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VOL. 28. NO. 39.
IIEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1911
SUBSCRIPTION, $ 1.00 PER YEAR.
FOREST SERVICE
CO-OPERATION.
Stockmen and Woolgrowers Encouraged
to Strengthen Their Organizations.
Associate Forester A. F. Foster,
representing the Forest Ser
vice, addressed the Annual con
vention of the National Wool
growers Association at Omaha
on the 15th, as follows:
Realizing the importance of the
livestock industry to the general
welfare of the West, the Forest
Service, from the beginning of
its administration of the National
must be closed against grazing
for a few years, and where re
production is difficult cut-over
areas must be protected, by re
ducing if not excluding the stock,
until the young trees are out of
danger from trampling or nib
bling, bmce, however, the area
cut-over and that replanted each
year form, combined, less than
one per cent of the total area of
Forests, adopted a constructive the Forests, no serious interfer
ence with the grazing is involved,
Careful investigations of the
damage done young trees by stock
in the southwest showed over
twenty per cent of the seedlings
and young trees seriously injured,
and in some cases on ranges used
extensively by sheep over fifty
per cent, but the most damage
was done when feed was scarce
and was therefore largely due
to overgrazing. The immediate
and urgent problem which now
confronts us is the development
of the ranges to the highest possi-
policy for dealing with grazing
problems. Most of the mountain
ranges which have been included
in the National Forests had been
occupied by the fiockmasters long
before the Forests were created.
With the demand for summer
range in many localities greater
than the supply, there had fol
lowed overgrazing and serious
damage, while absolute waste of
a large portion of the forage crop
was taking place. Many ranges
were fast deteriorating, though
carrying no more stock than could
be permanently sustained under ble state of productivity,
proper regulation. ! The gradual increase of
The first thing was to check the
the damage and waste with the
least possible curtailment of the
grazing privileges. Such divis
ions of the range were made as
would secure the use of each por
tion by the kind of stock to which
it was best adapted and give each
group of owners, so far as possible natural grazing unit is
sowing in the spring.
It is important that stockmen
strengthen their organizations
and keep up a live interest in
them. There are now sixty-eight
advisory boards, representing lo
cal livestock associations, which
are cooperating effectively with
the Forest Service in the settle
ment of grazing problems. Ad
visory boards of both the Ameri
can Livestock Association and
the National Woolgrowers Asso
ciation are being consulted and
are giving valuable assistance
with regard to matters which
effect the interests of the stock
men as a whole. Matters of vital
interest to every fiockmaster in
the land are continually coming
up, and call for efficient organ
izations of range users. The For
est Service is entering new fields
of scientific range management
and is engaged upon problems of
great interest to the stock
growers. With their cooperation
we shall be able to better meet
the needs of the fiockmasters and
make the Forests more useful to l
all of the people.
DEMONSTRATION
ROADS IN E. O.
College to Show Farmers
How to Make Good
Market Roads.
on a visit
Weston.
to his mother, Mrs.
Special 29 cents on Saturdays
only a 1-pound box of Barr's
chocolate candy. Fresh stock re
ceived every week. Don't over
look this bargain. Patterson &
Son, the Rexall Store.
the use of the range upon which
they had customarily grazed their
stock. Then it was decided what
portions should be used only dur
ing the summer, what ones during
the winter, spring, or fall, and
what portions during the entire
year, with the dates at which the
grazing season should begin and
close in normal seasons.
These measures did much toward
stopping waste of surplus forage
and showing that better methods
were worth while. Attention
was next given to extending the
area of available range through
encouraging the development of
watering places and making trails
to make accessable unused ranges.
Unfortunately, it has been nec
essary to make quite heavy reduc
tions on some of the Forests to
enable overgrazed ranges to recu
perate, but such reductions have
been made gradually in order not
to cause urfdue business distur
bance. The increased number of
stock, however, provided for on
other ranges has nearly offset the
reductions. There were grazed
on the rorests this last year
1,442,000 cattle and horses and
7,450,000 sheep and goats.
