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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1916)
NEW S ITEMS Of (Jcncral Interest NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS; GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS About Oregon Wheat Kluealem, $1.04 per bushel; forty fold, 94c; club, 93c; red Fife, 93c; rod Russian, 93c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $36.50 ton. Oregon and California Land Barley -N o. 1 feed, $37.60 per ton. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $34 Grant Title Is Not Clear 5/24.60 per ton; valley timothy, $3154 Washintgon, D. C. A » tho Oregon 33; alfalfa, old crop, $185/19. A California land grant bill stands on Milfleed Spot prices: Bran, $35.60 tho houao calendar, it will not enable 5/26 |»er ton; shorts, $28.(05429; roll tho government o f tho United States ed barley, $31.505432.50. x to pass a clear title to any aottler or Com - Wlade, $36 per ton; cracked, purchaser, in tho opinion o f Repre $37. sentative Hawley, and ho has tho sup- Vegetables Artichokes, $1 per doz |M>rting opinion o f acveral o f the good en; tomatoes, $4.35 per crate; cab iawyera o f the public landa committee bage, $3.60(0,3 per hundred; garlic, in thia opinion., 10c per pound; peppers, 1715420c; “ Tho b ill," aaid Mr. Hawley, eggplant, 300135; horseradish, 8Jc; “ makea provision for the payment o f cauliflower, 75c5/;$1.10; lettuce, $1.85 back tuxes that ia, for taxes that 543.36 crate; cucumbers, $1541.36 per have accrued for the paat three yearn, box; spinach, 4546c |*;r (mural; aspar but I believe it does not provide for agus, $1441.35 dozen; rhubarb, l j c the payment o f taxea which are now per |mund; peas, 7Jc; beans, 85/12ic; becoming collectable. Moreover, the celery, $3.60 (ter crate. bill fails j make provision for the Potatoes — Jobbing prices: Oregon, payment o f interest on back taxes and $1.50 per sack; California, 3§544c per fails also to provide for the payment pound. o f |ienalties on those accrued taxes. Onions — Oregon, $1.35 64 1.60 per These omissions, in my opinion, render sack; Texas Bermudas, $1.2541.1.75. Green Fruit Strawlierries, Oregon, it impossible for the United Slates to give an absolutely clear title and 1 will $2,604/3 |ier crate; Cailfornia, $1.50 call attention to this shortcoming when 54 2.10; apples, $1 54 1.75 |>er box; goose lie Tries, 24/5c per pound; cher the bill is before the house. “ The prime reason for providing in ries, $1.26441.60 per box. E g g s- Jobbing prices: Oregon ranch the bill for the payment o f back taxes was to enable the government to give candled, 234/24c (ter dozen; uncandled, a clear title. Unless that section is 2 1 44/22c (>er dozen. Poultry — Hens, 17c; stags, 13c; enlarged and made complete it will fail o f its purfiosc and those who ac broilers, 284/30c; turkeys, live, 1854 quire these lands from the government 20c; dressed, choice, 234425c; ducks, w ill I h ) liable for interest and for the 165/18c; geese, 10c. Butter — Extras, prints, 276/29c; unpaid (tensities and for the taxes that are not paid by the government under firsts, 26c; cubes, 244/,25c; butterfat, No. 1, 27c delivered Portland; No. 2, the Ferris b ill.“ 25c; store butter, 185420c. Veal— Fancy, 10c (ter pound. Smudging Need Shown in Pork— Fancy, 11541 l i e par pound. Hope— 1915 crop, 105411c; contracts, Southern Oregon Fruit District ! 114412c. Medford — In the opinion o f local Wool — Eastern Oregon, 20 54 30c; fruit meu the year 1916 will mark the valley, 335436c; mohair, new clip, 40 final demonstration o f the necessity o f j 5450c. crude oil smudging in the growing of Cascara bark— Old and new, 4c per fine fruit and appies in Southern Ore* ) pound. |M Cattle — SteerB, choice grain and A t the beginning o f the season there pulp, $8,904/9.15; choice hay, $8, 504; was a distinct movement against 8.85; choice grass, $84/8.60; good, smudging, chiefly because o f the an $8.15548.50; medium, $7,605/8; cows, noyance involved and damage to trees choice, $7.50 54 7.80; good, $6.7654 from overflowing pots. In fact an in ! 7.25; medium, $6.25 54 7.25; heifers, junction against smudging was ob $5,505/8; bulls, $34/6; stags, $4.50447. tained by one group o f orchards shortly Hogs— Prime light, $9449.15; good before the May freeze. i to prime, $8,604/8.85; rough heavy, $8 A ll this anti-smudge agitation is 4/8.50; pigs and skips, $7.60548. ended now in the opinion o f local grow Sheep Yearlings, $8,255/9; w ith ers, for from May 8 to May 14 smudg ers, $84/9.05; ewes, $7448.25; lambs, ing in Hogue R iver valley orchards j $95/10. was worth at least $500,000. Those orchardista who smudged, and fortunately a large pro|mrtion o f them More Apples Are in Storage. did, lost practically nothing from the The United States department of low tem|>ernture, while except on the Agriculture, through its Office o f Mar high hillsides those who did not kets and Rural Organization, has is smudge were wiped out» While the sued a detailed