LOCAL GRANGE CORN GROWING
COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT
Complete Report Of Committees Shows That Corn Rais
ing In Malheur County And The Snake River
Valley Is Highly Successful
Tho committee appoint! by the.
Mainour county Pomona fining to en-
courage the growing of com in thi
eruon or mo suite, naa ist mane iir
report. Tho report, and the results
which it shows, romovos all doubt
whether or not the corn crop has come
to stay in Malheur county, and Rhows
Uroat success- on tho part of the com
mittee. It. follows in full:
To the MaRter of Malheur County Po
mona Grange:
Your committee appointed to en
courage the growing of rorn as a gen
eral farm crop report the following,
and if Ic. to bo diiichargcd.
We divided the county in districts
and decided on acre contests, field con
ditions, requiring ten entries in each
district. Out of a possible 100 points,
40 wore given for yield, 40 for quality,
and 20 for record of how the corn wim
grown. Blanks were furnished fol
lowing as near as possible the require
ments of the U. S. Government in corn
growing contest.
Two bushels of corn to be selected
by the grower nnd from which the
quality of his crop was judged
was required of each contestant, this
i. i i i .i i.
corn to be sold by the Pomona Grange
to help defray the expenses of the con
test. Fifty pounds of corn, field run,
was also taken for a shelling test to
determine the yield of shelled corn per
ere.
As little corn hud been grown In
this county, a campaign of education
was derided iipmi and the services of
Prof. P. II. Holdcn and party were so -
cured, also Prof. James W. Jonojt and
MM farmers that had successfully
grown corn under irrigation. We hud
corn tulks in ten neighborhoods in this
county which is larger than the state
of Massachusetts, and when the On -
tnrin Common ml (lull in its usual
generous manner OfTereil JUKI. (Ill Tor are taliulatcil ami are a matter oi roc
the ..-t aei-e of coin grown in Mai- J ord in the offiec of the County Agri
hour i oiinty, also $.'i(lll0 for first prize, iiilturalist where they may be con
$25,110 for second and $15.00 for third ' suited :il any time.
in each of the id tint', there was an Further comment on a record liki
iiiiii n.il Interest taken in the contest.
Muny farm. r. entered the contest but
some fell b the uaVMil. M tin re w. ie
H to come under the wire, and such
success we had not hoped for.
THE "HITLESS WONDERS."
Qualities That Mad tha Old Whit
8o Club Famous.
Hack in 111 the Cub-ago White Sox
Wen- known as Hi,- 1 1 It less Wonders,
brciiiiao of their ability to win guinea
Willi Ulilfouuly poor batting, nod
though Crank Ishcll, Hie lust club
win :er on Hie team. Ilnlslied a season
of l.i.' guinea with an average of only
.271). Ibis club quullllod for a chance
to light fur a world's championship
And what s still more to the (silut,
tbe won Hie great series from Crank
Chun, e's Culm when that aggregation
Was at Its best.
Hut there was a reason for this, and
the reason was the wonderful pitch
tug staff, which consisted of Id
Walsh. Hoc White. Nick Altr.sk, Hoy
Patterson, Crank Owens and Crank
Smith, an Iflsj legation of twirling
talent seldom cillliilcd So clever were
fbe ineiiilier, of this sextet that thev
were aide to limit opposing teams to
a minimum of runs, ami it was only
Dcvossar.v for the batten of the White
Km to collect three or four talllou to
Will most coutesls
Hut even If ttie club was shy oil
heavy bitters such men as Jlgga
Immobile. I ee Tnuuchtll. ti'corgc Hobe.
;.. ige lnls. Hilly hulllvan. Clelder
Jones. iMiighcity and llahn bad plenty
Of speed, i.n.-w their "Inside play" like
tssik and In most pinches could be
depended upon lo come through with
oiioiigh good plays to acorn st the right
moments
In every other Instance where a team
has won a chaniploiiahlp In the majors
the batters as a whole have been uu
usually at long and did not have to de
pend on the pitchers to keep them In
the running more than half us the
time. Nevertheless a number of clubs
have endeavored to emulate the ei
ample of Hie Wblte Box, but tbey al
ways have rtnuo to grief Cd A. tloe
Wey lu Leslie's.
