TIMES. WILLAMINA. OREGON
TH U R SD A Y, JAN. 21, 1932
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERALINTERESI
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.
T H E MARKETS
Portland
Wheat — Illg Rend bluestam, hard
white, 76c; «oft white, western while,
hard winter, northern spring and weet
ern red, 60c.
Hey— Huy I ng price, t. e. b. Portland!
Alfalfa.
|14© 15;
valley
timothy,
*16016.60; eastern Oregon timothy,
*18018.60; clover, *12; oat, *12.60;
oate and vetch, *12.60013,
Butterfat—18 0 30c.
Eggs- Ranch, 14018c.
Cattle— Steers, good, *6 5006.
Huge—Good to choice, *4 66 0 0 26.
Lambs—Good to choice, *4.60 0 5.
Seattle
W h e a t-S o ft white, westnrn white,
weetern red, 61c; bard winter, north
ern spring, 62c; blueatem, 74 c.
Butterfat—23c.
Egg»— Ranch, 14019c.
Cattle—Steers, good. *5.7506.25.
Ilo g s—Good to choice, 16.15«5.25.
Lambs—Choice, *404.50.
Spokane
Cattle— Steers, good, *5.50«6.
Hogs—Good to choice. *5.00.
l a in be-M edium to good, *3.6004.50
The Raker fire department has been
given honorable mention and awarded
1 second place In Oregon for educational
activities promoted during fire preven
tion week. Ovtcbsr 4 to 10, by the Ns-
> tlonal Fire Protection association.
' Mhrsbfleld took first place.
Understanding that there was a
I movement on to move the eastern
Oregon division headquarters of state
police from Raker to La Grands, the
city offllcala of Raker have blocked
It by giving, free of charge, as good
quarters as offered by I-a Grande.
Approximately 70 per cent of the
wheat of Um atilla county baa been
sold and 30 per cent now remains In
the hands of growers, according to
recent estimates. There will be a
larger spring wheat acreage than us
ual this year. The absence of early
rainfall delayed seeding.
Hubert Van Tasael of Bisters re
moved a coyote from a trap on his
ranch, then started home on his horse.
The horse stepped on a stick. It Rew
up and pierced the breast of the horse,
which died Immediately.
Hubert
jumped off. He was kicked In the
bead by the dying animal.
Eleven cities in Marlon county have
lowered the 1931 tax levy from the
1930 mark, while only three have
raised. The towns that have raised
are Hubbard, Stayton and Sublimity.
Hubbard has raised its levy from 97
mills to 105, Stayton from 77 to 84
and Sublimity from 70 to 74.
When the Roseburg city hall Is 50
years old It will be paid for. The city
, paid for the building twice In Interest
Organisation of 6-H clubs at Ron- and still owes the principal. When the
ansa, Hildebrand and Dairy has been bonds were first Issued, 40 years ago,
announced by Frank Uvxton, Klamath no provision was made for a sinking
fund. The debt will be refunded and
county club leader.
liquidated In 1U years from now.
Deaths from Industrial accidents In
Hot soup Intended to supplement
Oregon during the last nine months
of 1931 numbered 88, a drop of 46 from tho school lunches of pupils at the
1 Glendale schools will be served each
the 1930 figure for the same period.
i noon during the next three months by
The Oregon Feed and Flour mill at
volunteer workers- A charge of 2H
Turner, which waa closed laat Novem I cents a serving wilt be made to help
ber, has reopened for business under
j defray expenses, except to pupils who
the name of the Cherry City company.
are unable to pay even this small
Tho Albany school board will sub ! cost.
mit to voters at the coming June elec
Savings of *301.258.82 In operation
tion the question of establishing a
and maintenance costs during the past
kindergarten
department
In
tbs
j year were reported by tho state's 12
schools.
penal, corrective and eleemosynary in
E. J. Dodge of Portland Is prepar stitutions at the meeting of the board
ing to establish a sawmill at Barton of control held In Salem recently. Tho
for the cutting of maple, alder and largest saving, *70,217.42, was reported
oak logs. He states he has many by the state hospital for Insane at
orders waiting to be filled.
Salem.
,
A new Industry Is Indicated at The
Grants Pass claims to have the low
Dalles In the announcement that more est fire loss In the state In cities of
than 100 tons of Kennewick asparagus 6000 population.
According to the
will be canned by the Co-operative report filed with the city council by
Growers the coming season.