The collective grazing capacity
of the National Forests is now on
the increase. Energetic efforts
have made by the Forest Service
to promote the utilization of sur
plus forage which now goes to
waste in northern Washington,
Idaho, Montana. The removal of
the forage crop in a proper way
greatly reduces the fire damage.
If grazing it too close, however,
the reproduction of the Forest is
interfered with. Many timber
land owners are willing to offer
grazing privileges upon extreme
ly favorable terms because they
are not planning to grow another
crop of trees. Replanted areas
High School Notes.
Mr.' Marshall Phelps was quite
the agreeably surprised last Friday
cirrying power or the ranges evening at the home of his par
will be brought about through ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Phelps.
improved methods of handling The surprise was in the form of a
stock and growing the forage dinner party tendered him in
crop. A careful study is under honor of his nineteenth birthday
way to ascertain the character of The house was decorated in the
all of the land within the Forests, Senior class colors, orange and
the kind of stock to which each black. The dinner was an
adapted, elegant affair being served in
the natural periods of use, and courses. After the dinner many
the undergrazed, fully grazed and toasts were given by the mem-
overgrazed areas. bers of the class, Mr. Hoffman
Experiments in lambing sheep acting as toastmaster. Mrs.
in small enclosures proved that, Phelps was aided in serving by
under some conditions at least, a Miss Florence Lusted. Members
saving of lambs and labor can be of the Senior class and the faculty
made more than enough to offset of the High School were present,
the cost. In the coyote-proof who were, Mr. Hoffman, Mr.
pasture experiements a regular O'Sullivan, Miss Young and Miss
herder, without assistance from Funk of the faculty, and Marie
the Forest Service, handled the Hager, Minalena Cameron, Tena
sheep with the same reductions in Devin, Sidney Hallock, Harold
expense, amount ot range requir- oohn, Arthur Lrawiord, tlarry
ed, and percentage of loss, and Rood and Marshall Phelps of the
the same increase in weight of Senior class.
lambs, as in preceeding years. Miss Conifred Hurd of Ennp.
The mountain bunchgrass range has been elected to the ,ace of
; j? A1 i .i
assistant teacher in the Heppner
Cop.vallis, Ore., Dec. 15. A
demonstration road a quarter of
a mile long is to be built at the
Union Experiment Station by the
Oregon Agricultural College in
order to teach the farmers of that
district the methods of building
and maintaining good market
roads. The land there is a sandy
loam which lends itself readily
to the sand-clay and oiled earth
methods of construction, both of
the cheaper sort. One section of
the new road will be an ordinary
earth road properly crowned and
drained but not maintained. An
other, built like it, will be kept
in repair with a road drag. A
third will show the sandv-clav
process, and a fourth will be
treated with a heavy oil. Care
ful record of the cost of construe
tion and maintenance will be
kept.
Mrs. Davis and daughter spent
a pleasant hour or so in Arling
ton between trains. Satnrdav
They met old friends at the depot,
which made the trip very pleasant.
T Ti T-1 ii ii
j. d. oeeoe, tne well man
came in on the local, Saturday
and loaded his drill on the flat
car and had it shipped toHermis
2. 1- 1 1 i
tun wnere ne nas oeen engaged
to put down three wells.
Eight Mile.
School Notes.
Sand Hollow Items.
rye on
investigations have shown how,
by proper rotation in the grazing,
to secure thorough natural reseed-
ing of overgrazed land without
serious decrease of the number of
stock while the range is being
restored.
Many forage species have been
tested through artificial reseeding
experiments. The introduction
of new grasses is a very difficult
problem. Redton was found to
aoaA Kotf ti,,n Western Governors will be
cultivated erass on noorlv drained ven a banquet by the Progress
bogs where the soil is acid, while ive Business Men's Club of Port
TrnonanKmmcsio v,ottr land at the Commercial Club on
adapted to arid localities. Timo- the niht of December 23. They
thv is fairlv drought, rpsistant Wll have returned from the trip
ar t Mn KQ rWnrWi nnnn tn through the East on board the
o ctori Jr, rv,f Governors' Special and
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High School, to take up the work
immediately after the holidays.
