The OREGON STATES? IAN, Cairn, Ore -en, Cxsay I!srr!s, r-rch ? 1C31
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IlilFUTUBE
riatural: Conditions Favor-
abls to p Development
' '. Declares Writer .
Br MRS. ALLTN NUSOM
We, ot Oregon, are .deeply in
terested ia tbe history and manu
faeture of linen because the coil
climate and water of Oregon, arg
the best In tbe world tor the 'cul
tivation of-flax; and with little
effort Oregon could . become the
, serious rival of Ireland, Russia
and tbe Courtral district of B&l-
g.am where the finest flax -Is now
produced. - - -i
- .The demand for.' tbe - various
products -of flax ia' nation and
world-wide; and Oregon and
.Washington should be- the world's
prodncer. Tbe United States con
sumes approximately naif the
linen entering tbe .world : com
merce; and only a small propor
tion la supplied by 'domestic pro
duction. Linen - manuiacturing
flnns in the United States are en
gaged primarily In tbe production
of coarser grades of goods. High
wages, high-cost of machinery
and lack of experience hare mil
luted against ibis industry In
our country.. Tbe finer the grades
the higher the- percentage- cost
and lb more difficult - It ' is to
compete with imports from Earo-
" pean countries- where wages are
. .lower. . " '
. Tbe linen Industry Is sucb that
It cannot be conducted on a small
scale, aa the processing must be
done tbe same regardless 01
Quantity, it must be done per
fectly in order to produce a first
class article. Each aepartmeni,
- therefore, that performs the var
ious eteps from tbe growth of tbe
flax to tbe finished piece or linen
must be of sufficient size and ca
pacity to make it a commercial
- nnit. - - -
The enormous amount ot beau
tiful fabrics of various colors and
designs produced by Mrs. May In
man of Portland, who for many
'years1 has used, the - spinning
wheel to spins ber yarn and the
loom to weave ber material, is
eloquent testimony of ber skill
and industry. As far back as 1897,
when the Oregon Women's Flax
Fiber association was formed,
Mrs. Inman was lecturing and il
lustrating tbep ' ossibllltles and
beauties of Oregon flax. Her in
terest has never waned and she
scorns' tbe use of any but Oregon
grown fiber.
, She says, "It Is tbe best In the
world." Not long ago Mrs. In-
man gave ' talk to an enthusi
astic audience, in Portland, on
the various processes of flax
from Its growth to the finished
product. The spinning wheel she
used in demonstration was over
150 years old.
Ireland Is only one-third tbe
sice of the state of Oregon and
has less than one-tenth the acre
age ot land . suitable tor the
growth of flax, yet they have
nearly 700 scutching mills there.
Oregon Should Progrss , -'
Oregon,- and especially tbe-vicinity
of Salem, with its natural
' heritage of soil, climate and wat
er snrpasisng any In the world
for tbe cultivation of flax should
have made greater progress in
the deevlopment of these re
sources. Every little ' town In the Wil
lamette valley should be dotted
over with scutching mills, giving,
employment to labor. The grow
ing ot flax would enrich 4 the
farmers and the state. The man
ufacture ot linen, with the con
centration of skilled labor this
is Ireland's great advantage and
a few more linen enthusiasts will
eventually make this, state the
richest In the nation.
SIM FALLS TO
rutti uAu, ore.. Marrrr z -
.CAP) Yellow daffodils bloomed
bravely through I a" layer of left
over snow poured out over Port
land Friday by tbe weather god.
wupiter. .
While most P.ortlanders were
still at their breakfasts a cold
wind swept out ot tbe north, turn-
- IT! or (A IMAW a KASVw Vain ' 4Vaf
: waa falling and soon the roofs and
lawns were white., In some sec
tions ot the city as much as tour
" - laches fell. -; " : r - -
moltml UT T mm fiat aa I foil
'.went Into the government record
books as rain. The thermometer
, - was aDoui inrce oegrees , above
I . freezing; all day.
