The Hermiston herald., March 18, 1926, Image 6

“Lifer”
Raises
Flowers
Where Rubbish and
Dust Used to Be Seen.
The present calendar was adopted la
tract« being located at various parts the Sixteenth century, the Julian or
of Mid county, a more specific dee- ( old Roman calendar having become
criptlon of which may be secured at greatly erroneous. Luigi Lilas Ghlraldl,
the office of the Tax Collctor of said frequently called Aloysuis Liluea, a
County. The said County Court ohyslclan, of Verone, projected a plan
fe amending the Julian calendar,
has fixed the minimum price for which, after his death was presented
which each of »aid tracts shall be by his brother to Pope Gregory XUL
sold at not less than the amount or, To carry It Into execution, the Pope
taxes together with all penalties and assembled a number of prelates and
Interest and costs of sale for which learned men. In 1577 the proposed
the said property was acquired by j change was adopted by all the Catholic
eald County, all sales to be for J princes, aud in 1582 Gregory Issued »
brief abolishing the Julian calendar la
cash to the highest and best bidder j all Catholic countries, and Introducing
at such sale.
In Its stead the one now in use, under
Dated at Pendleton, Oregon, this the name of the Gregorian or reformed
calendar, or the “new style," as the
13th day of March, 1926.
other was now called the “old style."
R. T. COOKINGHAM.
sheriff of Umatilla County, Oregon. The Gregorian calendar was not
adc ,*id In England until 1752.
(28-4tc)
Portland, Ore., March 18—The
warp and woof of a land settlement
Ossining, N. Y.—Sing Sing prison's
fabric that takes In the entire state
of Oregon Is now almost woven and dirty and unsightly yard Is no more.
Broken stones, piles of rubbish, and
the four great sections of the state, dusty roads that greeted the eye there
namely eastern, central, western and j in years gone by have been converted
southern Oregon, stand combined In Into beautiful gardeus. Iloses bloom
a united effort for a greater 1926,1 in season where once stood piles of
so far as the development of idle dirt. Mower beds, grass and shgubs
and unoccupied lands are concern­ nourish where nothing but rubbish
and dust once appeared. A fountain,
ed.
with goldfish frolicking In its depth,
Practically all of the western and stands where a stone pile once lay.
M e n of C roat Strength
southern counties of the state have
And the transformation Is the work
NOTICE OF HEARING UPON
It Is difficult to compare strong
been organized, and the eastern and of a man serving a life sentence for
men. Each has his own special tests,
FINAL REPORT
central counties are In final process murdering his wife.
at which he is superior to the rest. A
The man Is Charles E. Chapin, who In the County Court of the State of recent newspaper article stated that
of development.
hack In 1918 was high in the newspa­
Oregon for Umatilla County.
unquestionably the strongest man of
The land settlement department per world In New York city. One
modern times was Louis Cyr of Can­
of the Portland Chamber of Com­ night Chapin killed Ills wife while she In the Matter of the Estate
ada, who was considerably stronger
of
merce, actively affiliated with the' slept. He admitted that he intended
than Sundow. Breitbart, who died In
Oregon_atate Chamber of Commerce,! later to kill himself but that his nerve James Alexander Craig T t e w i . . . October, 1925, Is said to have come
had
failed.
He
was
tried,
found
Deceased.
has devoted the past six weeks in:
nearer emulating Saudow than any of
Notice Is herby given that the the latter’s many Imitators. Certain
county organization work, In co­ guilty, and sent to Sing Sing prison
to spend the rest of his life.
undersigned administrator of the es­ strong men excelled Sandow In specific
operation with the various local
Chapin found his health breaking
cnacibers.
under prison life, so he obtained per­ tate of James Alexander Craig Thom, feats. For Instance, Arthur Saxon
Those countls that have already mission to attempt to lay out a gar­ deceased, has filed his final report was the best lifter of weights ever
completed their land settlement com­ de« in the prison yard. The warden with the Clerk of the above entitled produced. Steinbach, Inch, Ashton,
Travis, Rolandow and Lurlch each had
mittees and have begun activities of the prison permltteiL several men Court and that the Judge of said some unusual performance to his
to
help
him,
and
the
result
was
a
Court
has
designated
Saturday,
the
are Klamath. Jackson, Josephine,
credit
17th day *>f April, 1926 at the
Linn, Benton, Polk, Clackamas, large plot of green grass.
