WASHINGTON PHONE
INCREASE IS DENIED
Olympta, Wash. Telephone rites In
the state of Washington wll: not be
raised, but will be maintained at the
present schedule by a decision and
order of the department of public
works, signed by the director, Judge
Kuykendall, and Supervisor Spinning
of the department. Supervisor Cleland
filed a minority decision which would
have ordered a raise In the rates.
The department decision finds that
the existing rates are fair, just and
sufficient, and the company's proposed
rates unjust, unfair and unreasonable
and more than sufficient. The evi
dence does not justify any reduction
in rates at the present time, the board
holds.
Supervisor Cleland would have in
creased rates. The company asked
for an average increase of 32.73 per
cent. Cleland's order granted an in
crease of 16.09 per cent on exchange
service.
TIME LIMIT ON BONUS
EXTENDED, RED X LEARNS
A special letter today from State
Bonus Ce-.tm' 'on to tfc ' " ' Re('
Cross, con.aiiib new legia.aii ,n rela
tive to the Bonus Law of special in
terest to Oregon ex-service men.'Thr
present Legislature has extended th
time limit for filing applications foi
the casji bonus to December 31,
1923.
Loan application blanks for city
and farm property may be complet
ed as late as June 30, 1927, although
the first application for a loan must
be filed by December 21, 1923.
"Any person who has taken the
cash bonus and who at the time de
sired the loan but accepted the cash
bonus by reason of misapprehension
as to his right to elect for a loan
may upon refunding the cash bonu:
wiih interest thereon at 5 per cent,
obtain the loan; provided, that th(
applicant can satisfy the commissioi
i hat he desired the loan at the tirnt
of receiving the cash bonus."
The local Red Cross is now nan
dling from 12 to 15 bonus claims p
month, and is prepared to take can
of transfers from cash bonus to loai
as well as new claims to be filed un
der the extended time limit.
IIADIO IN LII'K OF
RURAL COMMUNITIES
In Morrow county, according to
Jacob Jordan, instructor in physic
at 0. A. C, radio will have a defi
nite place.
Conditions arising from the big
storm recently when some of th
sections of the state were completely
isolated lor three or four weeks, ac
cording to Mr. Jordan, brings ti
mind that Alsea had had a radii
station, news reports of the world':
activities, helpful lectures and en
teitainments could have been en
joyed when all other means of com
nuinication failed.
Farmers, said Mr. Jordan, com
prise the majority of residents liv
lng in isolated communities. Radio
will be an invaluable asset to farm
ers because of the vast amount ol
educational matter broadcasted bj
the larger and more important broad
tasting stations. This is materia'
that the farmer would not have op
pnrtunity to obtain if it were no'
ior the radio.
There is a radio station at O. A
C. which is the property of the col
lege. It is available for every depart
ment to use for lectures, speeches
and any matter that will be of in
terest to the public, said Mr. Jordan
Those in charge of the radio ta
ttoo state that they will appreciate
any suggestions from those who de
sire certain programs and lecture?
that will be helpful to the farmer
of their locality.
GRANGE INITIATES MEMIltf Its
Among those initiated into the
mange last Saturday night, were
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mad, Mr. and Mrs
P. J. Mulkey, Mrs. Blanche Watkins
Mac Watkins, Dale Watkins, Gladys
Watkins, Mrs. Gladys Gibbons, Mr
and Mrs. Royal Hands, Wahnona
Keren, Victor Hango, Catherim
Blown and many others. About 33
wrere initiated.
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War Referendum Is Defeated.
Lincoln, Neb. The lower house of
the legislature by a vote of 40 to 24
defeated the proposition to submit the
question of future wars to a referen
dum vote of the people. Six American
Legion members favored killing the
bill and two were in favor of it.
FARM POINTERS
(Farm Notes from O. A. C. Experi
ment. Station).
Early gardens are subject to se
vere injury by slimy, slow moving
repulsive slugh. The plants may be
protected with a repelant spray of
bordeaux mixture. For the home gar
den probably the commercial bor
deaux mixture diluted as recom
mended on the container will give
'-;ood results. In addition prepare, a
loison bait of calcium-aisenate used
at the rate of one ounce to one
.lound of chopped lettuce leaves. Mix
he.se. thoroughly and place in small
iioaps near the plants and frames
to- be protected. Kale, clover, or
Hher succulent leaves may be sub
stituted for the lettuce.
