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VOL. XVIII. NO. 8
CHOOSING JURY
DIFFICULT TASK!
First Trial in Years for
Cattle Rustling Begins in
Circuit Court This Week
Before Judge Biggs
Thursday morning the trial of
Howard Camp, of Harper began in
the circuit court before judge Dal
ton Biggs on a charge returned by
the grand jury of cattle rustling.
This is the first case for cattle
rustling In the Malheur county court
for several years.
District Attorney Robt. D. Lytle
and W. J; McCulloch are prosecuting
the case and P. J. Gallagher is rep
resenting the defendant.
Practically all of the first day of
the trial was consumed in securing
a jury as it was found extremely
difficult in a stock country such as
this in securing talismen who were
without prejudice of some kind. A
total of 24 talismen were examined
before 12 were acceptable to both
the prosecution and the defense.
Howard Camp and Ray Johnson,
alias Ray Wilson, were arrested by
a sheriff's posse headed by Deputy
Sheriff Charles Glenn and consist
ing of George Stacey, Bill Thomp
son .and Bud Anderson, near the for
mer's homestead at Harper in the
evening of August 31.
It was reported to the sheriff's of
fice on Tuesday, August 30, that a
band of cattle had been rustled from
the range south of Vale and was be
ing driven out of the district. A
posse was being organized at once
and picked up the trail of the cattle
that night The trailers camped out
and started in pursuit early Wednes
day morning,
The trail lead over
the rough hills south of Vale to the
Owyhee river, where the cattle, about
35 head, were ' found and the sus
pected rustlers "flushed'' in the act
of driving - a few stray head into a
corral which held the band.
Both men fled and the posse trail-1
ed them over a twisting and de-
vious route all day long until the
arrest was made in the evening. I
Camp and Wilson were indicted
by the September grand jury. A
few days later the latter plead guilty
and was sentenced by Judge Biggs
to a sentence of from 1 to 6 years
in the state penitentiary. Camp I
nlast not tmilrv f tlio Vi a vera
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WORK HELD UP.
Because of the very cold weather
Vale and vicinity is experiencing
work on the Bulley creek bridge
near the city has been held up the
last of this week. The bridge is
near completion and in several days
the crew of men who are employed
there will be through.
Some Aspects of a
Farmer's Problems
By BERNARD
(Reprinted from
. The whole rural world Is In a fer-
went of .unrest, and there Is an un
paralleled volume and intensity of de
termined, if not angry, protest, and an
ominous swarming of occupational con
ferences, Interest groupings, political
movements and propaganda. Such a
turmoil cannot but arrest our atten
tion. Indeed, It demands our careful
study nnd examination. It is not like
ly that six million aloof and ruggedly
Independent men have come together
and bunded themselves Into active
unions, societies, farm bureaus, and to
forth, for no sufficient cause.
Investigation of the subject conclu
sively proves thut, while there Is much
overstatement of grievances and mis
conception of remedies, the farmers
are right In complaining of wrongs
long endured, and right In holding that
It Is feasible to relieve their Ills with
benefit to the rest of the community.
This being the case of an indu8trje
that contributes, In Uie raw muterlul
form alone, about one-third of the na
tional annual wealth production and
la the means of livelihood of about 40
per cent of the populutlon, It Is ob
vious that the subject Is one of grave
concern. Not only do the farmers
make up une-hulf of the nation, but
the well-being of the other liulf de
pends iiMin them.
So long mm we have nut Ion, a wise
polltclul e -onouiy will ulni nt a large
degree of nulionul iic-lf HiiiiW li-ncy and
n-lf containment, ltume fi ll when the
food supply was too fur relinked Hum
the belly. Like her, we shall destroy
our own agriculture and vxlend our
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A Skate! A Jit
and Frozen Meat
Cold Weather Story Brings Bright
Idea For Business
Venture
Way back in "86 when the ther
mometer hit 60 below zero in Mal
heur county old timers truthfully as
sert that cattle froze standing up
and that the ranges were dotted with
these frozen monuments to the swift
downward dip of the mercury.
