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Methods of Control Explained Canadian Thistles Menace, 1 1 - !'f,J SAYS IE Frank Doerfler Outlines Three Ways Which Can Kill Thistles The growth and extension of - Canadian thistles throughout many sections of Marion county has been observed recently by Cir - cult Jndge McMahan who recently brought to the attention of The Statesman this condition and the necessity for immediate attention to It. The Judge cited Chapter 27 of the general laws of Oregon pass. 4 In the 1927 session which pro Tides that the county court of each county may establish weed control districts and may ap point a weed inspector whose duty It shall be to find out if noxious weeds or plants are growing. If such is found to be the case the law prorides that the weed Inspec tor shall serve notices on the par ties upon whose land the weeds are growing and demand that- tne weeds be cut If this 1s not done the weed Inspector is empowered . to destroy the weeds and to as "aess the costs to the land on which the weeds grow. Farmer Mast Help ''Canadian thistles are a men- act to the agricultural develop ment of the county" declared Judge McMahan. "I think farm ers should take every means aval able to see that they are de trojed." I Frank Doerfler, agricultural agent of the First National bank here, at the request of the States man made several pertinent sug gestions about the control and ex termination of thistles, Mr. Doerf ler said this week: There are several remedies for killing Canadian thistles. In or chards or open land that can be cultivated tbe best and cheapest way to kill taem Is by cultivation. There are a great many people who doubt the killing of thistles Ay cultivation. I have completely killed many patches In the Waldo hills and can name many reliable farmers who have done the same." Recommendations Made Doerfler's recommendations for control are: Scrape patches of thistles every five days with a merry-go-round fern scraper or a kimble cutting four-inches under the ground. If this practice is fol , lowed during the growing season the farmer will find very few thistles shown the next year. Many farmers, according to Doerf ler, try this method but in a very busy season they . let things slip with the result that the entire value of this method of killing the thistles Is lost. When the thistles peep through the ground after this treatment which is not kept np they get light and thrive; cutting the thistles persistently below the ground keeps the light way and insures their death. Alfalfa Suggested Dr. Doerfler gave as a second method of control the seeding of alfalfa and cutting it three times -a year with the result that the thistles disappear. A third remedy Doerfler out lines is to handle the thistles with sprays. County Agent White of Yamhill county has made many tests and says he has destroyed many patche3. White claims that where thistles are thick it will cost 40 an acre for the spray. Dr. Doerfler was of the belief this week that MO would pay for the destruction of thistles on several acres when the cultivation method was followed. Thistles grown in pastures that are rocky or brushy and which cannot be plowed makes the mat ter of cultivation out of the ques tion. Here the feasible method would seem to be to fence the lands tight and to put In a large bunch of goats that have been underfed, to eat the thistles. If the land Is left in pasture with a heary sod, the thistles can be destroyed so they are scarcely noticeable, says Doerfler. DALLAS PEOPLE III DALLAS, Sept. IS. Word has reached Dallas that Mr. and Mrs. Phil Brown and son, who left to make their home in Australia bout a year ago are now In San Jose, Calif. They left here to make their bona with Mrs. Brown's mother, but not liking Australia have returned and will come to Dallas later. Mr. and Mre. Oscar Ellis of Taft were In Dallas on business Wed acsday and Thursday. They have ' a plumbing and paint shop at Taft now, bnt were formerly in busi ness in Dallas. Mrs. Penn C. Cram has been pending several days of the past week with friends In Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Provolt were guests In Dallas for several days of their cousin. Mrs. 8. E. Server. They have been spending the sum' mer la Seattle and are on their way to their home In Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. A, C- Acton, of Portland, parents of Mrs. R. 8. Xreasoo, arrived In Dallaa Wed aeaday tor a short visit. ' Miss Margaret Friar, reporter for the Itemlzer-Obserrer to still n tick leave from her duties. Thto Is her third week ef