Disease organisms are apt to be
found on ground where old poultry
ttock has been recently run. It is
lesirable to rear chicks on ground
whicli has not held stock for some
Ime.
Chicks of different ages seldom or
lev t grow to advantage for either
;roup if run together.
Fruit worms and bud moths are
ecoming active on the opening
luster budsof apples and pears.
.Vhere they appear in sufficient nuni
era to attract attention, add lead
Datt the regular delayed dor
mant or to the pink spray at the
ate of two pounds to 100 gallons of
he solution.
GIG DAM IS NF.AKLY COMPLETED
Highway and Civil Service
Roy Klein, secretary of the highway
commission has been temporarily ap
pointed chief engineer of the depart
mant by the commission. This actlor,
was taken following the ac-ceptanct
of the resignation of Herbert Nunn
who has had charge of the engineer
lng since the commission was creat
ed in 1917.
Civil service examinations have been
requested by the postoffice department
to Belect postmasters for the follow
lng cities and towns: Ashland. Athena,
Aurora, Banks, Beaverton, Brownsville.
Canyon City, Fossil, Gervais, Hillsboro,
John Day, Lakeview, Madras. Mount
Angel, Newport, North Bend, Toledo.
Warrenton and Yanihill.
The tallest dam In the world has
just been built near Modesto, Cal.,
by ihe farmers of two California dis
tricts. Where walk the ghosts of the old
gold-diggers of Bret Harte tales a
row of 500 engineers and laborers
under the direction of D. II . Duncan
on are now completing this monu
neiu lo "white gold."
How did the farmers do it?
The landowners or Turlo ctt and
lohesto counties got together and
oled. They bonded themselves for
5,000,o0ii, And a year ago they
tarted pouring concrete.
The result is a dam 3 feet high,
,080 feet across and io feet tbrodgh
it the base.
In this feat farmers the nation
ver have a lesson' in how they may
ooperatively bund together to frod
h nisei ves from the private water
upply magnates.
"Public ownership of water? We'll
i say so," say the California farmers
I v. ho doubtless Will be known as
I America's greatest pioneers of self
' owned energy.
The Don Pedro project, as this
I undertaking is called, means the im
i pounding of 30,000 acre feet of
I water to feed the alfalfa fields and
1 melon patches when the dry days of
late sumer come,
i And it also will mean 50,000 acres
of reclaimed land in t lie prosperous
Turlock district.
And farmers will gain from it not
only water for their lands but al:o
their own elect tic energyJpoled down
. to their power houses, lighting their
homes and dairies, turning their
chums and putting back into their
pock s ihe money expended on the
dam.
Lovhi through a power house de
keloping lti.000 horsepower of elec
tricity the chained waters will flow.
i anil then will go on to turn valley
sai d into the richest dairy and melon
land of i he country.
For several weeks the big power
hou e at the foot of the dam, de
veloping 16,000 horsepower of elec
ri . has been completed and
''juice" is being delivered to the dis
tricts in competition with the power
companies.
Enthusiasts see at no distant date
the delivery of cheap power thai
will aid the farmer in solving the
drain uage problem and be an Ih
6ei live to manufacturers to locate
there.
Don Pedro dam is the greatest
impounding bulwark ever built; It is
greater than the famous ollosevelf
dam, although it has never received
an ioia of the advertising given thai
big structure. Practically unknown,
still it stands ready to insure its
district against loss of crops. .
Oil Stock Promoters Are Arrested.
Fort Worth. Tex. With the surren
dor of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arc; (
explorer and oil promoter, to federal
j authorities, a total of twenty oil men
have either been taken into custody or
surrendered and have been arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Qeorge Parker on charges of fraudu
j lent uses of the ma 1. Cook is presi-
! dent and sole trustee of the Petroleum
I Producers' association.
NOTICE FOR PCHLICATION
Department of the Interior, United
Stntes Land Office at The Dalles,
Ore.. March Hi, 192 3.
Notice is hereby given that Claud"
White, of Boardman. Ore., who, or.
