BENEFICIAL
STA TE N E W S
WOULD HAPPENINGS SULPHUR
NATION’S
USE
OF
TO ALFALFA CROPS
I N B R IE F ,
COAL IS CUE DOWN u ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
OF CURflEKT WEEK
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(Prepared by Oregon Agricultural College)
F ertilizers containing sulfur in
S alem —More than 600 accident
creased alfalfa, clover and some other
claims In excess of those received Jur
legume yields from 50 to 1000 per cent
ing the month of November were dis NEW VARIETIES OF PEACHES
on trial plots at the Southern Oregon
Brief Resume; Most Importan branch experim ent station during the Drastic Orders Issued by Fed posed of by the d a te Industrial coin
mission, according to a report pre Result of Experimental Work Con­
years 1915-*18. Alfalfa, red clover, field
Daily News Items.
ducted by Horticultural Depart­
eral Fuel Authorities.
pared by the body last week. Tills
peas and vetch made a much better
ment at Jersey Station.
makes a gain of more than 1200 claims
growrth and showed darker color. An
since October 1.
alyses of the plants on sulfured areus
From experim ental work In the last
Salem.— Handling moving picture five years several hundred seedling
showed th a t they are much more vul
uable feeds, carrying higher contents
films is the purpose of the Highway peaches came Into hearing this sea
of sulfur, protein and nitrogen.
FTIni company, which filed articles of son In the orchards managed by the
Results w ith sulfur as a fertilizer
incorporation here. The Incorporators horticultural departm ent nt the New
Events o f Noted People, Governments obtained in trials running over a All Street Lighting Other Than That are Joseph Reese, Jeun Miller, O, C Jersey station. A l i n i n g the most pnnn
Isiiig (hut huve hom e this year are
period of seven years were so favorable
and Pacific Northwest, and Other
Kottka and K. E. Miller and the rap the result of crossing Belle by Greens­
Necessary for Safety of Public
th at the station officers authorized
ital stock is $5000. H eadquarters of boro. Home of theso produced large
Things Worth Knowing.
Materially Curtailed.
the publishing of a bulletin to explain
the company will he in Portland
ovul, bright, attractiv e fruits of gissl
the m ethods and values of sulfur, the
Salem.—The gross receipts of the quality, which ripened about the Car-
man season. They even promise to bo
types of soil on which it has most
El Universal of Mexico City, a copy m arked effects, and am ount of sulfur
W ashington, D. C. — Viewing with state hospital farm here for the past superior to that well-known variety,
A cross between Belle and Early
of which reached Laredo, Texas, Sun­ in form of flowers or in combination alarm the stead il/d w in d lin g bitumln season totaled $121,000, according to
day, announces th a t Dr. Benito San with other fertilisers. This bulletin ous coal supply due to the miners a report filed by L. F. Griffith, super Crawford has given rise to a yellow-
ches of Mexico City has discovered a has appeared and is ready for d istri­ strike. Fuel A dm inistrator Garfield, by intendnnt of the Institution. The In peach whk'h comes about a week to
10 days earlier than the Belle. A tine
serum th at cures typhus w ithin 48 bution, free, to the citizens of Oregon.
an order Monday night, restored for crease in revenues from the farm Is at quality fm tt has been produced bv
hours.
Dr. F. C. Reimer, superintendent of the entire nation most of the drastic tributed to the advance In prices which the crossing of Klhcrln and Kurly
the
branch station, and Prof. H. V. restrictions on lighting and heating have affected all lines of industry.
Crawford, which bus the sunn* shape
Señora Felipe Angeles, widow of the
T
artar,
form
er
chemist
of
the
Corvallis
and
color as the Elberta, hut Is of
which
were
in
effect
during
the
coal
Klamath
Falls.—Merging
of
four
big
Mexican revolutionist recently execut­
finer quullty und of 1U days earlier
ed by C arranza troops, died Sunday in station, are joint authors. Many of shortage of 1917-18.
timber interests in tho Associated
ripening period. Although rot has af-
The lim itations which are applicable
New York, w ithout having been in the field tria ls were conducted by A.
Lumber & Box company for the estab­ fected orchards In southern New J e r­
C.
