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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-26

Portland, Ore, March 23, 1910
Colonel E. Hofer, Proprietor Capital
Journal, Salem, Oregon.-My good
riend.-You have asked me for my
impress 'ons of the trip which We
took through the northern Califor-
MIA and southern Oregon a short
time ago. ] am going 10 be very
very brief Investors do not want
to read or listen to verbiage or STUDY
glamOrous word paintings,
Each man is working out his own
fortune in this world and 1 feel that
the greatest tribute / can pay-rnot
only as an observer but as prospec-
tive buyers that ] am now endea-
voring to dispose of my own home
and plot of land in Portland, of my
holdings in the Coos Bay country,
at Kalama, Wash, and some prune
acreage in Clarke county, Wash.
with no other purpose in view than
Of obtaining what most of us would
call "tail-hold" In the various sec
tions through which we passed on
our journey of Investigation
/ am free 10 admit that ! believed
we could all share in the $1,000
which the p. c. Lavey G. Company
offered in case any misrepresenta-
tion could be found IN their ads in
relation TO Mt Hebron, Doris and
Worden, TO say nothing of klamath
Falls. Among ourselves We felt thai
il was only a question of determin-
ing whether Lavey would pay over
the One Thousand and how we
would spend H.
1 say frankly that we not oniy
lost. but We were dumbfounded.
Mt. Hebron has its wonderful
command OF untouched timber re-
sources.
Doris Is the center of Natures
own Eden, with possibilities in the
way of agriculture and grazing that
no section OF country that ] have
ever seen can surpass.
Worden lies nestled against the
hills of plenty In such a way that
its future is as sure and abundant
as that of aLy section OF the great
and undeveloped Northwest
Ii is useless 10 call attention in
detail 10 the possibilities OF these
districts. IL would be a strain upOn
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-26

is produced, from the finest cabbage
to the finest watermelons on the
sunny slopes There is almost no
limit to the population these lands
will support when the time actually
comes for crowding population onto
small spaces of land as one or two
acres will support family If neces-
sary.
Property Still Cheap.
klamath Falls townsite property
klamath Development Company
Flood building, San Francisco, Cal,
and Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Lots can be purchased on small
cash payments with monthly install
ments, on which no interest nor
taxes are charged. After the first
payment has been made, the pur.
chaser has the right TO take possess
sion, erect buildings, or sell and take
his profit.
The company further provides
that if you buy any of the property
they offer on easy terms of payment
and death overtakes you before final
payment has been made they will re-
fund the amount paid, with six per
cent interest per annum and cancei
the contract.
The company will also grant you
the opportunity, in case you select
a lot through the medium of cores
pondence without seeing the proper
ty, of changing the location at any
time within six months from date of
purchase at prices ruling at the time
of second selection-the amount OF
money paid on the original purchase
to apply on the final selection.
Should you desire to make an in
vestment through the medium OF
correspondence, send the amount of
the first payment and the company
viii select for you the best unsold
lot at the price you designate, Civ
ing you the privilege of changing
same as mentioned above.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-26

stock raising, The country seems
well suited for this, and especially
for the development of an important
dairy business, but there is much op.
portunity for improvement by the
adoption of more intensive methods
of farming and by the Introduction
of new crops, of which Canadian
field peas, sugar beets, timothy and
alfalfa for seed are among the most
important.
THE soils consist of marsh soils
and upland soils. The upland soils.
being composed largely of disinte-
grated basalt, volcanic ash and dia-
tomaceous earth, are friable, easily
cultivated, and in general produc-
tive. The marsh soils contain a large
percentage of organic matter, and
although they have been used to only
a small extent, it is believed that
when reclaimed they will also prove
rich and productive.
"Of the upland soils the most pro-
ductive are the deeper, well drained
and alkali-free sands, sandy loans
and fine sandy loans, all of which
are especially suited for the produc-
ton or alfalfa.
"The water supply is abundant
and the tendency is toward over-ir-
rigation with serious results follow
ing from lack of drainage and the
surface accumulation of alkali,"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-26
SILVERTON BUSINESS MAN
WAS COMPLETELY SURPRISED
Says Advertisements Of P C. Lavey Company nderSated
All the Facts in Regard to the New Southern Pacific Town
Sites klamath Falls Larger and More Beautiful Than
Was Expected.

