with home joys take
pleasure In sharing them with the
homeless
Families enlarge them
selves to Include not only the scat­
tered next of kin. but those also who
Germany's Budget Grows.
are far from their own home rtrrle
Berlin— The Nord Deutsche Allge- A touch of the blessed spirit of home
miene Zeitung prints the details of joy and mutual helpfulness stretches
the budget for 1912, showing expend­ beyond the limits of the family to
itures of 2,924,945,136 marks, approx­
imately $12,975,545.
The estimate
includes for the army $203,941,844, an
H ym n of Praise
increase o f $20,214,155,
o f which
amount $1,976,124 is for additions to
W n hold our fu n d * to T h **, O Ixjrd o f flout«?
A n d prnls« T h e « for T hy blewsfnir« manifold.
the peace footing. The navy estimate
W e thank T h e* for the bounteous harvest yield.
is $112,639,849, an increase o f $4,128,-
The garnered opulenr#- of vln«* and field.
482. The budget requires a loan o f
The work of man with full fruition crowned.
$24,438,982 to balance the expendi­
W e thank Thee that we live with aouls attuned
tures as against $47,962,290 borrowed
T o all the beauty of th* pulsing world.
to balance the present budget.
W e thank Thee for the h«*ro*s of th « quiet way«.
Poisoned Wine Kills.
Vancouver, B. C.— Four Frenchmen
per acre. The other 120 acres were nominal; olds, nominal.
engaged in a drinking bout in a house
Wool—Eastern Oregon, 13@17c per | in the Fairview section o f Vancouver.
purchased by Herman Smith, o f Au
rora, for $90 an acre. The new own­ pound: valley, 17@19c; mohair, choice, | Their port wine disagreed with them,
j and when the police were called to the
ers will not attempt teasel raising, but
Cattle- Beef steers, good to choir«. houie after midnight they found one
will confine their labors to general
$ 5 . 25 * 46 5 ; fair to medium, $4. >0® man lying dead beside a table on which
fanning.
"
~ $4.50® ■>; ; WM B half-emptied bottle o f port that
Mr. Gregory w ill go to the Palouse . 5 ; choice spayed ‘ heifer*
country, in Washington, where he be- i ^
to choice beef cows, $4.25®«. >»• is thought to contain strychnine. Two
lieves opportunities
for successful m e d i u m to good beef cows, $3.o0«4, others were almost dead from the
teasel growering are better than here. common beef cows, $2® 3.50; W K effects o f the liquor and were taken to
$3.50@4; stags, good to choice, $4® a hospital, where they are critically
4 50 ; calves, light, $7@7.50; heavy, ill. The fourth man had disappeared
C oos County Dry.
and the police are seeking him.
Marshfield— Complete returns show $3.75*5-
H of»— Top, $9.25®9.60; fair to me­
that Coos county has gone dry by 23
‘ Frazzle’ i* Remembered.
»otes.
It is held by the wet faction dium, $9(89.25.
Sheep— Best valley wethers, $3.25®
that the Marshfield charter is such that
New York— The following telegram
j.50; fs ir to good wethers, $3®3.25;
the city can continue the saloons re­
was receievd at Tammany boll from a
best yearling wethers, $4.25®4 75;
gardless o f the county, but others
Democrat in Oyster B sy:
“ goose­
best valley ewes, $3®3.50; lambs,
claim that this matter must be decided
ys! t’s own district: Dix, 218; Stim-
choice mountain, $5.26*5.60; choice
in court This is the first time the
158. Beaten to a fraxsle.”
valley, $4.75*6.
«w n ty ever went dry.
D
(U A P M A r t
I<§J < 0
W hen no man knoweth. hut who live thy prat»«.
The silent heroes In the w ays forgot.
W e praise Thee that no brother lives enslaved,
Fre»- hearts, free hom es' aye, let thanks giving rls«,
The end of strife the s Idler's duty d on «;
The rich re w ard —the Joys o f freedom won.
Thank G od! ye people, for the gift o f p ear«.
thetlra) questions were before It, tbs
Foresight.
The dispute over the discovery of public turned Its attention to tha
the pole having reached the acute south pole.
stage, naturally It was taken Into the
Hint of Etiquette.
courts.
"Bsy," whispers the parvenu s i
"H ave no fear," said the lawyers for
one aide. "Our case Is simple and our i the banquet given to commemorate the
reconciliation of (be society c o jp > ,
proof la decisive."
my bread Is wrapped In a ndpki„ . m
"Have no fear," said the lawyers
for tbs other side “ As soon as this not up on all those things, you know.
trouble started we sent to Greenland Do I eat the napkin»"
"Oh, no." aa; a his mentor
"Nog
and retained every expert Eskimo
here. This feast ia to celet.rat*
witness "
Realizing that many years of hypo cessation of chewing the rag."