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THE COQUILLE HERALD VOL. 35, C O QU ILLE, COOS C O U N T Y , OREGON, TU E SD AY, J A N U A R Y 9, 1917. NO. 17 JOHNSON WILL OPERATE MILL Leases Property from Dollar Company to Cut Big Order of Spruce for Sitka Co. WILL MEAN DOUBLED PAYROLL Work of Preparation Will Commence at Once The Dollar company mill, formerly the property o f the Coquille Lumber company, has been leased by E. E. Johnson from the Dollar people and will be put into operation by him as soon as the machinery can be over hauled and put in shape to run. Ever since the Coquille Lumber company were forced to shut down the mill about six months after it was built in 1912, the people have looked forward to the time when it would again be put into operation. When the price of lumber began to “ come back” after a slump of several years, it was expected that the Dollar people would operate the mill them selves; but the high freight rates which they were able to obtain with their lumber boats made it more profit able for them to haul for others than themselves. Mr. Johnson began negotiations with the Dollar company shortly after clos ing a contract with the Sitka Spruce company, of Portland, for large quan tities o f spruce timber. He returned Thursday from a trip to San Francisco and announced that the deal was closed and that the mill would probably be running by the first of next month. The property which Mr. Johnson leased is practically new as it has only been operated about six months and has been well taken care of while it was lying idle. Mr. Johnson states, however, that without the expenditure of considerable money the mill will pro duce but little more than his other mill. Running in its present condition it will employ about SO men and will cut about 40,000 feet per day, which is about the average cut of the Johnson mill. C. McC. Johnson will have charge of the work at the new mill which will at tend to the cutting of the spruce tim ber, while the other mill will handle the fir. With the commencing of the opera tion of a second mill here it is expected that it will be necessary to obtain men from outside this community, although this will not be done until it becomes necessary. Another gratifying feature o f the in creased activities in the lumber indus try, is the fact that the camps from which the timber will come lie within a short distance of the mills and Coquille will benefit from them almost as much as she will from the mills themselves. Aasen Bros.’ camp on Beaver slough, which is furnishing logs for the John son mill, has about 30 men at work and expects to increase that number soon. The Boutin tract, which will be logged by the Crane company, also lies in the vicinity o f Beaver slough. Not for a number of years have the people of Coquille regarded the pros pects for the immediate future pros perity of the city as bright as they are at the present time. In One Man’s Lifetime William Abernethy, a former resi dent of Dora, died Saturday last at his home in Forest Grove of pneumonia, aged 8.» years. The end was not un expected and his son, Edward, who re sides at Dora, had been summoned to his bedside. Deceased came around the horn a-d landed in the Oregon country in 1849. He was the only son o f the first ten i- torial governor of Oregon. His wile, whose maiden name wa3 Gray, da igh- ter of W. H. Gray, author of Gray’s History of Oregon, a nd who m o , d the plains with the Dr. Marcus Whit man party, with t :e fu'.l ng children survive iii hi : ivii'ri. il. a . L»ui&eo8, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. A. T. Hahn, Multnomah, Ore.; Mrs. V. E. Water man, Welches, Ore.; Mrs. W. Star, Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. M. C. Miller, McKinley; Mrs. Bennett Swanton, Marshfield; Mrs. C. A. Hahn, Brown College; Miss Camilla Aberr.ethy, For est Grove; Edwin Abernethy, Siikum; Wm. Abernethy, Tacoma, Wash. The death of William Abernethy, aged 86, at his residence in Forest Grove, reminds us o f the newness of Oregon as a commonwealth His span of life covered practically all the de velopment of the Oregon territory. When he arrived in the wilderness with his father in 1840 it was not known whether they were beginning to make a nome on American er on British soil. A fter he had grown to be a big boy. able to do a man's work, he saw his father, George Abernethy, installed as the first governor o f Oregon under the provisionahgove^ment which he serv ed faithfully for four years until the Oregon country was admitted as a ter- [ ritory o f the United States. The Aber- nety boy saw the white population of the vast wilderness grow from less than 200 to more than two and a half I millions. When he was 15 years old, Wasco county stretched from the top of the Cascade mountains to the summit of the Rockies, a distance of a thousand miles. He saw three states created out of it. He saw steamboats first split the waters of the Willamette and the Columbia, and was scarce in middle age when railroads supplanted water transportation. Within the span of one life, what progress the world made with Oregon participating in it! We resist the temptation to