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BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, ORISON, OCTOHEK 21, 11)11
NO 49.
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I HIVE SKETCHED
Davenport Plays the "Rube"
oon Meeting Chamberlain
HUMILIATING EXPERIENCE
e Obliging by
Catching His Monocle But
When the Performance is
era Hi .Mistake
td at Frequent Intervals Character of Man.
iiorncT i)Tomxitsjndictri ti,at showed great independence
tamberlitin is1a most and self-confidence. Ho had the
looking mahr The airof a man accustjmed to doing
ruck mo most force- and saving whatovcr ho chose.
saw him first, some He is a man of such marked in-
ago, waa that the dividuality that it would have
f Punch ,had to ex- been impossible for him not to
features' so very imvc 8tampcd that individuality
lango his elearly cut;0 j,jg children, and his son who
hat of a fox; My mgi j a rncasure, taken his
tihimin tho lobby of ,,nco jn present-day affairs is
' Parliamcnthad one almost the exact counterpart of
t' has always been tj,e father.
to mo whohever I forgot to Btate that Julian
3 soon as I realized italph, who had tutored me so
I would have given kindly in preparing mo to meet
possessed W it had iQ celebritios of England, was
d. As it was, it af- ufraid to go further with mo than
s amuaenient'Jfor the lno preparation of my meeting
those who were pre- wjtj, Gladstone. He was a man
who could not hold back the
i that it was a, great heartiest kind of laugh no matter
r. Chamberlain, pas- wicre he might be if there was
iiibit of" his nervous- .... 0vCUS0 for audi a lauirh. and
tiling health, to be ie was afraid of the consequen
Hfting his eyeglass ce8 whcn t j him of the in
laco, to squeeze down t,i(icnt with Mr. Chamberlain,
lis eyebrow, then to an(i my c.fr0rts to keep his mono
caso it, thereupon it u)o from smashing at his feet,
end of tho string to iaii, neglected his business for
,-as anchored to a a COuple of days, under an excuse
ihis vest The mon- t,.lt j,e jmd reasons for which he
arking when.-I made hlanied tho oflkc at New York.
it that wo were very tloiner Davenport
our admiration for
country. MrCham- ()LUVrK EXpects to come aoain.
ng his brow, dropped
d, Binco I was fresh l
ntry where ' people I When C T. Oliver of Klamath
monocles, I did Inapt homo from the Development
thing that any other I VCi,ue mcet,n henr. he Bnvo a
Id have done. I lost "no report Tho Pioneer Press
. badly ttofel didn't Kives an extended notice of the
k that tho headlight meeting and it is quite evident
ly lashed to' his cloth-' Oliver expects to.como back here
made a divo to keepl time from he fol owing
king on tho floor and 11-" !. - -
says
Mr. Oliver says that the Burns
meeting was the greatest booster
gathering he ever saw and that
enthusiasm ran rife there during
the session. Ho also has great
praise for the way they wero
treated by tho Hums people, cit
ing a few instances of tho way
tho good people of the interior
lught it just as it
i end of tho string,
imagined, this put
Stanley, who had in
j in bad for tho mo
ust havo caused some
tori was gone, which
'charged to lack of
ifyjoko irt England
t.irh with .mo WHS.
. v ' t.iitm trtniA lift Qfirt n mnw
tlireo dozen iwM" " " ....-
delejrates trom all parts oi me
two or
,", tho conversation
chamberlain replaced
i' and-funcon'sciously
While IM thorough
roken now to this
each timeyit dropped
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mvelJ flick with a
oa tlw obliging man,
and ltnd if to him.
Chmbrin had a
il wttlkjiwida poiso
MMlalMMtV thruat
Hfe iitaifWe pockets
country. During the two days
prior to the opening of tho meet
ing a rain storm was sweeping
over the country and this made
auto travel quito bad through
some portions in getting to Burns.
A committee there kept in touch
with all the roads by telephone
and every autoist who had trou
ble through bad roads or a break
a machine was immediately dis
patched to their aid. In sonio
cases these went as far as f0
miles after parties in trouble ard
when the"delegates were finally
all landed nt their destination tlio
Hums hosts would havo nothing
for those lifts. Another instnnco
of tho way they handle visitor j
in minis is ciiea in me case oi
Ian auto load of two Lakeview
citizens a. id their wives, llit'so
were met as they ncarcd Burns
by a reception committee ard
told they had orders from tho
stalo health board to quarantine'
nil thoso coming from Lakeview.
