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(&rattfl fewrtnn Oifefmr Confidence Edition Section Three Pages 1 to 8 VOLUME 30 LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1932 NUMBER 253 4rH Club Activities Supplement County The Beautiful Wallowa Lake Fast Developing Nation Must Look After Its Resources Agricultural Project 0 O. "1 Oregon Leads Western States in Successful Development; County Agricultural ' Agent Active in Field - i -. ; Championships Won at Eastern Oregon Livestock Show Oregon leads all the western states In the successful development of4-H clubs. A group of livestock club members In Union county, Oregon, have succeeded In holding the lead ership In successful livestock club work In Oregon during the past two years. Vhis work has had an im portant Influence on the agricultural development of the county, 4-H club work has had an Important part In stimulating Increased develop ment of dairying and livestock. The agricultural program, of the county has been worked out and modified by the recommendations of the county economic conference in annual sessions during each of the past eight yeairs. . Increased dairy and livestock development with the accompanying Increase in the grow ing of forage crops have been the chief' objectives and the most im portant new developments to the county. During the past 10 years dairying has increased to where three modern creameries are npw required to manufacture the but ter output formerly handled by one. In livestock lines, beef cattle and hogs show little Increase In num! bers, but sheep have Increased al most 600 per cent in 10 years. 4-H club work as organized has had an importa t part in furnishing the seed stock for some of this develop ment and in many cases the best animals developed by club members have gone directly into the hands of farmers for use in Improving their herds. . As county agricultural agent, Harry Avery has had direct charge of livestock club work for the past 11 years, since 1021. During this time, the work has grown from a nucleus of one club in; 1921 in one community to a total of 11 in 1032 located in most of the communities of the county. Farm sheep,, , beef cattle, dairy ' cattle and hogs, "most of '. whleh aepurebrect 'stock,' are grown and owned by club members. f The club member who enrolls In 4-H club work must own his live stock. One pig may be the total of a new beginner's project while other boys who have been enrolled for several years may own as many as 40 head of registered animals. Those boys, and a few girls, who have been from five to 10 years in club work have developed flocks and small herds . which in recent years have captured championships and grand championships in competition with adult breeders. In 1931 4-H club members exhibited 200 head of anlmalB in open classes at the ex cellent Eastern Oregon Livestock show held at Union, Ore., each year In June. When all the awards were In they had annexed one champion ship on Hampshire sheep, one on Jersey cattle, three on Shorthorn cattle, one -on Chester White hogs and two on Berkshire hogB. In 1930 Gertrude Bell of Cove, Ore,, won grand championship honors on her Jersey cows at the Oregon State fair, showing' against adult breeders who own some of the best cattlo in Oregon and in America. The results of this 11 years of development of good livestock by club members aro interwoven In the development of Union county agri culture. Clifford Conrad of Imbler.J ore., tms year awarded a scnoiar shlp in national competition by the TntiirnnMnnnl TTnrvpstpr fiomtlftnv. ha raised reelstered Chester White hogs since he enrolled in club work ver- plub members have aid In 1922. His herd has become the ed verv much ln tne "PP" of the souce of the best stock or the Ches- Eastern Oregon Livestock show, and ter White breed ln his home coun- "ave benefited by their ty and in other Eastern Oregon ' (Continued on Page Four) This large lumber mill, located for the mn1ng and pinning of counties. Incidentally, the predom inating color of our hogs has changed from black to white during this time. Clifford has extended hfs club In the past two years to Include purebred Hampshire sheep and Shorthorn cattle and the three open class championship awards on Short horn cattle at the 1031 Eastern Oregon Livestock show were won by Clifford. Other club members have added to the agriculture of the c6unty by their work. Bob Huron of Imbler raised a registered Hampshire ram from one of his owes which even tually was sold into one of the best purebred flocks in' the state. Clay ton Fox, another sheep club mem ber of Imbler, owns over 30 head of registered sheep. The Daniels fam ily, formerly of Cove, Ore.,- Includ ing Marvin, Carmen and Jane, spe cialized in Holstein calf ' club work and with the help