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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1909)
•• Preparation of the Soli." Succeeding Urtwham Vindicator, i■realism Casette. East Multnomah R. co id Multnomah Recon! and Montax ilia lieraid. Pubhahtal Every Friday at Greahani, Ore., by the R kavbu S tat « P x 'BUBMIN u Co li. A. IHRNAII., E ditor and M anaubm . Kntered a* Meftad'daaa matterat the iMwiofflev at Grvaham. Oregon. IFrv'tu The I'aclAv <>not«a Kullvtlnl lit a paper re«<| before Evening Star Grange. Ray Gill, master of Riverside Grange. discussed " Prep aration of the Sull.*' Th«* paper fob low»; How llitle th«* average person stops to consider amt study that great element, the soil, playing, as It does, *uch an Important part In the makeup of physical and financial welfare; that »oil which from day to day we tread with careleaa and thoughtless indifference. what hap pine»» ami content. what wealth and power ha* It brought to thousand« of Its dependent*; what delights in the shape of luscious fruits, tender ( vegetable«, nutrition» nuts and cere- als or fragrant flowers has It yielded to million* of perhapx unappreciative j one-half of the crop la eniabllahed If the land I. properly prepared On the other hand, what ar«« th« effacta of wet plowing? When the aoll line an excess of water. It la too heavy to plow you ran nihrely turn It over, th"re It remains In the same unleaven “d condition II «»» before, it not worse. owing to th« tramping of the horses and the quick drying that la to follow Thia create* count less clods. as well aa plow aod or tiard bottom, which will take years of careful treatment to eradicate If It la tolly to prepare food for the alck that they cannot digest, ao what'» the use of preparing soil food tor plants which they cannot use? Proparly treated soil should never be heavy or cloddy, hut aoft and buoyant. full of life-giving proper- ties, and every clod or heavy space la a robbery from the plant's pantry. Mr Farmer, ydur land la like a true friend; treat It right and It will re turn the compliment. rr RAISÍS TNC DOUGH CRESCENT > V. I lud xwozwzrr BAKING POWDER I aiut .lo.«a nmrsthnn the higher pric" powder» Slid does II bsttvr. ' 0*1 FOUHO fS C!N?t • a a a a a a a HYLAND BROS. 01.1) HOOK STORK /<«<»*• Nttr, IM a»« School Books New a bim I HvtMMid I huid mii <I H<dd „ lluiight ItMi Fifth St., up|>. I*o«h>tlh*v JU Five«»nd st , nrar S m I iii <» ii roKTl.AXh, .(»hi t. on ••••••••••••••••• sold ar unoatKS HE Fair of 1909 is past. It is not proper that we should MARI1IT; AMI GRAMTT; l rain, aa th<> rain creates a crust pass judgment. Relations such which under the heat «if the ___ _______ aun. as the editor of this paper has cracked and chi<cked tvlth uumerous PICTURE of Autumnal beau held would render it an impro ■mall fiaaures, opens the chann<l* ty. of rural abundance and of priety for him to make com All Kind* »U i .inalar, Weak fur nuilxture escape, Harrowing and kal1st» I va uli all « ’«aw* «>1 I« ,,r » agricultural thrift, the annual ments. Anyhow, the public has rolling make a dual mulch on the fair held at Gresham under the formed its own opinion and any surface, which, being of a cl«>»e t»M" people. to such extent, at least, that W. W. MINAR lure, will not permit the of auspices of the Grangers of East attempt to instruct, advise or they give It so little thought or moisture. At the same limo Olio E. Morrlenn H». • |*«»MTt amp ern Multnomah County, closed commend would be useless. We study. particles of plant food are prop.red Phu«** Eftfll 42.TL yesterday. The exhibit was gen leave it to the people who came Since, then, so much of our hap of .oil at Th«* proper condition Teat for Ground Ttiat la Kcady. erally highly creditable. Octo and saw and compared this with piness and general progress are de planttag ahould be a settled surface The best test to ascertain when and a loose bottom, ber smiled upon the grangers. other similar fairs, here and else pendent upon the soil. It ahould be Cross plow al one of the foremost