This may sound "fishy" to many
who are prone to scoff at the "old-
timer tales" but there are many re
liable men living in the county to
day who claim they saw this happen
But it lakes present day ingenuity
to really capitalize on such a story.
King Cole says if she gets to 60
be'ow this year he is going to put
roller skates on 'em, drag 'em in be
hind his jitney and have cheap stor
agi beef next summer. ,
APPLICATION WANTED
DAIRY CORPORATION WILL
SEND FOR SHIPMENT
AT EARLY DATE.
Directors of the Vale Cream Pro
ducts Corporation met in the city
council rooms Wedensday afternoon
and adopted the by-laws under
which the corporation will be con
ducted and discussed generally the
conditions under which financial
assistance can best be given to the
farmers of the. project in securing
dairy cows.
From numerous letters received
by President Hope it was . readily
seen that dairy cows could be secur
ed on the Pacific coast cheaper and
eas.icr than from Wisconsin and
Minnesota, and it is very probable
1 that the cows this corporation buys
will come from the 'western section
I-.suance of the stock in the cor
poration will be made just as fast
as it can be done and the officers
expect to have everything in readi
ncs3 for the first shipment of cows
just as soon as sufficient applica-
tions have been received and passed
on for two carloads of dairy stock,
It will be necessary for any farm-
wishing Xo secure cows from the
corporation to make application on a
blank which can be secured at Secre
tary C. C. Mueller's office. This ap
plication must be accompanied by a
financial statement of the applicant.
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OriHon Dutcher Lived at Clayton,
Wn, Recently.
The Enterprise is in receipt- of a
letter from Clayton, Wn., this week
announcing, the death -of Orison
Dutcher at his home in that city
after an illness of one week. Mr.
Dutcher formerly lived at Crowley.
M. BARUCH
Atlantic Monthly)
povei'.ahed countryside exports Intelli
gence and retains i .unlntelllgence.'
Only the lower grades of mentality
unil i-linrncter will remain on, or seek,
the 1 ii t in, iinles agriculture is cupuble
of being pursued with contentment nnd
ndvijiinte compensation. Hence, to em
bitter und Impoverish the farmer Is, to
dry up and contaminate the vital
souivc of the, nation.
The wur showed convincingly how
dependent the nation Is on the. full
productivity of the farms. Despite
herculean efforts,' agricultural produc
tiou kept only a. few weeks or mouths
ahead of consumption, and that only
by Increasing the acreage of certuln
stnnlo crops at the cost of reducing
that of others. We ought not to for
get that lesson when we ponder on
the farmer's problems. They are truly
common problems, and there should
he no attempt to deal with them as
If they were purely selfish demands
of a clear-cut group, untagonlKtlc to
the rest of the community. Itnther
Hlmulil we consider agriculture In the
light of bsoad national policy, just
us we consider oil, coal, steel, dye
stuffs, and so forth, as sinews of na
tional strength. Our growing popula
tion and a higher sumdiird of living'
demund Increasing food supplies, nnd
more wool, cotton, hides, und the rest
With the dlxupeuruiice of free or
cheap fertile land, mMltlonul acreage
und Increased yields can come only
from costly effort. This we need not
eineet from an ni;Miverli(lied or un-
j htty rural Hint:i I '.-.ri
It will u.. do to lal.e n narrow view
of the rural cll-ci.nli-fil. or to appraise
It from the Ktnndiu.lnt of .vextrrdny. j
This Is iMH-ulhirl.v mi iue of llux und
ctiwnuo und new duiilx. I'.cihuwj a
thins-. ulwuy has been so no Ioniser
Ihut Jt Is rlehtu-Mia, or aKvuys
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,.,.,. lhMr- . Mrai,r.Mil fet-lln.
