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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1914)
GOVERNOR HAINES INDORSES PLAN Says Follow-Up Campaign of Great Benefit to People Hopes It May Be Extended to Other Parts of Idaho. BELIEVES IN MORE ALFALFA tat School' Head, Grace M. Shep rd, Welcome! Great Educational Movement Offer Enthulatlc Support of State Educational De partment for "Alfalfa Week," March 9th to 13th. In reference to the work undertaken I" the lloltltui Improvement commit 'tee Governor John M. I tallica of Idaho ay With reference to the rvmiltn ac compllHhi'il by the campnigu made by l'roffhHur Molden In the Inland Kin pirn for tin- niirpoae of atlrnnliitlnfc the production of alfalfa, corn and live atock. I !,; to m limit the follow inn When It wan announced that thin campaign 'M to b mnde, I IiiiiihiII ali'l) made an iiivfatlgntiun ah to the Ketieral character of llM work which had been done in other u.n by I'ro feaor Molden and ronvlncod myaelf of II n. .11 value In the currying of a iiM'NMKKe illrerth to the fariuer them aelveH with rsfsfSSM lo what could beMt lio ilono by them for the psfpOM Of bettering the iiuallty of their mill and thiiH net -;iel n k their productivity An noon hh I had become (ull In formed .o to the work done by I'ro feasor Molden In other locnlltle. I very much resetted that I, I cam paign no far a the Htate of Idaho wa concerned, would bo confined to north em Idaho While alfalfa Ih now and bun for a number of year been grown very extensively In the southern part of the Mtntc. there can be no question but that our farmers would derive great benefit from personally receiv ing the important Instructions which a campaign of tbls kind Is designed lo give. Reeult Vary Great. I am Informed that the result In the northern part of Idaho which mat i urtoiiii lil be i xpected as u result of this alfalfa riiinpitlgii will be very grout Indeed ami alreailv preparations are under wu for what Ih referred to as a I'o I low up cauipuiKii " This. I lake It. Is Intended (or the purpose of mora UMfOSfsl ImpreHHlug the peo ple with the lessoim already taught and of Mnnll) ami definitely convlnc llig Ibem of the benefits which the.V may derive through the Increased value of their farms In adopting the more IteSlltfg ciilllviitloii of the ill- tn i-n producing bImU I Uumi (hut this follow up campaign will uctualh be made and I trust also that at that time or some other time In the near future It will he poHHlble to send the alfulfu special on a thor ough tour of all othei parts of the lute not alreailv covered Yours very i uapectfiill . JOHN M IIAINKH. I inventor. eELIEVES IN CAMPAIGN Stat Superintendent of Puhlle In atructlon of Washington, Jophln Preston, Offer to Ait Will Support th Fellow Up Plan March 9th te 13th la "Alfalfa Weak." "We are great!) pleased Unit the Inland Kuiplic Alfalfit Campaign cov ered silt h a kWSS part of Washing ton but It ulun us far BTSBtSf plea me lo know thai Hie follow up work Ih to be I'.iclllc northwest wide Re ciprocal educational eo-operatlon In Washington Idaho and Oregon Is one of the banlc pilmlpleM of professional h U( cess We belles e Ihe work of the Molden Improvement ('otuiiiittee ban In It tbe element 1st Of training the whole child '.'ml Te. tchlng In terniH of tbe child life 3rd T admit; the child to think In terms of in lion "Our hlati always welcomes such laudable efforts The desire of Ihe loiumlllee lo cooperate In the work of ihe Hoys' and Mills' ('lubs I com menduble I'tidei date of June . IHKI. I wrote I'rof I' Q Molden. I am working on a plan of .uiiiiuinltv center organ!. lion In tin, stale which I hope will make It pOHHlble to icadi tiioie people In the Hii.iller cenlers than we have ever been able to reach before ' ll Ih verv I'licoiiriigliiK that the efforts of (be Molden Improvement I'oiiimiltco are entlrelv In accord with Ihe above For these reasons the slate superintendent s ottlce intend most hc.it tllv their endorsement and Support 't the committees plan of follow up work " ALFALFA WEEK" O K. An All.tlfa week. March Hill to 13th. ha been set lu (he school and I to be thorough!) owauded The amount of attention on tbe mit of (he puptk to ihe study of alfalfa, (he clo vein tSaaV beans velches e(c . (heir food value and (heir relation (o soil fertlltl) Is sine to produce an lnterv( 111 the general iiueatlon of conserva tion and a more rational altitude (oward agriculture and ui IcuKural problems It will make for belter cltl aenshlp lit calling