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Page Five ; -14' ,l! f NEWS ABOUT AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK Up to Date Information to Help Develop Progressive Farming. f00l f,B5wf,ER8 NEWS LETTER I 'iJ-' i.ttpr in order to fill its most f This letter, m o deoart- bwful r Mnitatioji. The most """.,! thing about livestock san- rhelesru., that we fre- ""."LmoMd and the-least about the W iXest at hand. For instance. fer"s t. bl.to .ocate a river Liil reasonable accural m . u..- f ,i that we may h never "eea Knot locate a single nerve or vem Four dumb beast's body. r XI veterinary profession Is the guar- V ,f- the livestock industry. Un tu. IS-hY-M practitioner's profession de iererroarv p . livestock sanita iL America without the veterinary Session would be in danger. During .last year, 102 human patients in a BusJan hospital at Beff from Sin 'the press that. Russian school Sen were shot, by thai Soviet sam y officials in an effort tp control this StkiD. The lack of :i an adequate Urinary profession in BusBia prevents his disease from being controlled as it i in America. ' ' " ,. ' ' , Today foot-and-mouth .r disease is weening Europe and it ekists in Asia It north as Honduras. It has on sev rJt occasions, been .introduced in the tailed States, always to be eradicated ot without mueh- work and frequently i treat cost, the last outbreak totaling jMthing more than 5.000,000. At the resent time every -effort ;is being er rted.to cause's proper disposal of all jreiw packing-materials, such as hay traw, etc., used in packing crockery nd other imported breakables, that lirht in -any-manner eon vey the virus r infection material, of foot-and-mouth jsease to our irrestoefc - ' Sheep are a highly, speculative depart lent of our livestock industry and wool isms-to be- the dominating influence rer the rise and. fall in the price of ip rather, than the offspring, wbieh Use form of butcher lamb or wetlicr r breeding ewe ought to be the con oiling factor in the price of the com lodity., . This is probably due to the A method of reasoning; . that if the ool will run the sheep, the lamb crop the gain in weight, will be 'the profit, he i-ool crop is generally sold or har wted first and while a loss of three or iuf cents. A pound in wool would only npunt to twenty-five cents a head,, a yiof .at cent a pound on. lambs or mut n will amount to easily a half dollar t animal. Those who have watched livestock industry closely say that ere has yet to coin -the time when one partment, has .carried " the other roujh' a term of foree years. Sheep ire carried the cattle end for two mi It remains to . bo seen if cattle to stay down this year and the fi mill traditions of the Tange livestock Jmtry are to be broken. UKises -of man and animals art he ir exploited more 'than ever. The na m's drug bill for both human and ani il ills, is in round mimbors $500,000 0, of which amount $300,000,000 is lent for Bo-callcd patent medicines, oek foods, medicated salM, etc. Today ore than 40,000 separate drug item. l remedies are on the market. Thirty at ago less than 8,000 were In use. frailties, "susceptibilities naa Mit ring of animal life are ' either being wlity exploited or' else modern live ock sanitation has failed of its mis ''.. ' ' ' '-. Oregon experienced ' last year along Ito the rest of the states of the Union, t increase in the spread and preva nce of hog cholera. It was erroneotiB tbonght by s)me that cholera did not would not exist in Oregon. This was te to our comparative freedom in the 1st from the disease. Our limited nuro t of hogs and our cereal feeds prob ny greatly, lessened the susceptibility id spread. But cholera when intro iced, will kill hogs in Oregon just sb tiekly and Birrely as elsewhere. The festock show - circuits no doubt con ibuted to the spread. Most states rc lire immunization to qualify animals t exhibition purposes. With our large lows at Salem and Portland vaccina a will now be necessary in Oregon, he Purity Serum Go. will furnish 7,500 I' of serum free to be used on the hogs t pigs exhibited' by the Boys Pig Clubs ' Oregon... A 'number of. local practi fnera located throughout! the state ive signified their willingnVss to assist i the vaccination, of these Boys Kg m holdings either free of cost or at very nominal fee. Pig Club members wuld communicate with either L. J. lies. Oregon Agricultural College, As stant State Club Leader, or W. H. Ly f, State Veterinarian, Salem, and ar mre for fhis work. inog cholera has been introduced on May OCCasinnn thrnh thft irnrhnirA fng of hots. OWHHinnflllv whpn hoirs f' shipped irom the Bast they are ex " to hog pholera enroute and are the Incubatlnn atitrA nf fllArn whan "fhtered; i Their carcasses show no idence. of the disease at this stage, "ugh when1 eaten by hogs in a raw 'Me-, if