MAN AND MICROBES.
spiiug oi nm me airalla sod was
Human Bsmga Might All B Giants If : plowed and sown to whc.it yielding
Thar War No Baotaria. t7 ' bushels per in re
If there were no microbes men would "In the spring of 1912 the ground
grew to gigantic stature and have tn- mu utraill ,,,oWed and sown to oat
tellectuul powers fur lu advance of ! u: v. . . . ,.,. . . .
. , 5 .. " I which Melded !K bushels pel -acre.
loose which tbey possess at present i ... ,. , ,,!, ..
What I. more. It U puaalbta. at leaat. In U"' 8pnng f IMI tho Krouml
to lle without uilcroUs. Anyway. w"8 n plowed and sown to clovet
thi-se are the conclusions of no less au wlt1' "at "s IU"'sc crop, oats ield
autborlty than Dr. limit, who heads ; iug 6i bushels per acre, a stand of
the Pasteur institute in Parts Tbey ! clover being secured on only a portion
re based upon tha result of some ex
periments i ..i rlcd ou by one of bis pu
pils. Dr. allchael Cobendy.
The latter placed aotuo guinea pigs
under glass st the uiomeut of their
birth. The air which they breathed
was tBOfOMgWl sterilised, as waa all
the food administered to thetu Cn
gucstlouublv tuuuy germs were able to
Your committee assisted by our
Farm Advisor, W. K. Shinn, helped to
Bolect thfI Bcrc amI meaaure ft, then
watched tho harvesting and weighed
of!hc rorn
So remarkable wore the
yields your committee wished to show
the public what Malheur farmerR can
do. A Corn Carnival was planned and
again tho progressive citizens of On
tario helped to make it a success.
Prof. O. I). Carter, Director of Agri
cultural Extension in Idaho and an ex
pert corn judge, made the awards and
premiums were paid in gold to the
following winners:
PunhrU
MMUai
corn Arrr
I i'I.i I" i In
('oiitoitant Prlr
I'.. I.. Tat. '.. I, -.ink.-
w right serf flrhi
S21U 121.68 V
Ills lini.i Dltlrlri:
-t lt.,1.1 li'.i.n, Klrtt '".I'
O. W. Swlg.rt, Second 7515
II H. Hatrh. Third 710'.
Alr Wade .'
A. in ...In. . 0155
Nya Insiii.i
lf.r ii.
10S.70
I 'i'.' I
H.7
U2.:i2
S
111
s
111
13
:ik
M
M
A. M. Johiuon. IHM 7757
n.. -i .
i iii. as
OS. 73
102. It
107.11
107. .17
. it Van llykr. Third ruin
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V Hutlrr 7780
H.alni ih-iii. i
. n,.,,, v Johnson, Hnd B3.-.0
III!
71. IS
77.50
7.1.20
7 :u
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via:.
I.. II. (i.ir.lon. Third
T. (' lohnaon
II. It. Itamry
. 5510
. .5191
. . 5575
. . 5364
W. J. JrnkliM
7:..:to
Thore were twelve others in tho con
test who had yields of from 46 to '00
bushels.
These wonderful yields wore made
on land that hod been six or more
1 years in alfalfa with out fertilixation.
It took an average of less than seventy
pounds of corn to make a bushel of
shelled com. The average cost of
growing and cribbing a bushel of corn
was ulmut 12 cents. I ho complete dutu
1 regarding the method of growing, the
' yields, and the cost of production, etc ,
the above is useless.
Respectfully submitted.
A. G. KINOMAN, Chairman
W. I.. GlltSON.
!:. it CONKI i. BMMtary,
le.uh lliel... mil every pi ecilullMI
i w ii to .cli'iii e and possible with
the applleiiilon of one of the complet
es! laboratories in Hie world was ex
crclseti to protect t belli
The resets rather astounded the
doctor The subject grew with aulas-
lug rnphlltj. three or four times a
fast as guinea pigs of tho same age
subsisting under normal conditions
In Iht brief span of twelve days they
were for Hie most part a tlilril larger
It la a far H from the guinea pig
to Hie man of course, but Dr. Itoox
concludes tlnit tin- l.iller, If under per
fect antiseptic conditions from birth,
would develop very far bejoud what
In possible as things are at present
He even hints that, with advancing
knowledge, such conditions. If not st-
lalmM. will Is. ho approximated as to
materially enhance the physical wel-
faro and menial vigor of the race.
