I «- Ntwt Nol>> News Note« From AH Over Oregon Gleaned by the \V estern Newspaper Union The Great Outdoors W h e n Broad, Clothing, Health and Vigorous Humanity are Produced able to lake over the management and control of the projects, to run them to suit themselves. For years they have heen complaining—most­ ly without reason—about the extra­ Appointments to Cabinet For vagance of the reclamation service and Reaching Rural Homes the autocracy of the project man­ That Are Prepared New Term Completed By agers. Now they have the oppor­ for Receiving President Coolidge. tunity to demonstrate how much bet­ ter they can do the job. One great (U . S. Dept. Bulletin) Washington, D. C.—President Cool­ cause of friction will be eliminated and everybody will be happier^— idge completed the cabinet that will Radio is being used for dissemin­ serve with him after March 4 with February SUNSET. ating many kinds of information the appointment of William M. Jar­ among rural homes, from weather dine of Manhattan. Kan., president of and «prop reports to geheral agri­ Beet 8ugar Combine Charged. the Kansas B u te Agricultural college, cultural facts. Extension workers have Washington, D. C.—Charges of un found radio useful in giving talks on to be secretary of agriculture. AU posts now are filled, the only fair methods In competition are made agriculture and home economics to hitch being the opposition In the sen- by the federal trade commission the stay-at-homes who can not at­ ate to confirming the nomination of against the Larrowe Milling company tend demonstrations and meetings, Obarles B. Warren of Michigan to be of Detroit, and 17 manufacturers of who nevertheless would like 40 be­ beet sugar, in a complaint made pub nefit by extension teaching. A recent attorney-general. lie by tbe commission. The complaint instance of how well a program in The special session ot the senate on March 4, however, is expected to dis­ charges that the respondents are en­ home economics can'be planned and pose of this stumbling block. Con­ gaged in a wrongful combination and sent out by radio has been report­ forming td hla policy of cleaning off conspiracy to suppress competition in ed to the United States department hie desk In preparation for his new ad­ tbe marketing of beet pulp, a by-pro of agriculture from Oregon. ministration, the president also Bent duct of beet sugar manufacturing. A newspaper having a broad cast­ to the capital the nomination of Frank ing station invSed the state home is the tractor radiator drained? B. Kellogg of Minnesota, now ambas­ demonstration staff to give a series a • • sador to Great Britain, to be secre­ Publicity never made a cow give of talks of interest to farm women. tary of state, succeeding Charles more milk. During the summer months, food" • • • preservation was discussed every two Evant Hughes, March 4. Be sure that the poultry breeding weeks. Half-hour talks were given Oectl Creel, director of the Univer­ one after-noon a week during the sity of Nevada Agricultural college, is house Is clean and sanitary. • • • winter months on such subjects as expected to get the assistant secre­ and Cover crops are safe fertility and nutrition, home management taryship when Jardine takes office. provide humus, no why not grow clothing. The topics to be sent over the radio were listed a week in advance Jardine la a product of Idaho them? in the radio programs of three news­ • e e ranches, on which he was born Janu­ papers, so that anyone might plan to ary 14 1373. Moving to Kansas about Save and apply to fields, especially listen to those of especial interest. 1900, he took up agriculture from the on thin spots, as much stable manure Titles for the nutrition talks in­ academy standpoint, teaching several us Is possible. cluded, “Some important factors in • a • agricultural schools. Later be became Finding four-leaf clovers tnay bi nutrition," “Earmarks of defective affiliated with the federal government lucky, but planting the three-leaf kind nutrition.'