Began Planting Flowers,
hour
of
2
o’clock
In
the
afternoon
Yamhill and Lane. All have ap­
Chapin then began planting flowers,
Force» T h at C ontrol
pointed new committees [with the i and In some manner word of his work as the time, and the rooms of the
The tone of society Is the result, not
above
entitled
Court
In
the
County
exception of Lane, which will re­ got outside the prison walls. A florist
so much of the deliberate attempt of
Wa are n r * confronted with the problem of spring apparel. Let us solve your
tain its old committee. Each or- | in Ossining, N. Y., where the prison Is Court House at Pendleton, Umatilla the members of it to influence each
c ’.jthing p .-jb h n i » . t i o ir complete stack of newest styles, colors and patterns
ganzation
is divided into thrpe located, sent him a bushel of flowers County, Oregon as the place when other, as of the unconscious action and
groups, thV. listing, appraisal and to plant, and scores of plant lovers and where hearing! is to be Iiad reaction of their characters. Nor can
for the coming season
follow-up committees. The duty of and his old friends sent Chapin sim­ thereon. All persons Interested are anyone easily measure how great his
ilar gifts. At the end of the fifth year
the last named Is to call upon the Chapin had built several greenhouses, hereby notified to then and there own contribution lias been to the good
new settlers, make them feel a t ! a number of large flower beds, and appear and show cause, if any they or evil spirit that prevails around him,
or how, by casual deeds or actions, or •
home, and through them get in several gardens in which young trees have, why said report should not be even looks, he may have influenced
approved,
the
administrator
dis-
touch with others who woold like were thriving.
the lives of others. We do not carry
In addition, thousands of roses were :harged, his bondsmen exhonerated on our warfare at our own charges,
to come to Oregon to locate.
growing
In
little
noQks
of
the
prison
and
the
estate
closed.
but the whole weight of the evil that
The conties that are now com­
Dated this 18th day of March, Is In our society Is dragging us down,
pleting their organizations are yard, and every bit of bare ground
green.
and the whole force of the |ood that Is
1926.
Lincoln.
Marion,
Wasco,
Hood was
Today the convicts In Sing Sing go
In It ts helping us up.—Edward Caird.
JOHN M. THOM,
River, Washington and Columbia. almost to the point of fighting for the
Administrator.
Mr Foster will go to central Ore-; privilege of being assigned to help 28-5tc
gon. hext iwrjek and speak before Chapin with his garden. Not once
the chambers of commerc and com-: has a flower been stolen or destroyed.
able that 35 per cent of the fertil­ >300 per year.
FARM ANIMAL’S MANURE
merclal clubs of Deschutes, Crook Hundreds, however, have been cut and
More
than
50
per
cent
of
the
val­
izing
value
of
the
horse,
cattle
and
IS SOURCE OF VALUE
and
Jefferson counties. Baker, Uma­ sent to slcjc convicts, for Chapin be­
swine manure Is lost; According to ue of the manure Is represnted by
lieves In sharing his pleasure as much
the best available figures, valuing the liquid portion. This Is readily tilla and the other counties in east-! as possible.
D ropping W()?v.h About $300 On
nitrogen at 20 cents per pound, leeched out and lost if the manure ern Oregon have taken their first! Chapin has changed since he was
Average Farm is Finding
phosphorus at 15 cents per pound, is stored under conditions where it steps for land settlement organiza­ sent to Sing Sing. In the old days
In Experiment^.
he was stem, almost harsh, and cared
and potash at 8 cents per pound, the Is subject to heavy precipitation. tion.
Mr. Ide states that the outlook for’ little for the sentimental things of
The
annual
loss
on
most
dairy
farms
manure
would
he
worth
per
ton
as
J. W. McMullen recently kept
life. But his flowers have created for
quite an accurate check on
the follows: Horses >3.85; cattle >3.22; is about equal to the value of a land settlement work for 1926 is the “lifer” a world entirely different,
very
much
brighter
and
better
than
nnd his face and his manners show
amount of hen manure produced In sheep >5.68; swine >3.29; hens dairy cow. If a farmer had housing
conditions that were so poor that It has ever been and that he expects the change that has been wrought In
a year, and according to Mr. Mc­ >7.07.
One thousand pound llvewetght he lost a good cow each year he this to be the banner year. Due to him.