Himtoii Herald
Kt'fortl Yit'l(!s Of Com
I Continued from page one)
to the
here:
gluhgc
Which Is repi iidiucj
"In presenting my report of the acre
of coin entered in the Mulheur Corn
contest, 1 have thought perhaps a
brief history of this particular acre of
growing would be of interest.
"In its natural state Dame Nature
nm' covered it with a dense growth of
sagebrush, the soil being of a sandy
nature the winds of years had blown
the surface up in small sand dunes or
hillocks.
"In the early summer of 18!.t the
In ush was cleared and the ground
leveled with a slip scraper with Its ac
companied back aches and heart aches
"Lund was seeded to ulfalfu Sep
tember I, IdfL remaining in alfalfa
! for 17 years yielding on an average of
T' tons per acre per year or 127'
'tons for this particular acre In the
of the laud, it was decided to plant
same to corn in I'M I
"The portion of the acre not having
a stand of clover was given a dressing
I1" ""'" u,,,, ''""- app"'.i witn an
Mnternational manure spicader in tht
1 '"' spring,
'
"On tho 20th of April ground was
irrigated, on April 25th the clover had
grown to a height of about a foot
and ground plowed 7 inches deep, fol
lowed by double discing and harrowing
with a Rpike tooth harrow throe times,
leaving the soil in free condition for
planting, planted May 7th, medium
stand secured, seed not tested. Har
rowed twice after planting.
"When corn had become largo
enough to be injured by harrowing it
was cultivated once with a horse
tooth cultivator, followed by two culti
vations with two-horse 6-shovel culti
vator. "Corn was then furrowed out with
single Rhovol plow and irrigated when
well tasRelled out when ground was
dry enough to work, it was again cul
tivated with the 1-horse cultivator,
being too large for the 2-horse culti
vator. "Then followed another furrowing
out with a second irrigation when the
ears had well formed, third irrigation
given when tho kernels were in the
milk. Which completed the operating
to harvest.
"Plowing, $2.50: Discing, .90; Har
rowing, $1.00; Manure, $2.00; planting
.40; cultivating $2.50; furrowing for
irrigation, .HO; cost of seed, .50; gath
ering corn, $5.00; estimated rent of
land $10.00; estimated cost $25.10.
"No. bushels corn harvested 97.13,
anil No. bushels seed corn 5. Total
bushefs 102.1.1. Market value $1.2r
per hundred.
"Respectfully submitted,
"HARVEY R. HATCH."
Another Boost
(Continued from page one)
of the State of Oregon, known aa
"Central Oregon," more particularly
in the basin of the Deschutes River.
On the 25th of February, lilt, an
act was passed "To provide for the
construction, operation and mainte
nance and disposal, by the State of Ore
gon, of the irrigation project in Crook
county, Oregon, commonly known as
i tm 'Columbia Southern Project.
.em). likewise, was before Mr. Lane
WUH ma,,. Serretarv of tho Interior.
Not one sj Hal
:i I relates ol
io or word in the entire
ii his, either remotely
or by inference, to any plan for co-
operation between lie state ami tho
Nation.
On the contrary, when, on June 10,
191.'!. Director Newell wrote to Gov
ellior West that Set rclui I. line had
authorized him to state that an allot
ment of MHMrM would he made for
co operation with the Stall of Ore., u
in connection with the Tumalo project,
the people of l.aullaw and other Ore
gon communities rose up in protest
against any portion of the fund appro
pnated for the Tumalo project heme
, ,onh "'" us " '"opunive lunu.
