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WEEKLY EDITION THE BEND Banker-Farmer Mixer, Sept. 1, at Tumalo. , .Coming Event BWuiw FalreTtfml lW,Itedrnowl Po tato Show. VOI. XVII HUM), DEHOHUTKH COUNT V, OIIKGON, THUIlHDAY, AUOU8T 14, 1819. No. 94 Bulletin r , 4 fci. STORAGE SITE INVESTIGATION AT STANDSTILL DIAMOND DRILL NOW IS NECESSARY. AUTHORITY WITHHELD lViillliK Fill titer PoHlponelilellt of Action on lipportntit IrilgiitloM Project, CoiiiineiTlul ! Wire Heilnmntloii llfiul. f After spending throw wuokH In In vestigating tho llmihum Full nm ervolr nlt. tho purty of engineers nml geologists representing tho U. S. icclumntloii service In tho work buvo reached tho point whuro lltllo morn win Ihi determined without J borings. This typo of Investigation wm Blurted not long aflor tho work was Iihkuii, hut It was fnuuil that nntlnfiiolory nmult could not bo KHlitfd by hand boring unit Hint (i dlHtnoud drill must bo used In or der to mi euro final dnlu relative to I ho witter holding quulltloH of tho ground. Autliorlmttlon to secure and op arntu n diamond drill wan nuked of tho reclamation service, nnd per mission wus denied, no that tin tho inntlttr now Mnnds tho only course loft would Tio for Professor W. O. Cranny, who honiln tho purty of exports, tc send. In n preliminary report, which would contnln Insuf flchmt Information to warrant con htructlou of nit ImmeniMi Irrigation system. HecognUIng tho need for Inunodl uto action, thu Ilotul Commarclul oluh today Hunt tulogrnms to Direc tor lavln. of tho reclamation sorv Ico. Congressman N. J. Hlnnott nnd Htnto Engineer Percy A. .Cupper, nsklng thot nulhorlty ho secured to conduct flnnl Investigations horo with a diamond drill. llomtir lliiinlln and Androw J, Wlloy hnvo wlremly left llontl, but will rot urn In mho a favorablo nu nwor Im received from WnMilngton. Professor Crosby and his son, tho fourth member of tho purty, will rouialii for nnothor week. puudluK developments. ALFALFA CROP MOWS GAIN IS ; f ,.,"?i ? f FSFITIJ rNKAV6ltAlH,l (JltOW INO KIJATSON, YIKI.I) TO UK 1IIUVV HUI.I'IIUH I'LAVH IIIO 1MUT IN INCHHAHi:. x . in DcHplto tho utoHt uufavorablo early KrowliiR xeiiHon for alfalfa, thu lli-Ht cultliiK of tho crop, iiccordltiK to County Aroiii ICooiih, Ih 10 pur cent heavier tlmn hint year and tho L: total touunKO U far hlRhor. TIiIh IncroaHii Ih attributable to two factorH, n Kroator ncreiiRo nml the iiho of aulphur tin fertilizer. The ucrnnRo lucruaHu Iiiih brotiht about up incroutio of about 1G pur cent tounaRU and tho iiho of milphur Iiiih ciuiHod no avor'nKo IncroiiHo of from 40 (o no per cent. Tho hocoiiiI crop, uccordlnR to Mr, Kooiih, nhould mako an oven butter HhowliiK proportloiintoly than tho Hhui iiu .liii-liiir tlin i' rn w I nir unnHon p'recooldliiR tho llrnt cutting, IhoJ weather wuh uniisually uufavorablo. Ho far tho weather linn boon Ideal Tor tho KrowliiB of thq Hocoml crop. Tho ofroctB of tho application of sul phur to tho land will niako itaolf folt more proiiounrod In tho bocoihI crop than In tho first. In' Biumklm; of tho potato crop, Konorully, Mr. Kooim sayH tho crop will likely bo Bonlowhat Hhprtor tlmn norumj, TIiIh doos not obtain In all cuBon, nh Homo of tho flolda look ox. coptloipilly Kootl, A majority of tho pIuntliiRs vo nutUliiR u slow growth iih tho early auininor Boauon Nvaa uu favorablo, Injuring tho Htnnd mpro or lona. SUNFLOWERS, A SILAGE CROP FOOD VALUE HELD TO BE HIGH. Under Conditions Similar to Central Oregon, Great