The Bend bulletin., May 18, 1925, Image 2

THE REND RUU.ETIN. DAILY EDITION. RliND. OREGON. MONDAY. MAY IS. I'.Uifi
LIVESAYS HOLD!
OREGON RECORD;
Egg Production Will Be;
High In 1925, Too
Scientific Management and
Thorough Sanitation
Brine Results
camp fire messenger Designed for Uncle Sam's Hunters
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Other articlca f the Central
Oregon farm .scries appeared an
rollowi in Tin- Weekly Bulletin!
.. c. KJrtalSi March hi.
k. .m. Bby, March 10.
A. f Fraator. Mai1-!! lilt.
Herman K Allen. April -.
George Thompson, April II.
B, O. Drrkciy, April 16,
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M. W. Knickerbocker, April
IIS,
r. P. Becker, April SO.
M. i. Lambert, May 7.
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It Is said that every sailor who
. , .
sails the high seas has a secret ile-
!
sire to make n final trip across the
ileep nntl then to settle down on a
poultry fnrm. Probably It was inch
a desire that In 191! kuvc to Central
Oreson a man who. assisted by his !
brother and wife .has placed this j
part of the state definitely on the 1
poultry l::ap of the I'nited States.
When Vern Livesay. then commis
sioner of public docks in Portland,
first enme to Central Oreiton on a
vacation trip in about 1917 he had
no intentions of starting a poultry
farm in the mid-state country. In "ls summer tne as year out
fact, he knew nothing about poultry. h"use and barn will be replaced by
and Central Oregon was looked on as modern structures. A new laying
a stock and alfalfa district, not an bouse. SO by 100 feel, is also to be
area favorable for the raising of '"lilt this y -ar. This house will he of
chickens. (be same type -the Pullman college
That was In 11T. I-nst year the type as the two houses now In use.
Livesay brothers- poultry farm, in One of the features of the poultry
the l'lalnvlew community of Des- f"i which impresses thc visitor Is
chutes county, had the record egg:be electric light system, operated
producing flock of hens in Oregon from storage batteries, charged by a
a record which will probably be small gasoline engine the same en
duplicated again this year. "Tho 'ne which furnishes power for the
average number of hens in the flock cream separator. Not only is the
was 24$. and each hen averaged house electrically lighted,, but Incan
22S.7 year." to quote Oregon Busi- descent bulbs are strung in the lay
ness. "The average for the United ins house.). The purpose of the elec
States Is 55 eggs per laying hen yer , trie lights. It is explained, is to pro
year, and 70 eggs per hen for the 1 v'!e a 12 hour day for the laying
entire state of Oregon. I hens. With a longer day. the hens
Was Moment Kami Bal more, and the laying average Is
Thc history of Oregon's premier maintained,
egg producing farm is not capable of Lights Help Mens
being reviewed In u few sentences.) The electric lljhts are first used
even though this hisiafy werft ecu- In the laying houses In the early fall,
fined to the work of Vern Livesay October, and nre used for varying
and his brother. Corbie. In develop-j periods until the following March. In
Ing the flock of prize white Leg- the winter, the light.i arc "doused''
horns. Peculiar to note, the farm several times before being turned off
which has brought renown to Central for tho night. Immediately when the
Oregon as a poultry center. iineouall- lights are turned off and on several
ed in any part of the country, is one; times, the hens lake warning and
of the oldest farm sites In this sec- climb to their roost;; "all the same
tion of Oregon. as a boarding school," said Vern
It whs Just a little less than 40 , Livesay as he showed his interviewer
years ago that the place which now through the laying houses,
bears the name of Melvin Springs If any one word can be used to
Poultry Farm, first emerged from a characterize the method of operation
tract of timber, truly primeval. This on the Melvin Springs Poultry Farm,
place was first settled by Harrison that one word is sanitation. Clean
A. Melvin. If reasons why the plo- linens is stressed in all phases of egg
neer filed on this tract of land are production. The feed troughs are so
sought, they can probably he found arranged that it is impossible for the
in the three large springs which Is- hens to get their feet into the mash,
sue from the earth on Melvin butie. Likewise, wban drinking, the hem.
just west of the poultry farm. are forced to stand at a distance
Melvin. by the way. was one of the from the water, sticking their heads
picturesque pionoers of the mid-Ore- through small openings,
gon territory. In the early days of' In line with sanitation, the Live
Central Oregon he made "shakes" by say brothers have devised a nest
band from trees cut on his place, i which has a wire mesh bottom, per
f hen hauled them to the distant town mittlng the litter to fall through the
of Shaniko, where they were sold ' hay and mesh to the floor below,
and the money converted into a These nests were used for the first
year's supply of food. This ranch time on the Livesay farm, and are
figured In the nows of the state when already becoming popular in Central
Melvin killed'S. H. Dorrancc in 1906. Oregon.
