The Valley Agricmltu
Markets - - Crops - - Farm Home - - Livestock
and
His Work
Editor's Note
lira. Stadelalne CaDln, Vally Nw editor
of The Oregon Statesman, I also In chars
of th market sows of thla paper. Each
Smday wriUi coaemiac the rrimltar)
newt ( interest to Taller farmers. Ooalribo
tioai ef aierit are tarUei.
The Diversified Interests of
Willamette Valley Farmers
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MEAL TIME AT THE ORPHANAGE
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SOFT MARKET
General Drop in All Prices
Noted During Week in
Portland Market
PORTLAND, Ore., April 2
(AP) Hitting the slide for the
second three-cent loss In two con
BecutiTe weeks, Big Bend wheat
wag off to $1.16 at the close of
the week. Last Saturday it was
Quoted at $1.19. Two weeks ago
It was $1.22. Soft white and
western white went at $1.05 to
day, with hard winter, northern
ppring and western red going at
$1.03.
Hogs made an Impressive rally
daring the week, closing strong
although they were otf ten cents
from the week's high. me aver
age gal for the week, however,
was a little better than 55 cents.
Keavy-weight hogs were going at
9.50-11.75. an advance from 9.09
10.50. Lightweights were quoted
at 11.00-11.25, up 40 cents to a
dollar. Feeders and stockers were
11.50-U.75," up from 11.90-12.
Cattle showed a weakening
tendency with steers and cows
down for the week. Heavy steers
were selling at 10.75-11.25.
against 11.25-11.85 last week, a
loss of 25-50c. Cows were going
at 9.25-S.75, compared to last
week's elose of 9.50-10.00. Veal
ers were unchanged at 12.00-13.
Sheep were unchanged, good
to choice lambs going at 9.25
10.00 Oats took one of its rare drops
dnring the week, closing at $31,
aown a aouar, ior ;o. z, oo-iu. n
had been unchanged since March
15, when ft dropped from $33.
Hay priceswere unchanged.
The range was: Alfalfa 19; val
ley timothy 20.50-21; eastern
Oregon timothy 23,50-24; clover
17; oat hay 17; oats and vetch
17.50-18; straw 7.50; all buying
prices f. o. b. Portland.
Latter took a one-cent drop
for a total of three cents in two
weeks. Today's quotations were
38 cents for extras; standards 37;
prime firsts 36 and firsts -54
cents. Eggs were unchanged, 25
26 for fresh extras, and 23-54 for
fresh mediums.
Oregon 1929 crop hops were un
changed at 5 to 8 cents. Italian
prunes were up 1H cents at the
top. ' offered at 8-1 1 V4 cents.
Petites were quoted at 9 cents.
There was no change in wool
prices.
n BESIDES
: AT SPRING VALLEV
SPRING VALLEY, April 2C
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas MeKenzie
and sons, Jackie and Lloyd, are
domiciled for the present in the
small tenant nouse on the s. H.
Barker and son ranch, while
waiting for their bouse to be built
on the R. C. Shepard farm, which
Mr. MeKenzie has rented.
Mr. McKentle has worked for
a number ot years at the dairy
tin at no. In Tillamnskk onnittv
and will have charge of the dairy
as well as the farmland. Mr. Shep
ard and family will remain on
the farm also, devoting their
time to the poultry business. Mrs.
McKentle is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Schubert of Spring
Valley and the family are widely
acquainted here.
A large crew of men are em
ployed building a grade on the
river bank of the F. B. Windsor
farm preparatory to erecting .the
gravel bunkers on the river bar.
The- bankers will be built on
piling so as to make the gravel
available at any season.
Woodburn Girl's
Grades Are High
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,
Eugene, April 26 (Special)
Elma Doris Havemann, of Wood
burn, made 80 points for high
grade last term, betng one of
the highest 36 among the student
body.
Miss-"Havemann is a freshman
la romance languages, and she
resides at 8usan Campbell hall.
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aviaters ever since the vieneer
days ti aviation. Abort, la pie
lured. Cut WTa btnimft.