may. be the means of carrying infection to theow Humans are not ISWntlble.tO Chnlvm and nn rinniraru p at hand from his source, all car lasses showing any lesions of cholera E'ndemned when inspection is made. r vuoiera nas been introduced BrougQ imnorted bnRfnpti- Knmn inH f i'j G,arhage feeders or hog raisers wild always toil or cook 'any feed or mage, that might -contain uncooke.i JLPrwucts from unknown sources. IAS Federal VftVAnmnnf ha. Inlnp. Ptd-itself ia hlin u . i PS atllity Tiorse; practically speaking, animaj that riu .jM:M.t.i :u ,t 'iuirements of the Western cowmen, norout-hhr aaii;n- ..cM P 'Oregon to cross onto our native liffltt PJf. ' At present stallions are being C"lBed at Pendleton and Uniji. POth of tln. :. i . IrL5r d up in the purple and have portable track recofrs and their prog CI."? ' t0 s'Te communities a Ffjcn better tj-ped animal, combining substance, ndurance and speed. A fee of fifteen, dollars is fixed by F toyernment.'- j i t, . iri.-lution t0 th 'Oregon Mttleman's present n . t ; , . . ,,. . E7tt i w,u to'ureian. increase in the t the nr.g-nf . r ,1... nn an increasu in qitan- rjj T"nit the steer end to be tf ' " Bna at two instead h," V0 h"t fours. An Siic.-r-r iai tJ, TI nt bulls u"ed from one to IuIl ""ve cows to a one to fifteen here -L-,., ange to Psture breeding Su,hir ;iW.' is recommended; and the lie aT th '"ne tnff will increase I"'r raif o-An n . . . . -w vu. vriivBrnrnDnr BTriAan m anri t ewes nhow-ea IT r Mill in 1 . 1 I i A I II.. fMllo end r-.-Tf Ka fc ... . , , ... - - - - . V - ,i 9 rflrSl "."J,1" n.I . l-tlei M. .... ..destroyer. AKm conci.iana bnv.' ffi .1 'H JT Jy . Ik, I it . V. , . . t.v-V r.-v.'-; ":, ;.w v . U a -rapid gain Just before breeding. Na ture seems to shape the increase some wiisi to the nv.u.able food supply in aighc and animals on good pasture al ways show a larger calf crop or off spring increase over those not so fed. Baby beef shows an increased profit over older cattle, because yearlings can make twenty-five to forty per cent more gain than mature cattle on the same eid. They are much the same as the milk fat lamb. The herd costs are smaller because the site is cut dosm because of early marketiug. Open heif- win Ben bb well as steers and un dcnirable females may be then markets! A (teeter- marketing opportunity is af forded as the finish and bloom may be held longer. The cuts are more desir aole fecnuse they are smaller and meet thi smaller modern family requirements. Ihere is a preavum for the product be i."au.sc cf its scarcity. Baby beef may be rofitably raised only in smooth, well bred tp herds that have used pure blood ed hull's for at least two or three crosses. Gra-.n and concentrated feed? are neces sary end calves suitable for baby bf feeding muBt be uniform, biocky and have quality and finish. BOOKLET FOR OREGONIANS A new booklet which treats specific ally of the land clearing and drainage problems in the northwestern state of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, has just been published -by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. It has long been recognised that the stumps of the great forest trees of that region are so large and heavy and strongly rooted that head-' way in. removing them has only been made possible in most cases by the con centrated energy by explosives.' There are thirteen and one-hnlf million acres of unimproved lurid, in these states, in cluding rough or atony land, swamp land, brush land and logged-off land, but not including standing forests. Most of this idle land is ferule and suitablo for til lage after it is cleared of stumps, bould ers, or is properly drained- The booklet which can be obtained it the offices of the Company in Beattl), Portland, or Spokane, culls attention to the fact that the du Pont Company has recmtly produced a new land clearing explosive, which is non-freezing and non headache producing and which makes it easire to carry on blasting at all seasons of the year, while at the same time, greatly reducing the cost. The booklet discusses in detail tne new type of stumping powder, how to clear lands of stumps and the various steps necessary in 'the cleuring of laud and in drainage and boulder clearing. The publication also tukea up various other problems such ob the splitting of stumps and logs, the blasting of choker holes under logs, seam blastin'g, vertical drainage and tree planting and tree rejuvenation. TILLAMOOK ASSOCIATION DISPOSES OF MANY CALVES Going to points as far north as Mon tana and as far south as California. 