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I' -Si Ftp S WUW tV'VTt nmrrmiv i.mmti.. -7- '- PAGE 0. THR hEXD nUTiLKTIK, JJEND, OHE., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1013. OREGON SHEEP ON DECREASE SMALL BANDS FOUND PROFITABLE AIov. Mackintosh Advocates lie-in nliiK Iliislncss mi n Small Scale An ImcHtmciit of 9."S()0 Will IJiIiik JJ000 in One Year. THE DESCHUTES RANGER j& j& FOR SEPTEMBER j& jz? Tho Introduction of small bands of Bheoj) on Central Oro. Irrigated and dry land farina to meet tlio folllnR off In tho number of sheep for this section 1b ii plan advocated by Alox Mncklntosli, a iiromlnont Crook conn ty ahcep man. Mr. .Mackintosh .has beon mnkliiK n study of tho BliT-cp situation In tho northwest and has boon Impressed by tho decronso dur liiK tho last few years In tho number of shcop In tills flection. "Tho settlement of tho public lands In tho lust few years, and particular ly tho lands used for sheep grazing, hns Hindu n big reduction in the num ber of sheep raised, sn'B .Mr. Mack intosh. "Iduho's shortage, .reported on reliable Information, Is cHtlmatcd to bo about 2GO.O0O; Wyoming's In greater thou Idaho's; and In Montana tho number Is said to have beon ro dpcod by CO per cent, basod on tho banner number. In Orogon It has been estimated that thero has boon n reduction of at least .10 per cent. "Thero Ib reason to bellovo that Kcttlemont will contfnuo to be mora pronounced each year with which will coiiin reduction In tho .number of sheep. One icstilt In tho rlso In tho prlco of mutton. Tho mutton tmp- ply of tho near future will havo to coma from tho farm. Tho Irrlgntcd lands around Ilend are fnvorablo to ralHo tho best of mutton lambs owing to tho soft green feed for tho mother and lambs. This food comes nt tho I lino, when It Is most needed for fat tening. "An Investment of $500 In 100 head of good sound mouth awes brings good returim If bought In Oc tober. Tho following Juno $1G0 worth of wool can be sold, and In September 100 lambs can bo Bold nt $150, making a rctilm of $G00 on an Investment or $620 of which $20 goeH for a ram. (lenornlly tho per centage of twin lambs runs between 10 mid 20 over tho 100 owes, which will mora than make up tho loss by dogs or other ciuiBes, "A good sound owa Is good for three or four yearn. Tho fourth year tho ewe can lie fattened and sold for 75 per cent of her original cost. An Important point Is not to overstock tlie pasturo. "Ilegln Willi ii row head or sheep, bivvh Mr, MiicklnloHh, "becnusa ono yonr's experience wilt teach ono how a larger number may bu kept more successfully." - According to nn estlmuto made by Mr. Mackintosh there are about 100, 000 sheep In Crook county whore n few yearH ago when lands wero nliiiiidiiutly available for grazing pur posoH Crook county had iibout 200, 000 nhop on the ritiiKM. This re duction litis come In tho Inst ten yours. Several movements In th'u part of the state are now on hand lonkliifc forward to the Introduction or small bands of sheep on smnll farms, for tho purpose of experimenting what rutiirns may bo gained with Hiuall bnnds. MEETINGS WELL ATTEN0ED Dr. Miicphei'Mm AiUNVm to Organize In Kwry Community for HurcenN. All tho farmers' mcotlngs held In Crook county September ID to 18th, for tho purpose of hearing Or. Hector MncpherHon, In charge of tho IlureaU of Markets at the Oregon Agricul tural College and reprcHentatlvo or tho Olllce or Markets, I'. S. Depart mont or Agriculture, wero vory well attended, and nil who hoard him were both pleiiHod mid bonoflttixl. Dr Mncpherson wiib one of tho men on the committee appointed by Congress In l'.Mil to visit ICiiropenu countries and study farm conditions, farmers orgttnliitlonn, credits, etc. In the meeting" with fanners hero, ho told brlotly or methods and results oi tallied In different European conn tries. Also reviewed -runners" orgu iiltatlous, methodH and successes lu tho United States, and suggested plans tor us4 or thi farmers In this section, not only for obtaining better markets but also for destruction of pests, Improvement or social condi tions, and study or methods and needs on our farms. In Dr. Macplierson's opinion, tho primary essentials for tho success of farmers' organisations are getting together