Image provided by: Independence Public Library; Independence, OR
About Independence monitor. (Independence, Or.) 1912-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1913)
INDEPENDENCE MONITOR VOL. 1 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1913 NO. 45 FARMERS' UNION MEETING A VERY DECIDED SUCCESS Pr-jf. Thos. Shaw Makes Telling Address and Is Well Received by All Present TEMPORARY OFFICERS OF FARMERS' UNION ARE ELEGTED Shirt from 2:00 P. M. to 11:30 A. M. Caused Some to Miss the Meeting that Came Later, but There Was a Good Attendance Present Independence had a very suc-lte meeting that a permanent cussful meeting at the first as- farmers Union for Polk county semblage of the Farmers Union. A committee from Independence met the electric at Salem and brought over Thos. Shaw, agri- cultural expert for the Great Northern Railroad, Mr. Luther J Chapin, Government agricultural agent; with headquarters at Sa lem and others, They arrived at the opera house at 11:30 and a program was given as follows: Southern melodies in costume, nd enchore by Chas. Huntley. Vocal solo and enchore, P. 0. Powell of Monmouth. Address introducing the speak er, Dr. Dunsmore Addres9 on farming methods and improvement by Prof. Shaw. After the program was render ed a banquet was served to the visitors at the Levona Hotel should be formed That membership shall be open to all business men and farmers of Polk county. That meetings shall be heL monthly. That this organization shall work and co-operate with the county granges and commercial clubs of the county. That the matter of better and more adequate marketing facili ties be one of the principal object of the Union That the matter of a farm and soil expert for Polk county be in vestigated and methods an means of financing the same be outlined by the temporary officers and reported upon at the next meeting. That the secretary be instruct ed to invite the granges of At 1:30 a meetimr was held at. Buena Vista, Oak Grove, Lewis the opera house and a temporary ville- Monmouth and McCoy and tne commercial ciuos or indepen dence, Dallas, Falls City, Mon mouth and Rickreall to select three delegates each to represent these associations at the organi zation of a permanent Farmer's Union at Independence on Sat urday, the 28th day of June, That a special invitation be ex tended the road supervisors of Polk county to attend this meet ing to help in perfecting a good roads association in connection with the Union. That the temporary chairman and secretary be instructed to act in conjunction with the Inde pendence Commercial Club in out lining a program for the perma nent organization meeting, June 28, at Independence. Farmer's Union was organized as follows: Temporary chairman, P. 0. Powell, Master of Monmouth Grange. Temporary sec. G. A. Hurley. Committee on organization and by laws. Frank Laughery, Master of county Granges, chairman. J. N. Teal. Falls City. D. A. Cook, R. R. 2, Independence. S. L. C. L, Wra, White, Rickreall. Hawley, McCoy. Riddell Jr., Monmouth. W. H. Walker, Independence. Resolutions were introduced and adopted as follows: Resolved, That it is sense of I Synopsis of Address By Prof. Thos. Shaw, Agricultural Ex pert for Great Northern R. R. I am in Oregon because I have been sent here to deliver a mes sage. I am 6ent by the railroads. Why are the railroads interested? you ask. The railroads know that if the farmers prosper they will prosper. That is the reason they employ men they call agri cultural experts. Our duty is to try to make known the gospel of better agricultural methods. This valley is one of the most beautiful sections of the entire United States. I think I am safe in saying I never saw a part of the conntry capable of producing so nany varied products. The people are not making the most of their privileges. While many resources are be ing developed along correct lines I question whether all is being produced that should be pro duced. This is the greatest hop country in the world. The dairy industry is capable of the best results in the world here. the apple. The increased acreage is so great that the market will soon be overstocked. Now I refer to crops that will never be over-produced. First I mention hay, which can best be used as fodder. I3 it better to ship the butter or the hay ? Feed idg haj also brings the same re sults in the production of beef. Because you can get more for the beef and butter you raise from the hay than you can from the hay, and then you have the skim milk for your hogs and chickens. The product which will never glut the market are poultry and poultry products, milk and other dairy products, beef, pork, sheep and other like or kindred pro ducts. Now regarding the raising of beef. It is said the beef trust is responsible for the high price of meats. This is not the prin cipal teason. The cause is th lack of supply and the increased demand. Vast acreage of land that formerly made range for stock are now farmed by the dry land method. Over 300,000,000 acres of former stock land is now withdrawn from range. This tion of oheap meat from Argen tina and Australia. I do not fear this result because