The trouble which resulted In the The Livesay brothers experience
death of Iiorrance arose ofer a con-, no difficulty in marketing their eggs,
tract which Dorrance held for the for their entire output is purchased
sawing of timber on the Melvin by the Skaggs store In Bend. The
ranch. ! Llvesays, primarily because of the.
View Is Scenic Sanitary methods practiced, com-
Thc old Melvin place was deserted mam! the top Central Oregon price)
when the Llvesays first came to Ccn- for their eggs. The eggs are gath
Iral Oregon. In 1919 It was pnr-iorci! twice dally, and are taken Into I
chased from tho Melvin estate. The Bend once each week. Also, a dally
fnrm. surrounded on all sides by a record of each flock Is kept, as well;
forest of virgin pine, contains 320 as a record of the cost of production, i
acres, 75 acres of which can he frrl- A total of 9.791 eggs were produced
gated. Tho poultry farm Is locaiori
In a small gulch, leveled With rich
sediments and slit, washed in from
tho slopes of the Cara-aden. The gap
Hot Biscuits and Honey!
Delicious when made with
CAW
THE WORLD'S GREATEST
BAKING POWDER
They will raise perfectly
bake properly digest easily
SALES J', TIMES THOSE OF ANY OTHER BRAND
Katherins Qajdto, camp fire girt,
shown holding "Radio," the pigeon
I which hroiiKht the niesmititc which she
roadlng from Chicago to New York.
The pigeon wiis ilWpatched from the
, 1
Chicago conference and made nearly
as somI tUuc as thc Twentieth Cen
tnry train.
in the
: end of the gulch holds
the scenic profile of Broken Top.
Mam lOlly only a few miles distant.
When the two Llvesays one a na
tive of Nebraska and the other of
Illinois first bought the Melvin
(arm. they started raising poultry on
a small scale. The place was pur
chased in 19 It). Since that time the
farm has gradually been improved.
on the Livesay farm in March of this
year.
Stoic Honors Won
There are 212 hen at present In
' i j l
CtiarlM CorWln, urtlat of the ultlce ot exhibits, I llilctl Slates Ivpiil-tlnem
of Agriculture, 1ms designed und built (tils model en bin rsprOSOOtlUg the llolil
of the government professional htmler of predatory animals. Steel I raps, pol
son bait, gun. ax and even a limber wolf palmed In the background are pol
truyed : t this exhibit.
.
(he flock which won slate honors last
year. These hens are now two year
olds. The second flock contains 22
hens, one year of age. These hens
at present are laying better than the
prize flock, ihe two year olds. This
spring, the Livcsays shipped In 1.000
baby chicks from Canby. These chicks
arc now six weeks old. About half
w ill be produring eggs by this fall
The representative of The Hull. 'tin
I who visited thc Livesay farm found
an attraction in the farm home which
I cannot be overlooked ill a writeup
Octoln r.
Novembe
January. 1921
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
Sctitember
It was an evening meal, prepared by
Mrs. Livesay, who is described by her
husband to be the "balance wheel"
of the poultry farm. A few of the
"highlights" of this meal consisted
of fried chicken, nicely prepared po
tatoes, salad, a vegetable side dish
anil peaches and cream. No canned
Powell Butte Grange
Sponsoring Ball Team
POWELL Ill'TTK. May 12. Thc
Powell Unite grange visited Ihe Post
grange OS Saturday night. May 2.
and on Wednesdny night following.
30 Powell Butte grangers visited
I with the Tumalo grange.
Powell Butte now has an up lo
dale baseball team, sponsored by tho
local grange, with William Peterson
j as manager. Practice Is held each
i Sunday afternoon on the Wilson
school grounds. Next Sunday the
team goes to Prlnevfllc. where n
game Is staged against the K. of P.
team.
The Powell Butte Cooperative as
sociation met Thnr.iday evening of
last week and after the regular busi
ness the evening was spent with In
teresting talks by visllorr. from Bend
and Prlnevlllc. V. V. llarpham of
Prlneville gave an inlcersting lalk on
"Forest Protection," Mayor L. M.
Bechtell spoke briefly on the plans
for the coming American Legion con -
ventlon in June. Senator Jay II.