Illness. ROT BROWN RECOVERING SILVERTON, Bept 18. Roy Brown, who was seriously Injured at the Thomas mill above Silver ton whan a loaded track ran over aim, - la laid to be recovering tetany, ant that he will be forced to remain In bed for at least eight wee as longer. r Tl FDFD UN 1 SCH00LH0USE 'BY RAIL' Unique Plant Built and Equipped at Dallas TO BE AT BLACK ROCK DALLAS, Sept 13. Eugenia H. Summers of Monmouth may have the distinction of teaching In one of the most unique schoolhonses ever built. The building which has been con structed painted and equipped with the regulation blackboards and seats in tbe yards- of the Willamette Valley Lumber com pany, will be placed on a flat car and transported to the leg ging camp of the company in the timber 18 miles from Black Rock. K ITICED iSIKIGI IS OUUH FIELDS West Stayton Troubled With Disease; Means of Remedy Told ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams of Salem, called at the W. O. Royce home Sunday. A representative of an orchard and seed supply house of Salem Inspected the cauliflower fields In this "vicinity last week. He reports many of the fields affetced with aphis. Ed Clark has a wonderful field of cauliflower. It is just ready to put on the market. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Tyler are receiving congratulations over the birth of a son, born September 9. Mrs. Beldon and sons have gone to the bop yard near Buena Vista to work. Guy Johnston of' Scio was In the country buying a car load of lambs Thursday. T WOODBURN, Sept. 15 Miss Mary Scollard and Mrs. Al Beck were Joint hostesses at a lovely bridge luncheon Thursday after noon at the home of Mrs. Beck. - The rooms were decorated In beautiful fall flowers. Eleven tables of bridge were played. Hazel Bitney won first prize, Mrs. Ray Wolf second and Mrs. El burn Sims consolation. The list of guests were Mes dames Byron Gibbons, F. O. Have mann, E. O. Emmett, F. W. Set tlemier, Peggy Whitman, Ray Glatt, Adolph Glatt, L. M. Bitney,' Bertha Bentley. Dow Wilson, R. T. Guiss, H. F. Butterfield, Ly man Shorey, O. Withers, Rae Gib bons, Elburn Sims, Roy Tweedle, Jess Rigdon. Otto Miller, Henry Miller, T. K. Sanderson, Eugene Courtney, Frank Proctor, T. C. Poorman, Bert Willeford, Robert Scott Sr., E. J. Hodge. C. F. Whit man. Fred Huiras, Wayne Gill, Fred Evenden, John Hunt, A. P. Jerman of Salem, Neal Meyer, Ray Wolf, Carl Hande. V. D. Bain, Harry Graves, W. P. Leg sard, Blaine McCord, Harold Austin, C. J. Espy, Harold Aspinwall and Misses Hazel Bitney and Vera Wohlbeter. Additional guests at the tea hour were Mesdames Theo Nehl, George Stuckey, M. Lytle and 'William Tesheu - of Sacra mento, California. BELIEF COOPS IT WOODBURN, Sept. IS The Woman's Relief Corps held Its regular meeting in the Odd Fel lows hall Thursday afternoon. After the regular business meeting refreshments were served in the dining hall which was at tractively decorated in green sprays, roses and astors. All of the plans were laid for the 'Harvest Home sale to be held October S, the committees ap pointed were as follows: Cooked foods: Mrs. Mable Wright. Mrs. Mabel Nendel and Mrs. Laura Livesay. Vegetables; Mrs. Louisa Bloust, Mrs. Gertrude Goble, Mrs. Alice Guyer Mrs. Ada Herrington and Mrs. Gertrude Beach. Candy: Mrs. Bertha Bra. dyr Mrs. Margaret Rigdon, Mrs. Mary Hershberger was appointed chairman of the decoration com mittee and she will choose her re maining members. IS. GEARIH DIES I E DONALD. September IS Mrs, Minnie Gear In died at her- home In Portland September IS after an illness of nearly five years. Mrs, Gearin" was born and raised near St. Paul and lived most of her life at the Gearin home. She moved to Portland fire years ago. Five sons and three daughters survive her. They are Fred Gearin ot Donald, John Gearin and Mrs. Curtis Coleman of St. Paul, Mrs. van hjcm ana Harold Gearin 0 San Francisco, Basil Gearin, Miss Marie Gearis and Dewey Gearin of Portland. Also two sisters and ionx d rowers survive her. ' 4 Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock In EL Paul Catholie church, with burial In the Catholic cemetery at St. PaeL M I WOMEN HOSTESSES M l MEETS un When It became evident this fall that there would be some 12 children In the camps this winter, some means of schooling had to be provided. The Willam ette Valley Lumber company agreed to furnish the lumber tor the school building, and the di rectors of the Dallas School board paid for the cost of con struction and equipping and hir ing of a teacher. The building Is 12x38 feet In ixe and one end of baa been partitioned off to provide liv ing