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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1917 S LJ: You Have Seen the Rest -Now Look at the BEST J t: WW1. SEVENTH S TAYLOR STS. About the State Resume of the News of the Week from All Parts of Oregon Sixteen hundred acres of producing prune land in Polk county gave a to tal of 3,500,000 pounds of dried prunes in 1916. This was the largest crop ever produced in the county, and it is conservatively valued at $210,000. This crop gave wage earners of the county over $80,000 in cash during the last yea According to figures com piled by a prominent prune raiser of Dallas, the average crop of prunes (dried) was 2125 pounds to the acre, or in green fruit about 6200 pounds to the acre, worth $127.50. The har vesting of Polk's crop cost $31.60 per acre, cultivation $10 per acre and tax es $3 per acre. Figuring the value on an average of $500 per acre, the interest at six per cent amounts to $30 per acre, leaving an average net profit of $52.90 for the growers in 1916, and the actual profits after pay ing all labor costs for the handling of the crop were $84,640. Eastern Oregon faces the ban ner spring of many years for lambs and wool in the belief of Dan P. Smythe, prominent sheepman', who returned to Portland last week from Arlington. The weather has been ideal for lambing, the range will soon be in fine shapemost of the sheep are fairly fat after the winter and the wool prices are the highest in years. Out of 5000 ewes being winter lambed by the Smythe Brothers at Arlington, about 125 per cent have so far been saved, said Mr. Smythe. This is an unusual per cent and generally 100 Tirst Hatbnal Bank -of- OREGON CITY Capital Stock Surplus ' ' Member FEDERAL RESERVE BANK Member OREGON STATE BANKERS ASSOCIATION Member 'AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION Under Government Supervision U. S. Depository for Postal Savings Funds SAFETY DEPOSIT. BOXES FOR RENT INTEREST PAID on Savings Accounts or Time Certificates We Solicit Your Banking Business Our Banking Room has been remodeled to meet the requirements of our' patrons mniMtiT i ifcteir (Established 1889) FOR SALE 320 acres. 100 acres cultivated; 20 acres waste land, but can all be cultivated. Good buildings on good road. Close to electric line. One of best ranches in Clackamas county. Can put in stock and equipment Price, $100 per acre; one-lialf cash, bal. time. 30 ACRES on good road. ' 20 cultivated. Good young orchard. Good house. Fair barn. Good water. Consider good vacant lots or house to $2300 as part payment ' 60 ACRES. 30 cultivated, balance pasture. Land lays rolling. Fair buildings. Good road. Close to school. Some stock and equip ment Take trade to $3000, balance time at 6 per cent' - We have many other good trades and property for sale. H. E. CROSS & SON Not only the best Cream Sep arator but one which we can sell you at much less than you have been accustomed to pay for a first class article. That's why we want you to come in and examine the VI KI It 19 the cream separator sensa tion of the age. More machines of this manufacture were sold inSweden and throughout Europe last year than of any other make. Gome in and let us explain the Viking to you. E. ESTES "ON THE HILL" OREGON CITY, ORE. per cent is considered very good. The ewes started lambing about February 1. He said that. the. weather could hardly have been better. . ; .: . '; c The sale oi wa'sco county's $260, 000 road bonds has beeru declared oft by the Clark-Kendall company of Portland, which has called in its $14, 000 check deposited at the time the bid was awarded. The check was re turned Friday, This means, that the county court will wait the decision of the supreme court as to the legal ity of the sale of the bonds and then the county will have to advertise for new bids or call" another election if the decision is against it. Within the next few weeks the roads of Hood River valley will be ready for the increased automobile traffic that is expected to arrive over the highway. County Judge Blow ers and Commissioners Hannlim and Hawkes are busy engaged in starting road supervisors on their Wks. The sum of $41,000 has been appropriated for highway improvement. In addi tion to "the general maintenance and improvement of roads the county will build two new bridges in .the Dee neighborhood, one over Hood river and the other across the canyon of a creek, the total cost of both having been estimated at an approximate $15,000. About a quarter of a mile of new