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LLOYD RICHES. Editor
MALHEUR COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
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A FITTING MONUMENT OF
PROGRESS.
In the average run of communi
ties strangers are proudly shown
the fine public library, the excep
tionally splendid school buildings,
the beautiful city park, or whatever
monument has been erected to the
enterprise of the community.
But were you, as a stranger, to
go into the 642 largo and small com
munitits of Minnesota in the dairy
section, you would be taken first to
the co-operative creamery and the
proud resident would point it out
to you as the most fitting monument
to the progress of the community,
Minnesota Is the - principal dairj
state of the Union and its pinnacle
of eminence . In the production and
sale of this remunerative product
has been reached, according to Earl
Christmas writing in a current issue
of The Dearborn Independent
through the effectiveness of the co
operative creameries.
"The value of dairy products in
Minnesota in 1920 was more than
1200,000,000, according to a recent
compilation by the State Dairy and
Food Commission,'' says Mr. Christ
mas. "That exceeds in value by a
wide margin the output of the iron
mines in this greatest of iron-pro
ducing states. It equals the value
of all the products of the great
Minneapolis flour mills, manufac
tured from wheat gathered over
most of the Northwest and Canada
It exceeds by $33,600,000 the com
Lined value of the wheat, oats, corn
barley and rye in Minnesota, accord
ing to the state dairy statisticians.
"The state has great natural re
sources such as grass and clover,
The climate, too, is favorable. . But
the chief factor in this unusual do
velopment, I should say, is the co
operative creamery. The co-opera
tive creamery has made dairying
profitable in Minnesota. In Wiscon
Bon it was the cheese factory. But
Minnesota pinned its hope on butter
and the co-operative creamery ha3
made possible its great progress.
"And here is the significant thine
about these Minnesota co-operative
creameries. The co-operative cream
ery returns to the producing farmer
91.8 per cent of all moneys received
for butter. The independent cream
ery returns but 89.3 per cent and
centralisters but 80.4 per cent.
"To see the wealth accruing to the
farmers in the butter-making busi
ness one . needs but take a trip
through the co-operative creameries.
Extensive buildings house plants
with the most modern equipment.
In many Minnesota towns, the co
operative creamery is the most por
tentious building to be seen."
The farmers of the ..Warmsprings
project are interested in diversified
farming and the dairy cow as the
principol machine of production on
their diversified farm. It has been
estimated by Alf Chester, of the
Vale Meat Company, that tftere is
enough cream produced right now on
the project to supply a small cream
ery. Why not a co-operative cream
ery at Vale?
THE HAMMERS ARE BUSY.
Most Bmall towns have a few
"knockers" and Vale is no exception
to the rule. It Is not difficult to
understand the mental make-up of n
man who never boosts his own com
munity but always knocks every
project started to muke better huHi
ness or living conditions. Ho if
small and narrow, that's all. But
the unfortunate part of it is that he
is usually so small and narrow that
it does no good to try and make a
booster out of him. About the only
definition of a "good knocker" is
the old pioneer definition (f a
"good Indian."
Some people are so mentally con
structed that they would rather live
In poverty all thoir lives if the rund
to prosperity they blazed could be
traveled by their neighbors.
Business has turned the corner.
1922 is t paved rood. Step on her.
Let's go.
j DKOP THE FAIR.
v The best thing Portland and Ore
t gon an do is to drop the 102.1 Fair
f and tend to business.
Events so far have more than
confirmed every forecaat made by
J The Voter as to the HI effect of at-
tempting to proceed with the untimo-
1 venture.
J There will be no disgrace attach
, Ing cither to Oregon or Portland if
the project is dropped now, for the
I difficulties and general conditions
J entirely justify his abandonment on
. Its marks. Rather, sensible people
j throughout the world, in so far as
they bear of it, will commend our
f tt and city for good sense In
knowing enough to turn away from
an undertaking when events have
demonstrated its - biappropriateness
to- bunines conditions as they prevail
here and all throughout the world.
If a man starts a new venture,
and conditions prove especially tin
favorable, his banker does not hesi
tate to advise him to lay the project
aside for a few years and mean
while devote his energies to holding
his main business . togother and
building it up. While an enthusi
astic business man hates to swallow
the bitter pill of advice of this kind,
as it is a lot more fun to try to
carry on in the face of probable dis
aster, no dishonor attaches to his
following such sound advice. Rather
he is to be complimented and honor
ed for his common sense and for
not persisting in risks which the
times have made almost too hazard
ous. The proponents of the fair.
likewise, cannot be criticized if they
follow this common sense plan. They
have done their utmost. They will
be condemned only if they persist in
an attempt which conditions have
doomed.
Supposing the enthusiasts cannot
give up the big idea what then?