Fire Chief Claud Hollowell, the fire
Celebration of the completion of the
new *650,000 bridge over the Rogue
river at Gold beach has been set defin
itely for May 28, It was announced by
the state highway commission.
Short Sand beach, which was re
cently announced an the newest state
park, the gift of E. S. Collins, has
long been one of the favorite recrea
tional spots In Tillamook county.
City authorities of Pendleton aro
Booking someone to fill a Job. The
••office" of city dog catcher is vacant,
and some big, strong man with steel
shins Is wanted. The rate of payment
la *1 a dog.
Approximately 43 miles of rural pow
er extenalona were built In Josephine
county In 1931 by the California-Ore
gon Power company, bringing electric
service to about 180 farms and rural
business firms.
A deer which raced across the Pa
cific highway a few miles north of
Medford, slipping on the wet pave
ment and breaking its neck, was de
livered by Btate police to the Salvo*
tlon Army at Medford.
Mapping of the Willamette river be
tween Springfield and Junction City
by government engineers with a view
to its canalisation reached the mouth
of the McKenzie river, five miles be
low Eugene last week,
A 72-mlle gale was reported at the
Arlington airport one day last week.
It blew down an old hangar near the
field, but which was not a part of the
airport equipment. The wind meter
was whirled so fast the bearings stuck-
The annuel Ice harvest has been In
progress at Wallowa for several days.
Men and teams have been engaged hi
cutting and hauling Ice from the J. L.
Maxwell pond west of town and stor
ing It for a number of places of busi
ness In Wallowa.
Abolition of the offices of city treas
urer and city attorney and creation of
tho position of city auditor are advo
cated in the annual report of Police
Judge Fouch of Klamath Falls. He
would combine the office of city at
torney and police judge.
loas for the year waa but *8303, with
Insurance of *5102, or per capita loss
of *1.66. There were but 61 alarms
during the year.
Tho entire crop of walnuts and fil
berts bandied by the Eugene Fruit
Growers' association for next year has
been spoken for by eastern buyers,
according to J. O. Holt, manager of the
association. The entire lot of both
filberts and walnuts handled by the
association during the past season hes
been cleaned up.
Death halted the work of Levi C.
Frazier, 83, upon his own tombstone
when he was stricken with heart dis
ease in his harness shop In Salem-
Tho stone, which was being made of
cement, had not been taken out of the
form, and a son found his father's life
less body lying at the base of the
memorial with a trowel In his hand.
Since work began on the Owyhee
Irrigation project In 1928, the bureau
of reclamation has expended *8,500,000
on construction of the development
that will reclaim approximately 80,-
000 acres of new land. During the
coming year expenditures will be
limited by the size of the reclamation
fund, but will probably exceed *2,000,-
000.
Oregon’s motor vehicle population
slumped approximately 15,000 between
December 31, 1930, and the same date
In 1931, and incidentally motor vehicle
registration fees for the six-month per
iod Just ended droppeH oft by nearly
*300,000 when compared with the re
ceipts for tho same period In 1930.
These figures are shown in a report
prepared by Secretary of State Hoss.
The Oregon Turkey Growers’ asso
ciation nt Roseburg received a check
for *37,733.84 from the Northwest Tur
key association at Salt Lake City,
representing the final payment on 25
carloads of turkeys shipped In Decem
ber. Monoy advanced at the time of
delivery amounted to *84,848.67, mak
ing a total payment for December
birds of *122,582.51. Distribution of
the second payment was made recent
ly.
’ FARM »
POULTRY
Page 5
Harold’s Mother
Knew Answer
DAIRY
“Yes, sir, I am cer
tainly proud of my
little boy,” says Mrs.
IL M. Smith, 421 To
peka Ave., Topeka,
Kansas. “He’s five
and weighs fifty-sev
en pounds. He’s the
picture of health as
yon can aee, and I feel like he'll al
ways be that way as long as I can
get California Fig Syrup. I have
used It with him ever since he was a
year old. I knew what to give him
for his cold» and hit feverish, upset
spells because Mother used Califor
nia Fig Syrup with all of us as chil
dren. I have uaed It freely with my
boy and he loves It. I t always fixes
him np, quick.”
