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PAGE THIRTEEN ws of the Farm er and His Wo r k Editor's Note Mrs. Madflair Callin, Valley New editor of Th Oregon Statesman, i also la charge of the market news of this paper. Each Sunday on this pake she will portray the agricultural new of interest to valley farm era. Contributions of merit are Invited.. o Markets - - Crops - - Farm Home - - Livestock The Diversified Interests of the Valley Agriculturalist The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem Oregon, Sunday Morning, January 12, 1929 Ne COLLEGE IS mm rgt THIS IS IRRIGATION IN OREGON X Work of Farm Board in Ex tending Service Will be Supported OREGON STATE COLLEGE. Crirvallis. Jan. 11. Work of the farm hnard In extending benefi cial nrovisions of the new agri cultural marketing act to the state of Oregon, will receive the unified support of all branches of th( agricultural staff of Oregon etate college, it has been decided here through unanimous action by men from, all divisions-er wors: in agriculture. A definite statement of policy in support of the principle of large-scale cooperative marketing but cautioning against "any un sound developments was adopted here near the close of the annual conference of all extension work T3 who met in Joint session with experiment station and resident Instructional members of the staff to consider problems growing out of the new developments in mar keting. The resolution adopted calls at tention to the request of the farm board and other federal agencies for support of the land, grant col in their activeities. The ap proved statement of position fol lows in part: Uecosnizing the agricultural marketing act as an expression M the policy of the United States government toward agriculture, the Oregon State Agricultural col lege will seek for the farmers c Oregon the fullest measure of benefit that can accrue to them Tinier the provision ot the act. Tho college believes in tho prin ciple of large scaLe cooperative marketing associations owned and . controlled by agricultural pro ducers. . . ' The desire to receive benefits Tinder the federal act will prob eblv lead to both sound and un eound developments. It is neces sary therefore that the college make available information in re gard to sound principles and prac tices in cooperatve organization and administration. . . . 'For many years the college has assisted the farmers of the state in the solution of their mar keting problems, cooperative and otherwise. It will continue to do bo and will aid In developing sound plans for locals regional or national cooperative organiza tions. It will not, however, lend Its official encouragement to such organizations when it deems them unsound or unlikely tobe success ful for any other reason. "The college will continue to ess'.st in developing well-balanced agriculture, disseminata outlook, price and market in formation, promote the standard! ration of products, encourage im proved handling . methods, and otherwise aid farmers and groups of farmers in improving their economic position. It will extend all those activities and services as rapidly as its resources will per mit in order to meet increasing demands." 1 'l"y.' im&tix-&ii2l'.'i i ik c -v - - 1IETS i E REPORTED fill Bulk of Prices Unchanged With Slight Drop in Wheat Increased Demand for Oleo Forces Lowest Butterfat ' Price Known in 15 Years Adverse weather conditions have not brought about the rise in markets generally expected. Wheat prices were forced down slightly by the report of a heavy crop prospect and hay and feed remains unchanged. The most serious change Is in that of butterfat and dairy prod ucts, liutterlat at 30 cents per Irrigated Kcntnrky Wonder beans grown near Wert Stayton. By Irrl- centg hag gallon the yield of beans in this district has been increased to as . . . tnisFReas)11 o the high as eight tons per acre. year for manT years. Prunes are slightly firmer with the price at 7Vi cents for 30-35 Italian prunes. Prices on potatoes remain un changed, but the market is firm er than a week ago with the de mand good. Dressed veal remained at 18 cents and the supply of hogs Is light but no change In the mar ket so far. Air Mail Connections Now Established With Most of Sections in South America Mall intended for all countries of Central and South America and the West Indies, exc;)t Jamaica and Brazil, as well as Canada and Mexico, may now be sent by air mail, according to word from the local postoffice. This service was naugurated January 1 by tne federal postoffice department. The rates to Argentina, Uru guay and Paraguay are the high est to any - of the countries and are 55 cents for each half ounce. Air mail to Peru and Bolivia co3ts 40 cents a half ounce; to Ecuador, Venezuela, Guianas, Colombia, and the fartherest group of tho Dutch West Indies, 30 cents; to Barbados, Chile, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Nicara gua and Trinidad 20 cents; to Porto Rico, Virgin Islands. Haiti and Dominican Republic, 10 cents. Rates to Canada and Mexico are five cents for the first ounce and 10 cents tor .each additional ounce. Articles Intended for Central and South America and the West Indies may be sent by Miami, Florida, or Brownsville, Texas, and the route desired should be designated on the envelope. These new foreign air mail routes operate iis follows: From Miami by'Habana, Port- au-Prince (Haiti), San Domingo (Dominican Republic), San Juan (P. R.), St. Thomas (V. I.), St. Johns ("Antigua ), Castries (St Lucia), Port of Spain, (Trinidad), Georgetown (Br. Guiana) to Paramaribo (Du. Guiana), and back, three flights a week be tween Miami and San Juan and one a week between San Juan and Paramaribo. These flights leave Miami Monday, Wednesday, Wed nesday and Friday, and the Fri- 1! D WHY IS Wheat Smut to Be Fought in PENDLETON, Jan". 