The car was then escorted to a
roomy, well-furnished house and
given tho keys to the place. They
wore told this'. was to bo their
home and they would find ovory
thing thov could desire in tho
way of housekeeping utensils,
eatables, etc., and this was to be
their home while they wero in
the town.
Mr. Oliver stntes that tho two
days of this mooting was ono
round of business and pleasure,
ovon'ftho work being made a
nlonsuro bv tho rounds of ban
quets andlientertainments given
in honor of tho delegation. Ho
is loud in his assertions that
Burns has soma of thojfinest lady
Bingors inIthoorld. An enter
tainment waa given In tho opera
house where vocal music and
other kinds of musical program
was rendered that Oliver declares
would put the best performances
at Bomo of tho city theatres to
shame.
NBWS FROM VOLTAGE.
Tho Sunnyside Entertainers
held their first meeting in the
Bchool house on Wednesday even
ing, Oct 11. The following
officers were elected for tho year:
G. M. Benson, moderator; Lyle
Jones, counselor. W. C. Bots
ford, tho retiring counselor, gave
a report of the society for last
year. Many questions were
brought before the house, among
them being whether or not lunch
es should be served. It was de
cided in the negative. Mr.
Dunning, however,- was heartily
in favor of having something to
eat (?). After the business
meeting the following program
was given by active members:
Reading - - Mrs. M. E. Race
"Rube" - - W. C. Botsford
"Uncle Bill" - - Mr. Cochlin
Reading - - Nellie Marshall
"Esther Jones" - M. E. Race
Continued StoryParts given re
spectively by Messrs. Botsford,
Jones, Cochlin and Miss Dawson.
"Fair Song" Robert and Ray
Marshall and Delbert Seaward.
Tho next meeting will be held
on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at eight
o'clock. Every body invited.
Ed Springer and family, and
Lyle Jones and family, have re
turned from the mountains where
they spent a few months hunting
and fishing.
Mr. L. M. Seawcard and family
will leave in a few days for their
home in Ontario. Miss Nellie
Marshall and brother Robert,
will accompany them as far as
the railroad and will then go on
to Medford to spend the winter.
Calvnn Jones and Claude Schugg
have returned from Vale with
freight for C. A. Haines of Nar
rows, and M. E. Race of Voltage.
FEARFUL OF THE 1100 FUTURE.
To what extent current supply
of light hogs and pigs is due to
actual disease, or fear of it, and
lack of confidence in the future
market for finished hogs remains
to be seen. The old crop has
been closely marketed, indicating
skepticism as to the maintenance
of satisfactory prices. That much
pig sickness has existed admits
of no dispute, and fear of mor
tality is always a powerful incen
tive for making sacrifices, but
post mortem figures show that
durincr September condemnation
on the hooks at Chicago was
slightly less than 10 per cent of
receipts, indicating that some
other liquidation incentive than
disease exists. The rush of 100
at 180 pound pigs bears evidence
of a determination of the part of
the growers to reduce winter
feeding operations to a moderate
volume. Packers still contend
that the heavy percentage of
DRY - FARM QUESTIONS
Tunis, France, Seeks Western Dry
Farming Methods by Letter
SOME THINGS MADE CLEARER
f
Dry Fanning Methods Discussed by Men of West and
Knr East That Will Hell) Local Farmers Manner
of Preparing Soil, How and When to SCiKtliei
Harney county farmers will Third you advise to drag the
have an interest in a discussion soil before the drill, but I do not
that has been on in the Dry find any-where an indication as
Farming Bulletin. Paul Bourde, to the necessity of giving, first a
director of agriculture of Tunis, stroke of the plow or of the disc
and dry farming experts of our harrow to soften the soil. Is the
western states. Writing to the work of the summer fallow suffi
Dry Farming congress secretory, cient to maintain the soil loose
Mr. Bourde asks the pointed ques-, enough so that without further
tions given below and in reply preparation the grain may be
Prof. Ten Eyck, in charge of 'carried three inches deep by the
operation of the drill. In this
country it is an impossibility, and
the earth has to be shaken anew
for the drill to pass in it.
"Fourth. You recommend,
with much reason, to plow when
the soil is sufficiently damp.
