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who under the same circum stances would
have failed In any other enterprise, need
not discourage any who intend to embark
in horticulture. The number who have
failed is very small In comparison to the
number who have succeeded. No state
offers such excellent advantages as Oregon
does. There need be no fear of overpro-
ductlon. The consumption of fruit in
creases every year, and there Is ready sale
for all first class goods put on the market.
The enlarged use of fruit is Qdue to two
important factors: -
Universal Market for Fruit.
First-The low prices that prevailed for
several years have placed fresh and eyap-
GRATED fruit on the market in the mining
and manufacturing centers never reached
before, and within the homes of families
VINO, when prices were the rule,
could not afford to buy fruit. demand
for our fruits has sprung up in the south;
the colored population, particularly, are
very fond of the French prune, which they
IKE better than any fruit going, except
the watermelon.
.Secend-The doctors, aided by the med
lcal press, are strongly advocating the
consumption of fruits to promote health,
not only In America, but abroad
DR.. Beutzer, of Germany, the noted
scientist, and Dr.. Sophia Lepper, the
great English food specialist, give their
emphatic Endorsement of fruit as hygienic
agents. DR.. Beutzer dwells particularly
on the APPLE. and declares that an apple
eaten imme diately before bed time will
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principal varieties grown are Moore's 8
Diamond, Niagara, SWeetWater, Delaware
and Hamburg. Such wine grapes as the
Riesling, Gut-Edel, Burgundy and Zin-
fandel would also thrive here.
The beautiful and fertile little valleys
along our coast line are all adapted more
or less for fruit growing. This has been
proven. by Mr.. T. 8. Malehorn Of Langlois,
Coos county, most progressive orchard
1st, who has not alone succeeded in grow
ing nearly all the varieties of fruits grown
elsewhere in the state, but has now fruit
ing acres Of the tender olive A little en-
terprise and energy will accomplish won
oers IN horticulture and viticulture in Ore
gon. x: t r.. 80 -,
-. Nut.6earlne Trees Thrive.
= However, there is one fruit which does
not nave the attention it deserves and
thar is the growing Of nut-bearing trees,
s we now import into Oregon between
$aoo,00o. and 100000 worth Of nuts and
the demand is increasing. I have been
auVocat1ng the planting Of nut-bearine
uees, more particularly the French wal
NUT 1or many years, and have received
some letters of inquiry regarding nu.
culture. and know that some trees have
peen planted, in an experimental wav
"nlch' nave done exceedingly well, but
Know OF only one planting of commercial
grove, consisting Of forty acres of French
"alnuts and chestnuts, though there is :,
grove near Portland. .on a sravelly hill
VI ooo trees; one near Eugene of 400 trees
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drew from Abel, then slowly dying of neglect
and poverty, most touching acknowledgements
Later in the same year, letter was addressed to
the king of Sweden by four members of tie
French lnstitute-Legenrde, Poisson, Lacroix
and Maurice-recommending Abel for unive:-
government offered him place Of distinction in
Berlin, but he died before the offer could reach
him. The pathetic story of the short life Of
Abel calls forth profound sympathy among SCI
entifc men in all parts of the world, who now
offer congratulations to Norway and to the Uni;
versity of Chr1st1ania for having given to science
the grand monument of his work which we have
in the Abeian functions; and who join in cele-
brating the hundredth anniversary Of the birth
Of Abel .. . s. .
In his address Professor r. A. Forsyth
of England spoke in part as follows:s
On behalf of those delegates for whom Englisb
is the home language, | desire to express or
thanks for the cordial welcome we. have received.
with which he here, and said not Il, little
of the distances which some of us have traversed
In order to come to your city. To us, that is
a small matter; we rather resemble pilgrims Of
DID, on our wa. to- sacred shrine. 1t is the
places, round which the memories of great men
there are few of them In the world, and they can
be counted almost on the fingers of two hands;
and among them the country Of Abel has an
honored place. -
For Abel was one of those great men, man
of genius. ranking. among the select of the
earth. Were challenged to some Of the
characteristics that make us place Abel in the
should point to his profound and penetrating in
sight. his daring originality. his high courage.
his un4inching belief in the loftiness Of the
works that he could do in life. $50
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ton and Pascal. He: died sfn iobscurity al
most, but one hundred years after. his
birth distinguished men from all the coun-
tries Of the old world, from the new world
and men from Australia gathered at
Christiania to do him honor and offer their
tributes at his humble shrine. " IT,
Abel was born at Findoe, near STAY
anger, Norway, Aug. 5, 1902. His re-
markable mathematical genius was dis
covered when he entered school and when
other boys were struggling with their
sums, his teacher led him into the fields
Of higher mathematics. When his school
mates were still absorbed in their outdoor
games he was wrestling with the most
abstruse problems in mathematics and
attracted the attention of scientists. Sew
eral professors at Christiania university
contributed from their scanty incomes to
defray his expenses at the university
where they soon became his pupils. Then
for a few years his highly original mind
discovered one great principle after the
other. He discovered and developed
methods of reasoning in pure mathematics
which are still followed by his successors
A modest place as a teacher was secured
by this genius but he lived in comparative
obscurity among his countrymen and not
until he was on his death bed did a call
to a distinguished position in Germany
reach the young man, Alexander Hum
boldt was at the head of this movement.
Abel died at Froeland, Norway, April 6,
1929, little dreaming. that seventy three
years later the University of ,Christiania
would honor him by a glorious jubilee at
which the king and the royal family and
the great scientists of the world would be
present. a : - 50 I =
Twenty mine doctors degrees were dis
tributed at this jubilee, Professor Simon
Newcomb Of Johns Hopkins University,
and Professor Josiah Willard Gibbs of
Yale, being; among those honored. Pro-
fessor Newcomb's address from Johns
Hopkins was in Latin. The address of
Lord Kelvin was as follows:
The first thirty years Of the nineteenth cen
tury. will forever be famous In the history o.
