THE NEWS RECORD
(Twice-a-Wesk.)
An iVDErENbiNT newspaper
'i abwa News, estab
lished March 3. 1899.
Published Wednesday and Satur
days at Enterprise, Oregon, by
THE ENTERPRISE PRESS
Office East side Court House Square
Entered in the Entjrprise po3toffice
as seoud-clas3 matter.
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1930.
THE BRANCH ASYLUM.
That the town of Union has a
chance to be selected as tha sits
of the Eastern Oregon Insane asy
lum, it can thank Repressntative J.
P. Rusk of this county. The origi
nal bill, gotten up and engineered by
Baker and Umatilla counties, ri
quired the asylum to be loca'e-J
within five miles of either Baker
City or Pendlet;n. The committea
refused to amend and Mr. Rusk toak
up the fight on the floor of the
house, and sucded in having aa
amendment adopteJ Including Uni m
as a posilble site.
The fight didn't end there for the
engrossing committee left out t is
amendment and the senate refuse:)
the plea or Senator Oliver to
wait even 10 minutes that the
error might be corrected, but passed
the bill without amendment. Thi
nullified the bill unless the house
would concur in the senate's action
Here was where Mr. Rusk got busy
and proved to the senate leaders
he house never woald consent. So
at the. evening session, the senat;
reconsidered 1 s vote, put on th:
amendment and passed the bill as
It now stands. It will be voted ov
by the people in Noember, 1910, be
fore it become j a law.
Union has a irood chance for tha
asylum. The state already owns 64
acres of ground there very suit
able for the lo a'.Ion. Thsn, too
Union is mora can rally located, and
the climate Is far superior to that
of Baker City or Pendleton, in addl
' tlon to being n?ar the curing waters
of Hot Lake.
The location of the asylum. If It.
la authorized by a majority of th:
electors, will be made by the board
of control, consisting of the governor,
secretary of state and one or two
others.
Taft hai bejun his administration
by refusing to take side batwesn
Cannon and the iniurge.nt3 In the
House. ThU Is not a good start for
a stiff-backbone policy, and It Is to
be hoped the report is a mlitake.
Properly conserved there has been
lenough moisture) ln the hills al
ready to insure a bo.mtlful crop. The
outlook for the en' ire county wuj
never better.
AL ROBERTS HAS RESIGNED.,
The fact th .t A. A. Roborts has
resigned the off be of receiver of
Lh. Grande has now become public
property, says the La Orando Star
of Thursday, the Information comini?
from Washington that such resigna
tion has bean preiented to the sec
retary of the interior by Mr. Rob
erts half-brother. Representative
Ellis, As might be expected, there
are a number of candidates for the
place, and It U expected that the
lucky one will be named shortly af-
' "Cartful Banking Insures the Safety of Deposits."
Depositors Have Tlmt Uuuruntoo at
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OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON
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Exchange Bought and Sold on
All Principal Cities.
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Oeo. 8. Craig, Vice President Frank A. Ilea via, Axxt. Cashier
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ter congreis r2-convenei.
In resard to the condition of Mr.
Roberts' books, there is nothing
which indica e3 any intention ll
wrong and all apparent discrepan
cies have been fully covered. Mr.
Roberts, it ia seiJ, will go Into the
real estate business, probably 1:1
Portland.
A Pleasant Physic.
When you want a pleasant physic
give Chamberlain s Stomach and
Liver Tablets a trial. They are mild
and gentle in their action and al
ways produce a pleasant cathartic
effect. Call at Burnaugh & May
field's drug store for a free sample.
Smoke the Advertiser, best five
cent cigar. Horn 3 made.
SUPPORT OF HOME PAPER.
Merchants Urged to Back Local Ad
vertising Medium to the Limit
An appre:ia'ive view of the honn
newspaper is given In the Office
Outfitter of Chicago, from which wo
ina';e the folowlng extracts:
Many a goo3 town Isn't worth a
cent because the local newspaper I
neglected. Many a good merchanc'li
ing center is dead beca.t.ij tu man
,n basine treat the editor of thj
lewaparer ai an object of charity.
Th's Is wrong. The local paper Is
he greateit thing in the community.