400 calves have been marketed by the Tilla mook County Cow Testing association. Mnese calves are from dams which have produced 300 nounds of btitterfat or more in a year und are ..sired by a purebred bull. When it is realized that the average for the Tillamook associa tion last year for 2314 cows was 331.74 pounds of butterfat. ' approximately double the production for the average cow in tne iNoruiwest. one can readily see - why these -calves -are in such- de mand. Orders were first refused two months ago and according to W. D. Pine, county agtnt, .who handles these calves, there are lots of remaining orders which cannot be. filled. This association is the oldeBt testing association in the North west, having finished 11 consecutive years of testing. Lruring the last two years the association has increased from 1100 cows to approximately 3000 cows for this year. . Four testers are em ployed in this work and are under the direct supervision of Pa'ul Fitzpatrick, a Guernsey breeder who is elected each year as secretary of the association. These calves sell for $12 f. o. b. Tilla mook at one week of age. Each calf is ruiscd on its own mother's milk until that uge, which is one of the first essen tials in good calf raising. From the 400 calves shipped from the association only seven ot these were lost. Ibis is diw to the splendid co-operation of the Ameri can Knilwuy Express company, by feed ing calves warm fresh milk whilet en route. . To show the extent and growth of this nsBociation, in the ycar .ltfJ2, only 250 head of calves were shipped during the entire season. This year, there were 1704 inquiries and letters at the county agent's office for these calves. It is easy to sec why the dairymen of the coast are looking for better stock and why the calves . coming from cows with records are much more in demand than those which have no record. , At least three associations in Wash ington have duplicated the Tillamook plan of selling calves. It is believed the time is not far distant when those calves whose dams hold no records will pot be in the market. WONDERFUL WHEAT CROP FOLLOWS SEED TREATMENT "A wondcrfiul crop, without doubt 100 per ctnt gerininnted of the seed and came up good and strong, a good even stand all over," says D. II. Stegman of Centcrville. Wash., discussing his wheat which he planted after taeating the seed with the new copper carbonnte dry treat ment on the advice of the State College of Washington experiment station. He secured the bulletin explaining how (National Crop Improvement Servleo.) THE European corn borer, that unwelcome visitor from over teas, i tlU with us, and though certain areas are badly infested, it Is spreading very slowly, principal ly In the New Engjand region and ft ! - IP'" lit i&IPj to make the seed wheat treatment ma chine to apply copper carbonate dry, and, as be says, 'do away with the strong and very dangerous treatment with blue Vilrul." "Wle made a machine last summer, and seeded our summer fallow, a little over 300 acres." says Mr.! Stegman. "At first I had much trouble to get this carbonate but finally got some 40 lbs,, two ozs. to the bushel. I started with one bushel of seed to the acre, but I thought too much wheat ran out of the drill, so set it for 8 pecks, and that is the amount We seeded. ' "Four of us, looking very carefully over a rod square. 10 feet eacti way, found only two beads of smut. That is not bad, Wc never had very much smut, but we killed our seed with the strong medicine we used.' Speaking of crops In the neighborhood, he says that where the seed was treated as his was, the yield is equally good, while the vitrol was used only about 60 per cent germinated, and wheat looked "funny and weak," and took much longer to come through the ground. There will be, be thinks, only about half a crop in that case. "That much shows you, and ub all, what your discovery has done for all of us farmers," concludes MV. Stegman de lightedly . "I know-1' aui helping to pay expenses toward our State College with my part of taxes, which are high, but every dollar naid toward our collece is a blessing in disguise." : It is estimated that the farmers ot this state will be benefitted to the extent of over $200,000 this season, due to our discovery that the dry "treatment was adaptable to our conditions in this state," said Dr. H. O. Holland in reply. "If I am not mistaken, George Ij. Zundel, -extension specialist in plant pathology, and Dr. F. D. Hcnld, head of the department of plant pathology, deserve especial credit. "We are delighted that the' farmers of this state are coining to appreciate that the State College, through its ser vice, is nctimlly paying alt of its own expenses, including the training of be tween 2500 and 3000 young men and women each year. Tills is one of only a few institutions in America that can make such a claim." ( FRESH AIR IN BARNS -'"Some means should be provided to give' the animals in a barn continuous supply of - fresh air without excessive drafts," says Prof. U J. Smith of the division of agricultural -engineering at the State College of