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IMPROVEMENT IN
LIVESTOCK SEEN
A trip through Eastern Oregon
shows that the winter just ended has
been the most favorable in many
years for live stock. The overhead
which was so ruinous a year ago.
has been cut to practically one-
fourth the costs of the winter of
1919-20. Cheap fqed and mild weath
er have been in part responsible for
this, material reduction has taken
place in labor costs. Ranch employ'
es have been cut from $85 a month
to something like $50. Sheep herd
ers are now working for from
?60 to $75 a month which represents
a cut of 40 percent. Sheep sheared
are asking 12 cents largely because
this price was established by the
Utah Sheep Shearers' Union, who
voluntarily cut from 17 cents to
12. The growers are talking ten
cents and will have no trouble in fil
ling the jobs at this price.
The heavy fall rains produced a
luxuriant growth of grass and all
stock taken up in the fall were in
prime condition. This was respon
sible for an early maturing of all
feed-lot stuff. Practically every
thing got fat this year. As a re
sult there has been an early market
ing of pen-fed animals and a fine
growth of wool and a bumper lamb,
falf and colt crop will be insured.
Stockmen are optimistic. They
have been able to got along with
out much money and have by means
of trading amongst themselves and
in some instances giving their help
an interest in the stock, been ablo to
squeeze through. They have been
successful in cutting the overhead.
Labor has objected but little know
ing that this was absolutely neces
sary. a peculiar situation is pres
ent in respect to cattle, f eeders are
selling at market points for practi
cally as much per pound as killers,
indicating confidence in the future
of the beef industry.
The horse market is improving.
There is considerable demand for
stock to take the place of trucks
and tractors. A number of mares
will be bred this spring. Farmers
feel the need of raisinsr sufficient
colts to replace the older horses,
worn out or sold to avoid deprecia
tion. Several years ago, horse rais-
mrFPFTnPMrE ENTERPRISE
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Friday.
April 8
money saved during the past ix
months to recoup much of the low
iVtnt l t a tMin anil finml because v(
growers not selling at top prices.
Stockmen realize that the only way in
the long run that one can lose I"
the stock game is to lose the stock.
This year there has been no disease
loss, neither has there been a storm
loss, nor has there been any consm
erable amount of loss from forced
liquidation. If there ever have been
losses in the stock industry, either I
tiie stockmen or the banker have been
at fault, the stockman, perhaps, be
cause he has given up, the banker
because he has lost faith. Any stock
man that has stood off failure until
now is surely through the worst of
it. The banker who has helped him
is now well able to see the fruits of
his good judgment.
Federal reports show that there
are ten million less domestic animals
in the United States than a year ago.
Breeding stock is sure to be in much
demand. There are good reasons for
nroce
or sell tl'-y bulk
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coyote
change
bounty
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was mad
lwi ,,f tho Ulc
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ws appropriated for tho p-ynuj uf
bounties for the I''-1;--
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Mfl.000 that had neou.nuh.td.
is allowed for fenule coyoU "J
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pups. The polls arc nmrkr.1
th. y have been m w.
of some
as
but nr. exthar.iH.Ie for (ht 15 war
lavlngs lmp. vt the 125, $100 and
$l(KH) tretury saving, certificate,
all of whh'h l'y 4 Irccnt Interest,
compounded quarterly. TIim r
neouritlea of .th.Unltrd SUt gov
eminent, guaranhivd t inei In
value em-h month from tht tlntu of
purchase until the maturity of their
lift, of five j-ram."
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VOli BARGAINS
Tripp & Kurre.
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ing enaoiea tne Central Eastern believing that the end of the pres
Oregon wheat farmers to pull thrujent decline has now been reached
and that the upward trend that the
several short-crop seasons. The
present price for grains and hay
bring horse expense per year below
$100, Small tractors cost at least
$6tW (covering operation, deiprecia
tion and repairs) annually, hence
more than six head of horses will
have to be replaced in order to
pay out under present conditions.
The University of Illinois recently
made a tractor and horse survey.' It
was found that 72 of horse mainte
nance constitutes feed costs and that
the grains used would be approxi
mately 25H bushels of barley, 37.8
bushels of ats and 2 tons of hay
and 170 days access te outside pas
ture. One hundred tractor users
were interviewed and the farm work
was put into three divisions "Tract
or Work," "Doubtful Tractor Work,"
and "Non-Tractor Work." Approxi
mately 75 of the work on the
average farm was in the horse and
doubtful-tracto column. ' None of
the one hundred farmers using: tract
ors gave increased yields as an
advantage for the tractor. One may
conclude that the average farm must
be larger than 240 acres before
tractors can be successfully substi
tuted for horses, then only for part
of the work.
market is showing is to be permanent.
A hunter fund of $15,000 w
allowed by the way nd mean"
committee. $7,500 of thl will be
ru-d for predatory animal eradica
tion and $7,600 for rodent com,-.
vrk. The predatory mimal con
trol work will be carried out through
cooperation of the wdent control
v.-ork division of the bureau of Wo
K.gieal survey and the Oregon Agri
cultural College. i
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FORMER INDKrENUKXCK MAN
MA Kit IKS AT VANim'VKK
The last legislature passed1 what
is known as the "Purebred Dairy
Eastern Oregon stock growers are
determined to pull through the pres
ent period of depression. Bankers
state that there has been enough
Bull Replacement Law." This law
requires that . dairy bulls sold in the
future must be of pure blooded
breeding and must be enrolled with
the dairy husbandry department of
the Oregon Agricultural College;
Prof. Brandt will be one of the
authorities who will administer the
law. The College dairy officials
are naturally interested in dairy
husbandry and are in the best posi
tion to administer the law. They
have all the, necessary pedigree reg
istry books and have a staff that
will be able to take the work over
with little additional cost. Placing
the administration of the law in this
department insures that it will be
carried out in a broad minded man
ner and that no hardships will be
unnecessarily -worked upon anyone.