Silverton, March 23, 1910,-Col
E. Hofer, Salem, Ore.-Dear Sir and
Friend: | am writing you to say
that the three towns of Worden,
Doris and Mt. Hebron, on the new
railroad south of klamath Falls,
which l was sent as a representative
of purchasers at Silyerton to investi-
gate, are all right About twenty
people in Silverton have bought lots
in each of these towns, besides my
self, and | am pleased to be able to
say they are all v. K The proper
ties are not only as good as were
represented to us, but the facts arc
they are very much better than the
advertisements of p. G. Lavey e.
Company said they were-something
unusual with townsite promoters. /
am very much pleased with my buy
and think every man who has
bought property in those towns has
got three times his moneys worth
From the standpoint of the coun-
try down there, think II has
greater future than any part of the
Pacinc coast | know anything about
thought we were going into an
undeveloped country a great many
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-26

people, all kinds of business repre-
sented, towns with general stores
and banks, a hospitable people and
general prosperity. Doris is as
prosperous town of its size as I
ever saw. Mt. Hebron and Worden
both have beautiful locations, and
at the latter town Is located the gov
ernment experimental farm.
We also visited klamath Falls and
were more surprised than ever to
find such a city and such beautiful
location. The city was much larger
than we expected to find 1t, and the
country much better than anything
We had expected 1t is surrounded
by the best farming country It Is
possible TO imagine, and soil that
produces almost anything you want
to raise.
Make any use YOU see fit of this
letter, but ! wanted TO go on record
as backing up all you had said iR
your interview In the Daily Salem
Statesman about Klamath Falls and
the new townsites put on the mar
ket by p. c. Lavey e. Co.
Yours very truly,
T. II. SHOCKLEY.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-26

In DR.. Shops Health Coffee, pure
healthful toasted grains. malt. nuts.
ETC., are so cleysrly blended as 10
give a wonderfully true coffee taste,
color and flavor. And besides,
Health Coffee goes a third farther
than any other kind. You actually
get 100 full cups from a 26c. ~
pouAd package. And Health CoHee
Is made IN a ,aipute." No 30 to
80 minutes tedious boiling is at all
necessary And besides there is not
a grain Of real coffee IN II. Sold by
J. ". Harritt.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
His Quick Wit Saved Him.

An ancestor of the great Tostoy was
an officer in the Russian army and Il
great mimic one day he was impcr
sonating the Emperor Paul to Il group
of his friends when Paul himself en-
tered and for some moments looked on
unperceivcd at the antics of the young
man. Tolstoy finally turned and, be
holding the emperor, bowed his head
and was silent.
go on, SIR said Paul. Continue
the performance.
The young man hesitated a moment
and then. folding his arms and imtat-
ing every gesture and intonatiOn of his
sovereign. he said:
"Tolstoy, you deserve to be degraded
but l remember the thoughtlessness OF
youth. and you are pardoned."
The ear smiled slightly at this
speech.
well, be it So" he said.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
The Oldest Reliable Date.

1t used to be supposed that the most
ancient civilization of which real rec
ordS had been found dated from Il. G.
$500. This had relation to Peru and
its earliest known inhabitants. but DR..
Eduard Mayer, professor of ancient
history ut the University Of Berlin,
studying the Egyptian calendars on
the monuments in the state museum
Of the German capital. discovered that
the date j. &. 42Il is frequently cited
as that in which the early Egyptian
astronomers first calculated their solar
year from the rising of the star Sirius.
This is by far the oldest reliable date
In the history of the human race.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
WilIinu to Paw.

When the British square at the bat
tie of Abu Klea. in the Nubian desert.
was penetrated by the dervishes one
Of them attempted to spear gunner
who was in the act of ramming home
a charge The Briton Drained the Su-
danese, but the hammer head split on
the mans hard skull. Next day the
gunner was sent for. Mistaking the
reason and knowing from experience
that soldiers are charged for govern
ment property which they break. he
led off: please. sir. I'm very sorry
broke the hammer. but never thought
the fellows head could be so hard
I'll pay for the hammer 50 as to hear
no more OF the case"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Office of the Highway Board, June
G, 1910, Olympia. Washington.
Sealed bids will be received at this
office until two o'clock p. m, June
29th and then opened for grading.
draining and matchmaking state Aid
road No. 60. otherwise kOnWn $ the
Sunnyside- Mabton road, In Yakima
county, Washington.
The maps plan, profile, estimate
and specifications are on file in this
Office. in the office of the County En-
gineer, North Yakima, Washington,
with the Division Engineer, K. NJ.
Hardy, North Yakima. Washington,
and at the office Of the Pacific
Builder ana engineer, Seattle Wash
ington, where they HAY be inspected.
October - 1910.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids Bids will be made unon
forms to be furnished by this office.
and must be sealed and marked
"Pronosal for Improvement of state
Aid Road No. 60, Yakima County,
WASHINGTON"
No bid will he considered unless
accompanied bv a certified check pay
able to the state Treasurer, for five
per cent O. per cent? of the amount
of the bid, based on approximate es-
innate furnished by the Highway
Commissioner.
The checks Of the lowest accept
able bidder and next lowest accept
able bidder win be held until the con
tract is signed.
HENRY L. BOWLBY.
Secretary Of the Highway Board.
June S-15-22
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08