science as the Augustan of physical mathe
matics; the of fruition of the powers in
| herited from the great mathematicians of tn,
eighteenth century, of whom Lagrange lie
gendre and Laplace were still living and workin,
| in Paris. 1t was the era of Fouricr's creation
| of new and rich province in pure mathematics
to which he was led by the demands of physica
science. 1t was the of Gauss and Fresnel
Cauchy and Poisson, Ponisot and Sadi Carnot
Green and jacob. Truly there were giants ii
| those days, but in pure mathematics none great
| er than Abel, who was born lived and diet
within those thirty years. When we contenl
plate the greatness of his work, it Is scarcel,
| possible to conceive that he was only % rear
| old when he died. His genius was discovered
by the University of .Christiania during his stu
dent years there, which commenced in 1921.
In 1928, a letter addressed to the young 4lln
known man of genius by the veteran Legendre
the founder Of the theory Of elliptic functions
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promote general health; it's dietical as
we'll as alimentary substances are of the
highest order; it contains more
phosphoric acid in an easily di-
gestiblo combination than any
other vegetable product. While DR..
sopiaia Lepper says: "Apnles supply the
higher nerve and muscle food, but do not
and brain food, supply heat and waste,
but are not unusual feeding; the walnuts
give brain and nerve food, muscle, heat,
and waste" What a happy combination,
apples, prInes a nd :waanuts ..Y 49,,
The era for high prices, especially for
prunes. has past, and we do not want it
to return, for when prices advance, con-
sumption decreases, which is is not de-
sired. It has been demonstrated time
and again that prunes at cents pei
pound, and. apples and pears at 80 cents
"a box of 40 pounds, the lowest price ever
paid, will net the grower over 500 ar
acre for an orchard in full bearing; while
we. know that good marketable apples and
pears during winter and springtime sci
af>1fom 81 to 81 per box. It could stand
a considerable reduction from the first fig.
ures named and still leave horticulture
! more. profitable than other agricultural
pursuits.
While waiting for his orchard to bear
which usually takes from five to eight
years, the orchardist has an avenue OF
profit opened to him in the growing and
| marketing of small fruits. The demand
for. strawberries, currants, gooseberries
raspberries, and blackberries for home
consumption and for export Is very large
and is seldom met by the supply. Many
carloads of these fruits, especially straw
berries, are shipped every ear to the
mining and stockraising districts of Idaho
Montana, North Dakota and South Da-
| kota. Shipments of these berries arc
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have profited by the work done in their
behalf by the state. and that there has
been a vast Improvement, over former
methods islabundaaitby Is t41reWen by the
touching up given to- old orchards and'the
strong, healthy looks Sof trees wi,ics are
now growing irtoSs tbå. :: Progressive
horticulture does wonders. 1t makes the
old trees bear fruit again and gives the
young ones good start from the time
they are set out. Tailure and discourage
ment in horticulture, often result from too
much real estate booming. Glowing. .ac-
counts OF thisa or that. locality ars pub
lished., fruits, of abnormal size are exhib-
tied, ridiculous results. are given, all OF
which creates the IMPRESSION that shorti-
culture, in ertaifr.'lochlities,. is veritable
Klondike. Credulous persons, tempted by
these stories and exhibits, give up occu-
pations p in which they are experienced,
and take t9 fruit gaising. =of which. they
know nothing. With them failure IS" only
a. matter. og time tunless they .haye .an
abundance Of money. Horticulture is d
special work, an appASqa -saiere,c. In ,it-eN-
pecta tlOns are never realized without
painstaking work ana trying patience. No
one should think Of going into it. when the
main inducement is an enormous profit
figured on paper There arc growers in
Oregon who have made large profits in a
single year. In some years all have done
exceedingly we'll, but, generally speaking,
it is not safe to count on a net profit of
more than 500 per acre in ordinary years
for an orchard in full bearing This re-
suit, small as it may seem to the uninitiat-
ed, will come only to those who go into
the business understandingly, give to it
their best thoughts and care, manage the
fruit farm as they would any other busi-
ness venture, and keep abreast of the
times. The failure Of those who had nc
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and at Albany of 100 trees. besides my
own; SO there Is almost an unoccupied field
which promises equally as good returns,
It not better, than any other kind of fruit
by ray Of intensive and diversified fariIi-
Ing: This Is now well recognized and un-
dersteed in the east, ninoe the Wild nut
bearing trees, which grew SO painfully,
have been cut down wastefdlly and used
for posts. fences and fro wood. The
scarcity has become 30 marked that at
tentien has been called to 1t by the ira de,
and many new paintings .are now being
made. When 1 fret planted my own, in
order to thoroughly satisfy myself as to
the adaptability of our soils and various
+ climatic conditions, I gave away 200, ye:af2
ling trees Of my. own growing. = II sent
them to friends in various parts of the
state-to eastern Oregon, southern Ore
gon, the coast counties, our own Villa
mette valley, and even to the sound colln-
ties Of WashinGtOn-and the reports re-
ceived have been most grltifying... Last
summer, Saw some of these trees, which
had grown to height of twenty feet, with
a spreading top of fourteen feet. and
measured seven inches in diameter four
feet from the ground. They have proved
most Indifferent as to location or soil,
whether on clay, loan or gravel, ard even
rocky ground, providing there is a loose
|. subsOi for the tap root to go down. 1t
is perfectly useless to plant nut-hearing
trees where there is hardpan subsoil. !
gathered over twenty pounds of nuts from
one S-year-old tree on a friends place.
which, at Is cents per pound. brought SO
to the tree. Mrs. B. NJ. Shannon of All
bany sold last fall over 100 pounds of
Mayette and Franquette walnuts from two
9-yearold trees for IS cents per pound.
On a Scientific Basis.
Horticulture is no longer an experiment
in Oregon. The incesSant drudgery, the
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-26
NOrmannaheirnen
A UNIQUE JUBILEE
World Famous Scientists, Gathered
at Christiania, Honor the Mem
t., ory Of Mere Boy.
Swedish Aeronauts Who Made an
Ascension for the King Barely
Escape Horrible Death.
One Of the most remarkable celebrations

