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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1916)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1016. . LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE THRH3 SHERRY THEATRE Today Otdy Gold Rooster Presents -EDWIN ARDEN AND BLISS MILPORD "THE BELOVED VAGABOND" M""" ' The Exquisite Coloring A Meaty Story and wonderful Acting Makes This a Notable Offering . v me jnrst o ueei rama in joiors TOMORROW -Metro Feature Barbara Frietchie lam the Old Family Dr. i 7w advice 1 will b e in this paper Every Week. II FAMILY DOCTOR RECOMMENDS YOU TO BUY YOUR MEDI CINES FROM US BECAUSE HE HAS ALWAYS FOUND THEM TO BE "PURE" AND. TO POSSESS THE PROPER "STRENGTH" HE RECOMMENDS OUR "TOILET" PREPARATIONS BE CAUSE HE KNOWS THEM TO BE FREE FROM HARMFUL INGREDIENTS. 1 HE RECOMMENDS "OUR DRUG STORE THINGS" OF EVERY KIND BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN PROVEN FIRST CLASS. EoppSii ARE NOT THERE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU? COME IN. GOOD ENOUGH Levy-Vog'el Drug' Co. Reliable Druggists ' PUBLIC PHONE MAIN 87. REST ROOM On all sides you get that palate -tickling odor that comes from good baking due to the goodness and strength of Merit Vanilla A 25c bottle of this favorite flavoring extract not only goes further but costs less than any other good vanilla. Merit Vanilla is Used by the Drop Not by the Spoonful J. G. Snodgrass Sole Distributor Seven objections to one-crop sys tem of agriculture' are set forth in Circular No. 56 of the Office of.th3 Secretary, which is a reprint of an address delivered by Bradford Knapp at a conference of southern bankers. The reasons why a one-crop sys tem is unsafe are stated by Mr. Knapp to be as follows: "First, Because the system depends upon market and crop conditions of the one crop alone. Failure of crop or failure of market alike bring ser ious disaster. "Second. Because it does not provide for the maintenance of soil fertility. "Third. Because it fails to provide for a sufficient live-stock industry to consume the waste products of the farm and make its waste lands pro ductive. "Fourth. Because it does not provide for a system of farm management under whidh labor, teams, and tools may be used to the fullest advantage. "Fifth. Because it brings return in cash but once a year instead of turn ing the money over more than once a year. ' ' "Sixth. Because it does not prD duce the necessary foods to supply the people upon the farm and keep them in health and strength. ' "Seventh. It limits knowledge nar rows citizenship, land does not foster home hliilriinB'. hut Hnnn , imrnnmcra ! commercial- fanning." , k The. remedy for these evils is di ersifioation. Diversification, how ver, means something else than a ' change from growing cotton to grow ing something else. One Louisiana man, who believed that he iwlas a convert to diversification, planted 500 acres of tomatoes. In other in stances farmers turned from cotton to corn and had nothing else for sale in the . fall. This, of course, is not diversification at all. The term is de fined in the new circular as "an agri cultural system through which the living of the people upon the farm is first produced and then a number of products suited to the soil, the cli mate, and the market conditions of the country are judiciously selected and made the imain items of prolit through sale in the great markets of the world, allways keeping in mind tine necessity for maintaining the fer tility of the soil." This is practically the same thing as''afe farming." The essentials for its attainment' in the South are stated as follows: "1. 'A home garden for every fam ily on a farm. From one-tenth' of an iacre to one'-fourth or one-half an acre, well located, well-tilled and tended as carefully as any other crop on the farm, is what iwe mean by a home garden. It must be planted in rotation so as to have continuous crops, thus providing something for the family table as many days in the year as possible. To this should be added one-fourth . of an acre of pota toes, either Irish or sweet potatoes, or both, to be used as food for the faimily. An acre of sorghum or cane should be produced to supply the family with syrup. On the subiect of gardening, bulletins may be obtained irom your agricultural colleges and from the Department of Agriculture. "2. Produce enough corn to last the family and tho livestock, with certainty, for one year, with a little excess fdr Safety. "3. Produce sufficient oats and other small grain to supplement the corn as food for a year, with certain ty. Remember these small grains conserve the soil in winter and pro- vKie some grazing for livestock. "4. Produce the hay and forage crops necessary to supply the live stock on the farm for one year, not forgetting the winter and summer legumes, which not only produce hay but also enrich the soil. "5. Produce the necessary meat for the family by increased attention to poultry and hogs. I say poultry and hogs because they can be in creased . most rapidly for meat pro duction. Then farmers should plan gradually to increase, and improve through breeding, the cattle and oth er livestock, so as to consume the otherwise waste products 'and make our unprofitable or urrtillable lands productive, Every family should nave at least two cows, so that one can be in milk all the timfe We should set some standard to which to work. For a tenant farmer not less than one and preferably two cows; not less than 25 hens, lreferably 50. A standard for the smallowner farmer would be not less than 50 and prefer ably 100 hens. All of this stock properly bred. . . " , .. "6. When the living has been pro vided grow cotton for the main money crop. I have endeavored to lay down general principles rather than to specify particular crops. For