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WTO LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 2,1922 SECTION TWO NUMBER 75 VOLUME XXV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS GM ID WHEAT 15 NEW n e BiHirnn mil I imi n ill- miu i t UiillilLIIU MILL I are from five to seven bushels bet-j ter than any competing variety. The Federation is an Australian ...hoi -l!Mi Fnf Bovnrnl VftH'H lullU enough to establish its excellence beyond question, has been developed at tho Sherman County Branen ex periment station. tiei-Den tgoeri 01 mu LcnJSVIU,Ei Ky Jan. 2. Plans veteran wheat grower ot are rapidly bcinB shaped for the fif county, toon sweeps!. on m tc,,nth nnmml m.,tino. of the National hlbit of Hard Federation at eCuners Association, Canning Mnrhin Northwest Hay and Grain Show at & s Association and the Pendleton, while A. Sammls "Is" j Nllticnal Food R.-okprs' Association to of The Dalles, took similar honors fae hci jn ,j0uilivjl Jan 16 , 2ft with wheat urown from the ',u.ine,,(,t.ll,,ttktr((1Bventi,1(,, seed at tho Land Products show a'ic!lnners brokcr3 and distributors from Portland. jan parts M the world. Triplet was Introduced last yearj new feature to bo introduced at Into Sherman county, and it Is likely 'ti,;s gathering will he a special con to prove an excellent wheat for thojvel,tj0n of which details for a Canned south end of the county. foods Week will be discussed. The Every county asent In eastern committee on national "Canned Foods Orecon in outlining his next year's' Week" will announce that it will be 0. A. C, Corvallis, Jan. 2. There are several new high-yield ing varieties of wheat being intro duced into many eastern Oregon counties, and every county agent is directing part of bis time not only toward introducing such varieties, but also toward keeping- these new stands pure, as well us Increasing the acreage sown. For instance, in, Lake county last year Federation, a particularly high-yielding wheat, was grown for the first time, and most of the fields were certified. une ceruueauon project is ou.y l''MWOrk ig plinR to devote consider 01 a cereai-improvemeni. progiam ab,0 nt(entioll to the establishment Doing carried out in -eastern uregon ,f g rlor varjcties by a larce nu Dy the njregon Agricultural college. ber ()( pr.u.ti(.al demonstrations as Another prominent project Is .the hng bJen (one ,n n 8catlercd way introduction and distribution of but-j. , i-er uuapmu tdiioiica. in una vun nection the advent of vHybrld 128 in Union county is a typical example. Two years ago a start with this wheat, which jhad proved a success ful variety In parts of Washington and uiso in uuiauua county, wan Fe(ler.,tHn Triplet. Wasco, Turkey inado in Union county. It Proved j R(,(, Fortcr-aton, Hybrid 128. Union wen uuapica to conuuions mure uim,,, vn ,..,1 128. Federation. Wallowa, Within the lust fo- years.- seven colleges for women have made their beginning in the Far East, accord ing to Mrs. Fru-mo. Five- of them are arts colleges and two medical she states. They are located ns follows: two in India, at Lucknow in the north d at Madras in the south; two In China, one in tho northern capi tal, Peking, the other In the old southern capital, Munking; one in rokoyo, the capital 6f Japan. . The two medical schools lire in vollore, India and Peking, Chinii. Emphasis will be laid on varieties. according to counties, 113 follows: held throuchout the country March first to eighth. Along with the general sessions there will be meetings of separate sections, such ns the Corn, Fruit Ketchup, Kraut, Milk, Molasses and Syrup, Pea, Pork and Bean, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Tomato and Wad and UNEILOI T PROBLEM E the farm hands the right of organiza tion enjoyed by industrial workers. A Ihiid convention would extend to them rights to indemnities for nccidcntJ arising out of their employment, us enjoyed by other workers. Two of the conventions applied to seamen, onu forbidding the employ ment in bunkers and stokeholds of boys less than 18 years old and the other requiring a yearly examination of every youth under 18 employed on ship. Another convention adopted provid es for a minimum rest period of 2-1 (ny Associated l'rcss) GENEVA, Jan. 'J. A recommenda tion that an international conference bo called to consider remedies for un employment was adopted by the Third International I.abor Conference re- Last winter, when North China icently held here. Tho conference also,; l10i is in all industrial establishments every week, wherever possible on the same day. These were in addition to a conven tion forbidding tho uso of white lead r.nd Riilnhatn of e:i,I in interior decor- iey' raised $15Uu'for the sufferers. Of the seven conventions adopted, nUo, aa ca)leu at the tim0 of it8 i-h., .,! ti-min wro excused three dealt with farm labor. One cfl was in the straiiRlc-noid or mat tor-, i.u. .. ... rible famine" Mrs. Frame states, question of establishing an eight-hour 'students of Vouching (Peking) col-day for