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MISLEADING
This is a good time to re
new your subscription to
the Herald.
Lents, Multnomah County, Oregon, Oct
farmers Will Pay I he Bill
NOW COMES THE REAL RACE.
ELECTKO-CLLIIKE Will
IMPROVE SEED CROPS
FERTILIZER PRO-
DICES WONDER
On«* of the most important qusstians
ts-for«- efficient farmers today is that of
adequate »nd suitable »«-«*«1 crops. How
So-called Land and Loan Measure
may the quality of wd crops be im- Small Outlay For Fertilizer Gives
Rural
Confused With
State
Enormous Returns. Soil Shows
I proved, and so be enhancwl in value, be
Credits Bill, Says C. E. Spence.
put to the very highest degree of ex-
Quick Response.
. r.-IIcnce, and at a reasonably small out
'gl
g«*r
Tlnn
lOlIM
S. B. Hall, County Agent
lay? This has been answered in many
R
<
’
r»
Ta* f«»r
Tlie
cliecking up on some ot the
sucuerefui instances by electrification—
I
T
Fi
I
itT
the electro-culture of crops, as it is demonstrations has Irern occupying part
‘ I n I
‘called. Il ¡«especially adaptable in seed ■ of my time the last two weeks. . Some of
I
OÍ
U|
'plants
and on truck gardens, and in lo- the results are rather rcinarkable and
(
H tir
Tor
; «-ation-near the electrical supply bases will be given publication as Urey are
and distribution lines oi urban center». ' figured out.
h
Tire on« demonstration on the farm of
! Aside from judicious cultivation, an«l
tv
r
t
the use of fertilisers, no artificial Mr. Helmer Johnson near Pleasant
i stimuhp to plant growth has yet been H >ine goes to sn'o-tantiat«- what I
t
Of c
Mr P«i|“-
found comparable to thei-lertricai tr« at- recommended to several farmers last
t
t
A
.«. >r<
-pring. That is, that a little «prickly
ment.
v$
available
fertilizer planted with tire com
Actual experiments have shown that
t
ti|H>n
H
w
lip
for three succes-ive yean», by electro will give it a good start and keep it
rt«s-n
culture tlie crop yield oi potatoes was growing through the cool weatirer dur
<»(
itmn
increased 1,2*JO pounds j>er acre the first ing May au«l the first part of June mid
tod
th»n
year; 1,450 ftounde the second year; an«l n-snit in an increased yield of green com
! for the silo.
2,570 iwiiinds the third year
t apoveti by <*<»n-
The results which M r. Johnson tre-
The cumulative increase of yiel«l
ire of t ho uuman uho
shows, also, the remarkable influence of eure«l are almost unbelievable, but they
l (tati
the chi trie dhieharge upon ingredients. have been swtircl through the careful
lie h.ui
me that hiLri in*
Injurious ami parasitic bacterial action ■vork of two other parties ix--ides my-
! the ir IM* <*f the farm ••r or
is reduced. The j«roces>»es of solution ; .“elf.
I him bi
tgher wa||** to I hm
With 58 cents worth of fertilizer per
ami aasimilation in plant growth are
facilitate«!. Tin* formation of sugar and acre, he increase«! the yield 10.4 tons
i u-l.y
In* hfgheat paid
jipmeuis were lt>.24o as compared starch is increased. All tlie processes of per acre, or at a fertilize cost of less
even cases of Infantile paralysis
1
f mak ititi three are nov r report«sd In Portland.
B III til
ith 13,284 in August.
: plant
respiration, absorption,
an*l than six «rente per ton of green corn.
mor*» nnon **y tl >an ianîn n*, eie«
I The corn was weighwl after it had Ireen
Building of a shipbuilding plant at : «'vaporation, are accelerated.
In
tile ¡»anilysls has app« ared al
m*r<’a**c ant1 eon- 1 Beat
ig a 25 i
.’arrenton is to start within a few
«■ase b«-lnK r«*porle«i.