Surrexn 'Hnn Found As ii'ltnlloii It Ik Nutrition. Sunflowers wore first lined In thin country for sllugo In tho Itocky mountain stuttm. In western Colo nolo nnd parts of .Montana, iih woll iih In Nolirnnkn nnd Utah nnd tutor In tho Diik'nlns, extensive, .experi ments hnvo been conducted, with tho result that apparently a wido adoption of this plant for sllngo making It Iniinlni'iit. H seems to offer especially uttractlvo prospects to faun'.ru lit seinf-arld, hlrjh-nltl-ttulfl rcglono, whoro corn cannot bo nuccctflfully matured. Oiegon l'omlllllilr. With thoso attributes, It soms certain that (ho sunflower will find an linportiint placo In tho more elo vated soml-itrld regions of Oregon It cannot ho expected to thrive with out water, iiudor desert conditions, but on ordinary dry farming luiul, cupablo of maturing a grain crop, and carefully tilled for tho consorva tlon of moisture, has boon found to prod hco from five to twelve tonn to tho aero of green fonixo. Kent ru sulta aro obtained, however, under Irrlxutlon or suhlrrlgatlon; but tho water requirements of tho plant aro very low, nnd no doubt It can profit ably bo grown in many sections under pump Irrigation. Its natural habltnt In n hut, dry region; yot It I soomlngly unchecked In growth by cold nlglitH, and becauno of It h nipld ,duYjilnjiiiiuiit loachoR matur ity bnforo front. . Food Value IIIkIi. IlcportK from farmors who liavo experimented with aunilowurn show that they not only maku n Manufac tory yield, hut aro very palatnblo nnd nutrltlouH, boltiR rollidiod by all clatwioH of Htock for which com nllnRo In tiHod. AtiRUHt Vaux, a Sidney. Mont., ntocktnaq,' In n re cent loiter to tho National Wool (! rower' iiMoclutlon, reported that after IiiivIiik fed sunflower bIIuko with Rood rutiultH to cattle, ho imoil l for 1000 bond of brnedlm; owon. Whon It wim mixed with corn, ho Muted, tho oweu would select tho Miinlloworu In preference to the corn, and thay. not only romulnml in thrifty condition on minitower hIIoro alone, hut Hheared a much henvlor fleoco than whon hnndlcd undor oriWiyur uetbudH. V of i Itav. nn ncent of tho Colo ! niilo.'lix'perlwum ntallon, mndo n per- Doual cnuvoH uiiiour farmerH In that statu hint year and reported that In every carte thorn who had trlod huii floworn woru planting a much larger acreago In 1010. Only ono variety lion, no far, boon recommomlod for stingo purposes. It Is known iih tho "MniiimoUi. Huh- hIiui." This Ih u single stalknil typo having hugo heads, which fruiiuoutly iiieusuru 10 Inches, and sOmetiiues ns great ns SO Inches In djmotor. Us tuilly ono stalk boars butbnu hower head, but ocuslounlly tl)o stalk Is branched and boars two or inoro heads. This variety liasjbeourown for many years for ornauiopta( pur posoH and for tho produatlon at seed for poultry food. - Yield of Fodder. Tho yield to bo expocted w(,ll de pend upon a number of factors such as hoII fertility, inolHtuioclma(o and cultural mothods. On good' soil, nndor Irrigation, snflowera frequently' pro duco form '20 to 10 tons of green ma terial to tho aero, , Thin tanpugo Is cousldornblo lnrgor than can bo ob tatnd with corn under similar con dition!). At tho Novada utatlon tho Huullowors produced. 