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
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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
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FSFITIJ rNKAV6ltAlH,l (JltOW
INO KIJATSON, YIKI.I) TO UK
1IIUVV HUI.I'IIUH I'LAVH IIIO
1MUT IN INCHHAHi:.
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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.
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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.