Mullen, approximately fifty pound«
Attracts Official Notice.
of
chickens would bs equal to around , would soon apply a remedy. The the close cooperation between the
wan produced. Thia of
course,
Chapin’s work In transforming Sing
would be in a more or leas dry 300 hens. On the average farm fertility loss Is just as great and al­ state chamber and the various coun.
ties, it Is believed that a great many Sing has attracted official notice. Not
state. County Agent Bennlon pointed 400 hens would produce ten tons, most as evident.
more
settlers will be brought to a'l long ago the following official state­
Superintendent
H
K.
Dean's
ex­
valued
at
>94.25;
10
dairy
cows
out. According to U S. department,
want you,” is the summons, and
" i f R. W ATSON, come here;
sections
of the state. The Inquiries ment was Issued by the New York
of agriculture and the Washington 130 tons valued at >262.60; two periments at the station where man­
the telephone speeds it on the
IV JL I want you!” exclaimed
commission:
from
people
desiring
to
come
to
ure
had
been
applied
to
alfalfa
for
teams
of
horses
24
tons
valued
at
way. Business o f importance de­
“Sing Sing is slowly changing from
atate college there la produced each
A l e x a n d e r Graham Bell on
Oregon
are
increasing
daily
in
the
a
numbr
of
years,
conclusively
mands the decision of one who is
one of the most oppressive to one of
March io , 1876, d u r in g an
year per 1000 pounds of live welg’.-t ’ -.3.94; 5 hogs 8 tons, >26.32. The
on the far side of the continent.
a fte r n o o n of experimentation,
¡total >436.21 would probably be re­ ’ show the good returns obtained. land settlement department. For the j the most modern prisons in the coun-
tong of manure, as follows:
“ Come here, I want you,” is the
and over a wire connecting two
to Cash crops like asparagus, potatoes, past two weeks they have been aver­ ! try. Each year shows evidence of
Horses, 10; cattle 13; sheep, duced around 30 per cent due
summons again, and as if by
rooms, the you n g a s s i s t a n t
; progress. The Improvements are cre­
6 1-2; swine 16; hens 10. Under losses In methods of handling. This melons, etc., show even greater re- aging fifty a day. Many of these ating virtually a new institution.
magic, a personality is projected
heard th e words, — the first
people
state
that
they
expect
to
come
j
turns
from
the
application
of
man­
hndvever
would
mahje
tl^e
manure
condition» on the farm whore the
t h r o u g h space, questions are
spoken sentence to be so trans­
“The old yard was unsightly and
here
to
make
their
homes.
asked, answers given, problems
mitted.
farmer utilises the manure it Is prob. value on the average farm more than ure than do alfalfa and corn.
dirty; the present yard Is clean and
solved— by telephone.
Fifty years have passed. Today
beautiful. A prisoner with Ideals en­
E v e ry telephone call is an
there are 17,000,000 telephones
couraged by the warden has been re­
echo of the first message. For
in the United States, giving voice
sponsible for the change. Flower
whether it is the physical pres­
to human need, as Bell’s crude
beds, shrubs, and grass plots are ev­
ence or the listening ear that
transmitter did then. Fire breaks
erywhere. Broken stones, dusty roads,
is d e sir e d , the impulse that
out in the night; law-breakers in­
and dirt have been replaced by con­
lifts the telephone receiver 15
vade a home; sickness strikes at
crete paths, gravel roads, and clean­
“ I want you.”
a family circle. “Come here, 1
liness.
“The rose garden In the prison yard
would grace any Institution. Thou­
The P a rtie T elephone and Telegraph Company
sands of roses bloom around a con­
BELL SYSTEM
crete fountain. In which are lilies and
■One Policy • One S y ilu n - Uoivoreal Servio.
goldfish."
The report mentions no name, hut It
Is no secret that it refers to Charles
E. Chapin, serving a life sentence for
murdering his wife.
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NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROP­
ERTY.
Notice is herby given that by vtr-
, tue of an order of the County Court
o f Umatilla County. Oregon,
duly
made and entered on the 6th day
of March. 1928. the undersigned will
on the 10th day* of April. 1921, at
the hour of 2 o’clock P. M. of said
day, at the front door of the County
Court House at Pendleton. Oregon,
offer for sale all tracts of real pro­
perty heretofore acquired by the
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