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Mrs. Waldo Brown Makes
A Specialty of Caring for
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Orphan Hampshire Lambs
By Maud Bidgood
HUBBARD. April 26 Out on
the Waldo F. Brown farm a mile
east of Hubbard is a crippled lamb
whoee mother "Diana", a thor
ough bred Hampshire ewe, shows
a remarkable trait of character
by claiming triplets that were
born to a ewe belonging to a
neighbor.
It happened that both ewes
gave birth to lambs on the same
morning, a Sunday in February;
the one, the mother of the little
cripple and the other, the mother
of the triplets. Now the mother of
the triplets belonged to Bobby
Stauffer, young son of Elmer
Stauffer of the White school dis
trict. Last spring the Stauffer
ewe gave birth to one lamb and
as it would suck but one teat the
other udder hardened which
caused both sides to spoil, so when
the triplets came the mother had
no milk for them.
Mr. Stauffer, who had pur
chased the ewe from Brown,
sought Brown's advice. Mr.
Brown thought of "Diana" and
of how the little crippled lamb
would be unable to run with its
mother, and so decided to loan
the ewe to Mr. stauffer, that is if
Diana would claim the little
strangers. Diana was taken to the
Stauffer home and to the men's
amazement did not hesitate a
moment but allowed the triplets
to suck and adopted them as her
own; a characteristic said to be
very unusual among sheep. ' All
this happened in February but
Diana Is still on the Job and her
adopted charges are growing
rapidly there being only two
now, however, since one was acci
dentally killed.
Mrs. Brown Plays orse
The little cripple is well cared
for by Mrs. Brown, who said when
interviewed recently. I find car
ing for sheep a very fascinating
and profitable task." The care of
the orphan lambs has been In
charge of Mrs. Brown dnring the
several years that they have been
Interested in the sheep Industry.
Mrs. Brown hag given the sub
ject, 'How to Care for Orphan
Lambs," much thought and has-
been successful in the methods
used. ,
Mrs. Brown says that the first
thing of prime importance to
new born lamb's success in life
is warm milk, the ewe's milk pre
ferred. She feeds only a small
amount at first two tablespoons
full at a time every two hours for
the first week. After that there Is
a gradual increase In the amount
of milk fed and a decrease in the
number of feedings. Mrs. Brown
emphasizes the Importance off
feeding, only a small amount at
a time until the lambs are several
week's old. Overfeeding at 'first
Is one of the greatest dangers as
sociated with the feeding of lambs
by hand. Mrs. Brown found that
a bottle with a nipple attached is
the best method of feeding milk
to a lamb and she also found out
that each lamb preferred its own
bottle. She found that it is im
portant the bottles be kept clean,
otherwise it will eause the lambs
to scour. A plan suggested was to
put the bottle and nipple into
boiling water daily.
Regularity in feeding Is
THEIR AHCHIEVENTS MARK
t nental flights made tinea 1912
K. C Fowler biased in
trail with various atop, Vj
the first flight across tne Ameri
can Continent. Lea Angela to
Mrs. Waldo Brown feeding a
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and they recognize- ber after be- 1, , " T .T . m i
tog ow on turr for several fe Defle,r association of Wash
months. Mrs. Browa has a well non "te. our anticipated
" B i
charges.
other item stressed by Mrs. I
Brown. The following incident I
will illustrate how closely Mrs.
Brown adheres to her method of
regularity in feeding. A few
years ago Mr. and Mrs. Brown
wished to spend a day at Van-1
couver. Wash., with relatives, but
there was "Fluffy Ears', an or-
phan lamb to be considered. Mrs. I
Brown thought it not advisable to I
break the regularity of the
lamb's feeding hours and acting I
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accoruingiy put imiy xuws in i uuu ui iu impending over
the car and took her on the trip. I production in the poultry lndus-
At Vancouver Flurry Ears was I
placed In the basement of the I
home and there she remained
untll time to go home.
When Fluffy Ears was much
older she was put in a pasture an unwarranted expansion pro
with other sheep. For a period of &ram. One such cooperative has
three months Mrs. Brown did not recently boasted of a membership
sea her When the sheen were
brought back to the barn lot, Mrs.
Brown wondered if Fluffy Ears
would remember her mistress.
