TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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SHERRY THEATRE To-day Only
William Fox Presents
WILLIAM FARNUM
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"THE PLUNDERER"
A Thrilling Romance of the Lure of Yellow Gold.
TOMORROW ONLY Francis X. Bushman in "THE SECOND IN COMMAND."
WEDNESDAY ONLY Francis X. Bushman "THE SECOND IN COMMAND."
SMITH COMES
WITH LESSON
TWO REMARKABLE LECTURES
GIVEN BY O-W MAN
"Home Making" and "Corn"
Themes for Addresses
Farm
C. L. (Farmer) Smith the patri
arch of farming and farm promotion
as conducted by the O-W, has de
livered two splendid addresses at the
opening of farm week. Last evening
he was the chief speaker before the
joint session at the Methodist church.
His theme at that time was "Home
Making" and he hit upon a unique
phase.
First Livestock a Cow
For a period of two hundred years
the first idea and purpose of the men
and women who settled on the land
was to make a home. They pushed
their way into the wilderness, fought
back the Indians, felled the forests
and built their log cabins. Nor for
the money they could make; but to
make a home. A place where they
could by the application of their labor
to the cultivation of the soil and the
care of domestic animals provide
themselves and families with food
and rainment.
Those first settlements were in sec
tions covered with timber which had
to be cut and burned before anything
could be grown. This clearly was a
slow process, therefore the cultivated
areas were small, the cultivation in
tensive and the crops diversified.
Those early pioneers grew prac
tically everything that could be grown
in their climate for the use of the
family, first vegetables then grain,
fruit and meat.
The first livestock was a cow, the
next a pig. They raised all the calves
keeping the females for milk and
breeding, the males for team work.
The first team on the pioneer farm
was oxen, they did not need expensive
harness, were slow but sure and could
gather most of their own feed. Sheep
provided meat and wool. The wool
was corded, spun into yarn, and wov
en into cloth, by wives and daughters.
Those people did not have money
but they were free from debt, they! corn leads logically to more and bet-
to.' jvi stock, crop rotation, more in
tribution to the "sum total" of human
happiness than L atin, Greek or Gram
mar. There is very little room for re
ligion in the heart of a man, if ho
never has anything but sour bread
and soggy potatoes in his stomach.
This afternoon a splendid address
touching upon the welfare of the corn
crop an industry rapidly coming into
its own, was delivered 'by Mr. Smith
at the afternoon session this afternoon
What Corn la Doing
To any student of modern agricul
ture there are a few facts that stand
out very clearly. One. of these is
that in every community there are
some men who are receiving larger,
more satisfactory returns for each
unit labor and each acre of land, than
other men farming the same kind df
land, subject to the same climatic
conditions . and sealing their crops in
the same market. A comparison of
the net returns from those farms
where the best methods are practiced,
with the average of the whole coun
try indicate that if all the farmers,
practiced the best methods the aver
age net returns for land and labor
would be more than doubled.
Among the factors responsible for
the low net returns of the average
farm are the single crop system of
farming. A system that makes no
provision for maintaining or increas
ing productive capacity of the land,
calls for an excessive amount of labor
at certain seasons of -the year but
makes no provision for the profitable
employment of labor the balance of
the time. The single crop system en
courages men to spread out over more
land than they can properly cultivate;
thereby wasting both land and labr.
Another cause of loss is keeping
scrub animals that are incapable of
making either milk or meat at a pro
fit. The history' of agriculture demon
strates the fact that diversified farm
ing with livestock as a factor will
maintain and often increase the
fertility of the soil; that it provides a
more continuous and profitable em
ployment of labor, more certain and
continuous income and for crop rota
tion which is the best known check
against insect pests and plant dis
eases. For these reasons the Oregon
Washington Railroad and Navigation
company have been and are r.ovcar
rying on a vigorous campaign fa.- a
more diversified system of farming.
They iinve special. zed on 1:0:1 because
had an abundance of. good healthy
food, more independence, had less care
and worry than some of their grand
sons who ride in automobiles, wear
store clothes and buy their food in
pnper boxes with pictures on the
wrappers. ,
For many years I have contended
that "Home-making" was more im
portant than money getting, that for
the man on the land whether his hold
ing be large or small should give
homemaking ''the right of. way
Wherever I found men doing that
I have found the successful satisfied
and contented. On the contrary
wherever the money-getting idea pre
dominated they were rarely successful
even when they were they were not
satisfied.