;t should be supported. It should
imart when they slip one over the
e ral and patronized. The mer
chant! who think they are clever and
ocal pajer make a big mistake. Ev
jry dollar you ta'te away from the
ocal newspaper In schemes and
mocks hurts the town. It hurts bus
neis, and, most of all. It hurts the
nerchants who Indulge In It.
Whatever else you merchants do,
patronize your home paper. Don't
tell me that It has a small clrcula
.Ion. Don't tell me that you reach
.en times as many people with less
)xpense using circulars. Don't spring
iny of those time worn gags on me
it all. Stop standing in your own
ight. Get behind the local paper
ind push it for all you are worth.
I don't mean push It to the wall
.'ush it up grade to a position whera
t ought to be, and as sure as you
are alive you will push your oyn
business' up with It to a point you
never dreamed of before.
When a man tells me that ha
reaches more j eople, and gets better
results from hU circulars I know
that he Is deceiving himself and tjll-
ng me what I can prove to be un
rue. A newspaper In the commu
nity 13 read by the people. Thay
.earn to watch for It, and when the
get it every member of the family
.van ts his turn to see what It says.
ds, and all ara read. If the mer
chants of a community will educate
ue people to look In the newspaper
.'or their announcements the people
will road the paper more and great
er will be the returns.
There is no tlley so long but that
has Us ash barrels, and there Is
16 knock so powerful or subtle but
that it reacts. Do yourself a favor
and keep up yoar end by supporting
:he local newspaper, and support It
.'or all you are worth.
It can be added that whatever the
local papers do to help their city
or town is of benefit to every bus
iness man therein Chelsea (Mass.)
Record.
For Diseases of the Skin.
Nearly all diseases of the skin such
as eczema, tetter, salt rheum and bar
bers' Itch, are characterized by an in
tense itching and smarting, which
often makes 11 'e a burden and dis
turbs seep and rjst. Quick relief
mav be had by applying Chamber
lain's Salve. It allays the Itching
and smarting almost Instantly. Many
cases. have beon cured by Its use. For
sale by Uurnamh & Mayfield.
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Modern Agriculture
V. Leguminous Crops and Rotations
By C. V. GREGORY,
Agricultural Hi)Uion. lobaa State Collect
Copyright, 1000. by American Press Association
MONO the important classes c?
crops grown on tha farm are
the legumes. The soil Is to th
farmer what a stock of goods
Is to a merchant, lie eating keep
drawing on it forever without putting
something back. OrSinary crops takf
plnnt food from the store In the soil
ThlH must be replaced In some way.
Legumes, on the other hand, leave the
soil richer rather than poorer.
If you will examine the roots of a
clover plant careful-.- you will notice
numerous little spellings about the
size of p! he.-.ds or a little larger.
These lire called nodules and are tin
homo of certain bacterin. These hn
itria are minute one celled plants, s
small thnt thousands of them -n haiu
on the point of a pin. We stall stulj
some of the' different classes of bac
teria l:i detail luter. The ones thai
live on the roots of legumes have thi
power of changing the ni ropen of th(
air into a form In which it can be used
by the plants.
When clover stubble Is plowed under
the nitrogen which Is contained in the
stems and roots Is added to the soil
and can be used by the following crop.
Whure the soil is badly lacking in
nitrogen nnd humus it sometimes pays
to plow under the entire crop of clover.
The nitrogen which leguminous
plants ndd to the soil Is by no means
the only benefit which comes from
their use. Nearly all of them have a
long taproot, which forces Its wny
down Into the soil far below the depth
reached by the roots of ordinary crops.
Alfalfa roots sometimes go down as
deep as thirty feet or more. Much of
the plant food used by the crop Is
brought up from this lower layer of
soil, and some of It Is left In the upper
soil when the roots and stubble decay.
The passage of the long roots through
the soli also loosens It, and when they
decay add to the humus supply. Thus
the physical condition of the soil Is so
Improved that the more tender roots
of such crops as corn can penetrate
It readily. Because of these facta
corn, potatoes and almost any other
crop will grow faster and give a con
siderably larger yield on a field which
has grown a legume the year previous.