In school huuses or commun ity halls, becoming hotter acciunlnted and ns an orgunlted body In each community, working for better farm ing, bettor business, and bettor liv ing. A brief survey or local co-operative organizations was made, and , thu ronsot.B ror their rnlluro shown. Thu whole iiueBtlon was summarlrod liy Dr. Macpherifou tu this statement "All farmers' organizations will fall until tho farmors learn to stick to gether. An average or 45 persons at tended tho seven meetings hold ,lu Crook county. Many iiiiplaliits Heard. This suiumoT many pontons com lilalnlng Mir headaches, lame hacks, rheumatism, bllllnusncsa and of be ing "always tired." Aches, pnli.s and Ills caused by kidneys not doing their work yield quickly to Foley Kidney Pills. They help elimination, give sound sleep and make you reel bet ter, Pattersou Drug Co.--Adv. Discussing tho end of tho forest tiro Boason In tho November i "umber of tho Deschutes Hanger, JiiBt Issued from tho local forest ofllco, Super visor Morri't paya tribute to hia forco. "A mora willing nnd capable body of forest flro llghlorB la probably not found nnywhoroy," ho snyB, attrib uting to their wutchfulncss ai.d caro tho ract thnt there has been no lar ger los3 on tho Deschutes forest this year. A word ot appreciation Is also g'von for tho wives or tho rangers. Tho rrontlspleco Is a photograph of a Gorman foreit nursery In tho lllack forest ttkon by Mr. Morrltt. Kxtrnets rrom the Hangor follow: Hnnger Vincent lu erecting n barn at tho Tumnlo Hangor Station. Ho expects to comjiloto tho work by tho mlddlo or September. Tho Crane Prnlrio wagon brldgo r.crocB tho Deschutes river nt Crano Prnlilo Hunger Station has boon fin ished by Rancor , F. Smith and Guard Jim Chlldois. Tho work or papering tho Crooccnt nnd Davis lnko rnngor station houses linH been undortakon nt odd times and Is now practically complotcd. Tho B',i or section 17, Township 21 Smith. Hanco 11 Haflt. War, With drawn on August 28 bb tho Cabin I.rko Hangor Station. It Is propos ed to develop this area aa hoadnuar tcrB Tor tho Fort Hock Hanger licnd qunrtorH. A well will bo drilled on It this rnll nnd If wntor Ib Bccurod, n houso, barn, ronco nnd othor noccs oary structurefl will bo erectod. At present thsre Is no Iieaduur.rtors stn tlon Tor tho Fort Hock dlBtrlct, Hnn gor llnrrlman living on IiIb own place outBldo or tho Forest. A temporary speclnl ueo permit wna grunted tho Suttles I.nko Irriga tion District or Grnndvlow, Oregon, authorizing thorn to proceed with construction work on tho dam nt tho Suttles I.nko reservoir nnd on tho conduit rrom thero townrd tho lowor denort. A llnnl permit will not bo Issued until tho DlBtrlct Biibinlta do tnllod mans and Hold notefl or hup voyH that havo not beon cntlroly com plotcd. , Gunrd .umwnlt has been planting a number or llsh In n row or tho mountain lakes wost or tho Motol- ttiB river valley. Tho Crano Pralrlo I.lvo Stock As sociation la building some drift fen ces nt Crano I'rnlrlo. Hangor Onoy Ib working with them. Work on tho Davis I.nko-Wlcklup tolophono lino will bo ntnrtoil vory noon nfter tho mlddlo r Soptotnbor. Two pnrtloB will bo organize;!, ono under Hanger Wd .Maim to iiuiiu tno portion between tho Wickiup station and Davis I.nko nnd tho othor under Hanger Onoy to construct tho portion between tho head or Full Hlvor and tho Wickiup station. Deputy Supervisor Hnrphnm Ih at present naslstlng lu tho constructlnn or a stono cnhln on Wnlkor moun tain. Hnnger Vincent Bpont part of tho first week In Sontomhor going ovor tlio Tumnlo and Sparks lakn ranges. Mr. Sproat cnmplotod Held work on tho High Desert land classification nrnlect on Sentomber -1, nnd on Sep tember 0 moved his party to tho Fro. moiil Forest to do tho nocosHnryTlold work on tho Chewniicnn project. Tho nnrtv had several dnvs strenuoun lire fliihti'iM: nxporlonco at tho South Ico Cave nro. Hnnger Rrlnklov wns nt tho Tiint r'o HniiKor Slnllnn on Auiut 23 to 27 to take tho plarn of Guard """noii who was away looking nttor llres In the SparkH l.nko nnd Slstors inouu tains region. District Kng'ineer I.undt'en w on tho Derrhutes on August 21 vlslf'nn Mui I'rlnglo Falls powo" ulnnt with Supervisor Merrltt. This plrtnt, which Is entirely en private land. Ib now being developed. A