ULUAL ENTERPRISE A« lad.»»»««»1—w“t paper published eveiy Wedueeday, K, « « . H . W HJC1CUSM News Notes From All Over Oregon The Great Outdoors G le a n e d b y t h e e\Y s te r n N e w s p a p e r U n io n Where Bread, Meat, Clothing, Health anti V ¡gorotM Humanity are Produced fl.SO.u year A lvarU ting, 3 « an m th ; au Jiacuun lut Urne ut tpace ; no charge for coui position or cxauges. , M '•Fais-foi F*ra «Averti*.ng Aleguleed aa a « « a PORTLAND Ton-Litter Contest for Oregon Pigs P o rk e r» T h a t W in T h e s e P riz e s Will Bo P ig s W o rth R a isin g RIDES Portland slobbered over all Oregon In a “pull together” campaign, tell- ing the rest of the state that its In* In a recent issue the Enterprise terests and hers are identical and told of ton-litter pig contests. The that a great and abiding love ought abject is now being brought home to exist between them. to Oregon hog raisers by the appro­ “Pull together” means “Pull as I priation of 1160 for prizes at the do." ’ , tate fair, as follows: Then Portland sharpened her knife $50 for the best six months old (with coin) and went out to hit the i tter weighing a ton or more, $40 governor and beat the income tax 30, »20 and »10 for the next four and corral the legislature, and she and »10 fer the heaviest six-months- did .hose things. Representative Swan and Senator old pig. Prof. E. L. Potter of O. A. Garland, from this coufity, though I C. has charge of the contest. Open to they were lawyers, did not “belong.” I any litter farrowed after March 1. They have “talked Bassy” to some I . ,r. Potter must be notified within 5 of Portland’s two-legged property at .ays after the farrowing. Salem. Our other representative, The litters will be weighed Tuesday, £lder Tucker (do not call him “Rev.” .eptember 29, at the fairgrounds, by He is pastor in a denomination which ordains eiders to preach but says a committee of two men, one. of "Reverence God.”) has called down v nom shall be the college repiesent- opposition from farmers and a veto itive. If any litter seems to have an from Gov. Pierce by a stock Inspec­ (. xessive fill they shall be weighed tion bill that might tend to health the following daj>. Any litter which but would create a salaried position weighs a ton may ipmpete if they are for which stock owners would have Uss than 180 days old. Litters over to pay. He also sought to create .30 days will have 1 2-3 pounds per another salaried board to censor ■ig .taken off for every day over 180 movies without providing a censor c.iys, and every litter under 180 days, for the censors, and he has, with the f weighing a ton, will have 1 2-3 rest of the county, been defeated on •founds per day per pig Added to the Clear lake bill. t ejr weight. No doubt there was justice In. in­ We shall not be Surprised if some creasing our county school superin­ ol Linn county’s boys’ and girls’ pig tendent’s salary, but it could only be clubs draw down some of that $160, accomplished on the “you tickle me i >r they have pedigreed stock and and I’ll tickle you" plan and Port­ h:.ve studied proper feeding and care. land’s breathing property has fast­ ened on the tax ridden state a lot of needless salary raises and other ex­ penses. To add to this Increase of tax burden it has called for a consti­ tutional amendment that would abolish the inheritance tax and forbid C a re fu l A tte n tio n to th e income tuxes for fifteeb years, tho Quality May Build a the people could straightway (amend , P a y in g B u sin e s s the amendment to read “two years” or “fifty years” if they and the leg­ (By O. A. C. Experts) islature should choose. Corvallis, Feb. 20. — Grass seed The amendment is like much of the production, Vhich has been of minor other work of the wise men at Salem, mpdhtance in western Oregon for a of no earthly use except to add to lumber of years, is becoming profit­ the muddle that clutters up our laws able and prominent in Linn county. and constitution. The acreage grown for seed in wes­ Portland Is riding a titgn horse— tern Oregon has increased very much perhaps too high for safety. in the last few years. “Pride goeth before a fall.” English fjnd