11 (AP) Work in tin? pmut control in wheat will be car ried on extensively hero from July, 1930. A depart ment - of agriculture expert .will be stationed at the Pen dleton field station perm anently and will work to ward eradication of pmut. He also will work In plant breeding and varietal tests. iHST HARD HIT Ei' H 16 WEATHER day flight extends Paramaribo. through to SKI TALKS TO By The Associated Press Turning suddenly from weather suitable for robins and bluebirds, the eastern seaboard, figuratively sneaking, today awoke to find snow birds cavorting about the streets. The west, southwest and upper reaches of the Pacific coast con tinned to Bhiver. The Kansas City district reported 13 deaths From Miami to Habana, Co- directly attributable to the sea znmpi Island (Mexico). Belize son's worst nnzzara. (Br. Honduras), Tela (Rep. of But where the unitea staies Honduras), Managua (Nicara- complained, other countries were eua) and David (Panama), to by far the worse sufferers. Cristobel (Canal Zone), and from In Mongolia and China proper Cristobel, by Buenaventura (Col- deaths by the thousands were re- ombia). Guavaauil (Ecuador), norted. The Suiyan district or Talara, Trujillo, Lima, Mollendo northern Shansi and inner Mon- and Tacna (Peru) Arica, Anto- golla estfmated its dead at io,uou fagasta and Santiago (Chile), to Most of these were children or Buenos Aires (Argentina), with aged persons. spur service from 'Cristobal, by An unofficial estimate placed Barranquilla (Colombia), to Cur- the total dead in the far east at acao (D. W. I.), and back, three ao.000 flights a week between Miami and . Southern California was snow- the Canal Zone and one a week bound in Dlaces and hailstones over the remainder of the route. fe at Redondo beach. California These flights leave Miami Tues- proper was visited by the white day, Tnursaay, ana saiuraay, me flakes as was Kevaaa. Saturday flight extending through . Rub-xero temperatures were re- to Buenos Aires and Curacao, ported from the southwest, ana There is also service on Sunday Irult growers in the Rio Grande to HaDana, maKing aany service TaiieT feared for their crops. to uuDa From Brownsville by Tampico to Mexico City, daily, and from Brownsville by Vera Cruz, San Geronimo and Tapachula, Mexico, to Guatemala City, Guatemala, three flights a week, leaving Brownsville Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. From New York by Albany to Montreal, daily, except Sunday, leaving 7 a. m. and arriving at Montreal by 11:15 a. m. Ten years ago today butterfat sold at 79 cents per pound; today it is 30 cents in Salem and 28 in Albany. These prices represent a drop of 15 cents per pound in the past six weeks and the lowest price in 15 years. The usual cry of over produc tion can not be entirely blamed for the present condition, al though the United States did pro duce in 1929, 25,000,000 pound3 more butter than in 1928. The real reason for the present low price is to be found in the fact that during 1929 29,000,000 pounds less butter was consumed than in 1928, while the consump tion of oleomargarine increased 30,000,000 pounds. It is the in creased demand for oleomargar ine and the decreased demand for butter that has brought about the present condition and there i no apparent relief in sight. The situation is critical for the dairymen because butterfat can not be produced for 30 cents per pound. How. long the producer can continue to operate at such a loss is a question that Is impos- m . . "TTT III. SlDie tO answer. vviiu yieseui weather conditions, which prom ise an Increase in the price of feed, the limit will soon bi reach ed bv the small operator. Since the prices or conaensea milk and powdered milk are the lowest in years there is no outlet n that direction. An interesting phase of the present situation is the fact that the bulk ot the oleomargarine sold in the United States is sold to farmers rather than to those liv ing in cities. The dairyman who sells cream to the creamery' and buys oleo for family use is find ing that his "chickens have in deed come . home bo roost." But terfat at 30 cents with a prob able farther drop is a most un welcome "chicken.' TRANSPORTATION TO BE HOMED Rail and Water Rates to be Adjusted to Foster Commerce UNDER DiSCUSSiGN WASHINGTON. Jan. 11 (AP) Whether station KWKH at Shreveport, La., has broadcast profanity as charged by Senator Dili of Washington is to be m vestigated by the radio commis sion. Chairman Robinson of the fed eral commission vested with au thority over the-air by the act fa thered by the democratic senator from Washington, made a prom ise to that effect while testifying today before the senate Interstate commerce committee on the Cou tens communications bill This last development -fa radio affairs shared interest with an an nouncement by Senator Brook hart, republican independtnt.from Iowa, that he was considering an amendment to the - law which would bar public utrritle " from broadcasting. He has trot inbniit ted the proposed amendment, however. It was the third time In as many days that the