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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-30

v,,r request that /, as a newcomer,
~ ~ NV Impressions, especially my
VIZ w., of oregon, struck me at the time
ul'S Soing A reasonable one; but as
~ mn my pencil and begin to mar
pr.i those impressions, | find the task
,n1n ,n.nming pretty large proportions.
I. not know where to begin. for of
y. " innumerable new things, strange
.sS .s.go and in sense wonderful
.sIuSs .siO9 that the west has unfo!ied to
va . can neither tell what impressed
NJ first, or most.
came from the prairie section,
-hore they grow corn and hogs, nd
.,tIs and chickens. Where there is
r., little timber and that along the
y. ..ssE bottoms and not of any extra
..SInary size-where most of our lum-
Ssr d imported-where our streams
W. sluggish, our seasons SHARPLY de-
SOsd. where the country has, so tu
.usok reached its manhood, its indus
i,es developed, its available lands
u,sctically all under cultivation, its
iowns at the voting age, and the sky
.0mss down at equal distances all
sroind making US residents Of that
rudoubtedly rich section imagine, as
Mark Twain said, we are In the cen
ier Of the universe.
I had never seen a real mountain
mill saw the Rockies, and perhaps
NV first impression, that is the first
real big one was that of bigness, Of
the magnificent distances. could
hardly realize that those big noun
taus we're wrinkles on old Dame Ma
mre's countenance caused hy the
shrinking of the old lady's Cuticle
and we're a mile or two in height.
Neither could l realize that they were
Doking their big ragged tops up in
the atmosphere a hundred or more
miles away. l felt that / had no right
to see so far, unless the thing seen
was some other planet, sun or star.
| felt that | was peeking over into
strangers back yards, behind their
backs, and they might resent it, and
very properly too. l had been taught
in my school geography that the curv-
sture of the earth, made most things
Invisible at a distance of fifteen or
twenty miles, but here 1 was Il oking
at something $50 miles away.
Then again, the vastness CT the
Wyoming sage brush plains impressed
me. Their barrenness and apparent
uselessness and worthlessness struck
me as being an oversight at creation
time, just like Saturday night came
before the job was quite finished and
some provision made for utilizing
those vast plains. l saw th,re my
first jackrabbit He was a big fellow,
that hoped along the edge of the
right-of-way apparently well acQuain-
ted with the white mans smoke wagon
and utterly contemptuous of it, as
though he was perfectly aware that it
couldn't leave its beaten path to chase
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-30
Scenery Caught Him First
Then the Sense Of Bigness
and Vashess Of Resource,

