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LA fiKANUEVENlNG OBSERVER
PAGE WIGHT
WEDNESDAY, APRTjj 13, 192
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LOOK! ...
. A Great .Big Sacrifice .
CANDY SALE ;
.
T,i urn thwe kinds of delicious mixed .candy
of which we have-only a small quantity and wish to
. . . . . if i i : I ..II iIiima
restock with omer Kinus wo nave hiixcu u
kinds, each of which sold regularly at 50c per pound,
and are calling it
"Snapp's Special"
MIXED CANDY
25c lb.
COM 13 ON, FOLKS! YOU'LL HAV13 TO HURRY I
Demand Tfor Farih Labor
(3 m.
is Lasily JtMUed flqwl
.
UOKTKANI), AW- 1.1 LesW demanu inquiries: u; ouwy inicu juriu
foiVarm labor cneijll throughit hbor at current rate of wages; present
ii iu. v..a,- ,.w ,.mi,n.il withlsunnlv compare! with a year a no and
last vcar, ia indicated Jy reports con- with the normal. (2) demand for hired
;i..,f l.u r.' I. Kent mrrirulturul ile-! farm labor at current rate of wage:
lartment statistician. Ilia ygurcs ioi-preseiu new kuimiuicu " ""'" - ' ...,, anu
low: junrwun invnurmm neeu. fo; nuKcsjaeeu puvumco m - --
t- t t i, .! f.,.. f..rm If.l.nt hnth hv h Inv nnrl . tnil:, v vmi cannot Eel 1L u .
warm iuuur.--iu'Kuiur , vi , ..... , ....., -
corespondents. Including moat of th,e .month, wjth and without board. Avtr-
jrcgon ioumy Agricultural rtgcin.i, sn u t...c . ...vw.-v.. ....
.... .....I .L... n r Inlinvtniintv nnnmir hnlnw!
rcnui icu oil me luiiuwing imiu v.. i-r -
ment shows that he has heat or
oats on hand that he expects toell
It seems that our Federal Reserve
c..a..A tua tint ifivil the farmer
the eame consideration that It would
a merchant who has a surplus oi
good on band.. Again, the fciriers
of this ectlon have no niurlfrt .for
their last year's potato crop and we'
l.ni n v.rv lame ootato crop In this
section, possibly the Iuest we have
had for years. A year ago c
ed money to many a farmer, to buy
)UapP S Pkarmactj
ALV1N BNAPI'. Iprlcwr
ILOMf3 OF
MAIN 40
Candu
Labor supply Demand
Compared with
r
Wutiea for Farm Labor
Per Day Per Mouth
3
v -
S3
Welcrn On'Kim
IVnlKii 171
(;lackamas . . . 108
Clatwi 100
Columbia loo
Coos 1-5
Curry 100
DoukIuh 127
.larkuou 14-1'
Josephinu .... 103
Lane
Lincoln' 112
I. Inn 142
Marlon l.'M
.Multnomah ,.200
Polk 134
Tillamook
WashlnKion . . 114
Yamhill 110
KoMi'iii Oregon
1'iilinr 112
Crook 11H
Ilo.H'tlllU.'B .... l.t.i
''illilllll 142
jciailt 112
liiinn-y 110
IIo'mI Itlver . . 115
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" W.VXT TO IU Y OK SELL SOMETHING? TRY AN OH-S-T.KVr.R
CLASSIFIED A I). '
-r.r r r i r r i r i r r ' "
.loritM'HOU .
Klam.itli
Mallioill' . .
i .Morrow
Slicrmau
I'maiilla .
I Minn
Wallowa . .
WllHI'O
Wheeler- . .
Average
THE ArKIL VICTOR RECORDS ARE HERE A Sl'LEN
UU) LIST OF CLASSIC AND POPULAR MUSIC
We lire also gettin?; in the larsest shipments of old
favorites Mnce the war hcnan. These include HAWAIIAN,
SAXArHONE, good MARCHES, OLD VOCAL FAVO
I'JTli5 etc. Come in and try them over.
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT
...us
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. . .151)
. . . 107
...111
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...137
. . . I'M)
. . . 1 4
. . . 12 4
114
100
100
100
90
100
104
114
103
102
100
105
104
105
104
HI
111
!I8
J 8
1 U
10 1
100
100
100
1 10
US
100
1 12
102
!I7
IIS
!IS
110
10S
103
83
!I7
100
100
87
!I5
7
70
8.1
81
100
!I0
!I0
!I0
76
C'J
ill
102
!I0
1)5
!IS
100
75
87
100
78
100
100
100
100
93
100
90
72
C7
8!)
