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VOL. XLIII NO. 132 OF THE EVENING NEWS
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1938
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Grange Work
Big Boon To
Agriculture
Cash for Produce Obtained,
Tax Increase Prevented;
Pests, Weeds Fought,
Broccoli Boosted.
By DR. C. H. BAILEY
Editor Oregon Orange Bulletin
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County Pomona grange has reprij-
menu Tor the betterment of the
farmer and the welfare of the pub
lic. A Pomona Orange is a county
wide organization, made np of
members of the various subordin
ate units in its Jurisdiction, and
there were about ten such units in
Douglas county when the- Pomona
Orange was organized. The first
master was Mr. W. F: Hodge of
l-ookingglass, who has since passed
nwny, and the organizer was H. T.
l.ee, also of Lookingglass.
A quarter of a century ngo a
farmer could not obtain any cash
for produce brought Into the City
of Roseburg and sold to local groe
erymen. He had to accept "due
bills," and it was nothing unusual
for n rural Douglas county resident
to have several hundreds of dol
lars of such paper in exchange for
his fruits, vegetables, eggs and
other farm produce. '
This led to the formation by the
Pomona Grange of a public market
on the location now occupied by
the Page Lumber company, and the
market was successfully carried on
until the local merchants finally
bowed to the Inevitable and paid
cash for whatever ,they bought of
rural citizens.
Broccoli Industry Boosted
The Pomona Grange has to Its
credit the development of the broc
coli Industry In the county. At one
time over 900 carlots of this vege
table were shipped in a single sea
son, and it the plan of the Pomona
Orange of keeping the distribution
of the product under one agency,
had been retained, using the best
need obtainable, and shipping only
I'.ie beHt quality to eastern markets,
undoubtedly this industry which
(ins In the past brought hundreds
of thousands of dollars into the
county, would still be a valuablo
addition to the income of Umpqua
valley residents.
During the time the Pomona
Orange was developing the broc
coli industry seating capacity in
the Odd Fellows' hall was taxed
to the limit. Speakers were brought
Into Hosehurg from the agricultur
al college; the Pomona financed a
trip to every city and town in
Douglas county of broccoli enthu
siasts, and when the first crop of
nine carloads were shipped in the
spring of 1913. the Industry was
firmly established for many years.
One of the outstanding notions
of the Douglas County Pomona
grange was the taking of a firm
stand against the spending for var
ious projects, most of them un
doubtedly meritorious, of the huge
sum of money returned to the
county by the federal government
for back taxes on the O and C land
grant lands. The Pomona grange,
together with the Taxpayers league.
Insisted that these monies be kept
intact to retire bonds Issued by
the cojnty for road improvement
and to build several bridges over
the Umpqua river demanded by the
state highway commission. With
the exception of the amount spent
for the modern courthouse, all
funds received from Washington
save that part which reverted to
various school districts, has been
applied to the redemption of the
million and half dollars of bonds
Issued by Douglas county. This has
saved the property owners an In
crease in taxes. Incidentally, at
GREETINGS
To Douglas County
GRANGERS
If you are planning on building or
repairing . . . may I serve you.
C. A. CHAMBERLIN
CONTRACTOR
1173 West First St. Roseburg, Oregon
the request of the then county
judge. Dr. Walter Hamilton, the
Douglas County Pomona grange
dedicated the new courthouse with
an impressive ceremony.
Agent Funds Obtained
The Pomona grange, realizing
the value of an active county
agent, prevailed upon .the county
court about 20 years ago to pro
vide funds for such an official, and
the college designated Mr. C. J.
Hurd, father of F. A. Hurd, local
canneryman. Through the energy
of Mr. Hurd, backed by the grange,
silos were introduced into Douglas
county and have proven of great
value to dairymen.
. One movement that originated
in the Douglas County Pomona
and which has spread to other
states, is "pest hunts," whereby
prizes are offered to the subordin
ate unltB having the highest scores
in ridding their communities of
such iif-sis to agriculture. Weed
contml, another necessity if agri
culture Is to continue with any de
gree of efficiency in tbiB age of
motor vehicles and airplanes which
carry weed seeds hundreds of miles,
is another movement that had its
conception In the Douglas County
Pomona grange. This Idea of
weed control is rapidly spreading
into neighboring 3tates.
The Douglas County Pomona
grange took the lead in stimulat
ing interest in drill work In the
local units and at Its own meet
ings, and competitive drills are
now nart of the program at the
annual sessions of the Oregon State
grange.
Gets t-unas i-or rairs
For three years after the county
fair erounds had been sold to the
agricultural college for demonstra
tion purposes, state funds returned
to Douglas county tor lair pui
poses remained in the hands of
the county court or were allocated
to projects other than fairs. At
the insistence of the Pomona
grange, such funds "were assigned
to the various localities ior com
munity fairs, and these local fairs
have been an improvement, many
people believe, of one central fall
in the county.
