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THURSDAY
July ,t8, 1907
"A STITCH IN TIME" y
We are giving space else
wImmv in thest columns 10 n
liew story telling of the ruinous
spread o noxioits weeds in
CHriniu . wheat districts I
"Wsislii gton and Oregon. I In
jmblicutinti of these stories, w
believe, is timely, because ol
th warning they contain to Hie
fa nil crs of this section, who art
invited to read the story and
take the lesson to heart. Ore
gon has anti-weed lnwj whicli
if enforced to the letter, would
prevent the spread of noxiou
weeds, but the laws are not'
enforced and the farmer i.
thrown upon his own resource
in combatting the weeds. Un
der these conditions the best,
and in fact the only, protectioi
lies in co-operation among the
farmers. There are in this dis
, trior a number of ranches which
are foul with weeds, and noi
only are they ruinous to thus
ranches, but they are a menace
to the adjoining lands. A vr
Small efiort will clean them now.
but if delayed too long, this
district ma' be confronted bj
as serious u condition as pre
vails in certain sections ol
Umatilla county. Oregon, and
Franklin county Wa liiii gton.
MAY POOLWHEAT CROP
Agency Plains Farmers Desire
Shaniko Prices at Madras
MEETING HELD TO DISCUSS QUESTION
Promoters Havo Apparontly Oyer
lookod Soma Essential Points in
Reasoning For Its Succoss
WHEAT CONTRACTED AT 75c
Several small crops of new
wheat in the east end of Uma
tilla count' have been con
tracted by flour mills for 75
cents per bushel this week,
which has given a decided 1 3
strong tendency to the wheal
marked in this city, although
none is being bought or con
tracted at any price here.-
Old wheat is quoted at aboui
70 cents today, while there i.
little being sold at any price.
It is. thought the new crop wi'l
start at better than 70 cents,
although none of the buyei
have authorized the statement
or have given any intimation ol
what they will pay. East Ore-"conian.
The course of the Chicago
wheat market at this critical
,stage of the season would indi
cate that the crop lepoi ters have
been indulging in some remark
able lies, or else the '"talent" is
shited for a surprise. With a
decrease of about 4.000,000
bushels in "quantities on pat
sage," a slight d crease in
world's shipments, only a mod
erate increase in the American
visible and unfavorable weather
for harvest in Kansas, the price
was hammered down nearly 2
cents per bushel yesterday.
Wheat above 90 cents per
Mbushel is generally regarded a
yfriigh, out if, as generally re
:ilpbrted, there is a pronounced
shortage in the crop on both
sides of the Atlantic, it may
look cheap before the turn 01
the year. Oregonian.
Applications for the purchase
of coaifjands in Orooic county
appearing in the Madras Pio
neer, are the lirnt of that char
aoter that we havo seen in
Oregon. Tlie laud was applied
lor, fortunatuly, before the
withdrawal 4 of all such lauds
from entry by the Be. reiary ol
the Interior. The land in ques
tion is in the discovery east of
HaycreeJc. where the Observer
.ifK-iRfid fanners to go last
Winter and haul their fuel
1 supplies. It may have to be so
It is reporfed that a meeting
of ranchers onN Agency Plain.
was held last Tuesday, fu the
purpose of discusiug the mar
keting of, and the ptica for, tins
season's crop of wheat, and that
.n effort will be made to effeol
ti pool, to hold for the same
price in Madras as "ill be paid
it Sliatiiuo, the neatest railroad
point. Tuose promoting the
pool advance the argument that
y holding ilu-ir grain they can
uemand that price here ami
secure lt-
Iu taking that stand they
overlook, however, the uTbt
important factor it) fixing the
price of any product, which is
the matter of supply and de
maud. Last ear there was a
ihoit crop in this district, the
oca I demand exceeding the vis
ille suoulv, and as a result
wheat brought 7o cents to So
i-eiits per bushel here, while out
)il the lailroad it was sellitnr foi
55 to 57 cents. ,This year the
conditions are reversed, and
while the shortage of the wheai
crop throughout the world is
running the price of wheat up
to the dollar mark, this district
is blessed with the oauner crop
of its history and has a largf
surplus over and above the
demands of the local market.'
nd so, in oroVr to take ad van-age-of
the high prices outside,;
'he fanner must take his crop"!
into those markets where tin
shortage is felt. And, if he
loes that, he must limine out of
the price he gets, the cost of
freighting 45 miles to the rail
road, in order to arrive at the
net price he receives for his
sirain. It is a simple problem
tjf supply and demand, and
emphasizes the need this sec
tion has for a railroatl.
To follow out the argument
of the promoters of the wheat
pool on Agency Putins, suppose
that the pool can be effected,
and that every fai'mef in this
section would go into it and
h dd his wheat for. a certain
price. If there were no "leaks"
that, would assutedly compel
the consumer to pay the price
for what wheat he had to haw,
hecause at present prices he
couldn't go out to the railroad
and haul it in. But the wean
point in the pool is again the
question of supply and demand,
and whenever the pool vu
dissolved and the wheatptit on
the market, the supply so large
ly exceeds the demand that the
price would- immediately go
down again. The p int is mad
that only so much would be put
upon the market as would satis
fy -the demand, but that fails to
be a saving clause for the rea
son that the large surplus
remaining on hand would still
have to be marketed at the
railroad before a new crop
comes on, and there is no as
surance that the price there
would advance.