Edward Everett was one OF the most
purely literary of all American orators
Among the more eminent scholars and
statesmen of our land no one has ever
been more dcScrvcdly honorcd for in
tellcctual power. purity of character
public and private, and for clcarncss
and perception of judgment than Ever
EFT To the efforts of Edward Everett
more than to any other one person Is
to be credited the raising of funds
sufficient to purchase the home OF
Washington at Mount Vernon. He de
livcred Il lecture on the character of
that great man more than Il hundred
times and gave the proceeds to the
Ladies' Mount Vernon association. He
personally placed over 100000 in the
treasury. 1t is probable that his ora
tory won for benevolent purposes at
least 500, 900 st. Louis Republic
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
A STRANGE REVERSAL.
Napoleon and Wellington and an Eek
change of Res cences.


change of Res licences.
In the days before the Suez canal
was opened to the world St Helena
was Il frequent port of call for British
vessels bound to and from India and
the far east. This custom. explains
IIarpcr's Weekly, was caused 10y the
need Of obtaining supplies for the long
voyage. and il was therefore for this
reason that the ship which on one oc-
casion bore the Duke of Wellington,
then Sir Arthur Wellesley. returning
to England from India, touched ut the
island. The great commander spent
one night at jamestown mt the house
of Il Mr.. Balcom.
Ton years later Napoleon Bouapartc
landed 20 begin his six years of exile
ard was assigned to the same room
that his conQucror at Waterloo had oc
cupicd This coincidence came to the
knowledge of the duke at Paris during
its occupation by the allied forces. and
he dispatched the following letter ia
the British officer then in command ut
st. Helena:
II am very much obliged to you for
Mr.. Simpsons book. which will read
when | have Il moments leisure. am
glad you have taken the command at
st. Helena, upon which | congratulate
you. You may tell 'Bony' that | find
his apartments at the Elysec Bourbon
very convenient and that hope he
likes mine at Mr. Balcom's 1t is a
droll enough sequel to the affairs of
Europe that we should change places
of residence"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08

The word "brlfry" had originally no
connection with bell" an idea which
Is now intimately associated with the
term The first meaning given is
"watchtoWcr. from the middle Eng
fish 'bcrfry." watchtowcr. The first
part of this word is connected with
borough" the second with free" As
the practice grew Of hanging bells
in such towers people reminded them
selves Of the fact by changing the
word "berfry" into the modern bel
fry"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
NOTICES.
Call for Bids.

Bids will be received up to June
20. 1910, at 10 "a. m, for the con-
struction of a stone high school
building in School District No. 80
Lower Naches Wiley. Plans and
specifications may be seen at the office
of the County superintendent of
schools North Yakima. A certified
check for 5 per cent of the amount
bid must accom- any bid. The board
of directors reserve the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
by order Board of Directors.
WALTER j. PURDlN,
Dated June I, 1910. Clerk.
161-3t
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08

SAY saw it in the Morninp
Herald"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
Arpropriate.

"What do YOU suppose is the song Of
the desert"
81 don't know but / should Think it
would be The camels are coming. -
EXchnngc.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
Mo Chance.

"Wby don't YOU ask that young man
np 10 tea some evening, dear"
81 don't believe it would do any
good mother He's II confirmed bach
rlor."-Ncw York Journal
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Five room house. clean
furnished for lease term; close I'M
no children. Enquire at 10 Sixth
avenue north. 161-2tS
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
A CoIIeoe Pun,

"Can your horsc iuup:'
81 don't know. ! never asked him"
"Really! why mott''
I'm afraid he m ght take "A fence -
Harvard LampOUn.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
P-Ca Mas Seen.

She You viii ask pala. viii you
not. or must !: He ON, | have seen
him. Fact is he mudr the suggestion
that it was ahuut time for me 10 pro-
pose.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08

FOR SALE-Sixty dollar Diston SOTO
fiat cornet, s45 dollars. Address
Spencer, this office. Tx
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08

FOR SALE-A 27-room hotel, will
stand close investigations good rea-
sons for selling Address B., Care of
Herald 124-tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
OLD hits made

Secretary of the Highway Board.
June S-l5-22.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08

Old hats made new; something
dyers and tailors cant do. \. r.
Camp. practical halter, 1O5 North
First street. 153-tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08

LOST-1n some North Yakima store,
$40 bill, $40 bill, 81 check.
Finder please return to Herald office,
Reward i53-tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08

Truth is the highest thing mar
may keep.-Chaucer.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
FOUND

at Herald, prove property and pay
for ad. 15S-tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
FOR TRADE.
LOST.