Washington, in his new bulletin on "Plans for Small Barns." "Windows hinged st the bottom, the use of muslin instead of glass, openings between pnirs of loft floor Joists, stand ard out-take flues up to cupolas, and halved doors are common methods. An! rnnls must have plenty of fresh air if tney are to be kept healthy.' ROTATION OF CROPS New crops to replace some of the old that have failed to make good on Oregon farms, and new varieties of the old Btandbys were inspected hv farmers from Itainer to Roseburg on the annual field r days at the experiment station, Corvallis. Better treatment of soils to get more profitable yields and still keep up fertility, and new facts on feeding and handling farm livestock,' cows and poultry, were other things nicked up. Getting bigger yields by changing the cropB in regular cycles, was ona thing. The-farmers saw fields that had grown be.ns every year for 14 years and the aycrage was low, only about U bushels an acre. Alongside other fields were seen growing beans every third year with barley and clover between -times, and the average yield for the 14 years was 18 bushels of beans. TheT profit was moro than twice ns great in - the rotation, and the soil is still good, while the all-bean fields are so run down as to produce five or six bushels in. the later years. How to increase cherry yields 3000 to 10,000 pounds an acre wbb seen in the orchard work. The big sweet' cherries best of their kind in the United States are shy bearers and late, unless pollen ized by a suitable variety. - Trees plant ed before this fact was- found out :by the station mn'y be top-worked with vari eties named to the farmer and thus get the big crops. ' J ' - If you want 15 bushels more potatoes an acre, everything else the same, cut and plant only the blossom ends for seed, was one lesson. . Prune your trees right and helo them grow, bear or hoth. was ancther. Throw away or sell 51 of the 63 kinds of wheat grown in the state and grow the one or two of the other 11 best suited to your lands for Digger profits, was still a third. MOSAIC DECREASE STUDIED . Oregon Agricultural Colleae. Corval lis, July 14. First-hand study of the mosaic disease of brambles, now threat ening the cane fruit industry of Oregon. will be made by the American plant pathologists in their summer conference at Geneva, N. Y., July 9 to.13, at which Dr. 8. M. Zeller of the Oregon experi ment station will represent this state. Low prices of the loganberry are not the only or chief danger growers have to face they are losing their plants in -many places by mosaic disease and have no way to stop- the. loss. The disease first appears in the leaves, which are mottled or marbled in appearance, but is systematic in its nature, of affecting every vegetative part of tho plant, in cluding the rooted tin used in rironaza- tion. It is through diseased tips that the disease is mainly spread which accounts for the fact that it is often worae in new vr tne in Pennsylvania, northern Ohio n4 southeast Michigan." "Since the beginning of 1921," says J. 8. Wade, of the United States Department- of Agriculture, "there has been very little change In the corn borer sltnatioq to the United States." However, It may show op moat sny place this year and if any new borers are noted working la the corn, or other plants, better play safe and send specimen! to yesr state agricultural college it once. United States Department et Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin Mo. 1294 coveV the corn borer sitae tion fully and should be carefully. I 1 MMMSW planting! (thanin old, iphera.ijiread Is probably, through sucking inBects. Impaired ' nutrition devitaliiba the discaafU plants' and three on (our at tacks on logan and black berries rtnde.t the , plant incapable of producing new canes to replace the old ones that die down after hearing. . Red raapberrief last a little longer but black raspberries, least resistant of all, quit producing nw canes after two or three years of dis ease. No cure is known, but protection is recommended by the purchase of in spected, mosaic-free stock only. Opportunity for first hand- study of the disease will be had nt Geneva, as the western New York and Niagara peninsu la of.Ontario haw been nearly dovastat ed of brambles by mosaic. It U there that the only real atmly of the disease has been made, except for n prelimin iry survey m Oregon made in' the' last three months' by Dr. Zeller. , ,, j ; " "POULTRY NOTES ; During the Pst few years' the iubiect nt milling lias been a very popular one. Culling, .'rfr' the accuracy of . cnitin?, is based) entirely upon the accuracy ot good management the fowls have received. . The science of culling means removing the hens ithat-show evidences or rever sion, i It ineans to remove the hens that have-not mid nor will not- lay-enough