of their father as leader, enrolled the first all pure bred Holstein club ln Oregon. Some of the cattle produced by these three youngsters are now found ln a number of Holstein herds, whore they are being used to improve the quality of the " herd. John and Frances Comfctock, members of this club, have built up a good Holstein herd: each won a Union Pacific scholarship and are now enrolled at the agricultural college at Corval lis. The four Blokland boys, of Island Cltl, Ore., have sold from ono to three Hereford bulls to adult breed ers each year during the past three years. They also specialize ln Berk shire hogs and have maintained the best herd of this breed in Eastern Oregon. Some of the boys of the J. E. Mills and Ray Duncan families of Cove, Ore., have been in club work for the past five -to 10 years. A number of Jersey 'cattle owners are using stock produced from! the cat tle owned by these club members. The first cow ln the Union County Cow Testing ' association to make over 600 pounds of fat ln one year was Molly, a registered Jersey which Oordon Mills purchased as a calf in 1022 when he began his club work. Four purebred herds of dairy cat tle, three purebred flocks of sheep, one purebred herd of beef cattle, and at least two herds of purebred hogs owe their inception to the fact that some of the boys or girls of the family enrolled ln and were successful ln their work as mem bers of a 4-H club. Results at the 1932 Eastern Ore gon Livestock show) Indicate that club members are rating Just a lit tle higher than last year. Clifford Ccnrad won three of the open class championships on Shorthorns. Ro berta Bell won two of the open class championships on Jerseys. Troy and Robert Becker showed a herd of 11 Ho Is te ins and won grand champion ship honors on their bull, All sheep championships and all hog cham pionships In all breeds with one ex ception were won by 4-H club mem bers. ' Livestock club work has been of great value to Union county ln the good stock distributed as a result of the work. Union county has al ways been known as the banner county of Oregon for good livestock I ana her clalm now 18 more Becurc BOWMAN-HICKS LUMBER 4!' - i ' - ' on the northern llm Its of the city of lumber, end when running at mil several lin ndrrd men. ISM, ? For the lover-of outdoor recreation, Wallowa Lake is a perpetual delight : Located on the edge of Wallowa Na tional forest, it is a perfect example of a glacier lake. Attractive hotel and cabin accommodations are available, and there is no end of fishing and camping spots, mountain streams and lakes, towering, snow-capped peaks and deep canyons, and hundreds of square miles of primeval forests within easy hiking or riding distance. La Grande Neighborhood Club Was One Of The Pioneer Organizations Of Its Type In The State of Oregon The growth ' of the . La Grande ! Neighborhood club and the. work it ."has accomplished th . 'the jtt years of its organization proves not only the growth of the city during that number of years, but shows the , progress iveness of the women of the j city and their desire to make La Grande the most beautiful and best city in which to make a home. This organization was started as a Neighborhood club, In the literal meaning of the word. Just 38 years ago by a small group of La Grande women, but since that time has ex panded to such an extent that It Is not only an asset to La Grande, but to the entire Union county. One of Pioneers The Neighborhood club was one of the first clubs of Its kind In the state. When the State and Goneral Federations of Women's clubs were organized, the La Grande club wbb among the first to give Its hearty co-operation and delegates attended the first state federation meeting held In Portland. Mrs. Jessie L. Cavana, a woman of vast experience and intellect, was the first president of the local club, and under her guidance the organ ization began a career founded upon firm principles. The traditions of these early beginnings have been kept alive up to the present time. Self Improvement" satisfied the group for a time but there came an urgo to go out, to explore the work being done by women, "to strive to touch and know the great common women's heart for us all" and so application for membership to the General Federation of Clubs was made. This membership was grant- MILL V r I-e (Ira tide, Is completely equipped rapacity rurnl.hr employment for H i: Al' s " .