But it must happen with you, as
it does with us, that the plowing
and I am now conducting in that season may coincide with a per
iod of drought in which the
uround is dried out. What do
in a more furrowed condition than but for the fact that they were
may usually result from light not prepared now. Some did not
harrowing. have clover or alfalfa planted
"Second. -It may not always and others did not have their
be true that enough moisture is fields fenced for hogs. These
conserved in the surface soil of will get ready, now that they
the summer tilled field to sprout 'JJLft h ftcV Lhts
... .,,.,. i -1 i by giving the bank their notes,
the wheat during the dry period. jand bu next year,Bcnd Bulle-
usuauy tne iarmers win lane
W. L. BLOTT
C. C. LUNDV
farm management at the Kansas
agricultural college, sets forth
his views as to how dry farming
should be conducted. Both let
ters are here preduced:
Mr. Bourde writes from Paris:
"Dear Sir: -I have been for
five years at the head of the De
partment of Agriculture in Tunis.
country a farm of 12,500 acres
in the neighborhood of Kairouan,
a region in wnicn ine uvuraKi'
you do in such a case? Do you
rainfall docs not exceed 12 inches 'resign yourself not to plow at all
nor annum. The methods of I and to expose yourself not to be
American dry-farming, there
fore, are of special interest to me.
There are, however, certain
points that I do not succeed in
elucidating, and I would be much
obliged if you could give me an in one of your latest numbers a
able to sow in the following
autumn? Or do you prefer to
plow under bad conditions,
rather than not to plow at all?
"Fifth. You have published
light stuff is merely proof that a
big pig crop was raised.
Nothing given out by the pack
ing interest during the next six
months has been calculated to
inspire confidence in hog market
futures. All commission house
admonition has been to market
closely, and growing scarcity of
weighty stuff nt the market sug
gests that the injunction, has
been obeyed. If the slaughter
ing interest had planned a fall
run of light stock it could not
havo outlined a more ell'ectivo
campaign.
Market sentiment is assuming
a less doleful tone. Statistics
show that export trade in hog
product is healthy and domestic
consumption is enormous as in
dicated by tho manner in which
tho pig run is being handled by
killers. During September stock
of hog products at western pack
ing points decreased 7(!,II7,filC5
pounds, tho largest reduction
during that month in four years
past, and October will witness
further decreases.
It is certain that weights will
bo deficient and this year's run
of big hogs during tho lato win
ter and spring months will bo im
possible unless growers chango
their policy. Breeder's Gazette.
answer to the following five ques
tiens:
"First You recommend on the
one hand that the seed bed be
well prepared, and you insist re
peatedly on this, that the seed
bed must be at least three inches
thick. On the other hand you
recommend with equal earnest
ness to maintain mulch at the
surface, and not to use for that
purpose the disc harrow, which
has tho drawback of leaving the
soil cut of level and to make it
dry while going too deep, but to
make use of the spiketooth har
row. Well, the spiketooth har
rows (I mean those used in
France) do not go further than
one inch and a half in depth, and
reach only by exceptions two
inches. There appears to be
some contradictions in such state
ment which I would thank you to
explain. Do you make a differ
ence between the seed bed and
il iio i 1 if 1 .
me muicn.' mui u you iiiukui
communication from a farmer in
Utah by which he indicates as a
condition of success never to use
the disc plow. Is this to be con
sidered as a personal opinion or
as the conclusion to be derived
from general practice? What
fault is there to be found with
the disc plow appears to have
the nu-rit of working faster, sen
sibly faster, than the plowshare.
(Signed) Paul Bourde."
Reply by Prof. A. M. Ten Eyek:
"First. Mr. Bourde does not
understand the term 'seed bed'
as used in our discussion of dry
land farming. The seed bed re
fers to the tilled soil as deep as
it may be plowed. This may be
from three to 12, or even IS inches
when the sub-soil plow is used in
connection with thestiring plow.
'The ideal seed bed, however for
seeding wheat.other small grains,
alfalfa, etc, should be loose or
mellow only a little deeper than
tho seed is planted. Below the
adavantage of the rains which
fall to seed and start the crop
under the most favorable condi
tions. Often, however, water
which has boen stored in the
sub-soil by summer tillage is suf
ficient to sprout the wheat when
sown at the regular seeding time
in tho fall.
"I havo no definite data show
ing just what amount of water
must be stored in any particular
soil in order to secure the sprout
ing and successful startingof the
wheat or other small grains. In
fact, this factor would vary in
different soils and under differ
ent climatic conditions and from
year to year in the same locality.
It has been found, however, that
the amount of extra water stored
in the soil is directly related to
the increased yield which may be
secured by practicing soil mois
ture conservation methods.
"Third. -The methods of till
tin.
Always ready for job printing.
BLOTT & LUNDY
Real Estate and Insurance
Fair Dealing
Post Office Building, Burns, Ore.
