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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1911)
niuoi- cut f?-'i,j,y 0r ,l,,u .. ... CUV n"1 Federal Count, HEPPNER, 880; Boost Club Count, by Business Men, 1123. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER YEAR. VOL. 28. NO. 4. Tailoring! That Satisf les We invite you to in spect the 400 beautiful fabrics we have on display. Here are men's suitings that have been picked from the most entic ing offerings of both Foreign and Domestic mills. Universal ALL WOOL Tailoring Workmanship guaranteed high-class in every detail. A trial will convince you that ours is the place for you to buy your next suit of clothes. At least, come and see what we have to show you. Our prices will please, too. Louis Pearson "TSETSE "MADE I N O R The spirit of "boosting" Oregon is now in the air. You can't - boost Oregon by patronizing flour mills in other states. They pay no wages or taxes in this com munity. EVERY SACK OF OUR FLOUR IS GUARANTEED. Buy one from your grocer. If not satisfactory, it will cost you nothing. Bran and Millfeed 22.50 per ton. Shorts 23.50. . MORROW WAREHOUSE MILLING COMPANY FIRST NATIONAL BANK HEPPNER. OREGON Established in 1887 A general banking business conducted. Exchange on all important points of the world. OFFICERS M. S. Cokrigall, President J. 15. Natter, Vice President T. J. Mahoxey, Cashier Clyde Brock, Asst. Cash. Four per cent, paid on time deposits. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GAZETTE 1.00 per Year. mm mm lift : E GON DIRECTORS M. S. CoKBIGALL J. 13. Natter T. J. Mahoxey Frank Gilliam A. L. A vers STOCK FARMING FOR MORROW COUNTY Writer Urges Raising of More Sheep, Cattle and Hogs on the Farm, and Marketing of Grain Crops Through the Stock. By J. Garfield Crawford, Ft. Wortfi, Texas In the earlv history of Morrow w county, its inhabitants devoted all their time and attention to the production of cattle, horses, atid nhean. Todav the story is differ- c " eat. The waste lands so called, lands that are too rocky and steep for agriculture, are the only lands given over to the stock industry. Immense packing concerns are building in Portland and are en deavoring to supply the unceasing cry of the hungry mouthB of the world for meat. The body can easily be slighted in clothing, but it muBt be fed, and the American people are a meat eating class. Theie is not a packing house in the United States that is running to its fall capacity, and there is not a packer but who has a greater demand for his Droducta than he can supply. The laboring man, the merchant, the capital st, and every soul living within the corp orate limits of a city must depeud apon the farm for his supply of food and for more than twenty years past the demand has been increasing at a far more rapid stride than the production. But back to Morrow county. The early settlers yw cattle and 6heep raisers; then came the farmer. The farmer broke tip all the available land and proceeded at once to crop hia entire farm with wheat He may have bad a few milk cows, and, of course, from six to twenty head of bronco work horses, but the thought never oc curred to him that he could carry as many head of good stock on that land as had been carried before the soil was turned under by the plow. I have traveled all over the state of Texas, parts of Louisiana, Ar- kansas and Oklahoma, and have been making a study of conditions along this line that exist here in the Southwest. I have found that there are enough food stuffs go to waste on the average farm to care for and fatten more than enaugh hogs, sheep and cattle to supply the farmer and his family with meat for the entire year. This same condition exists in Morrow county, or did exist there two years aeo. and I presume that the farm- ers have not completely changed their mode of farming. The solu tion is this: Raise more stock, such as sheep, hogs and cattle. , Kaise more feed staff and mar ket your crops through the live stock. This is being done in Iowa, Illi nois, and nearly every state in the Union. It is being done in Oregon. The farmers of the Willamette valley are marketing their crops through the dairy cow. It is now np to the farmer of Eastern Ore gon to market his crops through the beef steer, the packing house hog and the mutton sheep. Pasture is the secret of stock production and the climate and growing season of Morrow county will permit pasturing Djne months out of the year. The native bunch grass is not sufficient, but along the creek bottoms alfalfa grows abun dantly and there never was a bet ter hog ration discovered. The hill farmer sows winter barley, which will furnish pasture and the graz ing of his money crops will give it a distinct advantage over ungrazed crops. The stock return to the soil the fertility which the crop is constantly absorbing. Then set aside twenty to forty acres for the keeping of your stock during the maturing time of the wheat and barley crops. Plant hia pasture land to