-'.vt 11 i'l,V jri!. ',5 i)- M t.V ed: In the year 1800, making the cju,b. pno jpf the tflrst of Oregon ,to receive' this hohof .' , . Charter Member . When the stole federation was or ganized In 1800 the local club be came a charter member. Many of Its members have served and arc serving as officers of the state Or ganization. Others have served ln important positions of the . general federation. A marked change came in the life of the club when It was permitted the use of the commercial club rooms for a meeting place for its regular meetings. The membership was no longer limited and a desire was created to unite forces with this civic organization for the better ment of the city and community. The civic work of the club, which haa played so great a part all through the years dates from this time. No club year pasficd without some civic undertaking. One of the out standing accomplishments was the planting of 300 Norway maple trees along tho Victory way, leading, to Riverside park, as a memorial to the heroes of the World war. During tho - war the club was ready to respond to the great need of the time and all else was set aside for Red Cross and home serv ice work. Sponsors Flower Show Tho annual flower show and spe cial meetings to discuss gardens and homes have done much toward en couraging the people of La Grande to beautify their homes and by planting flowers, trees and shrubs. Music, art and dramatics have all been featured by the club. ; Many of tho best American plays have been staged with satisfactory re sults. Art Drpiiriinent The art department, which meets regularly for the study of art, has also done excellent work. The out standing feature of this division has been the fostering of "circulating picture library" which originated with Mrs. E. P. Mossmnn, chairman of the art division for the Oregon federation, and who Is largely re sponsible for the promotion of art In La Grande. Hundreds of dm dren have felt cultural Influence of real art masterpieces since the In troduction of the picture library. Two Conventions On occasions the local club has been hostess to club women from nil over the state of Oregon, when the Oregon federation held its an nual convention hem. The first club convention ln ba Grande was ln 1008. It was at this meeting that tho scholarship loan fund was con- eelved and perfected. Tho second convention of the Oregon federation held here was In 1020 when hundreds of club women assembled hero for their annual meeting and were entertained by the local club women. Tills meeting was marked down as one of the best conventions ln the history of the Oregon federation. From a membership of five tho club has grown until at present there are about 300 members, working for the betterment of the city, commu nity, state nnd nation and the ad vancement of their organization. A EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF LA GRANDE IS RECALLED BY PIONEER SETTLERS That La Grande's first store- was nothing more than a dugout In the lilde ot4h mountalhJfl rovealed by pioneers, who-jiow .look back over the 65 years of existence of tho city and note tho progress made In that length of time. For lack of a building to put them ln the first general store provisions. whlch, constated of brown Manila sugar, coffee, large quantities of syrup ln five-gallon kegs and other staple things, brought to La Grande ln the fall of 1862. by a man named Edward B. Patterson, were stored In a dugout ln the side of tho hill at t.h h.firi nf whnt. war intur null mi A avenue, close to where the Cran- dell place now stands in Old Town. The provisions were kept ln the dugout during the entire winter, and ln the spring Mr. Patterson put up the first store building ln the bu lt on O avenue, block 2. In Old Town, which was ooated along the trail and wns tho only town here. . ........ L '.. .... .. . tnero Doing noimng au an wnoro me main city of La Grande now stand. Mr. Patterson also built tho first plank . houso ln La Grando during , fl nvfimm Thin wns nnt fchn riml, houso to be' constructed ln La Grande, however. Hen Hrnwu'8 Inn sen "roH,ls Ben Brown put up a log house ln tuo iuii ui looi. wihui wiib unuu an inn or hotl lor travelers pass- ln lho eorly .7(r8 many of lho ing along the trail, but tho very buddings on the south side of C avo flrst log building here was built ln nuo wcro wlped out by nr0( anU 1853. according to Henrv Drav. who I rnu..nf tells of passing through hero ln that year with his father and seeing a small log shack along the creek ln Old Town, which was probably built by early traders for protection n Kill nst the Indians. The building had no windows, Indicating that It was constructed for protection. Mr. Patterson had been hero ln tho fall of 1861 and hod made ar rangements for bringing his family here In '02 and sending his teams on through to The Dalles for tho provisions. Two trips were made be tween hero nnd Tho Dalles after tho provisions, which were sold to miners and early settlers who passed through La Grande, which served as a halfway place and stopping place between tho mines In Idaho and Walla Walla, Wash. In tho year 1804 Mr. Patterson constructed the first