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s v- PAGE TEN IEDF0RD 1ST TO CONFERENCE Mid-Pacific Empire Agri cultural Economic Meet November 7, 8 MEDFORD. Oct. 25 Plans for the Mid-Pacific Empire Agricul tural Economic Conference to be held here November 1 and 8, are now complete and indications are that it will be one of the best at tended agricultural meetings ever conducted in this section of the Pacific coast, according to Judge Alex Sparrow, general chairman of the conference. ? The conference is "being spon sored by the Northern California Southern Oregon Development association and the information which will be brought out at the meetings will be used to formul ate a future agricultural program. It is expected that those pre senting papers on the various subjects will show the present production, possibilities for fu ture developments, what part t transportation plays and the benefit which will accrue to agri culture in this section with the es tablishment of a harbor at Cres cent City, California. The sessions will be held in the Elks Temple and ill com mence punctually each day at 9:30 a. m. Immediately follow ing the reading of each paper the question under consideration will be thrown open for discussion in which anyone attending may take part. Banquet Planiwd In connection with the confer ence a large banquet will be held on Friday night at 6:30 p. m.. in the Hotel Medford, at which time A'Ti UOTdine; dirtttor, agri cultural 'experiment station, Cor vallis, Oregon, will deliver the main address. Entertainment will be provided through the courtesy of the Retail Trade Di vision of the Medford Chamber of commerce.. Tickets for same are now on sale at the headquarters of the development association. It is with a view to determine the exact resources of northern California and southern Oregon that the development association is sponsoring a series of economic conferences, the first of which was held in Grants Pass on July 15 and was devoted entirely to minerals. The agricultural con ference is the second of the series and will be followed later on by another covering timber re sources. The complete program for the Agricultural conference follows: Friday, Nov. 70:30 a, ni. "UYlcome to Medford Mayor A. W. Pipca. t Greetings from Association President C. E. Gates. Purpose of Conferences Judge Alex Sparrow, General Cha rrman. IXilrylng in Southern Oregon Mar shall N. Dana, Associate Editor, Oregon Journal. Portland, Oregon. JJ trketlng and Transporting I'alry Products In Northern California (I. E. Frevert, Manager, I1 Norte Milk Products company. Crescent itr, California. Poultry and- Kgg Production E. 3. 'Morrison, Ashland, Oregon. Production of Pears and Apples E. V. Carlton, Central Point, Oregon. Marketing and Transporting Pears and Apples Paul A. Scherer. Gen eral Manager, Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., Medford. Oregon. Bulb Culture Summer Bulbs Ben R. Hones, Grants Pass, Oregon. Bulb Culture Winter Bulbs Wlllard Wilson, Grants Pass, Oregon. Bee Culture George W. Nichols, Jr., Ashland, Oregon. Saturday-, "ov. 80: SO a. m. Production of Truck Crops Otto Boh nert. Central Point, Oregon. Marketing and Transporting Truck Crops J. P. N'aumes, District Man . ager, Pacific Fruit & Produce com pany, Medford, Oregon. Production of Small Fruits A. Zwan, Grants Pass, Oregon. Marketing and Transporting Small i-ruit Ralph Kooier, Bagley Can ning company, Ashland, Oregon. Farm Crops, Grains and Grasses George R. Hyslop, Oregon State Col lege, Corvallis. Oregon. Potato Growing Jack H. Grafton, Klamath Falls, Oregon. Cattle Raising D. E. Alexander, Klamath Falls, Oregon. Livestock, Exclusive of Dairy Cattle Harry Llndgren, Corvallis, Ore. Land Settlement W. G. Ide, Manager Oregon State Chamber of Com- merce, Portland, Oregon. IIamfflfflfflm BATTLE RUM FLEET NEW LONDON. Conn., Oct. 25 , (AP)-Guns aboard coastguard vessels biased away Friday in a hectic battle, fought la the dark cess of early morning, with two suspected rum runners. With five crafts already to their credit as the result of previous encounters earlier in the week the coast guardsment in today's en gagement riddled the liquor-laden speed boat Helen of Newport with machine gua bullets and one sound shells and. captured a sec- end speedboat, the Pueblos, of Bridgeport, believedt e be a sister ship ef the Helen. Carrying a liquor cargo of V 409 cases and manned by a crew of four men who escaped Injury, the Helen was beached after serv ice vessels had pursued her in Long Island sound. Coast guard officials -tonight were arranging to hare her cargo transferred to th local base andto have her re floated if possible. The Pueblos was brought here for exam In a tion. of-ca HID PEOPLE : ENJOY PICTURE V TURNER. Oct. 25 An , appre ciative .audience gathered at the M. B. chnreh Wednesday evening to enjoy, the picture Th'e. Birth of. a Race," with the outstanding epochs . of ' time featuring a few of the prominent characters ef each period, begin ing with the creation, of man and , his v: help nate woman, whose 1 happiness wii . soon . marred fcy . discord. endiagl.hy the. flood.. In. . Noah'a GUARDSMEN T SMITH-HUGHES STUDENTS INFORMED FIRST HAND . : ' I .' - : ' ' . . : ' :j:T:. Vi' V- ::i:Ayy Upper right, students of the Smith-Hughes de partment of Silverton high school studying Hereford caltle at the heme of Harry Riches in the Waldo Hills. 