Such electrical stimulus is an invalu ' frosted and the leaves were practi«mily
>a»U*ii«
th<*ir relief. Tl diB in-
lustrisi fair Is to be
able aid in prodneing pure s«*d crops, ■ dry. The yield of green corn on the un-
n tho Í held In Ilurrtob urg October 20 and 21.
vl
lit
has corresponding increase in the fertilized part of the field was 12.8 tone
I>r»v< «11.111 u».t t-nnsvaiiun.
ami a ill r ednee
TI
Mlvortoni lumber mill has clo»
i
crop
value from ability to make almost per acre and on the fertilize«! part 23.2
To .». iont **i«>«!.- tux vote :<>7 X No
in
• their hon ire of ■ ed 1 ii-lt
due to the car short-
I
absolute
guarrantw-a as to purity of the tons per acre. After filling his silo Mr.
Tot. . Riralt'r. Ill« vole'.’H X Y
and call
an oilher levy of farm
yield.
The
aiiditional cost may range Johnson has about two acres left.
A h'MT iluVM MU’» 1 *>-rt l.iibl pa|M*r pul»-
■ll.e to the fiel
The results are probably greater than
C. S< hredcr has been
Victoria
alsiut 15 percent, probably slightly nn-
1C. S¡w*n<***
Itoteli an intervi< w ni
can be received on an average of all our
1 appo4nt< •d peata läster at Rol} at. Crook
der
the
usual
allowance
for
fertilizers.
—
*4
<
different Boils but many can get com
Some Hints on I iqhtinq Moths « COUTl
! W. S. A.
u miall”till>ly <»p|K
just as cheap by giving it a trial. We
Thie nawe < it the poatoffico si
Valin* Lami Tax ami
re familiar with tin* in- !
hope to have several try this demonstra
' Ocerinvi ew has been changed tc
i Fuil'i
y «loue t«. w oten fabrics an«! fura by | Vari mtn
Open Program at School Auditorium tion another year to determine its value
to to to* rullitiitptl
i doth tu« a I i. Tbl» insect dues not
•load of V« llow Newtown ap-
Friday evenipg of the 20th will be on the different soils of th»1 county.
MM»lt but 1
U» ttw* (HNhguli vi»1 i «T n on m*xl rk'Clioti
ifius It-X'lf to
n shlpp «•«I from Ashland Oc
1
SEED CORN
l open house at Lente school, in charge of
day, Nov» into r 7tl . He WM qAOtrd »V*
*an ill*» to* i«* orni Iti c.ii»tiìinji » and drv 1 i tuba«
; for Lb««Mpool.
U
tin»
Pareut-Ti'aclier's
At«6«>ciat4*>n-r
Tire
8ewl
torn
wifi
undoubtedly t»e a very
all,
taft
I
Jil pr«»vi<l»e for tin*
»•I m Btur»’»1
*1 I h * nd ult if» a «sin
-1 < ' Fo tier, of Richmond, ha«
program
will
l>e
mostly
devoted
to
a
■
scarce
article
next
sptirg owing to the
ivm
U*
owtmnibip
in
tifo
of
an
1
rontl’M-ati m of pt
urvd molli alisait three-fourt
tx»en
pointed postmaster at the new
ditcirssfon of the several initiative unusually early frost this fall and to the
.■I krttMTM- property
h in If'ii^th n mi ii* harinle>M, all the j
Water man, Wheeler county.
measures. Henry Reed, county assessor, late reason that we have just passed
consirtv principali f of land, imtnraily
»redation beli «g ennfined to tltie larval
r*!i
race meet and fair to
will discuss the Land Loan Measure aud through. The early frost has caught a
11 .w urn
twa<sa ’ !
ha ve
■n held tn Bend on October
'
the
Tax Law. Mr. Reed is a specialist great deal of tlie seed corn in the milk
Th.- Tax Ul- ra lor for October run-
Tt.e larva.* are care-b«>rerw and are 24. I
U ,2C, have th en abandoned.
and should prove highly instructive. and consequently much of it will be un
tains nu exit lient tritale on tin* aubpi’l ! never wen away from their movable
T!i
! icstiou of alluwing swine to
, Everyone irrespective of party should fit for seed purposes.
In apiwaranee these cases appear run at 11 «rge in
by Mr. Rpeixs
It i« a ftrmig ami uu- I e
Grant county will be has not been over 25,000,909 pound. ' <?ome.
Each farmer should go through his
lit
KgaillHt
tuU
!|H*M?