* “ Ideals for today's nutri­ In experimental work. He was nam­ Cows do not enjoy moldy silage, and tion,” “The noon meal at school," ed president of the Kansas State Agri­ "Food and food habits," “Are you cultural ooDege In 1918 after eight It makes horses sick. e v e a good fireman?” "Some important year« In oonnectlon with It. Recent, Farmers of the United States planted building blocks,” “A matter of min­ ly he wan a member of the presi­ 7170,000,000 acres of crops in 1024. eral," “The elusive vitamin,” “A dent's agricultural commission, whose • • * league of rations,” “Food, teeth, and recommendations now are pending Semi-solid buttermilk Is a valuable before congress. poultry feed, especially when there health,” “A well-ordered alimentary Is no home supply of sour milk or but­ canal,” and "Our friend the dairy termilk T H E MARKET8 cow.” • • e Other topics were: “Servants Portland Cabbages keep well In a barrel without wages,” "Using time ef­ Wheat —• Hard white. 81-83; soft burled In the ground. ficiently,” “The home workshop,” • • • white, 31-73; northern spring, 31-80; “Do your dollars spend well,” Watch your seed corn. peHS, etc., and hard winter, 3^-86; western white, “Household backgrounds and cos- fumigate promptlv if weevils appear 51.80; western red, 31 76 mefics,” “Dirt chasers,” “Knicknac)|S,’’ Hay—Alfalfa, 319® 19.60 ton; valley Label your products. Of what avail “Temperamental color»,” "Clothes timothy, 519080; eastern Oregon Is pedigree If Its possessor Is name­ lines," »“Texture and pattern effects,” timothy. 322084. less? “Dress foundation," "Values in tex­ • • a Butterfat—45c delivered Portland. tiles,” and others. Two Iteighbor- There It no short-cut to ease In Egge—Ranch, 81®24c. hoods in which there had been no pre­ farming; bat there ure wuys of uiuk- Cheese—Prices f. o. b. Tillamook: vious extension work for women re­ lng farming easier. Triplets. 31e; leaf, 32c per lb. a • • quested home economics extension Cattle—Steers good, 87.60® 8.00. work as a direct result of the talks Farmers winter-feeding fat stock Hogs—Medium to choice, 510.25® know that keeping them ulivnys Just 11 and one community learned for the first time of extension werk and its 312.00. little hungry keeps them on the guin functions. Sheep—Lambs, medium to choice, s e e Home Economics by Radio in Oregon A New Secretary He Sweeps Clean of Agriculture W ith New Brooms The Eastern Oregon Dental asso­ ciation held a two-day sseslon at La Grande Morris L. Johnson, Klamath couifty appraiser for the state bonus commis­ sion, has resigned. Burglars entered the general store nt Q ulna by and appropriated merchan disc valued at (700. (By Elaiue Woodworth) Captain John Erickson, for 42 years A farmer 2 | miles east of Craw- engaged In towboat service on Coos urdsville has been doing extensive bay, Is dead at the age of 77 years. xperiinenting in trying to develop Two armed robbers held up the Parkrose State bank, Just outside the i broom-making industry. Each ear for several years he has city limits of Portland, and escaped with about 31650 in cash. lanted a "lew acres in broom The Parkdale robbers were ar­ orn, not only usiog one oertain rested and most of their loot re type but trying several, and has covered, T hey oonfeesed. Vo Graft is Left Here Between Producer and Consumer H. L. Plank of Junction City was elected president of the Lane County Jersey Cattle Breeders' association at the annual meeting m Eugene. Crater Lake national park was the only park in the United States which paid dividends In 1924, according to Colonel C. O. Thomson, superintend­ ent. The date for the Pacific slope news­ paper conference has been set for April 17 and 18 In Portland, accord­ ing to Fred W. Kennedy, secretary of the press association. Work on the tunnels of the Eugene- Klamath Falls cut-off Is proceeding rapidly and the completion of the 3650 foot tunnel which Is being bored un­ der the summit of the Cascade^ la ex­ pected about July 4. Between 30 and 40 men are working on the Ashland-Klamath Falla high­ way In an effort to keep it open. In ■overal places the road base has broken through and It is with diffi­ culty that automobiles are able to pass the points. Two major general Improvement bond Issues aggregating 330,000 and changes In the present city charter providing for registration of voters In city «lections will be placed before voters at The Dalles at a special elec­ tion March S. Fire logses In Oregon, .exclusive of Portland, in January aggregated >14»,- 440, ««Cording to a report