Light snow was reported from
The Dalles, Kelso, Astoria, Baker,
- Hood River, Pendleton and Klam
ath Falls. -
At Government Camp near Mt.
- Hood more tbaa an Inch of enow
a.1 J S A , . ,
; depth on tbe highway. '
No Evidence in
.Defense Given
In Dayle Trial
SALT LAKE CITY, March 28
(AP) Prevented ' front" pre
senting to the Jury the Ufa his
tory of Jean, Dayle, the defense
in ber trial; for the murder ot
Earn Frank, Memphis Jewelry
auctioneer, rested its cast. Friday
afternoon without submitting
any evidence; - -r ' -
. court was; . adjourned ' until
; JJonday when the- closing argu-
menta of the prosecution' and the
defense are to be made and the
. Jary Instructed. After which It
will attempt - to agree" upon the
v. f its of the21-yearMld ex-cabaret
tiitertainf r. ' " ' "
CHECK
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Nebrasla Jersey Brolre 2.
Panl Rolfsmeier , and .Mary ' Ladle Bees 813221
-; .Accomplishing tbe unusual feat
of breaking two Jersey world rec
ords for production in ber age
class, 3 0 5-day official tests, Mary
Lucile Bess, a " senior , 2-year-old
Jersey cow owned by .Herman and
Paul Rolfsmeier, ? Seward, Neb.,
recently yielded 76 1.1 J pounds of
butt erf at, '13,216 pounds of milk
in 305 days.- . -
i With ber milk yield of 12,218
pounds, the equivalent of 6.146
quarts, she exceeds by more than
1.000 pounds the -world milk rec
ord for senior . .2-year-olds, 305
day testa made by Fern's Fair Ad
elaide tested by Clawson Y. Can
non, Provo, Utah; At the same
time, with ber buttertat yield of
761.13 sounds, tbe equivalent of
451 pound of butter, she super-,
sedes Fon Sayda owned by E. J.
Cornish, Cold Spring. N. - T- ' as
senior 2-year-old world champion
outteriat prodncer or the Jersey
breed, 305-day tests. Fern's Fair
Adelaide's record was completed
in 1922 and Fon Sayda's In 1929.
Mary Lucile Bess la the bixheat
producing Jersey.' all. ages. 305-
day tests, in Nebraska and Is the
first cow of ber breed in the state
to break a world record for eith
er milk or butter fat production.
Seven different, supervisors from
the Nebraska College of Agricul
ture checked ber production while
she was making ber world rec
ords. During the; entire test sbe
was milked by machine along
with tbe other purebred Jerseys
in the large Rolfsmeier herd.
Estimated at i 14 cents per
iU llHli
HDL Gil FIGHT
CRANBROOK. B. Crf March 28
(AP) Morgan- Price, a Cran
brook resident, was shot and fa
tally wounded hero Friday and
James Thompson; a neighbor was
arrested in connection - -with the
killing?. . : . ; ' ' ,
In an ante-mortem statement.
police said, price named Thomp
son as his assailant. He said he
could give no reason tor tbe
shooting and the 'two had always
oeen rnenas.
Thompson suffered a head
wound and in tbe war and wears
silver plate ot . considerable
size in his skull, s "-;
Neighbors said the shootlne fol
lowed an argument over property.
rnce was a native of England
and is survived by a widow and
a naugnter, Mrs. C. Manners of
Cranbrook. Thompson has a wife
and several small children.
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NELSON. B. CI March iS
CAP) A Plet to aasaaainata TtAf
Verigen, head of a branch of the
Doukhobor sect,, was jseen Friday
Dcnn
ninrcn
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BOMBING SEEN AS
DOUKHOBDR PLOT
j 1 RENO'S GAMBLING HALL S RUNNING FULL BLAST
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Records 4n Te3t
quart, the average price at which
milk from ihe Rolfsmeier dairy
was told while sbe was on test.
the amount of milk Mary Lncile
Bess produced in the 305 days
was worth 3860.44.
