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PAOB TWO. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER jWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, COLT SHOW A HE T PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED ' ." AT IMBLER Edwip. Morrison Exhibit Fine Stralii of Holsteln Dalry Stock. Irobler, Feb. 17, of winter unto Ha clone, I see a slab founded reasonable ao we all kicked in hut with air spaces bo large, and win- with what we could and he went to dowe ao email that the. only way to Melbourne to get it. There were not get heat was -to sit in the chimney, mahy of as knew what a "f ym" wan, and to get light was to go outside, and that's why he got so much money. Instead of a glass-enclosed walk of Lu Jones' father said he paid his many hundred feet in length, in which money because he thought it " was to take ones constitutional. I see an something like tennis and he'd kinder always-dwindling wood pile which an- got to like the game. Most of the fwered the same purpose,, less kindly, men though thought it was an am but quite as efficaciously. And when ma! and spelt the word "Jim." carious looking instruments like tel escopes on wheels and started going all over what Ben .used to call "hi swamp." ' Draining la Commenced. Ben asked them" what they . were doing, and they told him they. were takinsr levels, so that the swamp could be cut up into small farms and sold on time to other farmers.; Ben enjoyed the joke immensely and Ttw. I think, as I snuggle into the capact-; Indies were satisfied it was a picture 8!d "J J' 3Lne7o,.t LmS vnii,H "i ma seui 01 wim icmnw-upnoisierea yi uuun ui no wuuiu nuvr put a tnr Mr, .nd narv a soul ,haiy nt .I.. i.. ...JL..i i . I in ih Rnnrfau arhnal. HnwAv.r n,.eaUng lor years, ana nary a goU, sene case which never even had the all knew what it was before very lohu.'..- ' vL tk.v iw n hut j (decency to balance itself on the un. When he had it all fixed,-up, and hojtnat but that wti before. hi. even noor, wei my dck pegine k t ubij n, Bavu drgjjjjjj jt, The swamp was to be (ache, and I feel that I - must 9 and.n invitation to all the men and boys drained first. Now Ben had drained (bpectaij i h,Vi . u-tj. i Bna m rheumatism. ! the parish to come to the opening, a few acres himself at his home and Imbler is muoh- pleased with the r. suit of her colt show last Saturday and that the event will be annual hereafter is probable. The class, horse, owner and prize of each exhibit follows: i !' - Purebred Clydea Stallion' under one year, Highland Coberg, owned by S. L. Brooks, first and second. Mare over one under two, Rose, i Chinese wrestler, and LJMieve that iiwmo oy orooiui, ursi. sciatica, lumbago, ar tery other i Australian Farmers View Gym. he knew that the tles cost money ache to which the back of man is heir.'. 1 l"ln throe. Baker Stallion over two. under Woodrow Wilson, owned by Bros, first. Mare over three, Hat Corona and Lassie, owned by Brooks, first, second ana tnir : ' . Purebred Shires. Mare under one year, Mayflower, owned by W. R. Ledbetter, first. Mare over three, ' Osco . Flower, owned by Ledbetter,. first: Osco Glory, owned by L. A. Stringham, second. , Grade colts under ' one year, fifteen entries, J. 1), Woodell, 1st; Ed Tuttle, 2nd; W. R. Ledbetter, 3rd. Grade colts, over one and under two years, L. B. Larsen, 1st; W. R. Ledbetter, 2nd; Richard Rettig, 8rd. Grade colts, over two and under three years, W. R. Ledbetter, 1st rind zna; j. A. liaskill, 3rd. Mare over three years, W. R. Led better, 1st; C. S.-Woodell, 2nd. Special for best colt sired by Gores Fashion owned by W. R. Ledbetter was won by J. D. Woodell. Special for best colt sired by Mol ten Youth owned by Chas. Playle won by E. A. Wills. Special for best colt sired by High land Chief owned by John Wells won by L, B. Larsen, ' Special for best pure bred under one year (Silver Cup) won by W. R. Ledbetter,. Special for best pure bred mare any age (Silver Cup) won by S. L. Brooks. . Special for best Grade colt under one year (Silver Cup) won by J. D. Woodell. . Special 2nd Grade colt under one' year $1.00 box Johnson's candy Ed. Tuttle. ' V- . , Special for best team draft mares, -1st S. L. Brooks; 2nd W. R. Ledbet ter; 3rd L. A. Stringham. 