quarters for Miss Summers. OFF TO HER SCHOOL 1 National Grange Program Jo be Interesting to Community 8UNNYSIDE. Sept. IS Miss Helene Gregg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Gregg, left Friday for Glendale, Oregon, to assume her duties at Glendale high school. She will teach English and Econ omics. Miss Gregg Is a talented elocutionist, having studied dra matics at Oregon State. Miss Beatrice Smith, a former pupil at Sunnyslde, was a visitor at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Wyn Dyer, for the week-end. School will open at Sunnyslde on the thirtieth of September, with Mrs. Frailer as principal, and Miss Margaret Edwards In the lower grades room. The National Grange will pre sent Its program in cooperation with the National Broadcasting Company, on Saturday, September 21, at ten thirty a.m., Pacific time. Doctor E. B. Broscard, a member of the United States tar iff commission, will speak on the Tariff Commission and The Farm er. A. B. Goss, of Seattle, will tell How Irrigation and Reclamation Effects Farm Relief. Members of the Grange and all Sunnyslde are urged to tune in on K. G. W. for a splendid hour. Prune picking will begin in this vicinity the 15 th of September, with perhaps a few starting on the 13 th on prunes for the can neries. Mrs. Oliver N. Myers, of Guth rie, Oklahoma, is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. H. Taylor. Miss Grace Chandler and her mother are spending a few weeks in Portland. Miss Chandler is at tending the dental school. Read the Classified Ads. Midget Originators of hoxt Prices Our Prices Are Lowest There is quite a difference at the end of the month be tween your food bills elsewhere and here. But there is no difference in the quality of the costliest meats and those we offer in this market. Pop Saturday We OSot? Delicious Prime Tender Steak " Beef Roasts 22e lb. 20c lb. Choice Sliced Boiling Beef Fresh Liver 11 5e 111b. iioclllb. FINEST SLICED BACON 30c lb. Young Pig J Yonn Pork Roasts Pork Chops ( 2 Mb. - 3Q)e Mb. Freshly Bulk Sausage Ground Beef All Pork 23 Mu. Useless to pay more Best Ecmai?cQi?ino.. flSelb. Home Rendered Tonne; Pig Pure Lard Pork Steak Ago flb. Sge 111b. Out ef eocsidentioa to cur eaployea, wt cksa Silcr days t1:tt P, JL-Qaxrj IL Uyj,UfcfcV 4 BUS ROUTES Robert (foetf of Silverton Makes Provisions to Transport Pupils SILVERTON, Sept. -IS At a special meeting of the Silverton school board final arrangements were completed for the four school bus routes for transporta tion of students to the Silverton high schooL This Is the first year such transportation has been provided here. The routes include the Silver Falls, the Howell prairie districts, the Marquam district and that of 1etor Point. The first route will be Carre d for by Casper Towe and this will Include students from Hullt, Davis, Porter and Mountain View. The Howell Prairie dis tricts will be carred for by Mr. Benlger who will run the bus line through North and Central How ell, Brash Creek, part ot Hazel green, Hazel Dell and Bethany. Allen Brothers will be In charge of the Marquam bus and will cor er Evans Valley, MeLoBghlin, Abl qua, Thomas, Harmony and Mar quam. In the Victor Point district there are not enough students to pay for a bus line bnt arrange ments are being made with vari ous parents who will bring in their own students to take with them others from their neighbor, hood. The schools In this dis trict Inelude Silver Cliff, Victor Point, Valley View. McAlpin, Wil lard and Evergreen. Robert Goetz, superintendent ot Silverton schools, said Friday morning that a number ttf stu dents had registered this week. Although a larger registration Is expected In the high school this year than in former years, the grades may not reach, the number enrolled last year at opening date, according to jupt. Goeti. Owing to the numerous requests coming to bis office for the postponement of the school date because of the busy season, Mr. Goets and the school board have made the con cession that any student who feels be needs to continue with outside work for a week or" two will be excused if he makes this known to the school officials. Nickle Sticks In Girl's Throat At Silverton SILVERTON, Sept. 11. With a nickle lodged in her throat, little Mary Elizabeth, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nye Bri stol, was taken to Portland Friday morning for medical attention. It Is thought that no difficulty will be experienced in removing the five-cent piece. Market 351 SUtt St. 23 nib. risky to pay less SILVERTON HAS SIKEIIITLE Little Change Seen in For est Fire