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THE OREGON STATESMAN SALEM,' OREGON Friday morning,;november 26,: 1926 4 The Oregon Statesman t Iaaaa Daily Exeept Haaday by ! ' . THE STATESMAN 7UBUSHTHQ COMPART. SIS Bout OounarcUl St, BaUna, Orefaa - fcV J. Hradrieka fc ' - - - M anagar Fra4 J. Tmu - - '- Maaarif -Bditor Irl S. MeBta.rry - City Editor - Parkar Braaia - , T.lrfrapa Editor AmAni Base' Soeiety4itor W. H. Headeraoa - CSrealatiom Manager Ralph H. Klataiaf - Adv.rtiaiar Manage Frank JaakoaM . ; - Htuftr Jab lpt E. A.. Raotaa - Livaatoek Editor W. C. Coaaer - Poultry Editor . MS1CBEB 0' THE ASSOCIATED PE6ft - - f ; - - fha Aaaoeiatsd Press is oxelaatoaly eatitlad to taa aaa far pablieatioa of all aw Cltpateaea eradited to it ar aet etaarwiaa cseditad ia tkia paaax aaa alao tka. local aow pabliiaad aaraia. t , i w - - ,e..- . ST7SIXESS OrrZCXS: ' , . KeUey, S3 Worraater Bid-., Portland. Ora. new lark, lgg-igs w. ait at.; laieato, nara,era Bi-j Shoaaas V. dark Co. Baitaaaa Offlca . Boci.t; Editor -33 or S83 .. ,. 106 TELEPHONES r Job Deaartmoat . Nawa Department 23 or 106 CirealatioB Office .-888 -581 Eatarad at taa Pot -Off ica ia Salasa, Otr , aa aaond-alata. aaattar. "". : November! 26,1026 I j ' ALu THE LORD'S "Thine O Lord, fa. the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in me Heaven and in the earth is Thine." 1 Cbron. 29:11. WASHINGTON COUNTY'S AGENT " t .(HUIsbord Independent.) , ; r In pointing out the need of an agricultural agent in Yamhill coun ty the MeMinnvllle-Telephone Register says with troth that the only argument against a county agent is a. poor agent, but. it might have added that in reality the sole objection does not exist, for the agents uniformly rank high, f In the few cases where their work has not suc ceeded the cause can be traced to lack of cooperation on the part of those whom they would serve. r .Washington county-is in a position to speak with some authority upon -the subject, for it has had an agent for many jrears. f Not only do results speak for themselves, but the attitude of the farmers themselves is the strongest testimonial of appreciation. It is true that at first.' as ia the case with all innova tions, there was ; doubt and even objection. These , objections lapr peared in diminishing volume at successive budget meetings until . they disappeared entirely and their place was taken by demands made by. the farmers that the, appropriation for the office be increased". Afe complisbments or the agent are too numerous and 'too well known to require enumeration here "and it is enough to say that those who are meat vitally interested .in. '' placing agriculture on a successful and profitable plane are the warmest supporters of the' office. It' should bekpt Ja.Jnind that Oregon.' agriculture is passing through a transi tion. What is Unprofitable and obsolete must be discarded and sub- ' Btitutlons. both Ih crop's and methods, must be carefully studied. Of necessity"eich"rndividual is unable to carry on the necessary experi- mehts to fscover what the trained agent has learned, but by maintain ing the officer, they gain the benefit of the experience of others. But It should be kept in mind that results depend largely Jupon the farmers' themselves,- for the agent can be notlfing more than a leader The Telephone Register says there are 2800 farmers in Yamhill' coun ty, ,'. Manifestly-It -will -be impossible tor even- the most efficient agent to gain personal contact with this number. He can only; point the, way and they must have faith and do the rest. , . . The cae.of. Washington county, was referred to in this part of The Statesman of yesterday morning And the above from the chief newspaper of that county is. illuminating in this connection. ; U v Yamhill county has 2800 farmers; according to the abovei . Marion county had 4388 farms in January, 1925, as report ed by the United States census. It is likelyJo soon have double the number of Yamhill county for the vision' of large farms into smaller1 ones is going on steadily in this county. ' So Marion county needs two agricultural agents as much as "Yamhill county needs one. Jackson, Douglas and Umatilla counties now hatfe two, and Benton county has ,what amounts to . nearly as much, with the district agent ioperating there. . i -."'. Without a worth while exception, all the agents in the 25 joflthe 36 counties of Oregon are doing valuable work, worth far above their salaries and expenses ; and they are backed by the Grange and all the substantial farming and business interests. ' -:'r-f"ri ri:fy-i-wr- Here is an extract from a letter of Orin L. Patterson, just reelected county judge of Grant county, relative to the work Qf T.J2; Richards, Grant icounty agent : "Mr. Richards is busy aH of the time assisting in .vaccinating calves or showing owners how to do the work, and showing some of the land owners along the valley how to ditch with powders. He is doing some valuable work in both these jobs, and is earning for the county many; times what the county is putting into the service." ; ! - And yet there are a few people in Marion county who be lieve, or pretend to believe, that Marion county ought to keep on paying out $3500 a year for rodent control that does not control (for a few rodent scalps), and refuse to divert at least $3000 of that fund to help maintain a county agent who would give complete rodent control, through poison demon strations, and who would help in developing all other indus tries on; the, land f " . f . ' ; In the leading county in the state agriculturally : - With the . greatest diversiiy of major industries on the land of any count-f in the United States ' 'V;;i And with possibilities , so igreat as to make present de velopment a mere scratching of the surface of part of the soil. ILLINOIS GANGS RENEW LIQUOR WARFARE FUED (C'oatiaued from page 1.) home tonight made a machine gun attack on Hundsacker and two friends as they were returning to .their home here. Hundsacker, his father-in-law, Albert Robinson, and a friend, Milburs Vinson, were- attacked as they were driving on a state road a mile and a half west of here; Hundsacker was shot three times, once in the "neck, shoulder and arm, and Robinson was shot once in the leg. Vinson was not In jured. Hundsacker's condition '3 considered critical. Gang warfare was shifted ' to Harrisburg early today . when the home of Virgil Hundsacker, one block from the home of Char ley Birger. gang leader, was badly damaged by a dynamite explosion and the store front of Sam Ripper- dam was riddled by bullets fired. by fire unidentified men , ' Ripperdam was wounded slight ly In the head when - struck by buckshot. . ' ' . ' The first attack was on' the Ripperdam store, which is about mile and a half northwest qf the pub He square oq a detour road to MaTion,; county seat of Wiliam aon county. : Ripperda-m detected five men attempting to enter the store, pre sumably for robbery, and opened fire. The volley wax returned and the doors and windows were lit erally shot to pieces. About an hour later the whole town was rocked by the,; explosion at the Hunsacker home", which is tn the western . section. All the windows were broken but none of the occupants were inlured. Hund sacker has never TbefDre- figured in the factional bootleggers strife. Birger told newspapermen the explosion almost knocked him out of beL One theory is that the dy namite was intended for. his house. " ' ' ! The seventh, automobile within . Come Irx and Hear These : . . New drthophonic Victor Records A Meadow-lark Pipe Organ. ' . Stars Are the Windows of Heaven. ?20100 " . " i That's My Girl Fox Trot Ted Weems and His Orchestra. 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