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Saturday, July 16. 1932 LA C'.KANUE EVKNINd OBSEKVKK. 11A GRANDE, UKJfi. Pajre-Three 4 4 fhone : Alor nl o'e, Mil n 600 Blue Mt. Orange , , . , , , At the ,lMt meeting, of Pluo u grange, a patriotic 1 program was pre sented. It follows: Group singing of patriotic songs, i Roll call "My First Recolleotlon of Fourth of July. . Talk "America's First Birthday. i. L. Eckley.. . . , Reading "The Unknown Speaker, Mrs. W. O. Sherwood. . ... ( Reading "Birth of America," Mrs. Clarence Carter. . .... Recitation "One, two. Three," Mr 'garet Docsou. .. ... . Readings "Flag Etiquette" and VBpecial Days lor Displaying the; Flag," Mrs. Victor Ragaln , Mrs. E. L. Eckloy sang some Revo-j iutlonary war songs that he grand-; lather had taught her. ... I . Flog salute and the American's: 5creed. grange. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. 'Mosterton, who; recently held at Bllverton. gave re ports of that meeting. Beside the flme spent in the convention town, other, Western Oregon towns were visited, Including Newport, Balem, ugenc. The grange's public markot was of most Interest at the laBt immnri nlnne. Thev went bv the way pf McKenzie pass ,'and 'visltod , thelr son, Lester, and family. This grange; will not meet ogain in juiy. mere will bo only one meeting In August anil that will be In the afternoon nf tbn first Wednesday. Members having birthdays In July or August flq-e to have charge ox tne program. In Valley Mrs. H. H. "Cleaver and daughter, Miss Eleanor, of La Grande, were (llnner guests Thursday at .'.the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Chenault, In the Valorla district. v.vGuests , ... f Mi. and Mrs. George Wright, of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Mrs. Wright's nephew and family, of . Kansas, ar rived in La Grande Tuesday for a short visit,, returning to their home on Thursday. Mr., and Mrs. Wright were visiting his mother, Mrs. Jackson Wright, and his brothers, Frank. . Willis and Willie Wright, of the valley, and his sister, Mrs. Ellen Greer, of La Grande. They also visited Mrs. Wright's niece, Miss Lillian Duncan, a student At the 'Eastern Oregon Nor . mat school. Kcttirns Home . Mrs. Margaret Oliver, who has been .visiting taunoaig. her relatives here since around Memorial, day, left (Thursday for her home In Portland, jfihe accompanied Ernest DcLong, of .Grango Hall, to Portland, Mr. De Xong having made the trip to look after some business matters. Sister A Guest Mrs. Harry Wells, the Valorla district,, has as her . house guest at the.. present .time,., her sister,., Mrs. Esther Henderson, of Spokane. ' Barn Burns A large hay barn oh the Gay but ton farm In the Indian creek neigh borhood, was completely destroyed bjj fire last Friday morning, the origin of which is unknown. The building was a mass of flames when discovered and nothing could be done to save h It Is reported that the loss . will be partially covered by insurance. Sick . ., ', .H..L. Hu'ngc'rfprd Jr., young son of Mr,, arid -Mrs., H. L. Hungcrford, of Island , City, wos ,a ,, pretty sick lad for a little while one day last week. Some of the boys had been playing about an old.. car, at Mitchell's, the gas tank of which still held a small quantity of , gas. . TYio boys con ceived the idea of syphoning some of It , out, a process with which they were not 100 per cent familiar. They result was that junior sucked in a quantity of the fluid, which made mm in. , Return From Idaho . , ... Mr. and .Mrs. Lynn Chadwlck, of Cove, hayo. 'returned , . from Idaho, where they went on a few days' bus iness trip. From Bakeiw - Miss Jean Mn thews, of Baker, Is In the valley visiting among her rela tives. She was for awhile with her cousin, Clairo Fuller, at the home of Mr. ana Mrs. Carl Fuller, of near Allcel, and also at the home of her grandfather, C. C. Weloh, at Imbler. Allcel Aid Miss Eleanor Cleaver, recently re- turned to her home In La Grande from Hlo, ,, Hawaii, .where ..she. has been teaching the past two years, was the special speaker before the regular meeting ot the Allcel Ladies Aid society held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harry Fisher In Lower Cove, with Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. 