Italian rye, tall mea­ Governor Pierce, with his back to dow oat grass, orchard glass and thq wall, has fought the raiders as creeping bent and some red panary we(f as he could and is slated for de­ and timothy are being grown. feat for a re-election If the gang con­ Seed produced in western Oregon tinue to “put it over” the country. superior to that grown in many W estern O regon for Grass Seed More Instead of fewer commissions, more instead of fewer office hold­ ers, and higher instead of lower sal­ aries were in the Portland ph n of uttack on the state treasury and the tax payers thia year. Evidence which seems credible has been produced to show that John tVilkes Booth, who assassinated Pres­ ident Lincoln, escuped, that a man named Ruddy, was killed in his stead, i.nd that Booth under an assumed name committed suicide in Enid, Ok., In 1903, by taking poison, and that his embalmed body is now In Mem­ phis. Also that during his life he told the details of the ptottlng of the murder and implicated Andrew .'cckson in it, fl , The senate voted down n bill to forbid cigaret billboard advertising in Öregon. The legislature is look­ ing for more ways of raising the looney it has appropriated so freely end may tax cigsrets, so the more of them our boys and girls are In­ duced to buy the more revenue Betweun IS,000 and 16.000 acre teet ct water at present Is Impounded In the Ochoco reservoir near Prineville, and It Is believed by H M Chadwick, assistant slate engineer, that the reservoir will till to capacity this win tar a»*! C aalld g a A pp ro ves A u s tra lia " C ru ise Washington. D. C. President Cool Idge has given Unal approval to th« cruise of the United States fleet U Australia.this summer. 4 iF Ohio Potatoes Produce Higher Yields in 1924 Washington, D. C.—Divorcement .of the big five meat packing companies from their control of meat refrigerator cars was recommended by the federal, trade commission In a report aent to the aenate In response to a resolution calling for Information regarding the consent decree entered Into by the packers with the department of Justice In 1920. The commission alio recommended that atepa be taken either by the courts or congress to separate the big pack­ ers finally from tbelr ownership of stockyards through sale either to ex- letlng agencies such aa the principal connecting railroads, or to separate companies, "entirely Independent both In law and. In fact." Stockyards and railroad cars are In fact adjuncts of transportation, the commission held, and as sucb, their operation should be subjected to regulation of the inter­ state commerce commission. Ohio certified seed potatoes produce higher yields (at least In Ohio) than do the certified tubers from sister po­ tato-growing states, says N. W. Gllnes, farm crops specialist at Ohio State university. He bases his assertion on results obtained at the Ohio experi­ ment station at W ooster. Tests there showed average yields of 204 bushels an acre for Ohio R usset Rurals, 218 bushels for Ohio W hite Rurals. 147 bushels for Wisconsin White Rurals, 179 bnshels for Michigan Russet Ru­ ral« and 122 bushels for New York White Rurals, the latter, .however, only on the basis of one sample. The Ohio samples were obtained by securing a peck from each grower whose seed was certified In 1923, this being one of the requirem ents for cer­ tification. Mr Gllnes reports an increasing In­ terest throughout the state In certified seed In 1924 there were 8,700 bushels of Ohio White Rurals and 2,830 btfeiidls of Ohio Russet R urals certified for seed. MEAT SHORTAGE PREDICTED Keep Flock Healthy Through Sanitation Flnancars Told America May Lose Position In W orld M arket. New York.—The American family's "T-bone steak" and "prime roast beef au jus,” will be both scarce and dear by next September, a delegation ol cattle raisers and dirt farmers from mid-western states told Wall street financiers at a luncheon. The westerners thought that the butcher would be forced to put on the screws because of herds dispersed during the ruinous post-war slump. The national meat shortage, the visitors agreed, threatens to become so acute by fall that it may cost North America Ita position In world markets as a meat producer. Judge Helds Flivver Perm Tool. Bend.