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PAGE 2 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL JULY 12. 1917 vOaLD's potato ki;;g lives near prkceville While the Central Oregon country Ja primarily livestock country, re sources of agricultural products, Minerals, coal, lumber and various ther kinds add to the wealth of too country. Not the least of these resources It the Irish potato. ' The Powell Butte country, which lies Just west of Prineville, is fa- nous for Its good potatoes, and has been for many years, but for the past two years, the championship of the world has been won by a Powell Butte man. And strange to say, the potatoes that contested the winner ior title were grown at Powell Butte also. The character of the soil and cltuiatic conditions combine in pro ducing the necessary elements that are required In first class tubers. They are clean and uniform in appearance, Immune from disease In almost all instances, and keep long er than most potatoes, with much less shrinkage. Seed potatoes are sent from Pow ell Butte and the near by commun ities to all parts of the United States. Last spring car lot shipments were made to various points in Texas, Oklahoma, Washington, Cali fornia, Illinois, Idaho and Colorado. The prices for these potatoes were tore than SO cents per hundred above that for table potatoes. The demand is growing stronger each year for this seed, and the tact that an organization, the Deschutes Valley Potato Growers Association, las been organized to grade and standardize the seed insures it a market that will care for all the stock grown for many years. The size of the tubers is regulated y the distance the bills are placed apart. The desirable potato is grown about the size of an orange, and the big ones are avoided by those who are in the business. Seed potatoes are preferred much smaller than the table stock, a six unce potato being the size most in demand by planters. These are pro duced by planting the seed much closer together than if the potatoes are being grown (or table use. DAVIDSON SAYS LANDS WILL BE COLONIZED BEFORE LONG W. P. Davidson, St. Paul capital ist, believes that after the war is over, there will be a great Influx of immigrants to the United States. "There are several reasons why I believe this will be the case," said Mr. Davidson last week. "It Is true that wages will be high abroad aft er the war, but It is also true that taxes will be high, and the peoples I of the European countries will be ' searching for just such privileges as ' are ottered In the United States. No Negligible Factor "Have you ever stopped to think mhat a wonderful advertising force the United States and Canada Is sending abroad? It Is no negligible I factor. I . "Two-thirds of the Canadian men at the European front are from Canadian farms. The men in the United States who are answering the call to the colors corns from ths farms In great number. "Naturally, this Intermingling of Americans with foreigners will have a definite Influence. The young fol lows will tell about America, and after the war la over, they will re turn In bunches with other bunches of foreigners who will be eager to go on the land. Kvprct.i Man)- (crnmua "I believe that there will be a very large Influx of Qermans to the United States as well. This war Is piling up an enormous burden on Germany, and the. people will desire to get out from under the taxation load as fast as they can. "It does not appear to me, that many wIM linger to image In tbe work c4' sebabitltallng the old coaa- ry. "Ther will be an Interesting benefit atitioeablo to agriculture upon the arrival and settling of these European peoples In tJte rural districts or the United Stan. "lleretofone. labor has been cheap ife) Europe. It baa been cheap be came It has beeu pleittiful. Tit re verse has been true In the UitUed State rural dlitrlcts. The United States has made forward strides In the Invention aud manufacture of farm' machinery,, because we have had a scarcity ot farm labor, and vast areas ot titnd to cultivate. No I u vent He Incentive "In Europe, there bas been no In centive lo Invent, manufacture or even use modern farm machinery, although we have of lute years ship ped enough ot It abroad. "The overcrowded condition of Europe has made luteiislvo cultiva tion necessary, and