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John Minto, Oregon pioneer and early sheep breeder, who is
among those to be honored by dedication of memorial at Ore
gon State Fair. (Trover Photo In Oregon Archives)
Memorial to Sheepbreeders
Will be Dedicated at Fair
By CLAUDE STEUSLOFF
Dedication of a memorial to 24 Oregon sheepbreeders by the
Oregon Purebred Sheepbreeders association will be a special
feature on Tuesday of the coming state fair.
Those to be honored are W. B. Ayres, Baldwin Sheep company;
Frank Brown, Thomas Brunk, C. E. Cleveland, Clow Bros., Cun
ningham Sheep company, W. P.
Emery, A. I. Eoff, C. L. Hawley,
J. G. S. Hubbard, Dave Klrby,
C. P. Kizer, Fred Kozer, Ladd
& Reed, John Minto, John Red
mond, William Riddell & Sons,
Schmidt Bros., Richard A. Scott,
J. E. Smith, John B. Stump
Dave Waddell and James Withy-
combe,
Governor Douglas McKay is
to give an address. He will be
Introduced by President A. L.
Strand of Oregon State college.
Chauncey M. Hubbard, eldest
son of one of those named on
the plaque and president of the
Oregon Purebred Sheepbreed
ers' association, is to trace the
constructive work of early
breeders In Oregon.
Large Drinking Fountain
The bronze memorial plaque
Is incorporated In a drinking
fountain and lounging booth for
' sheepmen adjacent to the sheep
judging arena in the main live
atock barn. Frederick H. Eley,
Salem architect, used ceramic
tile and building blocks in his
design for the plaque back
ground and booth. Arranged to
care for thirsty youngsters as
well as adults, the fountain will
accommodate five drinkers at a
time.
Of those named, W. P. Emery
and A. I. Eoff of Salem; C. P.
Kizer, Harrlsburg; Dave Wad-
, dell, Amity; Killian Schmidt,
Beavercreek; Frank Brown,
Carlton; and William, Ed and
James Riddell, all of Monmouth
are still active sheep breeders
nd will be special guest for
the occasion,
Importance of the area around
Salem to early Oregon sheep
breeding is attested by the fact
that nine of those listed are
from Marion or Polk county.
Seven of the men were born in
the British Isles and 12 were
native Oregonians.
Oldest breeder on the list is
John Minto of Salem who was
born In England, came to Ore
gon in 1844 and first got into
the sheep business by purchas
ing some of the Fields flock
-i which came across the plains in
1847. In 1860, Impressed by
the weight and fine wool of 10
purebred Merinos owned by
Joseph Holman of Salem, he
' purchased an undivided half in
s terest in them for $512. They
were the first offspring from 20
Merinos Imported from Austra
lia and bore impressive- royal
British pedigrees tracing to a
gift from the king of Spain.
From his prize winning exhibit
at the first Oregon State Fair
in 1861 he sold a ewe lamb for
100 and through the years won
more than 400 prizes on sheep
and fleeces.
Economic Boost to Industry
While only three of those
named on the plaque lived, in
eastern Oregon those three prob
ably contributed more econom
ically to the sheep industry than
all the others combined. They
supplied the vast range opera
tions of western U.S. with the
Merino and Rambouillet rams
by which the flocks were built
up and maintained.
Dr. D. M. Baldwin founded
the Baldwin Sheep company In
1873 with headquarters at Hay
Creek, near Madras. In his
choice Merino foundation flock
of two rams and 25 ewes purch
ased from W. S. Hammond of
Vermont was the ram "Oregon"
who proved to be the greatest
foundation sire in eastern Ore
gon. Later, emphasis shifted
. to Rambouillets and in 1904 a
.notable importation of 100
f head was made, purchased prac
tically without price restriction!
from the government flock at
Rambouillet and other French
flocks. By 1910 the Baldwin
flock was recognized as the best
in U.S. Sheering a world record
flock average they totalled 50,
000 head and each year furnish
ed thousands of purebred rams
to range sheepmen.