report o f cold storage Ions has been serious, it is certain ac apple holdings on May 1, 1916, as fo l cording to exfierts who examined the lows: The information received indi orchards that the first reports were cates that there were 92 per cent more greatly exaggerated. apples in cold storage on May 1 this 100,000 Acres in Willamette Valley Can Be Watered | year than were held on May 1, 1915. The barreled apple holdings show an i excess o f 127.7 per cent and the boxed , holdings an excess o f 31.1 per cent over those o f a year ago. During April 16.7 per cent o f the December 1 holdings moved from storage, as com- | pared with 20 per cent during March. Salem— Approximately 100,000 acres o f land can lie feasibly irriagted in the W ilalm ette vlaley at the present time, results o f an investigation just com pleted by the United States Reclama tion Service in co-operation with the Strawberry Prices Jump. state engineer's office show. A joint Tacoma Strawberry prices jumped report o f the inquiry into irrigation I to high (mints this week on account o f and |x)wer deveoplment [sissibilities o f the W illam ette valley was issued this the scarcity o f the fruit and the high- priced Kennewick berries were snap- week. Tho survey extended from Canby at j |>ed up by dealers who had placed oniy orders. California berries the mouth o f the Molalla river to the j iight head o f the W illam ette river above I jumped from $1.75 a crate to $2.16 Cottage Grove and included the area in and $2.25. This is due to the fact that the California berries are nearly all the immediate vicinity o f Portland. It is (minted out that the water sup gone, say dealers. The Caifornia ship- ply for the proposed irrigation o f the (•ers are turning down orders because valley lands in many cases may be ob the demand is greater than the supply. Clark seedling strawberries from tained from wells by pumping. The rejiort declares that the average econ Kennewick were snapped up at $3.75 a omic duty o f water which seems to be crate, and the jobbers and their buyers indicated for the valley as a whole is are asking for more. eight inches delivered to the land, Gold Imports From Canada. varying with local conditions o f soil New York — Additional imports of and crops. Those employed in the survey inves gold from Canada were received by J. tigated the water power development P. Morgan & Co. Saturday, making a possibilities on the north fork o f the total thus far this week o f more than Santiam river with storage at Marion $3,000,000. The gold, which is more lake; the upper reaches o f the Mc- or less equally divided into sovereigns Kinzie river and the middle fork o f and bars, came from Ottawa in con nection, it is believed, with recent the W illam ette river. On the McKinzie river there are purchases o f supplies by the Dominion two existing plants and at least two o f Canada. new developments proposed, one at Vida and the other between the outlet Clarke County Prune Buyers Out. o f Clear lake and the mouth o f Smith Vancouver— Prune buyers are active river, involving the use o f Clear lake in this county and it is reported that for regulation o f flow. as high as 6J cents a pound has been offered for prunes o f this year’s. Some Oregon Grange Elects. buyers, however, it is known, are at Grants Pass — Tho Oregon State tempting to close contracts fo r 5} Grange elected officers at its annual cents fo r prunes that run 30-35 a _________ convention in progress here, as fo l pound. lows: Master, C. E. Spencer, Oregon Big Sugar Crop in Porto Rico. C ity ; overseer, C. D. Huffman, La San Juan, Porto Rico— The revised Grande; lecturer, Mrs. H. E. Bond, Eugene; treasurer, H. H. Hirshberg, estimate o f the sugar production o f Independence; secretary, Mary S. the island for the season now ending Howard; legislative committee, M. M. shows that the production w ill exceed Burtner, Jiufur; James Stewart, Fos all previous estimates and is expected sil; executive committeeman, B. G. to be in excess o f 463,000 tons, as compared with 345,000 tons last year. Leedy, Corvallis. WELL M Y NATION HONOR THE LIVING AND DEAD HEROES OTIVKH of patriotism. Mo tives of real Americanism. Motives of divine Justice and truth actuated the soldier boys o f this great Civil war. Greater motives for the conduct of life no man hath ever known. Because of these things It is well that we cele brate Memorial day. Well that we strew flowers on graves of our heroic, departed dead. Weil that we cast blossoms of springtime upon rive rs wave and ocean's turbulent tide. Well that while honoring the departed we also cherish the living, letting them know that we appreciate the work they did and the united country they iiave given us as our heritage. Silently and slowly, slowly and si lently, the years are passing. Soon all of the "boys In blue" will be rest ing on "Fam e's eternal camping ground." Twenty years from now, so rapidly are the old soldiers going, that there will be only a few, a very few, of them