Aug 1. 1917, made Homestead Entry
No. 019112, for E ' j SW V, N E . K'.a
NWV4SEV4. being Unit "C", Umatil
la Project, Section :'4. Township 4
North, Range 24 East. Willamette
Meridian, ha filed notice of inten
tion to malt three year Proof, to
establish clai. t to tho land above
described, before C. 0. Blayden,
United States Commissioner, at
Boardman. Or., o.. the 26th day ol
April, 1923.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Homer J, Cason, Eugene Cumins,
S, H. Itonrdman, Chns. Xlzer, all of
Boardman, ru.
J. M. DONNELLY, "
:-it Register
I "BEST BY TEST'
HOME POINTERS
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LA MIlS
From O. A. C. Home Demonstra
tion Department.)
Eat a variety of foods. If you live
n one article of food, you'll soon
ecome lilco it in appearance.
Too many sweets make sour chil
dren. If you are over weight, eat less
nod. Eat green Teg ables freely,
ut avoid sweets, fats, and starchy
oods.
If you are under weight, eat more
ood. Take a quart of in ilk in some
01111 every day.
If you are constipated eal freely
.f green vegetables, fruits, and whole
:rain breads and cereals. Have a
gular hour each day for bowel
o Yemen t. Don't take drugs.
PAY GOOD
RETURNS
RBGON SCHOOL CS1II.DHEN
TO HELP ERADICATE RUST
Itate ami Nation Unite to ( lean Out
Out Black Currants and Head
Off White Pine Disease.
A campaign agatn-st while pine
M i r rust will be launched tbrougn
he public rchools of Oregon for the.
bird week In April, reports H. P.
larss, plant pathologist at the sta e
oliege experiment station. The ehil
ren In Claisop, Columbia, MulttlO-
ab, Washington, Clackamas, Hood
trrer and Yamhill counties will be
sked to help locate the blaci; 1 r
ant, whh'i ai a host of the parttsl-e
ausing 1 ine blister.
Campaigi uidquartcrs will be
he co.bi." but the work will M fi-
anced u the state through the stale
oard .i horticulture, and the "a.'ed
1,.,,... 1 N. Gooding, PSpWSe '.I Sttg
lie federal government, will work
,' 1 1 1 ( '. tt soi Barss.
Mr C(-. It'g expects to et in
.Jin i. w.'h but) grade and hi?h
hool officials teachers and sup-rend
in specimens of any black cur
ntendents. Childr i i will bo rfkeJ I"
end in specimens o" any black cur
nt leaves they tin I, '.1 nvoioic?
illed out by n col riie, the -Bt
place where tW plan 3 jrew may
determined. Overs of . UM
vill then be isked to destroy the
iliints.
"Laws aga .l.t P"!!N '.-'tit: ; Lack
urrants to grot on one s promts
vere passed at the latest sosslai cf
he 1' 'Mature." says Professor Bars.
Tin' white pine bliter, rust is .1 ser
ous disease and threatens the white
line and sugar pine fOreaU of (be
orihwest."
The danger zone for eoread of ihe
Hsease from Washington 10 l?lM
onmercial forests of Oregon is the
ounties named. The reports of the
ichool children will be followid . ' a
ampaign to eradicate all black cur
ants located, and thus remove a
n il- riant r to the white and sugar
line forests of the country's leading
umber state.
The Umatilla experiment station
at Hermiston during the winter fed
lambs 10 detenu1' primarily the
feasibility of marketing alfalfa hay
y "sing it to fatten lambs and sec
indiiriiy to determine the relative
value of the various grains as sup
plements to alfalfa for fattening.
Two hundred fourteen head, of
Hampshire; ahd Cotswold lambs used
for Ihe experiments werte divided
into four lots of 50 head each and
14 head of culls were placed in a
lot. by themselves, ("rain was fed at
the rate of one pound a day p.r
head when on full feed. One lot each
received corn, wheat, oats and bar
ley and the cull lot received barlev.
Ml ota received all the hay they
'ould cat. The lambs were start' d on
Feed Dec. 1, and fed until March 10,
I period of 09 days.