topics of the ground la ready to work la to ih" second plowing, and If chemical an«i the throngs of visitors that where. We reprint comments come the day. so that science, experience compress a ball of earth In your flocked thither were in becom from the Oregonian and Tele and wealth may bring Its posslblll-; hand, toss up. letting It fall In the fertilizers are used, plow In at thia J. H. HOSS lime, then It will be underneath and ingly good humor and ready with gram. As to the Oregonian ar ties up to the highest standard of I palm. If It holds together In a solid damp throughout th« Summer l*hone I4X <Irr*bam. Ora. expressions of kindly apprecia ticle we must say that much of excellence. ball, leave your plow In the tool Above all harrow and roll or do any I house; If It breaks and acatiera. It Avoid Fall an«l Winter Flowing. tion for what they saw. it was good, some of it was fair Don't hurry or This article will seek only to dis Is ready for work. What they saw was this: A and some of it is decidedly un worry, and you will eonie out far cuss the preparation of the soil as I pavilion gaily bedecked with fair. It closed the event on Sat ahead of your neighbor, the wet flowers; special agricultural ex- urday evening when Sunday eve an asset to successful agriculture plower. both In earllneaa. quality First, consider the previous condl-1 hibits in which were displayed ning was the appointed date of tion of the soil at the time of the and quantity. Next let us consider system In samples of the productive soil closing, thereby cutting our gate first plowing. Thia has a very Im of Multnomah County; of the in receipts for the last day by one- portant bearing upon the sm-ccss of plowing Too msny farmers have no plan, but send the boy or dustry and intelligence of those half at the very least. Second, the crop* that are to follow One oí regular hired man to the field merely to hold who till it and the taste and en the criticism relative to the fruit the most common abuses of the aotl the plow handles One of the most Fall and Winter plowing, Such H terprise shown in the arrange display, while perhaps having a Is common mistreatments of the land the nature of the soil, when plowe«i ment of products for exhibition; basis, was extreme and untrue. the action loosens it. exposing num Is plowing around the fields. In ao a poultry exhibit showing stocks That much imperfect fruit was erous capularv holes. Thia In Fall doing the horse trauipa on the ground when turning and the and varieties that would have placed on exhibit was evident, and Winter plowing creates a wash plowed soil la worked away from the cen- and waste of the fine, minute par- astonished our pioneers; horses but that none of it was perfect ter of the Held, destroying the natur ticl«ns. which are the food th«1 plants with sleek coats and massive or is false. One of the most com absorb. Tue plow at the same time al level . Afterwards It cannot be lithe proportions that told that petent fruit men of the state has destroys all plant life In the nature properly cross-plowed. aa the plow the day of scrub stock hereabouts denied that emphatically. It of weeds and grasses, which are Na will follow th" same direction over belonged to the past; grains and sounds like the wail of a knock-, ture's protection lo the soil, inas part of the field us before, giving a hard and glased bottom to the soli grasses and forage plants; the er and a little scouting will like much as their numerous small Even If the plan Is reversed and fibrous roots, which permeate the work of women in needlecraft ly prove such to be so. How soil in every direction. Intersect and the plow started from th" center, It and a presentment in canned ever. the horticultural exhibit stay the soil, preventing It from la fnnnd to follow the same course fruits and vegetables, jellies and was-better than ever before ami washing by the heavy Winter rains. of part of the field It did before S. I*. BUTNER, M. I) When the land Is plowed all In the It will be seen. then, that In a re preserves that in its size, has its preparation showed improve Fbv »klaa^Nui great same general direction. It can be never been excelled, because it ment and the incentive to im gion like Western Oregon and Wash completely cross-plowed nt the next Or*?