72
81
97
87
100
10 2
110
1011
ill)
III)
100
loo
90
97
J2.00
2.00
. 2.60
1.8(1
2.12
1.75
2.50
2.00
2.00
1.51)
1.66
2.50
1.85
2.00
1 83
2.0U
2.17
2.25
2.50
1.83
2.00
2.00
12.75
3.01)
3.50
' 3.60
2.50
3.10
2.50
3.50
3.17
2.50
2.37
2.88
3.25
2.C7
2.50
2.02
3.0U
2.00
1.8S
2.00
1.00
.134 102
1)3 $1.98
2.83
3.25
3.50
2.50 '
3.00
3.02
3.50
3.00
2.75
3.00
3.01)
3.50
3.00
2.03
3.50
12.97
without
J47.00
4 2.00
00.00
35.00
48.00
05.00
' 60.00
40.01)
55.00
4 0.00
60.00
40.00
37.00
47.00
42.00
CO. 00
38.01)
50.00
53.00
43.00
4 0.01)
60.00'
05.00
4 5.00
65.00
$02.00
75.00
73.00
60.00
69.00
75.00
65.00
77.00
68.00
75.00
60.00
62.00
75.00
66.00
90.00
65.00
75.00
70.171)
65.00
63.00
05.00
90.00
60.00
78.00
4 2.00
45.00
4 5.00
4 5.00
4 8.00
60.00
42.00
4 8.00
43.00
60.00
70.01)
75.00
70.00
75.00
70.U0
77.00
75.00
75.00
00.00
65.00
$47.00 $70.00
Result do-
pay.
i crease in livestock and ucreugc."
lloud Itlver "In 1920 we Bot
NEWLIN BOOK & STAT'RY CO.
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Special inquiry was made of such work
reporters as indicated any marked dif-
f,ti-mt,- in th..i. ..I., ,.n tUr. n..,l
I for farm labor, some of whom phu-ed very Rood price for our apples
Lit.- ukuic n iuw u uo per ceoL oi iucj(i:ir.i crop), niui everyone nuu some
normal need. Some of these replies money and they were iilrlnj? help,
are quoted herewith us apparently re- Hut in 1921 we Kt but a very small
fleeting the situation in different parti ' price for our apples ( 1920 crop) and
of the slate: j the farmers are hiring only what
ucuion i.ouiiiy. ".viy estimate ot 75
per cent compared with u year ago,
might possible be underestimating it
; slightly. Owing to (he uncertainty of
ine puce ui agricultural products for
NE SMARTLY STYLED
SPORT SKIRTS:
for as nice potatoes as I have ever;
seen. I
Marlon "The average Turmer Isi
IryiiiK to get along with less help;
.I...- rnrniprlv nil account. I think.
jof there being no price for any farm;
products, too lurmer ip -
oats, wool, hides anu prunes .u :
has nc ready money to pay
help. Is not pruning his trees or
planting as much grain as usual."
Malheur "The falling off In de
mand for labor is due to the Inabil-,
Ity of the farmers to pay for labor j
because of not having sold their j
crops of last year or Buffering very
heavy financial losses on what they:
sold. This has forced a general ii--
trench men t In farm operations.
iuhni.a!i b u vnur heo everyone hai .
money and the farmers were speed
lug up production above normal and ;
willing to hire laiior ireuiy
This Is principally un ,
alfalfa hay district and a great part.
of last year s crop is sun m .
i,u,wi ,,r Die fanners who will huve
to carry It over another year."
Less Demand In .Morrow j
Morrow "Less demand for farm ;
labor due, first, to the low price and
lack of money to iio business on. ,
In lli-ppncr. wo ran only get 20 ;
lbs. of Hour for a buKhel of No. 1 ,
wheat and other things in proper-i
lion." . I
Sherman "The owners are doing
as much of their own work as pos
sible where In other years they im
pended on hired labor and only
were overseers. There is just as
much ucreago as usual but - it goes
lo show that when the fanners are
unable to get money, they can pitch
In and get the work done." ,
Umatilla "Many or the farmers
aro now taking the place of the hired
men thennielves, dolus their own
work as far as possible. Last year
We had good limes and the overage
farmer did not do this if men were
to be secured. Again, they uro only
doing absolutely esseirtial work and
generally following a retrenchment
policy."
Wasco "Tho depression or ag-
i ..-i. .no ,,Lbfl farmers feel
rieuuui ai pi i . - ,
...t thev must curtail expenses, so
they lire cutting down on help where
possible."
iew materials, styles and colors are included im
V'
showing. There are plaids, stripes and plain colors, in
flannels, satins and the season's newest novelty silks. The
styles are graceful, some plain, others plaited. Each otit
is different and decidedly new. See them in our ready-to-wear
section.
Prices$8.90 to $14.75
BROWN SATIN
Slippers
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I3y this morning's ex
press, a new cross-strat)
Slipper, of brown satin,
style as illustrated. Sizes
are now complete.