Issued by Will Moore, state fire marshal. The most disastrous fire was at 'Bilver Lake, where a hotel burned with a lo ss of 580,000. During the past year the Umpqua Valley cannery In Roseburg spent over 338 ,000 In purchasing produce from the farmers of Douglas county, and approximately 335,000 for labor, ac­ cording to thg report presented to the Stockholders at the annual meeting. * The fur Industry in central Oregon Is kerlously menaced by the use of polsoo by government trappers, It Is held by private trappers In Lake and Deschutes counties. It Is said that many valuable fur bearing animals ether than «oyotes are being destroy­ ed. One hundred and eighteen mills re- porting to the West Coast Lumber­ men's association for the week end­ ing February 7, manufactured 97,012, 061 feet Of lumber; sold 88,300,404 feet and shipped 87.964,130 feet. New business was 9 per cent below produc­ tion. A full-grown bobcat was electrocut­ ed on the 68,000-volt line of the Vale Electric company, between Vale and Nyssa. The oat climbed the 60-foot tail« and got Its face against the top wire while Its legs were around the ground wire which ruus the length of the pole. A switch at Cayuse, where a big Mullet engine was derailed, was block cd by Harvey Strong, a 17 year old In­ dian of Toppenish. Wash., according to a confession which the youth made to Deputy Sheriff Bennett at Pendle ton. The Indian gave no reason for his action. Suit to foreclose a mortgage tor 3873,403 14—the largest sum ever In volved In a legal action In Jackson county—was filed In the circuit court at Medford by th« Welch Investment company and J. W Stewart of Spo kare agatnat the Rogue Hlver Valley Canal company A pulp and paper mill coating 32,- ■04,000 will be erected at St Helens at oace by ths Hawley Pulp A Paper eoospsne and ths Charles R McCor 0 k k Lumbar company. It was an •minced by Willard P Hawley Jr.. «*wprestrn. It requires a compact sub- 41 and sandy surface, aud will mt thrive unless it has a great leal of water. Due to tbie, very ,i w places in Oregon are well lapted to raising it Most beginners make tbe m u- t ke of harvesting tbe crop too I . te, as some consider it necessary for the stalks io be well matured >nd leave it out to develop and it is caught by tbe fall rains. How- •vsr, it must be haivested only itfitr the beads are welt developed u i en criticized as inferior, but this i talk which originated among larger liinnufactutors, who fear the ompetitiou. O»e can hardly dis­ tinguish the home-made brooms lorn tbe product of the factory. Tbe Crawfordsville farmer is -killed in this industry, baying •een raised on a brooiu-making (arm. He bag all his own equip­ ment and sows from 12 to 15 acres a year, making tbe brooms during he slack season jo winter. He Hys be baa always found a ready market for brooms at a reasonably rofitable prioo around hie own arm As very little expense is i iached to ih6 growing of tbe oorn mil manufacturing it lotobroome, 311013.60. h e can afford to undersell precti- culty all of tbe factory makers, Beattie which ronders the disposal of bn Wheat*—Soft white, 31.82; western product easy. Congress Eyes Co-operation Washington. D. C.—Creation ot the federal co-operative marketing board, one of the principal recommendations of the president's agricultural confer­ ence, was proposed In the senate by Senator Capper, republican, Kansas, while the senate and house agricul­ ture committees both continued ex amination of members of the confer­ ence with a view to proposing other kdttalatton to carry out Its findings. The Capper bill followed exactly the terms of the measure offered In the house by Representative Haugen, republican, Iowa, chairman of the agri culture committee ot that chamber, which has the approval, in principle, ot Chairman Carey of the president's conference. The measure was sent In the usu al course to the senate agriculture committee, which plans to continue its hearings this week and begin formulation of a program next week The members ot the president's con fe;ence appearing before both the sen ate and house committees continued to stress the Importance of broad eclng the field of co-operative asso­ ciations. VEAL POULTRY EGGS CAPO NS HOGS We want yoer produce and guar* • n i t e the highest m a rk et prioee O u r bueineea established 44 years ago Reference, Hank of California P A G E & S O N Portland, Or. Does the snow sift In on the work­ bench and tools In your shop or garsgeT Melted snow Is water, and water rusts. • • • white, hard winter. 