«)* fruitgrowing will show it ington. Fall and Winter plowing is Beaver State Herald and other paper« is practically impossible to ex prove plowing, preventing to a large de- self hereafter. dangerous and destructive, unless The price of The I ¡eraId alone in 11 cel it. gree Imrd bottom immediately followed by th«' sbwlng « J. «»rr H. H. «TT a year, but to tb«w»e who u»»uldhke the Since, however, it is part of Two lands can be stepped off for of »me Winter-growing crop, such HE gates of the third annual n«ivantagv of a thibbintf rate with other each headland plowing, one land to. the mission of the County Fair |m|»vra we offer the following low Multnomah County Grange as grains nr vetch«**, which furnish to invite criticism of agricultural Fair closed at 10 o’clock Sunday- the protection needed Timothy and the other from, thus relieving the price«: necessity of making two dead fur (i rrnluilii. and horticultural methods as night on the most success fair in clover meadows should never be rows. All dead furrows should be Kcmrffitwr thru are the lowrst Retrt plowed until the Spring of the year, shown by their results, it may a financial way, with the best ex when the sap Is np. Then they will well filled and the effort should al •‘The Herald" in combination with any be said that one feature of this hibits and management yet held. decay; otherwise they lay dormant ways be to maintain the natural level L. D. MAHONE of the following: ATTDRXF.V-AT-LAW display was exceedingly disap Dr. Brougher’s address Sunday all Winter and grow In the Spring. of the land Deep plowing la a great A mt i essential to success, although the WKBKLV oltFGONlAN li ia> Ural Fatale, Prolixlc xml Corporaton •) •»» Work I*«ml Only Wlieli Dry. pointing. Reference is here afternoon on **H«<i*. or Scratch daily iikk . oxi a .'A ' •» Law. It Is also a regrettable fact that depth In new ground should be in «till -1 \DA^ OMKGtlNfAN * ! made to the apple and pear ex ing for a Living,’’was a very fit Prompt Attention Io All lluxincxx MM) l»Ail.\ TFLKGHAW *J 7* one of the most common follies of creased gradually to prevent to« Hh.MI 17* ft hl.Ki t JoL'R.S tl. I J* i . hibit, as arranged on plates and ting climax to the week’s events. plowing its the most dangerous and much clay front mixing at once. at* llvury Hl.l, Ph."««. Main loia 1« til 1 JOUMMAI *.•« Í.W POUTI.VXP iiKluoS an*l Ml N’DA V Jol HX tL T.<o t.iw : in boxes, on tables through the Close to 10,000 people visited the destructive of all— that of working The first harrowing should follow DAILY p M irir mon i hi y # i 1 7* PAI IFD' HOMLKI FAD . 1 7* 11« * center of the pavilion. Inclina fair during the five days, coming the land t«x> wet. Throughout the the «ante direction aa the plow, ao ?A<*IFIU F tl;M> li 1 .* i »> II lirkf.HI RT J M III RI.HtRT ATIGNAI. <»« KN<»t 1.7* t .m> i FliuMv H mh II a A** tion strongly urges the dismissal from all over the western part region of which I speak one-third ax to finish Its work where any ob N l*ol T«lrt»r N 1 THY Joi KNil. (m«>nthl>) 1 stacle had prevented proper turning i'.KIi I I TI RUT 1 50 of this subject with the state of the state, and the excellent of the whole crop on Its present The ends and sides of the fields ORE«.ON FARM JoL’RN <1. •*«'» 1 Ml IILKIBIKI & lll KIBLKF might have been added if wet I MrUALL'M MAG A ZINK (ladles') 1 M> ■* ! ment that’ this exhibit showed exhibits and the splendid man basis Civil I Jt glocera and burveyors plowing had been abstained from. | should all lie left to the last and all what the climate of Oregbn and agement all the way through and «»nsiderlng that this extra one- 1 be turned the same way, either In or Thi» price i* tor delivery by mall only ami | Acrura«*> aud 3t«,n*>nal»lr (har»«-« onl\ when remittance 1» mat!»