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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19
SEED CATALOGUES.

NYEXt to the old family almanac, seed
IN catalogues are associated i'll memory
with the most important events on the
farm in our boyhood days, but look at the
difference. In that day seed catalogue
was a very ordinary looking pamphlet
There were no attempts to make it attractive
with colored plates and other embellish-
ments of the printers art.
Now the average seed catalogue lis
thing of beauty and joy forever" 1t is
attractive in appearance and its contents
convey to the purveyor much information
that is helpful and inspiring. Anything that
encourages gardening is blessing. The seed
catalogue not only lauds old-time favorites,
but it brings before us a large list OF novel
ties and new varieties for the field, orchard
and garden. 1t is very dull and stupid
person that refuses to get enthusiastic over
an attractive seed catalogue.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19
TO READERS,

Readers are requested to send letters ana
articles for publication to The Editor, Or
egon Washington Idaho Farmer, Oregonian
Building, Portland Oregon.
Discussions on questions and problems
that bear directly on the agricultural, live
stock and poultry interests of the Northwest,
and on the uplift and comfort of the farm
home always are welcomed. No letters treat
ing of religion, politics or the European war
are solicited, for the Oregon-W Washington-ldaho
Farmer proclaims neutrality on these matters.
Comparatively brief contributions are pre-
ferred to long ones. Send us also photo.
graphs Of your livestock and farm scenes that
you think would be of general interest. We
wish to make this ma gazine Of value to you.
Help us to IL 1t.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisers in this locality who wish to
fully cover all sections of Oregon and Wash
ington and a portion of Idaho will apply to
local publishers for rates.
General advertisers may address c. l.. Bur-
ton, Advertising Manager of Oregon.Washing-
ton-Idaho Farmer, Oregonian Building. Port
land, Oregon, for rates and information.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19

A defeated candidate for Congress in
Massachusetts, reports that he received
nothing, promised nothing expended moth.
ing and got nothing" Oh, yes, he got "the
hook"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19

California police have taken pictures Of
the footprint Of an escaped burglar. AT any
rate they are on his tracks.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19
THE APPLE CROP.

THE apple crop of 1914 is probably the
largest ever produced in the United
States, being estimated at 259,0O0,000
bushels, as compared with 145,000,000 in
1913; about 235000,000 bushels in 1912;
2l4,00O,000 in 1911 142, 100000 in 1910, and
146,000000 in 1909, as reported by the
census.
These figures represent the total agr
cultural" crop and should not be confused
with figures representing estimates Of the
commercial crop, which comprises only the
marketed portion of the total production. In
1913 the commercial crop was estimated at
40 per cent of the total agricultural produc-
ton. The census report of 146,000000
bushels in 1909 is the basis of yearly esti-
mates of total production, being used in con-
nection with crop reporters estimates of
percentage Of full crop produced each year.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19

Does the world grow better as it ages?
The story Of Demetrius, of ancient Athens,
suggests negative reply. He was besieging
Rhodes, which possessed the great paintings
of a master artist. The citizens told him that
his military operations against the district
where the paintings were endangered them.
Demetrius declared that he had as lief de-
stroy the portrait of his father as injure the
picture by Protogenes, and at once shifted
his assault to another quarter Fancy, mod
ern masters of the art of war being so con-
siderate and self-denying!
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19

Rumors Of more trouble among the vel.
low men. Wonder who is Cochin Chinaf
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19

A FTER six months of the world s great
II est war, several factors have been
definitely determined. Germany's
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
HOFMANN REVIVES
RUBINSTEIN MUSIC
Piarist's Work Brilliant at
DamrOsCh Master Com
poser Concert.