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(Continu4 on pv five, '
ROBERTA. LOGKETT
PIONEER IS DEAD
Father of Malheur County
Laid to Rest, at Vale on
Thursday" Was Officer in
Famous Morgan's Raiders
Robert A. Lockett, of Jamieson,
died at the Vale Hot Springs Sani
toriunr on Wednesday, January 18,
and Malheur county lost another of
its early, pioneers. ( M..
"Uncle Bobby" Lockett, as he was
affectionately known throughout
Eastern Oregon, was one of the
stalwart and vigorous figures in the
early political and business life of
this section of the state.
The deceased was twice elected to
th state legislature, as representa
tive for Baker county and during the
session of 1887, with the help of
Senator George Chandler and Repre
sentative I. H. Holland, secured the
passage of an act creating Malheur
county from what was then about
two-thirds of the southern portion of
Baker county. He was very instru
mental in securing the temporary
and permanent location of .the coun
ty seat at Vale and in naming- the
appointive officers of the new
county. .........
While yet in early manhood, Rob
ert Lockett served as a lieutenant
under General John ' Morgan in the
Confederate army in that famous
brigade, "Morgan's Raiders," and it
is thought that he was the last liv
ing officer of that command. Early
pioneers . remember him as one of
the most fearless and stalwart men
of the-hardy pioneers who fought
Indians and uncompromising Nature
to make homes in the West.
Mr.' Lockett was born near Hen
derson, Ky., November 29, 1839, and
was past 83 years of age at the
time of his death. ,
Immediately after the Civil war
he left his native state for Oregon,
and was captain of the wagon train
with which he crossed the' plains.
About the year 1871 he was mar
ried to Mary E.. Owens, on Butter
creek, Umatilla county. Mrs. Lock
ett passed away several years ago, at
the old home near Jamieson. A
family of six sons and one daughter,
all grown, and one . sister, Mrs.
Louisa E. Jones, survive'.
For several years . after coming
west, Mr. Lockett '- was engaged In
mining in Boise Basin, Idaho. Soon
after his marriage he Bettled on the
Snake river, hear 'the mouth of the
Owyhee, where' he was a successful
cattle and horse- raiser. - i ' ;
A few years later, ., in J879,-he'
moved his family to .Willo creek,
near Jamieson, where he continued
to reside to the" time of' death.-?. For
many years Mr. Lockett was the
largest land owner in that communi
ty but sold most of his holdings and
some of them are now part of the
most valuable lands ' owned by the
company . which constructed the Bro
gan irrigation project.
Mr. Lockett was a highly respect
ed citizen of the county and com
munity, in which he so long resided
Wand he will be missed by all.-: ;
Honest, truthful' and ' reliable; no
more can be said of any .man.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day morning at 10:30 ,a. m. at the
Nelsen undertaking chapel in this
city. . r , . - .
eiDrapiuHico
EARLY PIONEER AND INDIAN
,. FIGHTER CAME HERE
. IN EARLY 70S.
Word reached Vale this week that
Robert Macklin Diven passed away
at the home of his son in Chico, Cal
ifornia, on Monday, at the age of
90 years. The funeral will be held
in the southern city.
. Mr. Diven was one of the early
pioneers of Malheur county. He
came here in 1873, and settled on a
large ranch on Willow creek, where
Ironside now is. At that time there
were but three settlers in the upper
valley and much of the early, days
of Mr. Diven's residence in this
county was taken up with hard
work making a home and fighting
Indians. - i
In his early manhood Mr. Diven
was a lieutenant of rangers in Texas
and he saw some stirring life in
that frontier 'state during the Civil
war period.
I. F. S. Diven, a business man of
Vale, is a son and Ernest Diven, of
Vale and Harley Diven of Nyssa,
are nephews j
.The deceased spent the summer
months of. laxt year in Vale and he
was
age.
hale and hearty despite his
'AUXIM.IAKY MEETING.