Mary , Lncile Bess was bred by
Herman Rolfsmeier and several
of the animals In the first two
generations of ber pedigree were
bred by Walter IV Hunter' of
Lincoln, ' Nebr while -others were
bred In Texas, by J. A. Pate, Wills
Point; and" the- - late J. - Riley
Green, Wolfe City. - -
Herman' and Paul Rolfsmeier,
tbe owners of Mary. Lncile Bess
are the sons of Mrs.- Katherlne
Rolfsmeier and have always lived
on a farm near- Seward, Neb.,
where they carry " on their dairy
business under the firm name of
Rolfsmeier Brothers . ' -1 -
. -Paul, who eared for Mary La
dle Bess during ber test.- Is-17
years ef age- and baa owned Jer
seys since 1926. He Is an out
standing figure in 4-H club work
inr Nebraska, and of all - tbe
achievements completed by' Ne
braska 4-H -club members during
1929. be won every honor one- in
dividual could win Including" a
gold medal for showmanship, tbe
gold medal for Jadsine -and .a
trip to the national dairy exposi
tion in St. Louis. In addition be
was selected as the 1930 4-H club
dairy champion of Nebraska. Dur
ing .1929 Ji la herd of. fen pnrebred
jerseys completed . tbe outstand
ing production : average of 670
pounds of buttertat ner cow In a
local cow. testing asociatlon.
by Staff Sergeant Stephenson, of
the. British .Columbia police-, in
the. bombing ot a "stone building
at Glade. .; ; .'; j
Stephenson said s detonating
cap with fuse was placed on top
of a drum of gasoline in tbe base
ment of the building, directly un
der the room in which Verigen
customarily slept. For some rea
son. Stephenson said, Verigen de
cided to sleep elsewhere last
night The building was not bad
ly damaged. . . - - v '
; Peter's father, who . preceded
him In ruling this sect pf tbe
Doukhobors, was killed several
years ago in an explosion on the
Kettle Valley railroad at Farron. ,
7 Stephenson attributed the plot
to fanatic members of : the sect
who have fired three schools in
the grand forks area and one near
Nelson recently. - - - -
Middlewestern
Track and Field
Men Get Honors
AUSTIN. Tex.. March 28
AP) Middlewestern track and
field stars walked off with nearly
all the honors in the annual Tex
as relays here Friday, but were
unable to make many records. '
! A strong, cold north wind cut
down the time In all the running
events, except that it helped Pey
ton Glass ot Oklahoma JL. and M.
twice- to tie the world's record of
9 5-10 seconds In the '100-yard
dash. . . '. - v .
HSTPOM
OFil'SITEO
Zlzis Lecturer, Tcl's of ;
y -Pleasant Tri
By LOIS EIMPSOK CHAWTORD
WALLACE ROAD. March 28
Mrs. Marie Flint McCaU of "Wal
lace Road, state grange! lecturer,
has Inst retnrned from a two
weeks' tour ol eastern Oregon
granges where she spoke and pat
on stunts and games ' at every
session she attended on an aver
age et from one to three meet
ings it day. Mrs. MeCall's visit to
the eastern Oregon granges Is n-
nsual In that she was the second
lecturer to ever visit -.them.
some are In remote-sections : of
th eom-rtry,-':-?- ?.:?zy-::i .-,51
i - CoadlUoms' Oooo! ;
Mrs. MeCaU was weU Pleased
with conditions' In tbe granges.
Sbe found them flourishing and
with candidates for every degree
at each meeting. They in turn
fonnd Mrs. MeCall's lecturers and
advice to be a great benefit and
inspiration. - -.