One Of the most remarkable celebrations
ever held in Norway and possibly in the
whole world, for that matter, was the
Abel centennial jubilee at Christiania,
Sept. 5-6. The leading scientists of the
present day gathered there to do honor to
mere boy who laid down his life in pow
erty and distress at an age when the
greatest have scarcely begun their ca
reers. Until the University of Christian1a
lee, thousands had scarcely heard the name
lee, thousands had scarcely. heard tn name
of Abel and now he is called the greatest
son of the country which has produced
Tharwaldsen. Bjornson, Ibsen, Bull, Grieg,
Thanlorn Sinding and Nansen. ~ 81
Niels Henrick Abel was the son Of a
poor country clergyman, but before he had
attained his majority, the great teachers
of mathematics were his pupils and at his
death at the age of 261a years he had at
tanned rank with Euclid Archmides, New
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In some instances these figures will be
doubled, in others reduced. 1t will be
observed my estimates are very conserva-
tive, and no one need do worse, provided
he uses ordinary care and judgment; but
very much depends ON location, soil, etc.
I think a net profit (after seven years Of
age) of 800 per acre is not at all an ex-
travagant estimate at present prices, say
to cents per pound.
An occasional off year must be reckoned
on, say one in four for Italian, and one
in eight for Petite. Estimates of $500 to
$500 per acre are misleading, l think,
though much better has occasionally been
done under high prices and favorable con-
ditions.
My estimate presupposes proper prun-
ing. Where land is well cultivated, but no
pruning is done. bushel per tree the
fourth year may be realized, but the tree
is injured thereby.
Extent of the Industry.
The fruit growing industry is most ex-
tensive in the region lying between the
Cascade and Coast ranges. Between 1890
and 1900 the number of orchard trees in
the state increased, according to the
United States census returns, from 1,757.-
S93 to 6,314, ,232. During the decade the
number of apple trees more than doubled,
| increasing from 1,26S,395 to 2,S25,S9S.
| The number of plum and prune trees re-
ported in 1900 was 2,517,523, as against
247,305 in 1890. During the decade,
peach trees more than doubled in num-
ber, and the numbers of pear and cherry
| trees reported by the present census are
| nearly five times as great as in 1890. The
| total area used in the cultivation Of
small fruits in 1899 was $40 acres, dis
tributed among 1885 farms. The value
of fruit grown was $SS6,632 an average OF
$34 per farm. OF the total area, 1,792
| acres were devoted to Strawberries, the
| total production of which was 1887, 500
quarts. grown principally In Multnomah
and Wasco counties.
Henry E. Dosch.
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DEATH WAS CHEATED
But Two Bold Swedish Aeronauts Have a
=. Man =