The question was answered when
Fluffy Ears left the flock and
ran eagerly to Mrs. Brown show-
lng signs of recognition.
Mrs. Brown tells an Incident
I
of an orphan lamb called "Bright
Eyes." who became attached to
Jersey cow whom she sucked and
whom she followed about all
summer. Bright Eyes cried so
when taken away from the cow
that Mrs. Brown ordered her put
back in the pasture and there
she stayed until the cow went dry.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown believe m
their shMn warm hei-1
ter. good feed, preferably red
clover, and plenty of water. Spe-
M.i Amnh9.i. w. at, Vm.tv-
lng good water before their sheep
at all times. They also bellere In I
rirtnr their oTimti rrain fA and I
allowing them plenty of exercis
Mr. and Mrs. Brown have a
fwv f it ro-iRfrwi Htmik I
shires and say that the spring's
lambing season was very success-
ful. They derive a great deal of
pleasure as well as profit from I
tha nrnlMt nt hn ratninr Mr I
Brown stated that he preferred
to take care of sheen rather than
of anv other animal since they 1
posses a kind disposition; and are
an iiw handled
rttwmm t,ii..r.t. v
Tk71.I1.. 4eVn js.m .mlian
-waa aa aw ui a j
lambs is Mrs. Brown's hobby, yet
it is not the only activity in
which she Is interested. When the
writer visited Mrs. Brown fn her
niM,,r,.n.,. .nin.i.i i,nmA
cenJy: she iZhnlZ t"!" th f tn
vrltk Ml. MAAlasr
" tia Fiau9 Wf BJiiUft aa-5T;vasi
at Aurora, April 24, of the Mar-
ion County FederaUon of Woman's
clubs of which she is the presi-
dent. Mrs. Brown is leader tor
the girls 4-H sewing club of the
i- ,v. -i-i. v v time
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preparing them for the school
fair that was held at the schcl
vrr- d,.- i. ,,,,.
of ." Hnhhr i,in. mmmittu
and also takes an active. part in
the Hubbard Woman's club, hav
Ins Kfian vtia rt Ifa 1awo1 m n m Iva
since its organization nine years
" w v " "
ago.
The Oregon Statesman !and The
Portland Telegram
CO cents per month.
by carrier;
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PROGRESS
FRANV KHAWJC?
18 MRS 59 MM.
t New York eirnUea wcari later
was the a-real aebiavemant . mt
Colonel Charles A." Lindbergh
fat 14 hours, 4& minutes and 11
aeccusda,
mm
Oregon and Washington
Flocks Expected to In-
Crease td 353k
fS
Survey through hatcheries,
If , ll, l
Washington. A similar situation
is reported to exist in Oregon, ac
cording to partial reports collect
ed by the Oregon Feed Dealers
association. A communication
from the California Hay, Grain
and Feed Dealers association
says, "Best Information here in
dicates that there is a big ex
pansion in poultry production,
with probably frovi 25 to 40 per
cent increase in baby chicks. In
fact, this is the biggest year
known in baby chick production."
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture reports indicate approxim
ately the same average increase
in flocks in other poultry produc-
in iiocks in ot
sr'
throughout the
New hatcheries, new poultry-
men, new poultry farms and noul
try houses, abound in the north-
west, according to Floyd Oles,
(manager of both the Oregon and
vV ashington feed organizations
"Immediate effects," said Mr,
Oles, in commenting on the situ
ation, "are felt In increased sales
or chick feeds and supplies. Ul-
timate results present a less
pleasant prospect, if experience
and the laws of economics are to
be depended upon. There Is Indi-
. a i
try, stimulated by last season's
high markets and by the eager-
ness of cooperative groups to cap-
Italize those markets as well as
farm board sentiment through
increase or about 10 per cent
since January 1. 1930, due to an
intensive promotion campaign.
wisaom or sucn a program
and Its ultimate benefit to the
poultry industry is extremely
aouotrul at the present time."
