ai'b b t& IIU N S TO AID -| UA1K>MEN’S LEAGUE
FARM TIMBER OWNERS JUnk and File Oppose Its
IIA L S K Y E N T E R P R IS E
Disruption
¡Selling of Product Calls for Good
Business Methods.
’s gtuuig
The state dairymen s league,
formed under the plans of the
farm bureau, struck hard sledding
Benefit by Experience of Neighbor* *
recently and the board of directors
and Inveatrgate Local Requirement*
voted to liquidate. This was what
and P rice*— Advertiee and
I he
m onopolistic
buyers had
Secure Competition.
p anned and prophesied
I f they
I (P rep a red by t h . U n l.ed S t a t e . D , p . rtIB. Bt could break
up the league they
Of A iricu Jtu r« )
‘« w I
'
Based upon methods used by wood­ could soon dictate the price of dairy
land owners that have been success­ products and and recover th eir
ful in marketing th eir products the profitable business.
f h r e e hundred Washington coun­
forest service o f the United States
Departm ent of
offers the
of the league
on th
the
U! Agriculture
Agriculture offers
the ty
,» .7 members
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,e a gue on
e
follow ing 10 suggestions for aiding
, h “ BauiinousJy passed resolu-
others who have tinii.o»
__ the «
lin n m,
a
tim ber on
farm I tioilH
tions Pa)
calling
on „11
a ll __
members
to
for sale:
stay w ith the league and vole
Get prices fo r various wood prari- sgsinst liq u id a tio n ; th a t a ll mem­
ucts from as many sawmills and other bers attend the meeting at the
wood-using plants as possible.
Portland office, December 6, at
Before selling, consult neighbor*
9:30, for the purpose of demanding
who have sold tim ber and benefit from
resignation of the entire board of
th e ir experiences.
Investigate local tim ber require­ directors and to elect th e ir success­
ments and prices.
Your products ors, and that K. C. E ldridge be
retained in his present capacity
They declare that the league has
been grossly
mismanaged and
money wasted and th a t it is possi-
ble to make it profitable by proper
business methods.
The Lin n county local, w ilh
headquarters at H arrisburg, dis­
continued m aking cheese some
lim e ago, on acoouut of a decline
in price, and is shipping cream to
Portland, i t m aintains a truck
route that takes in Halsey and
Brownsville.
A meeting has been called for 2
o’clock next Saturday at H arris
burg to express the views of the
members on the question of con­
tin u in g the organization.
W li»n
the state directors resolved to
throw up the >p mge there wasc, n-
siderable de-i ondency among L nn
county men bers, but this is p-
parently - iv in g way to optim i m
and the H arrisburg meeting in y
Black Locust Plantation— Flvo-Ysar- follow the lead ot H illsboro.
Old
(Everett Earle Stanard)
For a ll the ancient gifts of God
O u r thanks are due today;
For rain and sun that smite the sod
A n d make the springtim e flowers nod
And grasses shoot from every clod
Where lam bkins skip and play.
G
&
S
F o r march o f clouds in azure sky,
For ca ll of happy birds.
For melody of streams th a t run
L ike carefree children in the sun.
For peaceful n ig ht when to il is done,
And evening’s prayerful words.
For w inter evening’s company,
F or friends th a t clnster round,
For fa ith fu l wives and children wee.
For tim e and opportunity
To love and labor happily
In our own p lo t o f ground.
M r*. L . C. M erriam was a F ri
day passenger to Albany.
Dean Tycer and Merle Kern
were aeeu here F rid a y , both frou
Brownsville.
Of 670 death* from tubereulosii
in Oregon last year 16 were it
L in u county.
Mead a men J . W. D rin k a rd and
Clive Stafford went to Albany last
F rid ay tor the day.
Mr. and M r*. R. L . W in n ifo rd
and A. E. Goodbrod were in P o rt­
land for a few days' visit.
Today is observed the three-hun­
dredth anniversary o f the first
American thanksgiving day.