dnm bna beon completed and tlvf fl'imo pnrtlal ly constructed. Mr. I.undgrnn has been making a general trln ovor Oro gon visiting all power projects. In tho state In order to fnmlllnrlzo himself thoroughly with tho situation. A lightning storm lato In AugtiBt Bet U llres in the region between Hnmnor Uutto, Diamond Peak and Cow Horn mountain. All of these. howovor, wero checked without ser ious damage although ono of them covered an area of about forty acres. Forest Guard ChrlBtensen has dug a well nt the Odoll Hangar Station. Tho only really serious flro of tho season so far as tho Deschutes For est Is concerned, occurred lato In August In tho region southenet of the South Ico Cnvo nnd northeast of Fort Hock. Tho flro Is thought to hnvo been started about 10 o'clock on Aug ust 29 by somo travelers who care lessly throw nwny a match or cigar ette. It wnn first noted by two ran chers living a Bhort dUtanco nqutli of tho flro who happened to havo their horses Bnddlcd up for a trip nt tho time. They wont nt onco to tho flro and arrived probably within half an hour nftcr it had started hut It was drlvBn by n hard wind and Bprcnd bo rapidly that thoy wero not nlilo to check It. Hanger Ilnrrlmnn arrived on tho Bceno vory noon artcrwarda hut tho flro wnB burning co florcely thnt llttlo could bo accomplished un til nlght'whcn n team nnd plow nnd a back firing crow started to work. Dur ng tho nftornotti, however, tho flro hart burned n dlstnnco or covornl mllcB ho thnt It wob not entirely sur rounded during tho first night. Dur ing tho next day, which was also wludv nnd warm, tho flro spread grontly. Additional holp wan secured but It wns not ontlroly controlled un til tho third night. After that It hnd to bo pntrolled for more than a wcok, during which tlmo It broke out Rovornl times. Although tho burned over nro-t ban not beon accurately mapped, tho flro Is thought to hnvo covered botweon eight nnd ten thousand ncrea. Tho timber was a puro stand-of yollnw nlno oxcopt for nn area of something like half a section of lodgepolo plno. Tho boat wns so Intonso that nil of tho largo yellow plno trees woro ap parently killed by tho flro over con cldcrahlo arons, especially whoro re production wns so denBo thnt crown Arcs dovoloped. An unusually largo number of tnnturo trees woro burned down, making tho loss on that ac count nlono vory great. Whllo thli flro was burning moth er flro Btnrted In Section 31. Town ship 2.1 South. Hnngo 1C Enct, nnd burned east very rnpldlv. It was nt tncked Immodlntolv. howaver, by Strto Flrn Wnrden Derrick nnd Ran ge Hnrrlmnn nnd tilaced under con trol too first day but not until prior It hnd burned n narrow strip along tho cnMr" south lmundnrv of tho forent In Townshln 23 South, Hnngo 7C Enst. Tho timber In tho portion Ii nctterlnr, howovpr. and thp flro wnn keit from spreading north bo that very llttlo dnmego wnR done. An uniiBunlly wnrm spoil of weath er throuch August so Increased tho nornpil flrn dangor that llttlo olso wns dono by tho ontlro forco than flro patrol nnd suppression. Evorv ono wnn kopt on tho nlort In order to nttick fires as soon an thev sfnrted mil with tho excopilon of the South Ico Cuvo flrn which eprond In splto of efforts to check It. nil bl-xei wero rxtlngulshod bororo lining morions damnKO, Now a gonornl rnl i has fnl leu, the acute lire dimmer Is past nud n'l cf us ere nblo to breathe a s'gh or lelbf. Tio Supervisor wishes to express his pergonal niipreclntlon of tho loy alty and elllcloncy shown by tho on tlro fo-co. During tho summer ho has hnd occasion to work with ninny or the mon on actual flro suppression and without oxcoptlon thev hnvo beon willing nnd cnorgotlc. No ono has complained bocnuso or hardships but whenever neccBsnrv has worked day nnd'nlcht cheerfully. A mora wil ling and capablo body or Forest flro fighters Is probably not found any where than thoBo on tho Deschutes, This Is really tho key to tho whole situation; for when all is said and dono, any flro plan Is worth no more than tho men who carry It out. If they are prompt nnd efficient the plan Ib successful. On the contrary, If they nro careless and Indifferent It Is sure to fall. It has only been bo cnuso of tho constant watchfulness nnd caro on the part .or every man