Charles Cunningham came to
Pilot Rock from Ireland in 1871
On his grade ewes he used Ram
bouillet rams imported direct
from the French government
flock. Early in the '90s he
established a purebred flock and
by the turn of the century was
running 10,000 to 15,000 pure
breds. The Cunningham Sheep
company is still a factor in
Rambouillet circles.
Easy to Shear
J. E. Smith left Vermont In
1873 to settle at Pendleton. He
featured Delaine Merinos, gen
erally called straight-necked, a
breed free from wrinkles about
the neck, thus saving the shear
er the bother of going around
curves while taking wool off
this part of the animal. Smith's
flock grew to 42,000 purebreds
and for years was noted as the
top Delaine nursery of the west.
Half the names on the plaque
honor Cotswold or Lincoln
breeders. Climatic and soil con
ditions in the Willamette valley
were ideal for these long-wool-ed
sheep and for a quarter cen
tury starting about 1900 flocks
from this area were among the
finest in America.
John Redmond of McMinn
ville brought Cotswolds with
him when he came to Oregon
from Ontario, Canada, during
the Civil war and later made
importations from England of
both rams and ewes. He also
brought the first standard bred
horses to this state and assisted
in organizing early . Oregon
State Fairs.
Ladd & Reed, who owned
eight breeding farms in Oregon,
Included 21 Cotswolds, five of
them prize winners from the
Wolverhampton, England. Agri
cultural Exposition, in their
noted livestock importation of
1871. Later shipments brought
Southdowns and Lelcesters.
Breeder Becomes Governor
James Withycombe of Hills-
boro, later governor of Oregon,
registered two Cotswold ewes
in 1876 and exhibited his sheep
at the 1878 Oregon State Fair.
About 1900 he distributed
breeding stock to Thomas Brunk
of Salem and John B. Stump,
Monmouth.
W. B. Ayres, proprietor of
Foothills Farm, Carlton, started
his sheep breeding with Cots
wolds, later adding Shropshires,
Southdowns and Hampshires
He paid $1700 in England for
one of his early Hampshire stud
rams.
Stump practiced Inbreeding,
concentrating the blood of rams
from two Cotswold flocks in
England. He also bred Lincolns.
William Riddell, who came to
Monmouth from Scotland in
1878, was a contemporary Lin
coin and Cotswold breeder. His
son William was the pioneer
breeder of Romneys in the U.S
In addition to sheep, Brunk
Riddell and Stump were all not
ed breeders of Angora goats.
Clow Bros, bred Lincolns on
their farm near Rickreall. Later
Cotswold breeders were Dave
Kirby, McMinnville, C. L. Haw
ley of McCoy and Fred Kozer
of Rickreall. Kozer s founda
tion was 20 ewes and one ram
he bought from Stump in 1913.
Richard A. Scott of MUwau
kee emigrated from England in
1870 bringing with him the orig
inal stock of vetch to Oregon
He also introduced kale in 1876
Scott was the first breeder of
Dorsets in this state and exhib
ited them at the 1890 State Fair.
He was the first president of the
Oregon Purebred Livestock as
sociation. Schmidt Bros, of Beavercreek
were early Shropshire breeders.
In 1912 they started a Hamp
shire flock and later imported
a fine flock of Suffolks. Frank
Brown of Carlton also, bred
Shropshires, later switching to
Hampshires. Born in Scotland
he came to Oregon in 1888 and
has been prominent in purebred
sheep and cattle enterprises
since. Another Shropshire
breeder was C. E. Cleveland of
Gresham who was the first pres
ident of the Oregon Livestock
Sanitary board.
International Winner
C- P. Kizer of Harrisburg ex
hibited his first Oxrords at the
1902 State Fair. In 1925 he won
the champion Oxford ewe
award at the Chicago Interna
tional Livestock Exposition. W.
P. Emery of Salem has bred Ox
fords, Hampshires and Suffolks
in the 40 years since he came
here from England.
A. I. Eoff, Salem, started
breeding Rambouillets in 1904
and changed to Hampshires in
1910. J. G. S. Hubbard of Mon
roe brought his Southdowns
along when he came to Oregon
from New York. Some time
later he added a flock of Hamp
shires. Dave Waddell of Amity is rec
ognized as the pioneer breeder
of both Hampshires and Suf
folks in Oregon. Hampshires
were exhibited at the 1865 State
Fair but Waddell's flock estab
lished in 1907 was probably the
first breeding unit. Waddell
imported his first Suffolks from
England in 1925. Both Hamp
shires and Suffolks are now
leaders in the sheep industry of
the west, present emphasis be
ing on mutton rather than wool
production.
Eldon Riddell, Monmoum,
grandson of one of those hon
ored is chairman of the commit
tee which arranged for the me
morial. Eugene F. Hubbard,
Corvallis, son of another breeder
listed, and Claude Steusloff, Sa
lem, are committee members.
Silverton Methodist
Board Plans Picnic
Silverton The official board
of the Methodist church will
meet for its annual picnic Wed
nesday evening, August 17 at
the picnic grounds about the
corner fireplace on the church
lawn.
Families and members of the
board are to be supper guests
of one of the Circle groups of
the Woman's Society of Christ
Ian Service.
If the weather is not favorable
the affair will be in the base
ment church parlors.
To make vegetables pretty for
summer salads peel and score
cucumbers and carrots length
wise, then cut into thin cross
wise slices. Use a sharp-tined
fork to score the cucumbers, and
a small sharp knife for the carrots.
Gets New Blood Marjean
Miller, 14 (above), , of Delta,
Utah is reported recovering
from a rare blood disease aft
er a unique treatment. Physi
cians ordered her entire blood
supply drained of and replaced
with 12 Vfe pints of new blood.
The transfusion required 12
hours to complete. (AP Wire-photo)
Old Fashioned
Social Planned
Lebanon Reviving past days
of church sponsored ice cream
socials, Rev. Carl Mason, pastor
of the First Methodist church,
announces an ice cream and cake
lawn social for Tuesday, Aug. 16,
There will be an August booth
festival, promoted by young
people of various valley towns.
Participating will be groups
from the local church, Albany,
Corvallis, Sweet Home, Jeffer
son and other neighboring
towns.
If weather permits, the ice
cream and cake and hot dogs
and punch will be served to the
public on the church lawn, while
booths featuring the customary
fish pond and traditional muse
um with other attractions will
be located in the church base
ment. Competition between each
town for the most attractive
booth will be climaxed with the
award of a prize to the winner
Proceeds go into a fund to
send a youth from the Children's
Farm Home at Corvallis.
Brazil proposes to regulate allij
phases of its drug industry. 'i
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Saturday, August 13, 194911
Punchboards in
Portland Viewed
Portland, Aug. 13 P) Citj
officials inspected all available
types of punchboards in Portland
yesterday. They found just one
that qualified under the strict
question-and-answer regulations.
That was a punchboard not in
wide use. It was on some count
ers to help movement of a candy
company's product. Anyone who
could answer a question on any
of the board's slips within 10
seconds would win a box of
candy. An answer within 30
seconds won a candy bar.
Deputy City Attorney Darrel
L. Johnson said all the other
types were illegal.
Punchboard distributors pro
tested the city's move, declaring
that a court case, still pending,
must be settled before the city
could outlaw punchboards.
Permits are Issled
Lebanon The first 10 days
of August saw few building per
mits issued according to Ilda
Unger, city recorder. A total of
10 applications have been ap
plied for amounting to $17,650.
Most permits were issued for re
modeling of dwellings.
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