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ENTERPRISE INDEPEN INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1910. NUMBER 6 SEVENTEENTH YEAR DENCE TELLS OF POLK COUNTY FARMS TELLS INTERESTING STORY OF STOCK AND BREEDERS. POLK COUNTY LEADS STATE IN NUMBERS OF THOROUGH BRED FOUNDATIONS IN CAT TLE, SHEEP, HORSES, ETC. K. A. Kliot.n, field rcpreHeiitative of The Pacific HomcHteud, pays a visit to 1'olk county mid linn th following to say of the fine atock farms of our county: My aim Ih to always cull on the pure breeder and see what they are doing. A little visit with O. L. Haw ley, the well known Lincoln heep breeder, allowed that ho did not have A Rood success In nuinhers this year with the lambs as uaual, but what he doea have are of an especially fine quality. Ilia long-wool producer are looking fine, and he haa a nice lot of them to Bhow thla fall at the falra. Ho la quite enthusiastic over the work of the Willamette Valley Wool Growers' Association, and bo llevea that through proper handling it can do much good. There la a call for breeding rams and a big trade la handled from the valley. Mr. llawley believes that through the association these rama can bo so han dled that the range men need not pay as much as they are now paying, and the Willamette valley growers can realize much belter prices than they are now. By working up a trade of thla kind and Insisting that every sheep o sold shall bo aired by a pure-bred aire It would result In a much better class of sheep being han dled, and not only would profit the breeder of pure-bred stock but the entire community as well. Near McCoy I found the gate of the "Cloverdale Stock Farm" open, and. It being nearly dinner time, of course I passed In. It Is here that those big mllk-breaklng records of the Domes' Jersey cows have been mnde the past year. To those that do not know, I will say the Domes' breeders consist of the father and two sons, and have all been on the sanit farm until lately. Walter J. Domes has been the man behind the gun In doing most of the development work, and he has now moved to him self on a neighboring farm, calling It the Crescent Hlil Stock Farm, and has taken about twenty-five of the Jerseys with him. His father, A. F. Domes, and his brother, Henry, will continue to run the Cloverdale Farm, and have about fifty of the Jerseys left. These herds of Jerseys are too well known to our readers to need but little more saia aooui mem. oe - eral world's championship records . t ii itntnIi I but little more said about them. Sev were captured in the authenticated tests carried on last year. A. F. Domes & Son have the old original breeding herd on their farm, and W. J., with such cows as Landseer's Pa cific Pearl, with an authenticated world's championship test of 7.3 per ennt. . Pearlv Exile's St. Lambert, Cell L, - o' "j o -' i world's champion two-year-old with - . . . ji a fiO'l I an authenticated butter record of 983 pounds, and a number of others near ly as good, will certainly be heard from. Walter Is fixed all right on cattle, but finds it a little tiresome to be housekeeper and cook as well as herdsman. He has a nice house, nicely furnished, but Walter and the dog live alone. When he first moved to himself he had hopes that he would not have to do his own cook ing very long, but It seems as if the "girl" got jealous of the cows and thought that Walter's affections were all one-sided and as a consequence Walter is yet alone. Near Perrydale is our old friend, F. E. Lynn, and he Is Just as enthusias tic over the Jerseys as ever. He is carrying on an authenticated test, and while he does not expect to cap ture any of the world's records, he will come through the year demon strating that he has some heavy-producing cows. At the West sale he J Civ 4.. V James J. Jeffries, the retired heavy weight champion, who fought Jack Johnson, the colored heavyweight, at Reno, Nevada, July 4. bought a good cow when he bought Fern Lucy, a double granddaughter - . . , . I ' T .1 tlrt Una a I . ol uarnauon reins ixm. " -nice home and a nice herd of cattle, surface of the ground rarely marks but one thing that especially took my the spot at which commercial quan eye on the farm was a fine field of titles have gathered underground the . , , , t fcav. location of oil pools being determined Clover: THIS ueiu la nnuwii m been in cultivation since 1851, and the last fifteen years it is Known w have been continuously