The American legion Auxillinry
will meet Tueaduy evening, January (
24. at 7:30, at the home of Mrs. L. '
, a-uh-t, i
auvmUr is mtd to attend
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1922
Congress Asked
In Resolution by
M. N. Fegtley of. Vale ,
To Extend-
For Three Years
At Low Interest Rate
Reserve Loans
. A resolution, setting forth the
financial difficulties of the agricul
tural and livestock interests and
asking Congress to immediately pass
an act authorizing the Federal Re
serve banks and the War Finance
corporation to extend the time on all
re-discounted loans of farmers and
stockmen at a low rate '"of interest
has been prepared by M. N. Fegtly,
of Vale, and is receiving the in
dorsement of farmers and livestock
men through this section of the coun
try. On Tuesday of ' this week Mr.
Fegtly presented his idea and reso
lution at the meeting of the Idaho
Wool Growers' association and it
was unanimously adopted. Mr.
Fegtly proposed to secure its adop
tion at other farmers' and stock
men's meetings in both Ofegon and
Idaho. .
The request of Congress is oppos
ed to the present practices of the
Federal Reserve banks, which, al
though maintaining that ' the law
does ndt permit them to deal with
individuals and therefore does not
permit them to extend loans which
have been re-discounted with them,
is proceeding to collect these loans
directly from the individuals wher
ever re-discounted by banks which
have closed. . .
The resolution follows: 1
Whereas, The owners ( and pro
ducers of livestock and agricultural
products of the Wesf have been do
ing business at a loss for the past
few years, and that in 'consequence
thereof they have been compelled to
mortgage their holdings for funds
to pay the legitimate expenses in
curred for production of crops and
for feed and labor in care of their
stock, at a figure which is ;as much
or more than their holdings would
bring at a forced sale, or the pres
ent value; and consequently the
farm products have remained unsold
and accumulated, and are not con
sidered as - security . for obtaining
money to pay the expense of produc
tion or to finance the further pro
duction of future crops; and,
Whereas, The entire nation and
particularly this western locality is
dependent exclusively upon agricul
ture and stockraising, and agricul
ture is largely dependent upon the
stock industry for the marketing of
their products, therefore the entire
financial fabric of the nation will "de
pend upon the preservation of the
livestock and agricultural industries.
That in order to save the financial
status of ' the nation and protect
those already engaged in the agri
cultural and stockraising industries,
some immediate and drastic action
is necessary; and,
Whereas, The local banks to whom
these mortgages were given have
re-discounted the notes given in the
said mortgages with the Federal Re
serve Bank, and many of said banks
hare been compelled to close and the
Federal Reserve Bapk has taken
over these notes for collection, and
owing to : the present financial
stringency it is impossible for said
notes to be paid by the stockmen
and farmers, and the stock or farms
so mortgaged, if placed on sale,
would not bring a price sufficient
to liquidate the mortgage given;
And that the relief proposed
through the "War Finance Corpora
tion" will not under their present
regulations apply to such conditions;
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That
action should be taken immediately
to relieve this situation by an Act
of Congress directing the Federal
Reserve Bank or the War Finance
Corporation to refund these loans
made by all banks closed, for a term
of three years at the rate of interest
authorized for the Federal Reserve
Bank, or not to exceed the rate of 6
per cent per annum, thus permiting
the agricultural and stock indus
tries an opportunity to "grow out"
of this state of condition and there
by 'be able to pay the said obliga
tions. That such actions would not
require any further drains upon the
national or individual credit but
would only extend the time for pay
ment at bearable rate of interest
of loans already negotiated that
cannot be collected without a loss
that will be irreparubie and virtu
ally be universal bankruptcy.
Dancing Party
The country home of J mitre Dal
ton Higgs near Vale was the scene
of a delightful dancing party on
Saturday evening with William and
James Ui'g.i as busts.- Mr. and i
Mrs. Arthur Moody chaneruied the
affair. Cukta of the occain were
Mmhts Alice Dorman, dura lite
Woodn, and Marguerite Hlm-kaby of
Ontario, ami the Mltwi Clro and
y. mm U-.H w. ru
JohriMon and Wvitdvll Thyr.
