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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..
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Markets - - Crops - - Farm Home - - Livestock
The Diversified Interests of
the Valley Agriculturalist
The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem Oregon, Sunday Morning, January 12, 1929
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COLLEGE IS
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THIS IS IRRIGATION IN OREGON
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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."
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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NEW
Fl
WES 1929
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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
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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.
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will be distributed among thirty charitable, re
ligious and educational organisations,
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Paper Company
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