Half the grain was fed in the
morning and half jn the evening and
'iay was kept before them at all
times. The tests were conducted in
pen lots without shelter. The hay
.vac- fed through panels and the grain
in troughs, the tamos nan continu
iii . access to fresh water and salt.
The average weight p.r lamb' a'
'he beginning of the test was 61.2
potnds except tho culls which
weighed 40.7. The average gain p r
head was 33.9 pounds which was at
the rate of .343 pounds per head per
day. The corn fed lambs gained the
most by 2.3 pounds per head above
the average and the oats least by one
pound less than the averare. The
galnfl of thhe wheat and barley fed j
"ami's were practically eaual to the)
iverage with the wheat slightly high- j
sr than the barley.
The average amount of hay of-!
fered was 3.1 pounds per day p ir
head. Th? corn lot ale the largast
1 nount with whe.at, barley and oats
following in the order mentioned.
The average amount of hay refused
was 26.7 per cent It is believed that
ho refuse was cleaned up too close
UMATILLA EXPKHLMliNT S
iiul that the amount was larger than
'Oil HAY e. 1 ary.
The average amount of hay re
Itiired to make 100 pounds of gain
! was 1)05 pounds and of grain 2 7 (
pounds, 'ihe corn tot required the
same as the average amount of hay
i'
1)1) pounds of gain while the
eh ". to ' required the lowest ahiouUI
if grain per 100 pounds gain while
ite re virement increased directly
or 1 In' wheat, ba'il y and oats fed
ots. The to al amount of hay fed
va :;2.!I8 tons and Ihe grain 9.55
tons.
The costs of gains have been com
puled valuing hay at $10 a ton, corn
Bad oats $37.50. wheat $40 and bar
toy $35 a ton. The cheapest gains.
19.43 per hundred, were made by the
oni lambs and the next higher.
59.45. by the barle ylot. The wheat
lot gains costs $10.2li and the oats
fnins $0 73. The cull lambs g:Un d
lee . required more hay and grain
per hundred pounds of gain so the
alt cost more tthan the other
lambs.
The lambs were purchased fur $10
er hundred and sold for $14 per
Hun'tr-d in Portland which was
TQuivalent to $13.?8 on the farm
profil of from $3 02 to $3.85 p r
n ndrid was eaur d on the gains.
Including 'the fin t cmt of the
aitvbs, hav and grain at the pri-os
riv?n a''Ove with charges for labor,
'umber, dip and salt aid shipping
!rntSttSOS th total outlay va--1211
4. SO and the selling price
J2417 8", leaving a balance of
'303.(12. Or, from another point of
v'ew, to determine the value of
lambs as a means of marketing bay,
bn coi'ts o'h"i" than hay wore
$1 784.33. which deducted from th-
selling pric leaves $033.47 for
' 2.98 tons of hay which Is at the
ate of $19.23 a ton tor hay. No
small part of the returns no' in
"'urtcd above "vps 4f tons of manure
which was left on the farm. It i
believed that the manure and refuse
tiav would aout pav for Ihe feed
e.-umcd before the regular feed
ing staried.
ATION LAMn FEEDING RXFBRIMENTH
Lot 1 f ot 2 1 ot 3 Lot 4 l ot 5
Corn Wheat Oats Barley Parley
Weight per I lend Record.
Average initial weight 52.4 61.4 52.1 4S.9 40 7
verage final weight M.fi 8fi.O 85.0 82.0 70.4
verage gain , 3H.2 33.6 32.9 33.1 30 8
Average gain per day .366 .339 .33,2 .334 .311
liny Per DJ RMord.
Hay offered per day 3.32 3.19 2.92 3.00 3.09
Hav refused per (lav 90 .81 .79 .83 .83
Hav refused per cent 26 9 25.4 26.9 27.6 26.7
Hay consumed per day .242 2.38 2.13 2.13 2.26
Costs per I'HI Pounds Gain,
Buy offered per cwt. gain 905.3 938.7 879 0 897.9 9922
Grain per cwt. gain 258.7 278.7 284.9 282.2 304 4
Hay costs per cwt. gain 4 58 4.69 4.39 4.49 4.96
Grain costs per cwt. gain 4.85 5.67 5.34 4.96 5 33
Feed costs per cwt. gain $ 9.43 10.26 9.73 9.45 10.67
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