'v.. Standard bred, H. McGoldrkk two first prizes and L. E. Greinor, one first prize. .. - ' . . ' . . A feature of interest to stockmen in ciynection with the cold show was that the day previous one of the fin est exhibitions of Holstein stock in the state was presented at an in formal daily exhibit at Imbler. Ed win Morrison, a progressive dairy man of the Imbler section, brought in for exhibition and dairy demonstra tion, some of the foremost cows jn his herd. Anyone familiar with Hol stein strains will recognize the morit of the following exhibited by Mr. Morrison: Sir Mutuul FobeWohanna, a calf sired by the grand champion of the state of Washington in 1914; Model Johanna U lk je, Daybreak Hangervcld Wayne and Daybreak . Hangerveld Wayne II. some of the farmers thought 'and it was an expensive undertaking n r j !, tuhn i tt ' was something to eat. because even though it paid in the long run. i 41. ...,.... ' ...in, - ti.. k.af there was an awful crowd, men that He said as much to the men, but they ii, friiv ,,l,uut a will, - vrmii . , , , . , . . . , . - coming up tt-l the floor and downed not been to church for ywrs turn- told J ' from the ce ng, and out from the " W- " ne were ail wtoi -"T" p'r rIlV so, my body is as wet and slippery a "P ndtold us it was a duty every j.gion? . He wanted t0 knoWt So tbe Chinese wrestler, and Lblieve that m"n ?w.v to himself to be able to nij im ti,. i7 and number, and t am huk acuii. (n m Swnmn .. defend himself the hour of need. .h . it th. i.rf m summer time. ; ,' , , i S,.boy" Uktf h? P1-8"?1 bars. an.l be uge4 up j dming and that not Oh those were certainly the grand jwas ali tSSTrnM !S?VC u " old davs when as winter annroiched 1. roolisn.ness' and that they ,They admitted th - but explained and T.!rlki winHPhu ! 0?ld noe Kven a Penny i'.thcy that some would be used instead of fi" . if .1 Z V J ? ' had known. ,. . ,U being wasted. Ben thought it was through the parts of the hut wftere, So the parson made us another 'WW to cost a lot of money, and he the slabs were not, and the smoke', .J MdnUBm work "n 'the w told it would cost about U1.00 from the fire blews'l around the room i.u. t,., i.hi... j !"J. I o.,. hut that th watr wonM na and tried to get out under the door, fcim hard, but did not make him lis- jfor its own right of way before long or any other fool place except the cor- som, hut on the contrary very stiff. it would be used for irrigation pur- rugated iron shielded hole I had left and that to' be able to defend ones poses further on where it was want- for it, I wished it were summer, once self it was necessary to be lissom ed- Ben wanted to know how much more. And when summer did ronif . as well as hard, and stronar. And the government figured on getting with a heat thajt makes Doctor Tape's he said that if one of the men pres-i0'' the land, and he was told that HLo , ent would out on the irlovea with tthat depended on the analytical chem- chest, and the meat made the hens "him he would prove it. Now Lucy .jst, who would decide the composi lu .n,i K.v,i,t u . Jones father was getting crosser tion of the soil and its agricultural in a Dint Dot and the mosauitoes W'l and crosses all the time. He felt that fitness. This was a little deep- for Twftd was deT J1?" money out No the conditions were not nuite ! whianorpH tn iia thnt Iho wn,,lH lib on the report of that Collece-bred ine same. uut. Mr. Editor, I will ask to put em on with the parson and rarmer he had helped to get speci: you to observe that for that very . take it out of his, hide, but ha was mens of the soil he became so ob renson, I think it is all the more dif-afraid mayba he would kill him. Then i jectional that they liad to tell him: to ficult to understand why that pest in- one of the other farmers who thought go and iive in a place wherevthe habited region has