IVVESTFALL PROJECT
WILL BE HER
Plans Engineer Complete
and Construction Expect
ed Early in Year Settlers
Are Limited to 40 Acres
When the plans which have been
made for the construction and oper
ation of the Westfall irrigation pro
ject by the officers and engineers
have been successfully con,:!lete4j it
win De one 01 me nesx small pro
jects in the Northwest. Sewal feat
ures point to that fact. .
In the first place, the project,
which embraces 5700 acres of land,
lies all in one strip and practically
every acre of it. is good irrigable
land and free from alkali.
The valley lands in the project all
have natural drains because of the
narrowness of the valleys .and the
higher lands have admirable natural
drainage slopes, and Er;meer J.
Edwin Johnson says that drainage
will never be necessary on the pro
ject .,
Another feature is the low estim
ated cost which, acording to . Presi
dent J. D. Fairman, will not exceed,
at the highest possible estinate, 30
for lands now partially irrigated
and $60 for new lands.
But the best feature of he pro
ject of them all is the agreement all
land-owners on it have reached to
limit all individual holding, . of new
land to 40 acres. This wil,'. necessi
tate intensive farming and agricul
tural history on irrigation . projects
has proven that intensive a k) diver
sified ' farming is the culy kind
which makes projects pros. 'rous.
The plans of Engineer .Tohnson
are practically completed, rnu have
been tentatively accepted by tho di
rectors of the district and these of
ficers expect . to call an election to
authorize the sale - of bonds, within
a few weeks. Several bona dealers
have been inquiring about the. secur
ities and no trouble is expected in
selling them. Everything favorable,
actual construction- on the reservoir
and distributing canals will be under
way early in the summer months of
this year.
Briefy outlined, the plan? of the
engineer provide for a reservoir on
South ' Cottonwood creek, fcur miles
from its junction with Bulloy creek
and six miles west of the . town of
Westfall. The dam will , be 100
feet in height, earth filled, with con
crete core walL When it is closed
it will create a reservoir almost
circular in .size with a circunference
of one and a half miles which, will
store 18,000 acre feet of wsUsr. The
surface of the reservoir. wi;i be 509
acres. ..-,
The main canal will lead from the
reservoir' a distance of . tiree and
three-fourths miles where two main
laterals will branch off, one for the
lands on the north side of tho pro
ject, or north of Bulley creek, and
the other for the south side. The
north lateral will be 11.8 miles long
and the south lateral, 8V4 miles long.
The entire project embraces , 5700
acres of land, of which 2000 acres is
at present irrigated by private sys
tems of various kinds. . .
LEGION POM MEET
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR A
CHARITY BALL TO BE
GIVEN SOON '
Quite a few were present t-' the
American Legion meeting on Tues
day evening of this week.' It was
decided that some time in the near
future the Legion would five a
dance for the benefit of the poor
of the community. Aran-.'ements
were made and a committee appoint
ed to take charge of the v 'irk.
A land committee was a; pointed
to act with the land comm tee of
the Vale Ad Club to assis' in lo
cating ex-service men who would
take advantage of their opportun
ity lf securing government land.
Regular meetings of the Julian
Lowe Post of the American Legion
will be on the second Tuusdr night
in each month.
AUTO
ACCIDENT IN
A I MDIA
Two
Cars Overturn Withi
Half
Mile of Each Other 01
Saturday.