Mr«. O. B. Stalnaker of C orval­
lis left for home F rid a y m orning,
after visiting her parents here.
| Corvallis, Dec. 26-31, 1921
WINTER SHORT COURSES
Fru it and Vegetable Course,
Dec. 3-17, 1921
Tractor Mechanic« Course,
Jan .¡2-M arch 18 1922
Dairy Manufacture Course,
l«n. 2-M ar. 18, 1922
Agriculture course, Jan. 2 Mar. 18, 1922
Dairy Herdsmen'« Course,
Jan. 2 June 18, 1922
Grain Grading Course, . . . | a n 9-21, 1922
Beekeeping Course, Jan. 30 Feb. 25, 1922
Homemaker*' Conierence, M ar, 90-25, ‘21
C h ristm a s & f t s
%
SHOULD BE SELECTED
Oregon Agricultural College
WE
F u ll inform ation on any course by
g
T H E R E G IS TR A R ,
O. A . C., Corvallis, O. A. C.
NOW
w i l l g la d ly
re se rve
a n y th in g
w a n t fr o m o u r la rg e
s to c k
when
sell
E V E R Y T H IN G
used to fu rn is h th e
hom e
at
p ric e s
The Kryptok Smile
th a t
sweater until you have soaked th.
worsted to get the kink out of it
w ill m e a n a s a v in g to y o u .
Crinkled-up worsted w ill not make a
smooth, beautiful knitted surface and
it pays to prepare your worsted care
fully before you start. As you ra v e l'
out the wool, wind It over a chalrhack
to make a good-sized s k e in ; and make
each skein as fu ll as you c a n ; It is
GOOD PREVENTIVE OF VERMIN always a pity to break or knot
worsted. Be sure and tie the skein
41 5 - 4 2 1 W e s t F ir s t stre e t, A lb a n y , O r e .
A ll
Ssnall
Inclosure«
8hould
Be firmly at both ends with a M t of
worsted nr white string. I f you dn
Cleaned and Disinfected Before
not do this you may get Into a sad
Being Used.
snarl with, your wet wool.
I.a y the skein In a basin of tepid
Except in accidental cases, bog lie*
are found only on hogs, and they do w ater; press II down well until It Is
'homnghly w et; then squeeze out the
not voluntarily leave their natural
host, says the United States Depart­ w ater and bang the skein to dry In
RY AMTQ «elected, surrounded by an irrigation
l i m n U I . M I L 11 D I
ditch, but before long the ants again
ment of Agriculture.
When sepa­ the open «(*- hut never In strong
sunshine.
Cut
away
the
tied
string
rated from the anim al they live only
appeared. The oflicers thought that
at
the lower end of the hanging skein
two or three day*.
The lice pass
they had tunneled under the water, and
and loosen the strunds of worsted, to
Perform
Engineering
Stunts
Sur­
readily from one hog to another when
one o f them, skeptical of their ability
h.asten the drying process«.
Your
the animals come in close contact.
to accomplish such an engineering feat.
passing Human Feats.
worsted w ill dry overnight, or In a
Practically all cases of infestation
Investigated. H e drained the Irrig a t­
ew hours cal doors on a bright day.
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occur from Contact w ith lousy ani­
ing stream (some four or five feet
When It Is quite dry, stretch the skeins
.
mats and not from infected premises.
w ide), dug up the bed and traced the
>v*r a chalrhack and wind the wool
New York 8 u b w ,>' lesiflnlfieant In
Under reasonably good sanitary con­
Insects' tra il from their point of enter­
nto neat balls.
Companion W ith Insect*’ Tunnel
ditions pens, corrals and premises
ing the garden to their old nest on the
W onderful W o rk* of Cutting
which have contained lousy hogs are
opposite side. There are also other ac­
A n t* In Texas.
Franeh Evening W rap*.
not a source of danger to hogs free
counts o f their making galleries under
The
Spanish
Influence,
o
f
wh'ch
the
the water.
from lice.