schedule the discoveries and inventions during the latter half of this pioneer’s existence. O f special interest to all Oregon pio neers and their descendants unto the fourth generation is the union of the Abernethy family with the family of William H. Gray, who settled in Ore gon four years prior to the coming of George Abernethy. In 1863 William Abernethy was married to Mr. Gray’s second daughter. Ten of their thirteen children survive, This pioneer strain can never die out. The Grays and the Abernethys are virile, long-lived stock. They were in dustrious, earnest, hardy, God-loving full* who devoted their lives to estab lishing on the shores o f the Pacific the best form of civilization,and their work doth follow them. The seventy-six years which covered the life of William Abernethy in Ore gon were marked by unprecedented progress. I f anyone bold enough to venture a prophecy on the material progress of the Oregon country in the next three quarters o f a century?— Telegram. Oregon Metal Mine Production in 1916 Preliminary estimates of the produc tion of metals from Oregon mines in 1916, by the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, show increases over 1915 for gold, sil ver and copper, and a decrease for lead. The output of gold in 1915 was $1,861,796 and the estimated output for 1916 is $1,900,0(X), an increase of $38,- 000. The output of silver in 1915 was 117,947 ounces, and the estimated out put in 1916 227,500 ounces, or 109,500 ounces more. The output^of copper in 1915 was 451,172 poun s, and the esti mated output in 1916 ¡9 2,527,000 pounds an increase for 1916of 2,076,000 pounds, and the output of lead in 1915 was 62,957 pounds, ns compared with 22,000 pounds in 1916, or 41,000 pounds less. These preliminary figures are compiled by Charles G. Yale, o f the San Francisco office of the Geological Survey. The increase in gold is merely nomi nal, but that of silver has about doubldd. The most notable increase is in the quantity of copper, an increase caused by the incentive offered by high prices. There are less than a hundred pro ductive metal mines in Oregon, and the number of placers is about double that of the deep mines. However, two-thirds o f the gold output and vir tually all that of the other metals, is derived from deep mines. No very productive new properties have been opened during the year. The entire output of the deep mines is derived from less than 160,000 tons of ore, hav ing an average value o f about $9 a ton. Baker is still the most productive coun ty in the state, yielding annually nearly 90 per cent of all the gold. The Cor nucopia and the Baker mines, in the Cornucopia district, Baker county, are the most productive deep mines in Ore gon. Other large deep mines in Baker county are those o f the Commercial Mining Co. (Rainbow mine), at Rye Valley, in the Mormon Basin district; of the Columbia Gold Mines Co. at Sumpter, Cracker Creek district; and of the Homestead-Iron Dyke property, at Copperfield, Iron Dyke district. The Powder River Dredge Co., op erating two dredges near Sumpter, Cracker Creek district, is the most productive placer mining enterprise in the State. In 1916 a new dredge was under construction in the John Day Valley, Grant county. The most productive hydraulic mine in Oregon is that on the property of the Columbia Mines'Co., in Placer dis trict, Josephine County, and the Ster ling, in Forest Creek district, Jackson county. The gold won by dredging far exceeds that obtained by all other forms of placer mining combined. - * # » ♦- Hold Indemnity Hearing The cattle indemnity hearing of the Schroeder Bros., of Arago, was held at the first meeting of the new county court Wednesday. Some time ago the Schroeder Bros, received an unpleasant surprise when it was discovered that a number o f the cattle in their fine dairy herd were infected with tuberculosis. A fter thorough examination they were compelled to kill 33 cows which they valued at about $80 apiece. Under the law they will receive $25 apiece indem nity for this stock. Half of this amount is paid by the county and the remainder • by the state. BAY PAPERS GET Actions of County Court Are Erroneously Reported to Harbor and Record OFFICIALS DENY STATEMENTS Records Show That Stories Are Misleading During the past week several erro neous statements have appeared in cer tain of the Bay papers in regard to the actions of the countv court; but in none of them is the identity o f the informant revealed. There seems to be, however, a lingering suspicion in the minds of some of the county officials as to the source of information. Under a date line o f January 5, the Coos Bay Harbor makes the following statements, most of which appeared in the Evening Record of an earlier date and in different wording: The County Court has agreed to adopt a new plan for purchasing supplies for county use, which if placed in opera tion will, the members of the County Court believe, save the taxpayers many dollars every month. The plan agreed on is to have two purchasing agents to handle the buying end for the county. It has been order ed that the Coos County Clerk will be one and will have ihe buying for the court house