FRIDAY, lAY 8, 1914.
PAftE TWO
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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Federal Scheme to Increase Output of
Fields With Less Work
(Literary Digest)
The Agricultural Extension Bill,
fathered by Representative A. P.
Lever, of South Carolina, and Senator
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, chairman of
the House and Senate committees on
agriculture, promises, according to
its finds, to provide the much-needed
link between the sources of helpful
scientific information and the farm
ing people "It . carries' out to the
farm," says P.- H. McGowan,. Wash
ington correspondent', of the Col
umbian State, "the approved methods
and practices of the agricultural col
leges, experiment stations,- the De
partment of Agriculture, and the best
farmers ' and demonstrates their
value under the immediate environ
ment of the farm itself, thus provid
ing the means by which the organized
agricultural institutions of the
country may be made to serve all the
people, as should be the case, rather
than a limited1 and privileged few.
The' Philadelphia North , American,
commencing on the bill when it passed
the the House a few days ago; said
its final enactment is "of transcendent
jmportance The' Philadelphia pa
per thinks it is by no means certain
that the bill is thoroughly understood
: by the congressmen who gave it
their support. "Most of them,'' says
The North American,- "have been
rather bared by the enthusiasm with
which Mr. Lever has pursued the sub
joct during the last few years." But,
while many Congressmen have not
gone deeply into the subject, Wash
ington news dispatches indicate that
there is strong sentiment in both
houses for legislation looking to the
promotion of better farming. The
North American gives us this ex
planation and indorsement of the
measure: , '
"The Lever Bill at the beginning
would grant $480,000, $10,000 going
to each State complying with the re
quirements, the total being increased
by $300,000 yearly, for nine years,
with a permanent annual appropria
tion of $3,000,000 thereafter.
"These funds are to be expended
cooperatively by the Government and
the various State agricultural col
leges. Bulletins will be issued pre
. senting the practical form the vast
resources of knowledge gained by
itgriculturad scientists through labor
ious experimentation, and experts will
be sent into each rural district to
demonstrate to the farmers the most
improved methods of soil treatment,
cultivation, fertilization, crop rota
tion, and marketing, and to the
farmers' wives and children, the prin
ciples of scientific economy in dairy-'
ing, poultry-raising, and home-making.
' '
The argument does not imply that
farmers as a clnss arc ignorant of the
requirements of their own calling.
But it meets squarely the incontro
vertible fact that many of them are
pursuing wrong or wasteful methods
and giving arduous labor without due
return. The author of the bill, and
others who have studied the'' system
of agriculture, declare that by such
means the crop yield can be increased
100 per cent, without a largely in
creased expenditure of human energy.
"Nor is this mere theorizing, The
judgment is based upon conditions in
Europe, lxmg ago the peoples of
those countries were driven by the
economic pressure, now just being
felt in this country, to adopt scien
tific methods of agriculture, and the
Lever Bill aims to adopt to American
use such of the principles employed
in Europe as ate fitted to American
conditions.
"With older and poorer soil, denser
population and primitive tools, the
Furopean farmer has distanced the
American in nearly every crop. Our
ave-iijje yield of potatoes is 80
bushels an acres Belgium's yield is
22fi; France's 190; . Russia's, 185:
Our nvarage "wbeal crop is 13.7
bushels m-r acre: In Europe it ranges
from ?0 to 40. The average there of
all crops is about two and one-hnlf
fines the ovorage of the United
Stntes.'
"If wo 'no to school' to the Euro-
novation, for" it was in Europe that
we found our models in methods of
conserving forests and other natural
resources, and also for conserving our
human resources, through scientific
measures looking' to social and' in
dustrial justice. '
"It is a healthy sign that the pro
motor of the bill is a Southerner.
The Middle West and the Far West
have their Holderis and their Colburos
their astonishingly successful'; corn
clubs and agricultural' colleges and
cooperative ; creameries, elevator's,
mills, and marketing associations.
But the South is coming forward with
giant strides, and it is on record that
in Congressman Lever's own- State
of South Carolina demonstrations of
scientific methods have increased the
cotton production from 584 pounds
art acre to 1,815 pounds.