New
York.—
The
subways
nnd
tun
As a precautionary measure, how- ’ h" w1 " b“ ’ " " e
I”
A farm er near Austin, to get rid at
Dels
under
the
Hudson
and
East
rivers
er. and
and because
because It
tt la
la good
g,.od sanitary
sanitary ‘ f ,r r ,n *
to e''PninK " r" p’ ln ™
depredations of an immense colony of
ever,
have attracted attention throughout
these ants near his home, had set his
practice, all small lnclosures which Paris. French ladle* are taking the
the world, and by some have been
'
ui>u
i o renrn
e centl
men U,
to Uig
dig II
It up.
np. To
reach in
the
central
have contained lousy hogs should be Spanish designs and the Oriental de­
named us one of the greatest eng near
...
signs
and
combining
them
to
make
cleaned and disinfected before being
___ ne,,t h* ha<1 ‘ « « d ‘ be » "'« from
Ing feats In this era of wonderful feats.
some
of
the
best-looking
wraps
that
tree Inside his home premises, which
used for a new lot of hogs. The litte r
Man has all the machinery that sci­
they had stripped of leaves, to a point
and manure should he removed and have been devised for many a long
ence
could
Invent
to
assist
him,
cement
Women are accustomed to re­
668 feet distant.
the floors cleaned a fte r which th * day.
*nd stone to make the tunnel* w ater­
gard their evening w;r«ps as the most
The neat occupied a space aa large
woodwork and floors should be sprayed
proof, instrum ent* of precision to help
as a small cellar, the lowest and main
w ith a good disinfectant. The coal- colorful o f their adornments, and. by
him In driving the tunnels or subways
this new development of fashion, they
cave being as large as a flour barrel.
ta r rreoaote dips, diluted In accordance
in the right direction and a t the proper
From this point radiated the avenues
w ith instructions on the container, a r* «dll lose not a Jot I d regard to smart
level
below
the
w
ater
line
or
street
and becoming embellishment.
over which the ants marched on their
suitable for this purpose.
leveL
raids.
It is Interesting to compare thia
Spanish Comb* Worn.
Doctor McCook, with the assistance
work of man w ith sim ilar works of
The Lord Changeth N o t
Reports that hats and gowns w ill
o f a clvtl engineer, proceeded to sur­
the
cutting
ants
In
Texas.
Compare
And I w ill come near to you to Judg­ be reminders of old Spain have come
vey the main course of the Insects. In
the work of man w ith all h l* m a­ some places the tunnel was as deep as
ment ; I w ill be a sw ift witness against a* good new* to the m anufacturer*
chinery
and
Instruments
and
fhut
of
false swearers, and against those that of Spanish eomhs. A fte r a tremen­
six feet beneath the surface, the aver­
the ants w ith only their Jaw* and per­
oppress the hireling In his wages, the dous sale of these studded combs last
age depth being about eighteen inches.
haps oue p air o f legs which they nae
widow and the fatherless, and that fall there w«s • sudden falling off In
At the “exit hole.”
feet from the
at a time, the sise and length o f the
turn aside the stranger from h l* right, trade which left many msnufactur-
neat, the tunnel was two feet deep.
tunnel with that created by man,
man. and
and.
Besides
thia
main
line
there
were two
two
and fea r not me. aaith the Lord of era with large stocks on hand. They
Beside* this main line there were
Hosts. For I am the L o rd ; I change are dusting them off now and adding
'•" •ly . 'he relative alse of the a n t* and Y branch tunnel* which deflected from
more elaborately designed one* to
® al1-
“ ust adm it that taking
th. frnnk |lne
, entrance to a
n o t— M alachi 8:5, 6.
-w .
.
a il
fh ln e a
n fo
oom
»« m a m
-- - * I
.
.
.
— '
all
things I Into
comparison
the work
their samples.
peach orchard 125 feet distant.
,
of the ants la o f fa r greater magnitude
Worship.
Than that of man.
A main purpose of worship on earth
W hy It Cxista.