in charge. The roadmaster may be the other and will have charge of the outside buying. All supplies purchased are to be issued on requisition only and the per sons receiving same will be held in 3trict accountability. The plan as adopted is to do away with making purchases by piece meal, and to buy in quantities and from the lowest responsible bidder. All pur chases for goods amounting to over $25 tp be submitted to bids. Supplies for the poor farm are to be bought in large quantities. The court passed an order requiring all road supervisors to make an inven tory of all county property in the shape of road working material on hands. The plan is to require each supervisor to sign a receipt for the material and hold him responsible for the same. In this new plan all members of the Court concurred and it will be worked out soon. County Agent Work Through development of improved organization and the growth of a more definite project system the Office of Exlension Work in the North and West carried its demonstration activities into closer relation to the practical needs of the farmers of the region during the past year, according to the annual re ports of the States Relations Sen ice of the department. Local associations of farmers took a greater part in the work and more attention was devoted to studies of local economic facts upon which to develop demonstrations of permanent value. Extension work in the special interests of farm women was undertaken in the territory under the office, and a number of women agents were placed in the field. Among the specific lehults from the county agent work o f the Office of Ex tension Work in the North and West during the year were: Yields of corn in fields managed as demonstrations under supervision of the county agents increased on an aver age 12.8 bushels per acre over the average yields for the region. Yields of wheat in fields managed as demonstrations increased 11.7 bushels per acre. Alfalfa was introduced on 11,311 farms. Several score registered stallions and rams and several hundred registered bulls and boars were placed on farms. Nearly a thousand fine bulls no longer uesful in their communities because of danger of inbreeding were saved from the block and transferred to other com munities. One hundred and forty -three cow testing associations, 90 livestock breed ing associations, and 142 hog cholera associations were organized. More than 200,000 hogs were vaccin- ted against cholera. Better farm management was pro moted through assistance given to farmers in determining the factors that make for successor failure in farm en terprises. Farmers’ exchanges and cooperative marketing associations were organized and effected large savings to members. Three hundred and twenty-one water- supply systems were introduced into farm homes. Club work was carried on with more than 200,000 boys and girls. Over 24,- 000 of these engaged in profit-making projects, producing over $500,000 worth of food products. The club work was placed on a more permanent basis as an extension agency and boys and girls are now enrolling to pursue the work for a series o f years. — ---- -».•*-«---------- - Dredge Being Repaired PER Y E A R $1.50 LAWMAKERS IN SESSION ty, genuine Mexican chile con carne, highly appetizing, and, needless to say, piping hot, was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. N. N. Neiman. Those present were: Mesdames H. O. Anderson, R. B. Rogers, W. L. Kist- ner, H. W. Young, J. W. Springer, D. L. Perkins, F. C. Pursley, S. V. Epper son, N. N. Neiman and W. J. Longston. The Club has been re ting on its oars for several months, but has resumed work. A t a meeting in the library yesterday afternoon, it was decided to begin a courie in home nursing. No thing else will be taken up this year. It was also decided to change the time o f meeting to the first and third Fridays of the month. Hence, the next meeting will he on January 19. State Legislature Meets at Salem—Stanfield Gets Speakership FARMERS SHOULBBEON ALERT If They Would Safeguard Hard-Earned Achievements Relative Badly Frozen The following dispatch from Echo, Oregon, will be of interest here as Mr. The twenty-ninth session of the Ore Sloan is a relative o f Mrs. J. S. Barton gon legislature opened yesterday. Sun of Coquille: day night at ten o’clock. L. E. Bean, of Pinned under his overturned automo Eugene, withdrew from the Speaker- j bile for 14 hours, with the temperature ship contest, leaving Robert N. Stan-1 nearly zero, was the terrible experience field, of Umatilla county to be elected 1 la3t night of Claude Sloan, a prominent without opposition. Gus Moser was \ and well-known sheepman of this place. elected president of the Senate also He left Echo alone about 7 o'clock in without opposition. It was expected ! the evening for his home, four miles that the governor’s message would be j above town, and in some manner his delivered early today. car upset on the slippery road, pinning In discussing the present session of him underneath, and he was not found the legislature and its importance to \ until 9 o’cioci. the next morning by a the farmers of the State, A. Slaughter, passing neigh oor. president of the Oregon Butter and l oth hai.as are frozen to the wrists, Cheesemakers’ Association, in an ad one foot to the ankle and the other leg dress at the Oregon Agricultural Col to the knee. He now lies at his home lege to the Dairymen’s Association, last in a precarious condition and it is not as Saturday said: yet known whether he will recover. “ You will have to scrutinize every Mr. Sloan had been at one of his bill that is introduced into this legisla sheep camps and was going home un ture if you want to safeguard the expectedly, and therefore was not achievements that you have worked so missed. Echo and vicinity has been hard to bring about. The interests of his home his entire life. He has a wife the dairyman and the farmer will be and two children.