If I were to selecte a text for this
talk it would be from Burns:
"To make a happy fireside clime
For we'a'ns and wife,
That's the true pathos and-sublime
Of human life:"
The -character of our farm homes
and the condition of living in thos.e
homes is a better measure of civiliz
ation than bank clearings and conv
mercial transactions.
"Home Economics" taught in our
public schools will make a larger con-
Coffee
Don't praise your cook's
economy when she buys
cheap coffee.
She can save at most a
fraction of a cent per
cup by sacrificing all
your coffee-satisfaction!
Real economy means
such quality as Schilling's
Best richness of flavor so
perfectly protected in the
airtight tins that you get it
air in your cup.
Freed of bitterish
chaff, evenly ground,
moncybackeJ.
Schilling's
Best
livestock, crop rotation,
tensive metnous ot rarmuff. larercr
returns for land and lacr.r. Which
means more and better business fir
HHiehnnt tn mjinnfi tmor nn.1
ha transportation compan . I
Why Corn
The corn plant will produce the
largest amount of feed per acre of
any plant grown. y
It is the best and cheapest feed to
make a balanced ration with alfalfa.
It is one of the best crops to trrow
in rotation with grain, grass and root
crops. 1 ''I
It will profitably utilize a larger
measure of stable manure than any
other crop.
When the ground is properly pre
pared and the crop cultivated as it
should be, it is more profitable and
satisfactory in cleaning a field from
weeds than summer fallow.
It is the best, most economical and
satisfactory crop to grow for a green
feed to supplement dry pastures in
July, August and September.
An acre of corn will produce more
and better silage than any other crop.
Good, well grown, properly cured
corn silage, to the amount of one-half
the daily ration, is one of the best
known feeds for dairy cows, young
growing stock or fattening steers.
It has been successfully and prac
tically demonstrated that com can
be grown in every county in the Pa
cific Northwest.
Owing to the fact that the corn
plant is one of the most variable in
its characteristics, and one that adapts
itself to a greater degree ithan any
other to its environments and con
ditions,, it has been possible during the
last hundred years to move the so
called "corn belt" farther north, un
til today corn is successfully and
profitably grown in every state of the
Union.
Next, because of the variableness of
its nature the corn plant has been im
proved to a greater degree than any
other farm crop. This improvement
has been made mainly by taking ad
vantage of this variableness in charac
ter; by selection and breeding, fixing
those qualities that are desirable and
eliminating the undesirable.
As an indication of the extent to
which this improvement may be car
ried, attention is called to the fact
that the average yield of corn In the
United States is only a trifle over 20
bushels per acre; that in Texas, where
climatic conditions are favorable, the
average yield is only 12 bushels per
acre, while in Minnesota, where na
tural conditions are far less favorable,
the farmers have succeeded by seed
selection and intensive methods of
cultivation in bringing the average
for the state to something over 34
bushels per acre, and there are many
individual instances where the yield
has exceeded 200 bushels per acre.
Corn for more than two hundred
and fifty years was the principal
food of the people of this country. It
is now the most valuable crop grown
on this continent exceeding any other
by two-fold. It is profitably grown
over a larger area than any other
crop. Is used by more people ana m
more ways than any otner crop, in
its .relation to modern agriculture it
holds the front seat by virtue of past
and present performance, full of
promise for the future.
ANOTHER WONDERFUL RE
COVERY FROM KIKNEY
T
For nearly nine years I was a great
sufferer from what my doctor said
was Kidney trouble and my blood was
out of order; enduring all that time
excruciating pain in my back and
across my bowels, l was drawn aown
so that I could only walk with my
hands' on my knees. My doctor said
he could do nothing for men. I tried
many kinds of medicine but all to no
avail. . A friend told me about Dr.
Kilmer's Swamn-Root .and as I had
tried everything else that I heard of,
l bought a bottle ot swamp-JKoot ana
it did wonders for me. I prize it
higher than any other medicine and I
shall recommend it to my friends. I
wish to add right here that after us
ing Swamp-Root for two months I be
gan to straighten up and am now
sound and well, and feel like I might
live a long time yet to tell what your
medicine has done for me.