Dr. Henry McCook states that Gen
on the part o f Christiana, who believe
An Arisons entomologist claim * to
era! Fou ntain .'w h ile stationed at Fort
'h at they have to prepare for the sight
Power In Hand* of Few.
b»ve discovered usefulness In the chlg­ C lark, noticed that the troop garden
of God In Judgment, la that It la a ger.
rl
Nothing appear* more surprising to
We don't know what It la, but
was constantly being raided by these those who consider human affairs with
preparation. Worship la an education
fhe chlgger exist*
ant*, which stripped the vegetables of a phllogophieal ey* than the easiness
,n* ’rlt,b le - future.— IL
P. ■o-eiy f ror
or the
purpose
of
giving
people
me purpose oi g>vmg people
thelr leave*,
|(.a res. compelling them to ahan- I w ith which the i
their
the many are governed by
w meth.ng to do when they might o,h- J don
la rd e n . Another lor, tlon WM , w ith which
_ UX
N O T O N L Y T H E M IL L IO N S JOF
S A T iS P J E D W E A R E R S O F K R Y P
T O K S S M IL E , hut the optical specialist
who recommend* them *m ile i, secure in
the knowledge that he h a t recommend
ed the best bifocal known to optical
ence.
aei-
BARTCHER & RORBAUGH
The Albany Furniture Exchange
MAN RFATFN
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The county farm bureau expecis
to amend the c o n s titu tio n and
elect officere at an all-day meeting
a t A lb a n y Dec. 17.
The Farm ers’ Co-operative W are­
house company o f Sweet Hom e is
-meing L. W. Storey, its manager,
for an alleged shortage,
Teache.-B’
In s titu te
M onday,
Tuesday and
Wednesday
and
Thanksgiving Thursday muke this
a holiday week for the schools.
O ptom etrist.
a l u n v
Characteristic U. of O. football
weather Saturday.
The player
who can slide on his ear iu a mud
puddle for the longest tim e w ith o u t
drow ning is the best player.
The ro llin g of the crushed rock
on the Shedd-Halsey roud w ill
take some tim e yet.
The mixers
for the surface of asphalt-conorete
have arrived on the ground.
D ellis and C liffo rd C ornett and
Irene Q uim by, shorthorn
club
winners at the P ortland livestock
show, are pictured on the fro n t
page of Thursday’s Oregon Farm er.
owg-«
H arold A lb ro .
M anufacturing o p tic ia n .
Thirteen-year-old Lawrence T u ll
wou the first of the Brow nsville
Tim es’ two prize* for essays by
grade school pupils 8h armistice
day.
N ine.year-old John Gross
won second.
Mil IO
« --« ------- ---— . . . J o u m
Mrs. D. T a y lo r left for Eugene
F riday, her husbaud follow ing
next day, to absorb the delights of
the fo otball game.
Jack Frost never stops long in
Hulsey,
Our clim ate does not
agree w ith h im .
Here i t is th a n k -,
giving und he has o nly visited us
twice th is fa ll.
y o u w a n t th e m .
We
G. W. M ornbinw eg o f Halaey
ind W- C. Cooley of B row nsville
have been draw n fo r grand ju r y ­
men.
A Buick car driven by M r. D un-
ap of Sbtdd was consederablv
damaged when another car bump d
in to i t ou a Eugeue s tr et footba 1
day.
you
o f use­
fu l C h ris tm a s g ifts a n d d e liv e r th e m
The Brow nsville Ladies’ Study
club has added about eighty juve­
nile books to the p u b lic lib ra ry .
J. S. M c W illia m s took tim e by
the forelock, leaving for Eugene
Friday so as to lie iu tim e fo r the
football game.
Put ¡Science into Farm
Practice
Rav«l Out Paaae Garment«, Cleanse
Wool and Make New Articles
for Cold Weather.
Ifwjsa be cottfuruhlji dutog not^Lg,
(Continued from page 1}
The Baptist church at Browns
v ille is 63 years old,
FAHMEBS’ MB
For storms th a t pass and have an end,
For woes Thou m ak’st to cease,
AIL victories on God depend.
Tho Mars a little tim e may rend
E a rth ’s quiet, soon the noise shall blend
W ith bugle notes of peace.
THE OLD SWEATER MADE NEW
A well-made worsted sweater wlW
last years and years; hut styles In
sweaters change rapidly nowaday-
and long before the garment you knit
ted with infinite pains has worn out
Its lines and style have become passe
It Is always a pity to waste good wool
and In h a lf a morning you can rave
out the passe garment, rewind th<
wool, and make ready to start a new
sweater. Or you can turn your old
sweater Into a scarf or a pretty bed
Jacket.