* with order | the Papera may be eent to »eperate addreæe». Sub | I'hnnr* «tain Ulf t *■ 17 I ablw* Hldg the soil of this special section of have been remarked by nearly third would all be clear profit to the | out, reversing the manner at A AIM H i MHAND. OR4.GON next plowing. The lands can i be so M-rlptiona may begin at any time the state can do without the care all visitors. (« Saturday’s crowd farmer. Is It not enough to stop this stepped that the turning will work folly? We should not overlook this necessary to produce the best re alone reached nearly 5000. phase of the present conditions, for j out properly. sults. But to dismiss the sub J. W. Townsend is the posses the life and vitality of many farms • In preparing ground for any ject with this mild suggestion of sor of the blue ribbon for the are being robbed, resulting in fail table, a rul*< should be adhered to criticism would be unfair to the best farm display. Gill Bros, ures or naif-way successes, thus re never to plant without two plowings fruit-growing interests of the came in for second prize. Then the soil Is well pulverized and FREQUENT RAPID COMFORTABLE Se- tarding the growth of the state. The real object In plowing is to loosened. At Intervals throughout state and especially to the fruit moni & Marrocci made the best pulverize and loosen the soil, leav the Spring, after the first plowing growers of Eastern Multnomah table display. These farmers ing It In condition for cultivation the soil should he harrowed and who made thi3 exhibit. It must and gardeners prove that Mult that Is to follow, also to create the rolled to prevent weed growth and be added, therefore, that very nomah County soil will produce fine particles for plant food. Fully moisture escape; also after every little if any clean fruit was nearly every variety or kind of shown. Careful inspection failed grain, fruit or vegetable that ex STATIONS EASTBOUNl) to disclose a single plate of un ists if properly cared for. J. W. Lv roRTLAMD « Ml? 4A A V» A 45 10 4A ft 41 1 40 3 4$ 4 43 3 4| • 45 7 41 11 ft r,.,ab. * Of» 7 IA a w W 06 IO UC> II • a S 1 M J M4MIMIMISIIMH M 1 Golf Junction infected fruit, either of apples or Townsend also won first prize on Htanh’y & 13 7 • H lo W IA IO 1»» 11 I d 1 ft 1 11 « II» II« 111 litt «1 a Ix'iitn .1 unction A n 7 .;. 1 17 y rj io ri 11 W 1 22 J n « n i u » n t u » n 11 u a J» pears, while very many of the the display of freaks. H. A. 1 Myra more.. 5 31 7 »•' > •J7 A 32 IO RJ II NJ 1 >2 J >2 4 22 S >2 0 » 7 27 0 11 U ' Í A 40 30 IrniH- . A 3A IO M II 35 1 JS 1 M 4 ft 1 ft 1 M 1 M 1 ft |*J «A A 3» 7 4J A m Ml finest specimens of both in size, Lewis has been highly commend .» trt 7 1 - Mf. V m 10 4U II 40 1 40 2 44 4 40 I 40 4 ft 1 40 0 ft 12 1« j Linnemann m M A 41 7 fa» a 4¡» A 4A IO 4A II 4A 1 « 2 40 4 44 1 41 I 41 7 4* 0 44 12 1» GICRMII AM w jn form and color showed unmis ed for his fruit display.—Tele Hogan. u ia a 7 ■4 a II 4M I 40 1 40 4 41 YU • M Anderaon 7 9 AN II A3 I D 2 43 1 42 1 S3 .i.a.. I» ft takable evidences of being in gram. a do A A6| Hairy . II 5A 1 M > 44 to ft) 4 M 1 M Boring M IX« 9 AM II Ml 1 5« I M 4M 7 M II <■» fested by worm and scab and M 0A IO Airier . 10 IM) I’J 2 00 4 00 0 M • 00 11 04 a 10 in 06j Barton U M 2 Qt 4 04 ON ON II ft scale. Upon some otherwise fine It is a good time now to be M lì Drop <’r»-rk 10 07 U or 2 91 4 OY tor 0 07 !.. II AA a IM Eagle Creek io ia< 12 il 2 11 4 13 0 11 0 13 II 40 specimens of both apples and thinking about that water system I UiirrhiHvlllr. M 24 ¡0 19 12 ft 1 ft 4 ft Oft 0 ft 53 i D a Katacada .. . io SI 12 21 2 21 4 20 0 20 0 20 ft ft pears all three of these pests that Gresham will vote on in fi Ml K. i. UAZADKRO Ar 12 M 1 3S 4 ft 0 ft 0 34 ft 21 To Oregon will prevail from the Last were plainly in evidence. Fruit November. Better get to talk TROUTDALE BRANCH September 15 to October 15 in some of the boxes appeared ing it over with your neighbors. I.1XNF.MASN l.v| I" f ¡U "I Hl Hilf < III HI .1 (I to be relatively clean, but there VIA TH« Baa«* Y.lnr | io ox 11 * i h > u i u< in ti i a m Fairview , n> U nt t>> ih ut ih ni p i u were among the entire lot few Co-oparation For Rural Improvement. TROUTDALE Ar boxes of apples that would pass A personal letter to the writer from Horace McFarland, president of the STATIONS WESTBOUND muster if offered for sale in a J. American Civic association, with head < NZADF.RO fl 451 A 45110 4» 12 45 fruit-inspected market, scarcely quarters st Harrisburg. Pa., conveys 2 45 AM) 1 KfttNfAdll fl 551 A 00 II <»' 1 00 ■••• r ..