If supply and demand regu
lates the price whore adequate
transportation facilities are
enjoyed, its rule is even more
absolute in sections, remote
from the railroad, and it is only,
iti very exceptional years like
this that the outside market
enters into active competition
with the local market in the
interior wheat districts. With
out bumper whe.it crTip. might
go begging for any kind of
price.
It is urged that the merchaniH
hero should hold the pruio up
this yeav and help to get "the
Shaniko price" hero for the
farther. On that point ho far
mer wants to be assured of om
thing that every business man
in Madras wants him to get the
highest price possible 'or Ins
product, and will help him I"
that end all he can. Not a
men hunt in M idras is able to
buy wheat for speculative pur
poses, and his only concern is
10 assist the producer of t bi
section in converting his crop
into cash at the very best
ptjee obtainable. Eiuhtv cent
wheat for the tanner in Madias
would mean more for the Mad
ias merchant than if jhe funnel
has to take 55 cents, but tii
merchant can't regulate tin
pi ice. He can help tile funnel
get "all there is in it" out f Id
wheat, and that is the extent
of his effect on the market. And
to this end an effort is alread
being made to eff-cl arrange
ments tor buying the crop of
this locality here, for delivery in
the railroad, at the beat price
obtainable there
Marketing a wheat crop it
sections remote from a railroad
1 1 ways presents difliubltie.
when the supply exceeds tin
local demand, out the unusual
conditions in the world's mat
kets this year offer a solution b
giving the farmer a inaiket fo
that surplus. And t Hut suggest
the best plan of holding up the
local price. If the farmers can
eli at the railroad enough ol
this year's tyop to reduce the
-upply to a quaiititv eoinmett
suiate with the demand, the
will be in better condition
financially and certainly in
better position tactically to
control the local price.
HI. llH'H"'
MGMASON
Real Estate, Insurance
, Collections
AtH III llO'Hll N.t"t" tlV of
Auctioneering'
in nil 1 1 i.i'. ' Ml"' '. I...UW
MrnllM'tH' iiiriiloiif mi.ih
MA I) HAS, OH HH
Harness and
o& &Sad dies
Belting, Lace Leather
Whips, Bridles. Halters
Fine Hiuulmnde llurnoM fully WUUMii
U'mI, inmlo from lci Ctilifirnl Oak
t .iiiuhI hariu'i lfiitlu-r
B. S. LARK IN ,
MADKAS. OKIJOON
THE DALLES HOSPITAL
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McTAGGART &
HARDWARE
' IMPLEMENTS
grogerie:
AGENTS FOR
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MADRAS, OREGON
. TO KILL AHTS
Use A Crowbar and Some Carbon
Bisulphld, or Poison With Arsenic
In reply to a query from Mrs.
Coia Aldeid ce of Culver, Dr.
James Withycotube, direi-tor
at the Oregon experiment sta
tion at Corvallis jjave the
following iiiBtrnctions for des
troying ants such as are com
mon in this section, and do
more or lets damage in garden.',
and fields. He says:
"Regarding the destruction of
the ants you mentioned, Prof.
Uordley, our entomologist, sayf
there are two general ways o.
destroying these ants. One it
to take a crowbar and make
some holes about two feet deep,
putting in each about a table
spoonful of carbon bisulphi'l.
then tamp the ground down
thoroughly on top. The fume.
hf this will asphyiale the ants.
If the infested area is -not too
huge, by putting a blanket 01
some other covering immediate
ly over wherey the 'carbon
bisulphid , is applied this will
facilitate the destruction of th
suits. "Another good method, al
though slower perhaps, is to
mix arsenic 01 Paiis green with
syiup in shallow dishes and
pluc' these where the ants can
reach ; them. This will ulti
mately get rid of them."
The Corvallis & Eastern JlftTl
road is being Htted by tin
Government for $10,703 for (he,
burning of timber along the
right of way of that oad, the
destruction 1 f the timber being
charged to the failure of the
company to keep its right of
Gay clean .and free from refuse.
The fires ocurred last year and
more ' than 13,000,000 feet of
timber was destroyed The
burned area lies in the Cascade
next Wiuter. Moro Observer, out that competition this year Reserve.
Tle IDaliea, Oregon
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Aludrns, Oregon
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Z. F. MOODY
GENERAL COMMISSION &
FORWARDING MERCHANT
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rorllniid, Ort-Kgii.
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OENERAL STORAGE AND FORWARDING
Bpecial Rttontlon to Wool P'dlnB and UnHn lor 1 Mt-jW i jjjjPj
mcntH. DealoM in HlneVBinlth vJoul, Lime ond ' Q B
of all kind!. Sulphur, Wol and Grnlu Bm-ke ud I m
Hour und Feed. 1 1 lliat price pftld lor iimi '' k
Yrd with fill tho latot und beat facilitlea for hand
Murk Goodi Oar of
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99
T. G. CONDON, Manager
ELK DRUGSTORE
Carries a full Hnc of clean
fresh drugs, perfumes and
toilet articles
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A. M. WILUAM&
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