'Royal Tyler and Miss Mabel Morton as hostesses. There were about 30 members and friends of the society together to hear Miss Cleaver's very Interesting description of the Islands, the people, customs, conditions, eto. Miss Cleaver spoke in conversational style, drawing quite clear and strik ing pictures and her hearers were very appreciative. Other numbers on by Mrs. Lema Fuller, who played her the program Included a vocal solo own accompaniment, an original poem by Mrs. .Lydla M. Lantz. and some harmonica solos by Mrs. Earnle Miller. Mrs. Kd , Jasper, president, had charge of the business meeting and Mabel Morton conducted the de votlonals. After the program, Miss Josephine Fisher introduced an in teresting guessing contest, while the hostesses arranged the lunch, which consisted of green apple cobblera a la mode and coffee. It was voted to hold no meeting during the month of August. Ciuefe , Mr. and Mrs. Frank Paige, who live up the Mill Creek canyon, have as their guests, Mr, and Mrs. Lewis tWeber. of Ft. Collins, CoL , M,rs. , Weber is a daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Paige. iubcl'B. Morton, Vailey KeWi Editor Q $ $ 3 3 $ $ 3 $ $ $ 4 $ $ , '" THURSDAY, JM.Y 81 & $ is the dato for the annual 4 Union County Pioneer picnic S sponsored by the Union Ooun- ty Sons and Daughters : of 4 $ 'Pioneers association. Business 3 meeting in the morning, bas- t ket dinner at noon and pro- $ gram In the afternoon Is the general outline for the day. 4 8 Everybody welcome. : -1 1 . Entertain Club-- ' , , , .. Mrs. pert Grout and Mrs. c, B; Spencer entertained the members of the Coun try women's club Friday aft ernoon at the home of Mrs. Spencer, in the Orange . Hall .neighborhood., incre .were io present for tne meet ing. Mrs. Ed jasper and Mrs. Recce McAUster won the prizes given by Mrs. Clay Periland. who had charge of the entertainment numbers. The hostesses served refreshments at the piose oi me aiiernoon. ( ine aaic for 'tho next meeting 1b .next Friday, July 82, and the place for It will be announced later. Has Fall, t .... Mrs. I. A. Howell, of the Valeria distrlct. Is Btlll some sore but is Improving ,from the injuries which she received .a few weekB ago while working about her home. Mrs. How-i ell was stepping Into the cellar, as we undcrstand.lt, and falling, struck her back very forcibly on the sharp edge of the step. She suffered great ly following the accident, but is better now, we are, glad .to report. Her daughter, Mrs. Collie Lamb and young son, XUckie. of Dunsmulr, Cal., have been .here this summer making a visit at the Howell home. Dickie had a narrow ; escape the other eve ning, In fact, "ft seems quite miracu lous that lie was not seriously in jured. He was riding the . Howell family's saddle , horse in the rood near their home, when all at once, while turning a corner, he had a collision with the Melville car of La Grande. The horse was so badly hurt that It wbb necessary to kill it, but Dickie came out without any Injuries. ... Much Hay Up Under good conditions they always have a big hay crop at the Hugh Huron form ,on Brooks Lane. One of the most fascinating pictures we have of farming operations in the valley Is the long string of mowers and rakes .used one year during har vest. The hay Is In now, we are told, and there were about 350 tons of the first cutting a very fine quality of alfalfa hay. : Vls'lt Brother. . .. , -.. , Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Chenault recent ly had ..a very fine autp.trjlp when they drove over into the UklahjiCpun-.-try and visited at the home of his brother, J. W. Chenault and family. Elgin Bunk Changes Guy Patten, .who has been con- nected with the First National Bank oi jLigm ior ? Y ve sisters, five brothers arid his E. Bean who has been serving as grantjmotjier, Mrs. L. Parsons, of Col president for a period ofycars, have : jege place. The sisters are: Mrs. sold their interests In the banking Hoagland. Aberdeen;. Mrs.: Institution to C. R. Wheeler, who ); J - for many years was in the same , business in Baker and up until the ' time of the merging of the ( Baker banks a few months ago. He re-1 places Mr. Bean as president. R. L. i Shoemaker, who has been coshjer. at Elgin l for a long time, retains his important post under the new or ganization. Mangles Hand , Another -painful accident which may be laid nt the door of the sea son's hay harvesting, happened to John Kennedy,, who has been work ing on the Whiting ranch near El gin. According to reports, Mr. Ken nedy's hand caught In the rope on the hay fork, badly lacerating two finger of ono hand perhaps three. The toll of. lacerated Hands has been quite heavy In this section during the cutting, which Is Just about com pleted In the valley. To Hcrml.ston Mrs. Ida Gordon, a former teacher in the valley schools, has returned to Hennlston to be with her sister,, following a short stay with friends here. Big Picnic Even at this into day wc must mention a big picnic which was held at Starkey on the Fourth -of July.; There were about 150 people In the crowd, which was made up of .mem bers of the John Wei is family and tho Brlggs family, and was held on the Brlggs place near Starkey. Those who went from (this aJUey were Harry Wells and Roy Wells" families, and Mrs. Esther Henderson. In ad dition to the events customary at such a party there was also the additional feature of swimming. A pool has been made in the river at the Brlggs place which is quite large, tho water. Is good, and the. place Is quite Ideal, so wc are told. Enjoys Work Friends of Miss Dorothy Barker, of near Cove, will be. glad to know that she Is enjoying her new work very much. It will be remembered that after she had been graduated from E. O. N. this spring and completed the. work at the Ascension summer conference, she was employed by Bishop Remington to do secretarial work In connection with the educa- tlnncil nrnomrn Kalno farrlaA nut h Miss Peterson. Miss Dorothy is now? 11:IB Vacation Books for Boys: in Langull , valley, in the extreme jEdna M""8- Oreon Normal Scn1 southern part of the state, near the' 1!:3- O1"1 PrSram ttom rI California border, and says she Is jWhiteslde theatre, enjoying her work very much. Her 12:00-1:00, Farm hour. postofflce at present Is Bonanza, p i I TraiKfurmi . VlILi- u , ... 