Either the fair must be financed
mainly by private subscription in
Portland in the near future, or the
chance must be taken of the people
of the state voting the taxes for it
at the November election.
Portland business men and prop
erty owners are in no shape- to put
up $5,000,000 or more for any un
necessary purpose, and while we
have no doubt that millions would be
Ijjif it came to that, the hardship on
many would be altogether too heavy,
Business is on thin ice. Even our
most solid financial institutions are
having to . exercise extraordinary
care. This is no time to ask our
bankers, manufacturers, merchants
and the few property-owners who
have any money left to put up mil
lions for any public subscription.
So far as voting taxes is concern
ed, any further attempt to vote a
property tax is doomed to defeat,
The state is in no mood to accept
such an additional burden on top of
the taxes which already must be
faced, especially as from 20 per
cent to 40 per cent of taxes are de
linquent in some counties.
To try to vote the fair tax onto
gasoline, when all the money that
can be raised from gasoline is need
ed for completion of our state high
way system, is to fly in the face of
a public sentiment that is determin
ed 1 that the road system be com
pleted.
Jo try to vote-an income tax tc
finance the fair would be equally
difficult. Income taxes are toe
heavy now, and the active protest
that would go up against adding to
them would defeat the move. We
may have to have on income tax in
erder to relieve property of some of
the existing tax burdens, but there
is no sound business excuse for vot
ing it In order to finance a fair.
There are other sources of taxa
tion, but the same kind of objection
exists to all of them based on the
inopportuneness of the purpose, to
say nothing of the outrageous prin
ciple of voting taxes on general or
special property.
The verdict would not come till
November, 1922, unless by some un
expected twist the ' measures go on
the ballot in May, which at this
writing seems Impossible. And in
November, with an adverse verdict,
the- fair would have to be abandon
ed then or else financed by private
scbscription in Portland. Why per
sist in the face of such a prospect?
In proportion as the people of
Portland gradually are learning the
point of view of the outside state
with reference to the fair, they are
becoming reconciled to the idea tha'
the project is untimely. Indifference
as to whether it is held is very gen
eral, even with the man on the
street.
"I was strong for the fair, but 1
don't care now," is the comment
heard pretty much everywhere in
Portland. In the face of this feel
ing of indifference, the financing of
the fair or even the voting of tuxes
for it will become increaisingly diffi
cult.
rome or ine people who ore so
wrapped up in the fair idea thut it
is religion with thorn ure still trying
to bolster it up by every method.
They try to muke it appear that
public sentiment is still strong for
it. An example is the Portland Tel
egram, which sent wires to a num-
lier of out-of-town citizens, a-sklng
for expressions. In every instance,
the recipient of the telegraphic in
quiry was already strongly on record
in fuvor of or interested in tho ex
position project. Several were among
those numed on the Board of Direct
ors of the Fair. To the unitiated
render, tho replies received from
these hund-pickod outsiders might
appeal as indicating that some reul
sentiment exists out in Oregon in
behalf of holding the fair. Some
day Telegram readers will grow
tired of being continually deceived.
This is simply a typical instance ot
the kind of deception ordinarily
practiced by that newspaper.
Sentiment out in the state so far
as the fair is concerned is mainly
indifferent as yet. Of those few
who have taken position for orj
against it, thonu opposed are in the
majority. Those who are indiffer
ent are certain to swing, moat of
them, into the opposition. The
fiiianclul condition prevailing in their
home neighborhoods will lx the main
Influence to swing thrm, but other
influence will be at work which
cannot be offset The primary
nominating campaign is to come
soon. What is set forth from plat'
form and press during that cam
paign will tend to arouse the state
against the fair, and to some extent
against Portland for trying to vote
$2,000,000 onto the outside for a
fair to be held in Portland.
To drop the fair project will be
to give the wound a chance to heal.
To persist in the fair project will be
to open the wound wide, and friction
unquestionably will ensue that will
split the state more or less against
Portland. It is not for the interest
either of Oregon or Portland to per
sist in an issue which threatens such
sinister results. Aside from who is
at fault, the fact remains that the
fair tax proposal raised sectional
issues which it would be far better
to bury and bury deep.
Reports of what happened at
Salem during tht special session are
certain to be set forth and rehashed
all through the primary nominating
compaign as well as the fair cam
paign, should the issue of the fair
be maintained. Some of these re
ports will be distorted and exagger
ated until they do far more harm
to Oregon, Portland and the fair
than they would were the simple
truth told. It would be better to
drop the whole business rather than
stir the mess up, for it was a mess.
So far as any evil happening to
Portland or Oregon by abandoning
the fair is concerned, there will be
nona greater than the humiliation
felt by a man who quits drinking
after boasting that he would drink
the town dry. Outside of Oregon,
few people have heard of the fair.