LEADERS PHEPJIRE
FOB TARIFF FIGHT
WASHINGTON. April 26
(AP) Plans for next week's
clash in the house over the tariff
bIH conference report were out-
uned aetl by leaders of both
partiea today with Indications that
" prmwpai contest win come
OT" the increased sugar duties,
Chairman Hawley of the ways
nd mes committee, who will
ar u me repon on tue
iioor zor tue-repuoucans. satd. he
would attempt to put through a
y
ta"t Cuba. The present rat is
P. warner 01 lexas, me mm'
orttT leader, will counter with a
to concur in th senate rate
cenia. i ne nouse nui raises
utT 0 while the senate
finance committee reeommenda-
I "on ul was cut to z in tne
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"vm..ia9 BUr
25docingH u"? to
""f11 ?dr "d lt w"
leIr bell5f t they had a good
I tuauco oi auopung a rate some-
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.e !he! ?eTen maor .DoIts of
" Dein in noos-
8' ne democratic program is dl-
"at oi u mm
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I "cy. xmwiej sua ne wouia
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predicted success by a big major-
liT. Garner Intends to seek con-
currence but he made no forecast
as to the vote.
1 TJTtPTlfO a T Ytti m
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lien Ville -had a large cellar dnr
under his heme he uncovered a
veritable museum of Roman rel-
lies, including parts of the walls
of a second century villa, marble
and bronze busts, coins and pot-
tern
Claims totaling $1721.07 hare
been paid to Statesman subscrib
ers on the One Dollar Accident
Insurance policies issued to sub
scribers.
Oregon Pulp and
Paper Company
Mannf actorers of
BOND LEDGER ' GLASSINE
GREASEPROOF TISSUE
Support Oregon Products
Specify "Salem Made" Paper for Yonr
Office Stationery
MEAL DUH UP
Measure Seems Sure to Pass
Despite Urgent Protests
Against
DesDite urgent and persistent
protests by users, led by both the
Oregon and Washington Feed
Dealers associations, a auty oi
16 per ton appears certain now
for application to both oil cake
and oil cake meal, according to
Washington, D. C, dispatches.
The reports indicate action by the
senate and house conference com
mittee to retain the high senate
duty, applying not only to soya
bean, as originally written, but to
all other oil cakes, including lin
seed, copra and cottonseed cake.
Alleged purpose of the duty is
to foster soya bean production in
the middle west, to replace corn
borer infested corn regions. Spe
cial purpose was to shut out Ger
man solvent process oil meals.
Fallacies in the argument are:
(1) Soya beans already bring
more per acre than corn, and
need no such protection; (2)
German meal is solvent process,
and could have been limited by
applying duty only to meal, since
th German nroeess makes no
cake, and free cake would have
protected Pacific coast interests;
and. (3). Oriental cake, used
here, does not compete with east
ern cake to any great extent, is
largely used locally, Is shut out
of the east by high freight rates,
as eastern cake is similarly shut
out of the coast markets, the
freight rate being higher than the
proposed tariff.
Probable actual issue wa's a
desire of middle west legislators
to nose as farm relievers, coupled
with their political ability, exhib
ited in "trading" westerners out
ot their best interests by barren
promises of support for lumber
or shingle tariffs.
Probable results will Include
greatly enhanced profits for oil
crushing firms, and probable in
creased nrice of all sources of
protein concentrates, largely used
for poultry and dairy feeds on tne
Pacific coast. A remarkable fea
ture of the fight against the tar
iff on oil cake and oil cake meal
was the unexplained retirement
from the battle on behalf of
northwest farmers of the cooper
ative and grange groups, who
had assumed a very large place
in the earlier stages of the fray.
Later phases of the farmers'
battle were almost entirely fought
by dealers and merchants desir
ous of maintaining a low protein
price for the benefit of their
poultry and dairy customers.
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McMINNVILLE, April 26 The
H. T. Allison and Son dairy, lo
cated nine miles southeast of Mc-
Minnville, claims the honor of be
ing the first dairy in Yamhill
county to send "B" grade milk to
Portland buyers.
The AUison herd of twenty reg
istered Jerseys. Holsteins and
mixed grade cows is now produc
ing about 420 gallons of milk
weekly, all of which is being
bought by Portland buyers as
"B" grade milk. The grade is
determined largely by the sani
tary conditions about the dairy
quarters, and the milk cooler and
milk containers, according to Mr
Allison.