In many homes, like thia, the third
and fourth generations are using
pure, wholesome California Fig Syrup
because It baa never failed to do
what la expected of I t Nothing so
quickly and thoroughly purges a
child's system of tbe souring waste
which keeps him cross, feverish,
headachy, bilious, half-sick, with coat
ed tongue, bad breath and no appe
tite or energy as long as It 1» allowed
to remain In the little stomach and
bowels. Fig Syrup gives tone and
strength to these organs so they con
tinue to act as Nature Intends them
to do, and helps build up and
strengthen weak, pale and under
weight children. Over four million
bottles used a year shows’ Its popu
larity. Tbe genuine, endorsed by
physicians for 50 years, always bears
the word “California.”
LEST TO LET COW
MOST VITAL POINT
FRESHEN IN FALL
IS PROPER MATING
Careful Selection of Male Several Excellent Reasons
for the Practice.
Big Proposition.
Usually tbe cow bred during the
C o m et mating of poultry for great
latter part of January or In Feb
est profits during the coming year U
ruary will freshen ’.a early fall and
s difficult problem and one that Is usu
will produce more butterfat through
ally conducted as a “lilt-or-mlss" prop
a twelve-months period than when
osition.
bred to freshen In tbe spring.
N. W, Williams, poultryman In
"The cow that fresheus In the fall
charge of North Carollua state college
does not suffer from hot weather and
Hocks, says mating poultry Is a bard
files during the period of her heaviest
Job for tbe experienced poultryman,
milk flow us does the cow that fresh
and that tbe Inexperienced man gener en! In the spring.” suggests A. C
ally gives It no consideration at sit.
Klmrey of the dairy extension office
However, It Is one of tbe most Impor at the North Carolina State college
tant Jobs to be undertaken at tbe
“The rush of the summer work la
beginning of the new poultry year.
over In tbe full, and the owner hat
First, .the grower must know what
more time to care for the cow dur
he wants. If he wants egg produc
ing this heavy producing period. Then,
tion. he must mate birds that have
too, the prices for butterfat are usual
been producing eggs.
If be wants
ly better In winter than In summer.
show birds, be must use those that
December butterfat often sells for 10
bave tbe standard conformations.
to 12 cents a pound more than May
To mate birds for egg production,
and June butterfat."
tbe poultryman ought to understand
Mr. Klmrey finds that a majority
what body factors Indicate high egg of the creameries in North Carolina
production, says Williams.
Select
baa a surplus of butter during the
those of standard weight that are vig summer months but a scarcity In win
orous, broud, deep and with large body
ter.
Thia means that much of the
Î capacity. Such birds will lay more
product must be consigned to the
i eggs and tbe chicks will be stronger
large central markets at a sacrifice In
than those from birds which do not
price. In winter It Is hard to supply
have such desirable characteristics.
the local demand.
Since the pay
' If the bent lack some of these good
ments made to dairymen for their
quum les but are good layers, use a
butterfat are based on the price
i male bird which will correct the dell-
which the creameries receive for
clency In the chicks. No bird should
tbelr manufactured butler. It seems
be used In tbe breeding pens which has only wise to try to sell the most fat
a tendency to be weak constitutionally. ‘ when the be« prices may tie obtained.
■ Mr. Klmrey says.
A little more attention by dairy
men to the breeding period of their
cows would make possible a greater
Pullet culling proved Its value In a
annual Income per cow, he suggests
Wyoming country poultry farm dem
onstration conducted by the county
agricultural extension association, D.
C. Henderson, poultry extension spe
cialist of tbe Pennsylvania State col
Recent feeding inquiries from cer
lege. said.
tain sections of the country Indicate a
From a flock of 800 white leghorn
shortage of feed for dairy cattle. Un
pullets a year ago 133 were separated
der such conditions as these, owners
from tbe others because they were
of dairy cattle are confronted with
Immature.
A careful record of the
the problem of buying some feed or
production of the two groups was
then kept for five months.
In No of reducing the herd. They are. as a
rule, reluctant to reduce the herd. If
vember the cull birds had fl.fl per cent
they can only get the herd through the
egg production while the properly de
winter they feel that they can then
veloped pullets laid at tbe rate of
10 per cent.
In December the per carry on to better economic advantage.
it Is not very good business to buy
centages were 22 and 51 respectively.
feed, even at low prices, and then turn
In Janunry 24 and 41, In February
arouud and sell It to Inherently poor
34 and 4J, and In March 40.5 and 08.
Averages for five months are 20.0 producing cows, says Hoard's Dairy
man. The first step in an Intelligent
and 50 per cent, allowing the well-
developed pullets nearly donbled the solution of this feed shortage problem
la to find out whether one has any
production of Immature birds.