left this valley on d -been cheated too, but was not (water did not freeae. ; .: fur behind in the murch of nipciess Iluite as brave as Lucy Jones' father) But Ben was by no means finished Pei'linna I hurl liottm- tll vnn -o . " . hi own vuui, uuiica wuum in nts iisni w gei nia swamp Dacx. few thinl nliJ it it t Z have 8 trv" Then "Lucy's Tfather His agents in Melbourne were warned tiTJT,K -ii . wand t0 back out but the others! that there would be no more busi- there and then you will understand would not let him. Well the parson 'ness from Ben if that fool trick went lettcr What 1 mean, Ulld dl'nw your, brnuirht nvnr a rinir nf thlnklv nnIHorl tV,n,,.. oH -uroHo inotv. f own conclusions. . 1 cloves and Dut them on I.licv'ti fathar nvnrv nhotnnlo in fha ujot, nf ito nn StiritnHu Anu'riun linn , . nA nA UnlA 41.. ....4.U 1!J a ... V . ..un. ...... .u. . 4 fcw.vi ii.v w iiuii, nutvu aiiu Lruiiipiisiiiiieiius. : v If you look at the mup of Austra- when three minutes was up to call The nation was warned of the reck lia you will see in the south a stata time, and they would Btop for two I ess extravaeance of the Dresent culled Victoria, and If you look at minutes to get their wind, and then party, and that the whole country the centre of its coast line you will start again. He said ho thought four was going to the dogs, and taxes see its capital, Melbourne. Now let rounda would be enough, but the oth-j would be greater than ever' It was your eye follow the railroad line due V V, ' . ' sou to no purpose. ,. rne swamp was cast from Melbourne, and at a dis- . : . tance of about 119 miles you will no- 1 arson Trims Farmer. tice the following towns marked, all' Wel1 hre wasn't much to it, the , i tn,..4V.. i-.- parson proved his Doint alricht. and "fiswre'i aim inula ur leHS 111 V i , - , . . ' nnaW-av m , n . . i I.UPV .TnnAR' fflf.hftf IfAnt. inrinnfo -frtf Quarter Si. , ' iralu'Kr. wn Bum,- . f" found his lot securely fenced with and TraTl., T W"rr"K."'' I steak on his ear and oni on his eye.Jter, if I may use such an expres- .nJiZ '"":. LT "mIT"":1 ?0V8 811 h8d.B Z00 time though drained. The method -was simplicity itself, every mile a big main drain was dug, and a smaller one every quarter. . As the . land was sold - in sections each purchaser ,,, . . - - ; , lie uuvo an nail a Kwu Wine klluuKll speaking-ten year8i ago- Moe was and he Was the best parson we ever u postoffice and a shipping point for -hod there. stock, Buln Buln had a co-operative j Warragul had a post office and a ".'""'l U 0 WHS 8 shiPP'nK saloon as well as the "gym" and that pomt for s ock. is about a it did hav' It had a tennis lawn. True it was !.hTh!,n0her three t9Wns Were "0t n "weeten the land, but when it did in the missionary's garden but all hU-i piinsnoners used it just the same. l'i The land was sold at ten pounds per acre or ?40, and though Ben made a great joke of that he never- the less bought 160 acres.' For the first year the scheme was not a suc cess. It took time for the sun to the crops were ao big - that the country was . staggered. The men who had bought from the govern ment ion - terms extending cWer 20 years, paid up their indebtedness in three years. soon men' learned that forty acres SWAMP LANDS RICH. (Continued Tfom Pago 1.) ly inhabited as the Great Sahara des ert, my thoughts go back to another swamp just; about 13,000 miles from here where similar conditions ex isted ten years ago. " - Did I say simila rebnitions existed? 1 recall that. The swamp was about Ihe same size, the water was just is thick upon its face, it had the same ring of lovely snow-capped hills sur rounding it; but there the similarity ends. . - - . Instead of a palatial building, stenni heatedfi and kept at a regular and even temperture from the beginning nim tnir in the VlClnitV because everv fortv .wan nil thuv pnulH fnmfnrahlv man. off. And he acre - in Rnnnnvfino' n fnmilv nnw lam - anJ than Kamm , ...U . . -I-1 rt , ... p,., .,. v.rc ft ' " vw ao.l, ca.i. Jones father and at that time no one lived on Mop niw fhraa.fniirtha f Vno hnbllno- Ttio and acci- Swamp. They couldn't. Thev irulintr nrice was 40 sounds, or about $200 per acre after the third year, Three years ago none of this land Growth is Remarkable. . . T .. . ii r i , ' ...... , 4., . , . . . , , louay vrarx-irui -nua iuu.uuu peupie n u ,,r m u . ,enve T Moe has 6,000 and the other towns parish (100 miles by 80). because he v-o,i 0u.f tr.nn ...i, i i.4 objected to the farmers', daughters 'them about two years ago. But there pluytng on tho court in high lieele i ;are for more than 112,000 people liv- .