nm AS noted the diminutive e-a.so
wooG' the SCENT sagebrush ard Tbe :, 80 sit.
al tne Jack, which, candidly firs, 3r.t
Thought was a young antelone
thought with smile il was tbo NJ.
seSt game in comparison WITH s tSs
IOrest s.., II ranged in, in the whole world
imagine imagine a deer or bear or even a
srafie or elephant three or four tinea IN g
roamed. " "Alcn ne
AS | came down the Comnn,ia tho
insgniricence of the stream did no. nt
impress me until reached Cali I'
S wnere 1t %idens and plunges in bnn.
ureus OF big falls, each good-si7ed
river. Then 1t got in its work bod
oeen told that it was the fifth river
IN the world in volume, but as n suon. rsrt
SlOng through the bleak canyon aboys
Celilo' | could not realize II ala
lnen' Tor began to figure On tbs
power that was going 10 vast but
l0ng before had reached any rasnlt
tne traln swept by "the dalles" of tba
Columbia, not the town but the ranids
where the stream turns up ON adgo
and dashes its mighty volume tbroneb
a channel less than 100 feet wide I
quit figuring right there, for II looked
10 me as though nothing on earth
could ever check or hold II
Another thing that impressed mo
was that the streams had the western
haolt' lnsted of crawling along be-
tween willows and alluyial hanks
every ene of them was a hustler hur.
rying, rushing-and still like the west
making a good deal of noise about
II. too. thought as / watched some
OF them dashing along and sweeping
under the train, how much work as a
boy had done on the farm grind
stone, handling the crank and right
in the hottest weather too; and how
many grindstones one of those streams
would have turned without getting M
a sweat, but | didn't have time to fig
ure that out either, only in a general
way; for we struck the old historic
town of The Dalles and found other
things to interest me.
There was Mt Hood that seemed to
be in the back edge of the town.
though | was told it was 40 miles or
more away, and over across the CO.
lumbia was Mt. Adams, while still fur
ther west St. Helens poked the tip
of its sugar loaf, up over the inter
vening hills, and took my mind off
grindstones, water power and the days
of my boyhood.
At Hood River saw a pretty little
town nestled up under hill, and was
told that there was a valley some %
or rs miles long between there and
Mt. Hood, and that from that small
burg came the big apples that were
famous all over the east, and that
they were grown right there.
Honestly, my first impression at
that point was that the descendants
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-30
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~ Ahanias had gethered there an,
TSIe practising their wilas ON az az
slate 'Na' luea ctf thl
,s t,,. ue Columbia from Hood River dowr
y Just a bewildering array Of inDyes nv
Sos Its size; the beauty of ,ts ~, -, -
Iue, the magnificent vistas eua,
btusnslhg' ever beauiful-a ;ivino
bi,sssIg ~ e,atulng panorama; the stuuendon,
olulis on the Oregon side. with tbei,
,uuu Vulnerable waterfalls. some ~ tbe,r
iost IN spray on their way from fatr, f,lt.,
aa., eai.u up in the skies down 10 IN,
have Just one impression iet, .,
It That of a show. where fo, tbrs'
nouIS the most delightful views on.
eneu up before NE, rushed al me
showing ever changing beauties only
" sIFe place TO more and still more
uuul ones sense of enjoyment was
sauated' and one could only look and
less. 'i''H s'eech-
Portland was a surprise tnev
oI course about how much population
IL mad and all that, but somehow i
uiun expect to see so substantial a
city l was looking for an inlard
city, and | found an inland seanort
me Dig ships, the long wharves' the
Ousy river steamers were a revelation.
ana When a few days later | went
down on the docks and saw the great
stacks of wheat in sacks, sliding down
INTO the seemingly bottomless holds
OF the big blue water vessels and re-
ailzed that it was the greatest wheat
shipping port in the United States /.
and that back across the mountains
through which had Just come were
vast wheat fields on top of those
seemingly barren hills that had been
looking at, and that there was grown
the bread or much of it for England
and Germany and France, was some
what impressed with the idea that
Uncle Sam owned pretty good-sized
tarm, and that there were some sec
tions of 1t us folks back in "the center
OF the universe" were not fully in
formed about.
A little thing that caught my at
tention a day or so after arriving was
the water l was stopping temporar-
lily with some old time friends and
naturally wash day came around. Ac-
cidentally l noticed the woman who
did the washing drawing the water
therefor from the city hydrant. |
asked her if they did not have a els
tern, and blamed if she knew what I
meant. explained to her chat back
where came from, we used cisterns
to catch rainwater because the well
water was hard"
"Shure," said the lady; from all
I've heard Of it it's hard coutry."
She was mistaken, for while it is
a different country it is a dandy one.
and doesn't have to import eggs, even
if the thermometer does hit the cellar
every winter, but this is a depression
not an impression. l might add, though
that that Bull Run water is q great
thing for Portland, though / should
think 1t would be looked on rather
jealously by the big brewers, and
would certainly taste as sweet by any
other name.
1t is not difficult to tell you my
first impression of Salem-to which
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-30

/ But this article has already grown
far beyond what I anticipated. and
perhaps what you desired; but IL 1
were to tell all my impressions this
would not be a starter-for to tell you
the truth | am az this moment i'm
pressed with the idea that every day
IS bringing me bigger lot Of impress
sions' and each one seems to be a
sort OF incubator TO hatch more.
A NlNETY-DAY RESIDENT.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-30

and quadrupling the phenomenal
yields of the most magnificent little
valley on the continent.
The high character Of your public
schools was another genuine surprise
| had an impression that Oregon would
De a back number in this respect. and
Just to balance up things, while / was
accumulatne a dandy lot of first I'm
pressions | got rid Of this one very
quickly. also got rid OF another
somewhat similar impression concern.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-30

ing your lack of churches.
But among all the impressions the
Dig state OF Oregon made on me, was
perhaps more than all others. the
magnitude OF its possibilities IN the
dairying line. The mild weather the
abundant rainfall, the luxuriant win
ter pastures where even at this writ
ing, the middle OF December, the grass
Is like 1t 1t is in May back east, Z"
make 1t ideal for the dairyman-and
no doubt for the COWS.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29

Goat raisers of the Northwest will
find much to interest them at the an
nual show Of the Angora Goat Associa-
ton to be held at Dallas, January 3-5.
Special attention will be shown to anna
teur breeders. Attractive prizes are
offered and large attendance is ex-
pected.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29
Vegetable Eating MaggOts