"Of special interest to Oregon
granges", said Mrs. McCall. "was
the fact that tbe counties of Mai
large placards In the windows of
their-stores reading. W do not
deal In butter substitutes." Hood
River granges have appointed - a
committee to wait upon store
keepers there In regard to. this
matter also.? -
t Dallas Visited First "
Mrs. - McCaU In telling of her
trip said. Z stopped overnight in
Portland . en my first day and
started next morning for, eastern
Oregon. The first grange I vis
ited was at The Dalles, where en
enthnsiasle group of grangers
made me welcome. X encountered
a heavy snow storm In tbe Blue
mountains. Tbe grange at Baker
was visited end from there I
went to Ontario where I held my
first lecturer's , conference and
was royally entertained by Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Larson." Mr.
Larson is county agent ot Mal
heur: county, -v- -
as afternoon conference waa
arranged by Mrs. Norvall, Po
mona grange lecturer of Malheur.
Special guests with ' Mrs. McCaU
were state lecturer; W. Feebler,
-who with a party of other grange
lecturers earns from Idaho to at
tend the conference The session
closed at 8 o'clock. ' Following
this W. C. Higgins. teacher of
Smith-Hughes work at Ontario
invited Mrs. McCaU, Mrs. Peebler,
Mrs. Norvall and . deputy grange
master. L. Wieklander, to . his
home for dinner. By the way Mr.
Higgins Is a- nephew of Mrs. M.
B. Scott and -Miss Lucy Higgins
of 583 South .Winter street,
Salem.
Vale Is Visited
Continuing, "I , next attended
an all day session of Pomona
grange at Vale, where I helped
the : drill team - and , lectured.
Dancing is quite popular in east
ern Oregon and after, the session
a dance was given in the city hall.
State Master Dale and party from
Idaho attended this meeting.' I
njfet enjoyed a visit to Boulevard
grange at Carro and was enter
tained at the home of Mrs. Nor
vall. An interesting all day ses
sion was held at Pendleton in the
library building. Mrs. Mildred
Crow invited me to ber home af
ter ' this meeting. What was my
surprise when I visited White
Eagle grange of which Mrs. Crow
Is lecturer, when I was presented
a lively gift by Mrs.' Ingram in
behalf of tbe grange.
"I went to Freewater next as
a guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. Kirk.
The next morning I went to
Boardman. Morrow . county, for
an afternoon lecturers confer
ence, and an evening meeting
followed by a dance. The home
economics committee furnished a
bounteous 6:30 o'clock supper.
. Surprise Party Enjoyed
"The following three days I
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C.
Denson. The last evening ot my
visit there a group of 16 grange
patrons gave - me ( a delightful
surprise visit. At Huntington I
visited Mr. and MrsC South, mem
bers ot Medical '.Springs grange.
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Aft
tind
in
; Aa Increaaing eustom- ba- the
west Is -to sow seeds of tomatoes
we law pianis are to. .remain,
TThCn this la Aana tb Mianfa
seem: to be more resistant to dis
ease. It 1 also familiar .with the
rywing- tomatoes never ". to
grow them on. the fame soil; two
jreart In loecewion.-.; ' '. . . ;
Tomatoes most generally -suggest,
the eolor. red. but with the
numerona - tmrla.titm jtiA
there is snfficlent variation ih col
or to do or interest. There' : are
three distlnet ? tnin . tnu -
scarlet, referred to as red; erim-
on, reierrea to as pink, and the
yellow tomato. '
t Garden faynrffna Ivlni. err-.
ard Marglobe, Barllana. Bonny
uest, e onaerosa. First Early and
others. . -
' To insure ' early ripening and
perfection of traAX it is well to
train uo and trim h rr.
suked they require spacing of
four to . five i-feet, - but staked
Plants may fee xl fast, .n.
since : the growth - Is . all upright.
On staked plants begin trimming
when they are about a toot tall.
They will show two main branch
es then. First remova th aoMvnif-
ry growth which has started at
the roots, next at the place where
ieai stems join the branches
Will be found VAflnr etiAnta starr
ed pinch these out, being careful
not to cut off the leaves.