The name f Anton Rubinstein IS not
found so often on symphonic pro-
grammes as it was in times gone by
Perhaps it is that the lack Of intel
lectual content in much Of the great
Russian pia 'st's work la become rec
oCnized by a world taken by STORM
by the sheer brilliancy of the music;
perhaps it was simply because that
music had been played to the point OF
WEAKNESS. Whatever the reason or
reasons were. the announcement by
Mr.. Damrosch that he was TO present
at one of his five master composer
concerts an all-Rubinstein programme
caused undoubtedly much rubbing or
eyelids and recalling of anclont days.
The wisdom of such course must
have been questioned by many until
the further statement was made that
josef Hof1ann was TO be the assist
ing artist, when a suspicion arose
which refused TO be stiled-that the
concert had been organized because
Rubinstein was great pianist, who
wrote for the piano brilliant concertos
unplayable by any save few great
yirtuosi. and that Josef Hofmann was
one Of these The fact that yesterday
afternoons programme contained two
of these concertOs to two rather hght
orchestral numbers, one OF them con
siderably abridged. lent added color
TO this suspicion.
Be this as it may, Carnegie Hall was
filed TO overfiOwing, and the huge audi
ence listened to as brilliant an eNhl-
bition of the possibilities OF the piano
forte as has been put forth in many
seasons. Mr.. Hofmann played the con
certos in u minor and in q, the former
Of which is still heard occasionally, the
latter rarely. The sine GiiG non OF both
is dash and brilliancy of execution, and
these qualities Mr.. Hofmann has in su-
perlative degree. Some cynics have as
serted that not even Rubenstein himself
could play his cOncertos with unfaiilng
accuracy, and il is certain that their
technical difficulties are at time ap-
palling; yet Mr.. Hofmann surmounted
all. and If he made mistakes there was
no evidence that any one knew 1t. Mr.
Damrosch and his orchestra gave the
pianist admirable Accomplishments, and
the audience after the minor Con-
certo applauded until it seemed as If
its applause would never end.
The orchestra numbers were two OF
the Costume Ball Sketches" and the
symphonic poem LA Russie,' in which
the composer introduces the melodies
Of The various peoples contained IN
the Russian Empire, and caps the whole
with the Russian national anthem.
Neither of these compositions is
imuortant. both are full of color
end won immediate appeal. A world
tired of Debussy and Strauss may well
drift back to Rubinstein. II probably
won't; yet yesterdays audience gave
evidence that with the aid Of great
virtuosi IL well might.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
SUFFRAGISTS SAVE
STARVING CLERK

If Peter Milldrauth is alive next No
vember and doesn't vote for the SUI
frage amendment he will be most
ungra. ful man.
About 8 o'clock last evening Peter
fell in front of the re La Sale lnsti-
tute. a school for boys KEEP by the
Christian Brothers. in East Fifty-ninth
Street. The men I.ho saw him thought
him drunk and hurried on.
Then along came DR.. Mary Halton, OF
GIG Madison A.unue. chairman OF the
o9th Assembly District for the Woman
Suffrage party. With her were Will
lam Young, Miss Elizabeth Becker, Miss
Mary Murphy, Miss l.. Usher and other
sufTragists. They were canvasslng for
votes They saw the insehsible man,
and DR.. Halton ma'e n hasty examina-
V"Storvation." she said Somebody
b,ew whistle. which brought patrol
man. A passing automobile stopped
and its owner contributed fur robe.
Then the Christian Brothers allowed
The sufFragists 20 take Peter, who re-
VIVID under whiskey DR.. HaitoE admin
istered. into their paylor.
The albrlance Surgeon from Belle
vu also called the case starvation.
peter. who is about thirty years old
and was cleanly though shabby
drcssed. said he had had nothing TO
oot for week. He had been without
work for seven months. He was clerk
With q firm which shut down.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
VECSEl HEARD IN CONCERT
Pianist Introduces Himself to
Sympathetic Audience.

Desider Josef Vecsei. who may be a
bit of the musical fotsam and jetsam
thrown on our shore by the war waves,
but who, we have an impression, went
for his European studies from New
York. gave a concert in Carnegie Hall
last night to introduce himself to the
public.
He is a pianist and presented him
self in a dignifed and rather imposing
manner by calling an orchestra from
the Symphony Society, with Victor
Kolar, to his aid, and playing two con-
certos, one having special interest
because it was unfamiliar. This was
Saint-Saens's fifth in the key Of F.
The other was LISTS, in A major.
Neither work offered an opportunity 70
the player TO disclose the depth Of his
musicianship. but both were excellent
vehicles for the display of the bravura
style. in which direction his gifts seem
chiefly to lie.
He was heard by sympathetic au-
dience, and made TO feel that the pur-
poses of his concert had been fully
achieved. Orchestral music varied the
programme.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
TCOR'S' FAILURE MAY
CAUSE IRIS REVIVAL
Metropolitan, Unable to Produce
Russian Opera, Considering
Mascagni Piece.

Mascagni's Iris" will probably re-
ceiye a revival at the Metropolitan Op-
era House because of the difficulty that
has been encountered in training the
chorus for Borodine's "Prince Igor
which had been announced for this sea-
son. 1t has been found impossible to
get this Russian opera ready for pro-
duction in the limited time now re-
naming. -,
The Same thing happened at the Met
ropolitan two years ago, when BORIS
Godunow" was in preparation. Another
opera was substituted. prince Igor
will be sung next season.
The last production OF Iris IN this
city was about eight years ago, with a I,
cast headed by Emma Eames ana
Caruso. For the proposed revival Lu.
crezia Bori, Lucca Botta, Antonio Scottl
and Adamo Didur, with IoseaninI con-
ducting. will probably have the princi-
pal roles. .i.-
Iris" is a Chinese opera: and, with
the exception of "Cavallerla kuStIcaRa'
is the only work Of Mascagnl that mas
over achieved success.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
BENJAMIN T. BLAIR.

