Experts Address
Dairy Owners
T h e mvmbent of th e Went
Duiry Commercial Club, wi t h
their familieH and a few invited
friends, held a very interesting
meeting at the Kansas City school
house last Saturday afternoon.
At n<»on the ladies of the district
served a veritable banquet, run­
ning from stewed chicken to the
succulent berry pie, and only
those who witnessed the disap-
|M*arance of the provender can
judge of its excellence. The writ­
er is one of these and he found it
good to l>e there.
As soon as the dishes could I m ?
cleared away, Prof. Thomas Shaw
o f S t Paul, Minn., traveling
under the auspices of the Oregon
Electric and the Spokane, Port­
land & Seattle railways, gave an
interesting und instructive address
on the dairy cow, her care and
benefits. The professor is a prac­
tical farmer and stated that the
dairymen and farmers of the Wil­
lamette valley had not much of
which to complain, compared to
farmers and dairymen in less fer­
tile regions. He stated that the
most profitable feed for dairy
cows was green pasture and told
what, in his opinion, would be the
best grass<*8 for this section. He
is also enthusiastic concerning en­
silage and alfalfa and believes
that alfalfa can lie grown profit­
ably in this county.
Prof. J. E. Larson of the O. A.
C. talked about soils and the best
way to make them more product­
ive. devoting considerable of his
time to the question of liming
and fertilizing the heavy soils of
this section.
E. E. Faville, editor of the
Western Farmer of Portland and
Spokane, m a d e a short talk,
thanking the ladies for the excel­
lent dinner and advising the farm­
ers and dairymen to pay more at­
tention to marketing. He thinks
co-operative marketing m i g h t
cure many of the ills now suffered
by the farmers.
C. M. McAllister, special rep­
resentative of the Portland Union
Stock Yards company, asked the
members of the association to get
together and fix a date for visit­
ing the company’s yards, where
he would take them through the
various routes taken by their live­
stock when consigned to his com ­
pany. H e would explain a n d
demonstrate to them just why
they did not always get as much
for their livestock as they thought
they should have. He asked that
the ladies come on the trip as well
as the men.
The last speaker was Prof. E.
B. Fitts of the O. A. C.. who
talked for an hour on the various
phases of dairying and farming.
The members of the club were
very much inti rested in all the
talks and showed their compre­
hension by asking a number of
pertinent questions. The c l u b
is officered by C. H Bamford,
president; R. C. Oglesby, vice
president and A. E. Wescott, sec­
retary and treasurer. Monthly
meetings are held in winter time
and as time and circumstances
permit during the summer months.
At these meetings every member
is encouraged to bring up his
problems for discussion and solu­
tion and a benefit is derived by all
members by a liberal exchange of
ideas.
At 2:30 Prof. Shaw addressed
Gale Grange in this city and in
the evening he talked to the res­
idents of the Wilsoft district.
Forest Grove district in a mem town. Mr. Emerson gave a tel­
bership contest, the members of ling address on the work that is
Gale lust Saturday served the vic­ before us. He said that never in
tors with a swell dinner in I. O. the history of the world were
O. F. hall, this city. After din­ there so many important issues
ner, Prof. Shaw, the farm and before the people. In the face of
dairy expert, addressed the grang­ these numerous and varied inter­
ers and a few visitors on farming ests the main issue must not be
and dairying. Late in the after­ lost sight of. He said the major­
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noon, an address was also made ity of the people were against
by Prof. I^irsen of the O. A. C., liquor, and if only the efforts of
who spoke on hay and its care. these people could be harmonized
On sale daily: June 1st to Sept. 30th, 1916
Editor Faville of the Western in bringing about the one greatly
Stopovers allowed
Farmer also Hpoke briefly on "C o- desired result, the effect would be
Return
limit:
90 days from date of sale, not to
Operative Marketing" and Mr. tremendous. He urged people to
exceed
Oct. 31. 1916
McAllister of the Portland Union vote as they believe. There is no
Stockyards company asked the advantage in a voter voting for
“ To start right is to end right”
grangers to come in a crowd to something he doesn’t want, just
his company's yards and see some- because he knows he’ll get it any­
t h i n g about marketing stock. way.
is the right way to start
When an able speaker like Mr.
Ira Purdin asked him some ques­
tions, w h i c h he promised to Emerson comes from a distance
Attractions
en route
answer more fully if Mr. Purdin and gives his time and strength
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would come to the yards. It was ! to address the people, he ought to
Mt. Shasta
—
Shasta Springs —
Mt. Lassen
quite late when Chairman A. T receive more loyal support. C.P.
San Francisco
—
Los Angeles — Yosemite Valley
Buxton declared t h e meeting
Southern California Beaches — Panama-California Exposition
Prohibition Ticket
closed. Dilley was well repre­
At the prohibition state con­
sented at the meeting.
LIM ITED T R A IN S
vention, held in Portland last Fri­
on all Southern Pacific Routes
day, the following ticket was nom­
O gden R oute — “ The Route of Limiteds. ’ ’
S unset R oute — “ Through Storyland.”
inated:
Mrs. K. B. Penfield, Editor
E l P aso R oute — “ The Route of the Lowest Altitudes."
Congress, First District— Mark
Call on Local Agent for further information, or write
When the county prohibition Weatherford of Albany; third dis­
JOHN
M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon
trict,
Oswald
West,
Portland.
convention was held in this city
Secretary of State— O. V. White
last week, Mrs. Adah Wallace
Unruh (former state W. C. T. U. of Linn county.
Supreme Justices—C. J. Bright,
president) addressed those present,
giving a brief resume of past his­ Wasco; E. A . Knott, Yamhill.