“
'.is mati.il Illa"", of wool having the votée1 OI
answerable arguti««-
The state conference of the C .:
h at tlie election next month.
field before cutting the corn for silage
general color of the substance«
ure. II«- cl«»*«** ii is article by saying: :
Non« of the 308 accidents reported uregational church, in session at Th«
and snap off all of the more mature ears
“I Irelievc that the Full Rental Value I from which they are construct« d, lienee
A Warship’s fighting Top
to the state industrial accident com Dalles, voted to recommend to th«
which show reasonably good denting.
l.mi'l Tax will taki the land albi «itti it tl.ey an- somrwhat difficult to «tct«s-t. I mission during the week ending Oct«s trustees of Pacific university. Forest
These may then be huske«l out within a
Lord
Nelson
was
killed
by
a
muBket
ment
“
.
an«l
with
th«*
Th«' adults appear from July ’o her 13 was fatal.
will g«> the improve
Grove, that they endeavor to eft .
ball tired from the crosstrees of his few days and -«stored on the Studded
ami sa»* i Si-plember and deposit tlieir eggs upon '
itnpmvriniMiUi n ii i lfo tin*
The annual conference of the mis- consolidation of that institution wit: French antagonist Because of this
Ings, atei capital <>i tli'iii-aii'l“ of honest. I-.me woolen fabric or (ltrs for the sm- slonarleu of the American Sunday Albany college (Presbyterian) of Al fighting tops came into existence and, racks recommen«!«! by the agricultural
College in some place that is warm and
imlu-triou“ |«coplr who ar«- living on
«sling generation.
School union for the Pacific northwest hany. the consolidated institution to being developed to keep pace with where there is a current of air. Much
and ’using' tl«' la <1, and tvho aie not
Ut.fortuuut«.ly. we have no effective was held in Albany.
other
parts
of
naval
construction,
con
be operated as a uoa-denominational
of the immature corn may be drred in
inetlKsl of prev.-ntllli the damoge done
monopolising n<»r s l«-< .listing in it.*’
tinue to tre a traditional feature of the
The thirty-third annual convention ' tot’ege.
sufficiently g-xsl condition to germinate
■ world’s navies.
"If 1 am correct in my «-onelusion.“, by tl ■«• insect«
C. iiim «piently in in
An additional unit will be started
of the Oregon Womans Christian
A century ago. when fighting men— and prrwluce gixwi corn next year.
tins mes-ure will injure th“ one owner fected quarters frequent ins|»*cti<»ns an1
Temperance union assembled In Pen immediately by the Carnation Milk marines, boarding parties, gun crews—
This season which ha» been late as a
and home buihlt-r mon* than it will the demanded wh. ever these insects be-
Products company to the plant at crowded the upper decks of a warship, growing one an«l early as to frost again
dleton Tuesday evening.
....... troublesome.
It is generally u-
sjreciilater, ami 1 ehull vote 307 X NO.
Elaborate plans are being laid for I Hillsboro. The building, estimated to a sharpshooter ¡rested aloft pickt-d off
-ume l that the various lepidlanla. such the third annua! horticultural show, J cost $50,000, will be of concrete and many a man. But a big battleship in very forcefully demonstrates the neces
sity on an early to a medium-maturing
a« uil.a.'eo, camphor, moth-balls, etc.,
HK CAI’IIA EAXAIION
to b«> held at the Oregon agricultural hollow tile, with dimensions of 100 by action to«lay shows not a mark to the type of silage corn both from the stand-
will free garments of this pest. The college on November 3 and 4.
man In the fighting top.
170 feet, and two stories in height.
MUSI LOME DOWN above
point of quality of silage and ability to
mentioned repellents are useful
In the days when it still remained
The next “farmers week” at the
Four hundred teachers from the
recure sufficient seetl to keep up the crop.
A chart prepared by the Tux Com inasmuch as they will prevent the moth southern Oregon counties attended Oregon agricultural college will be possible for boatloads of armed men
Under no conditions, try to store the
to
swarm
up
the
sides
and
board
a
from
ovipositing
where
they
are
plactsl.
mission of Wisconsin allow* the total
the annual institute for Josephine and * held the first week in January, and fighting ship plunging shots were drop- immature corn in bulk or on shelve« or
per capita tux by states, counties and but they do not prevent the develop Jackson counties at Grants Pass.
! it Is expected that fully 2000 farmers
pe«l from the fighting top. But with in sacks because it will «certainly mold.
cilice for all the states in the union to ment of eggs or larvae on infest«! goods.