Glen Ridge, y. j.. March 2.-Benja-
min f. Blair, seventy-sevcn years old.
died to-day at his home, 246 Wash
ington Avenue, this borough. Mr.
Blair was a lawyer who practised in
New York up 70 two years ago, when
ne retired. He had lived here for
eight years. Mr.. Blair interrupted his
law studies in August, 1852. and en-
listed in Company B, l23d Regiment
Ohio Volunteers. He served TO the
close of the war. retiring as captain.
In 1868 he vas made q prisoner, and
for a time was in Libby prison. He
was transferred 10 Camp Sorgum, from
which he escaped. After tramp OF
four hundred miles he reached Knox
willie and rejoined his command. After
the war he came 70 New York and was
admitted 70 the bar. He leaves wife
and one son, Frank Il. Blair, Of New
York
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
CHARITY BALL NETS So, 500
Palm Beach Votes Fancy
Dress Fete Great Success.

Palm Beach, March 2.-Not on the
programme for the dinner-dance which
Mrs. John F. Lancaster gave at the
Houseboat the other night for her deb
utante daughter, Miss r. Lancaster.
was mock marriage, in which II. r.
Harrington. borrowing clothes from
some of the girls, appeared as the
bride. and Robert Adams as the bride
groom. The orchestra played we'd
ding march and Roger Hill, as clergy
man, read a humorous ceremony of his
own invention.
Before their departure for Tuxedo
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Earl Stevens were
given a tin wedding dinner last night
at the Beach Club. John B. Kitchen
was host. There were appropriate
table decorations, including mono
grams of the guests Of honor in TIN
letters against a red background
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Lyttle-
ton Fox. Mr.. and Mrs. Tom SheVlin,
Miss Lillian Hyde. Hugh lnman and
Mrs. Frederick Edey.
Nearly So 500 was raised last night
by the charity ball at the Poinciala
tor the American Ambulance IN
Paris. II was a fancy dress fete. one
OF the most beautiful ever given here,
and will become an annual event ne
costumes were exceptionally attractive.
There was no more striking couple
present than Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Croker. The Tammany chieftaln wore
conventional evening clothes. but his
ice was as bronzcd as that OF his Ind
ian bride. She wore a doeskin suit'
embroidered with beads; moccasins, a
t;l-LIy colored head dress Of feathers,
carried an Indian blanket on her arm
and a tomahawk.
Three dances just before SUPPER
we're in competition for prizes. Ihe
iudres we're Mrs. Frederick Edey' Mrs;
hamilton Cary, John F. Harris and
Edward va T. Stotesbury For Il the waltz IT.;
the award was made to c, =, NJ, emory me " ;,
TO- to- James Hyde ard Miss Marie Whit,
new and for the fox trot to Mr. and
Mrs. William S. Stafford.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
SINGERS ATTEND
BERGER'S FUNERAL
TenOr's Coffin Covered with
Cloak in Which He Sang
LOhengrin.

The funeral Of Rudolf Berger, the
Austrian tenor Of the Metropolitan
Opera company, was held yesterday
morning al the Church of the Messiah,
Park Avenue and Thirty-fOurth Street,
the Rev. Merle St CroiX Wright. pastor
Of the Lenox Avenue Unitarian Church,
officiating. The church was banked in
flowers and the crowd completely filed
the building, large maj jority of the
artists from the opera company being
present.
The honorary pallbearers were Otto
H. Kahn, Giulio Gatti-Casazza, Pas
ouale Amato, Carl Braun, Otto GorltZ,
Arthur Herschmann, Alfred Hertz,
Riccardo Martin, Albert Reiss, Oscar
Saenger, Johannes Sembach, Antonio
Scott, Loomis Taylor, Arturo Tos-
canini. Hermann WE'LL and Clarence
Whitehill, while practically every
member of the company sent floral Of
ferings.
The coffin was covered with the blue
and gold cloak in which Berger first
sang Lohengrin. Harry Rowe Shelley,
a personal friend of Mr.. Berger. was
the organist, playing the prelUd- to
"Parsifal," the Chopin Funeral
March" and the funeral music from
Gotterdammerung." Paul Althouse,
one of the tenors of the Metropolitan,
sang "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death"
In his address Mr.. Wright referred
to Mr.. Berger's career and 10 his ser
wee in the Austrian army.
Besides Mr.. Bergers widow and the
honorary pallbearers, who, headed by
Mr.. Kahn and Mr. Gatti-Casazza, fol-
lowed the coffin up the aisle, there were
present nearly the whole board of
directors of the opera company and the
German chorus. Leon Rothier, Adamo
Didur, Lucca Botta, Nine. Aida, Nine.
Kurt, Nine. Schumann, Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto We'll, William j. Guard, Herbert
Witherspoon, Lionel Mapleson. Edward
Siedlc, John Brown and Carl Schlegel.
After tn, services the body was taken
tc the Fresh Pond Crematory, where It
will be held TO await the disposition OF
Mr. Berger's widow, Nine. Marie Rap
mold
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
WHAT is GOING on TO-DAY.