-The fruiting stems grow out of
the branches between the leaf
Joints, and can be distinguished
or us onus 01 ziowers they bear.
These should not be removed.
A five to i-foAC ttiVa rlrlvan
In the ground about one foot -will
umce ior siaainsT the plants.:
This Is the season to get the
eed of early cabbages started,,
either In hotbeds or in bvrp in
the house.' Early cabbagesrare al
ways 1 "a -. WelconiA ' mldnmma.
crop, euner soiled or. to slice and
area in saiaas ana cole slaw, it
is an aij-season dish and as wel
come in ona season -aa -an
Green cabbage fresh from the gar-
aen is always finer flavored than
the heads which have remained
in storage for some time as finely
as uus vegetaoie keeps in winter
seasons. .-' -v : -
For the bom cardan rha
crinkled, dark "green Savoy eab-
nages are tne xinest quality. They
are a specialty for borne nrdcni
as their keeping quality is not to
pe compared witn the more solid
smooth type, although their table
Quality la finer Phlr nartiul in
the market Is always brief. Sow a
paccet 01 seed of the Savoy cab
bage if yon have room for only a
I attended a lecturers conference
at the home of Mrs. Gus Perkins,
lecturer, of Missouri Flat grange.
That evening the group attended
a meeting at Durkee grange in
Baker county. I was guest at tbe
nome of Mr. and Mrs. William
Smith that night. Smith Is grange
master of Baker connt. -
Mrs. McCaU made' a little di
gression In her storv at thin nofnt
to say that the Smith home was
beautifully situated near the
mountains which were covered
with snow.
"The . next morning I visit
ed Blue Mountain grange -In
Union: county. While at La
Grande, later. I had an exceed
ingly pleasant time r as house
guest of ex-Governor Pierce and
Mrs. Pierce on their 13,000 acre
ranch about four miles out . of
LaGrande. Next I went to Pleas
ant Grove grange, in . Union
county, then to Willows and Lex
ington, where I had supper with
Mr. and Mrs. Devlne. While. at
Cherry Park grange, where I
went next, I was guest at the
home of Mr. McClaine, secretary
of Rockford grange, The last but
not the least of the ' granges 1
visited while in eastern Oregon
was 'at Parkdale where the
grangers . have, built the i most
beautiful hall to be. found -in
Oregon. I spent my last night
while on the trip at-the home of
M rs. Walker, Pomona lecturer.
Taken all In all I found my -trip
both, delightful and' profitable as
each grange, seemed to .vie with
Its - neighbor In making me feel
welcome. I traveled 1,850 ; miles
on my trip, visited 12 granges,
and ' held 24. sessions. r
WHEAT MARKET .'WEAKENED
' Wheat markets weakened dur
ing . the . past week and domestic
future priees for. new crop-deliveries
declined to new low .levels
tor the season. Influenced. princi
pally by heavy i Southern Hemis
phere and. Russian shipments and
generally favorable prospects for.
the new 1931 crop in the North
ern Hemisphere, according to tbe
U. S. Grain' Market Review. Pa
cific-coast market were dull, re
flecting the lack of export outlet
and , slow: domestic demand. Mar
ketings increased sharply at Port
land . and - Seattle, but '. storage
space' at', terminals tilled rapidly.
Domestic flour mills were taking
small amounts of wheat and ex
port. mills were absorbing moder
ate quantities lor grinding Into
export flour, small sales ot which
had been made to the Orient.
During .the week?. rains put the
ground in excellent condition tor
spring seeding and improved the
winter, wheat crop. "At. the close,
March 20. No. .1 hard white big
bend . blnestem . was quoted, at
Portland at f9e and at Seattle at
8c per- bushel.' s : l-1 j
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r NELSONr B.-c.; March 2
(AP) r ..-Three - schools 4n' the
Douokh obor districts ''.. .between
Kelson and Trail lay In." ruins" tc-r
day, police said as a result of a
thoroughly planned pl't to wipe
out the .educational , facilUies In
the -area.