' ,M ,,lls connection it is well to call
J your attention to tho fact that Bocra
, tary l.ane did not authorize the iliiec
' tor of the reclamation service to state
that $450,000 would be allotted for co
operation in the State of Oregon in
connection with the Tumalo project;
on the contrary, his instructions were
' to recite to the authorities of the State
I Of Oregon thut the sum of Sl.'.n.iMMi
would be appropriated for the purpose
,, , . oneratlon with the State of Ore-
K(1) m (Vnt.al Qnam in .ontpiu,,,,.,.
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ItM, The statement of the director
that this allotment was for the Tumalo
project was an inadvertence on his
part, as is plainly shown by subse
quent correspondence and records.
It is to be regretted that there
should have been any misunderstand
ing upon this point, nnd no one regrets
it so much as Secretary l.ane; but the
proposition as laid before him by Gov
ernor West contained on the Gover
nor's part a distinct pledge that if the
Secretary would indicate informally
that it was his intention and desire
to co-operate with the State of Oregon
by an allotment of $4.r0,000, he would
see to it that u like amount should bo
produced by the state for dollar for
dollar co-operation with the Federal
Government.
Co-operation implies a complete par
tn ipalion by both parties to the con
tract in all of its features; both us to
investigations and construction, as
well as management. The United
States has had no part in the expendi
ture of the $450,000 fund used in the
construction of the Tumalo project;
has had no voice in its management;
has had no consideration whatever;
has not been consulted in respect to it;
it is in no sense a co-operative project
No definite determination can be
made as to which of the projects in
Central Oregon shall be adopted by
the I'nitcd States in its co-operative
work with the state, until the en
gineers have agreed as to one or the
other as thut in which the money to be
appropriated by the state anl the
I'nitcd States can be most economi
cally and beneficially expended for
tho good of all concerned.
Very truh om,
W. A. RYAN. Controller.
FIELD FENCING
Let
Malheur Mercantile Co.
Ontario, - - Oregon
FRUITLAND NEWS
i lie. . mber Wth)
James Nis wander has traded his fine
farm of 120 acres well improved four
miles south east of Fruitland for land
in Kansas.
Fluie Thomas is eijoing a visit
from his brother Myle Ferguson of
Sciota, III. This is the first time they
have aeen each other since KUie.was
three years old. He will stay until
after the holidays.
The Christmas program at Sunny
side school house Wednesday evening
was well attended ami was a very
enjoytble affair
Mr. Kennedy' have moved into their
home recently purchased from J. O.
Scrilchfield. Mr.Scritchfield's will move
this week to their place south of
Ontario.
Mr. Marshall left last week for his
old home in Tetiti
He has been work -
ing lor J. M. Davis the past season
At the Christian hi. .lev ..r meeting
Sunday evening the president appointed
the following members as commitee to
nominate otticers for the ensuing year,
Miss BoweU, Alice Whlaldon, Mrs.
Wilso, Phillip Smith and D. Cregor.
Mr. and Mrs. thus. Stevens enter
tained last Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Chillis and family.
Last Thursday evening Mr. Taylor
was pleasantly surpJised when about
twenty of their friends came to help!down l" "0 "r b'0 every "fht.
ee.ebrate his birthday. Mrs. Taylor
assisted by Mrs. Meeker andMrs.Chaa.
Stevens served refresumenU which
were enjoyed, music was the feature
of th evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kussell left
last Wednesday morning for Eminett
to stay several weeks.
Services will be held New Years day
in uic mi'iiiiiiini nun n comiucieu o
the pastor Kev. i . b. Deal. Dinner
will be served in the Epworth Hall.
All members and their friends are
invited to come with well filled baskets
and enjoy the day together.
Mr. E. G. Muni, and Miss Eva Pal
mer were married Thursday Dec , 17th
at Caldwell Their friends here extend
congratulations and best wishes.
Mr Chua. Winter sold his sheep Wed
nesday to a sheep man south of New
Plymouth.
The members of the Fruitland Fruit
Growers Association and their wives
have every thing prepared for the ban
quet to be held in Johnson's hall this
evening. The tickets are all sold and
every one is looking forward to a very
enjoyable event. After the banquet a
This is the time of
year to purchase
Fencing.