Upton of Bend spoke on the future
development of Orcgtin. Singing by
the audience was led by Mrs. Cook.
We have always on
display
1001 REASONS
why you should visit
our store whenever you
are in town.
Here are a few of them :
BATHING SUITS
Childs size 49c
Misses' size 69c
Others at !Wc lo S3.25
Ladies' sizes $1.09
Others up to $5.25
Youths' sizes 69c
Others at 98c to $3.25
Men's sizes $1.09
A new shipment of
G-strand D. M. C.
Embroidery Cotton
just received.
goods are purchused by (lie Llvcsnys,
Mrs. Livesay preparing all frails
III connection with their poultrv
farm, the Livcsays operate a small
dairy plant also, primarily for the
purpose of supplying milk feed for
the chickens Seven cows an milked
at present on (he Livesay farm. The
cream Is marketed. Other stock on
the farm consists of several work
horses, two young mules and a few
bogs. Following Is the state flock record
made by the Livesay brothers for the;
'year ending September. 1911:
No. of No. of Per Average
Hens Kggs lieu Prlcu
26ft t.tTI 12. 0.4I
261 5.089 19.5 .50
260 1.670 15. .16
25S 1.191 16 2 .'.17
252 4.S18 19. .27
216 5.650 23. .19
211 G.701 23.1 .;5
211 5.675 23.3 .IS
210 1.876 20.3 .31
239 1.917 20.5 .35
23S 1.290 IS. .38
232 3. SSI 15. .41
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The gross receipts per hen for the
year totaled 86 i,7. Feed cost per
hen for the same period totalled
52.82 lexcltislve of green feed and
skimmed mllki. leaving n net profit
of 13.95 par hen. or a tola! nel profit
from the flock of 8959. 78 for the
year.
with .Miss Oyer at the piano.
Mrs. I). A. Yates of Hood Kivor.
who has been visiting friends In
Powell Butte for the past week, left
Sunday for Bend, where she will visit
with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Pauls were vis
iting friends and relatives in Bend
Sunday.
Mrs. Duhson of Bedinond was a
guest at the K. A Bussett home Sun
day. Mrs John Klssler and Mrs Curtis
of Itednmnil were visiting, relatives
In Pow. ll Butte Thursday.
Mother's day was appropriately
observed at the community hall Sun
day, the services being conducted by
Mrs. Cook.
The teachers of Ihe WltaOB school.
Miss Morse and Miss Dye, will pre
sent the children of their school In
the play "The Sliver Scandals" Wed
nesday evening, May 20. The pro
ceeds go towards paying for the
piano.
Woodson McDaniels Is one of the
Croon county hoys who will attend'
,no summer training course ut Camp
LOW Is.
W. o. Mall of Prlneville was in
Powell Butte Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. K. W. fltHHd of
It' dmond were Powell Hullo visitors
- Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Slauffer of
Pleasant Valley were visiting In Pow
i II Butte Monday and attended the
sale ill the Bob Klllott place.
Alvln Itlggs is driving a new Ford
mill)
S. B. Babcock of Mullens, Nchrns
I ka. who hss been visiting with his
brother in Powall Butte, left Sun
;day for SherKlnn.
Krnnk klssler VII a business vls
lltor In Krdmnnd Monday. '
Mrs, J, .1. Chapman made a visit
to Redmond Monday in the Interests
of the proposed transportation of the!
high school pupils for the Redmond I
union high school,
Mrs. C. B, Vnlpoy wuh called In
Paulina last week to do Home nurs
ing. Herman Allen lost two horses hint
W06H from polponcd grain.
"AT HOME
ti
All nortfl of thinH bdsttlfl
pink toafl nn; HkHy to happen
nt home, you know. Aool
deotfli for Instance.
Do yon know (lint '.',, (IS
Traveleri Rooldent potloxhotda
on were hurt at. bone fn one
year? Over a ((Hurler of all
the nrrldnnt cluitiin reported
that year woro lian! on In
JurfRH received around home.
Twenty-four noma each day.
while you are at hOltie, at
work, or at play, your Travel
orn Accident Policy K"aro
your Imnk account aKnffiHt Its
rid enenty injury,
J. C. Rhodes
MInevnnce hi am n iti.un ii "
MARSHAL FIELD said:
"Buying real estate is not only the best way and the
safest way, but the ONLY WAY to hecoine wealthy."
A Real Home In n Nice District Such As
Beautiful
Bend Park
(East)
Will pay you laVgfl dividends in health and happiness, in that
feeHng of independence and well-being. We will assist you in
financing such a home. BEE US today.