1 Their friends here have received word that Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Win.; snip ana lamuy, wno were uanaierrra not long since from union to La Grande and then to PcncMeton, have this week been moved again and this time to Boise. A number Ot fare- 617 A well parties have been given In the Round-up city. , Imblfr. Aid .. , .. ;. At the recent meeting of the Imb ler Ladles' Aid society held at the homo of Mrs. Charles Holmes, , on excellent program, was given, under the . supervision of Mrs. William Rollins and Mrs. O. C. Weloh. Musi cal numbers were given by Donna Watson, Neva Wilson and Mrs. Per- roz, a reading by Ml as Ruth Rale and a sketch given of the late Mrs. Andrews who had been a, faithful member of .tho organization. The president, Mrs. J. A. Chi skill, had oharge of the business meeting and, the devotlonals. ,. . ' Visits Friends . , .. ,. . Mrs. E. A. Austin of west of Sum mervllle "was in La Grando. yesterday and today visiting among her many friends. Pirnlo Tomorrow The big annual picnic which resi dents of North and South lilgh . val ley have Is scheduled for tomorrow and with fair weather a crowd of at least ISO persons Is expected. Entertains Dinner Club . Mrs. Victor Ragaln, of Grange Ha IK was hostess Thursday to the Birth day Dinner club. Dinner, of which roast turkey was the, main Item of the menu, was sorved at 1 o'clock to nine memberss of the club and: several guests. A bocIbI time fol-' lowed the dinner. Returns Home Mrs. Clyde Kiddle has returned to her home near La Grande follow-: lng a 10 days' visit with relatives In; Western Oregon. i Visit Relatives Mrs. Roy Conklln and 'children, of Union,, drove to Wallowa Sun-: day and spent a couple of days vis- ltlng at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Hayes, of Bear creek. Return To Portland Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Slmonls, who have been guests of his par- ents at WJolf Creek, near North Powder, have returned to their home in Portland. Takes 'Life Residents ,6f Enterprise and vicin ity will bo interested in the account of the recent death of Morris Weaver: "Morris Weaver, 25, ended his life on the Montana Home highway hear Boise, Idaho, Tuesday by Inhaling ex haust gas from his automobile, ac cording to an Associated Press dis patch. He was Identified by a fish-: ing license found In his clothing. The coroner at Boise took charge of( the body, wired officials here,, and the remains wlll'be brought here for; burial. Weaver left here (Walla Wal la) Saturday in an automobile he re cently purchased, Mr. Weaver was born at Enter prise. Ore., Feb. 22, 1907. He attend ed Wa-Hi and was a member of the Baptist church. Surviving relatives Inntiirlo hie neniriti Mr ntiH Kfrc Jonn M Weayer ,Qi coiloge .Place.' ON Station EOAC fextonslori Service Monday, July 18 . 0:30 a. m.. Musical eye openers. 0:46, Form market reports. 7:00, Records. 9:30-8:00, Scanning the headlines. 8:00, Morning concert. 0:00, Gloom Chasers. 10:00, Home Economics Observer. 11:00, Morning Matinee. 11:30. Fox Whltesldo theatre organ. 12:00, Farm hour. 12:10, In the day's news. 12:20, "Irrigation In Yamhill Coun ty," Arthur S. King. 12:36, Market reports, cropB and woather forecast. 1 :00 p. mi. Romance Isle. 2:00, Oregon Poets: "Samuel L. Simpson," by Mrs. Ada Hastings Hedges. 2:15, Aeolian Echoes. 3:00, Records. 4:00, Suggestions for the Rural School by Miss Emma Henkle, Oregon1 Normal School. 4:16-4:30, O. Stanley Hall, Father of the Child Study Movement, by Dr.. A. S. Jensen, Oregon Normal School.! 6:00 p. m., American Literature, Prof. Wllkle Nelson Collins, University of Oregon. 6:15, Public Speaking, "The Lan guage of Speech,' Prof. P. M. Collier, University of Oregon. 6:30. Fox Whiteside theatre organ. 7:00, European Contribution to Education, Prof. Flaud C. Wooton, Stanford university. 7:16, Race Relations: "Japanese White Relations In the United States." Dr. Charles N. Reynolds, Stanford university. 7:30, Farm Hour. ; 7:31, In the day's news. 7:45, Market reports, crops and woather forecast. 8:00-8:30, The Oregon Loggers, Tuesday. July ! 6:30 a. m.. Musical eye openers. 6:45, Farm Market Reviews. 7:00, Gloom Chasers. 7:30, Scanning the headlines. 8:00, Morning Concert. 