The Daily Capital JoMFmal
PAGES
17 to 224
THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR.
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1913.
PRICE, TWO CENTS, STfcS
THIRD
SECTION
Lake Labisk Will. Soon. Be
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IMMENSE PROJECT IS
Beavers Are Forced From Their Hemes
as Water Is Being Taken Off to
Expose Rich Land.
HOLLANDERS WILL SETTLE ON
TRACTS AT AN EARLY DATE
Intensified Farming Will Be Carried On
and Heavy Crops Will Be Raised,
It Is Believed.
Right on the apex of the great wave
of land development and agricultural a P001" ""dor the M"8, storms will not
spirit, which is sweoping the country iu !affect the Prosed farms in the least,
the Willamette valley at the present I within four n"1"9 f the tract a ra!1
time, there Is work being carried on, roaJ runs and providing no unforeseen
under the very noses of the people of stumDlin8 block is encountered, this
Salem, so to speak, which is the groat- j line wil1 'C01180 a branch to the lake
tt in extent that has ever been record-1 withia a comparatively short time. The
edtin the history of Marion county. A roads Ieading to Lake Labish are being
multi-millionaire is going to make one imProvcd 8nd witn Mr- Hayes' aid.
of Oregon's most historical spots one of the-v wil1 be Placed in fir3t-class condi
vast fame. That man of wealth is no tion for travel
othor than J. O. Hayes, of San Jose, 1119 Drainage Work.
California, and the spot in question is ' Under the VOTV able diretiou and su
known throughout the entire state as ' Prvi8im of L- - Herrold, the well
"Lake Labish, "or the "Lake of Elk.", knlwn lo(fl1 contractor and business
For the past six months a great work nuln the work ot draining Mr. Hayes'
bas been going on in the Lake Labish 'PTOlerty is being speedily completed,
district. This enormous tract of land Mr- Ilave,i made a very commendable
is not exactly covered by water, but is "election for a man to conduct the work
better known as the largost beaver-dam iu tho Per80n of Mr- Herrold, as he is
section in Oregon. At the expense of not 0Ill-v a cIover engineer, but is a
over $150,000 Mr. Hayes is having this business man in every sense of the
land, or at least his share, some 1000 word'
acres,tlrained, and upon the completion 1 Mr- Herrold suiicrviscd the purchase,
of this work, ho will carry out plans ' construction and transportation of a
that promise to bring forth one of the ' Biallt dredBe- This human like contriv
most interesting and valuable land ad- &ac0 was assembled in this city and
vertisements for this county that can
be imagined by the most sagacious of
our Marion county farmers.
Fortunes in Lake Labish.
Today Lake Labish is morely a great
bed of decayed vegetation, swamp ash
and weed-growth. Within the next y.-w
and a half, declares the promoter, the
same land will be worth not less than
$000 per acre.
Mr. Hayes is not carrying out this
drainage project for speculative purpos
es. His attention was attracted to the
lake by a Portlander who had one time
visited the place, and then and there
Mr. Hayes decided to drain the lako,
clear the land and immediately drew up
plans for a model farm which he in
tends to perfect to the extent that there
will be no equal outside of the great
Vnndcrbilt plant in South Carolina.
Tho Capital Journal writer made a
day's inspection of the Lake Labish
territory recently and what he saw, and
could judge from his limited exporionce
and knowledge in land culture, Mr.
Haves has shown rare judgment iu so-
locting that irt of this county for his ,
moiiei larm. in met, tins purposca
farm, when in shape for cultivation,
will raise anything that any other land
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iu the world is capable of.
Cream of Soil.
At tho present time the 1000 acres
belonging to Mr. Hayes, anil at loast
2000 acres more owned by othor parties,
are practically useless, owing to the
naturnl morass nature of the territory,
both in and surrounding the lake. One
piece, however, has been drained by
Mr. Hayes and here is where the unlim
ited possibilities bel'oro those holding
the beaver-dam land can bo readily
aeen. For the first eight inches down,!
tho lako is covered with one of the morass. As the result of this watei
most valuablo fertilizers known de-jway, the Littlo Pudding river dropped
caved vegetation. Then comes that three feet, the adjacent swamp land
powdery, black rich loam such as can
be found only in swamps and lowlands
inhabited by that very busy little beast
the beaver. This loam is of the very
highest quality. It is the cream of the
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Th Oreat Uudrained Moras.
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soil, for every purpose under the sun
none excepted.