thnt wo havo gone through ono of the vory driest seasons for a number of years without a greater loss. In this concctlon a word of appre ciation Is not amiss concorning the rangers' wives who havo helped their husbands and tho Forest Service bo loyally by keeping In touch with tho field conditions, by answering bo may telephone cnlls nnd by doing the many other little things that maka it easier far tho men on the Job. Tho photo on tho rront page Is ot n German Forest Nursery in tho Hlack Forest. In many places In Germany whoro forest management Is vory Intcnslvo tho timber Is clean cut and tho foresters Instead of dopond Ing on natural reproduction replant tho cntiro area with seedling trees. Often there nro definite compart incuts containing trees of various ages that havo been cut and replanted at different times during tho past. Tha stands obtained In this' way aro much denser nnd more uniform than tha ordinary ones following tho nat ural reproduction and tho yield Is correspondingly greater. For sign painting seo Edwards. Adv. Uso Deschutes Spray Flour. Whit er nnd better than ever. For sale by Tho Now Bend Flour Mill Co. Adv. Did the Old Man Good. Geo. W. Clough, of I'rcntlss, Miss., Is seventy-seven yenrs old nnd hnd trouble with his kidneys for many years. Ho writes that Foloy Kidney Pills did him much good. Ho used many remedies, but this Is tho only ono that ovor helped him. No man, young or old, can afford to neglect Bymptoms.of kidney trouble. Patter son Drug Co. Adv. Use Truo Dlus Flour. Whiter nnd bettor than ever. For salo by Tho New Dond Flour Mill Co. Adv. Newspaper Man ItcconimciulM It. H. H. Wontworth, of tho St. Jnmes (Mo.) Nows, writes: "A sevoro cold settled In my lungs. I feared pneu monln. Foley's Honey and Tar straightened ma up Immediately. I racoeimcnd this gonulna cough nnd lung medicine." Right now thous ands of hay fever and asthma suffer ers aro thankful for this wonderful uoaung ami Booming remcuy. i'ai torson Drug Co. Adv. WHY IT SUCCEEDS. Hccaup.o It's for ono thing only, and lleud peoplo appreciate this. Nothing can bo good fpr everything. Doing ono thing well brings success. Dorm's Kidney Pills nro for ono thing only. For weak or disordered kid neys. Hero Is rollnblo ovldenco of their worth. II. P. Steers, retired rnrmor, C02 E. Third ctroet, Tho Dalles, Oregon, says: "I Buffered a great deal from bnckacho nnd weak ness of tho kidneys. I tried ovory modlclna I know of, but without much henoflt until I got Dorm's Kid ney PUIs. Thoy flxed mo up In n j short tlmo and I hnvo not been both-' orad since. I am now In good health." j Prlco CO conts at all dealors. Don't simply nek for a kldnoy roraody I get Donn'n Kldnoy Pills tho samo I that Mr. Stcora hnd. Fostor-Mllburn , Co., Props., Iluffnlo, N. Y. Adv. . llroad, mado from Deschutes Spray ( Flour Ib tho Btaplo food In ovory j homo, tho chiof artlclo ot dhst on every tnblo. If onco used you will seldom sit down to a meal without It. Seo If you wont sny it is tho j whltost, and finest road you overi nto. Adv. I The United Warehouse Company Storage and Forwarding General Commission Merchants WE HANDLE OIL, GASOLINE, SUGAR, FLOUR, SALT, HIDES FRESH and SALT MEATS HAMS, BACON AND LARD I TTe United Warehouse Co A. M. Pringle, Mgr. Bend, Oregon EXPOSITIONS NOW AT THEIR BEST &i iss&v CALIFORNIA TOURS $41.10 Round Trip From Bend Oregon Trunk Hallway, Tho North Hank Hand nnd tho palatial C-dcck steamships Northern Paclflo" nud "Great Northern" between Portland and San Francisco every Tuesday, Thursdoy and Saturday. Fares Include meals and berth on ships. Kail rates same without meals and berth. ROUND TRIP RATES EAST l)lreet or circuit routes to any point In Unit ed Stales or Canada dally until Soptember SO He turn limit October 31st. Chlcugo, direct, $72.50. Minneapolis, St. Paul. Duluth or Winnipeg, $00. St I.ouls. $71.20. New York. $110.70. Go one way via California nt slightly hlghor rates. Stop oera on through one-way or round trip tickets to seo mo expositions. - SALEM STATE FAIR KEPTKMHKIt U7 IX) OCTOllKll a Plan Now to i Dally ltiind Trip Fure From t'iMitriil Oregon l'olnls ila Orvcon Trunk Hy lu Effect Septonilwr 23 to Oc tolK'r U. ?ro7 ,SIu:i a ev. J. II. 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