McCormack,
assistant
superintend­
to
consum
ers
of
bituminous
coal
and
formed of her husband's a rrest and
lishm ent of a planing mill and box sey, cuuslng 50 per cent loss In some
ent of the branch station.
coke, were made effective with Issu­
death.
factory at Dorris, Cal., to m anufacture ureas, seedlings nt the experiment sta ­
Like m any other discoveries of great ance of the order and are to he en
the
lumber output of the several mills tion have l>een largely spared.
The Mexican gunboat Guerrero has practical value the discovery of the
forced by the railroad adm inistration.
involved. Is announced here by T. W.
sailed from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, value of sulfur in legume production
Consumers of anthracite coal, gas and
Graham, president of the Anderson RABBITS HURT APPLE TREES
in search of pirates reported to be mak was accidental—or at least it was in­
other fuels are not affected by the
Lumber company. Incorporated.
ing th e ir headquarters in certain isl cidental to other work. It was first
order.
Injury Can Be Prevented by Wrapping
ands in the Pacific ocean off the coast noticed th a t many of these legumes
Beaverton.—W ashington county now
All street lighting, other than that
With Tar Paper, Burlap or Use
of Mexico.
made a much larger and more vigorous necessary for the safety of the public has a public health nurse in the person
of Lath 8creen.
Long overdue and believed lost by growth under trees th a t had been must be curtailed, and stores, office of Mrs. Agnttu Smith, whose headquar
many m ariners, the three-m asted bark- sprayed w ith lime-sulfur. Excess ap­ buildings and industrial plants, w ith ters are a t Hillsboro. Miss Jan e C. (By J. A. ANDEBHON. Horticulturist.
Morris, Minn.)
entine T hrasher, which left San F ran plications of the solution had dripped a few exceptions, are put on a reduced Allen, Oregon public health nurse, re­
As soon as there Is a sufficient snow­
cisco October 26 for Seattle, was towed from the foliage of the sprayed trees tation as to both lighting and heating cently visited different sections of
fall to make w inter feed somewhat
into th at port Sunday by the tug Rich and sunk into the ground. The plants
Another of the restrictions provides this county in company witli Mrs scarce, rabbits and mice will attack
seemed to have taken up some of the that all m anufacturing plants, except Smith and introduced her to school young upple trees and dam age or en­
ard Holyoke.
Mr. and Mrs. Dominic P usateri were m aterial with results highly beneficial those engaged in the making of neces­ officers and local health officials gen tirely kill them by feeding on the hark
F u rth er observations and expert sary products, shall reduce their oper erally.
at the ground or on the snow line.
shot and killed and th eir 12-year-old
Such Injury can he prevented by
daughter, Angelina, was * seriously m ents with various commercial fertil ations not to exceed three days in
Eugene.—The
Eugene
E*rult
Grow
wrapping
(he trees to a height above
izers,
some
of
which
contained
sulfur
any one week.
wounded, near th eir home in Pueblo,
the snow line with ta r pu|H*r or bur­
and
some
none,
brought
out
the
fact
era'
association
shipped
32
cars
of
Electric
railways
are
required
under
Colo., Monday. Three other children
th at the increased production under the fuel adm inistrator’s order to re­ apples this year, the season having lap, or by placing a lath screen pro-
escaped injury.
trees sprayed with lime-sulfur was due duce schedules to minimum require­ , ust closed. Besides these, 13 carloads
F orty persons, mostly women, were to the sulfur, not to the lime content. m ents and no heat shall be provided were shipped by the association from
throw n into the icy w aters of Puget All m ineral fertilizers containing sul in electric cars during rush hours.
its Creswell branch, three from Alva-
sound at M anette, opposite Bremerton, fur exerted beneficial effects on the
“No ornam ental lights, ‘white way’ dore and three from Irving. The des
a t 6:40 Sunday night, and one woman legumes, while most others not carry­ or other unnecessary street lights, out tinations of the locul product were
and perhaps others drowned, when a ing sulfur had little or no effect. This line lighting, electric signs or illum­ San Francisco, Oakland, New York and
landing float capsized.
led to th e discovery th a t it is the sul inated billboards, show window or London.
George McDonald, 8 years old, was fur th a t increases the yield, and trials show case lights, are to be operated.
Bend.—One of the m ost famous
shot and seriously wounded Sunday at were continued to ascertain the exact This does not affect street lighting
dairy anim als in the state changed
th e McDonald home near Billings, conditions under which sulfur fertiliza necessary for the safety of the public.
tion
is
profitable.