23 qus pf,i foiC der to tho aero, whllo corn grown In tho sniiia oxporlmont yloldgd, iibout 11 tons. Soil lleiiiilrciueutN, Sunflowors do not roqiilra nn ea poalally rich soil, hut other factors bolng equal, tho yield wtl bo co:u inonaurnto with tho fortuity, Tho Hold should recolvo about tho snmo preparation iih for corn, Tho sued bod nhould bo fine and woll-llnnod, Under dry or soml-dry forming con- tGontlnuod on 1'ago 4,) CREAM PRICE IS BOOSTED CIJXTIUIi OltKOO.V FAHMKItS CltirA.MKHV HIDH II K A V I U V l()lt LOCAL CltKA.M WITH ON 15 CUNT AUVANCK. Wanted moro farmers to dollvor more cre.nu to tho Central Oregon Farmers Creamery. With n local demand for butter greater than It Is ublu to supply with, thu prcsont volumo of cream coming In from Central Oregon, tho local farmers creamery is compollcd to rcort to other creameries to olitnln sufflclout butter for homo .consumption. In ordor to stlmulato tho farmers In bringing their crount to tho local market tho creamory Is announcing this week a price to tho farmers of Control Oregon of ono cent ovor tho Portland market prlco for butter fat. 'At tho prosont tlmo there aro about 7C furmor patrons to the creamery. With its equipment tho creamery could uccommodato ap proximately throe times tho number It Ih how sorvlng. Tho monthly out put of butter Ih about 1000 pounds. Doublo this amount could be put out If tho creamory had tho croam with which to work. Kvcry effort la being made to en courago tho farmors In sondlug their products to Uond, rather than uTo Portland markets. Tho creamery Is now In position to pay bolter prices than nra bolng obtained In Portland. - :' MEDICINE IS IJSEbi AS AN INTOXICANT V ' Driiggthts of Ileuil Anxious to Co operate with AuthoiitloN to l'rcvcnt Wrongful IV. Unlo8a drugRlstn aro icasoiinbly suro that preparations sold by thorn aro it sod ns nlcohollo beverages they cannot bo hold responsible under tho law, according to Dis trict Attomoy A. J. Mooro. Tho opinion wuh given following n con foronco with drugglstH Tuesday, In which it wus stated that a prepara tion known ns Hoot, Iron mid Wtno had In two lustnncos boon iihoJ us Intoxicant. Local pharmacists aro anxious that tho medicine, .which Is valuable for tonlo proportion, should not bo put to wrong use, and wllT co-oporato with tho officials in oudonvorlug to onforco tho rule limiting tho snlo of bovorages to drinks containing loss than ono half of ono per cout. al cohol. I1UVH 13NHILAOH CUTTKII. 'PlQrey & Sons, who liavo Just purohaood u now ousllngo euttor, are on a donl with J, I,. Pnrborry o( Slstors to hnndlo his crop this sonson. Mr. Pnrborry had Just com pleted tho orectlon of two now 100 ton silos and lias soma .excellent prospects for sunflowers, pons and oats for Bllugo, ' AN0JriER;rHAfiVE8T AT HAND Nation's Scribes Eat Bend Tubers at Club Luncheon When the Portland Press club entertained tho National Kdltorlul association in Port- - land Saturday, just ono town - was mentioned on tho menu - of tho Oregon Products lunch which wus serrcd. "Uend, Oregon, Potato Salad," was tho way tho nowspapcr men from nil over tho United States read It. Tho potatoes were sent from hqro by J. D. Miner, and It - was Mr. Miner who this niorn- Ing received a copy of tho ' monu. Following tho menu - Tumalo Is also given credit for Netted Oem potatoes. COUNTY'S ROAD EXPENSE LARGE ANNUAL HILL FOIl STATK WOKIC AMOUNTS TO Q 18,1)50, HUT NO IMiTUUN IN 1IKNKFITS TO THU countv Am: iikci:ivhd. Every year for 10 years De schutes county will be contributing 1S,9C0 to tho slnto road program, In addition, towhat may bo dono for BtrlctlyflocaUroods within tho county, nccordiiigjGt Information rIvoii out as't sXftSaj' by J. II, 'Honor. Iu tiio moapUwfo, howovor, tho