There has been no more troublesome
insect affecting garden crops than the
root maggot this past year. Unfortu-
nately there is no treatment that will
insure complete success. 1t is sug-
gested that the ground where the
plants were affected be thoroughly cul-
tivated during the fall to destroy the
grubs of this maggot in the ground
where they stay to pass the winter.
The insect that occasions this trouble
resembles closely the common house
fly, but is somewhat smaller. In some
districts it is the commonest fly to be
found in houses. Treatment OF the
soil with wood ashes, lime, etc., are
usually not very successful and hardly
pay for the trouble to apply them.
Some success has been made by treat
ing the soil with tobacco or kerosene
emulsion early in the spring. The OBJ
iect of this is to deter the flies from
laying their eggs in the protected
places. Growing plants under muslin
cover early in the season will, of course,
keep the flies away, and in some dis
tricts is extensively practiced. Cab
bages can be protected by placing a
three-inch disc of tar paper as collar
around their stems at the time of sett-
ing out. Spraying the soil about the
plants several times during the early
summer with carbolated lime is per-
haps the best remedy. This spray can
be made by adding an ounce Of crude
carbolic acid to ten gallons of milk Of
lime.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29
Lightning Kills Few

In 1906 lightning killed only los
people in this whole country. Ones
chances of death by lightning are les;
than two in million. The chance
of death from liver, kidney or stomach
trouble is vastly greater, but not il
Electric Bitters be used as Robert
Madsen, ofWest Burlington, Ia, proved
-Four doctor gave him up after eight
months of suffering from virulent livei
trouble and yellow jaundice. He wa;
then completely cured by Electric Bit
tiers. They're the best stomach, liver
nerve and kidney remedy and blood
purifier on earth. Only SOC at all drug
gists.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
furnished by the Chelan County Abstract
Company for Week Ending
December %, 1911

| ]. w. Balfour ct al to L Benson pit w
swA 29-23-19 1888.
H. B. Miller to B. L. Martin VIZ VIZ
nwA nwA 29-28-22 $125.
A. H. Meacher ct al to Wenatchee
nwA nwA 1880, 81.
Valley Orchard Co. ]. E. Shore to G..
C. Hale l acre in end neA a.
24-17, 800.
G. C. Hale to G. Digman l acre in S
end neA 14-24-17 81.
F. A. Lane to F. M. Scheble u int in
Its Dc and 10 feet 1t 25 b - G N
plat $500.
w. T. Rary Co. to F. M. Scheble My
16 # 1t 25 and sly 9 # 1t Dc b II
o. N. plat 81.
S. A. Thompson ct al to E. M. Brooks
e 40 # 1t IA b l Fairview add $500.
]. H. Carter to R. d. HUE a and Q
10 it 8 b II Lake Park $500.
H. P. McGlothern to S. A. Grover e3
swA 24-23-19 $4,000.
R. B. Gels to C. Lyle SEA 6-26-17
except timber $40.
E. A. Hall to Paul D. Brown 1t l Hales
sub div 81.
L. L. johnson to R. M. Ragsdale pit S
u 23-22-20 81.
N. S. Shore to G. M. Luther VIZ neA
and VIZ seq 20-27-18 $500.
Minerva E. Allen to Mary Long Its 7
80 10 b 10 OF Chelan $500.
A. Johnson to w. T. Averill neA NV
d and nwA neA and e1a eA NV
d NV Il 20-23-19 81.
A. B. Peters to w. D. Lowell s15 sw-
n nWA 1I-Zo-ZO Sl.
A. West to ]. Steinborn Its "a and IS
b Cen add Leav $3.50.
M. A. Marley to T. ]. Costello 1t b
l 3rd add Leav $4,000.
L. N. Wilcox to G. Dunning Its 2 8
b 8 Riverside add to Cashmere
$500.
C. M. Erickson to G. Dunning pit 1t Q
4-23-19 $4,000.
M. F. Gilbert to Mrs. B. M. Phillips
pit swA neA 28-24-18 81.
G. A. Moalt to First Loan and Invest
ment Co. 80 # Its IS 10 b 7 Col
bridge add 81.
]. F. Wheeler to Daisy E. Brinkman
pit u seA 20-23-20 81.
Margaret Macdonald to Elizabeth Mac
Donald 1t r6 b l Chelan Butte Or
chards 81.
]. M. Duffy to Wen Realty 4 Invest
ment Co pit seq seq S % and pit
neA neA 33-23-20.
Monte G. Smith adm to M. A. June
Its 10 and Is b "a Grandview add
$500.
c. w. Hastings to M. F. Carsbie 1t 81
Belmont add to Wen and Its 49,
20-21 LIST add Cascade Gardens
$1,000.
Horace Gorbes to w. R. Clary 1t 81
BIS Mob Hill add Wen $1,000.
T. R. Chisholm to A. B. Courtney
pit Its 7 8 24-22-20 800.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29
A Terrible BIunder