left. While they still linger with us, let us not be ashamed to tell them that we appreciate their devotion to country and to its ideals. I-et us counsel with them, knowing that from them we may learn valuable lessons— lessons that if learned will do us all good and make us of worth to oncom ing generations. To us has the Eternal given a mar velously fertile and wonderful coun try. A country that can supply the nations of the world with all manner of products, a country that is wonder ful In domain, progress and person ality. It Is our country. Ours in which to live. Ours to make clean and spot less. Ours to die for If need be From the fathers we received it. To our children we shall give It As it came to us from the fathers better because of their heroisms, God grant lha* be cause of our determination it sha'l be oven better as we pass it on to our children. It will be a better country If, learning anew the meaning of the flag and this Memorial day, we live nobly and more truly each and every day seeking to emulate the spirit of those who gave of their all that there might be a land of Freedom perpetual and Liberty forevermore. ^ W e honor the men who made Me morial day possible when we walk In their footsteps and through a worthful lift* evermore Join in telling the Btory o f Old Glory. DEATH BUT ADDS A LUSTER TO A M Feared the Confederates. One of the curious incidents of the first day's battle at Gettysburg was that neither of the commanding of ficers desired to have the battle take place at Gettysburg. General Meade was anxious to fight at Pipe creek and General I»ea desired to meet the Union forces at Cashtown, but the bat tle focused near Gettysburg. The col ored population were In a state of panic, for they had been taught to believe that they would be totally an nihilated when "the rebels” arrived, and many of them managed to get farther north, dragging all their earthly belongings with them. An old resident of the town tells how he saw the negroes moving, and how when the little children did not walk rapidly enough their mothers would say. "F o ‘ de Lord sake, you chlllun come right 'long quick! If dem rebs dun kotch you dey tear you all u p!” The warning usually had the desired effect with the thoroughly frightened pickaninnies. However, when the Confederates came it was found that they wanted food, money and horses and that little attention was paid to the colored people who re mained In the town. A COMING DEFENDER HE d r u m s s t ill th u n d e r a n d th e flfa s so u n d c le a r ; T h e ta tt e r e d fla g s w a v e sp le n d id ly on h ig h . Y o u s a y : " T h e r a n k s g r o w th in n e r y e a r b y y e a r .” A n d m is s a g r e y b e a r d w ith a g le a m in g eye. Y o u w a tc h th e m m a rc h , a n d b le s s e a c h h a llo w e d h e a d . A n d w is h th a t on e w e r e th e r e w h o m y o u m ig h t n a m e ; j W h y . co m ra d e , d o n 't g iv e w a y . T h o u g h h e be d e a d — D e a th a d d s a lu s te r to a b r a v e m a n 's fa m e . £ ARE coming, Father Abraham " Yes they are coming, the veter ans of the Union army, responding to the call from the Great Beyond; coming faster now than ever before. When Memorial day was new in the United States there were dozens and scores, yes, even hundreds o f the vet erans for each soldier grave to be d eo r/rated. Today, half a century after A tim e th e r e w a s w h e n y o u a n d h e w e re young; the peace, the graves are legion, and 'T w a s lo n g a g o , m y frie n d , w e m u st a l those who would decorate them but a low . handful. 1 Y o u th in k o f h a n d - c la s p s , o f th e s o n g s h e How fast the "boys in blue” are pass su n g , ing! In this year 1916 they are going A n d so y o u m is s th e v o ic e a ll- s ile n t n ow . at a rate never before reached since the war closed. The death roll of | P e r h a p s y o u b o th w e r e s u ito r s f o r a hand February averaged 116 a day; 115 a ' O f o n e w h o lo v e d , a n d v a n is h e d lik e a day was the average for March, and In fla m e April It grew to 118. 1 T h e r e , c o m r a d e , d o n ’ t g iv e w a y . Ju st Official records Bbow that 2,272,408 u n d e r s ta n d — D e a th a d d s a lu s te r to a b r a v e m a n ’s men fought under the Stars and fa m e . Stripes In the Civil war, and that 349,- 944 lost their lives before Lee surren Y o u m is s th e m a n w h o p ro v e d s o tr u e dered. How many of these remain and brave. alive today? W h ile fig h t in g t h a t a n a tio n m ig h t be fr e e ; The records of the census office, while perhaps not absolutely accurate, ' B u t th in k o f th is : T h e r e n e v e r w a s a grave may be taken as approximately au C o u ld h old th e sp irit. In G o d ’» fre ed o m , thentic. It is believed that since the he. act of May 11, 1912, granting a service T h ia fr ie n d o f y o u rs , a w a it s y o u a s o f yore. pension to every man who served at A f a r fro m e a r t h ly c a r e , b e y o n d a