IOST-Doctors hand bag containing
tools and medicine; $500 reward.
Leave AIS South Naches. Phone 929.
159-3tX
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05

"But the city OF Pooenix is
not situated as the territory
was then. To pay outright
for the sewer system by as
sess1nents upon property would
amount to an immediate and
greatly increased taxation on
the property directly affected
which would be burden
some.
And at any rate, notwith-
standing the advice of the
board of engineers, the city
administration has already
wisely decided in favor of a
bond issue"
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05

In the letter from Senator
Beveridge, which the Arizona
Republican secured by saying
nice things about the editor,
it must have been a keen dis
appointment to the Republi-
can to find that the communi-
cation affords nothing in the
way of confirming the eagerly
accepted report that the chief
opponent of statehood had
changed his attitude on this
all important question. How
ever, his statement that we
ARE now better prepared for
statehood than ever before, .
will be sufficient warrant for
some papers bowling low and
kissing the garment of the
converted" senator.
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05
Ordinance No. 48.

~
Mayor and Go M m o n
Council of the T0zOn OF
WinslO1O pr0hibiting the
use or sale Of fire arms to
or 6y minors.
The Mayor aOd Common
Council OF the Town of Winslow
do ordain as follows:
Section /. Any person (pa
ents and guardians 'ncluded) who
sells, gives, rents, barters, loans
or furnishes any rifles, carbines,
pistols, revolyers, beanies or
>lung shots, or any ammunition
for rifles, carbines, pistols, re
volvers, beanies or slung shots,
TO any person within the Town
of WinslOw of less than the age
of fourteen (14) years shall be
guilty OF misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by fine of not less than
ten ($1O) dollars and not more
than three hundred $4,000 dol
lars, or by Imprisonment in the
town Jail of not less than five
(5) days and not more than
ninety (9O) days, or by both such
fine and Imprisonment.
Section 2. Any person of less
than fourteen Gay years of age
who shall have, use, discharge or
otherwise shoot off any of the
above named weapons within
the Town of Wmslow, shall be
deemed guilty of a mlsdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by fine of not
less than ten ($1O) dollars and
not more than three hundred
($30O) dollars. or by imprison-
ment in the town jall for a period
of not less than FIVE (5) days and
not more than ninety (9O) DAYS,
or by both such fine and impris-
onment.
Section This ordinance shall
be in force and effect from and
after its passage.
All ordinances and parts of or
finances in conflict with the pro
visions of this ordinance are here
by repealed.
Passed by the Mayor and
Common Council of the Town of
Winslow on the 18th day of Ian
uary, A. D., 1910.
Presented to the Mayor for
his signature and approval and
by him signed and approved this
18th dayof January, A. D 1910.
GEO. F. SCHAAL, Mayor.
Attest: ]. E. WARD, Clerk
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05

The Coconino Sun calls
upon the business men to ex-
pei the hook worm from Flag
staff. Cheer up, neighbors
If your diagnosis is correct, be
comforted by the fact that this
species of worm is perfectly
harmless in frigid climates.
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05

Chicago's city auditor says
65 per cent of appropriations
for sewers was stolen last year.
The prosecutions going on in
the Windy City are probably
responsible for the considera-
ton shown by the grafters in
not taking all of it.
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05


Not content with starving
the tiger to whom he was in
debted for his election to office,
Mayor Gaynor of New York
threatens to discharge the en-
tire police force for inefficien-
cy. 1t does not require much
knowledge of Tammany poll
tics to conclude that the
mayors chances for re-nomi-
nation will be about equal to
those of a one-legged man in
a high kick contest.
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05

Boston will hereafter hold
its municipal election every
four years instead of annually.
This change implies that ar
rangement has been made to
provide congenial occupation
for the heelers during the in
tervals.
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05
A Harvard professor say

A Harvard professor says
we can live on twenty cents a
day. We suspect the profess
or's statement is based on his
patronage of those places COM
mon in the east where a nickel
invested in foaming beaker
entities the purchaser to all the
provender he can "glom' from
the high counter,
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05

A Minnesota chemis+, emu
merating the many good sub
stitutes for meat, credits linn
burger cheese with being more
energy producing. 1t may be
assumed that the learned
chemist has reference to the
fighting energy genera'ed ty
the discovery of piece of it
under ones hat band.
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05

A French schooner at sea
got out of water and the crew
was compelled to draw on a
consignment of champagne for
drinking purpose. 1t is not
related that any distress sig
nal was hoisted.
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05

The cost of Bibles is to be
increased 20 per cent. The
wear and tear on Bibles being
a negligible quantity there is
not likely to be a general pro-
test against the upward re-
vision on this item.
The Winslow mail., 1910-02-05

We are told that statehood
for the territories is no longer
a dream" 1t is some time since
we saw it represented as a
reality" so its present status
might properly be termed an
hallucination.