—An automobile Is A farm 1m plement and therefore exempt from at tachment up to g oertalo sum, Circuit Judge T. E. J. Duffy held in the re plevln action of Seth Stockey, rancher versus Albert Julian, conatable. That Is, of course. If the car la used In connection with the operation of the tarm. Free Qraxlng Favored By Senate. Washington, D. C.—The secretary ol the Interior would be authorized tc waive all fees during 1925 tor graz Ing on public lands under a joint resolution adopted by the senate. T H E M ARKETS Portland Wheat — Hard white, $1.88; soft white, $1.80; northern spring, $1.80; hard winter and western white, $1.79; western red, $1.78. Hay—Alfalfa. $19®19.50 ton; valley other sections, being large, plump, timothy, 819® 20; eastern Oregon of good color and high germination, timothy. $22»24. and easily cleaned to high purity. Butterfat—47c delivered Portland. A number of large seed house« in E ggs— Ranch, 23® 25c. 1 the United States have representa­ Cheese—Prices f. o. b. Ttllamock: tives in western Oregon Investigat­ Triplets, 2tc; leaf. 27c per lb. ing and contracting for pure grass Ceattle— Steers goqd. $7.50®8.00. seed. Hogs — Medium to choice, 810.5 © Success in growing pure grass 11.85 seed depends on the grower’s knowl­ Sheep—Lambs, medium to choice edge of grasses and their seeding 811018 50. habits, methods of hr-ndling and S eattle ability to put high grade seed on Wheat—Soft white, 81.81; western: the market. It* is important that growers market only pure seed, for j white, 81 79; hard winter, $1.79; wee i on the quality of seed depends the de­ era red. 91.79; northern spring. $1 81. Rig Rend bluestem, $2.11. velopment of this industry. i Hay— Alfalfa, $23; D. O . $29; tlm B.irnyard manqre reinforced with I othy. $2«; D. C.. $28; mixed hay. $24 Butterfat—45c. 30 to 30 pounds of acid phosphate Eggs Ranch. I3 © 3 0 c per ton gives good results, tspsclslly pei ton gives good results especially • Hogs -Prime mixed, $12012 25 C attle—Choice steers. 17 5 0 9 7 00 on Oregon soils that have been crop­ Cheese--Washington cream brick ped for some time. In the older 19c; Washington triplets. 19@20< dairy sections of the state, acid phos­ phate is used in the gutter and sta­ Washington Young Americas 21022c ble«. A handful of acid phosphate is Spokane. scattered behind each stall and in Hog»-Prime mixed. $11.75 011 85 that way becomes thoroughly mixed Cattle— Prime steers, 87250776 with th» manure. In thia way the manure is not only reinforced with ! phosphorus, but the land plaster in ' The Coos bey district, which Is pro­ the acid phosphate unites with the gressing rapidly In development of the ammonia, preventing a loss of nitro­ cheese Industry, Is already laying plans for observance of ''cheese week." gen. dated for the first week of Jdav. eny ceuneu. VEAL POULTRY EGGS CA PO N S lutsui plaster can be used to advan- HOGS I tage as a top dressing at the rate (tweet clover Improvee the poll much more rapidly than red clover, hecsn-e We want your produce and guar anlee the highest market price« ft hat a greater root system which penetrates the subsoil deeper than red Our business «•tabhshed 44 vaars clover The long roots loosen up the ago enbsnll and at the same time put Erfercnca, Hank of California humus la It ** R e p o rt A g a in s t C ar C o n tro l b y P a c k e rs Practically 76 per cent of the wheat la Umatilla county was killed by the December treese and It will require about 1760.000 to pay for wheat with which to reseed. of 40 to SO pound« per acre, applied i so that spring ruin will take it into the soil It is also used by many potato growers to dust seed after ; cutting, previous to planting tays the OJk.C. experiment station. Plan to Secure. Eggs While Prices Are High. It Is most im portant that the h lrd i be kept In health during the w inter months, not sltnply because we are anxious to secure a good production while prices are high but also because the condition of the birds now Is going to materially affect the results of the breeding