Bend Investment Company
Phone 172 "WE NEVEB SLEEP" 869 Wall St.
CLASSES TO GIVE
EXHIBITS TONIGHT
.Manual Training and Do
mestic Work to He Seen
"Open house ' will be h M by the,
manual training an. I machine- shop
classes of the Bend schools this ev
ening, at the shop In the basement
of the Kenwood building Work done
during the school year ut ending
will he demonstrated by thc pupils,
under Ihe supervision of C A Ou
derlan and fh.irl. s . Frost. III-!
tfttotora. Parents and others inter-'
esled lii this work may vhlt Ihe
building any lime between 7 3n audi
9 o'clock.
The exhibit of th cooking and
sawing classes will be given Tuesday
i evening
at 8 o'clock at the gynimi-
slum In the form of two playlets by-
the cooking classes. "The Budget
Ohost" und "MothST'l CON." and a
style show by the sewing classes.
; garments being exhibited which tiara
been made during the year by Ihe
1 pupils.
The playlets have been prepared
under (he direct Ion of Minn Elian
liahl, cooking Instructor, and the
style show Is being supervised by
' Miss Anne Arnoblus. sewing teacher
1 In the high school The cntciinln-
menl Is free to Ihe public, parent
being especially invited.
Those taking pari In "The Badgal
jtihost" are F.vclyn Holier l Stalin
claypool, Wllma Ciimmings, Minnie
iloover. Allre fiales. Borates Shaw.
Kilna Ogle. Violet Pickett. Josephine
' Mnrsden, Hope Shepherd and Mae
j Palmer.
Students in the cast of "Mother's
cure are hdna Ogle. Mae Palmer.
Clarice Swlck. Bernlce Shaw and
Kllznbelh Marsden.
N'" man ever realties his real value
i until he Is sued for breach of promls
Plants That You Need
In Your Garden-
TOMATO PM NTs, 05c pc
ur.tn: i-i.an'ts, iflc
(lOafi
I'ANSV
VI, A NTS. OOfl
III ItlllOlll
per riOati
sri;i:s
fSOc poi" tloSi
RIVERSIDE FLORISTS
rtrrsojioiises open Hiuiday
450 Moirporl Ave
Ratal Store, Hill Wall
Phono
ii IS
S ACRE
TRACTS
Near Curroll Aerea BohOOl.
Klcclrlc light, power and lolo
phOM avnllalile. Water rights
with each tract. Best land
near Bend, KHpeclnlly rlonlr
ahle for poultry or vcgntnhlcH.
Very modnrato prlcna. Kimy
Urmi.
For Sale by Owner
E. P. Br osier hour.
Phono fiOG W
Shoe Repairing
Have your shoes repaired by a shoemaker ami
not by a cobbler
Only First Gas Material Used
Satisfaction guaranteed
JOHN RICKENBERG
127 .Minnetiota Ave
IBM I li i iiaiu.i: I'll. I l
Charges of not having his automo
bile under proper control were riled
III Colltlly Judge It YV Sawyer's
courl today against QldSOIt Weaver.
Stnti Traffic Officer Karl II Houston
found Wenver asleep at the win tl of
his cur. parked beside the highway.
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Dr. Pauline Scars Wester
OfTBOPAJKIO TIIVHICIAN
drad naia of Anorloan schmii ot
OaUiopatljy
tfmt ;railua DSBtOf I'olyr.llnla
BiOnrsi I.-I2! l-B (lather lllrlsr.
Oftlea Phono 410. Res. H70 R
CITY GARBAGE
CONTRACTORS
Will Remove Your
Garbage
Tel. 66 W. 835 Bond
Wnato, Dirt, Hock or anr hind ol
itefi,.,, "Tho Vellow Tracks"
lioUitOfl reported A small qnai
of homebrew beer was found in
car, lloiislon said
Put I: in The Bulletin
DR. II. C. DODDB
n)hl inn and Huricron
Of fit o hours: 9 to ! 2 a m ; 1 4
'. T) til ' ? fit & fivrttiln a
Orrire pbonn 317 O'Dirnnoll HM
H IMioni. 292 '
Ahraiii.; Klcctronic 13i
agnosia and Traatipent,
Ultra-Bed hays, Ohiro
practic ami all natural
or physical mo tho d a
combined.
Dr. R. D. Ketchum
Chiropractic PfaliciaO
Hal her llldg.
"BETTER THAN
SPECIFICATIONS"
I
That is wluil they say
about
CONCRETE WORK
now being done by
Deschutes Concrete
Pipe Company
I'HONH M0