controversy over KWKH which is operated by yr. H. Henderson, had been the subject of senatorial comment. On eacn occasion Senator Dill Was the complainant. He de manded In the senate yesterday that the attorney general take ac tion. Today he called upon Rob inson to tell why the commission had not assumed the Initiative. o 2 FOLSQM Rl OTERS S. S. GEORGE WASHINGTON, at sea. Jan. 11 (AP) Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson, lead ing the American delegation to the five power naval conference in London, today held his first conference with newspapermen in accordance with a plan which he expects to continue throughout the trip. He announced that at his re quest Secretary of War Hurley had ordered Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Burnett, of the cavalry branch, to London to assist the delegatlbn in its Japanese con tacts and to serve in an advisory capacity of military affairs. Colonel Burnett, who is accom panied by. Mrs. Burnett, served as military attache in Tokyo at different times for a total of 16 years. At the last minute ne was ordered to sail with the rest of the party on the George Washing ton and will be officially desig nated as assistant military at tache at Doadon. The secretary of state said he had read radio press dispatches from Paris reporting the French had declined to agree to Italian parity. He withheld any com ment on this, however, feeling that Bach questions are solely matters to be considered at the parley. Mr. and Mrs. Stimson continue to take their meals in the main dining- salon, although all dele gates and their immediate parties are spending much time in their suites for occasional walks along the decks. EASTERN BISHOPS ABOLISH SCHISMS SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) Re generation of the eastern ortho dox communion, with burial of the difference between the vari ous national branches of the an cient church of the near east, will be sought at a conference of 500 bishops to- be held at Mount Ath 08, a famous citadel of Byzantine theology on the Chalcidean Isth mus overlooking the Aegean Sea. To Bulgarians the conference holds chief interest because it may result in raising the ban of schism nronounced against toe Bulgarian church by the Patriar chate of Stambeul in 1870. There is no question ot differences to ritual or creed to he considered, the enestion revolving aronnd the demand of the Bulgarian church for recognition of its right to autonomy. There are eleven bishoprics of the charch in this country, bat the chief diocese is that of Sofia, of which Bishop Stephane la the head.' This prelate is optimistic far success of the Meant Athos J conference o far as restoration of cooperation among the various branches of the faith is concerned, He said, however, that If official relations are to be restored with Stamboul. the initiative most come from the patriarchate. . O DIE UPON GAL 1 fiAPRAMENTO. Jan. 10. (AP) With the hanging of Wal ter E. Burke, and James uregg today, but two of the six men sentenced to death lor tne mur der of George Baker in the 197 Thanksgiving day riot at Folsom nrison remained to be executed James Gleason, alias Crosby, is to go to the gallows next Friday and Albert M. Stewart awaits action of the state supreme court on his aDoeal. r Burke and Gregg took the long death march through the old cell- house where in 1927 they led 1, 400 prisoners in a murderous out break lasting nearly two full days and resulting in the killing of 11 men. They followed the footsteps of Anthony Brown and Roy Stokes who were hanged last Friday and, like the first .two, they went to their death unassisted and with out benefit of clergy. OR HI NS MINT NEW Fl WES 1929 ri December continued to show In creases in new families and their purchases of land and equipment in Oregon, according to V. u. iue. manager, state chamber, whose report shows 59 new families who purchased 6082 acres of land as against 22. familie who purchased 2012 acres in the same montn oi 1928. The report for 1929 shows a total of 781 new families who arrived and settled in the various counties of the state: the land purchases totaled 51,972 acres tha Investments made by new folks amounted to 2,905,644.7& During the year 722 families wrote that they would come to Oregon later on and they would have over two million dollars lor investment purposes. Letters and pieces of literature sent-to pros pectlve families totaled over 75, 000. Prosnects for 1930 are report ed as being bright since a nation al campaign using 50- leading newspapers and farm publlca Hons is now bringing In 100 in ouirps ner day. Thousands of families except to make a trip of investlgatron to Oregon. The state chamber Is working with all local commercial organizations in the state to see that the prospective settlers are treated in a courteous manner, given full Information and encouraged to remain per manently in this state. Gideon Stolz Company Manufacturers of Vinegar, Soda Water, Fountain Supplies The Interstate commerce com mission is now required by law to diU3t rates so that both rail and water transportation shall be fos tered: to establish minimum rates on rail lines competing with water lines and to make these rates as much above those of water lines as cost of operation by rail Is above that by water. On the Miss issippi it has established 80 per cent of the rail rates as the basis for water rate and the river men claim a like basis would alloy profitable