winter emmer, cow peas and mtlo maize. I am not sure that milo will grow in all parts of Morrow county, but feel confident that the farmers of lower Eight Mile and of all that section north of Heppner can grow this drouth resistant crop to a great success. All of these crops I have mentioned are drouth resistant and are the principal stock feed crops of the Southwest, and if they can resist the drouth of thia section of the universe they certainly should be able to get through the summers of Eastern Oregon. Tbe sojla around Waurika, Oklahoma, are practically the same aa the sil of the township section of Morrow county mentioned. Here, when the wheat crop is a failure the farmers have their acre age ot milo and are able to carry llieii stock through in splendid shape. The soils of Western Texas are very similar to the toils of Eight Mile and Upper Sand Hollow. These countries are wheat producing eectrons, they are milo and kaffirsections, and cow peas, emmer, goobers and alfalfa are found on every well regulated farm in abundance. Mil) is the surest yielding grain crop that is grown in Eastern Colorado, Western Kansas and Oklahoma, the Panhandle of Texas and Eastern New Mexico. The U. 8. Department of Ag ricul ure reports the average yield for five ye-s at Anwilto. Texas, (and it gels a cold in Amanita kg ar,y plate south of tha Canadian line,) and other dry experiment stations at forty bushels of grain per acre a year. Farmers in the same sections report yields from thirty to eighty bu hels per sere. A bushel of milo will produce from ten to eleven pounds of pork. This makes the average annual pork produt tion troru the dry lands of tbe southwest equal to 400 and upwards pounds of pnrk pr acre where milo is grown and ted. Ten pounds of milo have tbe same feeding value for horses, beef and dairy cattle, hogs and sheep as nine pounds of corn. Gove: nment experts recommend that milo should be grown in nil countries where tbe annual rainfall is below twenty five inches. Farmers of tha Panhandle of Texas say that it never fails to vield a crop of grain, and that it will yield twenty bushel? an acre in years bo dry that wheat is an absolute failuie. Milo should have the same place in dry land farming and stock production that corn has in Iowa and Illinois, or wheat in the Dakotas and Washington. Milo should nit be plant ed at an altitude of more than 6,000 feet, although it sometimes ripeos at 7,000 feet. . Flant milo in rows three and a half feet apart, diopping single seeds three inches apart in the row. It may be either listed in shallow fnrrows, or drilled on the surface in well prepared ground. It should not be planted before the middle ot May, at anv ate, not un til tbe farmer feels that bis crop will be safe from frosts. A few head of sheep on the summer fallow will keep the land clear of weeds and with a few acres sowed to pastnre there is not a farmer in Morrow county w ho will not be able to turn off at least one carload of good fat bogs, two or three steers and few head of mutton sheep. The farmers of the South are begin ning to nnu una oni an me uiuo m um a short way off when the meat line of this country will come siuth of the old Mason and Dixon line. Do the farmers of the Tuciftc coast want their money to be sent to Texas and Nebraska to pay for the meats they eat? I think not, but they must begin to give some of their attention to this branch of the farm or the big packing institutions at Portland will be forced to turn over their money to the Nebraskan andtbeSontherner. Easter Services. Easter Sunday was properly ob served by the various churches of Heppner. Bishop Paddock preached both morning and evening at the Episcopal church, and some beauti ful Easter music was rendered by the choir. At the Christian church, the morn ing service was a cantata beautifully rendered bv iiieiiilers of the Bible school, and there were very appro priate and Impressive services, and iKNiutiful floral decorations, at both Methodist churches. The cantata, "Easter Angels." oc cupied the evening hour at the Meth odist church, it being rendered by the choirs of the M. E. and Christian Bill!!!!!! s wmwm The official Government tests show Royal Baking Powder to be an absolutely pure and healthful ' grape cream of tartar baking powder, and care shouM be taken to prevent the substitution of any other brand in its place. With no other agent can bis cuit, cake and hot-breads be made so pure, healthful and delicious. Royal Baking Powder costs only a fair price per pound, and is cheaper and better at its price than any other baking powder in the world. It makes pure, clean, healthful food. Royal Cock Bock 809 Receipts Free. SerJ Name and Address, ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. churches, under direction of O. G. Crawford, with Mrs. Winnnrd at the piano. This Is a beautiful musical arrangement, and the combined choir of about -5 voices gave a creditable rendition of it. much to the pleasure and profit of the