the stock mar ket from thesj countries is of in ferior quality and grade. They can not produce high grade meats like they produce in the United States. In the middle west, a stretch 1000 miles from the Rocky moun tains east I have preached the raising of live stock, but so long as they can get reasonable crops of wheat and oats they will stay at it. Talk to them of milking cows and they say they would sell their farms before they would do it. Now, how about the farmers of this valley? Is there any grain growed and sowed here, Farm ers answer me. Now how much do you produce to the acre? The production of beef, pork. mutton and poultry and poultry means just that much less pas- Droducts can not be excelled in ture land. Did you know that any other country. The farmer there are 9, (XX), 000 cattle, and has only to make the choice for 10,000, 000 sheep les3 in this coun the successful production of any try than there were 10 years ago of these. I know of no other and that the population in this country w here the same can be same p?riod has increased 20,000, said. 000. The population is steadily What you must refrain from increasing and in place of 2,000, doing is to glut the market in 000 a year that increase will soon some lines of production. I refer be 3,000,000 a year. Then is any to the potato which by one sea- other conclusion possible to be sons yield made returns so prolific' reached than that meats will go that the crop could not be mar- higher? keted. The same may be said of There seems to be some fear some fruits. I especially refer to in some quarters of the importa- About 12 to 15 bushels of wheat at 75 cents per bushel? Now what do you get for your barley and oats, 60 cents and 65 cents, 30 and 35 cents? Now who spoiled the country for growing grain? The farmer you answer. You are right. What surprises me is that a single pound is grown to sell. The price of eggs is 30 and 35 cents per dozen, in Portland Now put these together, 75 cents for wheat and 35 cents for eggs. What should you do with your wheat? Farmers you shoul i center your energies on live stock. When you grow grain you compete with Argentina and Australia. Regarding hops I tell you not to give up hop raising but be careful. There is danger here also of glutting the market. The dairy industry is practical here. I understand you have one of the largest creameries in the state here. I hope you raise the class of cows that gets the best results and also raise the right kind of food. The man who has the right kind of a cow will get $100 per year from the cow. It takes about $50 to keep the cow a year. That shows your profit. Of course you can not afford to pay $26 a ton for bran like they do in the New England states, The Oregon farmer does not have to. I think you can make butter here 50 per cent cheaper than they can in the Eastern Btates Do you know there are millions of pounds of butter imported into Oregon every year? Besides the butter, you feed the surplus to your swine, calves and poultry. How much do you pay for a cow? $75 to $100 you answer. Now you farmers how many growing cows have you to sell? Answer none. Why? Wont it pay? A two year old heifer worth $75, why does it not pay? You give the heifer milk at 2 weeks old and then change to skim milk witn sittings, later oats ana no milk and then you do rot have to feed. This is a fine country for rape. Sow it. It makes a pro lific growth. In two months you have it in fine shape. You can raise clover and vetches for the market before the rape pasture comes in. Now it is possible to make good money growing beef cattle. The right kind of cow giving a larger quantity of milk at 12 months will weigh how mu.'h? 700 pounds? 1 have raised that. In the Portland stock yards this calf is worth 7 cents or $49. Mow during this time you get tiUOO pounds of milk or 200 pounds of butter. Keep this calf for two years and it will weigh 1200 pounds and sell for 8centsor$l6. Now about clover. What do you do with your first crop of cl .ver, you men who raise clover seed? You cut it and let it lie. Why not sheep it? One acre will fatten 10 or 15 head of sheep. I have known men to fatten 1000 on 100 acres, lhen grow vetch and feed the sheep in the winter. Lumber is cheaper here than anv place in the Unit-.-d States. Have your sheds. Sheep will pay Now in closing it is the duty of the farmer to put forth his best effort every day, to work 365 days j in me year. Liiie is a serious problem and is not to be taken ightly. Do your best all the time every day on your farm. I thank you and will be pleased to answer any questions ha said closing his address for the day. CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTS BIDS Linden, Kibbey Co. Get the Contract CEMENT WITH INCH COVERING Prices Range from 86c. for Cement to $1.50 for Bitrolithic Pavement The city council had a busy ses sion Wednesday. The bids were opened for paving and Lindan & Kibbey were awarded .the con tract at $33,274.80. This is for a 4 inch concrete pavement with a 1J inch wearing surface. This pavement is guaranteed for a period of 5 years. Eight con tractors filed bids. The lowest bid w,ns $21,876.32 