Dairy and Food Commissioner—
tory and leading up to the pres­
ent. She graphically described A. G. Remple, Polk.
Representative from Multno­
that memorable year, 18K4, when
Frances Willard, National W. C. mah and Clackamas counties— A .
T .U . president, went before the W. Funkh user.
J. Frank Hanley of Indiana was
resolutions committee o f f o u r
parties with a "Home Protection” endorsed for president and Rev.
petition, signed by 250,000 women, F. W. Emerson of Los Angeles <
asking for the pro ection of the for vice president
Rev. Daniel Staver of this city
home against the saloon.
At the republican headquarters was appointed on the finance
in Chicago the memorial was pre­ j committee.
sented by Senator Blair and 15
J. R. Greenlee arrived from
minutes was given to Mips Wil­
• Coos county May 13th to relieve
lard to address them. But when
C. E. Mackinson, the cow-tester
McKinley of Ohio, chairman of
e m p l o y e d by the Washington
the committee, read the resolu­ County Dairy association, and
tions in convention no reference
put in last week in the West
was made to this petition. At
Dairy district This week he -is
another convention when an at­
1 working in the Hillsboro district.
tempt was made to present the
He reports to the Express that he
petition, a leading brewer called
finds some excellent dairy herds
out "put that petition under the
in Washington county and notes
table or we will put you there,"
among dairymen a disposition to
and later it was rescued from
not only improve their herds by
under the table covered with the
It b n ’t necessary to read stars to know that TOWN
adding new blood, but also a wil­
filth of tobacco spittle and now is
BOOSTING P A Y S
IF EVERYBODY BOOSTS. THIS
lingness to cut out the cow - which
carefully preserved as a memor­
are shown to keep down the av­
3
TOWN WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN
able record of those days.
erage of milk production. Mr.
WHICH TO L IV E
We think the 250,000 could
Greenlee has taken a three-year
score 1,000,000 today, and we
course in the O. A. C.
The best way to boost is to PATRONIZE HOME
question whether any party would
dare to give it such a welcome.
TRADE and READ THE HOME PAPER
GASTON NEWS NOTES
Later Miss Willard met with the
Judge Tanner of near Gaston had a
prohibition convention at Pitts
narrow escape with death May 16th.
Monday morning. A number o f songs
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
burg, when ExGovernor John P. While trying to go around a freight
were sung and several o f the pupils
St. John of Kansas was nominated train his horse was frightened and Arthur Seeley visited school last Wed­ sang and gave speeches in order to
and was asked to second the threw him out of his buggy breaking nesday. Mr. Seeley formerly attended make up their credits in curricular
school here.
][ work.
nomination, which she did in one an arm and bruising him up.
The Raines mill is doing good work
The picnic enjoyed by the Senior
Forest Grove high walloped Hillsboro
of the most forceful speeches ever
now, sawing about a carload of ties a class last Tuesday was a grand success. high last Friday in a baseball game.
made on such an occasion.
day.
Everybody seemed in the best spirits The score was 24 to 5 in favor o f the
Mrs. Unruh characterized the
Gaston is soon to have a real water and games, picture-taking and eating former. The boys have begun to have
W. C . T. U. as (next to the system.
were the events of the day. Mr. and a little pep and are doing much better.
Elmer Dennis, formerly o f Wapato, Mrs. Thomas were the chaperones.
Miss Frances Benjamin was ill and
church) "born of G od ". The
has moved to Gaston, where he is at­
An
election
o
f
the
officers
for
the
absent
from school Monday.
women of the enfranchised states tending school.
Optimist staff for next year was held
Friday afternoon a number o f old
have much to look back upon and
The ball game played at Yamhill be­
last Friday. Those elected were: Ed­ soldiers visHed the high school. One of
tween
Yamhill and Gaston ended with itor, Lulu Holmes; assistant editor, them was Comrade Hatch o f Gaston,
much to live up to in their on­
ward march for “ God and Home a score o f 6 to 8, in favor o f Gaston. Francis Taylor: literary editor, Evelyn who is now 83 years old. He spoke to
They play on the home diamond next Patton; sports editor, Tom Todd; jokes the school about his army life and his
and every land.”
Sunday.
editor. James Benoint; Manager, Joe talk was very interesting and especially
May 22, 1916j
We notice Frank Russell has a new
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An Astrologer
Reads the Stars
A Prohibition Meeting
A number of Forest Grove peo­
ple went to Hillsboro Saturday
night to hear Frank Willard Em­
erson, who is known to be one
of the greatest orators in America.
He is now engaged in holding a
month’s meetings for the Prohi­
bition party in this state. He
was one of the main speakers at
the State Prohibition Convention,
held in Portland May 19th.
Forest Grove furnished about
Paid the Penalty
half the audience he had in Hills­
Riverside Grange of Dilley hav­ boro, which speaks well of the
ing defeated Gale Grange of the wide awake Prohibitionists of our
Loomis; assistant manager, Howard good for an elderly man to deliver
automobile. Most every body has the Jones.
Do a kind act by telling your
fever.
Miss EffieSage of Dilley was visiting
B. C. Dennis has been in Portland the high school Monday.
sick friend of chiropractic. Dr.
the last few days.
Assembly was held in the high school j Stewart, K. of P. block.
Miss Bertie Baxter o f Portland visit­
ed friends in Gaston the first of the
week.
M. T. Bates has his creamery in full
operation, making fine butter.
on anything in the line of
Guy Smith has just accepted a posi­
tion with our new sawmill man, Mr.
Groat.
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