'"'AUtelephone'Vlreaonlfeh'ini
Tdmritcea
important
Gabbage Are
Home Gardens
small t&abnar nafrh : 7"
-Copenhagen Market and select
ed types of it and Jersey Wake-
zieia art sun a ard varieties 0
Tomatoes ; Will ; Do Better If
Staked - and Trimmed and
: . Also Saves Cavrden . Room, .
early cabbage. Golden Acre la a
Copenhagen strain that has : won
mnch commendation. Charleston
is a large strain of the -Wakefield.
' The cabbages want rich soil
and should be set out as soon as
the soil Is workable, as the slants
are naray and won't mind a light
rrosv should one happen' along.
me rows snouia be two and a
half feet apart with the plants a
root and a. halt apart. Between
the rows an early vegetable such
as radishes, , spinach or lettuce.
may be sown to be ont of tbe way
when the cabbages get Into siz
able growth.
While tbe cabbage' is - not
vegetable tor the small karden.
for gardens ot medium to large
size a plot of sufficient size to
furnish the : family with fresh
cabbage ' during the r summer
months' may well be planted. The
ravages ot the cabbage worm' dis
courage many gardeners who do
not like to be annoyed by the
constant warfare necessary to de
lete these velvety green offspring
of the white butterflies that hoov
er over he patch. However, there
are- insecticides that will - make
short work of these caterpillars
and if there is any worry over
using some of the arsenical pois
ons, surest death to chewing In
sects, there are equally effective
nonpolsonous insecticides on sale
at all dealers. -
homes' ot the affected points bad
been cut. . Telephone' crews ex
perienced considerable difficulty
in making repairs: ' ; t
Tbe schools at Outlook, Sand
Creek and North Kettle river
were destroyed. - Carson school
escaped .when .oil-soaked chips
were found on its steps . before
the torch had been applied.
Guards stood ov- the- Fmitoval
school to save it from a similar
fate. ' v.-. : ., . . . - -;
The burnings were ascribed by
the police to recalcitrant Douk
hobors, alleged Instigators of
other school . burnings, in tbe
past, whose activities have been
frowned . upon by the regular
body of the religious sect.
; ROME, March 28 (AP) Rus
sia entered the world .wheat con
ference - Friday and: made' Its
problems triangular.
ProL Leon Krltzman, vice pres
ident ot the soviet five-year plan,
declared on . the . one hand, that
Russia would have tf&hing to do
with - the preferential : tariff pro
posed by the European -bloc at
the conference but added that it
would not be possible for the
country :to curtail Its wheat acre
sge." . . . - - :.'.
- Ambassador; Perez, represent
ing . the Argentine, , became the
spokesmen this afternoon -for the
large 'wheat growing areas of the
Americas . and ..: Australia. . For
them, he attacked: both the pref
erential tariff scheme of the Eur
opean, bloc- and also -the cheap
wheat production of soviet Rng
sis. .::.-.'. . - ;. .'
Prof. . Kritxman answered that
Russian production, of . wheat had
been increased Onjy because in
dustrial conditions In the coun
try had -been bettered and that,
consequently, there wtdld be no
acreage' curtailment,' But at ' the
same time, he said, there would
be no "dumping" because the In
crease in production would be ab
sorbed in Russia; ".U f
FISTS O CHS
FI80BE If DATTIE
BERLIN, March 28 (AP)
Fists - and .chairs -. were brought
into play last night when'. female
communist sympathizers started
a free for all fight In breaking up
a meeting' of women members of
the nationalist" "steeJ-helmeteers"
organization. Husbands, who were
waiting, outside reinforced by po
lice, restored order. . . .
..Shortly after the opening words
of the: first rpaker the commun
ist women started T intermpttng
with . shouts of- nhe.. Internation
ale foreverTind rffotrn, wUh. the
iteel-helmeteers.' - In .a moment
the meeting w lR. aa: Bpro4r hn4
the-battle was on. -v.-Ci -r - ,
- "The- communist women, feigned
heart attacks and even death and
then, screamed wildly when the
police , started to ejeet them.