and was for concrete. The Arenz Construc tion of Salem filed tris bid. Bid well & Hayden bid $28,787.80, W. D. Pugh $27,706.95. These were for cement alone. Clarke & Henery bid $1.25 a yard for this pavement, which was 10 cents a yard higher than the bid of Lin- don & Kibbey. The bid accepled was the lowest offered for a cement pavement with a wearing surface. The committee appointed by the council on the village delivery reported and the council ordered all houses to be numbered and that number platen be secured and that street names be secured for placing on all corners. Lights were ordered placed on 7th and D streets and 9th and Monmouth street, A committee consisting of Bice, Hanna, and Irvine was appointed by the mayor to meet with a like committee of citizens to see about grading and improving the streets west of Fifth street and south of Motor street. The council ordered all bills presented to be paid. not yet certain.- It would certainly at this point, provide for good entertainments. I They plan erecting gravel bun The work of the Hillsboro and kers of 400 yards capacity at once McMinnville clubs is high class and are purchasing a drag shovel and there is good histronic ma- and screens so as to give a good terial at Newberg and at Inde-! grade of screened gravel. J he pendence. McMinnville News j bunkers will be erected on the Reporter. old site of tne Spaulding mill. 1 T -t.,- 1 . . . . iioi0l mey expect 10 put in a (crushed rock plant to handle j crushed rock commercially, j The Southern Pacific will repair their rirer switch and so build that Larson & Skinner can ship their gravel direct from thei bunkers to the commercial trad of Oregon. Homer Wood this week leased the gravel bar opposite this citv, formerly in charge of its Chim se owner and is making arrange ments to deliver gravel to the trade. RAILROAD CHANGES ORDERED MADE Independence to get An other Train Daily Word was received this week that the Southern Pacific woul put on a morning train from Cor vallis to Portlond through Inde pendence and an evening train from Portland to Corvallis, giving this place two trains each way on the westside line. Several other changes will be made in th i train service as a result of this change but have not ye.t been officially announced. JUNE RACES WILL ATTRACT More Horses Coming Ev ery Day for ti.is Meet LOCAL PEOPLE TAKE INTEREST SENIORS PLAY GIVEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT Good Attendance All Pres. ent to See Graduates The comedy "Lost:, A Chaper on" put on by the graduating class of the Independence High School was well rendered. The play was in three acts and rep resented vacatbn camp life at Newport. The fourteen gradu ates of the senior class were the actors. The first act represented a morning gcene at Newport; the second was the boys camp at about a. m., the third act was at a later hour in the girls camp. They represented students from the 0. A. C. and University of Oregon mainly. NEW AMUSEMtNTS FOR THIS PLACE Baber's Horses, 8 in Num. ber Arrive Wednesday Dickinson Brings Good Ones The races at Independence June 18, 19, and 20 promise to be the best ever held in this city. Mr. Baber's stringof eight horses ar rived Wednesday and have gone into training. He has some win ners in the bunch. Word was received here a few days, ago that several horses would be shipped here from Medford. Dickinson Brothers will have some fine run ners on hand this year. Lackrose won a six furlong, three year old and up race in a race of seven entries Saturday and Parlor Boy took second place in the same race. The time of ths race was marked at 1:13, these horses will be in the list that will comedown with R. P. Dickinson next week. James Jeffries of Plaasonton, California, will be here with a good horse, and the Herron Bros. of Marshfield have notified the officials that they will beon hand. Percival, Staats, McLaughlin, and Robinson have been training their local horses and they are working out in fine shape. Homer Mill has had his horse "Lady Mill" in training and she is de veloping considerable spaed. The directors met this week and decided to have the track spnnkeleu regularly. Jhe races promise to be attractive this year and much interest is manifested everywhere. Four Valley Towns May Give Some Good Enter tainments for Our People Plans are in the making for launching an amusement circuit including the cities of McMinn ville, Independence, Newberg and Hillsboro to produce plays by local companies in each of those towns. Those to whom the plans Tiave been presented seem to be pleased with the idea. The dra matic clubs would prepare two or three plays for the season and present them in each of the towns .' it '1 1 t in me circuit, uoou, Clean, en joyable entertainments would thus be provided. Dave Doty has interested some of the other directors of home plays in this proposition and it has thus far met with consider- GRAVEL OARS TO REUSED LarsonSo Skinner Purchase One and Homer Wood Other BIG BUNKERS TO BE BUILT Southern Pacific to Repair Switch and Make Gravel Shipping Commercially Easy 0. T. Larson and G. C, Skinner leased the water front owned by the Spaulding Logging Company and th 0. ft. N. Co., last week able enthusiasm, but whether the j and have made arrangemtnts to (circuit will eventually mature is start a gravel shipping business 'IM.