But TWO Bold Swedish Aeronauts Have a
= a.. ~: A5.t Narrow Escape.
Captain Erik Unge and Ragnar Wilkan-
der, daring Swedish aeronauts nearly lost
their lives in a balloon ascension last Fri
day. They made an ascent at Stockholm
in the presence of King Oscar. After
having travelled about four miles and
reached a height Of two miles the balloon
suddenly exploded. The car plunged
swiftly toward the earth and death
seemed inevitable but the balloon was
gradually spread out by the pressure of
the atmosphere forming as ort Of a para
chute, the fall was greatly reduced anu
the men landed In comparative safety.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-26
Two Dramas by strIndbera.

August Strindberg is at work on two
dramas based on French history. To secure
local color and work to better advantage
he will make his temporary residence in
Paris. One play THE Bloody Bread, y is
ba sed on the womens cries on the march
of the mob to Versailles. The other,
IL Arne," gets its title from Napoleons S
last words ae:f1 E-s2aa -
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No Coal at Eaueros.

Professor Torneboh,n, the Swedish state
geologist, has been some time investigat-
ing the coal find near F'ageros, vermland,
but his report is a keen disappointment to
those who were Interested The find is
interesting from a scientific standpoint,
says the learned man, but quite valueless
from a commercial standpoint
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LEWIS CLARK Centennial Exposition PORTLAND OREGON 1905

.kilos provisions and 500 kilos of water
1t provided with sail, rudder, air pump
and water pump. 1t is loaded on the
deck Of vessels and floats off when the
vessel sinks: Captain Donvig, twelve
sailors, and three newspaper reporters
We're on board when the globe was rolled
overheard. The globe disappeared under
the waves but soon same in view, after
which a. flag was hoisted to show that all
was we'll
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WOULD REJECT RUNEBERG
Abo Public School Teachers Attack Fan
'.-.'' rik Stalls Sagnar.

"Fanril1 Stalls Sagnar,"' which the SWe--
dish and Finnish school boys read with the
greatest avidity, were. the. subject OF a
heated debate at recent meeting OF pub
lie school teachers at Abo. One of the
members made a bitter attack on Rune
berg's thrilling tales, declaring that they
were highly improper reading for children
in this age when the world is striving for
universal. peace: They were merely re-
citals of war and CORY deeds and more
over contained oat1is. Other speakers
SOUNDED the same note but the famous
tales had their champions also. The lat
ter argued warmly that the narratives
stimulated patriotism and courage and
were eminent1y proper. No motion on the
subject was adopted. -
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Dow1E IN FINANCIAL STRAITS.