4 f .V i) Moses ivas made the great leader 6f his people, the Hebrew race. Christ the greatest figure, who warns mankind of sin and makes the great atonement for all mho will accept. Columbus serves in his time in the cause of brotherhood by the discovery of a new continenf, which be comes the home f democracy. The revolutionary days come and go with Paul Revere and also the signing of the Declaration of In depeTie,tfcte, shdwh! Abraham Lincoln appears to free the slaves ana at last the war lords fail to enslave all Europe as planned, America enters the con flict and tbe doughboys are shown on their triumphal re turn home. Appropriate music accompan ied part of the scenes, with Mrs. May Hadley at the piano. The picture was directed by John W. Noble. FAMILY DINNED El JEFFERSON, Oct. 25 John Atkinson of Toppenish, Wash., spent several days this week at the home of his sister Mrs. S. M. Green and niece. Rose Green. On Sunday they attended a family dinner at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Atkin son and Miss Nancy Atkinson, near Independence. Covers were placed for William Atkinson and T. W. Atkinson of Portland; John Atkinson of Toppenish, Wash; Mrs. S. M. Green and daughter Rose or Jeferson; Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Atkinson and Nancy Atkinson, the host and hostesses. With the exception or two. all the members of the At kinson family were together, for the first time In 40 years. Insane Persons Touring Nation Grave Problem SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25 AP) Due possibly In a meas ure to depressed financial condi tions, large numbers of Insane and feeble minded persons are journeying across the continent, Mrs. Daniel H. Magdlel of the Salt Lake City Travelers' Aid so ciety, told the local aid society Friday. "I do not know whether these people statt out craxy or get that way en route; but they are be coming a grave problem," Mrs. Magdiel said. "Relatives of such unfortunates seem to be trying to get rid of the burden of car- irg for them. The migration of the unfortu nates is in both directions. O S HERE'S WAY TO COME WEST rf Thia map shows the main roc es of travel throughout th wester part of the United State? Good roads lead mn. UTha cais Cbavfalet J- V 0 Photo by Crabtre CLASS STUDIES BEEFJATTLE Frank A. Riches Shows Smith -Hughes Students Prize Herefords SILVERTON, Oct. 24. A group of Silverton high school Smith-Hughes boys and their in structor, Wairen E. Crabtree, spent two Tery profitable after noons this past week at the Frank A. Riches stock farm in tbe Waldo Hills. Classes in stock judging and various demonstra tions were held. The boys found Mr. Riches' demonstrations of the single rope method of throw ing animals and his hoof trim ming particularly interesting. Discussions were also held con cerning the general makeup of beet cattle from the butcher's stand point. Riches explained to the boys that he preferred Herefords to other beef breeds because he considered them better "feed rustlers' and therefore more economical. He expanded upon this by saying that he figured he had four real "feed months" a year, and then he fed the dry cows and yearlings for tbe most part hay, but added grain for the cows suckling calves. Started la 1022 In 1922, Mr.' Riches started in the beef cattle game when he purchased three purebred Here fords at the James B. ' MeNerney dispersion sale at Carlton. These were sired by the famous Bean Blanchard 48th 618552. Shortly thereafter he added two more. Since then he has continuously been building up his herd until he now has 15 splendid head. Beau Carl s 17th 496671 is the sire of most of the older stuff he owns at present while his own herd sire, Grover 632831, has sired his younger animals. Gro ver was bred by W. M. Hutchion of Blockon, Missouri, and was sired by Bonney Brummel 519244. That Mr. Riches knows his "Herefords" was conclusively proved when, with a comparativ ely small herd, he placed In the moneys both at the 1929 Pacific International show and at the 1930 State Fair stock show. He is showing again at the Pacific International which opened , at Portland Saturday and will con tinue through the coming week. APPROVES OP ACT Chairman Legge of the Feder al Farm Board expresses faith in the marketln act and tells farm ers: "It Is too late to Question thje efficacy of co-operative market- O