There, were nd ".serious Injuries' v
'V ;fV.:
at
RUSSIA FACTOR III
PAULEY ON WHEAT
1700L GH
IS
ENCOURAGED
Market Reports Show Prom
is3 "of - Increasing r
' " '' Demand
Encouragement , to wool "grow
ers Is seen in late wool market
reports received by the Pacific
Cooperative .Wool Growers from
the National Wool Marketing cor
poration. The ten-year-old Pacific
organization Is one ot the 28 unit
members ot the : national . sales
agency and last year delivered
approximately one-ninth of . the
huge . national accumulation of
119.000,000 pounds. .
MThere is a decidedly better
feeling throughout the entire
wool manufacturing Industry'
says the March- 21 report Issued
by the National corporation. "Fall
goods - lines are opening . with
promise' of increased volume of
sales. ' -
" "Woolen .mills are , . getting
more business. London . prices
have been fully maintained. - All
foreign markets are strong. The
Brisbane sale closed. March, . 12
with prices about 30 per cent
above January lows. Only about
400,000 bales of the Australian
dip are left to sell out ot a total
dip of about 2.100,000 bales.
."Stocks of wool in domestic
markets will be low by the time
the new cup comes on in volume,
The market is witnessing a much
greater demand for three-eighths
wool, which has not had a real
call for 18 months. -
There -is a growing belief
among close followers of the tex
tile industry that the improve
ment witnessed during the past
montn neraids the opening of a,
period of strong prices. While no
one expects any very radical up
turn in the near future. steady
advancement as conditions war
rant seem to be fairly generally
anticipated.'
wools are beginning to arrive
at the warehouse ot the Pacific
Cooperative Wool Growers ( at
12th and -Davis street.-Portland
The association has for several
months been making preshearlng
advances to grower-members in
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Cali
fornia and Nevada and wool ad
vances are available upon deliv
ery of the cup. it is expeeted that
the Pacific's 1931 volume ' will
at least equal Its 1930 accumula
tion of ten million pounds.
SCIENTIFIC FARMs
MFJJS TRIED
Growth of Agriculture in
State Linked With Tech
; nical Work - V
By JOHN C. BURTNER
OREGON flTATH finr.T.'F.n.'R.
Corvallls, March 2 8 (Special )
That the growth- and develop
ment of Oreeon aerlcnUnrA waa
closely linked with the develop
ment 01 acienuuc zarm practices
was brought out . In the centen
nial of Oregon agriculture which
was celebrated at ChamnfMe- thren
years ago. The beginnings of ag
ricultural instruction on the Paci
fic coast were in the old Corvallls
colleee. which -waa dealsmatAtf on
October 27, 1888, as the Institu
tion, to receive state and" federal
aid in establishing the courses
proposed in the land grand act, ot
which agriculture "was one. This
was 17 years after the founding
of the Oregon Statesman. - -
Though the state itself gave no
financial aid to the -new type ot
education from 1888 to 1885, the
nrst cjasa m agriculture was or
ganized in the school year 1869
70, records compiled by the pres
ent dean. -Dr. A. B. fiord ley. thow
At that, time the faculty, exclu
sive ? or tne preparatory depart
ment. rnnalnta1 nt Pnalt.it xtr'
A.Flnley, professor of languages'.
ana josepn ,mery, professor-of
mathematics and natural science.
It is presumed. - therefor that
Prof. Emery was the first college
leacner 01 agriculture on tbe
coast, :-..; ... ' .
First Course Outlined.
Even In the first nnr In
agriculture as outlined In the cat
alogue ef 1869-70, sciences such
as cnemistry, physics, geology.
zooiogy, surveying and mensura
tion were given the emphasis In a
two-year course - there c outlined
Strangely . enough, at -frequent
points in the curriculum, students
were allowed to substitute Ger
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man In place of entomology, ani
mal paysiology or zoology.