cropped to , .11 i . . x grain wituout nuy icoi uum year when clover was sown on with- out any nurse crop and a fine stand resulted When I was on the farm the clover was considerably above knee-high, a uniform stand and a heavy crop. Theseold worn-out grain fields that have been in grain crops ut ac until not iiciua lucn, o- - B0 iong tnat a profitable crop can no . . . longer be grown can be made to pro duce a good crop of clover, and are I soon in good shape again. Take it nave been visiting at the home of the valley over the majority of evl- Mrg Han(j.a father, returned to Port dence is all in favor of sowing clo-jland on Juiy 5 Mrs Hand is well ver without a nurse crop if one wants known here, being the daughter of to be sure of a stand. Clover Is us- j Mr and Mrg Tnos j Ewing. A very uallv sown the latter part of May or, nloacfl n f hlrthftnv rtinner was elven the first part of June, and when the j ground is thoroughly prepared and rolled will almost invariably result in a good stand. Where sown with a nurse crop you usually get a good stand but the chances are not as good (Continued on page eight.) ADVERTISING A COMMON NECESSITY v Advertising is a common necessity, a demand of the age. Its efficacy is measured by the constancy of Its employment. The constant and liberal use of newspaper advertising will increase the business pros perity of any community. You OWE its employment to your newspaper It is more than even exchange. Begin now. Try it every issue for a year. Proof of the pudding Ms the eating. You are a unit in the sum of the town's prosperity. Don't be a cipher. Get out of the first column of units in the advertising business. ' INDICATIONS OF OIL JDEPOSITS GOVERNMENT TAKES HAND IN PROSPECTING. EXAMINATIONS OF PROSPECTS IN COAST RANGE ORDERED BELIEVED IS A CONTINUATION OF CALIFORNIA OIL BELT. At the repuest of the chambers of) Commerce and other public organlza-j tlona of Western Oregon, the govern-) merit has ordered an examination of the oil pros pecU of the coast range' of Oregon. This Is the same belt ofj mountains that contains the great oil fields of California, w hich in the last J ten yearg have enriched that state I oer 1100,000,000, without materially afecting the total supply of oil In the ground. The Coaling fields alone pro duced oil valued at $9,000,000 In 1909. Yet at the same rate of exhaustion, the fields will last over 200 years; a. cord ng to tlio published estimates of the government geologists. Whll such , things In Oregon must still be considered only wild dreams. since almost nothing Is known of the lo:al prospe-ts; nevertheless many people be'leve that the coast range of Oregon has as good indications of oil as the same range in California, and we certainly hope that the ge ological survey can find evidence on ( which to base a favorable report, and , thereby encourage development of, t ils possible addition to our resoures. The work Is in charge of Chester W. Washburne of the U.S. geological survey, Washington D. C. Mr. Wash burne is a former resident of Oregon a.id has already made preliminary studies In nearly every county in the state. He will soon examine this county, and all persona knowing of oil seeps, asphaltum, gas, salt and sulpher water, and related phenomena are urged to write a full description of the occurence, including the lo cation, and mail it to Mr. Washburne, whose address Is now, Astoria. This work is being done by the government primarily for the benefit of the people. The conclusions reach ed by the disinterested scientists of the geological survey will be im partial and unbiased. In order that this community may receive, maxi mum benefit from the investigation, full co-operation is desirable between the residents of the county and the government geologist. The escape of oil and gas at the , .. mainly by the structure and porosity nf thu tfiPlTH lPVPrl.flHIH8H H.I I 111111" - - cations are valuable in the estimation tr irtimitiii 9iti ioan tin in in -O I H IO jaiBJRUJ j3UIJcU IIU OU1 1U - - - - - gion, and it is therefore importan that Mr. Washburne be informed of indication. He is willing to examine as many indications as possible, and since the work is done for the gov- ernment, there will be no charge for this service. Birthdays of Four Celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Lauren Hand, who a(. Mr Ewing-S on the 3rd 6f July in honor of Mr. Ewing, Miss Lorna Ew ing and Mr. and Mrs. L. Hand, as tbelr