ll least 90 days In the armed forces of b la m e . the United States during the Civil war, no old soldier remains off the pension C o m ra d e , y o u r fr ie n d s h a ll lo v e y o u a ll th e m ore— roll. D e a th a d d s a lu s te r to a b r a v e m a n ’s If, however, there are any not pen fa m e . sioned. they certainly are few in num ber. The pension office rolls show 1 (n y e a r s to c o m e . In s t o r y a n d In so n g . E y e s s h a ll g r o w m o ist a b o v e o u r s o l d ie r s ’ d e e d s ; Gh, n o b le h e to w h o m h is c o u n t r y ’ s w ron g B e c o m e s h is o w n , a lth o u g h b is o w n h e a r t b le e d s ! O h , n o b le he w h o In th o s e d a r k e r d a y s C o n c e iv e d but c o w a r d ic e th e o n ly th a m e ; W h o f e a r le s s , tr o d th e f a t e f u l, b lo o d y w ays— D e a th a d d s a lu s t e r to a b r a v e m a n 's fa m e . j that May 1, 1915, there were 401,796 veterans of the Civil war pensioned. It is safe to say that no more than this number are now alive. Rapidly, too. Is the veteran of the Union army passing out o f public life. In 1914 three veterans o f the blue were sole representatives of the Union army In the house— Sherwood of Ohio, Kirkpatrick o f Iowa and Goulden of New York. The last named died May 3, 1915, and Kirkpatrick has retired, leav ing General Sherwood, so far as known, the sole Union veteran in con gress. On September 27 those survivors of the Union army who were physically able to be present marched in grand review on Pennsylvania avenue. In Washington, reproducing the grand parade o f half a century agone. It showed the thinning ranks, as did the grand encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, then In progress In the capital city. This was the last large encampment the order will hold. Truly. “ W o are coming. Father Abraham.” With the Naval Vetarans. Nowhere in the entire country 1/ Memorial day solemnized with greater profundity o f feeling than at the United States Naval home at Phila delphia where the gray-halred vet erans of Uncle Sam's sea fighters, many of whom have seen service In the seven seas, are passing their de- I din ing years in well-earned comfort. Their Memorial day memories are Far- ragut and Porter. Foote and Winslow, Cushing and Truxton, Dewey and Schley, of the battles o f the Missis sippi river, the historic running o f the batteries in Mobile bay, the epoch- marking fight of the Kcarsage and Ala bama. and In more recent days, o f the famous battle of Manila bay that made us an Asiatic power, and the battle o f Santiago which ended Spanish rule In the western hemisphere. For tho naval home^Tiouses veterans o f all these battles so decisive In the shap ing of American destiny— battles which make glorious chapters In the history o f the United States nary. And tho home has likewise sh elter«! naval veteran/ of the war o f 1111. Y o u r fr ie n d w a s b r a v e , w a s n o b le; e 'e n a s th e s e W h o e e s h u ff lin g lim b s o n c e le a p e d to d a n g e r ’ s th ro n e : 1 W h o la u g h e d a t h e llis h w a r ’ s d is c o r d a n c e s. A n d f o u g h t to h o n o r 's c r e d it a n d t h e ir ow n. | C o m e , c o m r a d e , c h e e r th e m ! C h e e r th e m m an and m an; W e e p If y o u w ill, w e h o n o r y o u th e sam e I B u t th in k n ot h e Is lost, y o u r Veteran- D e a th a d d s a lu s te r to a b r a v e m a n 's fa m e ! — H o w a r d V . S u th e rla n d . Literally ‘‘ Boys in Blue.” Literally and truly the "boys In blue” were boys. Here are the official figures. They cannot be known too w ell or repeated 1 too frequently: | 47,000 were forty-four years of age and under. 100.000 were twenty-two years o f age and under. 2,257,726 were twenty-one years of age and under. 1,151,438 were eighteen years of age and under. 844,991 were seventeen years of age and under. 231,051 were sixteen years of age and under. 300 were twelve years o f age and under. 225 were ten years of age and under. All Are Heroes. "H eroes are they who respond to the nation's need.” Our nation has never asked for men in vain. With Spartan bravery moth ers give their sons, wives their hus bands and maidens their sweethearts when the country calls. Many of them w ill never return. Others w ill come back to lay their diseased and broken frames beside the hearths o f their youth. Some as by divine protection seem to have enchanted lives and re turn as strong as when they left. They all are heroes if they have felt the thrill of sacrifice and never hesitated in the face of duty. Inspired Immortal Poem. It was at Columbus, Miss., In 1867 that a party of Southern women visit ed a cemetery to leave flowers on thé graves of their soldier friends. While there they noticed the mounds above the Union men bare, and with one thought they united In strewing blos soms above those who had been In life the men In blue. Francis Miles Finch heard of this Incident and penned his immortal poem “ The Blue and the Gray."