the European surely knows the valde ot an acre ot ground. By his intvuslve meth ods, he wrests more from the toll thau the American, whoso motaoda compaied to those of the Euron appear to us as wasteful. "Now given this natural tendoiMy toward muisnrvatlnn. ami ilniri rM add to att at t,ti land, modern fur' machinery and Improved methods' available In the United States, one Is bte to to what extent the IkitiH will: be saneflUod hero. ' "Nav I do not give very serious attention to- Uoae who say that Immigration wfll stop at the end of the was. Women WIU Hlum "The men wilt uot be the only ones who will ls thw old country and conns here. Therw will be s very heavy- Immigration, of women. It must b remembered lhal many women wUi be left without male supports and' tile depletion of the ranks of men would seem to leave no other eoursa open to them than to seek a aountry where a living can be obtained'. "Thus the servant prohh'ia will be aolVed after the war. There will be no more. One will hear no longer that there la a shortage of hired glrla. America aill hold out prom tae to them, and' they will avlal themselves of lt.,r Mr. IHivldson wheeled" about In h( chair, clasped his hand behind hl head and looked toward the west banks of the Mississippi, where Hie trees attired In their spring areea finery topped Ule Mat and gave promise ot summer before long. Would Retain Farmers "Yea," ba said, "le city" will benefit by the Improvement o4 the country, bnt the country, win Im prove most of all. "V hope that we can' leav as taniiy of the boys on tile tamas as puMthle. Cassda reerultiiir two-" tWrdu of her 400,000 contingent free the country, ami tiion found that It was necessary ! offer all kloiflr of Inducements to get sren onto the laod to take tnelr places. "There- la one Instance' where- Ike United' States ran well profit by an other nation's mistake."' Plan to attend the Inter-State Talr at Prineville. October 3-6, 1917. Copies of this edition may be- had . for POoeata. Send a cepjr U- yttof friends In the east. '3 ... ... L LU V POTATOES GROWN NEAR POWELL BUTTE Following is a list of purchasers of motor cars, tractors and trucks from us during the past two years They believe in dealing with a local and responsible house. Think this over when in the market for anything along this line Angell, Herb Ashby, EL L. Ayres, W. S. Baldwin, H. Belknap, Dr. H. P. Blake, Grover C Brown, Warren Barnes, Tom Barnhause, P. R. Becaas, John Bolter, J. Bussett, Ross Cantrill, James Carlson, J. W. Carlin, H. W. , Clifton, G. N Cornett, CM. Cronin, Thos. Cyrus, Mrs. Vira Cram, H. S. Crook County Journal Dixon & McDowell Deschutes Power Co. Dishman, W. I. Dixon, Seth '..,. Donnelly, E. W. Dunham, Claude Dunham, Harvey Elkins, C. M. Elliott, John Ellis, Sam Evans, Prof. E. E. Evans, D. J. Fairview Stock Farm Foster, Frank Fuller, J. E. Grant, Dayton Gilchrist, J. C. Gray, Bruce Gillam, E. W. Grimes, Dave Grimes, Fred Grimes, John Hall, T. H. Hager, M. A. Hawley, H. H. Hinton, Alec Hoffman, F. S. Houston, Floyd Johnson, C J. Johnson, Frank Jones, Leon L. Kelley, George F. Kelly, H. A. Kinder, Clyde Knox, Miss Lillie Kuhn, J. V. King, W. F. Lawson, Douglas Lafollette, Guy Lafollette, T. H. Lawson, Mrs. Rose Lister, H. J. Lister, Joe Lewis, J. W. Logan, A. M. Logan, Saunders Long, Lex Long, R. S. Luckey, J. H. Lott, I. C. " Meyers, George Meyers, I. B. McClun, J. A. Mertsching, Paul Michel, Mrs. I. Miller, Louis Morris, John O. Morris, W. T. Montgomery, Miss Lottie Mulholland, Dick Noble, Andrew Norton, Homer Nye, Granville Ochoco Irrigation District Paxton, Chas. Peoples, D. H. Price, Grover Prose, Mrs. Ida Priday John Pitzer, P. M. Powell, J. O. Powell, Fred Poindexter, Perry Quinn, Tom Ray, Wm. Ray, George Randall, Richard Romberg Jack Romberg, Dr. J. H. Rogers, Sid Reynolds, C. C Russell, Geo. H. Ryan, Mrs. John Slayton, E. T. Sears, Vernon Shawe, Victor Smith, Glaze Smith, C. F. Stearns, Harry Stearns, S. S. Stanley, J. H. Stewart, J. E. Templeton, R. M. Trosper, Geo. -Thomas, Elmer Upton, J. H. Van Nuys, W. L. Williams, Josiah Williamson, J. N. Wigle, John Weinbarger, W. W. Wallace, N. G. Ward, Ike Wilson, Omar Wood, F. M. Wagoner & Wonderly ' Inland Auto Company Prineville, Oregon Distributors for Buick, Ford, Dodge, Studebaker andlChandler cars, Case Tractors, Republic Trucks