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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1917)
THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALE ORF.GON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19, 1917. EIGHT FOR CHRISTMAS NEW BOOKS At regular prices ' JUVSKTIL' BOOKS The bigest line ever shown in the city Price; from 10c to $3.50 Come in and see our books. WATEBMAN FOUNTAIN PENS Prices from $2.50 to $10.00 An appropriate gift. BOOKS FOB GIELS Louisa Alcott Books, each ....$1.35 Motor Girls Books 75c EUie Dunamoor 40c Dorothy Dales Series . .75c Betty Wales Series ; $100 Birth Fielding Series 40c BOOKS BY VARIOUS AUTHOE3 Including many late books....60c . BOYS' EOOKS Boys' Pocket Saries 35c Boy Scout Series 4c Webster Series 40c Banner Scout Series 75c Y. M. C. A. Bojw Series 75c Jack Ranger Series 75c Racer Boys Serios 75c Mntnr Bova Series 75c ahv SHOWING A BIG LINE OF:' Ladies' Hand Bags, Ladies' Card Cases, Ladies' Manicure iSets, Desk 52 SlenVen'sBiUFolds, Wallets, Purses; Gentlemen's Cigar Cos, Smoking Sets, Humidors, Cigar and Tobacco Jars; Gentlemen's Correspondence Cases. BOOK BACKS BOOK ENDS FANCY PAPEB KNIVES - CANDLESTICKS BRASS INK WELLS XMAS CARDS XMAS SEALS XMAS TISSUE . XMAS STATIONERY, Etc. COMMERCIAL BOOK STOKE 163 COMMERCIAL STREET (North of Weller Bros.) Special Representative Plummer and County Agent Brown Brave Storm to Serve Farmers By O. M. Plummer (.Special Kepresentativo of tho U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture) The good people, of Marion county who have been sitting before their hap py fire-sides' these last few days, know tutu thero is a friglftful storm uliroail, because they have reuil that fact in the "Journal." They haven't been fool ish enough to go out in it and ean 't realize that anybody else would be so fool hardy. However there is one man in your midst who goes on forever. Weather is a mere instance tit him, good, hud, or indifferent, it ull looks alike, It is not hid- to (iieatiou why. County Agricultural Agent Urown al lowed nit) to oeeonipauy him iu his rounds the last two days. Monday morn ing we left iu his trusty Ford for Bil verton and bcotts Mills, and when we went up the Pudding Hiver about noon the water was lapping up on the road bed. 1 told Brown thut ho had better got the compass course by day light, for 1 felt sure that it would bo a case ' of navigating on our return. After " a most successful afternoon amongst the farmers of Hilverton and hie.otts Mills district, we found the far mers unauimonsly in favor of the coun ty agent work. We started for Salem mid just before reaching tho Pudding Jtiver Hottoin we overtook a real auto mobile. The man seined to be in very little hurry, so Brown gave two blasts of his horn, indicating that ho would pass him on his port aide, immediately we discovered the reason for the mun 's slowness. Pudding Kiver Bottom was everywhere, and the road uo where to be seen. Brown immediately consulted the "log" of the good ship "Lizzio" and found that our course was one point West of Booth and for-the next half mile we kept her nose headed that way. Wo had all our storm awnings up when we reached the middle of the bot tom. suggested to Brown that 1 didn 't mind a little wet anyway and 1 would take the storm curtains off i.nd unhinge the door, anil as a matter of fact if it was just the same to him I would get out and walk "somewhere." Brown said nothing audihle to this but his sniff was highly enlightening, as much ns to say he could expect no more from n "tenderfoot" who had been in the habit of staying on top of the pavement all lias life. Water was now up above tho running board. We'came to a place where a small bridge had been at noon. Waves were running "mountain high" (Poetic license). It was up to us to find ! out whether the bridge was there or not, and I for one felt much more contented frame of mind after we were over the spot. (Shortly wo reached tho covered bridge over Pudding Kiver. Here the sea was higher than ever and the water a little deeper. The good Bhip pitched and tossed and our engine was nearly stalled. I don't know what Brown said under his breath, but he put his foot down on tho throttle and we were on dry land again. A short time afterward the approach to the bridge went out. Brown didn't seem to be miK-h concern ed and indicated that this was a regular routine for him. He said: "I promised a bunch of farmers over