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East Oregortinn Round-Up Souvenir Edition Pendleton, Ore eon. Saturday. Sentemher ?S 191S ' - - j ; - '-- . .. ' . . - ' ' Iwertty rii Drift Fence Eliminates Range Quarrels I, Stockmen ni Longer Have to Guard ''Dead Line" With Winchester,; New Forestry ; Policy Ends Bitterness 1 1 I!..- , ior.- -tl i ll On i It liy the Mo.kmen under free i.il :vf permit and in cooperation v.ii, n1(. Kevernmcnt. n f le In the lVril.iml of- the f ucsi ctvup shoa that In i.tence in the n itioni.i f Wafhinirlon an.l i o-ocon np leiy 273 miles of drift fence,; cient knowledge of the reiiulrenien tn avoid the fines and delays of tho past. COMMUNITY CIVICS IS HELPFUL TO CHILD IN TEACHING CITIZENSHIP wire fem-e is the best. In the first place, it tan he constructed at ha'f the cost of barbed wire; It can be .Mruns through the brush much eas u i'. ran be handled more comfortably find in regions where the snow crus's heavily, the smooth wire does not offer the same opportunity to hold A driit ien.e Is one that Is built to 'he crust, sink with It, and break ta! keep cuttle from ilrifting on to the 'he snow settles. It has been found' cheep ranee or sheep from drifting also that posts placed 10 feet apart HEM! YOITH OP l.AXD TO I'N onto the eittle ranee, or to keep any witti a pole, on top resting parallel l)r-l!STAM HIS 1MMKPI kind i.f Mock from straying where It wih the wire and nailed securely,! ATE Sl'RKOVNIIX8. should not so. In the old days, be- serves to protect the wire and keen lt! lore these fence were In existence j from breaking. tne di Kilns- line between the sheep and .attic ran if was patrolled by cow j PROMOTING TRADE WITH buys with Winchesters, and so stir-1 cai,Tu urn,o . . .... i n .rvmcrui,A 13 AIM ritiK were the events alotiR this line that it come to be known as the "gun line" or the dead line,' and woe to the Mock or the herders who at tempted to cross it. This continual I'hasln? of the cattle whenever they approached the boundary, led them to tcent denser in every horseman (hey saw, and kept them wild-eyed, and afraid. This slate of things was not conducive to the production of Koud beef. Then somebody conceiv-! ed the idea of a fence to take the place of the "gun line," and for the' OF THE UNITED STATES KF.MOIG THE rURRIKKS'' IMPORTANT TASK TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. ISat oiml Education Association Pre. pares Bulletin lm the Subject Mlucti Has Many Valuable SiiKsres- Uuna Subject Should lie Tauylit In Lowvr School Grades. Shipping Doonnents Presents a Verv "Community civics helps the child js to know the meantns of his commu nity me. not merely a lot of facts about it." says a bulletin just issued by the U. S. bureau of education at Washington. This bulletin was pre- Tnmhlesome Question to Those pare'1 y fou' members of the com Who Are Trying to Open Vp the mlttee on social studies of the Na i"' or commerce With Our Southern Neighbors. "Removing 4h& kA-iA-.t . , I r...1'".?-"" the fenoe has grown rortanr us, t many miles in extent. When the na-1 ernmLt fTvnrr rhff T"i ate. in the effort to increase he and Cir Kingsley. of the ?!S 1 -. T.i the,''?a a"3 le'-1 volume of trade between North 1 Massachusetts board of education. iiiaiii ui Lilt piiNiintf t n fa nv . . . . . . , j ventrai ana south America, and Placing them under special use per- Dlirr, , J n? tinai Education Association. Dr. J. Lynn Barnard, School of Pedagogy, Philadelphia; F. W. Carrier, principal of Wilmington, Mass., high school: Arthur W. Dunn, specialist in civio education, IT. s. bureau of education "The significance of the term 'com H T rI'11' t0 whlc" h" been found mun"- d0M n ?eo- ! of ,V T 3 V th necessary to give a vast amount of at- P"1 implications," says the bul- L 6,, , ln m?st cas- tention 1n proportion to its actua "". '.'but applies this point of view es within the national forests the gov- ,,, .t , . plual , tha . ., ernmen, has furnished the posts and' hu," tlv7roWoC mphas a d up n th n exceptional cases the wire. The of (he form of the ''ms do munlty because it is the IMtcr exception, however, is only, mem, PP B xhieh tM.ei.t... magnitude is that of the insignificant to the national cammunlty as well. e local com. one with men ts. which every child-citizen has most r . ... utaiiy Ot m ltln " ..v.v-no, aim iui i'iai i c- i".eBl ..oiii uaniHse irom granng. ' Am,i., .,.. " nn l I. f ki .... ivunu ira, uiese oner a .....t fcv cu,t, mm complicated problem to the exnorters actual cooperation with it." the I nlted States, who have not 11,6 authors of the bulletin make when a fence is needed to protect the forest from da ine fences are built, for the most part, by the stockmen or their asso- ; in "n or user of "X n llhlT.h j been fu,ly am1 instructed