navigation on the Snake and Columbia rivers. Whereas the pioneer river lines had great difficulty in getting car goes at the river banks, modern hghWays and the new laws per mitting the formation of port dis tricts to build terminals and docks will do away with this handicap. All of these factors are expect ed to hasten the restoration of navigation along with the pro gram of the Hoover administra tion for extensive improvement of inland waterwayB. The local river committee has already called for plans and es timates for a light draft type of steamer and barge. The grain growers' cooperatives are expect ed to boost the movement by ask ing that all new elevators and storage terminals be constructed along the river banks where they will be accessible to railroad carriers and also to the river boats when they are put in op eration. Farmers Said to Protection from Poultry Thieves The Gresham Outlook, noting the extensive opera tions of thieves going about the country and stealing from the farms, barn yards and poultry houses, sug gests that some kind of or ganization should bo form ed among the fanners for their mutual protection from budi . depredat tons, which aro carried on by the use of autoniobiles- and trucks. Tlie Ontlook gives an idea of tho experience in its neighborhood and similar conditions exist in many places. It says:- " If those conditions were confined to a small area or could be segregated the situat ion would be bad enough, but it la spreading with the speed on a contagious dis ease. Instances have been brought to the Outlook's at tention where thieves have visited a farmyard three times within a period of three weeks. Other farmers pocket their losses and say nothing, in the belief that publicity helps the thief rather than the farmer. lulls ON INCREASE FREIGHTER PILES UP 1 T Artificial Water Supply Be ing Brought to Increas ed Acreage in Valley Willamette valley farmers , are steadily becoming more interest-' cd in irrigation and Its advant ages. During the coming year hundreds of acre3 of land that have never before been Irrigated will be brought into increased production by means of irrigation projects.- In the Stayton and West Stay ton districts water from the San tiam has been brought into the fields and the yields are remark able for both quantity and qual ity. In Polk county evergreen blackberries have been cultivated and Irrigated until a yield of four end a half to five tons per acre have been secured. Irrigation- Is to be one of the projects encouraged by the Salem chamber of commerce during the year and farm experts from all parts of the valley are advocating the putting of increased acreage under irrigation. LIME PROVES AID New Field For Oregon Apples New markets for boxed apples of the northwest are now open in South America, as a steamship line plying between the west coast of North America and that of South America has equipped five of its large ships with refrigerator compartments for 3,000 boxes each. Boxed apples heretofore had to be carried east and shipped from New York to South America several thousand miles extra haul. BLOCK ISLAND. R, I., Jan. 11 (AP) The freighter Edward Luckenback piled up on treacher ous southwest point early today in a dense fog and tonight rested in a rocky bed, her hull rent from bow to engine room, amidships. The crews of coast guard craft which were standing by, and resi dent mariners, who recalled sim ilar marine casualties on the point said they believed the ves sel would be a total loss. Throughout the day a freshened southern wind pounded the Luck enback with heavy sea3 but to ward evening the wind hauled to the northwest, leaving her In a lee and the crew of 48 decided to remain aboard tonight. Water pouring Into the vessel early flooded the engine room and silenced the wireless. The radio operator resorted to batteries to send the last messages from , the ship. The pounding, broke open the fuel oil tanks and their, con tents coated the shore. The Luckenback was en route from New York to Boston to dis charge cargo before clearing for Pacific coast ports. She is a 7, 915 ton vessel owned by the Luck enback Steamship company of ' Delaware. TO CLOVER YIELDS OREGON CITY. Jan. 11 (AP) Applications of ground lime stone and superphorphate were -important factors in occurring good stands of clover on acid soils of Clackamas county during the past year, J. J. Inskeep, county agent, reported. Demonstrations on the farms of Gust Jaeger of Wilsonville and George Kohl of Logan Indicated clearly that the addition of these fertilizers nit only Improved the stand of clover but also gave pro fitable increases In the yield cf the barley crop. On the Jaeper farm ground limestone alone Increased the yield of red clover 1870 pounds to the acre while a combination ot limestone and superphosphate gave an increased yield of 2570 pounds. The application of these fertilizers ve a profit of $10.47 an acre after the cost of the fer tilizers was deducted. SCHOOL ACTIVE EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 11. (AP) Extension statistics of the Uni versity of Oregon showed that one out of every seventy seven adults in Portland Is attending the university's extension classes in Portland. Total Individual registration amounted to 2,850. Sales Phone 2d Ore. THREE NOTABLES ALLOT CHARITY FUND 5L (f-AT . - 4. m BepTesentin three falthi (kft to rlgM), Alfred ;h3S5 &ssk w&s ! 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