Situation; Fighters Out SILVERTON, Sept. 13. Little new was reported In tie surer Falls fire district Friday. Tbe Kit- nation waa said to be a little bet ter. Thursday night and Friday morning was spent in backfiring and this seemed to hold. While the fires In tbe slashing have reached to within three miles of Camp 14, no danger is feared for tbe camp as yet. The water supply here Is excellent and will, it Is thought, be able to protect the camp equipment, should the fire Jump its present hold and threaten the camp Itself. The burning in tbe Porter forest which created so much excitement at Silrerton some two .weeks ago, has Jumped Into the timber at the banting and fishing lodge of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Eastman. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman own 239 acres of timber here, six miles from Sil verton. As yet the fire is burning on the opposite fire ot the ereek from the lodge Itself and unless the wind changes the buildings are In no particular danger. The fire Is iburning In the underbrush of the green timber but seems to do no barm to the timber. The ffmoke at Silrerton settles over the city each day In a heavl- er blanket until Friday when It seemed the city was buried In a dense fog. MRS. COLE ACTIVE DESPITE 88 YEARS ROSEDAL.E, "September 13 Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cole, Kenneth Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Caldwell motored to Portland Sunday. With other relatives they cele brated Grandma Cole's birthday anniversary. Although ' 88 years old she is still spry and actire. Miss Helen Winslow, eldest daughter of Mrs. E. B. Stroud, Is staying with Mrs. F. Millet for a few days. Mrs. Millet has just re. turned from the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Bess of Oregon City were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Almon. Tuesday afternoon. The Almons also enter tained Miss Beulah Miller and H C. Daris, old friends from Hal- m I1IH mil Bill nm mil urn mn mi M i j?N. w sey, Wednesday afternoon or ta&t week. W. E. Way waa called to the Abiqua district during tbe week end to remove his bees from the path of the forest tire raging there. Miss Helen Cammack Is spend ing few days at home before resuming her duties as preceptress at the Portland Bible school. Prune picking will begin In most orchards next Monday. AT Eight Years of Work by Del Harrington- Have Brought Result STAYTON, Sept. 13 A new berry that is meeting with instant popularity, both as a fresh fruit for table nse and also for Jam and Jelly, is on the market here this year for the first time. It is an improved blackberry and the creation of Del Harrington, who lires east of town. He has been working on this berry for the past eight years, and has 14 of the original Tines. He has set out 1100 new plants which will, when they begin to bear, furnish many hundred pounds of the luscious fruit. He has registered his berry under the name. "Del Sweet," which is in deed fitting as the berry are 10 to 20 per cent sweeter than other blackberries. Their sugar, test Is 10:45. There is no core In the berries, few seeds, and what there are are small. They hare a most delicious fla ror. Mr. Harrington is supplying some to the cannery here this year where they are experiment, lng with them. In comparison with the erergreen black berry which the cannery buys by the ton each year. The Del Sweet are about the size of a Bing cherry, hold their shape well when cooked, and should prove popular with the canners, and commercial growers. Claire Jarvis is New Legion Head SILVERTON. Sept. IS. Claire Jarria was elected as commander of the Delbert Reeves post of the American Legion at its annual election. Merlin Conrad was chosen rice-commander; L. W. Austin, adjutant; Earl Hartman, finance officer. Installation will be held in October. Dr. A. W. Simmons 'i the outgoing commander. For sale signs, for rent signs. legal blanks, etc.. for sale at the Statesman. ii mih in. i iTiiiii inn him IMPROVED BERRY IS FOUND STAYTON DAY Many New Bargains Added! Clothing Accessories Furnishings Gift Wares ST TS GETTING AHEAD Woodburn High Will Send Good Quota on to High er Schools WOODBURN. September IS. Most of the young people in Wood- burn are busy preparing to attend the higher Institutions of learning which will open soon. Eight of the graduating class of 1929 from Woodburn high are entering rarious colleges this fall. Neal Butterfield is entering O. A. C. and will major In Horticulture. Fire of the eight are freshmen at U. of O. 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