A registration fee of $1.00 will be
charged for the registering of dairy
bulls before they will be permitted
to be sold. Certain rules and reg
ulations will necessarily have to be
issued before the work can be car
ried out. The new law will not
go into effect before May 25, 1921
Full information will be availabl
before that time as to the necessary
An; Si
Bnvestment
In Properties You Can Watch
n investment in the Gold Notes of Mountain States
Power company is made for two principal reasons
(1) safety and (2) regularity of cash returns paid
by cashing a coupon twice a year.
Money so invested goes directly into the properties
in the form of extensions, additions and other improve
ments. It enables providing service for additional homes
and industries and it also enables the Company to do
a larger business.
The investor has the satisfaction of actually seeing
his money put to work in a way that helps build up his
town, and contributes to the welfare and prosperity of
every person in it. The cash return he receives from
his investment also stays in the community instead of
going outside.
Vancouver Mrs. Emma Winifr
jj.vi.nr. divorcee, who about a yr
t leaned into the limelight when
.u ..t..,4 n a charee 01
stealing $0500 from the Aurora
b. Knk. nnneared in the mar
riage records here April 2nd when
a license was issued for her ami
rio- to Josenh Curtia Garber, 29,
of Orecon City. Or.
ir winifroit was twice married
in and twice divorcwl from I. n.
Winifree. She has two children.
The bride-elect met Joseph Curtis
Garbcr in Oregon City, where he was
employed by the Southern Pacific
railroad. Mr. Garbcr is an ex
service man and served 14 months
overseas. He returned to Oregon
about a year ago, having enlisted at
Independence, Or., where he wss
working for the Southern Pacific
railroad.
Mrs. Winifred was arrested on
March 11, 1920, on a charge of steal
ing $6500 from the Aurora bank,
where she was employed temporarily.
Her ex-husband, to whom she had
given most of the money, was ar
rested in Portland the same day. He
had hidden $1500 and paid another
$1500 on a small farm near Bull Run.
Mrs. Winifree told the authorities
she had taken the money so that she
and her ex-husband could remarry
and buy a farm. The charge was
dropped on the restoration of the
money.
Mr. and Mrs. Winifree did remarry
on April 19. She sued for a second
divorce July 21 in Oregon City,
alleging cruel and inhuman treat
ment. On September 21 she ob
tained the divorce, with the custody
of on0 small child and $12 a month
alimony.
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HARTMAN BROS.
Jewelers and Opticians,
Salem, Oregon.
BRANCH SAVINGS BANKS
IN INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
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A SAFE 8 INVESTMENT
Mountain States Power Co.
H. M. Byllesby & Company
Fiscal Agents
Byllesby Engineering and Management Corporation,
Engineers and Managers
San Francisco B, C. Forties. noM
New York financial writer, in an
article recently contributed to the
San Francisco Kxamincr savs thu!
the savings banks of New York state,
through their association aind with
the approval of th ...,,
n tendon t, are jrettinjr together with
employers to install branch banks
in industrial plants to h.l th..
Fibers 10 install hram-h l...nl,u ;
Ill
ndustnal plunts to hcln tho
ployes save. He Kavs:
"The nation that doesn't
doesn't progress.
America used to borrow h,m,l.....i
f millionw-yes, thousands f ,m'
ons from the snvim, , ,
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Ufope. .V,v Euroneon r-Vn
toad of heiriLT able t ....
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Jl wo are to d-velop our
"7 Pn"' full time employ
"lent for ever,. ' :
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United States, m(re SavinK muHt
"c luiure than wns
by Americans in tho m.t
Theodore Ilanlo,, director of the
jr.ovcn.mont saving 0rWnlwtion
for the twelfth federal roserve
12 Un the notion of
m:w xoik banke
by Forbes, said:
"Here in the west, to t,
exact the Twelfth federal re rv
district, wo i. trvL
. e(m carrvintr
on an active eampaiKn f0r '
to interest the heads of induntria
adopt XmerCial C8tabli-ts to
aaopt the government's 8avinr BTaw
for the benefit of their I , P
Throng this p,an th?L
a card renuostin, his emp toTn
vest a certain amount of L
each week in n waes
nan in Tho
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There is no other mercantile cstabllsbc
where SERVICE counts more than in a grar
store. We are endeavoring to furnish it he
fullest sense of the word.
We do not throw out leaders and then add
larger margin of profit to other articles. Wet
selling dependable merchandise at just as a
row a margin of profit as is consistent it
service.
Calbreatl) $ 3oik$
rom us.
resource
done
general
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Ad all kinds of machine work, includi:
cylinder grinding
All work absolutely Guaranteed
('r as outlined
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Officera and Directors ... .
I'rcsident C. A. McLAUGHLlN, Vkfrf
I. U. MIX, Cashier
C. A. McLaughlin
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stamps. A
signed to the wort V
nut in , UlC EtamPS aro
put in the ernp bve'a unv i
. 7. ?1 treasury savings stamn
said Director Hardeo "is P
first time this war T. the
basis. The stamps pay 0 ,nter4
The City Meat Market
Where service and quality of
and reasonable prices form
the policy
Gus Miller, Proprietor
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