31 80; western red. The horticulturist of the Dominion 3182; northern spring, 31.86; Big of Canada has kept well for 20 years Bend bluestea, 31.20. Hey—Alfalfa, 383; D. C„ 328; tim­ by eating 8 to 10 apples a day, he 'old members of the state horticultural othy. 134; D C., 331; mixed hay, 324 society at a recent banquet. Butterfat—48c. • • • Eggs -Ranch, 26®30c. Between 1918 and 1924 the plantings H ogs-P rim e mixed. 511.76® 13.00. of lettuce rose from li.800 acres to Cattle-wCholee steers. 37.5003.00. 08.000 acres. • • . Chees«*- Washington cream brick, 19c; Washington triplets. 19®20c; The most successful pure bred live Washington Young America, 21®22c stock raising In tbe future will be a community enterprise. • • • Spokane The exceedingly slow and over cau­ Hogs -¡Prime miked, 311.86® 11.60. tious man may seldom make mistakes Cattle—Prime steers. 87.25@7 75 or accomplish anything. . . . Even if machinery old not rust ou* when exposed to winter weather. It's in eyesore lying around the premises . . • (Sunset for February) High grade marl gives ahouf the Twenty-three years after the pass­ same results ns limestone In making age of the original reclamation act lover grow, If used In the same quan Uncle Sam has come to the conclu­ tlty to the acre. A Better Chance for the Thrifty'Farm er sion, voiced in these pages a decade ago, that the average man can not take a piece of raw desert land, put expensive water on it and transform the combination inlo a productive firth in ten or twenty years on a capital of 1 few thousand dollars. Having reached this conclusion through the instrumentality of Dr. Elwood Mead, commissioner of re­ clamation, Uncle Sam is now re­ organizing and reshaping his land re­ clamation and colonization policy. Under the new law all land on reclamation service projects will be classified. Land too poor to produce paying crops will be eliminated; the remaining land will be classified ac­ cording to the productiveness of the -soil and the settler will he asked to pay for his water rigl Is on the basis of five per cent of the crop returns per annum. To the good farmer handling his soil intelligently and industriously this payment scheme is a decided relief: the thriftiest set­ tler will be shown up and will either have to mend his ways or get off. Better still, the seUleç* are now a a a Don’t go Into debt to buy feed for poor • cows. Investigators find thnt me ton of every eight purchased by feeders Is unwisely used-and Is there­ fore an economic waste. Certified Potato Seed Is First Large Factor Gottlieb Pfeefer, living horthwest of Lafayette In Tippecanoe county, Ind., grew 85 bushels of real potatoes from 3 bushels of certified early Ohlos and demonstrated to his own satisfaction that good seed stock pays. Pfeefer secured 3 bushels of certl fled potato seed from the Tippecanoe county farm bureau last spring. The Olitos cost 8181 a bushel. These he planted on a rich barn lot and gave them good care throughout the grow­ ing season. At digging time he har­ vested 85 bushels or the largest and best crop he had ever grown. Certl tied (xMato seed Is the first big factur In bringing the farm potato patch back. Purdue potato specialists say.—Pur due Experiment Station. Plan to K ill Quack Grass If you want to Ary killing quack grass this year, here ts one method that Is recommended. Plow Just deep enough to cut under the sod and turn the mat of roots to the surface. This will expose the underground stems to freezing and thawing and drying out, which will reduce their vitality. If It does not destroy them entirely. Then In the spring plow the field deep enough to bury the mass of roots at the bottom of tbe furrow. A car of 1 I Land Plaster J will arrive in February. Place your order $ * now for delivery right off the car at a great saving in price $ S | O. W . FR U M - (Continued from «olumn 1) Ing street intersection«, 5378.000 for MeKensle water project, 3135,000 tor new reservoir, m eins and pumps, >10,- 000 tor repairing city hall, 330,000 for paving street Intersections. 