eggs to pay the owner for , caring for them. There are many factors which enter into culling' work. Too many flocks receive no culling at .ill. A big Injwtiie is done by the person who tlii -k- there is nothing to culling except to sell the hens as they start to molt. Many times a flock is forced into n molt by poor care and then called culls. It is not good judgment -to call a hen a cull simply be cause at -time nf examination her pin bones are rather ebrfo. Any hen closes when she stops laying, whether it bo her. fault or the owner's. Yellow color, is an intelligent guide to past production, when all factors in her care are known, but on the other hand, would be foolish to sell all hens with yellow in the var lobes in July. without considering many other factors. Efficiency in culling de pends upon a carefully weigned Judgment when all the points nre considered in their relation to the care the fowls have received. Culling a neglected flock, a grain-fed flock, a lousy flock, or a mis managed flock will result in many errors, because under such conditions the hens have not been given a chance to do their best. Culling is based upon the oppor tunity given the hen. vv Ao nroduction starts downward at this time of the year, look over ths birds carefully. Thirj are some hens in every f ock today that should he sold, it costs money to feed cull Lena. O. A. C, Ex tension. . , . . . RAT POISON UNRELIABLE Sneclal investigations Tegiirding the effectiveness of tin vnrious rat viruses on tne market wye recently matie uy the biologlcnl v survey of the United Elates department of agriculture In co operation with the experiment . station .f tho -rlh Dakota Agricultural u! .cgc and the bureau of nniiil industry ol the department. All the results ob tained in connection' with thes? invest! rations and a large percentage of reports from users of these products through' out the country indicate that such vir uses are generally unreliable, .and at their best -the cost is out of atl propor tion to the-destruction of rats that may be accomplished by-thMu use. ' ' MILKING AT RANDOM It has long been a rule on well -man aged dairy farms to milk aiid feed the cows at tie same hours every day, llegr ulnrity was ' always. ..thought to have, a beneficial effect on . nroduction. How ever, experiments, carried on by the United States department of- agriculture on the governments farm at dullsville, Md. have Bhown that, cows of average production milked at the saino hours evtfry day ; .psjoduccd , but slightly more milk; and. slightly jess- butterfat than those milked at random, provided the feeding was done at regular times. When the feeding, as well as the milking, was done at random hours, bhe cows pro. duced about 5 per cent less of both milk and fat... ,- -.... ... . . . .. ... ...... CUTTING TIMOTHY HAY Don't-let timothvhav stand im long before cutting, advises the United Statos department of agriculture. Only a small percentage of timothy hay marketed each year grades Nov 1, statistics ahow, but the department's hay grading spe cialists have found that a large part of the timothy hay which has been grading No. 2 and No. 3 timothy would hav,o been No. 1 had it been cut at an earlier stace of maturity, provided tho metUod of curing and weather conditions were fav o'rnble for producing a good quality of nay.' :' GUERNSEYS SELL HIGH In 21 nublic sales of 820 Guernseys last year, 80 cowb with testing records sold for an average price of $1200.70 .per head; 170 without records, but whose dams had records, sold for an average of faiMt.OU a bead; ou wttnout records, and with . no ' record backing them on the dam's side, sold for - $.(00.40 a head. Does it pay to find out the real value ol your prtaucing cows KILL THE CROW - Convincing evidence of the destructive and rapacious habits of the. common crow as. an enemy of game and song birds has been collected -by Dr. B. H Wlarren, the noted ornithologist of l'enn svlvania. who during the last three weeks bus been investigating . wild life in duck breeding grounds on the. Vir ginia coast. Dr. Varren spent two days in looking for crow victims on the is lands in that region and found no less than t!75 eggs of rait birds, green herons, kiildcer, meadow larks, domestic chick ens and wild black ducks and also eggs of .some other small song brrdB on the ground under trees in which were crow's nests. "Under and- near one pine tree,", said Dr. Warren, "where a puir of crows hail four young, nearly able to fly. we picked up 352 egg. shells mostly dappertrails. Under another nesting . tree, where a crow's nest had 4 eggs pearly ready to batch, 67 empty shells', of birds' eggs and few chicken eggs were, gathered. On ground under -third Crow's nest we found 153 egg . shells. The balance of egg shells were found on meadows and under trees about