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Basketball Saturday SHEEP RAISING PAYS. W hen Properly C jre d For Th e y Are Valuable F j r m Animals. T h e prin cip les ot sheep hu sban d ry m ust first be learn ed in order to be su c c essfu l In the b u sin ess and d erive a profit, w rite s a correspond ent o f the A m erican C u ltiv a to r T h at «beep are v a lu a b le oil a fa rm Is ce rta in ly true T h e fe rtility o f an y land w hich U run dow n can very q u ic k ly l»e built up njrntn if sheep ure placed upon it. For th is reason the sheep has its proper n am e, the “ gulden h o o f " It m ay be m entioned rig h t Here that sheep w ill n ev er th riv e and do w ell If Kept ou low . wet. m arsh y land They w ill at w a y s Im prove the fe rtility o f the mod on w hich they a re an d by no m enus e v e r lo w er it It Is an undisputed fa c t that the m an u re o f sheep is m uch richer than School Notes The H a m p s h ir e breed ut eh eep . w h ic h so m ew h at r e s e m b le s th e S h r o p s h ir e , is In c re a sin g ! in p o p u l a r it y in th is c o u n t r y It nua m a n y p o in ts coiiiin en ittn jc It a s a ( a r m b re e d O n e or it s s tr o n g c h a r a c t e r is t ic s Is th e r a p id g r o w t h m a d e b y th e la m b s w h e n y o u n g H am p s h ir e s a r e th e la r g e s t o f th e m e d iu m w ool b re e d s They are h eavy a n im a l s a n d fo r g r a z in g on ro u g h la n d a r e p e r h a p s n ot s o Well a d a p t ed a s s o m e o f th e lig h te r a n d m o re a c t i v e b re e d s T h e p ic t u r e s h o w s a p riz e w in n in g H a m p s h it e r a m that or o th er liv e stock w ith the ex volition ot (lint o( ch ick en s And fu rth erm ore, they th e m selve s sp read the uni m ire m ore ev en ly on tin- land than any m an u re s p re a d e r can do that lias a s yet is-cu invented . A giaal h e av y crop o f g rain , corn or Vt'gelrttiles nniy lie exp ected w hen a coat o f sheep m an u re has la-cn ap p lied on ttie land. A noth er a d v a n ta g e o f keep ing sheep Is Unit they a re v e ry fond o f w eeds am i w ill eat som e o f them m p re fe r once to gcsid g r a s s A u th o rities claim Unit, sh eep w ill ea t o v e r 4 IKI ot ttie * iki dilTereut kin ds o f w eeds whlt-l! grow on o u r fa rin g M any tim es they w ill a lso ea t ttie w a ste g r a s s arou nd tru c es amt cornel's w hich Is left by oth er stock It Is 11 g en eral «'omplatnt n o w a d a y s all o v er tin- cou n try th at eom is-teut tiilsir Is v e ry sc a rc e , hut It m ust tie sntd that at ttie tim e w hen the farmer Is liuslesr w ith his p lo w in g , seed ing, c u ltiv a tin g uiid lu trvestln g . tils stus-p w ill c a u se him rlu- least am ount of w ork, null thus m ay he culled labor savers It at tills tim e they have enough g r a s s to cu t. good fresh w a te r to d rin k and h a v e a c c e ss to salt at all tim es they w ill Is- fu lly snll*ttc<! A baby daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Closner of Estaeada, Thursday morning, Jan 14th. Mother and child are uoing nicely. Bill Underwood, Fred Bannister, Hugh Jones. Henry Fanton and Paul Morrow of Estaeada left this W ho’s the Guy? The Estucaila High Sclxxil bas ket hall team, quietly crept hack to their home town, after their con templated capture of the Canby laurel* *. Ttie local hovs were de feated to the tune of 38 to it and had several excuses to offer, hut undoubtedly the best one, was the superior playing of their antagon ists The E . H. S. gang are far from discouraged and hope to win ftotn Gresham next Satutdav night, at the Ksiacada Pavilion. The game will be called at 7 o’ clock sharp as the C. I. C. dance begins at 8:30 The dancers should take advantage of this chance to witness a good game before the dancing begins. In the current issue of the Week 1 lv News Bulletin, the following 1 paragraph appears:— ‘ Guv I.aFol ; lette is the new owner of the Crook ¡ County Journal at Prineville, Or” . This is undoubtedly the same G u y that used to edit the Progress and if so, the Crook County pi ople are to be congratulated, rtt last report LaFollette was holding down the editorial chair of the Helena, Mont. Independent, hut possibly this is merely a side line and he will hire someone else to run the new acquisition. LaFollette has a ranch at Crescent and intends to boom local values. Union Meat Salesman Here Not satisfied with merely paying out' their money to