The resolutions passed by Congress
made hardly a dent. The polite let
ters exchanged with governors of
other states will have been forgot
ten, even if they are remembered to
now. True, Seattle, Spokane, San
Francisco, Los Angeles and other
competing cities have done their ut
most to encourage Portland to go
ahead with the fair, as our com-
petitors will gain pretty much the
entire benefit of a Coast fair with
out the expense or tremendous ef
fort necessary to the holding of it.
We may have to stand a bit of ridi
cule from them, but we are used to
that and are growing industrially at
a rate that justifies their envious
flings. We will live through all the
sarcasm they may feel disposed to
waste on us.
At that, our quitting the fair at
this time will not give them the
chance to joke that they will have if
we hold a $6,000,000 fair, for a
$6,000,000 fair after San Francisco
will be worse than a joke if we call
it a world's fair. And if we do not
call it a world's fair, what's the use
of deluding ourselves into the notion
that any foreign countries except
Japan and possibly China will be
handsomely represented here?
Honor and common Bense dictate
the dropping of the fair project
while the dropping is good. Oregon
Voter. .
COOLING MILK REDUCES LOSS
Natural lea Can Be Harvested on Ma
jority of Farms and Is Most
Profitable Crop.
(Prepared by tha United State Department
of Asrloultura.)
Customer This milk Is sour.
Milk Inspector Your bacteria count
Is too high.
Cheesemaker I can't make good
cheese out of this milk.
Buttennaker We .can't use this
cream,
Hurts, doesn't It? Tet that Is what
happens regularly every year when
can after ran of milk arrives at tho
milk plant or creamery sour. One
creamery returned over $2,600 worth
of milk and cream In oue year to
farmers. A milk plant received nearly
50,000 gallons of sour milk In one year.
Why? Because the milk was held
and shipped at too high a temperature
and the bacteria In it multiplied so ;
rapidly that the milk soured before it
arrived. j
fooling milk on the farm will re- j
uucv tins loss, ah mm is required is
a supply of lee and a little care. Nat
ural lee can be harvested on farms
whereSA .pur cent of our milk Is pro-
dncefl; anff It lTone of tne. real fay
ing crops of the furin. Few tools are
required ;i and for the average farm
two. saws, two pair of tWH, two Ice
hooks, : one pointed bar, and one
straight board for marking :i'.iould he
sufficient.
The first thing to do Is to provide a
place to store the ice. If Ice Is scarce
and hard to put up, It would probably
be well to build an Ire limisp, plans
for which may be obtained from the
dairy division, .United Stales Depart
ment of Agriculture. When Ice li
abundant mid easily harvested. It may
be cheaiKT to disregard the shrinkage
factor and store It In a pit. cellar, shed,
or other place, and Insulate It with
sawdust or shavings. If this Is done,
20 to 50 per cent additional lee should
be provided to allow for shrinkage.
Where cream only Is to be cooled, al
low at least one-half ton of lee per
cow. For cooling milk, allow 1 tons
per cow. These quantities should be
enough to leave a margin for house
hold use; but It Is better to have too
much than too little. Whenever prac
ticable, build the Ice house In the form
of a cube, allowing 45 cubic feet of
space for each ton of Ice.
The pond or stream selected for cut
ting Ice should of course be free from
dirt or contamination from barnyards,
privies, or refuse heaps. The lee
''' "''Jp
I f ' Vy "
cTose"" Together- possible, and?" all
cracks and air spaces filled In with
sawdust. Cakes that are cut squarely
and are uniform In size ant shape
pack together with less air space and
are convenient to handle.
The cost of Ice Is smali, and the work
generally comes during alack season.
There Is little reason, therefore, why
every farmer In the natural-Ice section
should not have Ice with which to cool
bis dairy products, and to make such
delicacies as Ice cream, Iced tea. Iced
buttermilk. Iced fruit and vegetables,
-etc., possible on the farm.
Detailed Information on harvesting
and storing Ice will be found In Farm
ers' Bulletin 1078, "Harvesting and
Storing Ice on the Farm," which may
be obtained on request from the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
Enterprise Want Ads will bring
results. Cost but a few cents
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Cutting Ice for Cooling Dairy Products
In Summer.
should be kept clear of snow, as snow
retards freezing. When it Jias frozen
to a sufficient depth, mark off the
surface Into cakes of the desired size,
making sure that the lines form rect
angles. Cut out a strip of ice (with
the saw) the width of the cake desired,
and force this strip under the Ice, thus
forming a channel to the landing and
loading place. Large strips may then
be sawed off and floated to the land
ing, where they may bo cut up Into
cakes. These cakes are then hauled
o the storuge place and packed In as
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OF ONTARIO. OREGON
As Made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the Close of
BusiaoKM December 31, 1921
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Overdrafts 101. W Surplus and Profits 50,614.93
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, t,. . o.,,,o.... Re-iliseounts 67,760.00
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