at Brooks that we would be there at half past seven, and help them organ ize a community center." "They are having a lot of trouble over there with onion diseases, meaning a loss to them of over $40,000 or $"U, Oiill a yeur. and I can give thein infor mation which will check thut." There was a short cut from Pudding River bridge to Brooks, but people who take short cuts in this country, this sort of weather, are very much like tho fellow who went where "angels fear to f tread." So we camo all the way back to Salem to hit the main highway, reaching the fair grounds to turn the prow of the good ship "Lizzie" due north and plough our way out to Brooks. If the passengers of the North bound Southern 1'arifie iOxpress could have known how near we came to knocking them off the track nt the fair grounds crossing, they would have been a very nervous set. We missed their tail light by about a foot. I didu 't know what opinion the North Hill farmers had of the county agent, but when Brown tied up at tho dock ut Brooks, promptly on time, every man , present took off his hat, Figuratively I speaking they thought that a man who could keep his appointments under such ' stress could surely be depended upon Make Him a Gift WORTH WHILE We would go along and enumerate article after article that anneal to men and bovs and there wouldn't be scace enough in the naoer. Come k let us show vou the nice things for men. T$- h ail,3? !Wiij tt? BROS. 372 S.'ate Street Mi- vn f 1 iu times of peace. It was good to see the eagerness with which the farmers attacked the problems as presented by the different members, and by tho coun ty agent question of lime arose. One mail said lie had spent $JU tne previous yeur tor lime wlucii ho had scattered iluuly over several acres. Brown asked Mm if ho had made any check on tiio value of the lime and discovered that he had not. As a matter of fact, he had not the slightest idea whether tho lime hud done him any good or not. Other prominent farmers present admit ted a like experience ou tlieir part. They were very glad to have him muku an arrangement for some positive chocking results iu ilio use of lime and fertilizers for the coining season. Every man present signed a petition to the County Court to support a budget ap propriation for the continuance of tuo splendid work. We reached Salem about midnight, happy and warm inside, even it we were very wet without. 1 think Brown thought he was going to bluff me the next day when he said ho hud a meet ing iu Aukeny Bottom and in the dir ection of Jeil'erson, but my previous experience the day before had given mo confidence in nis ability to navi gate, so I sat in with In in again at occasional piece of winter wheat aud noon and wo headed south for Aukony Bottom, reaching the summit of Au keny hill, the bottom laid before us in a broad expanse of water with an a house cropping out uow and then. Be fore we left the mam highway to plunge down into the bottom, Brown stopped the engine for a moment to offer a si lent prayer, that we might reach the bottom safely. It was well he had for after we struck the mud road it im mediately looked as if our trip was end ed right there. Por the next half hour we hoped very devoutedly that the good County Comniisisoners might have been with us in the car( as our guests. After going sideways, edgeways and iu every other direction for half an hour, we reached Nye's place aid from thero on to the grange the road was a little less "worse." Mr. Nye presided as chairman of the farmers and their wives who had braved the weather to hear Brown talk. At first thoy responded rather slowly to his request for questions, but finally dis cussion became general, and it was dark before the meeting finally closed. Mr. O. L., Can-others who had a spec ial experiment in potato cultivation iu his section developed the fact that a potato improvement club was badly needed in that part of the country, and Brown immediately made arrangements to have a potato specialist meet with tho potato growers of the section and arrange an organization of such a club. This future meeting will, no doubt, lead to the forming of a strong potato grower's association. Tho certification of this would very likely lead to the erection of a potato warehouse, to take care of the needs ofthis section. This is merely one of the details as to tho activity of the County Agent. Eugene Kindly also told of splendid suc cess he had ou kale, with