to neglect liver trouble. Never do it.
Take DR.. Kings New Life Pills on the
first sign Of constipation, billiousness or
inactive bowels and prevent virulent in
digestion, jaundice or gall stones. They
regulate liver, stomach and bowels and
build up your health. Only 25e at all
druggists.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29
NEWS FROM NORTHWEST
Railroads Aid AgriCuIturists- Saw Mills
to Resume January |

To assist the farmers in every posi-
Bile way is the avowed intention Of the
O-W. R. & N. company in appointing
an experienced agriculturist to its
official staff, coating a new department.
c. L. Smith, a practical farmer, who
for some time was connected with the
state college at Pullman. has been APP
pointed to the new position. Mr..
Smith will cooperate with the people
living in the territory tributary to the
lines of the railroad company. He
expects to spend the most OF his time
in the country districts, learning what
problems the farmers have to contend
with and aiding them with the best
methods Of meeting them. Nothing
that is not thoroughly practical will be
recommended by him. Mr.. Smith is
not a book farmer. He has spent
years in tilling the soil in northwest
states.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29
SOCIAL CENTERS.

| favor the freest use of the
public schools as forums for
public debate. Let them be
opened all over our land. Let
every problem be thrashed out
In intelligent discussion and let
the leaders, If they wish. go to
the debates and listen Those
who have delved into the study of
economic conditions could help
with their ideas in the general
debate. 1t would be a clearing
house for the public and for the
politicians. Boss system would
have no place in 1t, and that
would be good thing for the
country.-F. W. Hinrichs, Vice
President City Club. New York.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29

Seattle-When the Olympic PENN
sula Development League meets al
Olympia January 25, % and d, for its
quarterly convention, special efforts
will be made to make the sessions
profitable to agriculturists. Instructors
from the western Washington expert
ment station, which is conducted under
the auspices of the Washington state
college, will be on hand to lecture.
Practical demonstrations in the use Of
fertilizers will be made. During the
winter, Agronomist L. ]. Chaplin is 60
ing to make series Of experiments in
the use of nitrate of soda on the soils
OF western Washington. While they
do not exactly require replenishing at
this time, it is believed that an appli-
cation OF nitrates now and then will
greatly enhance the productivity.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29

Sawmills of southwest Washington
are looking forward to more prosperous
conditions during the new year. A
number OF plants in the vicinity of
Centralia that have been closed down
for several months past will reopen the
first of the year.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29

borne by the Pacific Coast Steamship
company, Alaska Coast company, Alas
ka Steamship company, Copper River
and Northwestern Railway, Tanana
Valley Railway, Western Alaska Steam
ship company, White Pass and Yukon
Railway, Northern Navigation company.
To make agriculture more profitable,
in view OF the fact that it does not
generally pay as much on the invest
ment as other lines of commerce,
President Howard Elliott of the North
ern Pacific, in a recent address, advo-
Gated the application of railroad meth
DDS to farming. Railroad managers
buy cautiously and test their purchases
for quality before paying for them. He
urged farmers to do the same, instead
of planting INFESTED seed, buying cheap
dairy cattle and clinging to antiquated
ideas OF farming. President Elliott
said that the agricultural colleges of the
Pacific Northwest were taking the lead
in calling attention to the needs oil
better business methods in farming.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29

A Woodrow Wilson league has been
organized at the University Of Wash
ington, to work for the democratic
nomination of the former president Of
Princeton University and present gov
ernor OF New Jersey, for president OIL
the United States. The club officers
are M. NJ Malone, Linton, Ore, pres
ident; Donald Coombs. Tacoma, cor
responding secretary; ]. w. Gooder-
ham, Seattle, recording secretary. The
organization is allied with the national
Woodrow Wilson league. Its member
ship is not strictly partisan.
In view Of the success OF the Alaska
exhibit at the American land show, re-
Gently held in New York City, which
was visited by more than a million
people, an effort is being made to OBJ
tain government backing for perma-
nent display in the east. This is the
first time that the resources of Alaska
have ever been properly shown outside
Of Seattle. The peoples eyes were
opened as never before when they saw
the potatoes, pumpkins, grains and
grasses that are grown under the arctic
circle, in a region usually associated
with only snow, ice, mineral and pri-
walton. The cost of the display was
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29