highway' will be graded in the Dee vicinity also. . . - - There has been much unlawful kill ing of deer in Umatilla county, according- to George Tonkin, deputy game warden. Mr. Tonkin says that there have been more deer killed in the county during the last . three months than during the open season. He receives reports every day of ille gal killings and in less than two $50,000.00 $25,000.00 Have installed a MODERN and up-to-date VAULT which is mob and burgular proof. . . '.' OFFICERS . D. C. LATOURETTE, President " M. D. LATOURETTE, Vice-Pres. F. J. MEYER, Cashier " OPEN 9 a. m. to 3 p. tn. weeks he has arrested nine men for killing deer in Umatilla and Morrow counties. Eight of these pleaded guilty and were sentenced; The win ter has been especially hard on deer. The snow has driven them out of the mountains so that they become easy prey for hunters who wish to violate the law. The Dollar company, sawmill at Co quille, after a week setting the ma chinery in 'operation, is now running on regular schedule with an average daily output of 50,000 feet. The mill is cutting on a 12,000,000 spruce con tract for Great Britain. A represent ative of those contracting the order has been at the mill for the last 10 days assisting in the adjustments. The lumber is being forwarded to manufacturers of aeroplane parts in the east." The Buehner sawmill at North Bend has cut stock, also for Poughkeepsie manufacturers who are supplying British orders. Twenty-four farmers of Millican valley crowded into a store in Crook county, where the county agricultur ist had been invited to assist them in organizing to borrow money under the federal farm loan act. Those signing the articles of association were: C. J. Cook; W. M. Dickerson, Levi Smith, J. H. Israel, A. M. Moore, H. E. Moore, J. C. Smith, Star.'sy Smith, E. R. Edmonds, J. S. Edmonds, A. D. Norton, Frank Spencer, Fred Kiger, George Powers and L. J. Glass. There was considerable interest shown at the meeting. The sum of $20,000 was applied for at the meeting and a reg ular set of officers, including the board of directors and a loan commit tee, were elected. The desert land board has received a resolution passed by the Redmond Commercial, club, in which it is asked that steps be taken to throw open for homestead entry 76,000 acres in what is known as the Benham Falls segre gation, of the central Oregon irriga tion project. This segregation in cludes lands lying near Bend, Powell Butte and Prineville. It is asked in the resolution that the contract be tween the state and the United States be terminated so that the department of the interior, will feel free to open these lands for entry. Active work will begin, as soon as weather conditions will permit, on re building the Gresham Fruit Growers' assocation cannery, which was de stroyed by fire on November 23, 1916. The contract has been let for clear ing the ground and C. G. Witter has been employed as foreman. Figures are being obtained on lumber and other material necessary in the con struction' of the building. The con struction of the building will be done by" days' work. - The first carload of fiber flax seed ever to be exported from Oregon was loaded, February 23 and 24, by Rob ert Crawford, superintendent of the state flax project at Salem. The car contained 1500 bushels, approximate ly 84,000 pounds, of seed and went to Montana- to be used for fiber flax production. . The flax seed is sold at $2.75 a bushel f. o. b. Salem, and the 1500 bushels will bring a total of $4125. County Assessor West of Marion county last week announced that 21 applicants had filed requests to secure quarter sections of Oregon-California grant lands. All the applications are made by residents of New York City, Attorney General Brown says no pref erence will be given to those who file early, except to those living on lands. A carload of young Shorthorn bulls, 43 in number, aged 1 and 2 years, brought a total of $10,000 at sale in Union county last week. They were the property of W. J. Townley, G. W. Delay and W. W. Green, Union ranchers. The Fondle ton Meat company purchased the ani mate. ine n,iK-neao quicksilver mines near Roseburg will be re-opened at once by J, O. Anderson, manager for a number of other men. This mine has been worked a little in the past. It is on the same lode with the well known Black Butte mines, which have been operated for years. The Suther. line fnme is a continuation of the same ledge. - This mine has also started production. The fabulous price of quicksilver has made