-. .,,ission 10 The American Museum o. Nsuisn NWnn
ITst,ry Metropolitan Museum o, - A't, S,,e'rr md
1,Ircical Park Van CoTtAndI ram ""0' ~
,,'a...a ~, ,be standing Freight Committee ho's
Asior. 10 a m H., ...ox o.so
=, ,..,,,. under the auspices of the bosrH H, -,
f1O5,t, ty pr Haven Emerson o'I ie"'"'''s
fu.SS,h Uabits Hunter College. IL
-. -, william Hll on The lmpoI''ahces, 80 m
Lecture e,,,I,re nj scheuDsThorn Hal. 'oIuihO'a '''
yersity. 40 p NJ. n-,.-, ~ R7,,r,
.ddresses by Mss EdnR aug aho lts,,,.n.s PoIit-
huu t SSScsn suffrage meeting OF ths me nOiu7
80 I'nIon COS fifth Avenue toV ~
- ., the Joy1an League. Hotel Mshh@''an
-. ,v Professor NJ J. Pupin on Tbs TIE S.,,o Ssfo
Address " the Present War" before the '''-
T',um Labor Temple. p IL ~
-. D., Cecil Chesterton on why be,ain S,,s
Lecture % before The Catholic Converts League
UoteI Plaza. SIS p IN - rt...
-. ,v charles W Csnin on All tof ,, az
Adaless. is,ors The Csmut club. % "ts' f""
JWb street. $50 y IN - s,.
-. lcctures of the Board oi EdueAl.,'' =, he
PuDhc Agricuitursl Wonders OF et ett0
T. n " Jlsst Joseph Apple. Public S,nGm ss
~, Hotsfon ard ClsrAson suotls, -. ,1i.rrE
~"'S,orrfa {" Robert q Nyeth ,t'aiiNs-'.. ,taial' The
a,,i,Ur,ln % south street S"lt ~ II.
ISd tis People and the I'sit,,I.'''t -, iis-h
}i'@.nc"tlln Ko.s institute btIL 40 A
street.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
NEXT WEEKS OPERAS
Die Meistersinger' Friday
for First Time This Season

"Die MeistersinGcr" will be sung Tor
the first time this season, son fTiaay uoa,
neI and Mattfeld and Sembach, Well
GoritH. &c, fn0 Braun. Schiegel, Reiss, Leon
hardt, Ruysdsel, Ananian, Az ATdlsio, aon
bloch and Bayer. Toscanini VII con, con,
duct. The other operas Of the week %
viii viii be "Tannhauser," on Monday
evening, with Mines. Kurt, Matzen,
auer and Sparkes, and Urlqs' We'll an, ana
Braun. MIR. Hertz VIII voJnn5dsv CUnodeI,
orcnjpg ~ 1n A special matinee of "H5n-
sci E und Gretel," followed by ballet
advertisements, on Thursday day q after, or
mo- noon. ao,, oyening. aida" at the
saturday, l'I matinee, and "Lohengrin''
Saturday evening. ...1, ho
A Puccini-Verdi programme oL. WIN De
given at next Sunday nights concert;
SnveraI artists of the company VIII
Sing. sing The orchestra will be directed
bv Richard Hageman.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03

While James Geikie did not attain
20 the pre-eminence as a geologist that
his older brother, Sir Archibald Geikle,
enioyed, still he upheld the scientific
traditions OF the family in worthy
manner lie was born in Edinburgh on
August %, 1899, and was educated IN
the local high school and Edinburgh
University At twenty-five he entered
the Geological Survey and eight years
la,er beopme a district surveyor. In
1882 he was appointed to the Murchison
Chair OF Geology in Edinburgh Uni
yersity.
lie won many honors as scientist
and was a member of innumerable SO
c.eties. He earned the Brisbane medal
Of the Royal Society OF Edinburgh, the
Nurchison medal of the Geological So
ciety of London and the gold medal of
the ROYAL Scottish Geographical So
cietv. He was one of the founders and
a president Of the Royal Scottish Geo
graphical Society and honorary editor
cf THE Scottish Geographical Maga-
zine" He was emeritus professor OF
geology and mireralogy and formerly
dean OF the Faculty Of Science in Edin-
burgh University.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
MISS DUNCAN
TO REMAIN HERE
Makes Announcement TO Crowd
ed House After Fare
well" Dances.