- t 1 1 1 . . mo lonowing leuer ran been received by the Coin ... -I 11 , , . merciai ciuooi Independence from Congressman Hawley 111 wnicu a communication from W. H Hixbv, chief o T f ,Ti engineers u. S. army, slates that n pairs at that place wil be mado at the next low wa- lerseason. me communica tion follows: May 2f, 1913. Commercial Club, Indepen dence, Oregon. :uy uear sirs: ror your r ii i . 1 . , .1 luimer novice rwmive to me expenditureof the ppecial al 1 . t li a rm e . 1 loimeui 01 iiu.wu ror me .reservation and extension of the revetment near Indepen deuce, I beg to give below a copy of a letter I have just received : 11 iir ... 1 . . ... war impart men f, uinee of the chief of Engineers tVashii gton, May.23, 11)13. Ion. W. C. Hawley, U.S. House of Represen tatives, hir: 1. ltefening to previous correspondence, particularly (1 vour letter of March 16. U13, relative to the expendi- ure of $ 10,000 of the appro priation made iv the river and harbor act of March 4, 1!H3, for improvement of tlin Willamette river in the vicin ity of I:. dependence, Oregon, I have now to inform you that the project submitted by the district oflioer, Major J. F. Mcl mloe, corps of engi neers, contemplates the ex penditure of this amount in inaiiiieniincitof this improve nieiit and revertmenl con struction near Independence. The district oflicer btales I hat in connection with Uiih work it is proposed to reserve the amount approximated lorex pondituro until the next low water season, when the re pairs !o the old revertinent will be i inde, and that after completion of the repairs a sub-project will he submitted for the expenditure of the balance of the. $10,000, either for revertinent work nenr In dependence or for other work necessary for th im trove ment of the river. "2. It will bo noted that under the term of the act. making the appropriation, the expenditureof the amount set I'siile for revetment work near Independence is contin gent upon the Hauie being necerstry in the interest navigation. Very ret-pectfhlly, W II. Mix by "Chief of Engineers, U. Army." You uudHr4and that thin appropriation is independent of the regular appropriation SATURDAY JUNE 28 Farmers Union Day at Independenc3 THIRO MONTHLY SALES DAY Poultry Men Will Hear Lec ture of Prof. Drydan and the O. A. C. Moving Pictures That Day v The meeting Saturday was decided success and the people attending were well pleased. A permanent organization will be mads Saturday, June 28, and for that day two big features planned. One is a lecture on the expertinj? of our soils and how to get these matters shaped up. The other is a lecture by Prof. Drydan of the O. A. C, upon the poultry Industry, illustrated with the moving picture films of the O. A. C. At this meeting the perma nent officers, constitution, by laws, and committees for the Polk county Farmer's Union will be made. The merchants of Indepen dence have decided to hold their third monthly sales day on that day and another auction will be held this Saturday. Representatives are invited to be present from Duena Vista, Airlie, Rickreall, West Salem, Su ver, Perrydale, Ballston, Mon mouth, Pedee, Dallas, Eola and all the communities of the county. he Independence Commercial Club will be actively in charge of the work and the meeting will be a big success and the results far reaching. No farmer who be- ieves in progressive methods can afford to stay away from this meeting. SUNNY SLOPE NEWS Miss Ina Fishback did some hopping in Salem Monday. Willard McCaleb of Turner visited with his brother Clarence and family here last week. Mrs. Belle Johnson and two aughters returned home from Walker Bros, hop yard Thursday. P. L. Fishback made a business trip to Rickreall Tuesday, Mrs. Osborne of Portland, visit ed with her cousin, Clay Guth- ridge and family from Wednes- ay until Friday. Several from here were in at tendance to the Children Day xercises at the Christian church in Monmouth bunuay evening. Mrs. EdRodgers and daughter Belle were trading in Indepen dence Saturday. Dolph Farley and niec Nella Shipley of Monroe were guests at the A. J. Shipley home Sunday. Clay Guthridge was a Falls City visitor on business Saturday, A. J. Shipley and wife were Falls City visitors Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Ethel Guthridge and children spent Friday with Mrs. E. Clark of Monmouth. A number from her attended the monthly sales day in Inde pendence Saturday. C. E. Cole and family of Mon mouth caused through ourneiirh- of Vw,-Viwil Qtinfluv unrnnta in FVHfl City. V. A. Fishback and wife of S. for th general -improvement' of the Willamette river under the existing project. Truly yours, W. U. Hawley. Lewisville have movad onto the W. II. Mack place here. Miss Linnie Shipley, who spent last winter at Monroe returned home Saturday. Kenneth Huggins is visiting with friends at Monroe this week. Mrs. Milt Bosley spent Satur day and Sunday with her daugh ter. Mrs. Winfield Egelston and family.