—Times. assailed by all the subtleties of the politician’s art. Those opposed to yonr interests are already devising schemes Grading to be Resumed to undermine the few successes you In About Two Months have achieved in your struggle for a fair share of the products of your la Ed Perham, the contractor who is bor. This institution, the Oregon A g ricultural College, will be assailed in doing the improvement work on the the same way, by the entrenched in county road between Marshfield and terests that are not willing to see you the Summit, was in town Wednesday escape from their control, if by hook or to confer with the county court on some matters connected with the crook they can prevent it. Bills that changing of grades on the project on on their face have no show of hostility Mr. Perham to you or to the college may he the which he is working. says that the work of grading is being very ones that have in them the con held up on account of unfavorable cealed force to cut you off from a chance to be independent. My advice weather conditions and that it will be to you is to keep your eyes peeled two months or more before the work can be resumed. In the meantime, he against traps laid for the unwary.” is going ahead with the work of clear Mr. Slaughter, who is president of the Oregon Butter and Cheesemakers ing the right of way and of finishing the construction of some bridges. He Association, and chairman of its legis lative committee, presented a number expects to have the clearing completed of resolutions to the Dairymen's Asso by the end of this month. Mr. ¿’ erham intends to bid on the job ciation which, in spite of the late hour of grading the road from the Summit o f the session of the Association, were vigorously discussed and unanimously and says he expects to get it. The fact that he has his machinery on the endorsed. Among them was one urging ground puts him in a better position to that the legislature combine the Office of Weights and Measures with that of handle the job than the contractor who the Dairy and Food Commissioner, and has to move his machinery from a dis- another Urging that because of the ance. Repairs to the government dredge According to County Judge James Watson, no plan has been agreed upon Colonel P. S. Michie, which has been for the purchasing of supplies and the lying nt Municipal dock No. 2 for a few one mentioned in the Bay papers was weeks, may be made by members of merely discussed. No purchasing agents her crew. She will be placed in the Port o f Portland drydock next Satur were named. As to the requisition system, it is day to permit a thorough inspection not a creation of the new county court, being made of the condition o f hei hull careless and unsanitary handling of the following order, dated December 6, and if the work of putting her in good borrowed milk cans by the patrons of 1916, a month before Archie Philip shape will not involve an arduous task creameries, the loaning of milk cans by went into office, having been made on it is stated it will likely be performed creameries be prohibited. Otherwise a the recommendation of Public Account by the men aboard her. In discussing the Oregon Cooperative part of the job may be let out at con Dairy Exchange furthered by the Col ant, W. H. Wann: “ That a requisition system be estab tract. The dredge carries a number of lege, Mi. Slaughter said that the Capi lished for the purchasing o f supplies the most skillful mechanics. tal City Creamery o f which he is mana It will be about two months before ger, has already through its directors, for the county and that any county officer wishing supplies for his office be the Michie will be ready to return to voted to join the Exchange, and that it required to follow out the system es active service. From here it is planned is only awaiting the annual meeting in for her to go to Coos Bay to renew op order to get together a sufficient num tablished by the Court.” According to Judge Watson a n d erations on the bar, which she dug to a ber o f stockholders to take the neces Roadmaster Murdock it has long been depth of 30 feet at moan low water sary action u n d e r the cooperative the custom in purchasing supplies for last season. She was built especially law. He knew, he said, of at least two the county to get quotations on pur for improving the channel across Coos other l a r g e cooperative creameries chases o f any large amount, which Bay bar, but has been utilized for doing whose action in the direction of joining Just be the Exchange had reached the same amounts to receiving bids. But Judge other work along the coast. Watson states that no definite sum has fore being brought to Portland she im stage. been set by the court to limit purchases proved the channel at the entrance to Grays Harbor.