season next spring and the mortality for the whole coming yeur. You have probably noticed how quickly the birds quit scratching when the litter becomes heavy or dirty anil begin to spend much time sitting about. This reduces their .circulation, makes them more subject to colds and also slows up digestion and appetite. Dust has been shown to irritate the birds' lungs and makes them more subject to colds. Ju st how to keep this dust down on dirt 11.sirs Is a prob­ lem. filling has been tried, hut the oil Is usually tracked onto the eggs, a f­ fecting their flavor and hatch ability. Several Inches of clean sand on the pecked dirt with straw above this seems to be the best solution. Ashes or cinders should not be put In the house. The form er makes an exceed­ ingly fine and caustic dust, the latter are sharp and often result In Injury to the feet. The w riter has not seen a patented Utter which proved entire­ ly satisfactory. Most hen houses need a much more frequent disinfecting than they usual­ ly get to destroy accumulations of bac­ teria causing roup and other con­ tagious diseases. A fine spray ts su­ perior to painting because It Is dark cracks which need the application most. The floor and nests should he thoroughly sprayed each time the lit­ ter Is removed. .Sheep dips diluted a pint to twelve quarts of w ater are sat­ isfacto ry — O. C. Krum. Poultry Spe­ cialist, Colorado Agricultural College. Male Is Half the Flock Each male bird that Is retained as a breeder In your poultry flock will contribute half the characteristics pos­ sessed by the chicks hatched thle spring. Round up your males and see that all of them possess the traits yon want to have transm itted to your next season's chicks. In case you buy baby chicks tfom a hatchery. It Is nn ad­ vantage to buy them where some a t­ tention la paid to getting eggs from well-bred flocks. Not so many sets of tw in lam bs at usual are being born this year In the corrals and shed» of U m atilla county sheep men. according to reports from growers. The single lam by are rugged and healthy, however, and prom ise to m ake excellent growth Market Agent W rites a Letter Foul Seed. P o o r Sacks C o -o p e ra tio n C ro w d O re g o n L a g s Portland, Feb. 19. Dockage of wheat on account of weed seeds and other foul material, and smut dockage, are a source of an astonishing aggregate loss to grain growers. Clean the grain of dockage at the thrasher» and of smut at the elevators, thereby mak­ ing a greap saving in freight, hand­ ling and insurance costs. The following items are taken from the reports of the samplers and weighers in the railroad yards. “Car of 735 sacks, 189 bad orders, 19 respeks, sacks in every poor con­ dition, nails in walls* and floor. “Box car, 163 bad orders, 16 re­ sacks, all sacks on floor piled on edge, seams and ends hursted. "Car, 117 bad order sacks, 119 re­ sacks, sucks in very poor condition. “Car of barley, 1000 sacks, 608 bad orders, 60 per cent more or less caked. “Mixed car of wheat and oats, sacks in lot No. 2 tied, not sewed. 19 came loose and contents mixed with bulk wheat.” Hundreds of such ¿terns of care­ lessness and waste are recorded in the Department, and the costs of re­ sacks, the loss of grain and the cost of labor all come out of the growers’ pocket. Minnesota farmers practice co-op­ eration. Every branch is leaping ahead. In one county, Ottertail, the co-operators own their own paper " to defend our enterprises when they reach dimensions that become men­ acing to big business,” the paper states. The state co-operative creameries' did »1,000,000 business last year in handling machinery and supplies alone, of which »100,000 was returned to members in dividends. The butter from these creameries commands a premium on the market, while the milk produced ratqs 92 per cent or better. In 1919 the grange» of Washing­ ton state organized the Grange Warehouse company. Today it has CO stores and 34,000 iamIHes on its membership rolls, and every variety of food which can be sold in tin retain­ ers is offered for sale under the slo­ gan “Direct from producer to con­ sumer.” The farm members of the co-operation