fertilizer, real izing ten times tho growth from its in telligent use. It developed that his im mediate adjoining neighbor, while no ticing tho splendid growth of Kindly 's kale, had not known how ho had ob tained it. This will be developed in a series of experiments in that country. Mr. J. M. Marlett who has lived in that bottom for many years .was a very inter ested listener and told the agent many things which will be of value to him. Every one of the farmers signed a pe tition for the county ngent. Had we been half an hour later we would have been unable to get out of the bottom. At it was, one guiall bridge was afloat ou ono end and as we passed over it, it was lucky that tho Sautiam river marks the south end of this coun ty, otherwise Brown would have felt compelled to go through three feet of water that flooded tho Sautiam bottom at that place.' After spending a very pleasant half hour discussion with Mr. aud Airs. D. II. Loouey of Jefferson, about the value of a county agent, wo hurried on to the Jefferson district three miles north, where Mr. lloeshpeier, together with Mr. Looney, had arranged another meet ing. Over half the farmers present had signed a petition earlier in the season, protesting against the appointment of a county agent. But after Mr. Brown had finished his talk and outlined the plan or worK, stating tha the proposition had beeu entirely mis-stated to them at the time the protest was signed. A discussion as to some of the preva lent diseases amongst cattle of this dis trict arose, and the information devel oped was of material benefit to those present. Leaving the meeting place late in the night, we felt fairly safe as to the roads, but much to our surprise dis covered roads awash and culverts over flowing, aud bridges unstable, eveu on top of the hills. It was close to midnight when we reached Salem. We saw nobody on the roads. I couldn't help but feel that a man who would respond to the call of the farmers under such stress after the last few days, could always be counted on, uuder every circumstance TO HOT WILLARD Offer Made Fred Fulton of ?10,000,But the Chance Open For All San Francisco. Dec. 19- Eoports from Los Angeles that Henry Berry and Charlie Graham have been dicker ing over terms of Spider Baum's trans fer to Sacramento, where he is to be manager, caused some surprise here today. Baum claims to have Berry's promise that he would be released out right by San Krancisco if he could get a managerial post. Baum says that unless he can get the Sacramento post he will probably rotire from professional baseball. Trying to Matda Willard New York, Dec. 19 Jack CurloV said here today that ho had received a promise from a wealthy man to pay Kred Pulton if the heavyweight would agree to fight Jess Willard for the benefit of the Eed Cross. Curley said and I know that the farmers present at the different meetings have felt this very keenly. One thing developed yesterday which shows tho great possibility of county ageut work here. J. W. Brewer, special labor agent of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture for Oregon, was in town in conference with the county court and with Mr. Brown. Ho expects to use the county agent 's organizations in his sur vey of this couuty, which will be start ed early iu January. He says that the Couuty Advisory council which Mr. Brown has already organized, will keep the U. S. government fully in touch, by wire, with the labor problems in this section. A farmer needing help will tele phone to his nearest advisor who in turn will call up Mr. Brown and that request will be wired to the headquar ters and immediate steps taken to fill the want. This one feature will be of tremendous value to the county and Mr. Brewer presented the matter in the strongest possible way to the County Court. 1 a jt - v GRAVELY S Ira - - - V';r.J- Chewill8pius Ifcfr, itliltff.:'6x t f- Cou more por pound to buy -j t y- ''! !(,'' -1 -- X V ' than ordinary pluf " O' ft W'.V'iAv'i.iTVCfftl V ",?f " P.- but,LporwoiktoChw. J K 'Litn I f U -,-' - A AUttl. Chowof Gr.,.l, ,1 ll j I I W ' Vlz Ol " LMtsa Long While. 