|..a. 2 N I < ’ urrhi-vlll«- the Information that this association 7 01 V OA II Ort 1 N 3 0* one the shipment of which would 1 H mk I«* Creek 7 <f7 9 12'II 1*2 i ft 3 12 will be glad to co-operate with the 1 Deep Creek . ... 7 12 A 17 li G 1 11 be permitted by the Hood River grange 3 17 on matters pertaining to rural Barton.......... 7 14 9 IA II 19 1 ft 3 10 Ml» frr 7 la A JH 11 a i n Apple Growers’ Association. 3 2) improvement The association has a Boring .... 1? Z2 9 *27 11 27 1 V 3 27 llmlry . (Lines in Oregon) 9 fti.ll in 1 20 7 2.. The point is this: The apple section on rural Improvement, headed 3 30 Andrraon.. 7 77 9 Will 3*2 1 32 . 3 n by Dean Davenport of the University Hogan A a 7 X2 9 »7 11 37 1 3Y> growers of Multnomah County of Illinois. Mr. M'Farlnrwl says. 3 ir From $33.00 . GRKMHAM 1*2 15 A 4.5 fl ft) 7 37 A 45 9 4-. II 46 1 O t 45 3 45 <4 _ Chicago _ Lihiiemarin 1*2 JO .. r, M fl AM 4A A »V 9 49 11 ID 1 ft 2 40 2 40 should either dig up and burn, or •There are many ways In which sug St. Louis - - - 32.00 Jrnne ........ 1’2 ’2*2 A A2 fl 37 7 47 M M 9 A3 11 Ml 1 41 2 53 3 53 « Byramorr.. 1’2 25 6 A3 fl 4017 .*4) a ■ft 9 Aft 11 M 1 54 2 54 1 54 clean up and cultivate their or gestions going through the grange Omaha - - - 25.00 laentw Junction.. 1’2 NA 4 36 A ft fl Ml A • ft 9 nA 10 05 12 05 2 05 3 H 4 M MIMI would be effective, and the association « Stanley. 12 42 4 40 fl 14 fl .v»la 10 9 IA 10 15 12 14 2 ft 3 ft 4 15 ft 0 15 Y chards. That the trees that pro will t* glad to co-operate with you St. Paul - - - 25.00 <»o|f Junction.. 12 GO 4 4A fl 2*2 7 íw ' a 1A 9 20 io Jn IJ 20 2 20 1 ft 4 ft 20 0 20 ? CORTLANb Ar A 43 7 *>|A 3A 9 40 10 40 ft 40 2 <4 3 40 4 40 40 • 40 7 duced these apples and pears heartily and In detailed effort.” “ Kansas City - - 25.00 could be made to produce fruit TROUTDALE BRANCH FARES CAN BE PREPAID equal to the best Hood River pro The high prices obtained for Horxi |TR<HTDALE Lvl fl IA 7 »Ifl I5I9 »» 10 30 11 JO ì n > M« Ml »( n 1 M duct is attested by the size, color River apples are largely due to organi Deposit the amount of the fare with the nearest O. R. A. X. or S. P. Agent and ' Falrvlrw ............... 1 fl 20 7 30 a jnlw 25 10 XN 11 *30 1 1 » « 1 2» 1 « 1 ¡i 1 11 < h i n ticket will lie delivered in the East without extra cost. ¡ Baar Li nr A ‘/»I7 »A fl 25 9 J»» 10 Ml) 11 ft) t M 1 M > W« NI X» Nt M zation of the growers through which and form of the fruit that was U.INNEMANN Ar[ fl go 7 40 A 30 A NA 10 Mill M I1I1X » Ml XI HI N 1 X deals were quickly made. The unity of Send um the name ami addnwa of any one intemit<e«| in tie* State for shown at this fair.-Oregonian. the S Pally Kxcept Holiday. A. M. Hgur'-a In Unman. apple growers of that section from EDITORIAL COMM NI T A Monuments Expressing, Draying *7" HERALD BARGAIN OFFERS T mi PORTLAND RAILWAY LIGHT & POWER CO. Springwater Division OREGON CALLS “More People” LOW COLONIST RATES OREGON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO Southern Pacific Oregon literature. The editor acknowledges many friendly visits at The Herald of-, fice during Fair week. the start has had great effect on the land values. It pay. to organize. Pro ducers unite, applies to horticultural as well as industrial workers. wm. M c M urray ,*reK',n City, ( anemah Park and way points, change cam at (lolf General PanMncer Agent I’ORTLAI.D, ORF.GON I I For Lenta, Mt. Scott and east side points, change cars at Lenta Junction. General Offices, First and Alder 8ta„ P ostlahu , O sbqom .