0:00. Rhyth-Melodles. 10:00, Home economics observer. 11:00, Interpretations from Dramat ic Art Classes, Florence Johnson, Ore- ROH Normfll SChOOl w.iu, in xne aays news. oeuuLjr ojuvb, uyiiu F' CronemiKer, state forester. 12:30. "What State and County Re- lM Me Dng." p. v. Marls, i2:35. Market reports, crops and weather forecast. 1:00 p; m Romance Isle. 2:00. Uncle Sam at Your Service. 2:16. Aeolian, Echoes.. . 3:00, Crystal Gazing, Dr. A. E. Cas Tl'NA COCKTAIL 1 can tuna fish. , 12 stalks green asparagus. 2 tomatoes or .an alligator pear. 1 cup Thousand Island dressing. Rita Col well, Touchet: Mrs. Nettle Yager, Walla Walla; Violet and Dora Weaver, College Place,, ,,and the brothers are: Donald, t Dee, Waller and Johnny Weaver, . ail of Walla Walla." . Moves Vo Cove , ,Mrs.. A. "(B. Hartley and lamlly, who have leased their farm on the Lower Cove market road, have moved Into Cove,- taking the Daniel houso near the Methodist church, (Continued on Page Four; a Seasonable RECIPE BANANA ICE CREAM One and one-half cups banana pulp 1 cups sugar. ... . Juices , of one lemon X quart ore am Mix and freeze, ... ,, Did you, ever , roll bacon in j.corn meal?. This Is good for. sandwlohes' when, nothing (else 1b available. ,.iT,., ..Meat and,. olives ground together make good sandwich filling.. . . , ; , , Do you use kerosene to clean the grease off the fittings , of your gas stove? It Is much better than soap and water -.- .... . . . . E. R. JACKM AN ANALYZES PRODUCING, FATTENING PROBLEMS THOROUGHLY By E. R. Jnckman This year Eastern Oregon has water In the streams and grass on the bills. Bunch grass will go to seed this year where it has scarcely reached a gross-: hopper's hocks for three years. But ail this doesn't alter tne iacx that wo , have here a dry country., With occasional wet seasons and may be once In a lifetime a series of wet seasons, still the majority of the years, will be dry. The only sensible course to pursue Is to act as though all the seasons will be dry. Preparation for dry years hinges around the forage question. One county In. Eastern Ore gon sent out in cash 600,000 for feed this, pant winter. Such a .catastrophe cannot entirely, because there is a AIR at the Oregon State College CGOkc well, University of Oregon. . 3:20, Muslcolc, Ralph Cole, bari tone. University of Oregon School of Music. . . , , , 3:30-4:00, Concentration on Control In Industry, Dr. Elmer. Pendoll t . 6:00 p. m .The League -of. Nations Today, Dr. John R. Mez, University of Oregon. . 0:16, The. Psychology of Personal Ity: Dr. Harold H. Crosland, Univer sity, of .Oregon. . , . 6.30, Fox WhltcBlde Thoatro organ. 7:00, The Rights of Citizens, Prof. W. G. Beattle, University of Orogon. 7:15, Primitive Gods, Dr. Alexander Goldenwclser, University or Oregon. SO, Farm hour. 7:31, In the day's news. 7:45, Market reports and weather forecast. 8:00-8:30, Music of the Masters. WcdiioNiliiy, July 20 0:30 a. m Musical cyo openers. 6:45, Farm market reports. 7:00, Gloom Chasers. 7:30-8:00, Scanning the headlines. 8:00, Mofntng concert. 0:00, Rhyth-Melodles, 10:00, Home Economics Obsorver.. 11, Aspects of Elementary School Training, Monmouth Normal School. 11:00, "Implications In a Program to Equalize Educational Opportun ity," Delmer R. Dewey. , 11:15, Oregon Normal Grade School Dramatization. ' 11:20. "Is It a Good Book," Mrs. Phebe Butler Cox. 11:30, Fox Whiteside Theatre organ. 12:00, Farm hour. 12:10, In the day's jnews, i2:20, "The Motor Vehicle Operator and Our Traffic Laws," Harry C. Graves, 12:35,' Market reports, crops and weather forecast. 1:00 p. m., Romance Isle. 2:00, British Travel Talk. 2:16, Aeolian Echoes. 3:00, Good and Bad Music, Dr. Kate Hevner, University of Minnesota. 3:20, Muslcale, Peggy Swccnoy, vio linist. University of Oregon School of Music. 3:30-4:00, Oregon's Out-of-Door At tractions for the Motorist and Hiker, Earl Boushey, University of Oregon. 6:00 p. m Quarter Hours with Famous People. 6:15, Building Health, Miss Elnora E. Thomson, University of Oregon. 7:30. Three Poets of the Hour, by Mrs. Mable Holmes Parsons, Unlvcr-w sity of Oregon. 7:16, Education for Marriage, by Mrs. Margaret Wells Wood, American Social Hygiene Association. 7:30, Farm hour. 7:31, In the day's news. 7:45. Market reports, crops and weather forecast. 8:16-8:30, Know , , Your State:, "Bend," by Virginia Lee Cramb, . Bronk tuna slightly with a foik, Mix It. with the dressing. Lino sldos of cocktail glasses with stalks of as paragus and sections of. tomatoes or alligator pear. Place tuna In center of glasses. OREdON DAIRY INDUSTRY From 1020 to 1030, the average cash income In Oregon from dairy production was approximately $30, 000,000, about one-sixth of tho total cash incomo from crop and animal production. Out of a total of $55,153 farms In the state, 30,224, or Beven out of ten, reported cows kept mainly for milk production. These facts show that Oregon's dairy Industry Is n very, important factor In tho eco nomic welfare of the state. According to a "Handbook of Dairy Statistics" Just released by the United States bureau of agricultural . eco nomics, .in. 1020 there were 224,730 cows milked In Oregon.. Tho average yield per cow was .6180 pounds of milk The total amount of. milk pro duced on farms was 135,376,000 gal lons. . In addition to the milk -used for food and for feeding, 2,629,447 pounds of form butter wore made In 1020, 22,413,000 pounds of creamery but ter, 12,804,000 pounds of cheese, 29. 