cle" term "citizenship- is (ion or user of the lange within the on tne subJpct se(1 broa(11y. The ..good clt,zen, he'TJi'l"6 t rl TTr fr eicn and dnm' commerce has ur- - a person who habitual- the building and upkeep of tne fence. I rtr,W( ,hx M .,.,. " u ,.. rriI,rt -. the expense of keeping up the feme is great, the forest service took up the question of extending assist ance, with the result that a recent regulation provides a plan whereby at the end of ten years the stockmen are supposed to have received in benefit full return for the money expended T to the government for future maintenance. responsibility of remov- conducts himself with proper lng this barrier by making It possi- KariJ 'or the welfare of the commu- ble for American shippers to obtain n ty of wh'ch he is a member and is information regarding these require- aotive anl intelligent in his coopera- ments which has not ben easily avail- ,ion wi,n bis fellow members to thi.t able in the past "nd " The difficulties encountered are Community civics, according to the fully appreciated by American export- bulletin, should be taught in the ele- and the fence may be then turnd ov- . - --P -. ' ( . ..,.v...v iit- n.viaiitn.e oi a ... ...vj I commission house or customs broker, comprehensive course in the fim They have found an embarrassing 'far of the high school. "Many pu- The stockmen are quite pronoune-; obstacle in the fines provided for ev- nils do not enter high school at all; ed in their expressions of satisfaction cry possible deviation from the pre- aml those who do should already have Ht this method of handling their cat-; scribed customs regulations, which begun to acquire habits of civic tie. The animals need no herders" are very detailed as to the lnforma- thought and action. The greater ma nnd browse undisturbed and unafraid. tion to be included in the documents, turity of the high school pupil makes For example, ride over the Mil! Numerous instances have been re- Possible the development of phasea Creek range on the Ochoco forest in ported where fines were imposed for of 'be subject that areMmprdcticablo central Oregon there are over 100 such Blight irregularities as the fail- in the elementary school." miles of drift fence on the Ochoco ure to state the nationality of the "Many courses in civics fall," the alone and you will pass group after j vessel in the invoice, the use of ditto authors think, "because they fix at (trviup of cattle, fat and sleep, ar.d marks, or Incorrect translation of the tention upon the machinery of gov s tame that they will pay no mor6 ' description of the goods included ln "nment rather than upon the ele- Mttention to you than if you were a the shipment. As a result American nients of community welfare for which part of the landscape. There iB no exporters have had the unpleasant th government exists. They famil inore running at the sight of every experience of refunding fines to the 'arize the pupil with the manlpula- tranger. but tne quiet grazing mat consignees of their goods, with inci- tlon of 'he social machinery without adds pounds of beef to every animal, dental delay of proceedings which showing him the importance of the and means prizes at the stock showr has tended to impede the extension social end3 for which this machinery and high prices ln the stockyard, j of trade that is strongly desired at exists. A lesson ln community civics- ine tamarack arnt tence, zo miles the present time. i Is not complete unless It leaves witn Jr. length, on the Cmatilla forest i". The bureau of foreign and domes- the pupil a sense of his responsibility, r.or'heasiern Oregon, has more than,tjc commerce has lust issued a . 66- nd results in right action. To at- proved its worth to the stockmen us- page pamphlet, "Consular Regu'a- 'aln these ends is perhaps the most ing that range, and a report from the tjons of Foreign Countries ( Canada difficult and delicate task of the supervisor of that forest states that and Latn America)" Tariff Series teacher." users of other ranges on the forest Xo. 21, which contains a complete "Much civic instruction," declares description of the shipping docu- the bulletin, has been Ineffective be ments renuired in each of the roun- cause It has left the pupil to work tries where difficulties have been en- out for himself the application of get, countered, and conies nf this niihu. oral principles. The translation of cation may be obtained from the su- principles into conduct is more di perintendent of documents, Washing- ficult than the comprehension of the ton D. C at in cents each This principles themselves. While we urge "guide book" for American exporters, that the citizen should engage in a.s it may be called, gives facsimillea 'hete activities as far as opportunity ,,f Ihn er.ns.llar lnvr,(e0 1ir,H tn !.eh CfferS. it Is neCeSSary tO Cultivate a if the countries, and points to such motive sufficiently strong to lead mm have petitioned the government to build fences and expressed their will ingness to pay a higher grazing fee for fenced r.irik'e Among other reasons they stated that the fence keeps the Hoik from s'.ravrig. pre vents lo.