Saturday, July 16. 1932
LA C'.KANUE EVKNINd OBSEKVKK. 11A GRANDE, UKJfi.
Pajre-Three
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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 $ $
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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