sedan. - The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning, October Upper left, Harry Riches with three of his prize . winning Herefords. Lower, Riches with a prize bull from his herd. in. The nation has set its stamp of approval upon it and has blaz ed a trail for every farmer to fol low. You know something is wrong with agriculture. There may be many and various reme dies. Still, the government is be hind only one, and regardless of your opinion you might just as well get on the wagon and drive hard. We're all going one way, and it would be just as hard to make progress in the opposite, di rection as' for 'one steer to run against the rest of the herd.' Re-' gardless of what measure "of suc cess the present movement may have, the farmers made a distinct step forward in the passing of the marketing act." DIES SUDDENLY GERVAIS, Oct. 25. John Hauptman died suddenly at his home in the northeast part of town Friday. He had been as sisting his son-in-law, Adam Weiss, in dressing some .hogs they had killed. He walked to his home about half-way across town, talked a few minutes with Mrs. Hauptman and fell to the floor of the porch of his home. He had not been in the best of health for some time, but eon tinned with his work. . John. Hauptman was born in Hungary more than 75 years ago. He was married there 62 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Haupt man came to Oregon some 19 or 20 years ago. They lived in Portland five years before com ing to Gervais. There are three sons and five daughters surviv ing: Antone and George of Ger vais and Peter of Portland; and Mrs. Genevieve Huie of Port land: Mrs. Anna Weiss, Mrs. Mary Doran, Mrs. Agnes Diet rich, and Mrs. Magdalene Deba can of Gervais. Funeral ar rangements are in charge of E. Unger of Mt. Angel and the serv ices will probably be held from Sacred Heart church Monday morning. STATTON. Oct. 25. The Stayton postoffice was broken into some time Friday night or early Saturday morning. This is the second time the office has been entered in the past year and in both Instances entrance was gained by breaking a win dow on the alley at the rear of the building. Mrs. Emma Eloper, postmis tress, states that she found noth ing missing, the stamps and money orders having been hid den away. The Mill City office was also entered the same night and two holes are said to have been drilled In the safe. It is thought that in both places the parties were scared away before they finished the Job. . Postal authorities have been notified and will be in town Monday. WOODSTOCK. N. T.. Oct 25 (AP) Robert W i a t h r o p Chanler, artist and descendant of a lonf tine of famous Ameri cans, died at his summer home here Friday of heart disease after a long Illness. 1 HPIMI OSOEIGES IT BY NIGHT ROBBERS Oregon Pulp and Paper Company Manuf setarers of BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE Sapport.Oregon Products Specify "Sales Made" Paper for Tour Office DISPLAY IS TO BEST 0. S. C. to Show Unique Exhibit at Pacific' Inter national This Week OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corrallis, Oct. 25With live stock entries, truth-in-meats dis plays, milk exhibits and refrigera tion and butter demonstrations, Oregon State college will contrib ute more than usual to the west's rreatest livestock show, the Pa cific International in Portland, October 25 to November 1. The animal husbandry depart ment is taking 12 head of cattle, a flock of Hampshire sheep, ana Duroc Jersey and Berkshire hogs. These animals have been raised for class purposes on the college farm and arj being fitted for show by students who thereby gain valuable training in compe tition with commercial breeders. Among the livestock entries will be the steer that took cham pionship over all breeds of steers at the Oregon State fair, and the steer herd that placed first there. One of the ewe lambs to be shown was the champion at tbe 6tate fair, and the pen of Duric hogs entered will be the state cham pion pen in that breed. The truth-in-meats exhibit this year will be expanded over prev ious years with two demonstra tors in charge to call attention to the points to consider in select ing meats, and to distribute new meat menus and recipes. The ex hibit Is sponsored Jointly by the college, the Oregon Wool Grow ers and the Oregon Cattle Raisers association. ..Cream and milk refrigeration on the dairy farm wilr be" shown in actual operation with two types of equipment developed by the college to be demonstrated. One is a combination type for both dairy and general farm prod ucts. The difference between high and low score butter and how the testing is done will be fully ex plained in another section of the college exhibits where specialists will be in charge of apparatus us ed in this work. This year the college has been assigned new space which faces the general offices of the exposi tion in the east end of the indus trial section of the show. FPU SCOnS MILLS FOLK SCOTTS MILLS, Oct. 24. Mr. and Mrs. Westley Koeger were pleasantly surprised Sunday, it being their 20th wedding anniver sary, when a few of their friends went to spend the day with them. A bounteous basket dinner was spread at noon and the afternoon spent in visiting. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sauer esslg and daughter Cleo, Mrs. Vina Loslnger, Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Rich, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rich and daughters Mildred and Lois and Mr. and Mrs. Almond Rich and two children Stanley and Phyllis. Mrs. Palmer ef Portland visit ed her sister, Mrs. Addle Smith, during the mid-week. MAJOR LEWIS ROSE IT INDEPENDENCE, Oct. 25. Major W. Lewis Rose died at Victoria, B. C. He was a former manager of the Wignich ranch until two years ago when he re signed on account of his health. He was about 70 years of age and is survived by his wife, one son Lewis J. J. Rose, Philadel phia, Pa., and one daughter, Mrs. Winifred Albro of Albany, Ore. Another Public Enemy Removed By his Fellows CHICAGO. Oct. 25 (AP) Gangland' killers have gone into action again. A "big shot" and a plain hoodlum were assassinated within 24 hours. While the crime commission was scratching from Its list of publle enemies the name of "Joe Aiello, the body of John Gnida, hpodium of the West Side "42" gang was found behind the bar of a deserted saloon. Police looked for Joseph Lleb rock, owner of the saloon. An ex tortion plot waa advanced as a possible cause et Gulda's death. Stationery THACTWE ENDS S VICTORIA 26, 193 I SONNYSIDE UP. It's not rainlno; rain to me, it's raining corn and kale; In each jeweled drop I see alfalfa by the bale. Cantaloupes come forth in troops and melons roll to town; It's not raining rain to me, it's raining onions down. It's not raining rain to me, but bursting bins of grain Where hopeless starved humanity may have its fill again. Here's a health to him who's happy; a prune to him who pines ; It's not raining rain to me, it's raining dollar signs. SUNFLOWERS ARE HUGE Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Hoots VEGETABLES WINNERS Ml NAMES JUDGING ' TEAM WOODBURJf. Oct. 25 The stock judging team, representing the vocational agricultural de partment of Woodburn high school has been chosen by Ron ald E. Burnett, local Smith Hughes Instructor. The' team left Saturday morning for Portland, where it will enter in competition with other teams from practically all the states of the northwest at the Pacific International Live stock Exposition. "The boys on the tam who were chosen by competitive scores in practical juding contests held by the department frequently are Joe Leavy, Glenn Seely, Harold Yoder and Oren Ottoway. The Smith-Hughes department has taken many field trips to dge Stock lately. The boyV went to Corvallis Octqber 18 .Where they judged sheep and hogs. They have also made trips to Mount Angel and Silverton to judge stock. IS PRATUM, Oct. 23 Several thousand dollars worth of clover seed has been saved in this neigh borhood due to the warm sunshine during the first of the week. Since silo filling ' and clover hulling is a thing of the past, po tato digging will be next In ord er. Very few people have done any sowing and very little plow ing has been done for wheat and oats. This proves decidedly that this Is a county of variety, only a few miles from here wheat and oats are up, preparing for another harvest, while it will be at least several weeks yet before any great amount of sowing will be done here. Berry Aceage Being Increased JEFFERSON, Oct. 25 Henry Ammon and A. A. Miller have recently finished planting 20 ac res to strawberries of the Oregon, Marshall and Etterburg varieties on the Miller farm, one mile west of town. In addition to these 20 acres Just planted, there are another 20 acres in strawberries and rasp berries, making it the largest berry patch in this vicinity. At the Rockland Palace fight club In New York women are ad mitted free whose male escorts have bought ringside seats. REPORTED It would be unfair for us to tell any farmer that he should chisel or subsoil his particular piece of ground unless we could first dig some holes in it. We admit we are biased in the matter. In fact, we are somewhat proud of it. But you can find out for yourself whether the tillage methods we advocate will do yon rood. You can find the answer accurately and impartially, for yourself, if you will make systematic use of a shovel in your field. WET OR ers & 345 E. Madison Portland fcogg - r . kiu I Grow Them at Rickey By LILLIE M. MA GEE RICKEY, Oct. 2b Whether sunflowers are classed as flowers, ensilage or just chicken feed, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Hoots have dem onstrated that they can be raised successfully in this community for all these purposes. In the sunflower