That the Pacific Northwest is an ideal
place for fattening livestock is shown
by the recent killing Of 2100-pound
steer at the Portland plant of Swift &
Company that dressed out 72.14 per
cent of its live weight. So far known
this is the best percentage ever shown
anywhere. The steer was raised at
Wapato, Washington. The champion
steer at the recent National Livestock
Show at Chicago dressed out 66.2 per
cent.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-12-29

Washington is the banner wheat
state of the Pacific coast and Rocky
mountain districts, according to the
statistics of the census bureau. Figures
are given for 1899 and 1909, showing
Washington doubled its wheat acreage
in the ten years. There was an in
crease in production Of 93.1 per cent.
The yield in 1909 was 40,920,390
bushels.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-06-09
GOOD CEMENT

Take two ounces of clear gum ara
bic. one and one-half ounces of fine
starch and half an ounce of white SUI
gar.
Reduce the gum arabic to powder
and dissolve it in as much water as it
would take to make one and one-half
ounces of starch fit to use. Dissolve
the starch and sugar in the gum sOlu-
ton; then put the mixture in a vessel
and plunge this vessel in boiling wa
ter, allowing it to remain until the
starch becomes clear.
The cement should be as thick as
tar, and should remain so. 1t can be
kept from spelling by dropping in a
lump of gum camphor or a little oil
of sassafras or cloves. 1t will hold
glazed surfaces, rocks, minerals, etc,
perfectly-New York Press.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-06-09
china. linen and furniture.

NAAAAeAs AlnCA anu
Mrs. J. R. Williams, in a dainty
white costume, saw that each regis.
tered in the brides book. Assisting in
other ways were Mrs. S. Montgomery,
Mrs. j. c. Greiner, Mrs. E. o. Brown
and Miss Georgia Valentine The
bride gave to her bridesmaids gold
pins engraved with their maiden
names, and to her maid a pretty gold
fan-leaf clover brooch. Mr.. Borland's
gift to his daughter was very hand
some check. The boys in the postof-
tice presented the couple with hand
some silver service.
Mrs. DuPree Travelled in a hand
some pongee tailored suit. With this
she wore most becoming hat and
veil. They went Immediately to their
home, 1892 Sixth ST, Jacksonville,
which the groom had already furnish
ed. Later they expect to take a Sc
ries of short trips.
The out of town guests at this
wedding were the grooms sister,
Mrs. w. A Godbold of Jacksonville,
Mr.. E. E. DuPree and Mr. George
Crosby of Island Grove, Miss Edwards
of Starke,, Mr.. and Mrs Frank Kells
and two children of Palatka, Mr.. Al
bert Kells of Pennsylvania, Dr. and
Mrs. Montgomery of Micanopy, Mr.
and Mrs. S. T. Sistrunk and two chill
dren, Miss Fuller, Miss Atkinson,
Misses Ethel and Hope Robinson, Mr.
and Mrs. George X. Robinson. Mr..
Phil Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Rheinauer, Mrs. Holder OF Ocala and
Miss Souter of Spar.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-06-09
lriant, tropical foliage Of the coast

uriant, tropical foliage of the coast.
The climate of Baguio is ideal. In
deed, this is the health resort of the
islands. In its boundaries may be
found Camp John Hay, the splendid
military reservation and convalescent
camp established by the United States
government; a very large agricultural
experiment station and stock farm ;
Mt Mirador, on which is placed the
famous Jesuit observatory; we'll de-
veloped gold mines; educational insti-
btutions, the most important of which
is the "Constabulary School, where
new officers are sent for a three
months review of the practical and
theoretical sides of the many phases
Of work in which they may come in
contact in actual outside operation.
The undersigned can truly say that
no three months of his school or col
lege life was more fully enjoyed than
this: and the fact that he gained
j bNC4lty POOn0S III N1lo Si1Ci " 1lAAO
should be sufficient to bear out this
statement
And yet Baguio is very young. But
even now it's list of facilities and
amusements compare fayorably with
any summer resort in this Orient
This list includes two up-to-date ho-
tells, two splendid modern hospitals,
a sanitarium, distilled water and ice
plant, electric light plant, a country
| club complete, and well kept roads
and trails to all places of interest.
All this is but the beginning of the
great Baguio OF the future. and when
the present plans for the summer
mountain capital have found express
sion in the beautiful buildings which
viii crown the hills, this district alone
will possess sufficient Of comfort and
beauty and attraction to make the
Philippines celebrated among the
countries Of the Orient
DANIEL CAPPLEMAN.