-s by thert, and also keeps purchase! stock from returning to the oid r:ince. On the Wallowa foret 1 miles of 1 rift fence is maintained. The situ-.- t on is suf h in this ie?ion that they peculiar features as may be over- actually to do so. This motive Is to i re many short fences, some built to V.ee;, the stoek from sliding down the ctcip ;.,(s or 1 reaks of the ?n.iVe riier when the ground is frozen in winter, others to keep the stock from ('rifting to the winter ranee too e ir'v looked by the average shipper. he found ln the common interest The material has been compiled which includes his interest, at least oh treat care, the chapter for each until such time as an ideal altruism country havinir been submitted for re- may lead to the placing or tne inter vision to a consular representative of est of others and of the community t ' r t enuntry. Some American bank- shove the Interest of seir. ir. the fall or to tile surr.no too e.-rly in the spring. The Service has recently r rang ir; institutions and commission houses have also been consulted, and HIGH COST OF LIVING experi. nil n ented to ilctermi of fences to bull I. They h ive been bu ): nf li.,r! e, u re and also smooth twiitl wire; ivj!:, p.,-;s f ,; r t,o;-.rT anl posts near ticether; with a top pole and without. Thus far it has been der.nmraed that the smooth twlscd possible efforts made to meet the 15 BEGINNING TO LOWER the best kind situal'on disclosed by the numerous nts that have reached the of fices, of the bureau at Washington. It is believed that by using . the publication, the average exporter in thl country will be able to prepare his shipping documents with suffi- : East End Grocery ! I. ( " ' I"- : t x--. . - - 4 CJ I MM J . t W XEW YORK The cost of lhin which in September. 1914. reached the highest point It had touched for years, now shows an appreciable de cline according to statistims whl'h have just been collected here Fig ures covering twenty-five commodi ties of ordinary consumption arrang- ed to represent the purchases of an average family show a collective de cline of approximately 15 per cent as compared with one year ago, and are very close to the level they occu pied before the outbreak of the Eu- ropean war. The heavy crops or X fruits and cereals raised in the Cnlt X ed States this year have proved the chief factor in bringing about a more 4 reasonable scale of prices. The greatest declines have taken place ln J the cost of flour and sugar, the for- mer having declined one and T half cents and the latter two J. W. DYEK is still there, and there with the goods. Pays no rent; still on the tax roii; phone number is still the same if you don't believe it try 536. Our order and delivery boys have never been in a morgue too timid hearted. Remember the tret number, 706 Eat Alt Street, Pendleton. one cents a pound. At the beginning of the war last year there was a veritable flour panic among the housewives of the country who rushed to lay In heavy supplies for fear of a short age, but the harvesting of the great est wheat crop In the h'story of the country has dissipated all alarm on this score. In the case of sugar It Is explained that the large crop of home-grown suear which Is Just now coming to market has forced the re finers of Imported sugar to reduce their prices, which have been held at a high level since the beglnn'ng of the war. It Is declared b those fa miliar with the Industry that the present is an opportune time for Am erican sugar growers to expand their , business and that if the free sugar law 1b repealed as now seems to be , ikely they will be able to produce enough sugar to furnish keen com pet'tlon with the refiners at all sea- Ions, and to keep the price of sugar n r J K ioifoy M are being awarded this month as The Main Prizes Th saddle shown here is the 1915 Pendleton Round-Up First Prize for the Bucking Contest; valued $350. at "The Round-Up" Pendleton, Oregon (Three Saddles) "Frontier Days" Walla Walla, Wn. (One Saddle. Bucking Contest) . "Blue Mountains Rodeo" Dayton, Wn. (One Saddle, Bucking Contest) "Kimberly Boosters' Fair" Kimberly, Idaho (One Saddle, Bucking Contest) and are ridden with Guaranteed Satisfaction by hundreds of cowboys all over the west "Hamley Saddles" are sold direct to riders a better saddle for less money. Catalog of saddles and all riding accessories is FREE. 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