patch there were many that grew from 10 4 to 11 i feet high and stalk that grew 12 feet high. One flower was found that measured 18J4 inches in diameter while one leaf measured 17 H by 21 inches. There was one sunflower stalk though not as tall as some of the others, measuring only nine feet In height, had 63 blooms on it during the summer. Sunflowers were not the only things of merit grown by the Hoots this season. There was wheat over seven feet tall, one of the largest cabbages shown in the Marion county exhibit at the state fair and lots of tomatoes that weighed over one pound and measured from 15 to 1C 1-8 in circumference. From one squash seed the Hoots raised 21 squashes which were all of good size. They also raised banana muskmelons this year, a variety that Is new to a great many. This melon looks very much like a banana squash and is of excellent flavor. Mr. and Mrs. Hoots live on the W. J. Culver farm of 100 acres and besides doing practically all of the farming alone, keeps sev eral cows and raises pigs. Mr. Hoots was hurt by a fall this summer and Mrs. Hoots was forced to do part of the work with the team, which she did as efficiently as most men. Woodburn Future Farmers Group Elects Officers WOODBURN, Oct. 25 Officers for the Future Farmers of Amer ica oranization at Woodburn high school have been elected. Harold Owings was chosen as president, with Harry Reed, vice-president. Ed Bauman Is secretary and Glen Seely was elected treasurer. The Future Farmers of Amer ica is a national institute with branches in many high schools. The purpose of the club is to stim ulate interest in agricultural top ics and also for a mutual under standing among boys who are in terested in agriculture. Farmer Also Builds Bridges TVACONDA, Oct. 25 A. L. Lamb has finished the filbert nut harvest and is now putting in a cover crop of peas. The yield from his thirty-five acres of nuts was excellent this year. He is using his new tractor for this work. As soon as work is finished on his farm in Mission Bottom he will go to Gervais where he will put in the crops on his place there. RPILLAR" TRACTORS DRY MEANS NOTHING TO THE To" ti,. KWfrcrJ!fii Scooted" Traction without Slippage The Most Stubborn Ground Must Yield to the "Caterpillar" The proof of the pudding is In the eating. We have the records. Do you want them? Contractors ' FILBERTS PROVE PROFITABLE CROP George JJoms . Announces Production wJures From His Groves George A. Dorris of Spring field, the largest fUbert grower in the United States, has Just ob tained some interesting produc tion figures from his groves. His 20-year old trees produced this year 71 pounds of nuts per tree, net in the cannery, with all shrinkage figured out. His 18 year old trees produced 55 pounds per tree and his 16-year old trees 51 pounds per tree. These weights are verified by Professor Schust er of Oregon State college. Average planting practice In Oregon is 100 trees to the acre, so one can figure out for himself the yield per acre from these trees. Wholesale prices of filberts this -year are running about as follows: Special large, 20 cents per pound; medium, 16 cents per pound; small, 12 cents per pound. The grades run heavily to large and medium, bringing the average wholesale price per pound this year to 17 cents. Cost of harvesting and selling has been a trifle under five cents per pound, leaving a net price to the grower, above cost of produc tion, of 12 cents per pound. It has been demonstrated by years of experimenting by the de partment of agriculture that fil berts can be grown commercially in only a small area of the Unit ed States. This area appears to be limited to Western Oregon and a part of Western Washington, where mild, moist clfmate provides Just the conditions that the filbert needs. EXHIBITS WALDO HILLS, Oct. 25 The Pacific Internationa 1 is calling many from around here to Port land. Among the exhibitors are the following from the Hills: Floyd Fox, sheep; Frank Riches, Herefords; A. N. Doerfler, hogs; J. J. Doerfler, nuts. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Doerfler will visit her mother and sister in Van couver, Wn., during the week as well as keep their nut booth a the show open. Ditmans Wins More Prizes GERVAIS, Oct. 25 T. A. Dlt mars has received checks for premiums received on his Duroc Jersey hogs at the Idaho state fair. He took seven prizes, includ ing two champions and two grand champions, and to say that he is proud of his winning is but put ing it mildly. Mr. Ditmars has a pen of his hogs at the Pacific International stock show in Portland. Reputed Slayer ' Of Five Caught EDMONTON, Alta., Oct. 25 (A P) George Dwernychuk, sought by police as the slayer of five persons on a Smoky Lake farm, 80 miles north of here. In cluding his parents-in-law, was captured Friday at Vegreville af ter a two day search. MIX 345 Center Salem IIS m )1 iTT TT 10)00 MacKHifty