Our stock is very
large and complete
and prices much
reduced.
us show you.
a go.xl program consisting f music
conduct I b Prof. T" It. Ni Ison, will
be given and several speeches by mem
bers of the association.
Miss Velva Grimes will leave Satur
day to take up her work at I
normal where she is attendi ig school
this year.
The Grange will meet Friday even
ing Jan., 1st in Frank's Hall.
Dec. 22, 1114. J. 0. Scritchtield has
sold his home property to Koss Ken
nedy of Pullman, Washington. He will
e.ivc ossesion by the tjrst of the new
year. He is compelled on account of
ill health to retire from his MsJtJoH of
cashier (if the Fruitland Stuiy Hunk,
where he has been closely confined to
business for nearly live years. He now
lamks he will move to his ranch south
of Ontario, hoping the change to out
door life will be better for him for a
time at least. He and his wife and son
' Furl have many friends who regret
very much to lose them from our church
and neighborhood. Mr. Kennedy has
bought an interest in the bank and will
be cashier He comes highly recom-1
mended and the people here welcome j
I him and his wife and little son to our
community.
School was dismissed Friday of last
week until after the holidays. It will
begin again January 4. Skating is fine
for the vacation days. That is the
prospect now. The thermometer is
j C. K. Powell is home from O. A. C.
i for the holuiays.
Mrs. S. M Thomas and Mrs. George
Childs entertained the Ladies' Aid So-
ciety of the M E. Church at an after-
noon tea last Thursday afternoon. A
' very pleasant meeting was enjoyed by
those present.
The rhrl8tmil Klulevor Society of
,u Methodist
hurch will have a lec
ture course. The Hrst number, "Laf
rilosfy." Badley and Whistling Rufus,
will be given Tuesday evening, Decem
ber 29 at the M. E. church. The next
number will be a lecture on "Mammoth
Cave, " by Mr. Ewing. The last num
ber will be a musical entertainment.
Season tickets for the three numbers,
one dollar; for single number. 50 cents.
Tickets can be secured at the Fruitland
bank. All are cordially invited.
A (urge crew of men are working
near here putting in heavy steel rails
between Payette and New Plymouth,
which when completed will make this a
good heav track, strong enough for
the large amount of ireight to be ship
ped out which is being raised here each
season.
The sale held last Saturday at the
m. ot' H. It. Hisiincr was well at
tended. The stock generally brought
good prices. One cow sold for 1207.
Peter Peace has brought a large
bunch of sheep from Paddock valley,
which he will feed about two miles east
of town.
A baby daughter was born Wednes
day, December 9, to Mrs. Hazel Moore
of Pine, who is visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard.
The Seniors entertained the High
school at a skating party Friday even
ing. A f ter skating they went to the
home of Earl Scritchtield who will leave
soon. Dainty refreshments 'were
served by the Seniors.
The extension department of the
State I'niversity at Moscow have an
nounced that the Fanners' Institute for
the northern part of the county will be
held in Fruitland during the first week
in February. The neighboring towns
are invited to attend as the other two
meetings will be held in the southern
part of the county.
Miss Velva Grimes, who is attending
the normal at Lewistou, is home for
the Christmas vacation.
At the last meeting of the Grange
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: T. O. Ady, master;
A. A. Stetler, overseer; H. B. Strawn,
secretary; H. T. Lewis, steward; Mrs.
T. O. Ady, lecturer; Mrs. H. T. Lewis,
Mrs. A. A. Stetler, Mrs Cliff Barnes,
Graces
Wm. Melcher, who lost his granary
and engine huuse by fire a few weeks
ago, has them rebuilt and is beginnipg
to fatten 100 head of hogs for the mar
ket. He has 230 heud.
The Fruit Growers' Associution will
have a banquet at Johnson's hall Wed
nesday evening next week. Elaborate
preparations are being made by those
who were appointed to manage the af
fair and it is hoped all the members
and their wives who can will attend and
enjoy the good time. The program
will consist of addresses, music and
toasts and plenty ofjjood things to eat.
Set- pae 5 for details
regarding the money
saving in our special
CLOTHES VALUES
The Toggery
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