McCall
Patterns
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Cinderella
I lose
Where Your Credit Is Good
Use It
COMPLETE HOME FURNISHER
0B5EHVEH WAIff "ADSGETKS
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prtng Laps fk
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torn- v
ting their acreage somewhat short,
uro oiny IH11I1.K just wllat help they
can possibly gel alouu with. In f.'u l.
run everything the farmer has to sell
"the price" has been cut to a min
imum, compared to the enormous
prices be has to pay Tor necessities
Ile has to buy. it has put him some-
-whul up in the air, "so to speak.'.'
.Men llellirn to I'llciu
Clackamas "For tin.' . last four
years there bus been n shortage of
farm labor. The local help has
eoite ool to work in the shipyards,
lumber camps, etc. This year the
boys are nearly all hoinu and work
ing at any farm work Ihey can get.
Also for the last 4 or 5 years
many of our farm houses were under
'lease, have been vacant and the land
was fanned either by the owners or
some farmer who tried to hire help
lo farm same. Now we have no va
cant houses us all are occupied by
iconic whii have relumed to the
countrv lo slave oif the high cost
or living and are all In the field nil
nnv kind of wink. F.sltmattnc what
I know was the demand In the past
nrcHcnl demand. I mm tuai
al.i.nl so per rent of tlx
ear. as against the past.
The falling off In tht
1,., r In this- locallly Is ui'
tractor and mllMng machines anu
,.Mn cbillv this season, owing In the
..." . ri- Turin pro
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help they have to. A great many
are doing their own work where
last year they hired It done."
Jackson Last year prices were
high and the farmers put in as much
crop as they could. This year prices
are lower and becoming lower all
the limn and the farmer Is Inclined
to he more economical. Within a
mile of my place there will be at
least n hundred acres less land in
cultivation than there was last year.
Some of this land will be pastured
and some ot It will grow up to wnu
.nits and be cut for hay."
Josephine "The rurnis here are
not large and the farmers are do
iii ninsi nf their own work. When
lalMir. tyns cheap nearly every farmer
hail w Itireu man. -.roi. momm.. ,
i1iip furies' lollling .me generullj
,, v,.ri-..,l four men. one eaen ior
two',.nd two on one. Now two do
not hire- any excepl-a lew nays in
harvest and haying and the other
only has one man. Ihey say inej
have to do their own work or let
it go undone, except a few days In
summer.''
Not Hiring Help III Lane
i mm -,-riii ri. was un unusual de
mand Tor farm help a year ago due
to the tact that the farmers were
gelling good prices for their pro
ducts and were anxious to seen e--ry
acre possible. Although we h-ive
had a very backward season and
farm work must he rushed In order
in i'i.i It (lone, the farmers are not
tin
ML TO nT
nunhrnnr nniinT
1K-
CAUPIIF.LI. PI-ACF. I.1-.ASI-.
t'ISlON IN OL '
il in I
mill'1
sury
Ci
IiIi-iiil' llie belli Ibis' vear for
d for by increased use oi un m r,.IIMn that Ihey see no promise a--
sufficient returns to warruui a cairn
outlay for labor."
I .Inn . . I Krnni n hanker) "The
nut employing I mrmer finds II very difficult lo gel
l-'aruiel'K
help than I"
re
absolutely. neics-,issis(;lm.(. just now for pulling In
1 i.tu ..,-.. i-:,v r iiii.ni still have
x . I r'rinovlllel -"This sec-.sln Kin-plus wheat or bats on hand.
Inin Is being cut ui' In small tracts; .mn( he Federal Iteserve Hank. is
.'. . i.. r...-iv niui slxlv acres and ,. ..fusini: to rediscount farmers' notes
manner mid to the satisfaction of
the lessor Mary 'Campbell, and that
bo has not committed or Buffered
waste thereon as alleged In the defendant's-
equitable deteiisc and
counterclaim.
"The court finds that the plain
ti rt is now and was at all of the
times alleged In plaintiffs complaint
entitled to the possession of the real
oroiierlv described in plaintiff's com
plaint, and thai) the defendant is
in the possession thereof.
"The court finds that the plain
tiff lias failed to prove that the de
fendant outcrop Into possesion of
said described land aud premises
ollce Civen Hun Defendant in Mm by or witn torce. anu nun uei.-uu.....
That ive Leaseholder Possession , did not and does not hoi dpossession
Will be Taken Higher. J-of said premises by force."
I. The finding also stated that tho
-Nollea tliut an appeal wouui ne
taken to the state supreme court
Das been given to Crawford and h-
inri.evs for Edward Crossen.
In the case of Edward Crossen vs.,
tlrool(B Campbell which was recent
ly heard' before judge G.'YV. Phelps, j
of the sixth judicial u.t ,
judgment and decree given on Apr!