The principal legumes are alfalfa,
clover, cow-peas and soy beans. Al
falfa Is grown most successfully west
of the Missouri river, although by no
means confined entirely to that local
ity. It requires some care to get a
good stand of alfalfa. It does best on
a soil that Is somewhat sandy and
should never be sown on a soil where
the water table Is liable to stand for
any length of time within three feet
from the surface. "Wet feet" will kill
alfalfa quicker than anything else.
As a general rule the best time to
sow alfalfa is early in the fall. The
ground should be put In the best pos
sible tilth, and If manured before sow
ing the seed the chances of success
are considerably Increased. The seed
should be sown at the rate of about
fifteen pounds per acre. A light har
rowing will cover It sufficiently. If
the young plants weather the first
winter successfully, the critical time is
past. The ndvantages of alfalfa over
clover are Its higher feeding value and
greater yields. It can often be cut
three or four times In a season, with
a yield of from one to two tons per
cutting. Alfalfa must always be cut
as soon as about one-tenth of the
plnnts are-In bloom; otherwise the
vitality Is weakened and the yield of
the succeeding crops reduced.
There are several varieties of clover,
of which medium red Is the most wide-
no.
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ALFALFA
PLAMTS,
Note the lone taproots and tha nodules.
ly known. Clover seed are usually
sown with small grain In the spring.
A surer way of obtaining a stand Is to
ow after the oats have been disked in
and cover with a harrow; otherwise
the seed are put in so deeply that many
of the little plants never reach the sur
face. One of the principal reasons for fail
ure with clover la poor seed. A sam
ple should always be tested before
sowing. ThU can be easily done by
putting a hundred Beeds between a
couple of moist blotters and keeping la
SI 1
number that germinate can be used a
a guide to tae amount of good to
as a guiue to the amount of seed to
use per acre. . .
One reason why clover and alfalfa
are not more popular with farmers Is
the difficulty of curing the hay. If it
Is left In the swath until dry enough to
put In the mow, the leaves, which are
the most valuable part, will become
so brittle that many of them will . be
lost. A better way Is to go over the
field with a side delivery rake as soon
as the leaves have wilted a little and
throw the hay together in loose wind
rows. Handled in this way. It dries
evenly, and tti leaves will not fall off
so easily. Hay cured In this way Is
also less liable to be dusty than when
cured by direct exposure to the sun.
Once in awhile, even with the best of
care, some of the hay will be caught in
a rain. A hard rain on clover or al
falfa hay wnshes out much of the nu
triment which It contains. Such hay
Is hardly worth putting in the barn,
but may be made good use of for bed
ding. In this wny it is mixed with
the manure, and the plant food which
It contains Is returned to the soil.
Cowpeas and soy beans are to the
southern part of the United States
what clover and alfalfa are to the
northern sections. They are grown
more as hay and forage than fyr the
grain. These legumes are also used In
some sections of the corn belt ns catch
crops. If sown on early fall plowing,
they prevent the soil from washing
and thus losing much of Its available
plant food. They may be pastured off
rra. xi cutting a heavy, growth op
ALFALFA.
later or dbked up In the spring. They
are oftou sown lu coruiields during the
last cultivation to keep the weedu
down and to add nitrogen to the soil.
Bocause of the fact that other crops
make so much better growth after the
field has grown a legume for a year or
so It Is Important that a crop of clover
or some other legume be growu occa
sionally.. If a plan of rotation Is ar
ranged so that the fields are regularly
changed from one crop to another, so
much the better. It "has been found
that when any crop is grown year aft
er year on the same land the yields will
grow less. The particular kinds of
food that a certain crop requires grows
scarcer, and weeds and insects become
more numerous. If another kind of
plant is substituted, other elements of
plant food will be drawn upon, the In
sect will be starved out and the chang
ed methods of soil treatment will dis
courage the weeds.
Plants vary greatly In their ability to
get food from the soil. Such crops as
rye and buckwheat are strong feeders
and are able to obtain food from a soil
on which more tender plants would
starve. Some plants use much more
humus than others. Crops like corn
that are cultivated frequently deplefe
the humus supply rapidly, since the
constant stirring of the soil hastens de
cay. Oats, on the other hand, take
comparatively little humus from the
'Mil. . .