A rather unusual coincldir'o oc
curred in- the Arcadia cor-nunity
Saturday afternoon when tv - sim
ilar auto accidents occurred vithin
half a mile of each other, n the
same afternoon. Mr1, and Mrs. frank
Edwards and their little son j 'aimed
lo make a trip to Vale tha- after
noon. Just in front of the K. S. It
D. ranch house, the car skldi d, and
turned over In
the bar pit. The
wind shield and one whuot were
broken, but the occupants of "i.u tai
tMH injury. A few houi a later
Edwin UuiU-r started lo Nyi t and
the smile accident occurred n t the
Klmmons home, breaking th wind
shield of lite car,
Hully Gee! Ripe
Ham Actor Fruit
Zero Weather Outside Window But
1 - Tomatoes Ripen in the
Station House
Talk about your early vegetables!
California has nothing on Malheur
county even if it is way below zero
this week! 1
Right here in the county ripe to
matoes are growing, and not in a
hqt-house.
1 Some time ago Paul Eberly, sta
tion agent at Harper, planted Bome
California tomatoes ; in a box and
placed the box in the station. The
plants thrived, tomatoes ' appeared
and now some of them are ripe, ac
cording to a prominent Harper rest
dent who requested that his 'name
be not printed as he was ' afraid
this yarn would not carry much con
viction. "
' But the fipe tomatoes are there,
the aforesaid unquoted H. b. m. as
serts and anyone who doubts can
come to Harper and see for them
selves.
WOULD GROW-LETTUCE
FARMERS OF WARMSPRINGS
DISTRICT ARE INTERESTED.
' IN CROP POSSIBILITIES. ,
A number of farmers of the
Warmsprings irrigation district are
intensively interested in the promis
ing possibilities from the production
of head lettuce during the. coming
season and are making their, plans
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to ten acres of this crop, on their
farms.
The meeting at Ontario on Friday
was well represented, by the Vale
farmers and, quite a few signed up
the amount of acreage they plan to
put in. ; . ; , . ,,
'It is desired to secure the plant
ing of at least 30 acres close to Vale
this year.' This amount of acreage
will insure a crop large enough, St
is estimated by experts in the grow
ing of this product, -to ship in car
lots from Vale and for the purpose
of securing this amount of acreage
and disseminating information about
head lettuce growing, T. Hewett,
president of the Vale Farm Bureau,
has called a meeting of those inter
ested to be held in the City Council
chambers in Vale at ' 2:80 o'clock
next Tuesday afternoon, January 24.
Fanners, of this vicinity who have
already promised 'to 'plant head let
tuce are J. F. Miller, 2 acres; J. H.
Russell, from 5 to 10 acres; V. T.
Herrett, 4 acres; Charles Brown, C.
P. Stiles and Clarence Murray.
It is said the farmers on Willow
creek and ethers are also interested
and the president urges all these to
be present. , - .
More Milch Cows
Hogs
(By James E. Morrison,
From ' Sterling,
Farming as an industry, is in its
infancy in Logan county; We are
told by men who have made exten
sive ' studies in the development of
our great farming communities that
every community goes through a
number of more or less definite sta
ges. Logan county has largely
passed through the homestead stage.
Some communities have passed the
wheat, or - one-crop stage but the
majority have not. Very few have
come to the diversified farming
stage in . their agricultural develop
ment. . . ' -
When we say diversified farming
we do not necessarily mean the
growing of a large variety of cash
crops or the- production of a like
number of feed crops, but rather
the growing of cash crops in large
enough quantities to be done eco
nomically; the production of feed of
the kind that will yield the largest
amount of the most desirable feeds;
these feed crops to be used for con
sumption oply. This, of course, in
volves tha keeping of livestock. And
here, we believe, ione of the great
est faults, with the general condi
tions in Logan county today. Logan
county farms are short on livestock.