It is a well-known fact that beaver
dam soil is specially adapted for rais
ing vegetables of every class. As a cel
ery farm, this land will be worth not
less than $1000 an acre, according to tho
best information at hand. As for rais
ing the tenderest of plants, it is ideal
without doubt and it goes without say
ing that insofar as the heavier or coars
er agricultural products are. concerned,
the soil could not be more favorable in
every respect.
Grand Location.
Probably there never was a piece of
'and Oregon so favorably located as
I that being improved by Mr Hayes. It
lis behind an almost solid barrier of
trees on the south, east and the west.
The entire 1000 acres are protected
"om tDe wlnds and dua to lU Dein8 111
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A Six-Mile Canal Completed.
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shipped to tho nearest point to the
Hayes property on tho Little Pudding
river. From there it was floated to the
utmost soutliorn limits of the Hayes
holdings and started to work. Great
.difficulty was experienced in getting
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tho dredge down tho Little Pudding, ow
ing to the vast amount of brush and
los collected in the small stream and
the barriers constructed by the beaver
which infest tho bike. Mr. Herrold,
however, through somo exceptionally
diligent planning, finally placed the
digger in position.
Is Oreat CanaX
After the giant shovel hail worked
for about five months, over six miles
of canal twenty feet wide and to1!
feet deep, took shape down through the
poured forth thousands of little rivu
lets and the beaver lost many a home
wherein they have been wont to dwell
ever since Lake Labish has been in ex
istence. The canal is gradually bocom-
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Giant Dredge
ing shallower as the dredge eats its
way to the north end of the 1000 acres
and within another month the big ditch
will have been completed and Mr. Her
rold 's work will result in Lake Labish
"going dry" within a very short space
of time.
There are thousands of beaver, otter,
coon, mink and other swamp animals in
Lake Labish and Mr. Herrold is com
pelled to keep a diligent lookout in or
der to keep his canal open, as the little
laborers, when not molested, will dam up
tho ditch in a night in such a manner
that the entire surrounding country will
be flooded. Just what will be done with
the beaver is still a problem with Mr.
Herrold, as it is unlawful to kill them,
and there is no adequate way to catch
them and transport them to some other
locality.
Does Work Well.
Mr. Herrold left no stick or shrub un-
i
i turned when working his way down the
morass, as can be attested by the six
miles of ditch shown in the accompany-
jing cut. This canal is built permanent-
ily and will dofy the seeping rains and
the wind for timo to como. It is sight-!
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the work intends to make tho canal cor-
reaond from one end of the tract to the
other, a distance of more than seven
ml M'
Although tho main canal will not en-
tiroly drain the big tract, it will re-
quire but comparatively littlo work to
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euinpnao me cure uruinage system.
Smaller canals made by pleavs and hand
work will suffice in tho vicinity of tho
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rold, the 1000 acres will undergo a won-
derful transformation when this work
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win navo iMn continuum.
The clearing the great tract will be
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asn trees to be gruuiicd, but tluit work
will be of no moment for the reason the
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in imauio biiuv invy cull uu pum-u ujj
without much trouble. The willows,
morass weeds and other growtis can be
collected and burned at a slight ex
oiiho when tho water has been drained
from the soil.
Plana Modol Farm.
Much has been rend and said concern
the most elaborate farm of the present
day the Vanderbilt farm in the south.
Mr. Hayes will put forth an effort to
go tho Vanderbilt people just one or
t.wo better. He intends to establish n
combination agricultural and stock-raising
plant that will tint ho surpnuocd by
any in this country,
Xegntiatimm have been, or Rre being
inaile, wheriijiy ten Holland born fami
lies will be placed upon a portion of the
purKifcd moiiei farm to have the sole
conduct of the vegetable plantation.
The farm is to be divided Into three
parts. In one section, thero will be
vegetables raised exclusively. In an
other, wheat, corn, barley, vetch, oats,
in Action.
peas, etc., will have a domain all to
themselves and in another section, thor
oughbred cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, cat
tle and horses will hold forth. Mr.
Hayes intends to establish a modol dai-
ry barn and raise nothing but the very
best class of cattle; erect one of the
finest hog yards and pons and breed
only the finest of hogs; import Bheop
and goats of the very finest and confine
the horse department to the breeding
and raising of the best thoroughbred
draft and buggy animals possible.
Under Mr. Hayes' diversified farm
ing plan, there will be room for at least
20 more families on the 1000-acre farm.
Each farmer, however, will bo roquired
to conduct his or her sharo of tho work
along the lines laid down by the mana
ger or managers of the model farm and
it will be incumbent upon thorn to, if
possiblo, defeat the world in the raising
of their respective farm produce.