"Progressive as the West is, it still
has need of the practical, coordinated
application of . scientific principles
provided in' the new bill! Between
1000 and 1910 the gross receipts per
acre from the cultivated lands of Iowa
were $11.40,r while densely populated
Denmark not only fed its own. peo
ple, but exported $9 worth of farm
products of every acre under the
plow. During the same period the
United States exports of foodstuffs
fell from $251,000,000 to $136,000,000.
and our imports of foodstuffs showed
an increase of $13,000,000. , While
our unequaled area of arable soil, and
, a singularly favorable climate, this
i country is rapidly approaching a
condition where it will be unable to
, feed its own population.
I "But the greatest! agricultural de
velopment of this and coming gen
erations "will be in the South. No
. section of the country is comparable
! to iltfn fertility."
1 (8 Big Sample Stores
Allows us to buy the complete lines of the largest
manufacturers in America. Quanity is what talks to
the manufacturer and makes these prices possible
Men's Blue Chambry Work Shirts ....... . . . . .25c
' Men's Khaki Shirts . . 7. . ... . . 45c
Men's Dress Shirts 49c, 65c, 85c, 98c
Men's Jumbo Ventilated Work Shirts . . . . .95c
Men's Light Bib Overalls . .39a
Men's Heavy Bib or Waist Overalls . .... ..... .69c
Men's Seamless Work Socks ... ... . . , 05c
Men's Dress Socks ..... ............. ,.6 l-4c, 10c
Men's Work Pants . . ..... . ..... ..... . . .98c $1.25
Men's Dress Pants ... . . . . : .$1.65,: $1.95, $2.25, $2.65
Men's Mule Skin Work Shoes . . . . . ... ... ... . . $1.45
Men's Heavy Work Shoes . . .... ; . . ... .$1.95, $2.25
Men's Heavy Oil Tan Work Shoes . ... .$2.65, $2.85
Men's High Cut Shoes .$3.45, $3.95, $4.95
Men's Cow Boy Boots ..... . . .... .$4.98
Men's Dress Shoes ........ $2.45, $2.85, $3.20, $3.45
Men's Bandana Handkerchiefs . ..... .3 for 10c
Men's White- Handkerchiefs . . . . . ...1. ... .05c
Men's Hats .......... ..89c, 98c, $1.45, $1.95, $2.45
Men's Unions ,.. 45c, 60c, 95c
Men's Shirts or Drawers ...... .25c, 35c
Men's Knit Wrist Canvas Gloves ........ .....05c
Men's Extra Heavy Blue Knit Wrist Gloves 3 for 25c
Men's Leather Faced Canvas Gloves . . . . . . 12 l-2c
Men's Leather Work Gloves . . . . . . : . . . .35c, 45c
Men's Horse Hide Sample Gloves . . ,85c, $1.00, 1.25
Men's Buck Skin Sample Gloves . . .-98c, $1.25, $1.45
Men rs Heavy Suspenders ...... . . . . ". .. 25c
Men 's Paris Garters, Lisle Web . . . . . ....... 10c
Men 's Boston Pad Garters ............. . 15c
Men's Suits $5.95, $8.65r $9.95, $12.95
Boys ' Outing Shoes . . . . . . $1.15, $1.25,, $1.43
Boys' Dress Shoes . . .$1.39, $1.45, $L60, $1.95, $2.15
Boys Blue Bib Overalls, all'sizes . . . ... ... .35c 39c
Boys' Shirts ...25c, 35c, 45c
Boys' Suits . . . L . . . .$1.95, $2.45, $2.95, $3.65, $4.95
Misses' Baby Doll Pumps .$1.45, $1.65
Misses ' Velvet Pumps . ... . . . . . . . . ... .$1.45, $1.65
Misses Patent Oxfords . ... . ..... .$1.45
Misses Colonial Pumps ... . .... .... .$1.95
Misses' Strap Pumps $1.00, $1.15, $1.35, $1.45
Misses' Shoes, Goodyear Welts . : . .$1.45, $1.55,...' ...