026,000 pounds of .condensed and 'evaporated milk, and quantities of other dairy -products. - - point of such extreme dryness that there is no water to conserve, but some of the damage can be 'prevented by a long time program of water con servation and grass and hay produc-i tion, One or more of the following points may apply to each reader's ranch. '.? ; lV8rilnll Reservoirs in Canyons.' All, over Eastern Oregon there oro thousands of little canyons with some winter or spring run-off water or with small creeks which dry up early. The county agents In Eastern Oregon stand ready to help In running levels and helping lay out little Irrigation systems to use this run-off water. Even If no dam Is built at all. In many cases the run-off water can bo directed out on meadows at the foot of, the canyons, giving some alfalfa and grass one early Irrigation. If Lad ak alfalfa Is used, only early Irriga tion will maJco a fine first cutting.1 Or a dirt dam can be built and water saved for moro than on irrigation. I have seen dozens of successful dams of this kind and I havo seen lots of broken dams due to not providing any, spill-way to care for larger than nor-' mal run-off. If no spill-way is built tho first water spout will toko tho dam out. - ., 2. I.udak Alfalfa Is u MolHture Con serving Plant. It makes a phenomon- aiiy largo first , cutting and It will stand summer droughts which kill the other alfalfa. If water Is short and you only get one cutting, anyhow, tnen tho extra tannogo of Ladak is all velvet. 3. Crested Wlieiit (inws Will Orow Wherever Nallvo Hunch tirass Will irow. It too will Btand any kind of drought. A stockman can either buy seed or else plant a few acres of It fur seed and raise his own. Tills gram gives a chance to seed down thou sands of acres of deserted dry form country and gives for the first time an opportunity to rcseed ranges Whore the bunch grass Is a thing or tho post. , : . 1 1 t , - , 4. Many Stockmen Am Bringing the I Hi ncl l (inim Unvk. It can bo done If any is left to provide seed. It may not be practical to do It on all lands, but It can bo done. Tho way to do It Is to keep the stock off tho land until tho grass has seeded, then turn them on to tramp the seed Into the ground. Anyone who has recently visited some or tho ranges around Shanlko or Hay creek where tho own ers have been following this system has seen bunch grass as good as It over was on those lands. It Is not practical to keep the stock off of all tho range for this purposo as In that case no spring rango would ever, bo used, but in many cases tho owner can follow this program one every other year by using ono half tho range one year and tho other half , tiie next, or at least let each rango rcscod once every third year. Bunch grans, llko alfalfa, will not stand constant close pasturing. If that system is followed, its naturally deep rooting system gets shallower I year by year until the grass dies. The system of letting tho grass rcsoed oc casionally also serves the purpose of replenishing the roots and keeping them down where they belong. A shallow rooted plant cannot stand much dry weather and this Is why tho bunch grass has died out. There are other forage and water conserving measures which apply to Individual ranches, but ono or moro of tho four points above probably ap ply to nearly every Eastern Oregon outfit. As mentioned above, the county agents will help In locating seed supplies, providing Information on seed growing, and In general , In helping out with the four point pro-1 gram. SaveWatfer; Ratee fcfe Feed New Requiremehts Call For Changed Production Pla'ris . (By E. F. Rlnehart) , Changing market requirements, and a demand for smaller, lighter cuts of beef, present a problem that must bo carefully considered by all cattlemen. Tho pertinent questions raised by men raising cattle on tho rango are: 1. Is It profitable to operate on a cow and calf basis, selling all steers as calves? f) 2. Can, tho calf bo held to a yowl ing at a profit? 3. Is tho production of tho two and three year old steer an absoloto prac tice? , From the standpoint of the pro ducer the problem can bo answered only from dotal led records of produc tion costs and sole values, Tho an swer .depends upon: . 