the local farm ers, the Union Meat Co. have sent out their representative, R. E Crego, who is representing their Fertilizer and Animal Food De partment. Mr. Crego will canvass this country with a -«iew of educat ing tile hog raisers to the use of animal fertilizers and especially the using of "tankage” for hog feeding. Inasmuch as this ‘ ‘tankage” is used by the leading swine raisers and is endorsed hy experts, it is likely ii will find a ready sale iu this vicin- Contributed The High School Student Body held its regular monthly meeting last Friday and elected the fol lowing officers: Leroy Gard, Pres ident; Leona Gard, V. P-; Vene- ta Page, Secy,; Echo Wade, Treas.; Clyde Denny, Sergt. at Arms; Chester Womer, Yell Ldr. and Eleanor Bewes, Asst. The Adelphic Literary Society will render their last program of this semester, next Friday at I >ty. ■■ 2:30 oclock. A special meeting of the Web- Priscillas Elect sterian Literary Society elected Earl Tracy, Pres.; Nellie Bonney A very interesting meeting of the V. P .; Gladys Townsend, Secy- Friscilla Club of Currinsville was Treas. and Chet Womer, Serg. at held at the home of Mrs. E. Ii Sal- Arms. ing on Saturday, Jan. 9th. The debaters will debate with j A light luncheon was served at Forest Grove at the school house ' noon to about 25 officers, members Friday evening at 7:30. Show and visitors. Th e members added greatly to that you are interested by attend the pleasures of the afternoon bv ing. toasts readings, fortune telling and The regular meeting of the singing. The following officers were e'ect- George Social and Commercial Club was held at the club house ed for the ensuing term: Miss Fal Saturday evening, Jan. 9th. Af- len Erickson was re-elected presi te’r the usual business meeting, dent; Mrs. Gladys Hughes, vice a short literary program was giv president; Miss Minnie Strinman en, followed by an informal was re elected secretary; Miss Edith dance. The next meeting will be Trowbridge, assistant secretary; held the evening of January 30. | Mrs. E . E . Baling, reporter and This is the annual meeting for j Mrs. H. H. Yount, toast mistress The Club will meet tile first Sat the election of officers. urday iu Feb., at the home of Mr.-. Mrs. H. V. Adix of Estaeada, | Youut. entertained fourteen of the young folks last Tuesday afternoon, in honor of the 10th. birthday of Victor Adix. Games were play ed and the delightful refresh ments served by the hostess, end ed a happy afternoon. In the evening a few of her friends; who had heard rumors of the de lightful refreshments of the af ternoon, called and completely devastated the bountiful supply which remained. The Springwater Grange met last Saturday, electing the fol lowing set of officers: - Master, Lauren Tenny; Overseer, J. F. Moger; Lecturer, Mrs. J. F. Mog- er; Chaplain, Rev. C- F. Aue; Steward, J. C. Peterson; Pomo na, Mrs. C. F- Aue; Flora, Mrs. Jas Shibley; Ceres, Mrs Ed Clos ner; Treas., Ed Closner; Secy., Elva Shibley; Asst., F.veret Shib ley; and Mrs. Chas Folsom, Lady Asst. Plug The Springwater Chorus is plan R. B. Gibson of Eagle Creek re Creek. ning a “ costume concert" for the cently sold to Buyer Lucke. a 4 25 lb \V. A. Jones is in charge of getting near future. A new chapel organ sew, which brought $ 2 6 52 on the hoof at Estacada. the party safely to their destination. will soon lie installed. Estacada State Bank Make it YOUR BANK We are operating a modern.bank on the most conservative principles, and we respectfully solicit your patronage Make use of our savings and check ing service, and fee; free to store your valuable papers in our safe deposit vaults. Call on us if you wish advice or as sistance, whether borrowing or loaning. For insurance our service is of the best and we want you to avail yourself of our service. U R O Y D. W A lktH . President THOMAS YOCUM. Vice President IRWIN D. WRIGHT, Cashier Interesl paid on time deposits. German American Coffee 1 pound cans í i 3 30c 85c » 1 Steel Cut M. .) . B. Coffee 1 pound cans 40c 3 * » - $1.00 Ground and Whole Golden West Coffee 1 pound cans 3 ” - - 4()e $1.00 Bulk Coffee 25c - 30c - 35c Eggs are as good as Cash. Estaeada Home Bakery G. H. Lichthorn, Propr. Palace Meat Market Fred Jortf, Proprietor Lard, Eggs, Butter, Sausage Fresh and Smoked Meats Fresh Fish every Friday Buy and Sell Veal, Hogs, Sheep, Cattle Poultry Phone Main 83. and Hides Broadway week to work for the Bittner & Shingle*Co on Clear Estacada, Oregon