. The experiment station was not
started until after the new cam
pus wa located on its present
slie' following construction by
popular subscription of the ad.
ministration building la 1885.
iao tirst annual report ot the ex
periment station waa published in
, . j oiiiam, director. It
is-a little pamphlet of 13 pages
uevoted moHtiy to a list of the fi
nancial receipts end expenditures,
which '' amounted that year to
115,000. r
W. ti. Ladd of Portland was
chairman ot th board ot regents
the year the station was estab
lished. Wallls.Nash, Corvallls, was
sew etary, and Thomas E. Cau
tljrn, treasurer. Sylvester Pen
noyer was governor of the state
and a member of the board. J. K.
Weatherford,- then president of
the board, was tbe most newly ap
pointed member; He served con
tinuously until the Joint board
was created. '
The experiment station staff at
that time consisted of Just four
men-in adition to President B. L.
Arnold. There were Director
Urimm. E. R. Lake, botanist: Dr.
aa. lrisn, chemist, and F. W.
wasnourn, entomologist,
- Cordley Made Head
: Probably the most important
alngls event in the development
tot scientific sgrleulture in this
state occurred. In '1895, when A.
is. uoraiey, then a young In
structor In Michigan Agricultural
college, came west and Joined
the staff here as professor ot too-
logy and entomology. He was so
successful that in 1907 he was
made dean of the school In tbe
re-organization effected by Pres
ident W J. Kerr, who that year
became head ot the college.
With the election of James l
Wlthyeombe as governor of the
state in 1916, Dean Cordley also
assumed the former's duty as di
rector ot the experiment station, I
which dual rele-he con tinned un
til the, appointment of James T.
Jar dine, the present director. In
Many outstanding- scientific dia.
covertes- in. sgrleulture are cred
ited entirely to Dean Cordley,
such as the development of the
lime-sulphur snrar. discovery of
the cause of apple tree anthrae
nose and the discovery of the life
history of the codling moth and
Introduction of spray for Its con
trol. The present position ef the col
lege in relation to the agricul
tural develonment of the atata ia
too well known to hear renetltlon.
The instructional school ranks
with the best in the country, an
nually drawing graduate students
xrom many states. The experi
ment station, with a large trained
staff, is itill enable to approach
nvesugation of all the Problems
confronted by tbe farmers ot the
state, though its findings bare
added many mil ions to the agri
cultural income. . The extension
service takes the latest findings
to every corner ot the common
wealth through a ; network ot
county agents snd farm and home
specialists.
TURKEY FARM AT
TURKER BUSY PLACE
TURNER, March' 28 -The tur
key yard owned by Jesse Parrish
on the old Silvers Place on tha
Turner-Marlon road, is an inter
esting place to visit, with 500
turkey hens and 33 gobblers.
which are placed In 33 pens, each
One holding "16 turkeva. Rrf
mash and l'af variety ot feeds are
used during tbe 1 layinjc season.
which has Just tegun. the output
naving .reacnea- 150 eggs a day
during, the. week and there will"
be a daily-incase. The eggs are '
carefully gathered : and racked
ond sent to an Indenendence
hatchery. ; Mr,. Parish does not"
raise young turkeys. "
Walter Meyers and family are
living on the place and are car
ing for . the large flock which
keeps one'person busy during the'
spring season.
England's Bank
Chief Silent on
Mission in U. S.
NEW. YORK. March 28 (AP)
Silence . concerning all ques
tions financial surrounded Mon
tagu Norman, governor of the
bank ot England, as he arrived
today for a visit-
Interest In the nation's money,
marts was heightened by a state-i
ment in the London Daily Mail
that Norman la seeking American
cooperation for the establishment
ot an International bank to fi
nance, trade with new markets.
principally soviet Russia.
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