-,uucb. intj Hieu. me snoweu where he was urcttinir complained because Luc wanted to learn the gamo dentally lost the balls. And he had would halve been Idrowhed. The no hoots on at-ull. He said that he swamp belonged to the. government. had bought the balls with his own Ic was Pen to settlement under, the was to be had at any price. I knew money. The idea. I'd like to know homesteading laws but, no one wanted , of one instance where a tnan wanted who gave him the money. Well we letiany t tne government 100 acre3 for his - prize Shropshire him go, but we didn't gain much be-'rentetl a'.' to a man called Ben 'sheep, and - it was imperative that cause the next man said he couldn't 1 C??k,J nl i?.t.i.me and SP"", per- he should have a piece of ground play tennis. We were all very much -"""ed 1 would like to have told you there if possible. He offlered 125 " ... . . . y "v inta ahniir. Kpn. ha wqq n tyrant nA,mH ..n. ... 4-1.. aisnppointed. and L.ucv Jones' father i X77", r." . r1 vrrote to tha l,ishon",.hn,,. it cnarador, out as my space is already fer was promptly-turned down. k ... . r : ; . used up you must taxc my word lor didn i t believe he was a real minister it, which is also illogical, and another nt nil. He said all curates had to learn I chance for the critic to earn his daily tennis, same as the Bible, and wait, hnml Hon o n, ,..-. . , ,, " ,, " . v, ,c m4uaw aim uiv man wnu ic ing on ladies at afternoon tea. But a year and wrote to the Minister of fused the money was Ben Cook, who tho bishop said that he was all right, iLands every time he paid his rent laughed when he heard tjiat the gov so we had to keep him. Well just af-, saying the rent was too high and 'ernment expected to get $40 per acre ter he had been with us a few weeks; that he was going broke. But as 'for it. - and got to know us all by name he mator of fact Ben fattened thous- .But the increased price f land told us he was going to have a "gym ' 'm'? '- ?"ttle there every year from menns very little, the real proof of in tho Sundnv school, hut that m. h sPg till fall. Ben was like a lot thc-fuccess of the venture is the fact was new in the parish wo would all!or Flcr farmers ' .know. and his , that there is a family living con have to help to pav for it. That T1 Lu"aomS; , .. 3wmia i roauce nesuiis, The man who offered the price was the Hon R. G. Wilson the best known breeder of Shropshire sheep south of the equator and the man who re ELECTRIC LIGHTS WERE INVENTED TO SUPPLY A NECESSITY. ALL OTHER METHODS OF CREAT ING ARTIFICIAL light were unsatisfactory. Candies wef dim and unreliable; gas, dirty and dangerous; kero sent, dull, smoky, odorous and also dangeious to health nd property. When elctric lights were Introduced there was hut oae drawback. They cost considerably more than other lights. This objectien has been overcome and elec tric lights are aow the most economical as well as ttte most satisfactory light. Eastern Oregon Light ft Power Co. . Telephone Main 34 I The Minister of Lands got suspic- l ious about Ben' so he asked the Min ister of Railways, which you know j belong to the government in Aus i trails, to let him know how man v head of fat cattle Ben shipped out i every year, and when he heard he tented and happy on each and every forty acre lot on what is still known as Moe. Swamp. : ' ' .. Is there any reason Mr. Editor why the same thing cannot be done in the Grande. Ronde valley ? . The land is not so , very wet that extra large drains would be