Inherently poor producers and If so
which ones they are. The next step
Is to actually get these cows off the
It Is necessary to comfortably house
farm—sell them to the butcher. An
the chickens during the winter months empty stull or two will mnke more
In order to make the maximum prof
money than a poor cow or two when
its.
one must buy feed. The third step Is
Comfortable housing provides for:
to mnke and feed good rations to tbe
1. Four square feet of floor space
remaining good cows even If some of
for each bird of the heavy breeds and
the feed must be purchased.
three square feet of floor space for
the light breeds.
2. Light In every part of the house.
Since the educational work of the
3. A dry floor all the time.
dairy council has been under way. but
4. An open front through which
ter consumption lias steadily Increased
sunshine may get Into the house.
throughout the United States. At pre^
6. Ventilation system that will fur
ent government re|torts of July 1.
nish fresh air without a draft and will
11131, based on production and storage
remove the moisture from the Inside
holdings, show 24,000.000 pounds more
of the poultry house.
of creamery butter were consumed the
fl. A warm house and the conser
first six months of this year than last
vation of body heat during the cold
year.
This Is three ounces per person
months.
throughout the United Slates. If this
Increase has been maintained for the
laat six months of the year, it will he
A laying house Is used for brooding an Increase In consumption of 20,000,-
baby chicks on the John Schlnff farm, 000 pounds more than the total sur
Macomb county, Michigan. Last fall
plus holding« of 1020, which broke the
Mr. Schlaff started with 1,000 laying price of butter 12 cents a pound. Oth
hens In two Michigan shed type houses. er causes have doubtless helped, but
By March 1 the flock had been culled this educational work has been of out
to 000, nil were put Into one house and standing value at this time.—Hoards
the other house, 80 feet long and 20 Dairyman.
feet wide, was cleaned, disinfected
thoroughly and used for brooding 2,800
chicks.
There Is a continual fanning mill
The chicks were kept two weeks In
action going on In all walks of life
battery brooders, then were put Into
blowing out the Ineffectual and Inef
the laying bndse. Six electric brood
ficient. Just as you clean the chuff
ers were hung from the celling of the
from your seed grain, you take out
laying house.—Capper’s Farmer.
the cripples from your dairy herd.
You must go further, however.
There are muny cows that look like
Beets and other gnrden vegetables cows, pretty fair cows, that are fool
are vnlunble addition.« to the ration
ing you. Only the keeping of indiv
of hens and may be fed without weigh idual cow records will show yon these
ing them out. Beets, enrrots nnd cab cows. They nre the “Blue Cows.” If
bages are nil good succulent foods, ap your herd Is to be ns profitable ns It
ples may also he given In moderation, enn he they must be found. Not only
sweet ones being best. These vege the fanning mill to weed out the chaff,
tables nre usually fed nt noon, giving but the sieve of production records
the flock wlint It will clenn ui In an such as nre furnished by the Dairy
hour or two.
Hens necustomed to Herd Improvement associations and
them, however, will not eat too much the statewide cow testing association
If they nre before the flock through nre necessnrv.— Minnesota Farm Bul
the day.
letin.
W o m an N o t to B lam o
A woman doesn't make a fool of a
nan. I f he wasn't already a fool he
wouldn’t be fooling with that kind of
woman.— Loa Angelea Times.
END CHEST COLDS
QUICK WITH GOOD
RED PEPPER HEAT
Immature Pullets Show
Poor Laying Qualities
Relieves Alm ost Instantly
Not Hard to Deal With
Feed Shortage Problem
Housing Suggestions
Butter Consumption
Brooding Baby Chicks
W hen noisy breathing and sharp pains
in cheat, dry cough or washed out feel.
broadcast the presence of a chest'
i , just try this safe and sure remedy
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N o blister, nor bum nor b a rm . It does
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M o t h e r U n d e rs ta n d s
Father— I suppose tbe boy will ge'
married sometime.
Mother—Oh. yes. I do hope tht
dght young woman will pick him out
COLD GERMS
NAVAP
VAPOR
NASAL
Clears head instantly.
Stops cold spreading.
Sprinkle your
handkerchief during the day
— your pillow ot night..
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•There's another guy after hat
3etter wake up.”
Pleasant incidents of history dc
lot fill so many pages as the dis
ressing ones.
Keep Fanning Mill Going
Beets for Hens
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