1. - Nature of tho grazing land. 2. Calf crop, , t 3. Relative prices of steers of dif ferent ages, as: a. Calves.,. - ? b. Yearlings. ;, c. Two year olds. d. Three year olds, , . , , 4. Production of each of tho above classes. ( On some or tho western ranges ho bulls and eows do not utlllso all tho markotablo range. If the water is scarce and part of the rango steep, only the steers and heifers will use tho more remote portions where tho feed is good, but perhaps on steep hill sides, or far from water. , Such a rango that will carry one thousand J'vuirTZJi to Braaa Tne dlvW1K llne was Urge a head of only bulls, cows andjU8t about 3fl0 lbs A 400 iDi calf WR8 calves. The calf crop varies groatly. Re gardless of how good the range and year long conditions, tho calves must pay tho running expense of a number of dry cows. No two outfits., save tho some, number of calves. The figures cnecKea in luano gave tno following results: , ; . ... 1920 .72.69s, calf crop 1930 08.3 calf crop .1931. 68.6 calf crop ; Three year average, 112 cattle ranches, 13,967. breeding cows, 9,737 calves raised; qr an average of 69,7 per cont. , ,1 ,. , . . . , Each. 697 head of .calves must pay tho expenses of running 1,000 cows, and 40 bulls., , 1 : At tho present time it Is cheaper. Lamb Prices Are. Disappointing WALLOWO, Ore. (Special) , Roi turns were received during the pust week by many lamb shippers from thin eountv who aunt a. nart nf thalr (oorlf lambs to market with the )trst pool shipment sent from this county I three weeks ago. Tho returns were had hoped; It -would bo posslblo to securo around 4c for tho select ebjp mont. However, , net returns .to grow ers were only $3.10 per hundred. Despite tho fact that much .care was , exercised In culling the , flocks, taking only the largest fat iambs, con siderably moro tlian.half of tho ship ment was cut back and sold as feed-, era, bringing a much lower , price.! During tho post two weeks several: additional cars havo boon sent, from tho county and many expect to sec tho returns lower as tho season ad-' vanccs. , 1 To date no reports oro heard where lambs havo been sold locally. How over, .during .tho -past, week one. or; two outside buyors havo been. In the' county looking over some of tho largor flocks with a view to buying thorn when ready for markot later In the season. Feed conditions aro roportcd to bo quite good yet, in many parts of tho community, but with bunchgross pas tured In tho hill sections becoming qulto dry, forage will soon bo such that gain in tho weight of Iambs will bo somewhat slower than has been tho cose during tho past two months. Mony or tlio farmers who aro rang ing their dairy herds on dry land pas tures roport a considerable , drop In milk production during tho past two or three weeks. At tho present time, cream prices havo again fallen off to a low point of 18c per pound, giving but Uttlo chonco for any profit, from milking even where no additional feed is being given cows. 1 The ground squirrel menace Is much less at this time than a few weeks ago according to many of tho tann ers of tho community. In somo places. the squirrels appear to be much less numerous and many think that they are holing up. The fall wheat crops havo reached tho stage where squir rels are doing but llttlo domago to them. In many parts of tho com munity many acres of grain were practically ruined by the work 01 the squirrels during the past month,, In some places where the ground con tained plenty of molsturo tho grain which was eaten off early In tho sea son, is growing up again and will: make some hay. j Spring sown grain on dry land Is, badly In need of rain at this time to: make much straw growth. Hot dry-j lng winds during tho past week have caused aomo burning In both fall and j spring sown grain. 3 0 PIONEER PICNIC $ The date for the annual Union County Pioneer picnic Is next Thursday, July 21. The 4 place Is Riverside park. An ! erroneous head Wednesday should be disregarded. Not New Discovery Tlic exigence of wireless waves whs dugeHled ns early as 180-1, by Jfii.Ti.cj .,.('. CU'rk Mnxui'H, 0 Scotch I'liyNlrisl. to buy calves than ltts to raise them. A good calf can be bought for 26,00. Detailed records on the, cost pf opJ oration based on U2 .cattle ranches a.., yearUhg. or. nin him another year throughout Southern Idaho, counting WDJ depend largely upon range and all items of expense such as feed,' feed conditions. On some of the labor, rango and pasture, interest, de- I ranges the feed Is so good that tho proclatlous, risk 'and taxes, show that older steers will fatten and can be tho average expense per bull per year sold to .the packer rather than the Is $61.50. The average expense per (feeder, it Is a trail leading directly cow per year Is M1.75, .If 607, calves from range to market without the must pay the expense of 1,000 cows I expensive detour through the feed and 40 bulls, the coat of each calf lot. . . raised to weaning age Is 34.74. I Xno qucation or the disposal of the Tho average price received for steerl cattle thus depends upon whether the calves on the Idaho