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About The Sandy news. (Sandy, Clackamas County, Oregon) 1914-1917 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1915)
I HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION lft News Notes of Northwest A rlington S ta rts S h earin g. ARLINGTON. Or. -Sheep sh e a rin g a th is point Is now in full sw ing. T here w ill be probably 500,000 pounds of wool m a rk e te d th ro u g h A rlington this m onth, w ith a m uch clean er fleece and b etter staple. T h ere h as been a stro n g te n d ency to w ard th e g rad e ewes w ith a con s ta n t b e tte rin g of lam bs and wool. G ood P rices at W alla W alla. W ALLA W ALLA, W ash. Sheep sh e ar ing is in f u ll blast w ith every indication of a la rg e r supply th a n usual. P rices are good and th e sheen men are ju b ila n t. G ood W ool at D iirkee. D u rk e e, O r.— T h ere will b e m ore sheep sh e ared in th is locality th is year than ever. Q ualify of th e wool is excellent, d u e to th e m ild W inter. P rices a re good and th e d em and co n tin u es strong. S h ea rin g in Tw in F a lls. TW IN FALLS, Idaho. -S hearing of sheep is the o rd e r of th e day. Sheep cam e Through th e W in ter in th e best con dition in years. T he wool is m uch freer front -and an d b u rrs titan usual. H ep p n er llu s Good W ool. H E P P N E R , O r.— T he sheep men are ju b ila n t, due to th e high p rice of wool an d th e excellent q u ality th a t th ey are g e ttin g from th e ir flocks. It is p re d icted th a t 300,000 pounds of wool will be m a rk e te d th ro u g h H eppner th is year. SERVE SNOWFLAKES AT LUNCHEON The snappy, zestful, salty flavor of these most pleasing of all crackers, makes them especially suitable for the luncheon menu. They are unique in size, too, having a most tempting and dainty appearance. N ew A lb an y M anufacturer. ALBANY, O r.— A jew elry m a n u fa c tu r ing com pany w ill be opened here soon by C. O. A nderson, who recently closed his re ta il store. He is to m a n u fa ctu re chains, pins an d m ount all kinds of stones. T he new in d u stry produces much for Albany. D o n ’t ask for crackers, say— “ SNO W FLA K ES” at you r d ea lers in g en ero u s 10c and 2 5 c p a ck a g es sold in bulk, to o Expect Big A pple Y ear. LEW ISTO N , Id a h o .—E xpectation of ap ples th is y ea r will exceed la st y e a r’s by 100,000 b arrels. A pple g lo w ers in th is e n tire d istric t a re feelin g confident th a t th ey w ill be able to dispose of th e ir e n tire crop a t good prices. A pple P re p a ra tio n s a t W enatchee. W E N A T C H E E . W ash.— T he prospects for a splendid crop of apples th is y ear is th e best ever seen In th is te rrito ry . The • o-operativp o rg an iz atio n s for th e m a r k e tin g of f ru it th is y ea r pred ict th a t all v arie tie s of f ru it will find a ready m ar ker. G eneral farm cond itio n s a re equal to o r b e tte r th a n at th is tim e la st year. F arm C redit P la n s. W E IS E R , Id ah o .— A farm cred it as sociation has been organized a t Ibis point, and .prom ises <o prove a decidedly im p o rta n t fac to r in farm developm ent. The plan of th e association is to extend oper ation to W ashington C ounty, Idaho, and M alheur, C ounty, O regon, w hich a re ad ja c e n t to W eiser, and provide th e farm ers w ith eq u ip m en t for p la n tin g and ta k ing care of th e sam e. T h e p ro p ellers of ae ro p lan es such as a re used in th e p resen t E uro p ean w ar, may be m ade of selected ash, w hich is both stro n g an d lig h t and will not split u n d er v ib ra tio n s or shock, o r of built-up lay ers of sp ru ce w ith m ahogany centers. T he fram ew o rk of th e m achines, too, is g en erally m ade of w ood, spruce being m uch used on account of its s tra ig h t grain an d freedom from hiddert defects. F iesta C ream s are really g o o d a s a cak e co n fectio n to serve w ith dessert • PACIFIC COAST BISCUIT COMPANY PORTLAND, OREGON r A Kentucky Hog Driver That Made An Independent Fortune hay scales, m ade a p o rtab le fence to in close them , so th a t w hen a fa rm e r would buy 15 to 30 hogs they could all be BY W. J. CAMP. W eiser, Idaho. w eighed a t once. BOUT th e y ear 1845 a hog d riv er a r Old W orsham m ad “ an in d e p en d e n t rived a t th e tow n of C ovington, New fo rtu n e ({or th o se day s i d riv in g hogs ton C ounty, G eorgia, w ith 500 head of th ro u g h th re e sta te s, over 600 m iles. hogs th a t he had d riven from th e m iddle of th e S tate of K entucky. He sold o u t a t CHANGES MM ATION. a p ro fit, y ear a fte r year, from th a t tim e The A. J. K lrsiin Sales Com pany, fo r up to 1870— W orsham , th a t was his nam e, merly of Salem , O r., w hich h an d les (he usually called Old W orsham , th e hog d riv er, from K entucky. K irstin S tu m p P u lle r in th e Pacific N o rth T he fa rm e rs along th e line of W or west, Is now located a t 337 E ast M or sh a m 's driv e th ro u g h K entucky, T en n es rison s tre e t, P o rtla n d . J F. G orm an, the see an d N o rth G eorgia, raised hogs for m anager, som e tim e ago saw th e need of him . H e w ould g et th e ir hogs and corn a larg er c e n tra l point for Ills location, an d d riv e o n ; when he had sold o u t he due to th e co n stan tly in creasin g business. re tu rn e d an d paid for them . I have Tlte com pany now h as every facility for know n him to a rriv e a t C ovington with prompt sh ip p in g and will be ab le to give 2000 head. H e w ould arriv e at his des even b e tte r service th a n in the past. tin a tio n a b o u t th e first of N ovem ber each year. H is early d rives had to he The R ocky M ountain N ational P ark in ca u g h t, h u n g up w ith stra p s and w eighed Colorado is to it“ e stab lish ed , by v irtu e on stilly a rd s. of a law w hich has ju st been passed by In 1865 I p u t in a p air of F a irb a n k s A C o n g re ss. T h is w ill be th e s e v e n th la r g e N a tio n a l p a rk a n d w ill h a v e a n a re a of 2 3 0 .0 0 0 a c re s . T h e six N a tio n a l p a r k s a lr e a d y e s ta b lis h e d a r e said to h a v e b ad in th e p a st y e a r ab o u t 2 5 0 .0 0 0 v isito rs. ■ B u a iiia m K ■ im ia iiR The Farmer's Fri end A. «lx. y o u r D e a l e i r S i