'II, nl0f Ml"? !r W-tVf -J - TheCooo-Gr.el,TMt. '-I tiki I r It 5v' -A r- ?' . i...t. , d j , V-ll7' '! V'f SjrS V '?' " A 100. POUCH IS PROOF or IT J i V BV ff-, tJ3.9ravlvShtacceC(i DumuMk. Wifl I fch' fifti vfe - - :-rn-"i-C IW1 II 1- . OLDTOP-ygU LOOK J OK) fll ) " H II 1 ' I 1 I lJ AS THOUGH YOU'D ', J f 11 I I y f 'lfM fe8Uy A WHOLE TRUNK IfL' I I I I'SJ jfFULLOFIT IFYOUCOULD'pOM-V I . ' READ ANO LEARN ftOVVrYJIfMMiv. IO0KF0R THE PROTECTION SEAL , rTT IT IS NOTREALQRMUV f . , - f II f ? WITHOUT THIS SEAL Vji S - J Ut. Iff he had wired Mike Collins offering Kultou $10,000. League is Patriotic New York, Dec. 19. Tho Xational league, at its last meeting here, adopt ed resolutions urging baseball players to ofi'er themselves for service to their country. r0r a Willard Clcf cVand, ;Ohio, Dec. 19. Efforts to stage a Jess Willard versus anybody championship bout herd were begun today by Promoter Matt Hinkel. Hinkel will see President Jim Dunn of the Cleveland Indians regarding the uso of the American league baseball ipark. Saturday ho will leave for tne south, where he expects to meet Wil lard. League Park will hold 28,000 when temporary seats are placed in the field. Frank Go ten Buried Humboldt, Iowa, Dec. 19- Frank Crotch, whose shoulders were pinned to the mat by death Sunday after scores of wrestlers had failed to do so, was carried to bis last resting place today Tho entire town suspended business today 'and joined in the procession from tho Congregatioual church to the little cemetery on the edge of town. In addition to the townl'olk, scores o4 men prominent in the athletic world attended the Inst ceremony to tho for mer champion wrestler. BUYING UP CARDS Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 19. Evidence that a well organized syndicate has been buying up registration cards from soldiers at Camp Lewis and have been disposing of them for big . sums to "slackers," has been unearthed by the military police, who assert that tho plot for the evasion of the law extends to other cantonments of the country They say those behind the scheme have laid their lines well, and have been working quietly and to such effect that they have collected thou?antls of now worthless cards from men who are in service and sold them at an enonnois profit. ! Pacific Coast League Closes Business Session Los Angeles, Cal. 19. Veni vidi vici, which means in American that they j blew blew in, lamped the burg and it feu for em is about the way tho aug ust body of directors constituting the Pacific Coast league would give vent to tlieir feelings anent the baseball con ference just closed, if all hadn 't forgot their Caesar and Cicero in the more modern and complex problems of base ball as she is played. Today all business is closed and the spirit of baseball magnates is optimis- , tic for the 1918 season. They accom ; plished: i Transfer of Portland's franchise to Sacramento, with Charley Graham pres ident, and Spider Baum manager. Single umpire system as n means ot war time economy. Thirty weeks season; opening April 2, closing October 27. Oakland as 1918 meeting place. Walter McCredie as manager of Salt Lake. ft 3t 177 " riff s ; s u . - 7 snrti SAYS This is the place to buy useful things in the shape of Groceries, Dry Goods, etc., and SAVE MONEY tt HE KNOWS WE HAVE REDUCED THE COST OF OPERATING OUR STORtf TO SUCH A LOW FIGURE THAT WE CAN PROFITABLY SELL OUR GOODS AT A VERY LOW MARGIN OF PRIFIT. Here Are a Few of Our Prices Fancy Dress Shirts .$1.25 President Suspenders, in fancy lithographed box 50c Neckties, in Xmas boxes 25c and 50c Ladies' and Men's Hose, nice line 10c up Ladies' and Men's Handkerchiefs 10c to 25c Men's $3.50 Hats ...... i $2.50 Nice line Men's Gloves 75c to $3.25 Guernsey Casseroles $1.50 Cedar Mop with bottle of polish -49c Rolled Oats, 4 pounds 25c Black Pepper, pound 35c Soda, 6 pounds. ; 25c Crystal White Soap, bar 5c Glycerine Toilet Soap, bar 5c Many other Soaps, bar , . 5c Nuts and Candies of the best grades, per pound 25c Apples, per box 50c to $1.50 Royal Club Coffee, 3 pound can .95c "Our Pride" Coffee, 30c seller 25c Onions, best quality, per sack, per pound 3 l-4c Spuds, per sack . . V2c lb. Nice line paint, floor and vegetable brushes. Remember, we carry in bulk CEDAR POLISH, NEATS-FOOT OIL, EUREKA HARNESS OIL, CREAM SEPARATOR OIL, SEWING MACHINE OIL, AUTOMOBILE CYLINDER OIL AND ZEROLENE, HEAVY CALLOL CASTOR MACHINE OIL, CUP GREASE, AXLE GREASE, TURPENTINE, LIN SEED OIL, DENATURED ALCOHOL, ALSO ALL KINDS OF SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS, VARNISHES, JAPALAC, VARNOLAC, AND FLOOROLAC, MARNOT. These Paints and Varnishes, also PATENT MEDICINES, must go as haven't room to carry them. THE FARMER'S STORE OF QUALITY 270 N. Commercial St A.W.SCHRUNX Phone 721