Walling Brothers
Win Honors With
Shropshire Sheep
ZENA, April 26 Ellis Wall
ing, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Walling of Zena Is eligible
to scholarship in the Oregon
State college 4-H -dub summer
session in June as a result of his
winning with Shropshire sheep at
the state fair3ast fall.
Ellis was elected president of
the Standard sheep club of Polk
county at the time of its organi-
sat on. March 9. 1930. Jesse
Walling. Jr., brother of Ellis
Walling, is local club leader of
th Standard Sheep club. The
twn Tonne boys exhibit under
the name of Walling Bros.
M1N1I1E
Dairy Bureau Shows
;
220,000 RECORDS ARE IN
DALLAS. April 2 6 It takes a
mighty good little cow to beat a
big cow.
Within the breed the big dairy
cows excel, according to the find
ings of the United States bureau
of dairy industry. A big Jersey
cow is better than a small or
medium sized Jersey cow. The
same is true of other breeds.
The records of 220,000 cows
have been compiled to form this
basis of comparison. These are
the records of cows in cow test
ing association and on official
tests for the various breeds.
The average production of Jer
sey cows weighing nine hundred
pounds was shown to be 335
pounds of butter fat, while the
average of Jersey cows weighing
1100 pounds was 352 pounds of
buter fat or a gain of 17 pounds.
Of course, it takes some more
feed to keep the larger cows going
but this item was also figured and
it was found that the larger
cows showed a net profit five dol
lars greater than that of the
smaller cows.
To use another example more
extreme:Among the grade Hol
steins the 800 pound cows aver
aged 260 pounds of butter fat
while those weighing 1500 pounds
produced an average of 351
pounds of butter fat. The larger
cows showed a net profit above
cost of feed $37 greater than that
of their smaller' sisters.
Naturally, there are some small
cows that will beat a large cow
but these and other facts are
brought out in a recent circular
of the United State department
of agriculture received at County
Agent Beck's ofice and which
will be available to the dairymen
of the county in the near future.
SHANGHAI, April 26 (AP)
Communistic and bandit armies
were reported today looting,
burning and slaying by whole
sale in several provinces of China.
Numerous missionaries were said
to be in Jeopardy and thousands
of Chinese were reported massa
cred. Nationalist government of
ficials, whose troops have been
ineffective, offered rewards for
the capture of communists who
in turn offered prizes for the cap
ture of foreigners, being quoted
by missionaries as saying that
"all foreigners should be killed."
Xo deaths of foreigners however,
were reported.
Fresh from the bandit scourged
province of Kiangsl, Fathers
Gately and Flaherty at Hongkong
substantiated tales of depreda
tions told by fellow priests, and
gave no assurance ot safety of 16
fellow American Catholic mission
aries held in the city of Kanchow,
besieged since early March by
red armies.
A red army, said dispatches
from Hankow, had sacked the
town ot Shlnte, Hupeh province,
and massacred 1800 men, women
and children. Two thousand farm
ers, it was said, who had been
compelled to join the commun
ists army In that province, were
killed by government troops In
battle.
WITH
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BJINDIT FORCES NOW
RUN WILD IN CIA
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CONSERVES
The "CATERPILLAR" TRACTOR with the KILLIFER DISC will tut as deep as the
ordinary plowing depth and at a much greater speed than plowing, securing better
makh as the disc brings about a desired mixing action.
It also does little or
ing ruuia mi suriace
The "CATERPILLAR"
footed grip that does not does not pack the soil, and a KILLIFER DISC is
the modern way of tilling ORCHARDS.
Write or 'phone us for information what the "Caterpillar" and KiUifer
Disc has done for other orchards.
Loggers & Contractors Machinery Co.
That Size Counts
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Alfalfa Acreage
To Be Increased
In Yamhill Area
McMlXXVILLE. April 2d
A remarkable increase in
alfalfa plantings in the
county is reported by Coun
ty Agent 8. T. White. In
1926 there were approxim
ately 1KO acres of alfalfa
and the plantings in 1030
amount to approximately
35O0 acres.