exam ple, in semiarid sections of Texas and Oklahoma the grain sorghums would naturally be substituted in plaoe of the corn, and these, together with Su dan grass, would furnish forage. These same general-principles apply to tobacco territory and rice terri tory." To put this program into effect, two suggestions we made to the bankers ard merchants in the cotton states: 1. . That they conduct a campaign for a change -in the conditions on which credit is extended to farmers, so that "safe farming"' may be fos tered and not discouraged. ' ,2. To carry on an organized cam paign for marketing surplus products as near home as possible. In one case in Louisiana a farmer had a car load of lespedeza hay. He had dif ficulty in disposing of it, but finally through the medium of the county agent, he sold it in a town 10 miles away to a livery stable keeper who had been in the habit of buying all his hay in Kansas and Colorado. In South Carolina about a year ago a car load of hogs )ad to be sent to Richmond of Baltimore, to be mark eted, although $20,000,000 worth of pork products were , wing 'brought into the state every year. Such condi tions encourage farmers to persist in the hazardous plan of risking every thing upon one crop. "Safe farming" may be best promoted by giving to it financial credit and better marketing facilities. .. f , WHAT IS AN EGG? Perhaps there are still country grocery-stores where "eggs is eggs," and you may pick your dozen eggs out of the basket according to your individ ual preference; but in the city eggs are various. An egg may be a "Nearby-hennery-brown" or only a "Fresh- check-good-to-choice." Vou buy the sort of egg you want with as strict care to its classification as in buying lumber or fruit. The New York egg market, notes the Boston Advertiser, regularly lists twenty-one grades and recognises many more. The twenty- one are: Near-by hennery, whites, fine to fancy. Near-by hennery, whites, ordinary to good. , Gathered whites. Western gathered whites. Near-by hennery browns. Gathered browns and mixed, ord inary to fancy. t ' Near-by refrigerator, whites. Fresh gathered, extra fine. Extra firsts. ' Firsts. Seconds. Thirds and poorer. Fresh dirties, No. 1. Fresh dirties, No. 2, and poorer. Fresh checks, good to choice. Fresh culls and inferior checks. Refrigerator, special marks, fancy. Kef rigerator firsts. . Refrigerator seconds. t Refrigerator thirds and poorer. ' Refrigerator dirties. ' .' : HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TRADE YOUR CITY PROPERTY 80 or 160 Acres of Logged Over Farming Land We have a tract of 80 or 160 acres of logged over land well watered, and good farm ing land priced al $20 per acre that we can trade for city property. This plaoe has been cut over several years. There is plenty of timber for. wood, building, fencing, etc., ori the place , IF INTERESTED INVESTIGATE AT ONCE FARM LOANS AND INSURANCE Opposite Y M C A 108 Elm St Phone Black 2001 Geo. H. Currey He Who Moves REAL ESTATE La Grande, Ore. FOR RENT A 4 Acre fruit and garden tract in North La Grande, nice house, , barn and chicken houses. EAT II SQUARE MEAL NOT FEAR INDIGESTION There are hundreds of people in La Grande who were not the least bit surprised when they read in the Observer that the La Grande Pharmacy is selling Mi-o-na on a guarantee to refund the money in case it did not relieve. This re markable dyspepsia remedy' will re lieve the worst case of indigestion, headache, dizziness, or the general played-out condition that afflicts every one suffering with Btomach trouble. Mi-o-na does not simply re lieve, it aims to cure. La Grande Pharmacy can toll you of many well known people in this city who this remedy has restored to health, often after they have tried many other methods of trentmen with little or no benefit. No other dyspepsia remedy has made so large a percentage of cures as Mi-o-na. It is so large that La Grande Pharmacy stands ready to refund the price to any customer when it does not help. The best kind of advertising is the praise of a pleased customer, and there are hundreds in La Grande today1 praising Mi-o-na because it does what it is acwestised to do. A few months ago they could eat nothing without wondering what the result would be. Since using Mi-o-na, they eat what they want and when they want with no fear ol suffering. La Grande Pharmacy. 11-9-0 YES We are going to continue selling them by the peck. This sale has been so pop ular that we have ordered a fresh sup ply and you can still get those large Sunkist Oranges at 60c per peck. Just notice the size when buying oranges. Business is good, every day at Snodgrass. 1 PHONE 43 J. G. Snodgrass Grocer Quality Phone Main 43 Service Honest Prices Today's Oddest Story. ,: deg is the champion lost canine of the Cleveland, Feb. 22. A. H. Rumsoy, tfniteu States. "Po-.y us been lo3t chirr commissioner of the lake cnr-lb.N times in 14 yours." stid Runuey tiers' association, is hiking for Ms today. "It has cost me an average dojf Perry again. Humsey says liisof $500 a year to get him back," D. R. FONG MEDICINE CO. CHINESE ROOT AND HERB REMEDIES I 1 Cares Bodily Diseases With Root and Herb Treatment. Phone 762 .1412 Adams Ave. Free Consultation I - r. J- em vuauuc 4 Ore. a.UK1 All. very informal rKJiM We don,t believe In frills and formalities Our battery tervice goes to the bottom of things, tells you in plain language what ii wrong, and corrects the fault. Johnstone & Reisland 1515 Adams Ff inspection of any Jbmttny at any tint GENUINE M0CA JAVA COFFEE SALE For this week only In order to introduce this splendid Coffee to coffee drinkers that aren't already using it, we have cut it to 40 cents per pound. Regular Price 50 cts. per Pound Oregon Co-Operative Association 1118 1-2 Adams Ave. La Grande, Ore. Branches at ' IMBLER, OR. EVANS, OR.