two-story plank house here. In the year 1807 or '08. Mr. Pat terson sold his store to Mose Enrich and went back to Vermont, return ing a few years later to California. Tho very earliest settlers here did not make their homes where La Grande now stands, but Instead lived in little groups In the vicinity whero Mt. Glen is now located, whero an old log fort had been con- I st"jciu ior prurcuun . and '62 there were 12 men, seven , children and two women at the fort. When Mr. Patterson came hero, two men, Green Arnold and Don j Chaplin, were surveying and staking! out tho town or La uranae. ins two main streets of which were B and O avenues, B being right on tho Old Oregon Trail and the route which all emigrants took when passing through this way. Tho trail went almost directly west from La Grande, leading up over tho hill, rather than following the canyon. Other BimlnfKs Place As more people began to settle here In the spring of 1802 other business places were opened, among cnem neing tne. jirsn saw mui; wnicn was built by ,a,.mii,4innied Fox on tho hill whloh was later named for him. This mill was . afterwards moved to Orodell whoro It operated for some time, and furnished lum ber for many of the pioneer bulld- 1 lngs in The second general store was opened by S. M. Bloch ln the year '62 or '63. It was located ln a log house on the south sldo of B ave nue along the Old Oregon Trail, 'and J"st afit of thG creok wnlch runs, through Old Town. Sometime afterwards Mr. Bloch put up a plank ato building on tho north side of what Is now Cedar street, which was used for several years. For a few years after tho first store was opened hero tho growth j f' tho town was rnpld and In 1866 th0 w n,"d0 wns " lBlr' ' slz!d , "? thr',n8 ,v"ln0' h"v'"K several nlaccs of business. C avenue , , , fc T",, bullt rf wo I 1,0 "cck a ,,d for mor.?Jt',1 1 UltJWWIUU UU lJIU liunii Dlliu ui vi iv creek, most of the buildings being Ptvn,C' Period of Desert Ion ' Then came tho porlod whon La I Grando was practically deserted, mimv of thn neonle lonvlntr here and rUHn.nff to the nearby mines In Ba- Rer county in hopes of finding gold For Bevemi years La Grando was at a standstill and going down hill rather than progressing. Even Island (Continued on Page Pourr The mnyan or the (Iniiiilc Itonde rlvrr, went of l-a (inuide, rrm nciine of tho fluent nifiiery In the state. Tlio Old' Oregon Trail, a wide and snHxith oiled nuieudam hlitlimiy, follow nloiiR lho rouwo of the river for nevernl iiillrn on the wny over the lilue Mountain to l'emllctun. The liles of the canyon ore covered with liiviiilniK vegetation, eeclnlly In Hie irlnf, nnd provide nuiny lieniilirul imnoramas. Nation's Industries Have Drawn Recklessly Upon Nature's Storehouses, Lands and Forests 50 to 100 Years Needed The American nntton has dovel- lzatlori from the Atlantlo coast to oped to such a degree that at last the Mississippi, the one great ex those who are concerned with the pendlture of human energy In win future of the country are forced to ; nlng the way was ln conquering the give serious consideration to the use ' forests. In felling the trees, burning1 of thp nation's natural resources. all except what was needed for lm Thls country has become great large- mediate use, and clearing the ground ly because nature placed within Its for cultivation. limits a vast storehouse of materials These two centuries of forest de pecullarly BUlted to man's use. This atruotlon explain the development of supply has been drawn upon reck- j that peculiar American mental attl lessly. No real thought has been , tude that a forest tree is of small Riven to wise use or to the longest , use of those resources which, from j tne very nature or tne case, coum not of the Individual regardless of own be renewed. Little consideration has . ershlp. To change this mental attl- been bestowed upon the wise use of - those resources which, like the land, are capable of perpetual em ployment, or of the forests, which may be Indefinitely renewed. Public landB suited to agriculture are' no longer available. There are no longer on the public 'domain. valuable stands of timber open to acquisition by private citizens. The needs of a growing population have forcer all the better grades of agrl-Jfew cultural land Into private ownership and Into tillage. The most valuable timber has either been harvested to meet the requirements of Industry, or It has passed Into the hands of owners who must soon market It In order to protect the investment which they have In it. The nation has come squarely up to the problem of land use. Its con tinued and Increasing greatness can only be guaranteed by better use of the land ln all those ways in which It can be mado to serve man's needs. The two principal Uses to wnlch land can be put are agrlculturo