The great use of alfalfa
has had a tendency to make
dairying more economical,
according to the agent, as
it furnishes late green feed
and produces an excellent
hay. Application of linio
rock to alfalfa ground has
made its production success
ful. Fur farming is an ever grow
ing industry in Oregon and one
of the most recent starts is the
mink farm on the Roosevelt high
way near Newport owned and
operated by J. A. Gates.
Last August Mr. Gates pur
chased 12 mink. There are eight
females and from these he ex
pects to obtain a number of young
stock as each one will probably
produce four or five young.
Mr. Gates states that he thinks
there will be a good market for
his mink as he could easily have
disposed of 25 pairs since he
started in the business eight
months ago, if he had been in
the market and he believes that
when he gets started in the busi
ness it will be a paying venture.
He has put In the necessary
buildings with runways and every
thing is kept very clean and sani
tary. This requires only about an
hour a day of Mr. Gates' time,
leaving him free for other work.
According to Mr. Gates, mink are
not difficult to feed as they eat
garden stuff, carrots, tomatoes
and lettuce. Fish Is the principal
food. Mink are wild, unfriendly
and savage, Mr. Gates says. The
market for pelts is not good at
this season bnt at the proper time
they bring $18 to $25 each.
Weed Spray Has
Proven Effective
McMINNVILLE, April 26 A
check on results from weed sprays
applied to winter hardy clover In
1929 is being made by the eounty
agriculture agent, S. T. White.
The report Is not complete as
jet, but the experiment has shown
the interesting fact that where
this spray was applied after the
plants were in full maturity on
ground that had not been plowed
and where the weeds had been al
lowed to grow at will, there had
been an excellent kill on both
morning glory and Canadian
thistle.
NEWPORT MMI HAS
Mil FA! STARTED
"Caterpillar"
no damage to fruit trees such as
oj ine praw meinoov "
TRAfTTOR with Pnwro
IS IRRIGATED
Experiments in Yamhill
County Prove Effective in
Increasing Yield
McMINNVILLE, April 25 Ir
rigation projects for Ladino clov
er of Yamhill county are being
sponsored by the county agricul
tural agent, S. T. White, and a
good start was made recently by
the formation of the Mill Creek
District Improvement company.
The purpose of the company is
to use the Mill creek water for
irrigation purposes on pasture
land. Those who have signed up
in the group ore O. F. Daniels, W
A. McLain. J. C. Lee. D. F. Shenk.
John Vincent, R, Mishler, J. D
Montgomery, c W. RramisPttor
Lynn Jones. Pete Bell. Levi Alfev
and Mrs. C. H. Bryan. The dis
trict is partly in Polk county, al
though most of the land is in
Yamhill county.
An experiment project with ir
rigation of Ladino clover on the
farm of Chester Mulkey, McMinn
ville, has shown that It is worth
while, giving an abundance" of
feed for dairy cattle. It is planned
by the county agent to have ten
such irrigation projects estab
lished this season in the county.
Ladino clover is a giant white
clover which grows with large
upright leaves and blossom stems
creeping along the ground, root
ing at each Joint similar to straw
berry plants. The growth is very
rapid where an abundance of
water is applied.
Among the men of the countv
active in the establishment of such
projects are Chester Mulkev, Mc
Minnville; B. H. Loehring and
Morton Tomkins, Dayton; Paul
Sitton and A. T. Jernstedt. Carl
ton; Herman Krause, Grande
Ronde; and W. H. Derrick and A.
A. Doubrave, Sheridan.
S.S.
JEFFERSON TODAY
JEFFERSON. April 26 The'
Jefferson district Sunday school
convention will be held at the
Evangelical church in Jefferson
Sunday afternoon. April 27, at
2:30 o'clock. An Interesting pro
gram has been arranged, with an
address by Rev. Smith of Marlon,
and special musical numbers by
Mrs. D. George Cole, Miss Gene
vieve WIed and H. E. Jones. Dr.
J. O. VanWinkle will have charge
of the congregational singing.
Now is the Time to
Plant Shrubbery
Can
F. C. LUTZ
1625 Market Tel. 2124
FLOWERS AXD SHRUBBERY
is often done in bring
m n v a
Salem, 845 Center St.
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