—Telegram. which can be made without bids. Coos and Curry It was with some surprise that w read the paragraph in the above article Prohibition Helps (From Portland Journal.) regarding the order of the court re Cheerful news comes from Coos and quiring the road supervisors to make a There are only sixteen inmateR at monthly report and inventory of the the county infirmary, which is the low Curry counties. Fourteen of the cheese . l ori es in those rich dairy regions material on hand. Upon going to the est number in the history of the insti Roadmaster’s office we saw several re tution, and according to County Judge have united “ to standardize their pro ports from road supervisors from dif Watson prohibition is the reason for it. duce” O f course, such standardiza- ferent parts of the county lying on a Heretofore, Judge Watson states,there I tion will bring better prices and make table. Each report gave a list of the have been numerous cases where the , murkets stable. Corrs and Curry coun material and tools in the possession of county has been compelled to take ties look to Tillamook for a model in Tillamook has the Supervisor at the time the report charge of people who could lay the this excellent work was made. Upon inquiry it developed blame of their positions to booze alone, long practiced co-operation in cheese- that these reports had been coming in and at times there has been as high as niakii g and has reaped a heavy profit regularly every month for a long time. 40 inmates at the infirmary. Since from it. Everybody has wondered why According to Judge Watson the or prohibition went into effect in Oregon other dairying districts did not take der requiring these reports was not a year ago the number has been stead advantage of the same methods. The wisdom o f co-operation makes made by the present Count/T’ourt. ily decreasing and the number of booze The last statement in the above re cases have been reduced to a minimum. I its way slowly among our agrichltural port of the Court’s action is, perhaps, Judge Watson says that the introduc producers They admit its enormous the most erroneous o f all, in the light tion of prohibition has also had a benefits. They confess that without of the statements made by Judge Wat marked effect on the number of people eo-operation farming in all its branches son. He says that there was no agree who find their way into the county jail. faces financial ruin. And yet it is only ! here and there after great effort and ment of the Court on any new plan. - many abortive beginnings that the The matter was talked over tentatively, farmers can be brought to practice Higher Wages in Camp and it is possible that part o f it, aside business co-operation. from that which is already in operation Dairying is singularly adapted to co Wages in lumber camps in the Lake may be adopted. The good work of Taken as a whole the article is de Superior region started in at least $10 operative methods. cidedly misleading, while parts of it a month ahead of last year. The wages combining capital, effort and skill are entirely false, and the same is the are: General workers, including saw should progress faster than it does case with the article printed by the Re yers, road makers, road cutters and among the owners of herds. cord. The latter paper gave Archie swampers, $35 a month for transienta, I Philip, newly elected commissioner, and $40 a month for men who stay on Entertains Study Club credit for the installation of the re the job a month or more; teamsters Mfs. \V. J. Longston charmingly en quisition system o f buying and for the and canthook men, from $40 to $45 per order requiring an inventory of county month; top loaders, $50 to $55 per tertained the Woman’! Study Club last Needle work property. Both were ordered by the month. These wages include board, Wednesday afternoon. court and were in effect before Mr. and there is no chance to spend money and the discussion o f club matters sped Philip went into office. ( in camp. Given Good Care “ 1 want to say something good for Mrs McLeod. She was mighty good to me and I want her to get what she deserves,” said VV. H. Church, a for mer occupant of the county poor farm in speaking of Mrs. Allen McLeod, wife of the county superintendent. Mr. Church was formerly employed at Porter mill in North Bend and about six months ago went to San Francisso to have an operation performed at the clinic. When he returned he tried work again but was too weak to do even odd jobs for himself. About five months ago he went to the county poor farm for care and he is now in the best health he has known for many years. He left the farm last Friday. He says tha* he always received good treatment, doing what he could for himself but always receiving ready help from Mrs. McLeod, concerning whose uniform kindness he speaks in high terms. Three meals a day or a late breakfast, a late dinner and a lunch and good food every time, he claims were always provided and he tells of an elderly lady who for the third winter has been an inmate of the Farm and who declares she does not know how she could get along without Mrs. McLeod.