range for four .'feeder, can affdrd to pay a premium years was aaw.44. The loss per cair Bold was $5.30, In iheso figures it niuBt bo remem bered that only a part pf the- .c,olyea oan be sold. The smaller, younger calveo must be cut book to. run as yearlings. In weighing up all the calves on the ranch.. In the fall the weights were disappointing. , Where all calves were weighed, the fall freight of 6,350 calves was 310 lbs. A calf this size Is a problem. If sold there Is so .little weight the grower realizes a loss. . .... ... In the feed lot a calf weighing 400 libs, will fatten and sell to advantage. ,300 lb. calves will not do well. It will ,bo well, into tho following summer beforo they are ready to .bring a top price. During the last six years the calves that went Into the Idaho feed lots averaged 388 lbs. The question of calf feeding Is thus ono of feeding only the larger, thrift ier and older calves. Last fall moro Lcalvcs wont on feed than ever before; The more mature, older calves finish ed and sold at good prices. The light woignt calves did not rmisn. so well and sold at from $1.00 to 41.25 per, cwt. under tho largo calves. Many of i tho smaller ones are Btlll on hand, numbers of them having, been sent abetter .buy at. 5)0Kper owt. than a 300 lb. calf at $4.00 per cwt. If the calf is hot sold Into tho feed lot ho must be run to an. older steer.- It ,han post more to, produce him than. It has been possible to got for him. so .that each, .cattleman . Jios : figured; that, he has not. a good cow and, calf, range, but a good steer range, and it It. were, only ,posslble., to buy. eteerj calves every year, lie would quit rais ing calves and buy them, ' Tho cost .of.-running, -a calf to & yearling la $17.45. As tho cost of tho calf was $34.74, this makes tho year ling steor xost .. 462.19.,., The market valuo of the yearling steers sold from eno Idaho range to the feed lots the lost .four yeam 4ias-beon62.65'By TODAY Wfe HAVE ' i-la : '!. . Sutherland, Cove ' j L. D. Sutherland, who has been mall carrier out of Cove for tho past 23 years is -now retired. Saturday,: July ,9, was his last trip, though his retirement did not begin until Sun-' day night, at midnight. , ; ( .Mr, Sutherland, was appointed jto tho service July 1, 1909, though he began carrying the mall 'May. 16.ofi thftfi same year. He, has. twlco boon given, aeiorrca retirement wnicn means his time as mall carrier has: twice, beon extended for two years. At. tho lost extension ho understood that his service would contlnuo until' hjsnext, birthday, In. Fobruary, but somo new ruling in the post office .deportment terminates his service at, thlB time. Mr. Sutherland has a fine rocord as mall carrlor, for during thot. ontlro: 23 ,yoars bo, Jias. novor failed 'to do llver tho mull, no matter what the weather rain or shine, snow or mud. Even , the worst bllzznrd failed : to deter him. In all his years of service he has lost no time, except for ono serious sickness when he ,was in a hospital, for neorly four monthB. , ...His first years ; In the, service wosi before tho era of good roods, and any one Who travelled much in those1 days, will appreciate ifwhat a ,mall carrier was up agaluBt to plow through mud almost hub deep, or to wado through snow. ' Mr. Sutherland was born In Morris, Illinois, February 27, 1804,. His father was born In Canada though his grandporcntB wore not English but plains United. States-. His fothor's; grandfather fought In the Revolu tionary war. Ho had four sisters and ono ibrathor, thrco half sisters and one half brother. ,: iris parents moved to Kansas when hoiwos amull child ;ln lyoo,,., Ho camo west In Mnrch 1802 bo causo ho had acquaintances here but after. a fcw monthB J10 , returned. -to; Kunnas and, In May of the following year ho camo here to stay January iq, .1806 lie was mnrrled to Miss Amy Bnrker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Barker. To this union flvo children were born four girls and one son. One nf h)B daughters Is a nurse In San Francisco, three are married;, one lives in Walla Walla, Wash., one in Newport, and ono In Portland. The son liven, In Pasadena,, olso married. , His wifo died whon his son was a baby. He was later remarried. This time to Mrs. Agda Johnson, of Cove. Mr.. Sutherland planted one ot the first commercial cherry orchards In Covo. The acreage was small only about live acres, but It was the be ginning. Herman Oecr hod a beautiful orchard on tne hillside long beiore .that tlmo but It. was not commer cially profitable, and there were also many other cherries grown here be fore that time. The trecB wore Royal Anns, Black Republicans and some Blngs.