So far as known to the Capital Jour
nal, there is not a farm in the United
States outside of the Vanderbilt plant
likened to the ono which Mr. Hnyos is
planning. Mr. Hayes has adopted one
of tho most progressive and up-to-date
plans known to tho present generation
for gaining honors, as tho farm which
he purposes to establish will draw the
attention of every person in tho world
in the event ho enrrios, out his program
and, as a matter that Marion county
folk should sit up and tako sincere no
tice of, the people of Oregon will look
upon Marion county as being the pos
sessor of one of the finest farms, tho
greatest climate and the most encourag
ing prospects of any state west of the
diocky mountains.
History Attached to Lake.
Not only is Mr. Hayes being made the
bonefited one by reason of his activi
ties in the interest of the drainajjo sys
tem, but there nro others also who ore
enjoying the fruits of tho promoter's
inilnatn, Ailiiuiir tlw.u.. linl.li.,,, 1,,,1 In
t)l() -v-ii-iti i t v of Mr Hayes' Urninn'e
.itti-H tiro- M L Jones SIM)" acres"' Horn
jIMleli 2w acres' I 0 Vo ml '100 acres-
Willium 1' Lord Ir 110 acres- Frank
Zulinskv V acres- Mr Peterson 25
' v "u wir ' i ' v
nerts, w. i. Williamson, i- acres; .
g th9 own estate, BO
nr;s thft fMtm
A, of ho,1(.n( of ,BmU . Ue
u,)il)h wi ,)(, inM.ty )mmfil(1 by tl1)
work which Mr. Hmyes is doing In tho
interests of his own laud,
8onlewhpre , the ymr t l8,
Qf t,B (), WaU(r fwny watm
ftt ft po,nt wh()r0 ,h() ,jltt() hg
VuiUi riverR now aml th
place has been known as tho town of
i.arkBrllv,e evcr Him,0 Thc Wattiers
th() riliarbn u ,0 Liuo
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Labish to its mouth and In 1HIH erected
grist mill and thus established the
This old grist
mill is standing today ami in connee-
firm tliA Wlltlifm built, ft Mliwmill lien.r
th(j Kri(lt mi1 wh(,b alH0 Btan(lil( J,,
L. O. Ucrrold, Mausgor.
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4 .uH.HttMttMtH))M)))) llllllinHMtlUtltHMMHtUHMmu
(spite the fact that it was erected 62
years ago
Names Lake.
The Wattiora were French-Indians
and they named the extensive swamp
Lake Labish, their native language for .
"the land of Elk." Fifty years ago
Lake Labish was swarming with elk
and numerous other gpme, both large
and small.
Until Mr. Hayes appeared in this
county, the Wattiers still possed exclu
sive right to' the flow of water in the
Little Pudding, but upon being offered
$25,000 for their riparian ownership;
they give up thoir holdings to Mr.
Hayes.
Despite the fact that the mills along
the Big Pudding river wore constructed
over 60 years ago, they are still in fair
condition. A historic settlement was
established by the Wattier family in
the pioneer days which will now give
way to a Twentieth century agricultur
al and stock plant.
xins5 es-iontSTwORntmdotol mb mb'M
Great Cranberry Land.
Probably there never was a more
ideal location in this country for the
raising of cranberries than Lake La-
Ki8h
The soil, olevation and, in fact,
everything required for the cultivation
of this acid berry is at hand. It is
highly probable that Mr. Hayes . will
make some extensive experiments in
testing the land with cranberry plants
'and if he ig successful, a large portion
of his 1000 acres will be devoted to that
product in tho future.
W1U Help County.
With the completion of the work Mr.
Herrold now has in hand at Lake La
bish, tho ontire county will be largely
benefited. Tho establishment of a mod
el stock and agricultural fann will lend
oncouragoment to the other fanners and
some competitive dovolopmont work
will result within a very short time.
The projoct will be a source of intorest
to every farmer in the state and to
thousands of visitors. It will furnish
the proof that somo of Marion county's
farming district is the richest in the
world.
Thnnks to tho diligent labors on tho
part of Mr. Horrold, tho drainage pro
joct will be completed within the next
fow montliB and by noxt summer a dem
onstration of what beaver land can pro
duce will bo made.
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UNITED THICKS I.BAKKD Wine
LAPKIt, Mich., Dec. 20. Dotorm
inod to incrense the attendance at his
Sunday sermons, Pastor Frank H.
Ebright, of the Methodist Kpiscopnl
( linreli here linn resorted to a form of
newspaper advertising that ho says is
paying him well in increased attend
ance. Tho following bus appeared in
several editions of a local newspaper
recently;
STOLEN, .STRAYED, LOST OR MISS
ING. Missing Lust Sunday, nmny fami
lies from church.
Stolen Several hours, from the
Lord's Day, by a great number of poo-
la.
Strayed-Half a hundred iarab!)i
went in direction of no Sunday School.
Minlai.l A quantity of silver coins
owed to tho Lord. '
Wnt.,l-Scr. of voniiir
When last seen wore walking toward
' Rli.tln.th Itrenkitni
Land,
which
leads to "No Good "
l.imt-A'lid rifl.,,1 cirefnllv. N,.t
long from homo. Supposed to have
genu to Husk Lane, Prodigal Town.
Any person Biwisting in tho discov-
ery of all tho above shall In nowiso
lose his reward.
(ONITID MRS l.Al wins.l
DION V Kit, llw, 20. While people
thniugliout the 1'nited Stales aro pet I
fionlni thn tm rvluii linnril nt tlu Htnte
, , . . i i, ur i , ,
of ( Diinecieut to give llesnio Wakefield
a cliiinre, (Icortfo King, convict No.
Hii'.MI, who wns given a chance largel
through the efforts of Mrs, Helen
' ! ri-ii f el and Anna II. Williams, of the
lute cliuritii iirid cnrrectiiiiiM board.
jis making good in Canon City pciillcn-
miry.
lien nil without si dueling, benten by
a step-father who hated hint anil final
ly driven from his home on a ranch in
Klhert County, Colorado, when 12
years old, he was told to make his own
living.
He loft his right arm at the shoulder
in
:of r
when 16 years old while attempting
to do a man s work in a cement plant.
George King never bad a chance for
moral devolopmout.
He was sentenced to die upon tho
gallows for the murder of a hermit,,
known to have money in his hut. IC!s
accomplice was John Field, a boy mor
ally irresponsible, said the court. Mrs.
Grenfel personally investigated thj
history of George King. Since hunger
was the primary motive for the crime
she determined to raise money to take
his case to the Supreme Court for a
second trial.
Three weeks Tefore the day1 set for
hanging King, he overheard the con
versation of the prison chaplain, with
another young fellow about going tc
school in the prison. "I never had su.'h
schooling," he broke in, I wonder if
I could learn to read and write before
I die."
He was tried a second time and sen
tenced to life imprisonment. King is
having Mb first chance he has ever
bad in his life of 21 years to show h's
mettle, and he is showing it.
"George King is a model prisonor,''
said Deputy Warden Jamison, "he is
eagerly pursuing his studios In the
prison school and ambitious to learn
tolography. All he needed was human
kindness to develop his moral respon
sibility. ' '
THE POSSIBILITIES
OF
By the Late A. F. Hofer.
One of the most important problems
boforo the poople of Orogon at this
particular timo is to anticipate the ef
focts of the oponing of the Panama
Canal and to secure the bost possible
results from the standpoint of Immi
gration. Orogon is one of the most sparsoly
populatod states in tho Union and has
moro good lands still to bo occupied
and made to produce wealth than any
othor state, Whorens Now York and
Pennsylvania combinod have less area
than our stato, they outstrip us in
point of numbers by twenty-five to
one. Thoir lands aro no lougor fortilo
as ours, and tho average of wnsto land
is fully as groat as that of Orogon.
Those facts must make it apparent to
tho most casual oliBorver that Oregon's
greatest need is moro people.
If wo nro to judge by tho exporionce
of Atlantic Coast stato, tho direct
stottmship communication which will
follow tho oponing of the Canal will
(bring to this Coast immigrants by tho
tens of thouaanils. It Is also the ex
perience of the Eastern statos that a
large perceutngo of these Is not of the
most desirable class. Too many of
them flock to tho already congostcd
sections, nor nro they competent to go
onto land and become producers. We
do not want our Western citios ovor
run with moro undesirabloB. We do
want our vast areas of vacant lands
settled with thrifty producers.
It Is therefore believed that in ordor
to discourngo the less desirable 1m-
j migration and to oncourago that which
is needed, a campaign of education
'"'"'"I'l be started at once by our state
a"""" thn ,)''t,er caH ot Eurln
'wl, eM 1,a lniw to come her6 a,,d
m,t 0"'y ll"l'rovo thuir owa co"di'io.
but become ilovolopors of our latent re-
,,ou",," n'"1 I)ro,'ucorB ' wealth for
ineiiincives ami mo commonweaiio, jn
.order to do tins and compote success-
fMy wit'1 0tll,,r I,art of 41,8 WOrM
such as South American countries,
South Africa and Asiatic regions, it
will bo necessary for the Pacific Coast
i to place Rttrnctlvo and truthful in
formation before the deslrablo people
of overcrowded Europe in thoir own
language and by co-operntlon with our
foreign representatives. The othor
Coast states Are already Active In this
work, and Orf-gon should no lunger
lug in thn race for population and do
I Vclupuient.
Tho ciitniuerelal organizations of Or
egon have expended vast sums of
money for tho settlement and devel
opment of our state, but they cannot
bo nskisl or expected to nssunio this
, 1
new burden, and the only hope Oregon
has to keep pace with her neighbors
will lie fur the state to provide funds
to do the work. Tho details of just
hew this work should lie done linve
been studied by the Hoard of Immigra
tion, iiml while no definite plan has
been outlined or promised, they feel
confident that some of the most effec
tive results enn be obtained by such
an undertaking with a very reruioiuiblu
expenditure of money.
One of the original Mona Lisa pie
turen has been found.
Open-Work Affairs Give Owners Away
and So He May Decide; Not to Call
This Year as Usual.
THIN, PLAIN, BLACK STOCKTUa
IS ALL RAGE AT THIS TLMB
Tango and Split Skirts Demand That
Much More Attention Be Paid to
Pedal Extremities.
BY MAHGARFT MASON.
(Written for the United Frees.)
Since open work dressing has come ia-
to style
Old Santa Claus feels that he most
quit
The females all fill their stocking m
well
He sees he's not needed a bit.
New York, Dec. 20. Speaking
Christmas stockings the showing for
the holidays is enough to turn a head
masculine as well as foraine and of
ten one good turn deserves another.
There seems to be a regular under
standing that hoisery must live up to
the diaphoneus texture of the rest of
the toilotte and this is certainly going
some. Yea verily our Puritan Fore
fathers could they but see the guaiy,
gaudy and gorgeous covering on 1913
niodoU would thom aptly limbs of
Satin. Such riots of embroidery and
color, such ornate insets of lace were
never seen before.
As always the thin plain black stock
ing is over and everywhere In the best
of taste, and only nowadays its thia
noss has positivoly reached the last
stfiges of emaciation. If you are wear
ing the new cloth topped boots your
hosiery must carry out or rather up
the color theme of the cloth top be it
taupe, tan, gray or tho more distinc
tive shades that match up your entire
street costume. Of course your hos
iery and slippers must match up your
ovening gown, and the more elaborately
embroidered and the ' more brightly
dyed thoy are the more chic you are.
Only with smart gowns of black velvet
or silk are block stockings and slippors
used for evening wcaT and even then
the hosiery is richly inset with modal
lions or strips of fine laco.
There has boon a mightly effort ou
foot to rovive tho plaid stocking of
yestor-year but in spite of the craze
for plaid touches in hor frocks fair
wonifin has frqwncd on tho Hoot Mon
hosiery as well as upon tho freaky
laced stocking which has mot the con
tempt which it doservos.
Tho tango as well ns the slit skirts
demand that much more Cars and at
tention as well as exponso must be ex
pended upon tho pedal extremities to
day and tonight than over bofore and
apropos, of the tango the laced slipper
or colhurn which is tho but stop in
chic ovening footgoar has created a
now Xmas gift to tax poor Porey's
purse. For rhinostone cotkurne slides
and buckles are among the nowost and
most attractive holiday gifts for the
swain tl lay at his ladies' feet.
Time was whoa the correct gifts for
tho lover to offer his adored one at
tho morrie Yulo Tide wore flowers,
fruits or bonbons with perhaps a book,
a bice moucholr or a box of gloves if
hi ardor were intense. Now he is ex
pected to come through with either a
cigarette caso, a walking stick or a
monocle. How times and women have
chnnged indeed.
It Is safe to haird however that
more of tho tango slippor sots will be
presented this Xmas than any other
gift anil tho Christmas counters are
onliino with them ranging in design
and materials from rhiuostones sot ia
silveroid at r a set to silver and gold
and puitinnm mountings incrusted with
nomi-prociou or precious stones cost
ing up through two or threo figures.
Tho strings of Chinese beads and
new jeweled hair combs and hairpins,
wrist wutelies and tiny enameled boxes
fur the uhlqiiitlntis bciiuty patch aro
ituioiig llio new fashions iu Xmas gift
while for the male a marvelous now
walking stick which carries In Its slen
der niHiilm the werowithull to turn
itself into n I lireo legged pleulc seat,
a quaint old monk's teapot and a
tmtuk 's hooded lump of dull metal that
coiicenl bottles, flat watches, hcxigon
sliaper mid thin lis wafers, nro among
the many novelties.
If you are clever with your fingers,
out of brocaded moire, dull gvlloon anil
(Continued on pngo 24.)
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