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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1911)
SAN FORD'S HALL Friday, November 1 7t ADMISSION 25 CENTS, Accompanied by a Pleasant Smile NO GROUCHES ADMITTED' Dane After the Sho Watch for the Big Parade at 4:30 P. M The Madras Pioneer Published every Thursday by -THE t'lONEKK PtTBLISfliXn CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Un yer ...$1.55 5'X months bO Tlirne motitli.s ......... 50 AHVEHTI1.VU KA.TKS o' atp-ijcation Entered as sec"d. class, matter Anjrust V. 1904, at the Postoffice nt Madras, Ore., under tb&Actof Congsg Gf March 8,1879. - --.-.--.- - THURSDAY NOV. 9, 1911 PASSING OF THE WHEAT FARMER hi i i : i. u:,.v. Tne aemunsurauun nam, which i is practically the Oregon Agri- j cultural College on wheels, lS completing a tour of four East ern Oregon counties undertaken to show the distinction between the wheat farmo1:- and the wheat grower. The former is the hus bandman who puts all of his eggs in one lasket; if the basket breaks the owner is broke. The wheat grower is he who diversi- , fies hiS(vlieat growing with oth-er,-crcps, raises more and more forage, feeds his grain and for age to livestock, has his eggs in many baskets. One of the foremost agricul turists of the day, E. H. Web ster, Dean of Agriculture, Kan sas Agricultural College, says, "The wheat farmer has no place in the development of the dry farming area." Continuing, he says, "The failu re to recognize this fact has c.used untold suf fering ftfid los to settlers who werQ Qnlico'cl to occupy this coun try wih the hope of growing wheat fjr profit." And again, "The transition from the open rang to the abandoned wheat farm has taught that forage crops are, to a workable degree, ure; that Kaffir corn, milo and sorghum will produce sufficient grain for the needs of the stock ' farmer." The wheat farmer who has a 1 couple of thousand dollars invest ed is comparable to the man who would go into the dry goods busi ness in the city and invest all his money in calico, or the grocer who would put his entire capital in canned tomatoes. Such a man could expect nothing: but failure. He would deserve nothing else. The wheat farmer is an enemy of himself and the state. Hei goes broke, sometimes through crop failure, sometimes through low prices, often through a bump er crop and high prices, for he is the most tptimistic roan on earth and when prosperity strikes him he goe? in debt for new machin ery ?.id equipments and the next year or two finds him again in financial distress. It may be said that these con ditions prevail only in. dry-farming sections, i. e., in neighbor hoods where the precipitation is much below normal (30 inches.) While it is just as true of other sections, we may, in the case of Oregon and Washington, confine it to the dry-farming communi ties, and then call attention to the further fact that the great est sufferer through the wheat farmer's density is not the farm er himself, but his family. Take any section you choose where wheat farming prevails;1 look at the homes! Look at the dearth of vegetable, fruits and fi-ovvers; the absence of society J and all those conditions going to naake country life pleasant. More than likely there is no well on I the place, water has to be hauled firom one to ten miles. There are mo cows, no pigs, and every drop of water used is doled out as nig gardly as a miser pays out his gold. If such a farmer would sell half, three-foarths, even seven eighths of his land and with the money thus 'secured dig or bore a well, and put in a pump and gasoline engine he could make more money from the remaining land each year than he ever made in a bumper year from his entire holding. And think of the garden, the roses, the fruits and berries, the t home life and home comforts! I Something could be turned into money every day. Milk, butter, eggs, poultry, pigs, calves and beef would be coming on all the time, the land would be growing more valuable, and if the owner were thrifty he could soon buy back the land he sold to get the money to start him on the road to prosperity. Oregonian. THE MADRAS DRAMATIC CLUB fc From a social standpoint, the Madras Dramatic Club will keep things lively here during this winter. Already the member ship is close to a hundred and at each meeting new names are re ceived from people desiring to become members. The move ment was started by a few ladies, who sought to revive interest in social conditions, and the success of their first endeavor was at tested by the fact that the lar gest crowd ever gathered to gether in the city attended their presentation of a "Spinster's Convention," a few weeks ago. The affair was a gigantic success both socially and financially. The ladies realized that what the com munity wanted was sociability and the'.v organization waa en larged to include any lady or gentl eman who wished to become a member. Although but a few weeks old the membership has increased almost phenomenally. The first dance by the new organization was given last Friday night and it drew the largest and most jovial crowd of dancers seen in Madras in many a day. Each week there will be kind of amusement for oers anu tneir inen jg uoth in town and in the country. On the 17th of this r il0nth they will give a products n 0f the "Madras allowed by a dance. ma i I 1 1 The characters are an iocui puu- pie and the Club expects to amuse fully as many as they did at the J last entertainment. Tillman Reuter, wizard of the Central Oregon dry farming coun try, has won fame, for the state by capturing tho prize cup for the best exhibit; at the recent Dry-Farming Congress at Colo rado Springs, and in addition, won 11 first prices, 12 second and 3 third prizes. Other Central Oregon ranchmen helped to win a total of 34 prizes for Oregon. Mr. Reuter has what he consid ers only an average quarter sec tion of land in the Madras dis trict but he has done wonders. He contends that any farmer of intelligence can do likewise. Fall Plantini Root Bettor, Grow Faster, Bear a Year For Immediate DeHvcry-ORDERNM If you love your wi:fe take her to tho "Madras Minstrels," Fri day niight, November 17. 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MADRAS HARNESS SH 30 Days Clearance Sale Commencing AMnAnn TT A TJMIT'OC GRANGER HARNESS RIDING BRIDLES CHAIN HARNESS WHIPS Unv T.I A tJMT?CQ ROBES iinuu iiniviiuutj DOUBLE BUGGY KAUNESS BLANKETS SINGLE BUGGY HARNESS BITS rnniMG RRIDLES nmnnifS LASHES Strap work and hardware of every descripl some wne mern- Irt. fact ap WOrK anu imiuwaiw . duringjl a complete line of horse goods will be' ssi clays. Dan't forget the place, first dorno I FRED DAVIS, Mgr.