. . .h $185, $2.15 ,
Children's Shoes .. . .60c, 70c, 80c, $1.00, $1.15, $135
Children's Strap Pumps . . . ... . .. .55c, 65c, 75c, 85c
Children's Patent Baby Doll Pumps . . . . . $1.00
Infants' Soft Soles .... . . . ... . . ... .... ... .20c, 35c
Ladies' Strap Pumps. . . .. ... . . . . .$1.95, $2.25, $2.45
Ladies' Colonial Pumps ........ ... . . .$2.45, $2.95
Ladies' Black Suede Button Oxfords $2.45
Ladies' Patent Pumps ....... ". . . . ; . . . .$2.25
Ladies' Gun Metal Button Shoes . f .... .$1.95, $2.25
Ladies' Black Suede Button Shoes : ... .$1.95; $2.85
Ladies' Tan Shoes, Cravenette Tops . . . . ... . .$2.85 .
Old Ladies' Comfort Shoe, Cushion-Inner Sole $1.39
Ladies' Black Cotton Hose . . . . , . . . .,. . . . .. .. .10c
Children's Hose . .......... . . 10c, 12 l-2c, 15c
Ladies' Sample Unions 20c, 35c, 45c
Comforts ..... 98c, $1.25, $1.65, $1.95
Children's Dresses . . 25c, 35c, 55c, 65c, 85c
Ladies ' House Dresses . . . . . 85c, 98c, $1.25
Trunks .$4.35, $4.98, $5.65, $8.65, $10.25
Suit Cases . . .98c, $1.35, $1.65, $1.95, $2.85,
$3.45, $4.95, $5.95
TO THE VOTERS AND TAXPAY
ERS OF UNION AND WAL
LOWA COUNTIES: I
I favor the repeal of present tax
law and the repeal of the law whore-
by the collection of taxes has been
turned over to the County Treasurer;
1 1 favor a law for the collection of ,
taxes semi-annually, July 1st and
January 1st, without rebate; I am
opposed to the State appropriating j
money to assist irrigating projects;
I believe in consolidating a largo
number of our present Boards and
Commissions and abolishing some of
them.
- If nominated and elected as a Joint
Representative to the Legislature. T
THE
HUB
La Grande's Sample Store
We Set the Pace Others Can't Keep Up
shall endeavor to discharge the du
tiesof the office to the best of my
ability and be just as conservative
in spending the taxpayers' money as
I am in spending my own.
I ask your support at the Primary.
Thank you ' advance.
H. B. DAVIDHIZAR.
Adv. ' ' . d-5-7-3t wkly-lt.
! For a Torpid Liver. ,
"I have used Chamberlain's Tab
lets off and on for the past six years
whenever my liver shows signs of
being in a disordered conditions. They
have always acted quickly and given
me the desired relief," writes Mrs. F.
K. Trubus, Springfield, N. Y. For
sale by All Dealers. Adv.
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THE ABSTRACT 4 TITLE CO.
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We have a number ot strictly modern and up-to-date
homes in La Grande, listed at exceptionly low
prices, and offered on unusually easy terms
Fine Farm; Near North Powder. A Real Sacrifice.
76 acre Good 6 worn house, laTge new 320 acres, 35 in cultivation, on which 85 Four large lots with 6 room house, plast-
harn, 5.1 acres in alfalfa, 25 acres in fall tons of hav was raised last year. House, two rcWr.cd' 1 bl.ock from paved street,
wheat. If sold prior to June 20th crop goes u I D Prioc$3- fken hote and park; City water, Barn;
with place. Well watered and a desirable h 0,rhard' Pll0t,e R F', 1 "CC Z orchard an? the very best of soil. A
all around farm. Near Island City, No. 301. 200.00. Only $650 cash required. No. 2o6. sacrifice price and terms are very liberal.
Small Home. ' Stock Ranches. City Lots. ;
$700 buys small plastered home in West We have several, small and large in this We have several exceptional good offers
La Grande overlooking the valley. Wired, and Wallowa county. If interested we will located in various portions of the city and
water in house, Terms. be pleased to have you call. most of these are on easy terms.
If you wish to buy sell or trade see
GEO. H. CURREY
108 Elm Street
La Grande, Oregon.
Phone Main 744
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