and eatry. Tremendous strides have been made ln scientific agriculture ln the past half-century. Millions ln money have beon expended ln this field, and thousands of trained men have rendered splendid service tn solving the problems of soil productiveness. tween regions, in other words, this Thejfuftito food' supply of a nafctonaivtsion thto .regtohal areas Is large twice as populous as the present, . ly for the purpose of com uiUeilsV 'm' seems assured. A future wood sup- pin, adequate for tho needs of the . stood that ln certain of these regions . great nation which Is destined to be. much of the timber has been' re is not assured. moved to clear the land for cultlva The serious factor ln the forestry j tlon, or else to supply the demands . problem becomes evident when it is (for lumber ln the Industries. , . stated that a tlmbor crop requires from fifty to one hundred years for maturity. When to this statement j it added the assertions that this na- j tlon Is using timber four times as fast as It is being produced: that by I far the greater portion of the orlg- I inal stand of timber has been re- i moved; and that ln spite of substt tutes for wood, the annual rate of tlmber consumption does not de- crease, the scrlousnccs of the for-1 estry problem becomes Increasingly elear, A brief consideration of the progress of forest removal will aid ln making clear Orogon's position ln tho forestry picture of tho country. History of Forest Depletion When tho first Bottlers landed up on the Atlantic soaboard, thoy found themselves confronted by what ap peared to be an unbroken wilderness. As far as thoy woro concerned, It was a limitless forest. It was forbidding and threatening. Beyond the borders of the wilderness lurked wild beasts and savage men. Added to thlB the trees combcrcd tho tillable soil from which the settlers must derive their food. Thus tho forest was a real foe to their existence. That the forest supplied logs for their cabins, rails for tholr fences, and fuol for their fires was purely Incidental ln tho conquest of the land for tillage. Dur ing moro than tho two centuries re quired to make the march of clvll- GRANDE RONDE CANYON to Grow Timber Crop Importance, and that the forest Is to be used or abused at the pleasure tude, ln part only, has required mors than thirty years of untiring effort on the port of those who have ac quired an understanding of the eco nomic significance of the forest re sources to the future of the nation. Material progress has been made. The word "forestry" Is no longer a strong - er to tho Amlerloon people. There is Federal Forest Service; many states have forestry organisations, and a forward-looking private owners ( are beginning to think In terms of repeated timber crops. . Before the settler's ax had begun the removal of the forest to prepare the way for fertile fields, there was a forested area tn the United States of about 850,000,000 acres. This vast timbered area has been reduced to less than 463,000,000 acres. More than half of thlB remaining area has been culled, or Is unproductive. In ft rough way there are five great forest regions In the United States. This separation of the original forested , areas of the United States Into re- lor-lgiona is based largely upon dlstlhc tlons of topography and upon the dominant species within the respec tive regions. It should be understood that certain species of trees appear in more than one region, and that ! there Is ho sharp dividing line be- description. It should also be under Tho Northern forests cover tho northern portion of the Great Lakes region. Now York,-Pennsylvania and New England. The white pine is the one tree quite generally distributed over this area. The eastern species of spruce, fir, hemlock, and cedar are among the commercially import- ant trees while hardwoods form a de cided mixture with the conifers In many places, especially ln the south ern portions of the region. The Southern forests extend from Maryland along tho coast to Texas, occupying the larger portion of each of tho Gulf states, with the excep tion of Texas, the eastern portion only of this state bolng forested, Tho characteristic trees of the southern ; forest region aro tho smll group from which tho famous southern yel low plno Is obtained. Tho major portion of the Central Hardwood region lies ln tho Ohio valioy, though broad arms extend . along tho Appalachian mountains, down Into Arkansas, and up Into Minnesota. This region is tho homo of the most valuable broad-leaf tim ber trees ln the world. In this area grew the white oak, famous la fur niture manufacture, black walnut, the hlckoricB, maples, ashes, chest nuts and others of less Importance. Tho Rocky mountain region, as the name Indicates, covers roughly the (Continued on Page Three) twill t 1