stnto highway 'OBi'nilsslon has twlco refused v to letho contract for construction of tfiatJri of The Uallos-Qulttornia. hlghws In Do schutes county, rgaraToss of tho fact tliBtonly 540.00,0 "of tho stnto money is pledgcdTtb go Into tho work. llontl improvement obligations which tho county has shouldored Includo tho llccnsa on 1100 motor cars, totalling I24.7S0 annually, tho gasoline tax, amounting to $4200, nnd Interest on county road bonds issued to ninko possible co operation with tho state. This last ttom Itself Is 57500, whllo the prin ciple of tho bond Issue, whon its payment Is spread ovor 10 yoars, adds ?12,500. MILK TKHTHItS L1CKNSIM). OltKOON AGUICULTURAL COL LECH), Aug. 1 1. Milk tostors of Oregon must obtain' n llcouso by passing uU oxamluatlon conducted by tho statu dairy and food commis sioner or by tho dairy department of tho stnto agricultural college. Dates tor tho examination at tho collogo nra Uxod for tho first Thursday In ouch mouth. Iu a letter to tho man- agora of croamorlos, Prof. Uramlt, chief of dairying, requests thu nros pocttvo candidate for llcouso to notify tho collogo far enough lu ad vance of examinations that provi sion uiny bo mado for nil applicants, Examinations by thu dairy and food cominlBslouor will bo such tlmo us ho may announce, BIG MIXER TO BE HELD SEPT. 1 HANKEHS AND FAHMEItS WILL RATIIKIl AT TUMALO LA DO It DAY FOIl IIIO TIME ON THE ISLAND. Ono of the biggest and most slg uiflcent gatherings that has been held- within tho county for a long tlmo will bo tho gathering on the Tumalo Island, Labor day, Septem ber 1, under the auspices of tho Deschutes County Farm bureau, and tho bankers of CentraLOregon. .Plans ore being mndo this week for tho" program which will bo nn nounccd early nex week According to It. A. Ward, who Is In charge of the program features, somo of th- best speakers u tho northwes- ha- oeen lenmuvciy sccureu xo .un- tho mlxor. lopics o Hpec.a. nuore.,u u, l"u fnrmors and tho bankers of tho coun ty will bo taken up at that tlmo, nnd Iji nil probabilities something In tho nature of a phin for t!ie coming year of Interest to bankers and farmers will bo dlsousscd. Iu tho ovenlng a big harvest ball will bo given under tho auspices of the West Side Fair association at, the association ball. GYPSIES LEAVE 0$ COMMAND OF MAYOR Series of Depredatloni. Alleged to liavo Been Conimllteil by Wan derers, Cause for Evict ijn. I On strict ordors from Mayor J. A. Hastes, n band of 30 gypsies, who havo boon making their headquarters iu Bend for tho last few days, do parted yestorday aftornoon from tho city. They had coma to Bond after being ovlctod from Burns, but whero they wont Is not known to local authorities, Tho mayor's action was prompted by n nunibor of complaints of a series of depredations allogod to havo boen committed by tho wun- deror8 hero, ranging from tho pur loining of gusolluo from un automo bile bolonglug to John Stoldl to tho thoft of potatoes from gardens plant ed by residents of Bend. Tho gypsies woro told by Mayor Eastos that thoy hud until I o'clock to got out of town and tho entire baud was gone woll within tho tima limit allowed. Two of tho band had taken out licenses as fortune tollors, SAVING SEED CLOYKH. A largo nunibor of farmers aro saving swoot clover seed this soa- sou. Gus St:ul ig and William Hall, two well-known and active farmors, havo Bovornl acres of sweot clovor Which will bo 'threshed for seod. B, Baughmau last yonr purchased. u