attention to the welfare of the race rathei than the welfare of self NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST IN IDAHO Important Occurrences Of The Past Week From Cities In Our Stat Burned Off Land Green. Lewlston. Forest Supervisor Fish er, of Oroflno, Idaho, of Ihe Clear water ranges, ha announced that the forest flrea which destroyed millions of acres of heavy timber and the lives of nearly ! firefighters In the north west In ISM have In a mensure com pensated for Ihe destruction by pre senting to the stockmen new and en ticing summer pasturage sufficient to care for about 400,000 sheep and mpny thousands of cattle. The Northern Pacific officials are considering special shipping rates on sheep In lots of five cars or more from points In southeastern Washing ton to points for the Clearwater for est. Normal Plans are Made. I,ewlston - Immediately following the close of the regular session of the l.ewtston State Normal school the sec ond annual summer session will open In charge of (he regular faculty, as sisted by special lecturerH. In addition to offering n quarter's work In the regular courses for cer tlflcntes and diplomas for both gfatfSd and rural school teachers there will he offered all review courses and all professional courses required by law for ciiiidldiitcs for third, second and first grade certificates and for state and state life certificates Profes sional courses for the renewal of all stub certificates will also be offureO Mall Carrier Swamped. Btltes -The mall carrier from here lo Klk City Is swamped with work and about Mi tons of parcel post packages are now being stored by (he local post muster, with more arriving each day. Illds for delivery of the mail have been received by the I'ostofflce de partment at (he rate of $! for loo pounds, wlnre.iH the total rale from Spokane or l.evvlston to Klk City b) mail Is but $1 mi for loo pounds. RAILROAD RUMOR IS HEARD Idaho Reported to Be Coveted Terri tory of Big Companies. ilolse. Kiillroud men here are great I) Interested III the report that the Chicago. I tin I in Kt tut K qulm rail roads an- racing for the South I'ass over the divide between Idaho .iinl W .touting, ll is declared thai the Chi cago K Northwestern has made all of lln iiecessarv plans for the construe lion ol a .'.ill mile . Mcih.oii (loin I. an der, Wn . to Idaho Falls The Niiribw OtOTfj Is reported to have placed contracts and ordered sup piles and equipment Tbe IIhoiv bete Is that Ihe Northwestern having made Us Lander Idaho Fall connection, will pris eed to connect Idaho Falls with the lillmore tt I'lttsburg railroad, com pleted frolll Vt llii-lciiil Mont , to Sal iiioii I'll), which would be extended west along Ihe Salmon Hlver to Lew In! oil llesldes (he possible development (hat these i wo railroads offer to Idaho this tear, railroad men are looking iii. ,i, i io actlvltv in the southern ami southwestern part of the state. The in ion Shot I Lille liu MllllOlltlc ed It Intention of constructing a "bell line in Kuhtern Idaho from Idaho Falls through I'remoui. Madison and Jefferson counties making u com plots lOSP '" completely control (hat section of the state. Road Bonds Are Wanted. Weiser For the purpose of could ering the proposed state highway an enthusiastic meeting of Washington count. v laxpa.verH SO held r'rlilut ev ening at (he W riser commercial club. St long sentiment lu favor of (he pro posed linprov eitient wax expressed b a m.iiorlly ot (hose lu attendance Miles Cannon, of the state hlghwH.v commission was present It I hoped thai the loiiutv commissioners will biibmit tin iuesltou of bonds for good rouds lo (he voter at uu early dale H y Oiae Being Fought. l.ewislou Ranchers ol this lern tory Hie inking every precaution to eradicate the spread Of tuberculosis among hogs which seems to have be come a menace in this district. M Is said there I no wa of tOtOOt lug Ihe disease until the swiue are butcheied "Bull Moosers" to Bally. Weiser Tbe Hull Moose party still lives In Washinglou count) and ll ineetlng has been called b It local followers for March H to be held here V full ticket will be placed lu the Held Annua1 Declamation Contest. Caldwell The annua! dcclaiuatio'i contest of th College of Idaho w.i hehl at Slerrt Mall Fndav night The winners in this event wi.l i.prese.il ihe college at the state contcl ut Al Won. SEED CORN FOR THE FARMERS Improvement Committee Will Distribute Many Bushels to the Farmers of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. ALL TO