lare audience pres ent. Such meetings as these should be more frequent and the singers of the town should be encouraged to present these beautiful cantatas and oratorios often. ISring the talent together and educate the inusier.1 taste of our people, bringing it up to a higher plane. It can be done to the profit and enjoyment of all. Dates of Wool Sales. Secretary Dan P. Smythe, of the State Woolgrowers' association has been inutructed to announce dates for wool sales as follows : Pendleton May 23 Juue 9. Tilot Rock May 2G-Juue 10. Echo May 24. Heppner June I-Jane 22. Vale June 13. Ontario- Jane 14. Shaniko Jane 6 June 27. Baker City June 16. Enterprise and Wallowa County .Tnnn SO Jnlv 11. These dates may be changed in some particulars later on, as h may be decided to add a date for Madras. School Notes. By 8. E. NOTION, Co. Siipt. Hrof. Sanders, of tbe Alpine schoo', sent in several samp'ns of work in water colore done by his pupils The work is very creditable and the pupils are re ceiving a valuable training. March 1'7, I visited the school in Dis trict No. where I fonnd Miss Mee Wattenburger and eight pupil doing good work. The work of the school has been interrupted bv a forced vacation on acenunt of measles, but the pupils were getting their work under way again. On the ll'th inst., I visited the Social Ridee school. Here Miss May Sever ance ani her pupils were pint doping up a successful term's work. I noted that new window boards hud been provided for ah the windows since my former visit, a 6ne flag had been purchased, and an excellent map of Oregon and Washington had been added to the equipment. The pupils have been keeping samples of their writing from time to tiniH to note their proves, and the eflect has been good. I noted some good work in the sewing card line, which had been done by the primary pupils. The schoolbouse is to be painted again during the vacation. On the same day, I visited the school in District No. oS, where Miss Mable Cameron is teacher. This school was reduced in numbers by changes in the district during the wi ter, but lately the tendency has been reversed, and now the school is almost up to former numbers. A new book-case lis been recently placed in the school. The work is progressing nicely. From ihe present outlook, there will be a large number of pupils ho will take the eighth grade examination May 11-12. Several schools have fxtended their terms to seven months in order to meet the requirement of the new rule that rnpils must have seven months' work in the eenenth and eighth grains, each, before taking tbe eighth grade examination. 3wnsa Fa . IB 6 At the Churches. M. E. I'll urc li, mouth. The Sunday School meets at 10 A. M. The Epworth League at 7:30 p. id. Baptismal service and reception ol members at 11, a. m. Freaching at 8, p in., subject, "God and the Small." E. P. Wairen.Pestor. ' -frlwlu Cl'urrh "Why Hva We Failed?" will be tha pastor's theme next Lord's day morning. His evening subject will be, "Thia Wonderful Salvation Made Plain." Other services as usual. Boosters Meet. On Friday evening the Boost Club held its regular meeting at the council chambers aod discuss ed matters of interest. The material for the comruiitjity book let was passed upon and approved, and the secretary reported that the O.-W. It. & N. Co. had been set tled with in full on the advertising contract. home discussion was had touching the census count of Heppner, and it was at once de cided that a new count be made, and to this end a number of mem bers of the club were appointed to do the enumerating, the city dis tricted, and the committee agreed to get to work immediately, make the count and report at next meet ing. The street sprinkling propo sition was talked up ngain, buti nothirjg done to put the matter iu shape to get water on tbestieets. Mr. Frank Kitchen, who is here looking up real estate propositions and representing a number of Dakota farmers, v as present at tbe meeting and made mi interesting talk. Mr. Kitchen had spent sev etal weeks in the Central Oregon country before coming to Moirovw county, and he limikly bUteu that he is much better impressed with this section. He also yav, somei good ideas as to proper advertising of oar section and getting it before tbe cluss cf people iu the Etrd that we wish to attract. His talk waa to the point and mutli appreciated. A communication from the Port land Chamber of Commerci' an nounced that their lublicity man, Jss. J. Sayer, would be in Hepp ner on Friday (he 21st, and it wa arranged to hold the meeting of the boosters at tha dioing room of the Palace hotel, Mr. WilkiDS kiudlv extending them an invita tion to do so. Thia will be an im portant meeting and should ba hugely attended by car citizen?. Mr. Saver is well informed in hi line Bnd is doin$ missionary work among the varions boost chibs, development leagues and commer cial bodies of the state. Do not fail to attend the booster meeting ion to-morrow eyeniug at the PaW ' ace dining room.