Isadora Duncan danced what was
announced to be her farewell
to New York at the Metropolitan
Opera House last night before an au-
dience which packed every part OF the
great auditorium. The programme was
Dionysian, an arrangement IN three
parts, in which Drama, Dance and
Music were all supposed TO share
equally.
Dance was intrusted to Miss Duncan
and her pupils; Music was upheld by
Edward Falck; while the part OF
Drama fell TO Augustin Duncan, who
doubtless did his best. He recited, III
ponderous tones, the verse preludes or
accompanlments to the dances; but
often the intonation was unhappy, the
emphasis misplaced
The first part Of the programme took
shape as dances OF prayer or suppl
cation, Miss Duncan being ably as
sisted here. as in all the parts, by her
truly gifted, agile. hard working pupils.
Part II comprised dances TO two-yerse
motives OF Percy Mackaye, while Part
III was a dance poem 20 ArhrOdite.
Miss Duncan was repeatedly called
before the curtain at the conclusion OF
ca n dance, the audience by its en-
thusiasm seeming 20 controyert the
dancers recent statement that her art
failed to evoke admiration in America.
IN a speech following the curtain
calls Miss Duncan said that she pur-
poses TO stay in New York and take
advantage of an offer made by Mr..
Otto Kahn which will permit her and
her pupils to give exhibitions OF classic
dancing for a month, for the poor, at
the Century Theatre.
Since this was announced as our
farewell performance" said Miss Dun
can, 81 have received thousands OF let
ters from all over the country urging
me to reconsider These letters have
all been from poor people-not a rich
person wrote. So am going to take
advantage of an offer made by Mr.. Otto
Kahn. a lover of true art. 10 which he
has granted ne the use Of the Century
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
MAJOR WILLIAM ARTHUR.

Major william Arthur, a brother o.
President Chester A. Arthur, died Feb
ruary %. in Cohasset, Mass. lie was
eighty years old and suffered from the
effects of wounds received in the Clyll
War He served as an officer Of the
4th New York Artillery.
Twice brevetted for gallantry IN ac-
ton, Major Arthur remained in the ser
vice as a paymaster. At his own re-
quest he was retired in 1898. He leaves
a wife, two daughters and sister, Mrs.
John L. McElroy. of Albany.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
JUDGE ROSALSKY IS ILL
Court Draughts Claim An
other Victim.

Judge Rosalsky was taken suaaehIy
III while presiding in Part 6 OF Gen
eral Sessions Yesterday morning. lie
was forced 10 adjourn the court. A Sc
we're cold and rheumatism, augmented
bv the draughts and faulty ventilation
in that Part. brought or the ATTACK
Judge Wadhams said yesterday: The
administration of justice is being ham
pered and the health Of jurors wit
nesses. lawyers and judges is being en-
dangered by the failure Of the Sinking
Fund Commission to provide adequate
quarters for the court as they are re-
quired to do By law
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03

ty-five years, having charge Of the Buds
of Promise, the infant class OF the
church. She was also active in num-
Der Of charitable organizations and was
a member Of the Daughters OF the
American Revolution. She had been q
resident of this town for thirty-three
years. Her husband. one son. William
francis Roelofson Griffith, and three
Grandchildren survive her. The funeral
arrangements have not been made.
Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Gene
terry, Newark
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
MRS. WALTER s. GRIFFITH.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune !

Morristown. y. j.. March Mrs.
Harriet Pomeroy Roelofson Griffith,
wife of Walter Scott Griffith, died yes
terday morning at her home, 20 Maple
Avenue. Mrs. Griffith had written a
number of books, especially the Ursula
books for children. She was an active
member OF st. Peters Church for TWEEN
New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
FRANCIS CABLE REED.

Francis Cable Reed, senior member
Of the law firm of Reed & Pallister, of
the Woolworth Building, died last
night at his home. 80 Central Park
West, from cerebral hemorrhages fol-
lowing an attack two weeks ago.