BE RETESTED SEED Plan Worked Out to Supply Farmers With Two-Pound Sample Provided a Record I Kept and a Report Made of Remit When Harvaatad. The Improvement committee of Spo kane In charge of the agricultural follow-up work In oo-opcratlon with the people of the Northwest have pur chased a large quantity of the beat home grown seed corn obtainable to suit as near as possible the condition of the Northwest. These samples will be furnished In two pound packages upon application to the committee A resirt blank will accompany each pai kage of corn, In order dial a report may be kept of the results obtained. Every fnrmer who receives a sample Is requested to All out the report and return It to the committee at harvest time. A charge of 25 cents will be made for each sample of com In or der (o cover the cost of packing and shipping 'ALFALFA WEEK' FOR OREGON Stat Superintendent of Public In struction of Oragon, J. A. Churchill, Nam March 9th to 13th a "Al falfa Wk" In Oragon A Good Thing. "Alfalfa growing I of such Impor tame mil oulv to the live stink In terests of (be country, but also In Its relation to the maintenance and up building of soil fertility that the en tire second week of March has been designated as Alfalfa Week ' Kvcry schpol In Oregon. Including Ihe one room counirv schools, the grades and high schools of the cities, will be asked lo observe the week through placing special emphaslH In the Ian euage work on the subject of alfalfa growing lltilletlns of the Oregon Ag ricultural College and of the Molden Improvement CommOtce, which give valuable Information on the growing of alfalfit, will be distributed among the schools In the lower grades, this work will take the form of tory tell Ing on the part of the teacher and oral reproduction by the pupils In the upper grade all of (he written composition work of the week will be on the suhlecl of alfalfa and will he based upon Information enlhered from bulletin. magazine agricultural Jour al- and observation on the part of the pupils In these grades the Mol den seed corn tester will also be placed In the liaiids of the pupil and the results of their corn testing will U- embodied on written reports which will be accepted by the teachers tn lieu of other compnaltlon work during that week "Movs' and glrla' Industrial club are being organized throughout the state. whoe work will include ten protect vis Poultry raising, sewing pig feeding, gardening, dalrt records and manual arts Next year It I planned to add the eleventh project, which will he alfalfa growing." Steamship' Crew Rescued by Chanc. Norfolk. Va Kescued from their irtftlBf lifeboat h ineleht chalice, the captain and 16 member of (he crew of the American -tcanier Charlemagne lower Jr. which foundered off the lersev coa( were picked up by the sieaiiier lluyforl and brought to New poit News. 1 1 .nil Service. West i ..III I No. 17 Oregon Wah Lt.i 4 17am No. TS Huntington l'a , a m No. '.' 1 a.t Mail 1 p in No 77 lliiiitiiigt.ii l 'as 0:33 p iu No. - Oregou Wash Kxpre tl:50 i in haat loiiiid No. 18 Oregon Wa.b Ltd ill a ui No. 7o Boise passenger 8 :"0 a m No. to Fast Mall If ill I' m No. 78 Hoisc passenger llM P m No. I Oregon Waah Eprea t'i :lf p m MalliAlr Valley Hiauch The Vale (raiu leave Vale daily at - a. ui. arriviug lu Ontario at I 10. Lcliiriiing will leave, cxocpl Sunday, at 10 a ui. , arrlvi'ug at Vle ar-10 AC, leaving for Brugau at 10:50, snlv lug there 11 :fi'.i, returning will leave Brogau at 30. airlve at Vale 1 .30. Leave Vale at i St, arriving at On tario at S:SU, aud return lo Vale at i p. m. iiiihuini.iy tbe train w ill come to Ontaiio iu the ruoruiug aud return ut 7 p. m., makiug the run to Ho on la on that day instead ol Wi'liu-vlm The .liiuliira (ruin will leave Onta rio MiimUv. Weduecday aud Saturday at 7 a. ui., returning at o p. in reachiug Juntura at 12:05 and leav ing ut 1pm. Dr. W. G Howe DENTIST Telephone No. 7.12 First National Bank Bid. DRS. PRIHZING & WEESE Ontario, Oregon Office in New Wilson Block. DR. D. 0. BRETT DENTIST Office 2nd door east of Ontario Phs macy on Nevada Avenue Near R R Depot ' Mcculloch, & wood LAWYERS Rooms 1-2-3 First Nat'l Bank Bldg. Ontario, Oregon OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS Dn IIahhikt Shahs Dm. FASUra Hkahs Cirail'iBtes American School ol Os teopathy. K 1 1 k-villi-,i.. Wilson Block Telephone. I .VI Mile H. H. WHITHEY PHYSICIAN andfHUROEON i mi. . In I. O. O. F. Bldg., Ontario, - . - Oregon C. 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