necessary. I venture to say that the cost would not ex- THE PEOPLE'S STOHE The Temple of Economy Come to Our W ondesf lil Sale Our under-muslins this Spring possess an additional value, the result of a strong mer chandise policy adopted for the purpose of giving even greater values in high grade under-muslins than have been given. Jhe charm, the exclusive styles characteristic of the "Dove" under-muslins will please the women of discriminating taste. And Our Prices, the Wonder fully Low Prices 29c, 49c, 59c, 89c, 98c, $1.19 & $1.29 THE PEOPLE S STORE The Store For" The People FURNITURE FOR SALE 4- PARTIES LEAVING TOWN FEB. 20TH -Will sell collectively or separately. Also house for rint. SOI Main, finrrmr SieonnA and mfafn , . , " UUU ' 4UMU T Oak side-board,'1 china closet, round, -4 leaf oak T" uiuiug wtuio, t tuning cnairs, a rocKers ana z porcn i chairs, velour couch, heating stove, electric chan- !T a delier, 5 pair curtains, 2 iron beds. SDrintrs and X 4f mattresses, 3-drawer large mirror princess dresser, X. 8-drawer small mirror chiffonier (oak), baby buggy, iron bed, high chair, cain rocker and stool X 4 chair, six-hole. Arcadian range and cooking uten- fi sils, kitchen table, dishes, ice box, other things too -i numerous to mention. - i. Sent a hurried note to Ben and toldiceed ton to fifteen dollars per -acre. jhim that as the swamp was so wet, and times .so hard, and the cattle ! business not what it used to be anv jway, he afrreod with Ben that the -rent was too high, so would not rent it to nun any more, as his department did not want to rob any man. Then one of those colleRo chaps that all true farmers despise so thoroughly - came up to look the swamp over, and Ben went to talk to him every day, and assured him with tears in his eyes that it was no Rood, and that it stank -in the snrintr. i and was very unhealthy, and that he ;nad gone broke tryinn to improve it, 'and now when he miirht have made a Jlittle out of it the Government came alonir and took it awav from him. ilt was a pitiful tale he always told that school farmer, and . the school I have asce.Lained that there are about 97,000 acres of land in the val ley. Of that number only about 83, 000 require draining. Iet us suppose that it would cost $12.00 to drain that, and we get an outlay of about $400,000, or i.n assessment .of less than live dollars per acre. Now let us see what the owners would get in return. Local Application Made. The price of land in this swamp now runs from twenty dollars per acre to one hundred and forty, and htrikes an average of about $68 per acre. When drained and brought into shape this land ought to be worth somewhere near as- much as the land around Stanfield, IHermkston, Echo, or the alfalfa flats on Rhea and Wil low creeks in Morrow county. These fnrmAi 4nl,l V, i , f . n f mn,.i.A : f nn i i u i I . ' I ...... iimjut: il i iHiiiis vunii(t: iittniis at prices ranging niiu su were tre case ne wouio get it from ?14o per acre upwards. Let ihack. and that made Bon fl o-nnH .because he did not know what the Vollege chap was talking about. At last the school farmer wrnt away, and he took with him about a ton of earth that Ben had dug up for him from various parts of the swamp, all In little boxes and labeled with numbers Ben did not under stand. i Then one day to Ben's astonish ment two or three men came up with us suppose that this land reaches only the lowest figure, and we have an increased land valuation in the county of $7,469,000; but as a matter of fact it would be even greater. Then yvj would have some money to build goods roads, for the comfort and con venience and economy of the resi dents. I-a Grande would spring from ito 6.000 to 106,000 in a very short (Continued on Page 4.) TELEPHONES CONNECTED By the use of one of our telephones you ean bow reaoh and be reached directly (over copper circuits) by prac tically every other telephone in Union county. Long distance service to all parts- in the Northwest. THE HOME INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANY
