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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY. NOV.G. 1908
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Entirely U nder Local Control an d 11 anag emcnt
Bank of Heppncr
Capital $50,000
Fully Paid
Officers
V. O. MINOR, President
J. II.McHALEY, Vice-President
W. S. WHARTON, Cashier
VAWTEK CRAWFORD,
Aeet. Caahier
Loans Made at Eight Per Cent.
FOUR FEB CENT INTEREST PAID OH TIE DEPOSITS
WE ARE GROWING
Gam in Deposits , month of January $19153.53
February 8,593.01
March 10.39663
" " April and May 51,646.48
Total gain for first five months, 1908 $89,779.50
NOT BAD FOR THE DULL SEASON.
Ira': Saw
Located on the Hoadwatera
of Willow Creek
This new ami thoronjilily up. to date saw
mill is now in active operation and turn
inn out a superior quality of
ROUGH and
DRESSED
LUMBER
Lumber is now being hauled from the
mill to Heppner where yards
will be established.
Orders promptly filled
The mill has a running capacity
of 20,000 feet per day.
Herrln & WI1 der, Preps.
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For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears
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Directors
W. O. MINOR
C. E. WOODSON
W. G. SCOTT
J 11. M cIIALEY
W. S. WHARTON
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Spanish Delaine Yearling
Bucks for Sale.
After the 10th of October, 1 will have
for sale at my place near Monument, a
fine lot of Spanish Delaine bucks.
Terms to suit purchaser. Pick out what
you want and I will deliver to any place
in Morrow countv if desired.
EMMET COCHRAN,
Monument, Oregon.
RJIEYSHONEMAR
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WOOLGROWERS MEET
Eleventh Annual? Convention
Great Success in Heppner.
MATTERS OF VITAL
President Burgess Delivers Able Address Hard Work
Will be Put Forth to Secure Passage of
Coyote Bounty Law.
Heppner belonged to the sheep
men of Oregon this week.
The town wns turned over to
them and all went away well
pleased with the treatment at the
haiida of our citizens as well as the
results accomplished.
The eleventh annual convention
of the Oregon Wool growers' Asso
ciation which closed yesterday
evening should result in much
good for the industry in this state
It was a business meeting all the
way through.
About 40 delegates came in on
Monday evening's train, while many
others came in Monday and Tues
day from interior points.
About 100 sheepmen were in at-
tendance. Eastern Oregon was
well rppresented, delegates being
present from Crook, Wasco, Gill-
mi i j- i tt irn
iam, wneeier, urant, umauua,
Wallowa, Baker, and Malheur
c: unties, there also being a good
attendance from the local organi
zation in Morrow county.
In the way of entertainment the
visitors were well taken care of.
Monday evening there was a
smoker at the Commercial Glub,
and yesterday evening a banquet
was served at the I'alace hotel, i
which reflects much credit upon
the hotel management.
The meeting was called to order
Tuesday morning in the Commer
cial Club building by Geo. J. Cur
rin, president of the Morrow Coun
ty Wool growers' Association.
C. E. iVoodson welcomed the
visitors in a manner that made
everybody feel welcome.
President J. N. Burgess, of the
State Association, delivered a very
able address, which is printed in
full below.
H. C. Hooper, of Shaniko, deliv
ered the response to the address of
welcome.
The principal part of the fore
noon was taken up with business
matters in reading reports and
communications, the appointment
of committees, etc.
Geo. J. Currin addressed the
meeting on the present condition
of the wool industry in the West.
Mr. Currin advised more attention
to detail and a closer tab on the
unnecessary leaks coming from the
profits of the wool growers.
Afternoon Sesalon.
The afternoon session opened
with an address by Congressman
W. R. Ellis.
Mr. Ellis was greeted with rous-
inr cheers. He discussed the tar
.n. .. , . , ,
i ft question on wool in an anle
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manner and promised his undivided ;
support in behalf of the woolgrow
ers, being opposed to any reduction
of the duty on wool.
The national forest and its rela
tion to livestock, was taken up by
Montie B. Gwynn, of Pendleton.
Mr. Gwynn stated the forest policy
was here to stay and he impressed
those engaged in the wool industry
with the necessity ot working in
harmony with the forest officials in j
eliminating evils and correcting '
nriprnnoPH th annoar frnm
- j rr -
year to year.
Geo. McKnight, of Vale, dis
cussed the question of leasing of
a
IMPORTANCE HANDLED
the public range which he opposed
with much vigor.
Dr. Y H". Lytle, state sheep in
spector, spoke on methods of ex
terminating coyotes and other pests,
and distributed samples of poison
for trial.
The coyote and other predatory
nh animals, was a matter of gen
eral discussion. The general im
portance of this question which
naturally brought up the coyote
bounty law took considerable time.
The sentiment was unanimous in
favor of a bounty law. All sheep
men were urged to work for the
passage of a bounty Jaw at the
next session of the legislature.
Tuesday evening was taken up
with an illustrated lecture on bac
teriology and animal parasites, by
Dr. McClure at the Orpheum The
atre. The lecture was very inter
esting and instructive.
Wednesday Session.
R. F. Hynd was the first speaker
at yesterday morning's session.
Mr. Hvnd's subject was "Better
AiVluods of Handling Sheep on the
Range.'' He strongly advised bet
ter breeding and better feeding
methods to increase the profits of
the sheepmen.
Dr. McClure talked on the scab
fight in the West and told how the
department in Washington had
cleaned out Oregon, Montana, Wy
oming, Idaho and Utah, and that
the work was now being taken up
in Nevada and California.
W. B. Barratt took up the ques
tion of salt supply. He explained
the reduction of freight rates and
the benefits coming from the own
ership of interest in a salt mine in
Utah.
Afiernoon.
Tariff discussion and winding up
of business occupied the time yes
terday afternoon.
All felt that the tariff should be
retained. Even Dan Smythe, the
democratic war horse, advocated a
higher tariff.
The following officers were elect
ed: J. N. Burgess, president, re
elected. Geo. McKnight, vise-president.
Dan Smythe, secretary, re-elected.
The next meeting will be held at
Pendleton.
President Rurfress' Address.
The past year has been one of trials
and tribulations for the Oregon sheep
growers, the decrease in the price of
sheep, dating trom the panic of October,
1107, to the Presidential election on the
of this month, was lul lv 3, per cent
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and the price of wool met with a corres-
,lon,iinz decrease, this disaster, coming
during a season of protracted drouth the
worst ever known in this state, has been
the cause of probably the greatest finan
cial loss in the history of the sheep in
dustry in Oregon, duiiug the same
length of time.
However, there is now every indica
tion that a reaction has taken place,
business of all kinds is nood, the factor
ies ami mills are all star.ing and run
ning full time and the outlook is th t we
will be able to enjoy another four years
of prosperity.
Tne wo1 market is active and much
Wronger than it has been
at any time
during the past thirteen months, and
from the reports obtained, notwithstan
ding the extremely dull season, the
wool is mostly need op.
lhe sheep markets in trie a nerent )
parts of the United States, even with !
the highest piices of feed, ate much I
stronger, and muiton will undoubtedly
reach its normal value during the corn-i
ing winter.
We l ave in the United States at the
present time, 54.031,000 sheep of a total
value of $211,736 00. Of trds number
probably 15,000,000 are not of shearing
age. The total wool clip of the United
States for the year of 1007 was 298,204,
Ot 10 pounds. This gives an average clip
per sheep of 0.(5 pound per hed, which
shows the shrinkage of wool to be 6.00
per cent fur the entire nation, It is in
tere'ting to compare the sheep of the
United States with 'hose of the more
important foreign sheep breeding na
tions. We have in the world 5S'J. 327. 009
Uieep. Of this tu uDer we have in Aus
tralia and New Zealand 103 807 000 sheep
In Europe we have 192 000,000 stie?t, in
South America we have 100,000,000
sneep.
From the sheep reports available, it
is noted that we haw an increase in the
United States of prob-ib'y 3,000,000 sh ep
during the lRt year. Thi increase hs
taken place largely uprn the Finsll farms
and it more than offsets the decrease
that may have occurrtd upon the open
ranges ol the west. Inn increase in
the Enetern states, however, is only
temporary. The breeders in tliose states
have met with a more severe loss than
we in the west and thousands of tl.eir
ewes will be p'aced on the market this
winter and they will quit the eheep bus
iness for the present.
In order that we may clearly under
s'and the future ot the she?p husbandry
in Americ , ii is essential tliat we give
some consideration to this industry in
foreign onntries. Our iepnrts now in
dicate that Australia has an in rease of
over 5,000,000 sheep above the number
she had last year. An increase of sheep
is also uoled in Africa and South Amer
ica. Australia is undoubtedly the most
important sheep producing nation of t tie
world, snd it is interesting to know that
in that country conditions very similar
to those which now obtain in ttie United
States are taking place. One of the
most important of these changes in Aus
tralia is the breaking up of the large
farms of hundreds of thousands of acres
into farms of very much smaller dimen
sions. A portion of these Australian
lands is being devoted to wheat raising,
end ttie lands nt tor agricultural pur
poses are selling at from $15 to $40 per
acre. The serious rabbit pest in Aus
tralia has been the prime factor in re
ducing the size of the sheep holdings,
as in many of lh? sections of that coun
try the sheep breeders are resortiDg to
the construction ot fences of wire net
ting in order to keep the rabbits from
consuming the grasses. The expense
attached to this procedure makes the
ownership of large land holdings almost
impossible. It is undoubtedly true that
the large sheep ranges of Australia must
undergo, within the next few years, the
same period of evolution as that which
has occurred in the United States, but
this may not have an appreciable influ
ence in reducing the number of sheep,
for many of the small farms will be put
under a higher state of cvltivation and
thereby be enabled to maintain a higher
number of sheep.
An important feature of the evolution
of the sheep industry of Australia is that
the smaller flocks of that district are
gradually using more and more coarse
wool bucks for the reason that the ex
port of chilled mutton from Australia,
which in the year of 1007 amounted to
over 17,(Kl0,000 sheep, is offering to the
breeders an excellent profit. Therefore,
the products of fine Merino wool in Aus
tralia should gradually grow le9s. This
is a fact of great importance in the sheep
industry cf South America, for as yet
but few Merinos have been used in the
(locks of those countries. For some
reason, whi :h we do not understand,
many of the South American breeders
have claimed that certain of the Merino
families did not thrive well under condi
tions obtaining in those sections. There
fore, we need not look to South Aiueruvi
for close competition in the prodiu-tlc n
of choice Merino staple. While the
great western range states will ahvavs
be Merino breeding grounds, yet as the
east establishes its flocks, more of the
mutton and coarse-wool types will be
grown, and the breeders of straight Me
rino wool may, in the future, look for a
reduction in the competition that the'
will have to meet.
We have in the state of Oregon, ap
proximately, 2,000,000 sheep worth
probably $SP000,000. This, together
with the wool clip of the present season
(Concluded on rag 5.)
Alfalfa For Oregon
Alfaifil has been grown for two thoE--and
years in the .dedi'erranean region
It has been grown successfully in aritlX
American regions for half a centurv. &
gentleman traveling over what wastktrvi
regarded as a land unfit for fetllocaea
in western Nebraska by reason of 5t&
aridity, discovered a thrifty green al.Vtta
plant growing where no other jtra
thing couid be found for mUes aiooBil
That was a demonstration that ealisEe-il
the gentleman and he purchased a lares
tract of land for a trifle. On the saraa
land he has since fed fiftv thonsaiv":
sheep in one season on alfalfa. Alf;ili
goes down into the df pths of the soil k
moisture and through wireless common
i'-ation w Uh the atmosphere brings dowu.
trom above food which feeds the plaitr.
and enriches he 8o:l.
Since lj!) I the acreage of alfalfa in
Kansas has increased from 34.3SJ? r
fUoOft in 1000. A recent bulletin frosu
that state says oi alfalfa : '"The airw
feeders of Kansas, Colorado and Nebras
ka would be lost without it."
At the Kansas station it is ftaiei?::
"A gain of 800 pounds of pork was omtis"
from a ton of alfalfa, and a little less
than that amount of gain was made from
an acre of alfalfa pastu e." Agaio
"We found that 100 pounds of alfalfa,
hay saved Of pounds of com.,' Figur
ing on the basis of these experiments i'r
is stated that with grten alfalfa produi'
ing ten tons per acre (20,000 pounds) lir.
would produce 2000 pouuds of pork,,
which, at 4 cents per pound would If
worth 889 per acre."
Director Burkett of the Kansas Sti.
tion says: "By promoting the sUcCi-sa-
ful production of alfalfa the station hix
not only extended the dominion cf ,
imperial forage crop, but in so doing hfH
discharged its own entire expense, 8.rx?i
in addition has addfd millions of do Tr&
to the wealth of the state."
At the Ontario Aricul ural College iaw
ten years 30 t nltir gs, yielding ovr
(Concluded on Page eight.)
A KroUen Iliick.
That pain in your back caused by lasa
bago, stiff muscles or a strain is n e!y
thing to get rid of. Ballard's Snow
Liniment cures rheumatism, lumbago
sore and stiff muscles, (-trains, spraiosy.
cuts, burns, bruises, scalds and all aebe
and pains. You need a bottle in yover
house. Sold by Patterson & Son.
A Peculiar Wrench
of the foot or ankle may produce a very
serious sprain. A sprain is more paV
ful than a break. In all sprains, t:ut
burns and scalds Ballard's Snow Lini
ment is the best thing to nse.. Relieves
the pain instantly, reduces swelling, k?'
a perfect antiseptic and heals rapidly
Price 25c, 50c and $1 00. Patterson
Son.
Wbal the KI4ney Da.
Their unceasing work keeps us strong
and healthy.
All the biood in the body passes
through the kidneys once every threv
minutes. The kidneys filter the hlcoii.
They woik uight, aud day. VV bun
healthy they remove about 500 grrxr
of impure matter daily, ul.en unhealthy
some part of this impu-e matter is
in the blood. This brings on many
eases and symptoms pain in thebatsk,.
headache, nervousness, hot, dry jk-t?-.,
rheumat:sm, gmit, j::;ive!, dis jnlvr tv?
the eesiglit Mid hearing, etc.
Mrs (ien. Shipl-v Siv'nj it' !' r',v
em part of Heppner, Ore., sayi: M,r
kidneys iiave me a grtat deal of anoy
ance for yearo. My h.vk m-hed ;v? -!'
and when I stooped or lifted r.nyi.i.i'. .
or hrou-iht auy s'raiti on the n;u-. s r'l
tne b k. the pains would tec-.nv- rrrt.
pronounced. At t;:n :s I ):; I I n .i ?r.
wv.l Mti ;.n'iii!it ,.! the : ;;n-i t':o -
my ki.inevs a iii l : ,-,
hr sy nipt. :n v. i.n-h
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organs 5i.-2
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mv c.iinl.i-w .
c nfinued tarirg tt.m and tlev rw-f .'J
a'.i the tr. mi les. I Van's Kidney IT.it
have p"ven of grenf value to m a.Vi 3
cheer fully m'ommeud them."
For sale bv ad dea'ers. Trice- 5r.
Foster-Milburn ' k. Uud'io, New
sols agents for th ' United States.
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tae no other.
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