the Island .where the crows had eaten contents before their young were , hatched. Wo., also, found under, these crows nests, young rails j wings and other remains of several kinds- of birds, adult and young." ' . The crow, is generally regarded- by naturalists and sportsmen as one of the I most destructive robber of birds in the country and his depredations occur chief ly during the nesting season when the young are helpless. As a result of the enormous damage caused by crows In the destruction f game and useful birds, movement" have been started in several; parts of the country to conduct a vigor ous warfare against ' them. In some states there are already bounties on crows. Anti-Crow1 Clubs ifre being now formed in localities everywhere through out the country where the crow has be come a peat. Dr. Warren who bfn made b extensive studies In bird llfer believes ,1 a - ,lm M,,-jr im n,1, nf , I, a wn-a,A nil him to denounce this predatory Bpecica tu severe terms. : Game wardens in many sections of the country have elready tukfti the lead iu urging the sportsmens' association and individual sportsmen of their common wealths to join iu shotting vrows as a 'nethod of protecting gauio and useful birds, Columbia Producers Taken In By Portland Olyinpia, Whsh., July 21. A monster .petition, represeimug the territory south of tho Snake river in Southeastern Washington und Northeastern Oregou, was received by the department of pub lic works Thursday, asking that the dif ferential of 10 per cent in favor of Port land over Puget Sound ports on wheat .rates be wiped out and an equality of rates between the Columbia basin terri tory and Porlland and the Puget Sound ports be restored. Xfie petition is directed to tne lajer- state coiumerco commission and the A ashuigton department of public works. the original copy being sent to the inter- state commerce comuussion and a certi fied copy to tho department of nublic works. Buyers Make Profit. But. as the uetitiou noints out. instead of Hie wheat grower getting tho benefit of this differential, the Puget sound buyerB were practically driven out of the territory and the Portland 'buyers siuiply kept the price down aad pocketed tho 2 cents per bushel differential. xne territory otfected embraces tho Wbshington counties of 'Walla Walla. Garfield, Columbia and Asotin and tlie Oregon counties of Umatilla and Wallo wa. This is one of the greatest wheat- producing districts on the Pacific coast. with normal yield of 25,000,000 bushels or more. As shown from past experi ence, equality of rates will bring a large portion of this crop to tho Puget sound porta for export. WALTERVILLE. Wtaltervillc. July 20. Tho Rcbeknb. lodge held their regular session anil aft erwards the" hirthday supper In honor of T. H. -Wlllian whose birthday comes in tins montu. Airs. u. I bcott and daugh ter Icila, of Bend, Ore., Violet and 1.0 roy Inman and M. J. Weariu were the guests of the order for supper. airs. Elsie irvln la on the sick list. Arthur Irvin came home Wednesday to cure for the family, Mrs. C. li. Scott and Leila expect to visit Mrs. W. B, Scott of Fall Creek over Sunday. The high school board held their reg ular meeting Thursday night. AUircelius' ltioinns and boys were in Walterville Wednesday and Thursday on their way to the springs. J. J. ilandsnker, state representative for Nenr East relief, will speak at tho vtlaltcrvillo cniircn Sunday evening, the "Near East" conditions. .Mrs. George Williau who has been sick since Tuesday is recovering. J. AV. Fountain Is alilo to be about without his crutches after havini his anaie spraineu. , , Y Bt 0. A, ADMIRAL' PLAYED LEADING PART (Continued from page ono) awny from Smyrna.' "We were all pretty much discour aged." Jennings said, "when wo left the conference None of us could see-where we could get a rowboat, let alone a steamship. "That afternoon an Italian ship came into tho harbor and I went out to her ns Boon as she dropped anchor. .1 found that she could take aomo irefugeesi' but her captain feared that he would not be able to land them at Mitylene, whither he was bound.. ."There was little time for argument. I told him ho just had to tako the refu gees and that I would guarantee -that the authorities at Mityleno would let thein land. He asked mo who would pay for their passage and I said that I would. lie finally agreed to take, as many as be could. Wo embarked two thousand on this, ship, and the captain insisted that I go with them to make good on my landing guarantee. Finally Landed the 2,900 - "At Mitylene I found everything In turmoil. There were thousands of Greek soldiers on the island, and about twenty ships in -the harbor. The Governor General in the beginning refused to let tlie refugees Innd, saying that Uic island was overcrowded and that there waa no way to feed them. "I