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below the age of twenty-one years excepting teachers of
ing summer fallow and the pre
paring of summer fallow for
seeding wheat or other small
grains must vary according to
the type of soil and the weather
conditions. Certain mealy or
sandy soils seldom become very
greatly compacted and do not re
quire deep loosening, while other
soils of a more clayey nature may
become very firm at the surface
and must be disced or Acme har
rowed in order to loosen the sur
face soil and put the field in fav
orable seed-bed condition.
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Cut out of the columns of The Times-Herald each week
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printed on Japan paper and personally autographed by
'Fourth. -It is, of course.bestlthe great artist.
one, what is the difference? If depth at which the seed is deposi
vou make no difference, is the
three inch seed bed to be consid
ered solely as an ideal that is not
realized in practice. Or and
that seems difficult to me do
your spiketooth harrows enter in
the earth more deeply than ours?
"Second You are always
ted in the soil the seed bed must
be well pulverized, but firm and
well settled, the furrow slices
making a good union with the
sub-soil below.
"The seed bed may be prepar
ed by cultivating with different
implements. The disc harrow
sneaking of seeding as if the far-1 may be the best implement to
mer, who has prepared his ground I use after fall plowing, or early in
well and preserved the preced
ing year's mo'sture, was at liberty
to choose his time for so doing.
Is it truo that, in a field whero
the summer fallow has been well
tilled, tho moisture preserved is
stillicient to obtain germination
of the grain
lioln nf mm?
the spring, several weeks before
seeding. But surface cultiva
tion just before seeding should
usually be accomplished with
some implement which does not
cultivate so deep as the disc har
row, or the common spike-tooth
sown Without the narrow may ue useii tur mu uii.ii
Is this an excep-' cultivation, just previous to seed-
tionnl or a general practieo .' Does mg.
lliis liiinnon roirulnrlv for instance "The mellow
in regions in
rainfall does
to plow the ground when the
soil is moist enough to turn in a
mellow friable condition. How
ever, when the soil becomes dry
early in the season it may be ad
visable to plow the soil dry, even
in a cloddy condition, rather than
not plow at all, depending upon
the rains which fall after plow
ing to soften the lumps, when
the soil may bo put in a well-pulverized,
well-settled seed-bed
condition by discing and harrow
ing. Also it may often be ad-1
visable to use the sub-surface
packer in order to secure a well
settled seed bed. If the ground ,
becomes dry and cannot be plow-1
ed early, then it is usually advis-.
ably not to plow at all. but to (
prepare the seed bed by discing '
and harrowing. I
Fifth. It is the writer's judg
ment that a good mold-board j
plow does better work when the
soil is in good plowing condition i
than the better makes of disc
plows. But when the soil is dry
or in certain types of hard gum
my soil, the disc plow may be
used to advantage, and while the
soil may be turned in a broken
and lumpy condition by the disc
plow, it may be put in favorable
seed-bed condition by tilling after
plowing, after the clods have
been softened by rain. When
the soil is in good plowing condi
tion the mold-board plow has a
shearing pulverizing effect, which
is not produced in the same de
gree by the disc plow. Both
types of plow however, have
their place in dry-farming."
These autographed artists proofs are not for sale at
any price and will be highly treasured by those who are
so fortunate as to receive them.
The educational value of this contest as an encourage
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Always for the development
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soil produced by
which the annual cultivation is the mulch which
not exceed 10 1 has to do with the conservation
Lost Gentleman's small size,
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on back C. B. M. Return to this
office. Suitnblo reward.
inches? and if such is not tho
case regularly, have experts
ascertained what quantity of
water must have fallen at tho
minimum during the preceding
year so that tho grain sown may
germinate without tho help of
rains in well prepared lands?
Sixty Brood Sows fur llcnd Countr).
The first order for brood sows
from tho Middle West which tho
farmers of the Bend country are
buying through the First Nation
al Bank and tho Union Stock
Yards of Portland has been sent
off and tho shipment will arrive
hero about Nov. 1. Sixty hogs
C. M. KELLOGG STAGE CO.
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Prairie City to Burns. Vale to Burns
Burns to Diamond Burns to Venator
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of the soil moisture. The soil
mulch may be two or three inches , make up the order,
in thickness when the ground is Farmers of Bend, Laidlaw, Sis
being finally prepared for seed- tors, La Pine and the homestead
ing wheat, or other small seeds, country bought from ono to five
Again wo often weight the spike- each, making a good start at hog
tooth harrows so as to make them raising in this territory. Many
stir deeper and leave the ground more farmeis would have bought
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