farm labor and also of wider lego gave Maeterlinck's "The Blue-Moption of the half holiday on Snt- binl.' in Chinese through which uruays, k.iuh as 1 .K.i.i ev. t -i-n.iii n nmiin irnnn wifrt) tui-ubtiu. , ,-n f-.,.., niii.o n,wl w,.nt these provided that children under 1 out Into tho nearest famine rcglonan be employed on farms only oulsid- adoption. The conference also adopt ed recommendations to protect women employed on farms before and after child birth, for the proper housing of farm hands, for instruction in scientif ic agriculture and application to them of laws providing pensions when they becomo ill or old. 1 SLAIN IN MISSION. (Tlv Associated Press) BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 2. Sur rounded by 70 or 75 sleeping men at tho Inasmuch Gospel Mission in West Saratoga street, an unidentified man was shot to death early Friday. His slayor escaped. All tho sleepers were awakened and great confusion pre. vailed.. No cause could bo assigned for the shooting. HEAD THE WANT ADSI Umatilla-, Certified Hybrid 12S, ,Ten;Green Bean sections. kins Club, Federation. Turkey Red. Morrow, Turkey lied Hybrid 128, Federation. Sherman,' Turkey lted, last aunmiur u dozen other farmers' in the county Bowed small acreages in order to compare it with Forty fold, the commonly grown winter wheat of that county. In every in stance the farmers reported favor ably upou the new variety, report ing yields of five to seven bushels an acre over Forty-fold grown wil der similar conditions. As a result Hybrid 128, . Federation. Malheur, Hybrid 128, Federation. Crook, Fed eration, Turkey lied. Desclwtus, Federation. Lake, Federation, Tur key Red. . LATEST IN' STYLES. PARIS, Jan. 2. Handbags must match the gloves, accordinif to the 1 it- five car-loads of Hybrid 128 seedjest ;uea nl aris fashions. l'r rcv were sown in the county this fall.CI.ai weeks fashionable women have and it is confidently expected tliutjj)ecri usjng the sams colored material Forty-fold ,an easily shattoriug and' jn their purses as in their dresses, but now gloves striped with purple, blue only fairly desirable- wheat, will be replaced by the higher yielding, non-shattering Hybrid 128. The first field of Hybrid 128 was grown w;th these colors. in Wallowa county last summer and did particularly well. There is every reason to believe it will' replace Forty-fold there. One of the out standing new wheats of eastern Ore green and white kid have appcrred and bags are being made to blend gon is Federation, of which there are two types the hard Federation, a dry land wheat, and the common Federation, adapted to irrigated land. These wheats have been tried out during the past two , years In every county in eastorn Oregon hav ing a county ugont and every Hull cation Is to the effect that they WOMEN INDICTED. (Dy Associated Press) CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Grand jury indictments of three women owners of massage parlors based on evidence of what States Attorney KoberJ. E Crowe terms "gross and increasing secret immorality," were announced Friday as the beginning of a deter mined campaign to rid Chicago of scores of such establishments. Through the courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture the Buieau of Raw Products Research of the National Canners Association has received assurance of exhibits and demonstrations which are in prepara tion for the Louisville convention. These will le accompanied and ex plained by the Department's scientific experts. The latest knowledge 111 regard to liseases of sweet corn and methods for controlling them will be presented. Valuable additions to the knowledge of the corn root rot problem have been made since the last, convention, and these results will be shown. IB GOOD E TILS Hi Dim to investigate. They found such numbers of poor little girls, either deserted to die, or about to be sold by their desperate parents into a lifo of shame, that they begged the use of two Huddhlst temples to servo as a haven. There thoy cared lor over two hundred famine vic tims through the long winter months, other girls In tho college securing money and clothing, and coming in relays for two week3 at a time to help In the work. Among other ways of raising money tho girls gave 'Morcliant of Venice' in Chinese. . ; "Are tho girls ready for those opportunities? Every year they come in eager groups, many of them several days Journey, to enter Hiis land of their dreams. But every year many must bo turneu away for lack of room. A year ago 178 applicants came for admission! to the medical college at Velloro. Only 28 could bo received. One hundred-fifty would-be medical workers for the suffering woman hood of India were turned away, fojr lack of room. . 'What is happening in the schools of Japan is of more importance to mankind today than what Is hap pening in her dock urds." ' . of school hours. Another would give TIE AD THE WANT ADS! (Ily Associated Press) CHICAGO, Jan. 2. 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