overcame bis objections, and after wq got the poor crcatuiys disembarked I asked the Governor Generai for the ships. " 'Impossible,' he said 'the Turks would capture them as fast as they camo to Smyrna. They'd put guns on them and come up here and capture Mitylene, and we'd be just as bad off as you are in Smyrna "We argued back and forth, and final ly he agreed to let me have six of tho smallest vessels if I could bring him a guarantee from the Turks that they would not capture these ships." An American destroyer that was in the harbor took Jennings and this mes sage back to Smyrna. The Turks gave tho desired permission, orally. Then the Y. M. O. A. man, together with Major C. O. Davis of thn Red Cross, and H. C. Jaquith of the Near East Relief, and others, set about drawing up a legal looking document embodying the guaran tee. They signpd it and scaled it with the seal of the lied Cross. An hour or so Inter Mr. Jennings was on bourd the destroyer racing for Mitylene, "You ought to have seen us plough ing through those waves," he said with a reminiscent thriii over that trip. "Bvery one of those steel plates qniiv ered with the throb of tho engines. Wo made thirty-five knots and reached Mi tylene about 6 o'clock in the evening. "I hud picked up a Greek ex-army lofficer. a Venizelise, and a former Brit- iIkIi captain who had served In the World Wlar. The three of us went up to see tho Governor General with our 'guarnn h. C. SMITH & BROS. ' Remington Portable All Makes of Rebuilt Dalton Adding Machines and Office Supplies . Office Machinery and KIDDIES' SCHOOL SAVINGS GROW Deposits Over Four Million Dollars in Few Months;. Boys and Girls Own Bal ances of $14,000,000 Savings ot pupils through school savings bonking systems in the United States during the first part, ending January SI, ot the present school year, totaled lt.426.000, ac- i cording to reports compiled by the Savings Bank Division ot the American Bankers Association. The total for the school yoar will be oyer $7,000,000 if the deposits continue at this rate, as compared with five and a halt million dollars for the previous school yoar. ) The number ot pupils reported 'as participating in the school sav Jings systems on January 31 waa ,1.534,148, as compared with 1,271. 000 last year, 800,000 the previous year and 463,000 In the school year ending in 1920. In schools which have savings banking systems the proportion ot enrollment which participates Is tending to Increase. Teachers and bankers who interest tec. Ho refused to give us even tho six ships he- hud promised." Scrapped with Governor General This time there was nulto an argu ment, according to Jennings, who told the Governor General that it was cow ardly and worse than cowardly to leavo those hclpl-OHS people stranded In Smyr na. Ivinlly, tho Governor General agreed to comimmicato with Athens, mid tho "sub-committee of the Auicricuu Re lief Committee" with drew. Tlie Hreek officer knew the Governor Geuernl," continued Jennings, "and dur ing most of the interview ho hnd been pulling at my coat-tails to keep mo from making -that official mud. As soon ns wc were outside ho told mo that I would never get tho ships, that tho Governor general was simply stalling, and did hot intend to conimuuicnto with Athons. 'Wto wore pretty gloomy as wo looked out over tho harbor that night and saw the ships that might imeitn safety to those ' women and children in Smyrna. There was a Greek battleship there, tho Ki kls. Kho had once been -tho U. o. Mississippi and had 'been purchased by the Greek ISuvy. wo decided to go aboard her. Her captain, we found, whb in entire sympathy with our proposals. ' Of course, ho cotildn t do anything by himself, but ho agreed to let us use the wireless to nuiko our appeal direct to tho Prime Minister of Greece'. Ac cordingly wo drafted a message contain ing the guarantco that Major Davis had sealed, signed It 'Jennings,' and shot it over to Athens. This wus around mid' niaht. and it wasn't long before wo got a. reply that our message would be de livered to its addressee, tuo I'rimo '.u&n iBter in tho mornins." Mr. Jennings radioed Tight back that ho cotildn t wait until morning. Ho fl nnllv succeeded in getting the message through to tho Prime Minister about daybreak. Tho next thing he hoard was that there had been a Cabinet meeting ordered. Then cumo the query: "Who is Jennings V" Had Turkish Guarantee. The Y. M. O. A. mnn replied that ho represented the American ibeiief Com mittee, humanity in general, , and the Smyrna TcftigccB in particular, Ho also 1 ; ; ' QolderiV- Nftttenat Crop Imvrovemrat Sarvtea. ((CHALL we raise It or send the " cult to market?" is the Ques tion being argued out by the mem bers of the boys and girls' calf club with their fathers. - "Purebred stock usunlly gives very much higher returns," is