the profitable operation of these proper, ties possible. - The Oregon Agricultural college military band has ' been engaged to play at the Roseburg Strawberry car nival May 17, 18 and 19. Besides this organization, a local band will enter tain the crowds. The Boys' Drum corps of Eugene will atao be there on the last day of the carnival. An in novation in policing the big show will be the appointment of a policewoman. ' Exercises marking the dedication of Bend's new $20,000 high school building were held Friday night in the school auditorium. Following the program patrons of the school were conducted through all the rooms by student guides, and in the last room ' visited refreshments were served. rri. . tt ii m . . ..... ine nony uonaensed Milk com pany oi Amity nas invented a new product rice and milk which gaining popularity with a bound, and many housewives are welcoming into their list of table delicacies. The idea is entirely a new one and the Hoi ly people , of this place are the origi nators and only manufacturers to put out the-article. It is rice cooked and canned with condensed milk and ready for the table with little addi tional preparations. MONEY TO LOAN PAUL C. FISCHER Lawyer Deutscher Advokat - Room 2, Beaver Bldg. Oregon CHy. Ore,' PROFITABLE SOIL CULTURE CORN PLANTING METHODS. Fundamentals of Culture, Especially Under Droughty Condition!. Special planting methods often must be used for corn In regions where ei ther moisture or htat Is Insufficient. Listing, or planting in furrows, is the most common and best method of plantlug corn sin a large part of the semlarid area. It Is not only econom ical, as It permits large acreages to be handled at the least cost, but It also places the plants to the best advantage to withstand drought. As the furrows A western Kansas cornfield, show, lng rows seven feet apart. Wide spaces between rows retain a part of the soil moisture for the critical or ear forming period. Cultivation and the drilling of wheat, peaa or beans in the corn are made easier, as well as the harvesting of the corn,. are closed by cultivation, tne piani roots are placed well below the sur face. A deep soil mulch can be main tained without Injury to the roots. The plants are more securely braced to withstand winds than when surface planted.. In some semlarid sections early sum mer conditions are favorable for rapid growth. The plants make a tender, apld growth and become larger than the later moisture supply will support. Listing retards this rapid early growth and la often a decided advantage ou this account. Where the seasons are very short surface planting is better than listing, as the retarding of early growth leaves the plauts Insufficient time to reach maturity. Where surface planting is practiced on-fairly level land it is usually advisable U P'ut In checks to permit cross cultivation. Cross culti vation makes weed and grass control easier. It also assists cultivation, dry ing and warming a larger part of the soil surface. A thin stand of plants Is an essen tial feature of successful corn growing In regions of limited moisture supply. When planting Is done with a lister In rows three to tlitee and one-bulf feet apart the plants should ue one in a place and from eighteen to thirty-sis Inches apart, depeudiug upon the rain fall and the fertility and the water holding capacity of the soil. In sur face planted corn with the hills three and one-half feet apart each way the stand should ifot.be thicker than two plants per hill. Even with the best of seed more kernels should be planted than the number of plants desired. Some young plants, mostly the weaker ones, will perish. The usual distance between corn rows Is about three and one-half feet, which Is a convenient distance for cul tivating. With the rows at this dis tance the roots meet between the rows and occupy all of the upper soil be fore the corn comes Into tassel. In certain droughty sections, where the seasons are comparatively long, in creasing the width of row to seven feet and doubling the stand In the row bus been found to be an advantage. Where the summers are long other crops or another crop of corn can be planted luter In the season between the seven foot rows If the seasonal rainfall proves sufficient. Corn should not be coveted with more than one and one-uair or two inches of soil except when the surface Is dry and It Is necessary to plant deep er to reach moist soil. In cold, heavy soils one inch Is'sullicieut. s$$,.SS3.S$SSJJ$SSS ORCHARD AND GARDEN. . . . t