- . .... ..: ,. , e 1 ... Mr, Sutherland was a school teach er beforo he came west and after his marriage he began the profession again but Boon became more inter ested Iti raising cherries and gave up teaching. ( )ars Like Blankets , . , , Kara oil the long-cared bnt fire a 1 010 it as long as . the combined length . ot lis . bead -Mid , body sad may bo curled forward and down wnrd while the little animal sleeps. running the calf to a yearling the loss on tho calf has been turned to a small profit,., Whether to sell the ster aa for calves over, older cattle. The calves, make , economical . use of tho feed but , require, a heavy grain m- tlon and a ,long. time in the feed lot. After feeding Um calves for six to seven .months they will have doubled their weight and will be taken to market. The market that has been talking fcbout the desirability of tho small cuts of beef and has been af i firming that the day of the big steer Is past will praise his little cattle but glvo him but very tittle, If any, mora than to being paid, for choice year lings, or perhaps big 1200 lb, cattle. Since he has fed for a long time he will find lt he cannot afford to pay, much premlum :for. calves, or for yearlings over tyo year olds whloh re quire a short, finishing period,. , None of us will olalm that tho fat tening of calves Is not desirable, and that it faces us as a future necessity. The only thing wrong with the pres ent system Is that wo try to adapt the calves to the old time system, which was worked out by the cattle men as a basis for producing 'Stock calveo and , then .try and get, stock calves (nto the feeder caf classt.just as the production of fat market lambs j require a ainerent; Bynem insa w system jOf producing feeder lambs, If calves are to go, V a feed lot the lmethod of , management must be hanged. ,Tne only section, oi jaano .that has made a success of raising and selling feeder calves has changed its system, .and operates differently. After five 'years' comparative results It was concluded .that: , ... N , ; -The only calves sold at. a profit are managed differently from the com mon practice: ; .. (a). The cows must be heavy milk ers,; well wintered... (b) The calves are born early on the home ranch. -, , v. it:n (c) The cows are brought home early in September beforo the feed becomes so dry and scanty as to cause: , . . 1. A decreased milk flow. -a.-Lofia -of -fat-of tho oalvos.- First Hay put Excellent WALLOWA, Ore. (Special) -r Work of putting . up the first cutting of hay at many of the farms in this community., has gone forward quite rapidly during the past week. Ideal weather for curing has been expe rienced here since fhe start of cut ting. Much of tho hay 1b being put Into the shook , as soon, as. possible after It, has been out and .with the excellent weather for cutting It is of an . excellont quality. . Reports from many of , the farmers state that tho first cuttings aro not as heavy as they first appeared!. .due to the f net, that many of ;the. fields are very unevon with a considerable portion of the ground Holding ft. very short stand of hay. , Irrigation for the second erops Is being done as rap Idly as possible. and. with an .abund ance; of water yet for all needs many aro of the opinion that it will bo posslblo to Bcauro a good second out tlng of alfalfa. , t . j , Somo of the timothy and clover crops are, hardly far enough along tor cutting yet. However, , somo having hay of this class state they oxpect to. .start cutting during, , tho coming ; week,, Evoryone -has been ablo to secure plenty of help for haying- and reports from various parts of tho community state that wages being pold oro ranging from SI to 61.50 per day. In a few instances cash Is. being paid for labor, but with many nearly all work Is being paid for with hay and other farm prod ucts. L. W. Minor has been busy tho past several days filling his largo barn at his farm In the hills with cheat grass and othor wild hay. and Is starting this week stocking a .crop of about 100 tons of tho same class of hay which ho but recently, on hilt land, lias leased from Mrs. Margaret McDonald. Somo or tho other farmers In - the llll sections,, havo, been. busy during tho past week cutting some of tho bad weedy Bpots In thejir winter Wheat fields, the bulk of the weeds being used for hay there is scaje weed. A number of farmers who have cut somo of this weed .for hay In tho past number of years, state they have found It very satisfactory .win ter feed for. sheep and stock cattle. A small amount or summorfallow plowing Is still being dono at somo of tho farms In tho hills. Somo who still havo a considerable part of their ground still unplowcd, have: quit plowing duo to the fact that tho ground has becomo too dry in many places to allow a good Job of plow ing. Some expect to finish the plow ing as soon as sufficient rain falls later In the season to make plowing good. 4) PIONEERS, JULY 21 $ Next Thursday, July 31, Is f $ the date for the big annual 3 pioneer reunion at Riverside park. It promises to be a big Q day. and a general invitation t is extended to all to attend. vtimu naojil) Oq o) toad dttq luoranoop eiqcniVA i eauo at iliuoni ouo jo; jadud ojsda )1 siAut