the statement of Dr. G. F. Warren, of the New York College ofAgrlcul ture. In his treatise on farm management-One ot the Important Hems In securing these higher returns is the sale of the calves and young stock from worthwhile parent stock. Whether to turn the calves Into vent or to save them for the herd, Is the first consideration. Even In purcbreds, there are culls and they certainly should be sent to the block. Of the remainder, some are Just good enough to be saved If there Is plenty ot cheap feed to fill them out, and every owner will have to decide for him self if the animal is apt to repay the labor, feed and shelter neces sary to bring It into maturity. "A heifer from exceptionally fine, i vr:- - . u .L-,--vT:ai & , . . I VJ 3!yqj-ovv pencil r ' I il5S3siM RED BAND tmfmSanSmmta ' I TYPEWRITERS therm selves In the movement every effort to obtain a place fori their systems on the honor roQ1 published semi-annually by that American Bankers Association through Its Sayings Bank Divivtoa, Savings Balances Double The reported bank balances) I owned by the pupils have more tbasti doubled already In the current school year, January 31 snowing i $14,000,000 as compared with 16,382,000 on June 30, 1923, and (4.434,000 on June 30, 192L . While the Increased balances reflect Im provement in industrial conditions, it Is probable that part ot the In crease Is statistical, due to lnei proved accounting methods. ;' . . An important feature ot school savings banking, on which so sta tistics can be obtained, is the ex tent to which the teachers are In culcating thrift in money matters and the advantage ot saving sys tematically a part ot all Income. This is the basio purpose ot scboot savings banking, the collection ot deposits being deemed as only an item In the broad program of thrift education In the schools. The Mar tkmal Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations la on record as giving "unqualified as sistance to the eatabttshmesit of thrift Instruction as a regular part of the curriculum ot the. schools of our country." mentioned something about the Unified ; States Navy. ' II "Replying to this message," Mr. Jen- nlgH weut on, "Athens inquired what waa :i to prevent the Turks from taking tho I ships. I repeuted tho 'guarantee' that .-; had already been sent, and- added that I pledged that the Turks would not harm Binglo Greek vessel. . , ' "By this tinio it was noon, 'and then for sewrtU hours wc heard nothing fur- : ther from Athens. It looked as though wo hud failed, but I determined to make 1 one lust effort. Wo had been using code ; through the courtesy of the captain of i tho Kilkis, and I wirelessed to the Greek i Government that if it didn't give-us its I ships within two hours 1 would publicly broadcast the fact that Greece was 1 afraid to help her people in Smyrna." i mo reply to tins was a notification ; that the Governor-General had been in- i strutted to give Jennings-the ships, and ! further, that Greek vessels in the Firs- ens had been ordered to report to Jen- t nings for relief work. '--' j Mr. Jeuulngs described how that- Very ! night lw persuaded the captains of ten j ships in tho harbor to sail with him for i Smyrna at once. They arrived off the j BtTicken city tho next day, and. unmo- i tested by the Turks, begun : taking off the refugees. "in one day," said Jennings, . speaking nf the magnitude of the relief work, "we shipped 4S.000 men,' women and children, by navy count. - " A - After the work. was begun, the-Turks, far from hindering, -gave every assist ance. , "Tb'i y were ns anxious to get rid of tho refugees as we .were to help the poor people," said tho Y. M. O. A. -man. Mr. Jennlng's wife and children re turned to this country several -months go. He himself stayed in the Near East to holp In getting prisoners ot war of both countries exchanged. Ho js now on his way home to Cleveland, N. Y for a "rest." . , . For quality cigars, Prince Nemo. Showanda, the choice of the smoker, Phono j3. E. StovcnB for Wane Tuning. stock is usunlly worth the trouble of raising," says Dennis A.i Merrl- .; man, of the American Steel and ; Wire company, "because as so coo- ' clsely stated by Professor 0. A. Plumb, of the Ohio Agriculture coV'"" lege, 'If there Is anything In the laws of breeding that has beets helpful In the past, It ISN the knowledge that like produces -like.' , Class will tell. . - 4j i - vwv "The calf with several fenera tions ot high-producing ancestors on both sides of the pedigree b) jV truly the golden calf, yielding the largest measure of sailgfacttoa sod ' " profit to Its owner. ? v . .,:.; "One of the really One thing about It Is that the work of the boys and girls' clubs Is giving lite right answer on this question to . Dad through practical example ' 1 Supply Co. 917 Willamette asm I' lit - ' r i