A gravltv water system to supply I from every section of the state will great steel walls overhanging the It should be put on racks or on wires or
I m » »3-1,73 for each man, woman and The most effective metho«! for this peet Richland and the unincorporated town gather at the big school to discuss waves and never an nctremmodation
is to thoroughly sun and brush the doth of Newbridge two and one half miles their problems aud to get expert ad ladder swung out for their welcome it should Ire tied up with strings so that no
child.
two ears touch and so air has ac«ress to
This would make the average family desired hi be laid away. Then plai-c in to the north, has been decided upon. vice.
is impossible for uninvited guests to each ear.
Put the crern in a place that
of live pay »178. (15 per year, and in Cali a light box or trunk with a goodl y sup
The greatest worry of Hood River set foot on the modern deck.
The Southern Pacific car shortage
is warm and in a draught so it will dry
The
captain
of
the
fighting
top
is
ply
of
one
of
th«,
above
mention«
‘
«l
re
fornia where the average per capitr is
established a new high record in re orchardists at the present time comes
out quickly and without sprouting. If
highest the average family would pay pellents. This will prevent reinfeeta- ports received by the state public from a shortage of cars needed to usually in control of flag, semaphore put in a place that is warm without
ami
heliograph
signaling,
leaving
the
$391 95 per year, or $78.39 per person.
tion.—C. R. J.
commission Saturday, the total being transport boxes from northwestern wireless to an invisible operator in ventilation, the immature corn is likely
The next highest states an1 also in the
1848.
lumber centers. Without boxes suf- terned somewhere in the ship's vitals. to spront at once. If put in a cool place
without ventilation the tendency is for
west — Oregon, Nevada, Washington,
The Malheur Gazette says: “If this
Harley Yetter, a rancher, was fine«l fide nt to handle their crops seures of He is the sentry against small inquisì, it to mold and sour.
Corn will safely
Nebraska and Montana
Idaho and state can make a Sunday blue law and »250 by Justice of the Peace Parkes growers are forced to halt their pack five craft and may enforce his orders stand 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Every
Colorado are a* little lower than New Congress .«an roluce the hours of labor at Pendleton and forfeited his gun and ing operations.
farmer should save enough of his treat
by the rattle of a light quick firer.
Y ork, and Utah is just below the aver to a minimum, utopia will have Iwen hunting license for unlawfully killing
He has the outlook, reports and ques mature«! see«! and dry it in order to be
So successful has been the passen
certain of a seed stock next year.
age, »31.50.
reached ami we will abide there for a a China pheasant.
ger business of the Mount Hood Rail tions passing ships and has virtites as
a
«Iet«?ctlve
against
spies.
His
func
The fault for the constant Increase time. Tuotime will not b«- long, for
The assessed value of all property road company in the Hood River «al
does not lie
with ndniininstriitive these and other proposed laws, if on the Clackamas county assessment ley with its new rail auto th«' past tions, however, are limited. He is not
Initiative Measures to be Discussed
high enough placet! to see the subma
officials. or usaessors or collectors, al enacted will raise th«, cost of living and rolls has shrunk »1,200.000 in til«' last summer that tlie s« h ,u!e c.f the rail rine creeping along a score of feet Ire-
though they have to bear the criticism time of idleness to the point of starva year, including the loss of the Oregon motor car will be coui.iucd thro it;, it- neath the surface or to note its wake
A meeting will be held at the Gilbert
in part, but with legislative bodies yield tion, the point where no one can afford * California grant lands.
rehool Tnes«lay, Oct. 24, at 7:t5 p. m.,
out th«' winter unl..-s heavy snows I of broken water.
to work and none can afford to buy.
The fighting top is In big cruisers for the purpore of discussing both sidtss
ing to demands.
Building records for Baker of sev block the line.
State, county, city and school legisla Read the law. Every voter has a copy. eral years were broken by the totnl of
That th«' erection oi a la.- ■ saw i quite a massive affair an«l no lonirer of the amendments to be voted on at
tive Isslies provide mon. offices, raise After reading we hope the people will the year ending September 30. The mill to lia.idl. t.'.e 124. « «an ««, t of the tiny breastwork behind which th«» the next election. Able speakers will be
salaries, multiply boards and commis take tlieir pencil in hand and kill off' all permits for 1916 totalled $210,989, government tan er ui ;m r.ii.id.«' fork ; picked riflemen of the ancieuts knelt present from the Reed college.