These differences may be largely
equalized by a consistent system of ro
tation. In planning rotations the aim
should be to so distribute the crops
that they will be best adapted to the
condition In which the soil was left by
the preceding crop. The starting point
of every rotation should be clover or
some other legume. The length of time
that a field should be left In to such a
crop depends largely on local condi
tions. In the east, where alfalfa seed
Is high and the difficulties of obtaining
a stand great, it ts usually wise not to
plow up the crop for three or four
years. Ked clover lives only two years:
hence If not plowed up the second year
the land must be reseeded. In most
cases two years Is as long as the land
should be left to any one crop.
Since clover Is grown with small
grain the first year, this means only
one year In which It will be the sole
crop. If the second crop of clover Is
to be plowed under, as Is the case
when the soil Is considerably lucking
In humus, this work had better be
done In the fall, so that the mass of
green clover may have time to decay
before the following crop ts planted.
If the soil has been properly cared fur.
however, this green manuring will be
unnecessary. As a general rule It Is
more profitable to feed the h.iy or
grass to stock and return the manure
to the land. In this way from 80 to
00 per cent as much plant food Is
added as would have been If the crop
bad been plowed under, and at the
. same time the stock has had the bene
fit of the extra feed. When only the
stubble Is to be turned under, the
plowing may be done either In late
fall cr early tprln.
For dyspepsia, Indigestion and loss
of appetite take Levy's Oregon Grape
Compound. Sold and guaranteed by
Burnaugh & Mayfield, Enterprise,
Oregon.
Stiff Neck.
Stiff neck is caused by rheima
tlsm of the muscles of the neck. It
is usually confine! to the back of
the neck and one side. While it Is
often quite painful, quick relief may
be had by applying Chamberlain's
Liniment. Not one case of rheuma
tism in ten requires Internal treat
ment. When there is no fever and
no swelling as in muscular and chron
ic rhaumatism, Chamberlain's Lin
iment will accomplish more than any
internal treatment. For sale by Bur
naugh & Mayfield. .
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land O.tie at La Grande, Ore
eon, Feonary 15, 1909.
Notice is heieby given that Charles B.
Homer, of Lijhtnlng, Oregon, who, on
July 21, 1.01, male Homestead Entry
Xo. 13723-ferlal, No. 01200, for Lots 1
ard 2, SV NE14, NW SE14, Sec
tion :, Township 3 North, Range 49
East Wll'amette Meridian, has filed
noti:e of intention to make Final five
year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above describes, before D. 'W.
!-h.ahan, U. F. Commissioner, at En-
terpilse. Ore --on, on the 6th day of
April, 1909.
C.almant names as witnesses: Charles
G. Holmes, Colonel F. Graves, Guy C.
Horner, William P. Rankin, all of Light
ning, Oregon.
F. C. Bramwell, Register.
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Enterprise, Oregon,
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General Blacksmithing
Jftorseshoeing a Specialty
It you wish to buy a Hack, Buggy, Plow or Harrow remeiube
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Enterprise, Oregon.
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E. W. SOUTHWICK, Proprietor.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at La Grande Ore
gon, February 15, 1909.
Notice Is hereby given that Ezeklel
F. Sargeant, of Enterprise, Oregon, who
on October i th 1903, made Homestead
Entry No. 13322 Serial, No. 03269, for
the North-east quarter of Section 34,
Township 1 N., Ranvte 46, East, Wll. Me
ridian has fi'el no 1 e of intention to
make final five ye.ir proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before
D. W. Sheahan, U. S. Commissioner, at
his office In Enterprise, Oregon, on the
6th day of April, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: Harry
N. Vauglian, Elmer J. Jewell, Delmar
Sargeant and Lora E. Allen, all of
Enterpr.se, Oregon.
F. C. Bramwell, Register.
Good Cough Medicine for Children.
The season for coughs and colds Is
now at hand and too much care can
not be used to protect the children.
A child is much more likely to con
tract diphtheria or scarlet fever
when he has a cold. The quicker
you cure his cold the less the risk.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
sole reliance of many mothers, and
few of those who have tried it are
willing to UBe any other. Mrs. P. P.
Starcher, of Ripley, W. Va., says:
"I have never used anything other
than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
for my children, and It has always
given good satis "action." This rem
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cotic and may be given as confident
ly to a child as to an adult. For sale
by Burnaugh & Mayfield.
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