“No cabaret, dancehall, poolhall or hands W ednesday when Priscilla,
Mont., when his little sister, aged 4,
Almost all- im portant” soil types in bowling alley shall be perm itted to heavy milk producing Holstein was
picked up a ,32-caliber rifle and point­
ed it at him in play, pulling the trig ­ some d istricts of southern Oregon use light except between 7 P. M. and sold by Philip Burt, who lives near
Bend, to I). A. Slaughter, of Deschutes.
showed m arked benefits from sulfur 11 P. M.
ger.
"Stores, including retail stores, but Priscilla produced 26,000 pounds of
Coarse granitic soils,
Eleven hundred Am erican soldiers applications.
milk last year, has a one-day record of
returned to America from Siberia Sun­ fine mucky adobes, w ith most types excepting stores selling food, and 106 pounds of milk and u 15-day record
warehouses,
must
not
use
light
(ex­
day aboard the tran sp o rt Sheridan ranging between these extremes, grew
of 63 pounds of bu tter fat.
w ith a large canvas sign put up on the better legume crops when sulfured. It cept safety lights) except for six hours
per
day.
M
anufacturing
plants
shall
was
fu
rth
er
found
th
a
t
on
soil
suf
Astoria.—Clatsop post, American
side of the ship reading “Bolshevists,
be
allowed
to
use
lights
only
during
ficiently
limed
good
results
were
ob­
Legion, at Its m eeting recently adopted
beware! We are coming home to join
tained from applications of flowers of the tim e prescribed for the use of
th e American Legion.”
resolution calling attention to the
sulfur, while on soils lacking lime this power.
syndicalism
law enacted by the Ore­
Cedric Scharff, Monument, Oregon, form of sulfur fertilizer should be used
“D rugstores and restau ran ts may re-
gon
legislature
a t Its last session.
farm er, who shot and killed M artin with lime, to prevent unfavorable maid open according to present sched­
It
demanded
also
th at men against
Leslie while the lad w ith a companion acidity of soils.
ules, but m ust redupe lighting one-half.
whom there is evidence of violating
was crossing the Scharff melon patch
“Railroad stations, hotels, hospitals,
In soils lacking phosphorus and ap­
last summer, S aturday was sentenced plication of 250 pounds superphosphate, telephone, telegraph and newspaper the syndicalism law be held to aw ait
to a term of seven years in the peni­ or 40 to 50 pounds sulfur and 200 offices are not included insofar as the action of grand Juries, ra th e r than
be given jail sentences or fines by
tentiary. Scharff did not appeal the pounds rock phosphate, give best re­ necessary lighting is concerned.
verdict.
“General and office lights m ust be police courts.
sults. The following fertilizers were
Jacksonville.—Special road taxes Apple Tree Wrapped for Winter With
cut off not later than 4 P. M. in office
found alike beneficial:
Vice-President M arshall declared in
Paper to Protect Against Rabbits.
Flow ers of sulfur, superphosphates, buildings, except necessary federal, were voted In nine road d istricts in
an address at a dinner given in his
gypsum, iron sulfate, sulfate of am­ state and municipal offices, and except Jackson county out of 12 d istricts hold­ tector around them. If the drifts
honor Saturday night in New York,
monia. sulfate of magesium and sodium where office operation of vital indus­ ing m eetings for th a t purpose. T here around the trees are very high it may
th a t his sym pathies were with the
be advisable to brenk the snow drift
sulfate. They all contain sulfur, to tries is involved.
are 14 road d istricts in the county. around the trees so th a t the rabbits
m iners who were “not adequately com­
“Dairies,
refrigerator
plants,
bak­
which they owe th eir power to increase
The approxim ate am ount raised by the
pensated.” He asserted th a t he “would
production. The following fertilizers eries, plants for the m anufacture of special levies will be $42,000. Two cannot reach the brunches. Washing
not go down in an Indiana coal mine
the trunk with whitewash containing
containing no sulfur gave but little or necessary medicinal products, water of the m ost im portant Improvements copperas or sulphur Is nlso effective.
for one day, even though he received
no reshits:
works, sewerage plants, printing plants to be taken up in 1920 wlil be the H unting and trapping rabbits in the
a vice-president’s salary for doing so.”
N itrate of soda, monocalcic phos­ for the printing of newspapers only, Eagle Point-Butte Falls road and «now break o r orchard during the
W illiam L. Collier, ex-president of phate, m uriate of potash, and lime. battery charging outfits in connection Jackson vllle-Applegate.
early w inter months Is helpful, too.