—Times. County Printing Let A t the first meeting of the new county court Wednesday the bids for the county printing were opened and the following awards were made : For printing the county court pro ceedings and all county officers notices, The Evening Record. For printing the county court pro ceedings, The Coos Bay Times. For printing the notices o f foreclos ures in tax suits, the Coos Bay Harbor. The awarding of the contract for printing the delinquent tax lists went to the Coos Bay Harbor, its bid being 8 cents for each description including the name for all insertions of other matter than descriptions. ■ Copper has been found on Snake river on the Oregon side juat below SYNOPSIS OF MANY EVENIS News of County State and National Interest Told in Brief Concise Form SEVEN PIONEERS OF COOS DIE “A Hog for Every Cow in Oregon,” Says Potter Oregon elections for 1915-1916 cost a total of $476,961. Department of Weights and Meas ures are to be merged with the Dairy department. North Inlet, the cranberry-producing area of Coos County, has only 25 per cent of its normal crop this season. Ashland has recently shipped two cars of Newton apples for Manchester England, and is loading one for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A broccoli grower near Roseburg re ceived a $3400 check for a 17 acre crop. Douglas county will ship 150 carloads this coming season. Oregon’s prune crop is the largest and finest in the state’s history. It amounts to 40,000,000 pounds and will net the growers $3,000,000. The Southern Pacific company has called for bids for 1000 freight cars to be built of wood throughout both under frame and super structure. The gasoline schooner Hoamcr, Cap tain Olsen, from Coos Bay, went ashore at the mouth of Rogue lliver. She is in no immediate danger, being high on the beach. She is being unloaded. The entire plant o f The Evening and Twice-a-Week News, of Roseburg, for merly owned and conducted by Carl D., M. J. and Sam Shoemaker, was Wed nesday sold to B. W. Bates and his son, Bert Bates, who have taken immediate possession. A carload o f flaxseed was sold in Portland by the management of the Eugene flax project, which is being conducted by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce. The sum of $2.40 a bushel or a total of $12JO, was received for the seed. The Rebckah lodge of Myrtle Point gave a basket social on Monday even ing as a boost fund for the Orphans’ home in Portland being erected by the order of Odd Fellows. A fte r a short program baskets were sold from the lodge kitchen. Taylor Siglin, one of the best known pioneers o f the Coos Bay section, died Tuesday night at Mercy hospital after a short illness of la grippe and other complications. His condition was not regarded as serioU9 until the day before his death. The farmers of the Florence section met Saturday for the purpose o f or ganizing a Federal Farmers’ Loan as- sociation. There were 18 members present at this first meeting and it is expected that at least 30 will join the permanent organization. During the past month, seven pio neers of Oregon and Coos county have passed away, most of the deaths being attributed to complications following attacks of la grippe. They were: Mrs. Louisa Hodaon, aged 84; W. C. Maine, aged 99; Robert Templeton, aged 94; N. Lorenz, aged 80; J. H. Lamb, aged 77; John Wagner, aged 68; Z. T. Siglin, aged 66; Mrs. Minnie T. Swanson, aged 78 years. Engineer L. G. Hicks states that work will be in progress on the railroad grade east of Suthcrlin probably most of the winter. Work has been shut down for the next 30 days, but is ex pected to be resumed in the rock work which will not be hampered by the wet weather. R. M. Fox, representative of the interests in the East who are financing the proposition, is now in the East in connection with the re-arrange ment of the company following the death of Mr. Roach. It is the plan to begin the construction again upon his return. By utilizing the wastes of the farm, hogs can be made profitable, in the opinion of Professor E. L. Potter, who gave his lecture on “ How Many Hogs Can Oregon Profitably Produce,” at the Oregon Agricultural College. He states that by the use of the waste on the grain farms in the state of Oregon that one 2(10 pound pig could be profit ably produced on every 10 acres, thus p,educing 164,000 hogs per annum. On the dairy farm by using a total of 374,- 000 hogs which could be produced by dairy and grain men with little grain in addition to the waste feeds, or as many hogs as are produced in the state at the present time. This number would meet the needs of the population for pork. Figuring the consumption of pork in Oregon the same as in the Uni ted States or 75 pounds per capita, the 700,000 population of Oregon would consume 364,000 two hundred pound hogs dressing 75 per cent.