birthdays are all on that date. E. T. Henkle was a Corvallis visit or last Thursday and Friday. T Jack Johnson, the colored . heavy weight champion, who fought James J. Jeffries at Reno, Nevada, July 4. SPECIAL DAIRY MEETING A special meeting of the Oregon State Dairy Association will be held at the commercial club rooms in Port land, Oregon, on the afternoon of Ju ly 20, to listen to an address and dis cussion of dairy problems by Prof. Bernard Boeggild, who is conceded to be the man who has given Den mark her pre-eminence as a dairying country. He is an eminent scientist and instructor in dairying in Denmark and has been brought to Oregon at a great deal of expense. His visit to this state will be of vast benefit to the dairy industry.pro vided it is taken advantage of by dai rymen and the problems which are confronting our milk and butter pro ducers are discussed with him. Every member of this association, and also every other dairyman In Oregon, Is urged to be present at this meeting for his own good and for the good of the dairy industry. Work Is progressing on the new home of J. H. Mott. i IBM INVAUEJj LAUNCH PARTY YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALBANY ARE DROWNED. WILBUR E. FRANCIS AND MISS INEZ TAYLOR, TWO OF AL BANY'S MOST POPULAR YOUNG RESIDENTS DROWN IN RIVER. Wilbur E. Fniiuls and Mls Inez Taylor were drowned In th Wlllam atte river Wednesday evening, when a launch In which they were return ing from a picnic, was capsized. In the launch with them were Mrs. Fram-ls, Miss Agnes Gibbons, Miss Veln.a Davis and Itolin G. Hat kleman all of Albany, and Mrs. Ray lieeson of Portland, who was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. 1 rands. In the picnic party was another launch In which were Misses Ina Smith, Volcna Smith, May Roberts. Hob Roberts, Frank Froman and Dave Froman. The 111 fated launch was first out on the return and In some manner struc k the bank of the river and caic,ed. All occupants of the launch were dumped into the river, but MifS Gibbons. Mrs. Beeson and Uiff Davis were thrown so close to be launch that they caught hold of It and hung on until they were res cued. Frank and Dave Froman were sitting In the ether launch at the time of the accident and came imme diately to the rescue. They were not in time to save Mr. Francis, who rose to the surface only once and no one ever saw -Miss Taylor after the acci dent. Starching parties were out from Albany hunting for the bodies of the victims which were found about mid night. The accident is one of the sad dest which ever happened in Albany. An immense crowd of Albany people had been attending a band concert in Chautauqua Park and were Just re turning to the city across the Cala pooia river when the launch contain ing the survivors of the accident reached the city. It at once cast a gloom over the entire city. Baptist Sunday School Picnic The First Baptist Sunday school had an outing Thursday, June 30. It was a Joyous band of children that left the church on two hay racks shortly after nine. They were driv en down to B. Wolfe's, a trustee oC the church, and they whiled away 'the morning in playing games among the trees. By noon all were ready to sit down and partake of the boun teous lunch. Shortly after dinner a series of run ning races were given, the following being the winners: Running race boys under nine, Glen Burright; run ning race girls under nine, Ellen Ed gar; running race boys under twelve, Albert Hilke"; running race girls un der fourteen, Carrie Seaman; -running race-all men, Otto Hilke; running race all girls, Edna Scott; three-legged race all boys, Fred Muhleman and Byron Howard; hopping race all girls, Ella Muhleman; hip-hop race Bunlah Howard. All day long the three rope swings and the row-boat were kept in use. Late in the f fte;noon the wagons brought back a tired but happy band of children, all well satisfied ' with the day. and arxious lo know whem thar.j wo'ihl be ai'Otliti picnic. Rev. J. A. MacVeigh of Portland returned to that city on Monday, af ter supplying the pulpit of Calvary Presbyteria.i church on Sunday, with creat acceptance. His sermon on Sun day evening was greatly appreciated by the large congregation which was nresent. assuring him a full house at any future visit. Ernest Ewing returned home on the first of the month from Seattle where he has been employed by the Pacific Ice Company. Dr. R. E. Duganne celebrated the Fourth in H l'sLoro.