Cut out ill dead trees about the place snd make firewood of 4 them. One quarter acre of berries will not cost much to plant, and It 8 will give an abundance of fruit the season through. There Is still time to do some $ root grafting of apples. The clon 4 should be two or three times as 0 long as the root. Plan to do some topworkln'g 0 this spring, This Is a good way to get returns from unproductive" trees that ai thrifty. , When ordering seed for the $ garden fry some vegetables you have not used before. Salsify. Swiss chard and endive are good sorts to -try. - ' J The Wealthy is one of the most widely grown and profitable of Q the fall apples. It Is a money 0 maker, even In apple districts. Q ESPEE OWES MUCH Clackamas Would Get $117,845 il Grant Land Tax is Paid The Southern Pacific Railroad com pany owes the land grant counties of Oregon and Clarke county, Wash., the tidy sum of $1,716,018.62 in back taxes and interest, estimated as of March 1, accumulated as unpaid land grant taxes for the years 1913, 1914 and 1915. Under the terms of the Chamber liiillllitiliili lain-Ferris act, providing for the re- K4 New 6 I NEW SPORT SKIRTS clre represented here in a large variety of plaids, checks and stripes in various colors dams Dept. vestment of the title to the grant lands in the United States and the opening of the grant lands to entry and settlement, it was provided that the taxes due the several counties should be checked up, estimated and paid to the counties by the federal government, in such amounts as might be determined as due them. The work of checking the lands, and estimating the taxes was placed in the hands and under the direction of Oswald West, who has established the amount due as quoted. In addition to this principal sum,' interest is accumulating upon the de linquencies at the rate of ' approxi mately $15,000 per month. Following is a detailed statement of the amounts due each county, com plete as estimated, with the excep tion of Lane county, which has an ad ditional amount due on several small tracts omitted from its claim as turned in by the county authorities: Benton $ 79,175,05 Clackamas ... 117,845.78 Columbia , 54,342.93 Coos '. 163,218.57 Curry . 8,565.16 Douglas 342,442.78 Jackson 263,322.13 Josephine ,141,232.31 Klamath .-. 42,040.43 Lane 300,531.38 Lincoln 8,452.50 Linn 47,464.49 Marion '. 81,120,85 Multnomah '. 11,568.05 Polk 56.979.19 Tillamook 11,928.64 Washington 17.171.32 Yamhill 17,374.33 Clarke (Washington) 1,242.73 'Total .". $1,716,018.62 These taxes will not be paid by the government until the appeal brought by the Southern Pacific company is determined, however, according to in formation conveyed in a letter to Mr, West from Clay Tallman, commission er of the general land office. The let ter enclosed a copy of a letter sent to H. L. Brown, county judge of Lane county, who had written to ascertain when Lane county's share would be paid. Commissioner Tallman, in answer ing the letter pointed out that the Chamberlain-Ferris bill directed that the taxes be paid "as soon as may be after the approval of this act," but that the Southern Pacific company had protested against the payment, and had perfected an appeal to the supreme court of. the United States, attacking the constitutionality of the act. Under these circumstances, Tallman pointed out, it would be impossible for the government to pay the amounts due as back taxes until the litigation pending had been finally determined. The New Senators On March 4, 16 changes in the per. sonnel of the United States senate took place, as follows-. California Hiram Johnson, R. succeeding John D. Works, R. Delaware J. O. Wolcott, D., sue. ceeding Htenry A. du Pont., R. Florida Park Trammell, D., ceeding Nathan P. Bryan, D. Indiana Harry S. New, R., ceeding John W. Kern, D. Maine Frederick Hale, R., ceeding Charles F. Johnson, D, sue- sue- pnn Arriving' Daily A Beautiful Range of Colors are Here in Striped Crepe de Chine Waistin A Nice Selection of New Voiles With all the latest stripes and figures, very attractive patterns are here for spring Silverbloom The New Sport Stripe Suiting A lIohair Fabric for Sport Skirts and Suitings now on display. Per yard, - - Oregon City's Busy Store Tound Wap to Realtb Without Using Knife 'l , r i MRS. MARY A. FERREE Fruitola and two bottles of Traxo she was entirely cured. I pray that my ,. testimony may be the means of helping others to health." Fruitola and Traxo are compounaea irom xne original ausau iormuius at the Pinus laboratories in Monticello, 