Waukegan, ILL.,, Sept. 2e.-From various
it is learned that Dowie's financial crisis
is worse than even his followers and officers
realized. Last night secret meeting took place
in Shiloh tabernacle, to which no one but mem
bers in good standing were allowed. 1t is
understood that the healer made supreme ef-
fort to secure pledges OF great sums to tide
Zion through the trouble. Several wholesale
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to school. Every year there is a scarcity
of room and teachers, and this fall the
conditions are worse than ever. A large
school has been opened at Kungsholmen,
but it is already overflled and many seek
in vain for admission.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-26
A, Picturesque Band,

Anders Zorn, the famous Swedish paint
er. has presented the band of Orsa Rifle
Club with uniforms. The latter are
unique and striking, as they are designed
after the old Orsa peasant costumes,
round hats with yellow tassels, white
Jackets, long blue woolen stockings, brass
buttons, etc.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-26
Captured a Whale.

a small whale got stranded at low tide
near LysellH, Sweden, and was captured
by some laborers. They were able to get
ropes about the marine giant and firmly
anchor it to the shore. What they will do
with the whale is something of problem
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-26
kIausen Acts In Denmark.

! Henrik Klausen, the Norwegian actor, is
on a short tournee in Denmark. He ap
pearet: at the Royal theater in Copenhagen
as Lundestad in de Unge's Forbund."
His sterling ability and intelligent con-
ception Of the role were greatly admired
by the Danes.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-26
Ice stops Ekstam.

DR.. Ekstam, the Swedish scientist who
Novoja Semlja has been compelled to
abandon his plans until next year on ac-i
count of the impossible ice masses. He
will. however, explore Waigatsch island,
the interior of which has hitherto never
been explored. i , u
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Swedish Pearls.

Pearls have been found in the Atra
river, Sweden, and when the sal1oon sea-
son is over the fishermen turn their atten-
ton to pearl hunting. They do very well
In the main, and often find pearls for
which they receive from 200 to 300 kroner.
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Or.
By 50 boxes of apples at 80 cents up
to seventh year ..................... s54.4V

By 50 boxes of apples at 30 cents up
to seventh year .......'.....'.'''.'. 9of.4V
Net cost per acre z.............'... sZl.Za
It is seen. from the foregoing, the profits
of an apple orchard up to the seventh
year are on the wrong side OF the account,
but we now have it at the age when it
will begin to pay The eighth year, II the
trees are in good ground, they should pro
duce four boxes of apples to the tree. AS
the orchard increases in age, the expenses
of cultivation, spraying and pruning, in
crease; but, # the orchard is cared for
each year the maximum cost for cultiva-
ton, spraying and pruning, will not be
greater any year than $40 per acre. Then
the maximum production of the orchard
each year is hard to estimate, but after an
apple orchard Is nine years old, one year
with another, the average production
would not be less than ten boxes per tree,
or $50 boxes to the acre.
Cost of a Prune Orchard In Polk County,
Oregon.
BY James R. Shepard of Zena, Oregon.
estimate the cost Of ten acres planted
in pruneS, twenty feet apart, under ordi-
nary conditions, as follows:
LOO yearling trees Clio per acre, at
ceh's) ........... .....-........ $66OO
Preparation of land (pIowing and cult
vation) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1000
Setting out LOO trees Cat 1c each).... 11.oO
Cultivation and care first year" .:..... .....
Cultivation and care second year,. .....
Cultivation and care third year (no
other crop) Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Cultivation and fourth, fifth, sixth
and seventh years ....-.-....... 10000
Total ........... ................. s247.o0
CIR
Fourth year, one-third bushel of prunes
per tree at Coo per bushel 20x1, ,1OO.. $4,000
Fifth year, one-half busiel of prunes
per tree at Coo per bushel, 30x1 100. $4,000
Sixth year, count failure Of crop :. ......
Seventh year, bushel of prunes per
tree, dried Observation-Disclosures. 10000
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Through Cars to California
Every Tuesday and Saturday via the
Northwestern Line Particulars 600
Nicollet Ave-, Pillsbury Building.
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-ack Of School Room.

= Stockholm, like Minneapolis, finds it ex-
tremely difficult to accommodate the great
annual influx of children who want to go
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THE SEA IS SAFE

Captain DonvIs's Device Makes Ocean
Travel Less Dangerous.
The Norwegian Life Saving association
recently conducted experiments with Cap
tain Donvig's new life boat. The expert
merlts were considered to be most satis-
factory The apparatus is globe ar
ranged for carrying, sixteen people. 400
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firms have refused the general stores goods and
one firm has taken steps to recover.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-26

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