Yours very truly,
T. C. CLAY,
I Marion, Ohio.
750 Sugar St., State of Ohio, Mar
ion County.
Personally appeared before me this
19th day of December, A. D., 1914, T.
C. Clay, who subscribed to the above
statement and made oath that the
same is true in subsance and in fact.
CHARLES W. HABERMAN,
Notary Public,
Marion Co., Ohio.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For J
You.
LIE HARVEST
ABOUT ENDED
INDUSTRY GIVES EMPLOYMENT
TO MANY MEN.
News Items and Personal Mention
From North Powder.
iNorth Powder Ore. Jan. 28. (Spe
cial) The P. E. E. will close their
work in a few days after a very suc
cessful ice season extending over sev
eral weeks. This company has filled
their houses at North Powder and at
other points along the railroad. This
is a big industry and coming in the
cold season when there is no work to
do it is a great help to the working
people here as the greater number em
ployed comes from this town and part
of the country.
Dr. Law has opened an office in the
Oregon rooming house and will enter
the active practice of medicine again.
His family remains on the ranch ns
the Dr. drives back and forth to his
place of business. He lives only three
miles out of town. '
Dr. Law sold a bunch of hogs to
Arch Spain last week.
The January thaw struck us last
Saturday and we knew there was no
mistake. .
It took most of the snow off and
after freezing up proceeded to snow
some more and made the .roads almost
impassable for a few days.
Some of the people that were cx
pectinir snrine after January thaw
have been much disappointed that it I
has not come. It will be a few days ;
yet before we have spring from the i
way the snow hangs on. '
Mr. Shanks of Union, it is reported
will open a bakery and confection
ary store in North Powder in a short
time. There is room for a good bak
ery in North Powder and Mr. Shanks'
bakery will be a welcome addition to
the business interests.
Mr. and Mrs. Chandler are visiting
with Mrs. Chandler's sister this week
Mrs. Charlie Brunt.
The Friends in Council met on their
regular meeting time Inst Wednesday
in spite of bad weather.
Hay is very scarce and high in this
part of the country. What there is
is from prices ranging from sixteen
to twenty dollars per ton. This is to
much and farmers are using straw
and grain. It looks as if some of the
persons that are holding for such
prices will have their hay left on their
hands.
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Christian Science Lecture
a
-By-
William R. Rathvon
OF DENVER, COLORADO
Member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother 1
ehuroh, the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston,
Mass..' ' , . ' ' ',
.' . .' , ;, At - -
Methodist Epispocal Church
Comer Spring and Fourth St.
Tuesday, February 8, 1916 at
8 o'CIock P. M.
Public Cordially Invited,
No Admission
After a Month of Being Dry
Portland. Ore. Feb. 1. After a
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., . wtf, t ,.f , 2y.
Binghamton. N. Y., for a sample size ,i,( o m i, ; 1 .i tji..
bottle. It will .convince anyone. You,tore tekin an invetorj of them.
will also (receive a booklet of valu-, selves Total amgtg fr jammry
able information, telling about the 1916 show a decreaKe of nearly two
kidneys and bladder. When writing, thirds over the sam6 month , ? VBft
be sure and mention the La Grande
Daily Observer. Regular fifty
cent and one-dollar size bottles for
saleat all drug stores. Adv.
Seattle, Portland Spokane, and Taco-
I ma a drunken man is not often seen it
is said. The novelty of near-beer
Chickens for Sale
350 Ftill-blooded laying hens, White Plymouth
Rocks, Rose Comb Brown Leghorns, all selected
stock, ami in fine shape for spring. Must be sold
in 'a few days, $0.00 per dozen cash. Some $5.00
hens and some Roosters worth $15.00 among the
lot put in your order now.
CALL MAIN 16.
Or inquire
C J. Black's Grocery
Orchard Poultry Farm Stock L. M. Jensent Prop.
saloons hasn't worn off and their
ultimate success is still hanging fire.
Many of these have advertised a wel
come to women customers. But only
in curious groups, usually led by a
man, have the members of the fail
sex ventured inside. Many cellars
and basements in Oregon and Wash
intrton are well stocked with licraor
and an easy way is provided for get
ting more. Idaho, which has a drum
tight prohibition law, was nearly all
dry by local option before state wide
prohibition took effect
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