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DAILY CAPITAL
JOURNAL
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
School Boy Farmers
Among the great nunibpr of Miirioal talk, and if we only remember a little
county "school boy farmers" piTlinpa ; of the good things- said to us our stay
none Is more iruiiil or linn reason to bo In camp will be worth wiiile. The pub
prouder than Perry uthau Pickett, lie did not seem to know who we were
the little son of Mr. ami Mia. (.'. II. or why we were there, for we heard
I'lekett, of this city who not only wont' a number suv: "There goes the reform
premiums in all classes in which lii scouts with some nature fakir. Thurs
farm garden product were exhibited, dnv moniiu Secretary Meredith talk
tit the state fair last year, and SlT.rili ed' to ll9 H11, Ruve ,;,. huv Ueautilii1
In cash prizes, but he also wou the slate fair pennant. Thtirsdnv utter
distinotmu of beiun awarded the first noon mn. Mrs, Churchill and
prize of $2 In cash for the best artiele l.ieuiennnt Aker kindly took us to the
written and piiblHiod In a local news-, st,lt() lmwf ,, show(ll ,,,,,.
paper ucser p ve or camp me. in eon -
uoction with the boys industrial school
eninp. which was held at the fair lust
which was held at the fair lust
e II I o k- 1 ii .i
full, and of his Impressions of the fmr
in genera , r ov( laor iTon, a lit t e
l.nion county lad, whose hon is near!
Klgin, won second prize in the article
writing contest, the announcement of
these awards hnvimr lust been made l,r
Field Workers N. C Maria and L. P.
Harrington, in the department of State!
Sseluinl Kiiii.rint..ii,l,.nt linr..l,ill A.i.u
from limiiii wnn iirnniliinm . iirim iim.I
other honora in connection with ! in
n,.rii.nllim,l nrndiictn ' nhil.il. MW..r
l'ickett is now engaged in selling his
crop of popcorn, upon which he took
first prize and won the year's Bitb-
m-ription to the Capital Journal, onn-''11"" we Hoys so much ndimre.
nisting of 2.iO Hounds nt. four Hounds' Saturday morning the weather clear
fur "' cents. The two prize articles,
as written hv the winners nnd nub -
lished in local papers, urn published time In general. The boys nt the cunip
herewith in full: jowe n vote of thauks to our good-
Perry Pickett's Prize Story, uuturod cook for his splendid grub, I,
It was my good fu tune to be one of tor one, paid him the compliments of
the boys in the first boy's industrial , outing nil 1 could hold. Only one buy
euum at the Oregon state fair, Septom-'gnt sick enough to be sent home. An
ler i:S to October !l. 1914. I entered , other boy had a sore throat but Btuved
enmii nt 10 o'clock Monday morning
nnd found about 10 l oys nlready there.
Wo occupied the first five tents In
the list row of the military camp just
- west (if the new piivlllun. Kuril of us
hud to take our own blankets and cut-.
iug tools. We mode our beds on straw
ami were shown how to roll up tlnv
Mnukcts of n morning commencing nt;
the font. This gave us a roll tu sit
on. There were eight boys In our tent :
nnd we slept very comfortably. Some- j
times we lind so much fun that it was ',
hunt to get to sloep nnd still harder
to ivnkeu up when that (I o'clock bit
glo .ilew Iirst call lor mess.
Aflcr bienkt'iist we h.ul a few mill-
utes' rest, then drilled lor nn huir oi
mi, Then we studied soil plants and
dairy fur two hours, after which we
hud recreation till noon mess. In the
nftei iiiiini we had study nf exhibits for
two hours, followed by twu hours' rec -
real ion. Prill call at i o'clock and
incss call at 0 o'clock ninl an enter -
tiiliii'ient nt the educatioiiul building
at 7 o'clock each evening. Taps, were
nunnded at HI p. m when nil the buys
were supposed to be In bed and lights
out.
My fiist break was tu nsk the cook
for leave of abseiue. lie asked if hi"
Inoked like the general. 1 told him
no, but I was used to getting the cook 's
permission when I wanted to do nay-
thin, I, however, soon learned to nsk
l.ieuienant Aker for orders,
On Tuesday morning our camp niiui-
lieied V.t buys, but nas soon broken
l.v I, inn "iugham of Ontario, Miilhein
i iiunty. being called home with the n I
news that his brother imd been killed
1 v electricity, We tuiA up a culler-
t ion and scut n I'lorul offering with our
kvii,HIiv. e were sorry to lose him
ns lie was a fine chap.
About lo o'clock we ueinbled In
tl ig ardituiium and weie tulkcd to
liv Mr. 1 1 :i i i ii u t on, who gave us u slu-
gun, the wind "leader." .Mr. Mnris
nnd Mi. Sevuutir 'n guve interesting
talks.
Wediiesdiiv nas Sulem day, and ipiite
Ii cr id enme oer lo watch u drill
in front of our tents. Mr. Maris took
I'll t in i' of the bum h. Our state super-
iulenilcut, Mr. t hurchill, gave us s fine
. (jovcrllor Wtt tMcA to .. nlll
nrinclliiil tliniiolit. tlinl I unt. whs
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sui-ivillll u H uu u IT w Ul vol
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1 l"M U! ra" "uy evening
d "I".V on the
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H,"v'.',1 !" ra,,,l ''"l' '''? K""1.
"Ir oe" WBr" a9 w""" '" ns it
we WPr0 "r ow" "llu.v
"lur,1"'K Mr. .Seymour nave us our
achievement button ami Mr. Mnris
' " V( ,u''" bo' picture of our group.
' very proud of this, nut only be-
cause of the group of boys, but be-
''nuse in tins puiture is l.eiutetiaiit
Al"'r and our good friend, Mr. cjriffin,
ed and we could get out more. We boys
' feasted on watermelon and hail a good
with it. Soma of the boys left camp i
Siitunliiy evening, but 1 slaved until '
Hie stakes were pulled .Sunday morning,
and enjoyed every minute of the time,
nnd shall always be I mi I was u:ie of
Hie iioys of the fiist industrial camp
of Oregon state fair,
As Floyd Thornton Told It,
t'nele Charles took me tu Klgiu. I
had supper there, mid then 1 got on
the train and went to l.n Ornnde.
There I met Mis. lvanhoe and Carl,
She bought tickets fur us nnd put us
on a sleeping car. All the lower berths
- were taken nnd we had to take an up-
, per one. We ctnldn t sleep at all, nnd
every time wo rose up we humped our
iicnds. We made so much noise that
the porter said he would put us oft'
if we didn't unit. 1 told Carl that 1
would rather sleep in the eiute that 1
hud shipped my pig in than here,
, We got up before we got to Port land
'for we hud lo change cars there. We
' arrived In Salem nt II u'eloek a. m.
. Mon liiy.
I After enliug dinner we went nut to
: the lair grounds, where we met Mr.
llrift'in and the other men. They gave,
Us suits and i.lciduiinut Aker and Ser-i
genut Koenig took rhnrgn of us. ' I
We drilled, marched and lived hi,
'tents like soldiers, Thero were, overi
30 liori and wo nil (to under n big
tent, Our cook had cooked In the.
army, and he was nil right,
j There wns t big shed with all kinds
of mnchinery in It, but 1 never went
tu see that, In the old pnvillou the
things made or raised by tint different
schools of Oregon was placed. They
were all nice, but best of all I liked to
watch the boys make things At the
training school,
In I lie lower pnrt of the new pavilion
there, were I'ruils, vegetables, grain nnd
uther things to eat. I'pstaiis them
were nil kinds of manufactured good
In nnuther place there was poultry of
every kind.
At the barns there were sheep, pigs,
cii'jle and horses, Of nil the hoises I
sun', 1 thought Mr. Ilrooks hud the
best.
A'l the ulnvs ttnd moving picture
shows in the old pavilion were free
and there in n free doc and pon
Smile a Few.
Here, you discontented knocker,
Urowlin' 'bout the country 's ills,
Chloroform your dismal tulker; ,
Take a course of liver pills.
Stop yer duru eternal howliu',
Chaw some sand nud git some gilt;
Don't sit in the dumps u growliu',
Smile ii few,
An' boost a bit.
Fall in while the bund'a aplayia',
Ketch the step on' ninreJi elong;
'Stead o' possimistic bmyin',
Jiue the halleluiah song;
Drop your hammer do aomo rootiu',
, Ornb b horn, you cuss, nn' spilt
Kvery echo with ymir tootin'.
Smile n few,
An' boost a bit.
Selected.
siuiw three times n day. There were
wheels and two merry-go-round.
I.ieuteiiunt Aker nnd Mr. Churchill
took us out to see the capital building
and the governor. They also took us
to see the prison.
J thank everyone' who did so much to
help me have a good time.
I go to school In District No. 2U, and
Mrs. Kinmn Temple is my teacher.
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SALEM, OBXOOM, 8ATTODAY, DECEMBER 19,
A HISTORIC CHKISIMAS.
Charlemagne Crowned at Emperor of
th Romans 1,100 Years Ago.
Ou Dec. 25, iu the year S00, the holy
Kouiuu empire wus boiu. Europe was
lit the iron grasp of Churleuiague. The
great king bud gone to Kuure to lu
vestli;nte charges lodged against the
pope, Leo 111. The pontiff made good
bis defense und on Dec. 2M took a sol
eiuu outli of exculpation. Two days
lalur, early on C'lirtnLiuas morning, the
pope celebruted muss in the great ba
silica of St. Peter's, n cuiiivli not nt nil
like the huge renaissance structure
reared by Hruuiautu and Mli heluugelo.
The edlllce wus crowded to the
doom, for nil Home .flocked In those
days to wee tho wouderful b'rnuk, who,
like Mohammed, spread bis gospel b.v
the sword. Charles, chid iu Itoniai)
costume, with the chlnuiys kuiiglng
from his slioiilde-a. knelt in prayer lie
fore the tomb of St. Peter. When lie
rosu to his feet l.eo approached und.
placing a golden Clown upou the king's
head, neclulmed blui emperor of the
P.oniuus. Again the ponllir Jollied
him Iu il purple nuiiitle. a lid a great
1914.
shout went up from the people ns u
greeting to the tirst of the new Cae
sars. The scene Is thus described by Eglu
hard, the historian of Clmrlemugne:
"At the moment when. In his place be
fore the altur, he was bowing down
to pray Pope Leo placed on his head
a crown, nnd nil the Roman people
shouted, 'Long life and victory ;to
Charles Augustus, crowned by Cod,
the great nnd niielflc emperor of the
Roinnns!' After this proclairmtlon trie
pontiff prostrated himself before htm
and paid him adoration, according to
the custom established In the days of
the old emperors, nnd thenceforward
Charles, giving up the title of pntrl
clnu, hore that of emperor and Au
gustus."
A millennium Inter, on the bunks of
the Seine, another pope crowned nn
other emperor, who had planted lib
throne on the wreck of the fabric
reared by Charlemagne,
A lot of ex-candidates are now ro
membering that he who soweth. wind
reapeth the whirlwind.
PRICE TWO
Loganberry Oregon's Own
The Oregon loRanbcrry has been term-
ed the "mortgage litter " of tno wn
lnunStto valley, but it i more than
that, for it prevents mortgages, which
is much better; it buys the automobile,
buildB tho bungalow and sends tiie boy
nnd girl to college. For n Kl-yenr old
the industry sIiowb greater strength und
importanco than tho other combined
small fruits of tho western section erf
the state, where the berry Is peculiarly
at home, nud until some other Country
can duplicate our climate the logan
berry promises to reign supreme ns nn
Oregon product.
Is California "Invention."
Fourteen years ago the berry wns
"invented" down in California, where
it thrived only moderately, as tho in
tense heat of a ( alifornia sun burned
up tho berries ou the vine. A year
later it was brought to Oregon by A.
M. La Follettc, who planted tho first
three acres In Mihsioii Ilottom, and
who has sinco boen nn extensive grow-
Hut it was tho late A, M. Aspin
wall nnd his several strong sons, just
arrived from tho hlizzard-bound vn-l
kotas, who popularized the berry nnd
put it upon a commercial basis in Mar
ion county. Each year they added to
their acreage until there are now 50
acres growing in long, graceful rows lit
Brorakii, and in the state thero aro per
haps now 3000 acres, since every farm
er lias at least, enough vines for li is own
uno,
Is Profit Maker.
Of its profits there are authenticated
cases where l70l) per ucro has been
made, while 41-3 is the minimum net
profit und 140 per acre u fair average,
while there is practically no danger of
over production, since climatic figures
largely in its si ess, ii tut while Ore-
goa still has many acres Hint could
and nriiiiubly will be devoted to the
ulture, the ilemaiul Keeps pneo Willi
production.
The year pist closing saw a crisis in
!. , .rv flair. In which the berrv
came through with living colors, anil , t"1'. who was his favorite child and
no fear of a repctitic.n of the difficul-j at that time cloven years old, wns per
ty. The price paid lor fresh fruit t'or ristout, and at length the Indulgent
several years had ranged around II parent yielded. This was Just beforo
cents lo 4 cents u pound, which wns ; l0 Christmas of lHtkl-too Into to hav
entirely sntisfacl.ey to the growers, ho t1(,(,P ri,ll(y fr thl) holidays,
but when the last .Inly crop was being riltUMH 0,.n reuiilred. Hut
lmrvi'sttM , I iu IH'H'O took H h lump to , . . ,
about half that sine inneries, driers" ' "'"' of history, tlloiiKU knowu
nud fruit stands were Inn, I Icar up,'0 f,!W. "ot "fl,'r rllow-
and the season just fairly begun. At : l"ff New Year's clay the buy's ninliltloa
this rime, fortuiiatelv, a buver for nn wns realized, a room nn tho second
j eastern fruit house read uf Hie Oregon ' Hour of the executive mansion being
! loganberry, and as n venture bought -0,set naldo fur Iho purpose) nud a singe
I carlo ids of I'resh fruit ami shipped taeni cr,,,.tlM( with gns fuotllghbt mid simple
IIIII K III lUIIS l-HSI' Ml rill"-,., nin n'
'thev were eagerly snapped up lit 'J
per cinle, ami luore deiiiiiiuleil. With
this new outlet the situation improved
ninl not u berry was lest for lack of
market.
Hon Many Uses,
l.i.l.,- in Hie summer Hie tnnklnu nfi
fruit juices was begun Iu Salem, and
this proved a second valuable outlet,
since the bottled juice has already been
found valuable 111 liuspilnls and in the
home, It has proven an escelleut ber
ry for jellies in the home and retains
all its good cpuilitics when pin i
the glass jar. Toe canneries were uu-
nine 111 iiiiiiun- iini ip.-iiv. ii
'first years owing to the pecnliur tart-1
ness .hat ate Into the tin, nut special
cans were made for It and they are,
now one nf the heaviest buyers, The
I .liu.,.,.l ,J II, i, urmllict I
has been by evaporation, Iu the first
sensous prune driers being used alter
ail experiment showed them to bo excel
lent when sun-dried. Now the logan
berry driers are springing up over the
county with thn same frequency that
marked thn hop drier n few years ago.
Indeed, the Ingaulicrry dilcr piumises
til replace the hop drier to ft great cv
CENTS. rt vtTcSIEJ
tent, since tho. recent election
has
made a dry state of this nnd Washing
ton, which is believed will have some
effect upon the hop Industry.
Growers iorm Association.
Following the season of J.UI4 a logan
berry association wns formed, the mem
have advertised tho berry in attractive
have advertised the berry in atractiva
booklets. They have succeeded in hav- '
ing it placed upon the Southern Paci
fic's menu, and have placed ordera
from an eastern mail order house,
which practically insures it n market
for ail that can be produced here,
TffD'S CHRISTMAS THEATER.
How President Linooln Cam to Qrarrt
Son's Unique Request.
Tad Lincoln wanted a Christmas gift
such ns perhaps no other president'
on ever wnnled bofore or since.
"I'atlicr," aald Tad, "there II some
thing I'd llko for Christinas, if you'l
give It to me."
As the sou asked the question nl
father looked nt the boy over the rlmi
of bis spectacles In a grave way and
asked:
"What la that, my onr
"I want a theater," aald Tad.
"Well, my boy, I don't know that I
baro any objection," aald the presi
dent "There are plenty of them, I
suppose, In the toy shops. "
"Ob, but I don't want a toy thentor,"
j protested the yomigMtur. "I want a rent
one. Thero lsn t nny reason why we
shouldn't bnvo a theater In Iho Whit
i Hoiibq,
Mr. Lincoln wus not nt first disposed
, lu l" uhKui,ii uivuiniliy, uui
sciuiory.
A Christmas Tims Bnvsr,
To save the inliiitles on Christina
eve and leave time fur the many things
Hint, lire bound In mimu up abut off
fnnn the children null I'ooin III the
' Imiiiho sullnble fur Iho tree a couple of
weeks heroic CIii Miuiih mill giiiiluall)
aeciiinuliile there all ilecorallnns aim
presenls. The tree en n be trimmed n
ilnv or two before Hie hulhluy nud the
I presents Whipped mure quickly anil
' (.,Niv Ikh'iiiihu lliy mo nil In uuu iluue.
. n,;,,,,,,,,,.
Under tho Holly Dough.
Ye. who hsvn scorned ench othtr
(.ir Injured friend or hrotlior.
In Ibis fust fiuling yenr,
Yn who tiy win d or deist
Have mnile a klml licurt hlted
dime irntlier hers.
t.l ulniinl aaxlnst ami Iniilns
Fiirset their strife's licahinlm
Ami loin In friendship now.
Its links no lonner broken;
He sweet fiirnlvnifKS spoken
Under Urn holly bousli.
-Charles Macks?.