Y-oung fru it trees are greatly bene­
the defunct National Bank & T ru st Hence the good effects of the sulfur with plants producing light or power
Bend.—F or the first tim e in nearly fited during the w inter by a heavy
company, which closed its doors in fertilizers are not due to the lime, for telephone, telegraph or public util­
mulch of straw y munure. This should
January, 1917, has been paroled from phosphorus and lime they liberate, but ity com panies are exempted.
year, there are apparently more men
he spaded In In the spring as it will
"Only enough heat may be used in
th e W ashington state penitentiary, to the fertilizing effects of the sulfur
In Bend than there are Jobs. ThiB stim ulate growth and development.
itself.
offices,
stores,
warehouses
and
man­
where he was committed by Superior
condition, it has been ascertained, is D uring the w inter it will help to pre­
The benefit of sulfur for legume pro­ ufacturing plants to keep the average
Judge E verett Sm ith for not less than
due not only to the stopping of much vent root-killing.
five years nor more than 15 years on duction in central Oregon is equally tem perature a t 68 degrees Fahrenheit, road and construction work in Bend
pleas of guilty to having embezzled rem arkable on many soil types. Many and then only during the hours for and Deschutes county as the result of SELECTION OF FRUIT TREES
more than $63,000 of the bank’s funds carloads of sulfur have been imported which light is perm itted. During other bad weather, but because many who
and to having made false entries in the into those d istricts by the county farm hours enough heat is to be used to have been unable to find work in their Essential to Securing Orchard for
in stitu tio n’s books to deceive deputy bureaus, and applied to the land. Vastly prevent freezing of w ater pipes or home cities have come to Bend In hope
Pleasure and Profit— Many Dif­
increased yield has produced its effects sprinkling systems.
state bank examiners.
ferent Varieties.
of obtaining em ploym ent here,
“In m anufacturing plants or plants
on land values and land prices.
R atification of the federal woman
If you want a really good orchard
Salem.—T h at the Oregon pybllc
coming under the power curtailm ent
suffrage resolution was completed by
rules, h eat (to 68 degrees Fahrenheit) service commission, in its recent order —one that will bring pleasure and
Economist T alks to Farm ers.
the South Dakota legislature when the
H arris W einstock, m arket com m is­ will be allowed only during th at time declaring Illegal the so-called B urle­ profit to the owner and increase the
senate passed the m easure early F ri­
value of the place—look carefully to
sioner of California, noted rural econ­ prescribed for use of power.”
son schedule of charges In effect on the selection of the fruit trees to
day. The lower house acted W ednes­
omist, m em ber of the W einstock-Lubin
the lines of the Pacific Telephone & plant.
There are many different
day. South Dakota is the 21st state
Sugar Supply Shipped.
firm of San Francisco and expert for
Telegraph
company since Ju ly 29, kinds of fruit, but only a few do well
to ratify the am endm ent.
New York.—Fifty million pounds of 1919, and putting into operation a new In any particular section. Peaches
federal w ar work, will discuss farm
Certain American concerns operat­ produce distribution before Oregon beet sugar is being shipped into te rri­ tariff showing a slight increase in rates and plums lead In one section, pome
ing in Mexico ordered their border rep­ farm ers a t F arm ers’ Week, Dec. 29- tory east of P ittsburg and Buffalo and over those contained in the commis­ fruits In another, and citrus fruits in
resentatives Friday to prepare for get­ Jan. 3. Mr. W einstock was head of north of Virginia, it was announced sion’s order of May 1, acted alm ost another. Grapes and berries also do
ting th eir Am erican employes out of the Am erican commission to investi­ here by the sugar equalization board. entirely in accordance with a legal best in certain localities. So it will
the country. In some cases definite gate rural m arketing in several Euro­ The steam ship Inca arrived Monday opinion handed down by Attorney- not do to try to grow everything in the
instructions were given for immediate pean countries and is reckoned as one with the first cargo of the new San General Brown a few days ago, Is In­ home orchard, and it is folly for a
former to try to raise more than two
withdraw al of Am erican employes of the w ortd’s highest authorities on Domingo sugar crop to reach this dicated In a study of the formal find­
or three different fruit« In hl» orchard
from Mexico.
rural economics.
country.
ings of the body.
If he Is producing fruit for the mar­
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