A duplicate set of range finders is usu
The meeting is free to all, anti should
sion!, order improvement* anil ex freak laws.”
which is double the* .«mount for 1915. of the John Day r r w.ll be >•,«.-«< i ally kept there and used to check off
travagances that must come out of the
Oregon's total registration for the at once, is th«' anno.iu« < >n nt of Frank th«' work of the experts in the fire con be attended by a large crowd interested
in these measures.
taxpayer.
In California th«' demurrag«, rate on general election next month will be Mitchell, pro: 1 lent ci the Pacific trol tower. There are light quick flrers
Costly commissions create«! at th«' <le-
approximately
275,000,
or
nearly
30,-
States
Investment
com
¡
any,
which
and
machine
guns,
possibly
also
a
high
cars helil for loading or unloading longer
maml of plausible reformers have heaped
angle gun or two for use against air
than the 48 hour free time period is »3 000 below the 1914 registration, ac purchased the timber.
Evangelical Ladles to Bine
craft—l’earson‘8.
up ami multiplieil burdens until tin*
cording
to
estimates
by
Secretary
of
Mrs.
M.
Matlock,
of
Salem,
was
per day. In other states it is $1 or $2.
people of th«> state groan ami cry out for
instantly killed, and Mrs. A. M. Mat
Statistics show that ha«l the California State Olcott.
Ladies of the Evangelical Church will
Original Homa of Wolahmen.
relief ami legislative bodies should let rat«' been in effect in all slab's, and
Frank Smith, of Portland, and lock and two-year-old daughter, Ei
Jutland was probably the original give a dinner the aftern«x>n and evening
James
O'Brien,
of
Coos
county,
two
leen.
of
Dallas,
sustained
cuts
about
•>P*
. ,
of Oct. 27 to assist in paying interest on
worked out as it did in California, the
Th«' trouble is that for ten months in number of cars held longer than the 48- of th«' worst characters in the Oregon the face when a small automobile they home of out Kymrlc ancestors, as well the church debt.
Plates will be served
as (at a later period) of some bo called
the year the reformer, the educator, the hour period during months of February, prison, made their escape from the occupied collided head on with a car
Saxon Invaders. It was peopled In at 25 cents. Tnere will be a sale of
philanthropist at public expense am
The
March, April an.l May, 191«, through building provided for incorrigibles driven by Christian Alm, of Silverton, clasaical time» by the Clmbrl. identi “outing flannel’’ night gowns.
busy calling for public expenditure« and out the country would have been and degenerates.
one mile below Salem,
fied by ethnologists with the Cymry, supper will be a substantial one, weU
only for two months in campaigns is 151,«31 instead of 1,409,117 and the de
The people of North Bend have
H. J. Fitzgerald, manager of the or modern Welshmen. The Germans fitted to replace the home meal.
there any discussion of the need of re murrage charges woukl have been only started agitation to have the name of Portland, West Coast Railroad A Na magnanimously declined to annex Jut
trenchment.—Par. Coast Mfgr.
the town changed to Cooa Bay, which vigation oompany, is at Newport with land with Schleswig-Holstein. It was
$871,878 instead of $3,388,877.
then considered a worthlesa watte of
OREGON NEWS NOTES JF GENERAL INTEREST
t_ _ _ _
Eugene issued permit« for seven new
houses in September.
Law has been defined as an unequal
distribution of injustice—then why enact
more laws?
la proposed to include the conteaa
plated consolidated towns of North
The largest wooden vessel ever built
■end and Marshfield.
on the Pacific Coast has just been
Figures of liquor importation into
launched at North Bend.
The vessel is
Multnomah oouaty during September
S3fi lest long and has a capacity of
show a gain of nearly 200« shipmanta
1,280,000 fast of lumber.
pver August. la September the total
the company’s chief engineer and II
mon running lines for the proposed
railroad from there to Portland by
way of MoMInnvUlo, following the
nonet to the Salmon river.
Springfield will ship 100 carloads of
Tillamook will try to aM UB aqaare
moon, aand dunes and marshes. Bat milea of territory to the port dietriet to
the industrious Danes hats tranafona- secure needed money for imprcvomsuti.
sd what om English travelar atyltd
forsaken wlldernsaa” into ths resat