We are talking about something
now that involves work. .It require
more man-hours of labor to run a
farm where livestock is kept. It has
been natural for men everywhere
ince the beginning of time to follow
the easy jialh. Men have made
money planting wheat and only' re
turning .to . the farm to hurvunt the
crop and plant another, and It 'Is
not i-uny lo think alwut w itling down
on the farm lo milk vows and foed
hogs while llie crop ia growing, We
have all been proms to erilU ise the
laborer who want slioiter hour aivd
more pay. However, tin re are lain-
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
Inr nn mil irnn
REACHED AT VALE
Cold : Wave Spreads Over
Southeastern Oregon and
Minimum Reached,. Early -Thursday
Morning
Southeastern Oregon has' been
swept by cold weather which began
the latter part of last "week and.,,
gradually ' increased in intensity ;
untit the thermometer reached 25 de--grees
below zero at Vale Wednesday
night. The cold belt spread' all over '
this section 6f the country and at'
some interior points it has ' been ex
tremely severe. ;''
Reports Come from Riverside that .
th-j temperature dropped to 18 de
grees below zero last Saturday night
and that the' Malheur ' river was-'
frozen over sufficently solid to drive
a band 'of horses across on the' ice.' ' ' ,
Numerous water pipes wore frozen .
up in Vale this week and Wednes
day night the city water system was 4
put out of commission for several
hours, j ' ' ' .
There ' has lJeen ' no report of, any '
undue Buffering nor damage ' to
stock from the cold weather.
Thursday the temperature 'con
tinned around zero until late in the
' . -loon when snow clouds covered "
the sky and it moderated sufficient
ly for a light ' snowfall. Several
inches of snow have ' fallen in the
lower parts of Malheur county dur-"t"
ing the week. ' '
Old residents of this district re-
call a bitter cold week in January
. .. , .
TTiiv.it ail uicibui t hiiciiuviiivtcia
froze in Vale and one spirit ther- ;
mometer', registered 60 degrees be-'- '
low zero in 18S8, During this Week '
one man1- froze to death at Jordan1'1
Valley arid another at Huntington. ' "
The maximum and minimum tem
peratures of the past week as re- ,'
corded by the government therm'om-"
eter kept ' by Herschel Brown at
Vale arejas follows: '
;,.; ' Max.' ' Min.";
January 12 ...21' , 4 ."
January 13 ...24 15
January 14
.::...23 ' 11
January 15
January 16
January 17
...J.......18 ' -S
No Record
28 ' 8
January 18
.....:...::..25".
: ..16 -25
January 19
CASE SETTLED OUT 6F COURT V
Long Drawn Out Suit Does Not Go , .
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After spending several days in ..'
court, the) suit of the Oregon West
ern Colonization company against . j '
the Eastern Oregon Land company .i, ;
in the Shoestring ditch, was dismiss
ed upon application of both parties
and settle! out of court. . - .. v
and
County Agriculturist.)
Colo., Advocate.
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dreds and thousands of farmers who
have been trying the same principle
In farming. Who pays the bill in
this case T I We will not attempt to
Hens
say, but of this much we are certain: i,
that the soil of their respective
farms has jpajd for a large part of '
it. j . . ' . - '
Logan cqunty farms are still new. '
The demand has not come for com-
mercial fertilizer. No, there . has .
been very ( little demand even for -the
fertilizer produced on: the farm.
Straw stacks have been ' burned,
weeds have, been burned and manure
left to rot and be washed away by
the rain. And not until . the Ueet
grower found . that . he could raise
more tons of beets by enriching his
land did the demand for fertiliser '.
come. 1
Recently the dryland . farmer has -found
that a little manure carefully
applied (two or three tons to the
acre) will increase the yield of .
wheat and corn but the average dr?
farmer has very little fertilizer pro
duced on his farm. He has no live
stock, or at best very few.
There are in Logan county M86
milch cows. There are 2,624 farms.
The average number of cows per
farm - is less than two ami two- .
tenths scarcely enough to produce
tha butter-and milk consumed by a
family of five for Iho yearj at best -much
leas than the amount of dairy ',
products necessary for all the peo
ple of the county. This very readily
accounts for' the large . amount of '
butter and cream that ia shipped -Into
the county each year.-- Logan
county peopUj pay . the freight.
Wen Id It not be muih better for the
dairy products to be moving the .
other way and let the other feltow
pay (he freight T
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