Through cooperation with the
local merchants, advertising of but
ter substitutes has practically dis
appeared In Roseburg newspapers,
and oleomargarine, at the request
of the Pomona, Is not given -a
prominent position in any grocery
Store. "- - ' ,.::-:," , - .
The Pomqna Grange has worked
for a strong selling organization
among prune growers and has sup
ported every cooperative .lurm
movement, both county and state
wide. It takes a great ueai oi
pride in ItB branch of the Oregon
fii-nnire wholesale, a State grange
cooperative sales organization, with
units In many counues.
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FAVORED BY GRANGE
An oarlv as 1886 the grango ad
vocated the election of United
States senators by direct vote ot
the people. It favored the consti
tutional amendment which secur
ed the result. In 1885 thn nation
al grange declared in favor of pri
mary election laws, and has con
sistently championed the right ol
the people to have a di.-cct voice
In the nomination and election of
public officials. It has also rav
ored the initiative and the refer
endum as instrumentalities to
miike government more rcsnon
ole to the will of the people.
WEATHER BUREAU
At the request of the grange,
the weather bureau was establish
ed in the department of agricul
ture and Its Bervices made avail
able to the entire country.
Weedp are ranged" second to ero
sion In damage to American farms
and are responsible for an annual
loss estimated at $3,000,000,000.
Oregon Grange Bulletin, Edited
By Dr. C. H. Bailey, Recognized as j
Authority in Its Special Field
Able Handling Since 1 922
Keeps Publication Alive; .
Liberal Policy Expands
Us News Coverage.
One of the leading grange pa
ers publinhed in the United States,
The Oregon Grange Bulletin, is
edited and printed in Roseburg,
by Dr. C. H. Bailey, prominent
Douglas county resident and an
active leader in grange affairs for
many years. The Oregon Grange
Bulletin is recognized throughout
the country da one of the outstand
ing papers of its kind and is fre
quently quoted as authority in mat
ters pertaining to the grange.
' Its development to the pluce it
now occupies dates from the time
the editorship was assumed by Dr.
Bailey in 1922.
At that time The Bulletin was a
monthly magazine with a circula
tion of 7,200 and was costing the
state grange about $2,000 annually
to maintain. In fact, there was a
strong movement to discontinue
the publication, due to the tact
that the state grange was heavily
in debt and the burden of main
taining a publication which was un
able to support itself was held too
great for the membership.
' Keeps Publication Alive
Dr. Bailey was persuaded by
grange leaders to take - over the
editorship of the magazine. While
he did so reluctantly, in view ot
the existing conditions, he was suf
ficiently in earnest to advance
$1,200 of his own funds to meet
expenses for the first year. He
eventually was reimbursed for the
money advanced to keep the publi
cation alive.
After a conference with the state
master and with leading grangers,
they agreed with Dr. Bailey that
the policy of the magazine should
be changed, and, instead of being
merely a purveyor of grange news,
it should be made a liberal publi-
MARKETING ACT IS
E
The grange early denounced
"surplus middlemen" and soilgnt
their elimination through the ave
nue of legitimate cooperation. It
supported the Capper- Volstead
act, legalizing cooperative mar
keting, which was pusHed in
and it campaigned for years to se
cure -the far-reaching reforms re
sulting from the passage of the
packers and stockyards act in
,1921. Other important legislation
-in this connection backed by the
grange includes:
The grain-futures act of 1922.
The Lenrcot-Tabci act of Jo2T,
OUR STORE IS FILLED WITH THE NEEDS OF
Grangers
Our best wishes for our Granger friends would be that
some time they would own one of these
cCormick-Deering Tractors
They come in crawler, farmall and wheel types, also
Diesel crawlers. They are sturdy and economical in fuel
and upkeep cost.
WHARTON BROS.
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Dr. C. H .Bailey
cation. This policy met with im
mediate favor and has been carried
out in an effective manner undef
the leadership of its editor.
Now Self -Supporting
At the last report The Bulletin
was entirely out of debt to the state
grange and its advertising reven
ues have made it self-supporting
despite the fact that it was in
creased to two editions per month
and about one-third more reading
matter added and more than 28,000
copies printed every month.
The printing contract is held by
the Roseburg News-Review.
Dr. Bailey holds to a theory that
an editor of a magazine devoted
to the farm should be a farmer, a
theory he aptly expresses in a re
cent report in which he states:
"It has always been my contention
that the editor of a paper devoted
to the welfare of agriculture should
not live in a city, where he is in
contact almost entirely with city
people. His social and economic
contacts should be with those who
till the soil."
Dr. Bailey lives on and operates
together with his son, Win, H.
Bailey, a 60-acre fruit farm, nlnft
miles east of Roseburg.
establishing Banitary stamlavtl-i
for Imported milk and cream.
The produce agency act of :l92Ti-J
and the perishable agi'lcuHm-nl
commodities act of 1930, linrou
ing needed regulations and re
strictioiu upon agricultural com
mission men. The grange has loy
ally endeavored to cooperate with
the federal government to Im
prove farm conditions under tlto
workings of the agricultural ad
justment act, which was passed
In 1933.