' Do not attem pt to knit the new
Jots and Tillies
Purola Peroxo Cream,
a greaaeless, frarant
vanishing c r e a m.
('leans and softens
the skin. A delight­
ful vanishing cream
that can be depend­
ed on to preserve a
healthy artd youth­
ful complexion.
Melba g r e a s e l e s s
cream <fe face cream
Pompeiian day, night
and massage cream.
Pond s v a n i s h i n g
cream
W oodbury's f a c i a l
cream
Stillman’s f r e c k l e
cream
Ringo’s Drug Store
Tress.
¡ 'm a y be worth more locally because
transportation Is saved.
Advertise in papers and otherwise
secure outside competition.
Secure bids If practicable both by
the lump and by log-scale measure.
Be sure that you are selling to re­
sponsible purchasers.
Get a reliable estimate of the
amount and value of the m aterial
before selling.
M arket the higher grades of timber
and use the cheaper for farm pur­
poses.
Remember that standing tim ber can
w a it over a period of low prices w ith ­
out rapid deterioration.
Use a w ritten agreement In selling
tim ber, especially i f the cutting is
done by the purchaser.
Additional details concerning the
profitable
m arketing
of woodland
products are contained in Farmers'
Bulletin 1117, Forestry and Farm In ­
come, copies of which may be had
upon request o f the division of Publi­
cations, United States Departm ent of
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
P A U tt }
&
P oultry dem onstration* w ill be
held at Mrs. 0 C. K a rste n s'fa rm ,
harm ony com m unity, a t 9 Dec. l j
and a t E. J. Henderson’s, three
m ile* east of B row nsville, at 9:30
the next day.
M r*. Marcella K ir k o f Portland
was an a rriv a l Haturday to visit at
the home of her parents, J. J, Cor­
coran and wife, for a few days.
She is a nurse at the Good Sam ar­
ita n hospital, P ortland.
TAKE-ALL DISEASE OF WHEAT
|
Some members of the ro fin ty
farm bureau are in arrears and
Departm ent of Agricultura H a * Found th e ir money is needed for the pay­
T hlrty-N lno Varieties Im m un*
ment o f bureau b ill*.
The same
to Ailm ent.
condition exist* between the K n .
E ffo rt, by t h . United Statoa Depart-
»V«« »««>9 of IU subscrib-
m rnt nt Agriculture to combat th * so- e , * ‘
called take all dl*ea*e of wheat In till
Archie Cornelius w e n t to Eu­
nola and Indiana have resulted In find- g«n e Saturday on business.
M rs
inc 3» varieties that are either »
Cornelius a n d her sta le r, M iae
mune or highly r o . l . t . n t to the d l. , D u n d o „ w en t w ilh h j
,
ease. They a r* Relogllna, Crimean,
f u r r e ll, Dte.z, la.ngher'ry, E arly May,'! ° VBr “ »• •nboc,! holiday
The
FuIcBflttr, Fults. CHpsy, Gladden. Gold J o u n K *
,H attending the Hal«
tc h o o l.
Coin, Urandprlse. Harvest King. Him
garian, Jones Fife. Konred, K h trk o f.
A "ta b le re d ish '’ grown by O.
I<esp, Malakof. Mammoth Red Mich­
igan Amber, M editerranean. Mlnnewota R . B o n d has l>een t a e x h ib itio n in
M r. Bond
Kellahle. Nigger Festerboden. Pool*. the poetofflee window.
Portage. Pride of Indlaua. Red Cross probably planted it in thia county,
(red chaff), Red Rock Red Wave. R<- but in growing some portions of it
liable,
Rudy,
Stoner
(Marvelous
may have extended ecroee the
Trum bull, T urkey, and Wheedling .
county line.
Facta.
A fact la an excellent thing and
yon must have fact* to w rite about;
hut yon should realise that sven a
f a « before It la ready for presentation
must he cut and polished like a dla-
i mood.—James Bryc*.
The W om en’s club had the big­
gest chrysanthem um show in tho
history of Lebanon last week. One
uf the ’ mums shown meaaured 20
inches. The Express does not say
whether those figures represented
the ciroutnference or the diameter-