otovor nuuor mm oxpocia 10 uo ovorythlng ho can to promote seod production n this section ns ho con siders clovor pvomlsos to bo ono of tho county's groatoat souvcoa of In-como. TS ROAD OUTLOOK FOR PRESENT YEAR GLOOMY R. B. QOULD RESIGNS CHAIRMANSHIP. K COURT IS ATTACKED Hltould Have Had Illd In at Session of HlKhivny Hoard, Ovcrturf TelN ClubEight o'ClocK Opening DIhciiim-iI. A voto of confidence in tho roadx commlttco of the Bend Commercial club wns passed by n largo majority yesterday nt tho weekly club lunch eon, but In spite of thin action, taken on a motion by II. J. Over turf, arid seconded by It. D. Gould, that a new committee bo named, Mr. Gould handed In his resignation nnd was replaced by Mr. Over turf, on appointment by T. H. Foley, pres ident of tho club. In accepting tho appointment, Mr. Ovcrturf declared that Central Oregon has entirely lost out for this year as now "estimates" for luldr on CcntraljOregon highway eea structlorf wlii not "bo ready for coa tractors in tlmo for tho September session of tho state highway com mission while an October contract would xaeaa beginning of work In November, something which practic ally no contractor would bo willing to undortako. Ho charged that the county court has no definite road program, and that by concentration of efforts on The Dalles-California mgnway real results could bo ol tafnod. ' County Court Attacked. A Whisnant asserted that the county court should havo had a bid In for tho highway contract In this I ,ounlr ftt ,n8t c,mmilon. 0 M,d hat the CQUn. u co.nmlMloro had bcc ,rcn lhe data neeoMa for 8Uch a w- ...,0nJy ono offarf that bjp prJrttto tracer, was mado for tho constrac- . t!o;i of the stretch of road from Bond to tha Jefferson county lino, nnd this was refused because of tho lack of competition. - ' A.k For Earlier Opening. Mayor J. A. Eastoa reported on the settlement effected botwoon the clerks' union nudXovcn & Chihlund xtnre, and asked for action by the 'club on tho recommendation of the Arbitration hoard, which advised In favor of un 8 o'clock opening hour. After romnrks on tho subject by R S. Hamilton, F. Dement. Carl John son, and C. S. Hudson, the appoint ment of a committee to meet with tho clerks' union, was authorized. In mentioning MiQtaajter Mr. Hnen announced the BanKer-Farmer fnser to bo hold 011 tho island near Tumalo on labor day and invited tho mer chants of Bend to bo prcsont and got tho view-point of tho furmer, which, ho declared, should bo mere clearly understood in connection with, tho 8 o'clock opening movement. Tho Importance of rural, mall routes was discussed at some length nnd tho club voted for a permanent commlttoo which will guard against such routes being diverted from Bend to other towns. DISEASE IN POTATOES CAUSES BIG PROBLEM O. A. C. (o Undeiiako Exhaustive Study to Eradlcato Vest Which I Causo Small Potatoes. OBEGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Aug, 11. Disease and not "run out" seed stock, la at the reot of tho little potato problom In Ore gon. ' Thoso dlsoases may bo carried In tho soed, In tha ground or by In- Hoct. Leaf curl nnd mosaic, both of which prevent tho plants? ordliwrlly manufactured In tho leaf from roachlng tho tuber arot the we forms of tho trouble R snrout. thounh not a parasitic tHa- ' ' - - ; ons.o. causes linnionsiflc8 in tue yield. All of these arjjoi f Ipsa preventable, tho jtwciri tn tiou will soon undertake an ex haustive study of the ailments and their control.