GRANGE IN FAVOR
OF INCOME TAXES
In 1874 the grange declared for
economy in government and de
manded the lightening of tax bind
pirn, and has continuously ndvo
cated this policy. IL eary favored
the sixteenth amendment, giving
congress the power to Icy an ln-
come tax, which was finally adopt
ed in 1913.
' The grange has also supporte-l
the levying of federal estate nud
gift taxes. ' It opposes a general
saleB tax because it lenortM the
principle of ability to pay.
E
75,000 Eligible Oregonians
' Without Affiliations,
Deputy Gof f Cites.
I "Keep the Ball Rolling" Is the
title of a mimeographed sheet sent
( out by County Deputy Fred . A.
Cloff. urging every patron to attend
the ' Douglas County conference
with State Grange officers October
1.
Mr. Goff suggests appointment
of a membership committee to visit
every farmer in the many grange
communities eligible to member
ship In the order, and places spec
ial emphasis on the fact that the
last census show's 75,000 people
from 16 to 25 years of age unaf
filiated with any organization ex
cept a comparatively smull number
who have church connections.
"This," says the deputy, "is cer
tainly not a good condition for
American citizenship. The grange
must assert Itself to help in main
taining American homes and home
making."
Advising the. formation of degree
and drill teams, and urging all who
possibly can to take the Seventh
degree In Portland In November
with the suggestion that members
talto the sixth degree nt the con
ference If the patron Is not already
a member of the State Grunge, are
highlights of the brochure. He also
suggests that Douglas county
grangers write to Worthy Master
and Mrs. C. H. Bramble of Michi
gan, sending them some small gift
rrom their local grange. The Michi
gan State Master and his wife are
the special guests ot Douglas coun
ty grangers at the Nntlonul Grange
convention.
statf8tic8 indicate that at least
1 20,000,000,000 pounds of plant
food elements are removed from
the soil by erosion in the United
States each year,
The
Strange Shop
ANTIQUES
USED
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
111 SOUTH MAIN ST.
Pickaback Irrigation Plant Allows
Farmers to Furnish Their Own Rain
By PAUL D. SHOKMAKElt
Associated Press Farm Editor
ANTIttO, Wis. (AP) If sum
mer rains fail to come a group of
Langlade county potato growers
do not worry. They simply set
up their portable irrigation sys
tems and give the potato plants
the needed moisture.
The newest development in ir
rigation, these portable units are
being used by a number of North
Central Wisconsin potato growers
to provide moisture at precisely
the right time, nnd thereby virtu
ally double yields. They also
serve ns insurance against crop
failure In years of severe drought.
How. Units Are Made -"The
portable units are made
up of 16 or 20 foot sections of
four or six Inch diameter electric
ally-welded light weight steel
pipe. Kalnheuds, or revolving
sprayers, are built Into iho
pipe 40 to 60 foot apart. A special
type of rubber wnsher in the ends
of the pipe permits flexibility at
the couplings hut seal tightly un
der pressure.
Most of the units In operation
here have sufficient pipe and min
uends to irrigate approximately
four acres at one time. Some have
enough pipe to lay lines on four
acres while- water is being spray-
eu on nn adjacent ronr acres. By
this method no time is lost In mov
ing pipe to new locations. Prac
tically all of tho units are en
gineered to provide an Inch of wa
ter over an area In hair an hour.
Lakes, streams and reservoirs,
which are- virtually hugo wells arc
GREETINGS to
Douglas County
Model Illustrated:
F-1Z2 Wood Circulator
$95.75
Wo show many mndclH for wood
only . . . and others' which use
either wood or coal.
SEE OUR COMPLETE
DISPLAY I
JUDD'S
sources of water for the potato
growers. Small automobile gaso
line engines are used by some to
provide pump power, while others
near electric power have electric
motors.
An 80-norcs fluid of potatoes on
the Guenlher farm, just wost of
here, was irrigated four times last
summer. The yield was VII bush
els of premium potatoes to the
acre which sold for 60 cents a
bushel above the market. Another
GO acre field which whs not irri
gated yielded 111 bushels of ordi
nary quality potatoes.
BEST WISHES
TO THE GRANGERS
We Invite You to Pay
Us a Visit
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Harvey. Guother believes the
$4,000 he spent for pipe, pump and
engineer, and the $700 for his res
ervoir a good investment. He fig
ures It costs per acre to cover
with an inch or wnter. He said it
requires 40 hours to put an inch,
of water over the 80-acro field.
The ralnheads on the Ouenther
unit each spray from 25 to 30 gal
lons of water per minute covering
a 90-foot radius. Ninety pounds
pressure is maintained at the end
of the line.
"Being nble to give the potato
plants water at exactly the right
tlmo," Ouenther said, "Is the an
swer to big yields,", v
Ownurs of gome units have us
ed them In hay and buckwheat '
fields with outstanding success.
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