Miss Lilah Clark has been ad
vanced to the position of princi
pal, made vacant by the resigna
tion of James H. O'Sullivan, and
Miss Hurd takes her place. Miss
Hurd was a classmate of Miss
Clark's at U. of O.
are
meadows. On the lands studied
the most promising cultivated
species for range reseeding were
found to be, named in order of
their importance, timothy, Him
garian Brome, Italian rye, redtop,
Kentucky bluegrass, alsike and
white clover, orchard grass, tall
meadow oat grass, Canadian blue
grass and hard or sheep fescue.
In all cases, except in parts oi
the Southwest, fall seeding has
given much better results than
pected to give an account of
trip that opened the eyes of
East to the possibilities and
sources of the West.
ex
this the
re-
Bargains in S. C. Rhode Island
Reds. 1911 Breeding Pens for
sale to make room for new stock.
All prize winning stock. Call or
write. L. W. BRIGGS,
tf. Heppner, Or.
Don't forget that Hood River
cider at Hendricson & Gurdane's.
Mr. Copic is running two plows,
K. B. Rice put in a telephone
last week.
B. S. Clark is seeding
the Tucker place.
There was a dance at B. F,
Swaggatf's Friday night.
Mr. Millet has sold his ranch
and Mr. Harmsen has gone.
Mesdames Redding and Evans
spent a day with Mrs. Rice last
week.
We also hear the Ornduff place
has been sold and will soon be
occupied.
it. a. Kice nas completed a
cabin for Mr. Town on his Straw
berry claim.
Lee Copenhaver is home on a
visit after two years absence in
Washington.
Miss Winnie Smith will be home
rom Corvallis to spend the Christ
mas vacation.
Claud White is building a new
barn. JNext is a well and then
a new house, he says.
There was quite a merry race
after a homestead on Sand Hollow
last week. Haven't heard the
results yet.
Mr. Hansen, after a week's
visit with B. S. Clark, left for
Portland, but before going filed a
contest on a piece of land in Sand
Hollow.
Mr. Cross gave us two good
sermons Sunday last, but there
was not half the people out that
could come, if they would only
get interested enough to start.
BY suPt. notson.
On the 7th inst. I visited the
school at Cecil. Mr. Geo. Henry
is the teacher. Eighteen pupils
were present. The interest man
ifested by the pupils is excellent
Quite a number of improvements
have deen made in the building
this fall. The walls are newly
papered, a new set of shelves for
the lunch pails has been installed,
new window-boards put in, and a
closed water jar with faucet pro
vided. The pupils have individ
ual folding drinking cups. In j
the evening, I had the pleasure
of meeting the people of the dis
trict in a local educational meet
ing. The attendance shows that
the school interests in the district
is excellent.
There will be only a two days
session of the State Teachers
Association at Portland. The
dates are Dec. 28, 29. The rail
roads have granted a return fare
of one-third to members who take
a receipt upon payment of fare to
Portland. Every teacher paying
the annual dues of 50 cents be
comes a member of the Associa
tion.
on our
M. C. Fuqua was seen
streets last week.
T. W. Rippee went to Heppner
Friday returning Saturday.
Mr. Tom Arnold and wife spent
Sunday evening with John Jenk
ins and family.
W. W Brannon of Hardman is
on Eightmile this week looking
after things on the farm.
Eightmile was treated to a
nice little shower of rain and
about an inch of snow last week.
Every little bit helps.
Fred Esteb and family of
Gooseberry returned from Gold-
endale Sunday. They have been
visiting with Mrs. Estebs narents.
Omar Stanton of Hardman
spent Saturday night with his
brother Chas. on Eis-ht, Mils.
Ie reports everything flourishing
in his section.