B dismissing' plaintiffs action and.
dismissing the defendant's equitable
defense and counterclulni. The d-;
ereo also stipulates that "plaintiff
mav recover against the defendant,
costs and disbursements in " ;
nuUable. suit and iiri-et-o...
sum as Is claimed and allowed to
defendant in the law anion.
purpose being to deny costs to i un
er party. . . i
The findings-of (he rnnn si.m
In part, that "Ihe plaintiff has failed
lo make out a case of forcioie
ifv and detainer ncaiiist tlie ciei.-no-
unt" and that "the pluiiilllf is ine
owner r a rive year lease oi
premises 111 dispute which base ex
plies March '1st. 192 4 and dial s-iid
lease is 111 writing and contains no
forfeiture or re-entry clause."
"The court finds from the evi
dence In this rase that- th planum
defendant was the owner of the
premises subject to the lease liold
by the plaintiff.
Nothing Known cf Its Value,
t'lcopiilia had a vcarriiiilcil preven
tive of baldness, or a sure cure. Pos
sibly she Iniciiili-d to en. ploy it lo
wheedle Cncnr ur liny off rebellious
I'olllll.US. I'er-llilps vhe planned 10
present it to Ailtt.liy lis a surprise al
Tardus. I'nssibly she held up I he gift
in n mod" of leiiiinlne tirklcncss, and
bail II in In i rellculc at Ai limn, mid
through, t li pnwi-r of tl-:it tnlisunin
lrew .Vnloi.y afu-i- her in i reii.ic.l pur
suit, ami In Ipinmiiuo.is retreat..
I'liere 1.- nniliinv; In ti.e .iicoveries n!
l-'i'-Cplnl-.iv's to warranl belief that
Cleopatra s bair ri-int-ei bad- any uc
nial value. Kxcbange.
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The
()nis is truly i'siiU'Htliil tdiuwiin; ol-llie new .sluvpi s for
Hirinjr. ' l'leaU'd lunk, jine-pifi'' and jsUi hnias, in a
uidi variety i'f miitei iiils and I'nloriiiv;. ' .
owner is Sine n cine inr mn
, farm wllbolll milch hlreil neip.
and this- are me
,-s th.is pri.Jecl has been li rlga.ei.
financial coliuinon o
;ig a great deal lo do will, ine ' ,
liiinnl ..f help that Is being called tor t
!' tl,.s.-hllle-"0IUK ' IIUIIHOI I
l ai.le ,. ices for faun "';J
,,,,-,,,'crs are culling down the a-i'-i
! iltr; thai Is. lev acreage IS being,
,mii!mam-' ''F.irmers are pulling lu
1 i.-ss acreage than normal, and "V
'.hAi-der up (luai.cu.llv. Iber.-fo,-..
I '-can't ..fiord -to "'' Kr:'U
Lbire labor, for increase -of acreage.
1 tbluk I uuld have been safe In
! pull.ng the percentagt-even lewcr.
it' . ...... i, u.,. this suriitg ore n.iu
i 1. . ' : r ....... .,r..lncts ?i- gone
SHERRY'S
TOMORROW ONLY
EDITH STOREY
in
'THE GOLDEN HOPE"
An Excitintr Story of the Mine's.
ALSO A COMEDY.
LAST DAY TODAY-
WALLACE REID
In
"DOUBLE SPEED
has fanned and taken cafe f
said!
reiiiHciiiiiu tin mi in u.'i' - i
when the fanner's stale-'premises In a good and hiisbaiHllik
ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF WESTERN
GROWN SEEDS
ALFALFA SKF.D ' " :
' wnrri'. clovkr sffd . '
LAWN CRASS J
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON LETTUCK
.WHITE ICH'LK RADISHES
LONCi P.RKiHT SCARLET RADISH
EARLY WINING ST AD CABBAGE
. liANlSH BALD HEAD CABBAl.L
A10 PANSY. aVu:R tL- .PENCLrR SWEET PEAS.
Harris grocery
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! . P.RK-KS 9S 'A' !f.Vs. . : v ,.,, ,i,e .si of prou. ti.m A10 PANSY, ASTER tD" Sjl'ENCKR
. . ' . . ! Wh.l tbi-farme-i cn.ume l. out ...
' - ' - - ' . ...i of reason tm. high for instance . J SJpk
. . . . I,,,-., to pay 2.5 Per h,yuled.for '.'H A 1 D I X . (l K
U'fe JiPSfe- ZXZ&SZ&SS. . TURN THE CORNjs" T CARR'S0.NE
. i . , ,0 (!(V1. hides away.' e B 1 lU.Ml 1 U
I . cTnuw "i-nu mi I (Irani- "-nty of hired men lo, S
. ' O "! bI0Uk lORl'.N. 1.,,,. ,,,, bul i),e farmed have ne, "
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