336,000 (or Incinerator and 8*000 tor pavlag. Snow at the summit of the Cas­ cades, near the W illam ette pass high way, not far frbm Crescent lake, la 15 feet In depth and is packed Into a glacier like mass by heavy rains and sub-sero weather, according to reports being brought to Bend by trappers. Net toll receipts of the Interstate bridge at Vancouver totaled 322.717.15 last month, an Increase of 3294741 over January, 1924, according to Auditor Rae. Multnomah county's share was 813,841.18 and Clarke coun­ ty received 39227.46. The gross re­ ceipts were 327,524.52; expenses were 34566 02. The Campbell Towne company of Oshkosh, Wig., submitted tbe highest bids to tbe department of the Interior on a stand of 37,000,000 feet'o f timber comprising the Creek unit of the Klamath Indian reservation. Prices per thousand board feet were 36.11 for pine, 32.52 for Douglas fir and 31.01 for other species. There were three fatalities due to industrial accidents In Oregon In the week ending February 12, according to a report Issued by tbe state indus­ trial accident commission. The vic­ tims were: R. A. Rtssue, Cottage Grove; S. E. Hamlin, Yamhill, and George Hyde, Trenholm. A total of 467 accidents was reported. The 6 per cent tax lim it was ex­ ceeded by the Lane county court In fixing this year's tax levy, according to a decision of Judge G. F. SUpworth at Eugene, and a change in the rolls will be made accordingly, according to the county court, which will pro­ ceed to reduce the tax 310,714.66, the amount that the limit was alleged to have been exceeded. • Machinery for the payment of loons aggregating 31.600,000 for the relief of eastern Oregon farmers in reseed­ ing purposes began to function when representatives of the, board of con­ trol left tor eastern Oregon cities to complete local arrangements for handling the money. Tbe plan calls for a local corAmitt.ee of five Kt serve without pay In each dlstrlot. The rivers and harbbrs bill earrtes an amendment adopted on motion of Senator McNary providing for a pre­ liminary examination and survey of the Columbia and W illam ette rivers from Portland to the sea with a view to a widening and deepening of the channel. The project contemplated Is the m ost'am bitious yet put forward for any river In the United States ex­ cept the Mississippi. An amendment to the rivers and harbors bill providing for preliminary survey of Umpqua river and harbor with a view to their improvement was adopted by the senate comm ittee on commerce. At the same time the committee gave Its approval to the McNary amendment giving local In­ terests on Tillamook bay credit for 3266.000 already expended by them on harbor Improvement Reclamation of the Fort Rock dis­ trict of the Deschutes national for­ est for grazing purposes, supplying range for an additional 30,000 head of sheep, or 8000 head of cattle, is being backed by sheepmen of central Ore­ gon. An appropriation of approxi­ mately 3100.000 by the government for the purpose of bringing water 86 or 40 miles from Paulina lake to the arid Fort Rock country Is being urged. A trust deed given by the Tide­ water Mill company, which Is 1 sub­ sidiary of the Porter Bros, company, which owns large tracts of timber land In western Lane county and the old Hurd sawmill at Florence, to the Detroit Trust company, securing a loan of 3400.000. was filed for record In the office of County Clerk Bryson at Eugene. The deed covers several thousand acres of the company's hold­ ings. | Because of the heavy damage that was done to wheat seeded last fall on the farm at Moro experiment station' the grain nursery In Umatilla county will provide valuable data on the re­ sistance to winter killing offered by the varieties seeded there last fall according to D. E. Stephana, superln teodent of Moro station Last fall on the Moro farm 10.000 single row plantings were made and every row of the wheat was winter killed Some varieties seeded In the Umatilla coun ty nursery were killed, but a big per rentage Is expected to come through w it> only nominal damage. As general averages, with tl active breeds of chickens, male to 25 females on range m je to 15 females when With the heavier breeds use o to 15 females on range and o to 8 or 10 females when penr.