111., and can be purchased in Oregon City, Portland, Canby and Hubbard at the Huntley Bros. Co.'s drug stores; a dnrtcr'n nrescriDtion is not necessary. Fruitola is a pure fruit oil that acts as an intestinal lubricant and disintegrates the hardened particles that cause so much suffering, discharging the accumulated waste to the sufferer s intense relief. One dose is usually sufficient to indicate its efficacy. Traxo is a tonic-alterative that is most effective to rebuild and restore the weakened rundown system. A booklet or special interest to tnose wno suner irom stomacn trouDie can be obtained by writing to the Pinus Laboratories, Monticello, 111. Maryland J. I. Franie, R., suc ceeding Blair Lee, D. Minnesqta Frank B. Kellogg, K., succeeting Moses E, Clapp, R. New Jersey Joseph S. Freling- huysen, R., succeeding J. E. Martme, D. New Mexico A. A. Jones, D., suc ceeding T. B. Catron, R. New York W. M. Calter, R., suc- ceening J. A. O'Gorman, D. Pennsylvania Philander C Knox, R., succeeding George T. Oliver, R. Rhode Island Peter G. Gerry, IJ., succeeding Henry F. Lippitt, R. Tennessee Kenneth D. McKellar, D., succeeding Luke Lee, D. Utah William H. King, U., sue ceeding George Sutherland, R. West Virginia Howard Suther land, R., succeeding W. E. Chilton, D. Wyoming John B. Kendrick, D., succeeling Clarence D. Clark, R. The net gain of the'repubheans is one and the new senate will stand: democrats, 54; republicans, 42. Moral: Advertise "I asked eight dollars and a half, for one Polled Angus Calf, -which price was not too high; I hoofed it west, but no one wished to buy. Day after day I toiled along, bored men with the same old song, 'I have a calf for sale; I ask eight bones and fifty cents for the unequalled critter, gents n-who will dig up the kale?' Then said a farmer, 'O, rest wour feet, and quit your wearing out the street and howling by the year; spend fifty cents and advertise your sawed oft cow of pocket size, and buyers will appear.' I followed up this same advice, and put my jaded feet on ice; and when the ad appeared, ten customers came to my gate; one bought the calf and paid the freight, the others bucked n (Goods! 1 75c Store Doctor Recomended Operation for Gall Stone Trouble but 'V.-' Mother Objected In her work as an evangelist in the mountain districts of West Vir ginia, Mrs. Mary A. Ferree, who lives at 1964 Madison Ave., Huntington, W. V. was frequently called on to ; relieve suffering among her charges and became familiar with the practi cal value of remedies easily available. -When her daughter became ill and the doctor finally said the trouble was gall stones and that an operation was necessary, Mrs. Ferree would not consent. In a letter to the Pinus lab oratories she says, "After four doc tors had treated my daughter, and we had tried various remedies with out avail, I heard of Fruitola and Traxo and tried it as a last resort. The first dose brought immediate re lief and after using three bottles of and reared. And thus by printing lit tle ads, the wise man gathers in the seeds, and rests his aching corns; a little ad will make more noise than fifty-seven little boyb all tooting on their horns.'" Walt Mason. In the Divorce Court Mrs.' Eva Marks seeks a divorce from Joseph Marks, to whom she was married at Walson, W. Va., on De cember 25, 1897, in a divorce com plaint filed here last Thursday. She charges that Mr. Marks deserted her and their seven children in December, 1915. The children range in age be tween 18 and 3 years, and Mrs. Marks asks the custody of the family. Cruelty and non-support are charges made against Gilbert Quick, in a divorce complaint filed Thursday by Julia M. Quick, The couple was married in Cowlitz county, Wash., on October 13, 1903. There are no chil dren and no property fghts. ' Mrs. Powers Entertains A number of the Concord people spent Wednesday evening at thq home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Powers, enjoy ing a "500" party. ' Mrs. Moulton won the ladies' prize and H. G. Starkweather the men's prize. Re freshments were brought by the guests and served. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Youngs, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gross, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. John Risley, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Starkweather, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. Moulton, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Powers and Guy Pow ers. Courier and Daily Journal $4.75. gs r