Jan. 6th is the date for the
next regular meeting nf t.h
armegon local 62 at the Eight-
mile Center school house at 7 d.
This is the night for election
of officers and we hope to see all
members present.
E. M. Keithly came out from
Heppner Thursday of last week
to look after his interests in Rood
canyon. He reports Mrs. Keithly
and the baby getting along fine
and expects to move them home
in a couple of weeks.
At the Churches.
Cameras, kodaks, films, plates,
papers and chemicals. Everything
for the amateur photographer.
Patterson & Son, the Rexall
Store.
Castle Rock Items.
R. N. Stanfield spent Saturday
night at Castle Rock.
Earl Cramer, of Hardman, is
spending a few days with his
sister, Mrs. Gibbons.
Mr. Nail, wife and daughter,
Frances, of Irrigon, visited at the
home of L. M. Davis for a few
days last week.
Mr. Camel, of the Telephone
company, and Davis of this place
are busy these days hauling ma
terial for the company.
Mr. and Mrs. Mardi and two
small sons came in on the Spo
kane train Tuesday of thi week
Secure Protection.
The losses to our people from
the new diseases in horses, hogs,
cattle and sheep, can be better
combatted by prevention than
cure.
Keeping the animals in a heal
thy condition and keeping the
blood pure, will almost, if not en
tirely, render them immune.
See that the drinking water is
not contaminated by drainage,
keep feed boxes, mangers, etc.
disinfected, and use liberally of
Dr. Hess' Stock Food, the best
compound ever manufactured for
purifying the blood, improving
digestion and strengthening the
constitution.
ihis valuable preparation is
sold in Morrow County by the
Morrow Warehouse Milling Co.,
and being handled only through
regular dealers, costs but little
more than half the price of simi
lar compounds sold by peddlers.
Regular size bucket only $2.25.
Smaller packages in proportion.
As a powerful disinfectant and
germicide for use in watering
troughs, feed boxes and mangers,
Dr. Hess' Dip cannot be excelled.
M. E. CHURCH SOUTH.
Sunday school at 10. a.m. Ep
worth League 6. 30p. m. Preach
ing 11 a. m. and 7.30 p.m. Themes
appropriate to the Christmas
times.
"There's a song in the air,
There's a star in the sky;
There's a mother's deep prayer.
And baby's low cry.
Christmas program free, Sat
urday evening at 7.30. A good
time is expected. Come.
E. P. Warren, Pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Bible school 10 a.m. Christmas
tree Friday 7 p.m. Preaching at
lone Sunday morning and even
ing, subject "God wants you."
Theme for evening "A Christmas
message" by Mrs. McAllister.
Special music. All welcome.
John McAllister Pastor.
In these days, when economy
should be the household watch
word you should use a Crescent
Range. They save time, labor,
and fuel. Sold at Case's Furni
ture Store.
At Portland, Saturday, Lincoln
High school bested The Dalles
High 33 toO. TheE. O. cham
pions put it all over Pendleton,
but could not score in the game
for the high school championship
of the state.
Principal O'Sullivan, of the
High School, has presented his
resignation to take effect at once.
His successor has not been chosen
yet but the board has several ap
plications and a selection will be
made in time for the new teacher
to begin work after the holidays.
Santa Claus
Coming.
Santa Clans. nivomp.mil by
brigade, will hf at the Methodist
church Saturday nihtnt7:"'. There
will be a tree anil a splendid program,
consisting of somrs, recitations aiul
exercises ly the children. Every
body will be welcome.
Our friend Joe Ievine. who is ,i
"bunch irrassfr" on a fa nn a few mile
north of fhe Lexington Creamery, U
a booster for the dairy proposition.
From his 9 cows two of which are
heifers with first calves, he received
nn Inconiefor the month of November
8117 7" letter than $13 per heati.
Bully for Joe: he Is proving that It
pays bljr to keep milk stock on evem
a dry farm, and he expects his IVc-
eniber check to show up letter. It
lis have reports from others; this U
the proof of the pudding.
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