raise most of the vege- ! tables and fruits sold under the co­ operative label. Nearly every rural center in the state has its store, with central warehouses in the larger cities. The organization follows along the lines of the Rochdale sys­ tem in England. Agricultural producers in Oregon should get in line with other states in co-operative movements. The ex­ periment stage has passed and the system is now getting down to a bus­ iness foundation that get» results. It is but a matter of union, strength and loyalty, and Oregon appears to lie lagging behind other states. C, E. Speuce, State Market Agent. Eggs for Hatching It la poor policy, says N. E. Chap­ man, poultry specialist with the exten­ sion division a t U niversity farm at S t Paul, Minn., to use hatching eggs th at M e e tin g to P lan Seed W h e a t R e lie f. are more than two weeks old. Fresh Seattle. W ash.—Business men and •e stored In u tem perature of ber of commerce building to discuss DO degrees or lower. Instructions sent with the Incubator should be studlsd financial aid for dry land farm ers and followed. e a st of the Cascade mountains. f J T o reduce your present high cost of feed- j. I infuse Alfalfa Meal Molasses J This is Alfalfa Meal and pure Cane Mo- J J lasses. A really good dairy feed J Fresh shipment just received 3 /K O. \Y . F R U M V Mra. Mabel Bast has been appointed postmaster at Suntex, Harney county. The annual meeting of the Umatilla County Benkers' association was held in Pendleton. J. R. Raley, a Pendleton attorney, has been chosen to manage the Port­ land Hose Festival thl» year. * The annual three-day convention of the Oregon Hardware and Implement Retail Dealers will open In Portland March 4. Construction of a bridge over the Columbia river between Longview, Wash., and Rainier, was approved by the senate. An extensive program of street im­ provements for 1925 In Oregon City has been tentatively outlined by the city commission. The Portland Kennel club will hold Its annual bench exhibition of blood­ ed dogs In the Portland city auditor­ ium April 2, 8 and 4. March 3-8, Inclusive, was. announce ed as dates for the annual northwest­ ern convention of the Christian and missionary alliance In Hood River. The Deschutes river within the city limits of Bend will soon be spanned by a new bridge. If a move launched by residents west of the river ma­ terializes. Wooden bridges, instead of con­ crete, will be built over the mill race at Patterson and Hllyard streets in Eugene, according to a decision by the John B. Bell Jr. of Eugene, has been appointed principal cadet at the United States military academy at West Point by Senator Stanfield, with Roy Jarman of Echo as first alternate. George A. Neuner, Jr., of Roseburg, was recommended by the Oregon sen­ ators for United States attorney tor the district of Oregon to succeed John S. Coke, who resigned some months ago. An estimate giving Portland a popu­ lation" of 355,445, and, with the dis­ tricts Just outside, 460,000. was made by the Industries department of the Portland chamber of commerce re­ cently. The state supreme court has hand­ ed down an opinion affirming the cir­ cuit court for Coos county In the case of L. W. Pearce, who Is in the peni­ tentiary at Salem awaiting execution tor the murder of James Culver. Work is expected to be started in a short time on the ten miles 'of rail­ way to be built by J. H Chambers, lumberman of Cottage Grove, from that city to a tract of timber beyond Lorane, where a large sawmill will V% » hw.ll» ‘ The big state highway bridge across the Lewis and Clark river on the lower Columbia river highway. Is near­ ing completion, and according to A. O. Skelton, reaident engineer In charge of the work, the structure will be opened tor traffic about March 1. A special election will be netd oy 11 school districts in the northern part of Clackamas county February 28 to vote on the proposed union high school at Milwaukie. The first passenger, freight and telegraph statlop tq be added by the Southern Pacific Railway company on Its Eugene-Klamath Palls line is now in operation at Westfir. John M. Jones. Portland postmas­ ter, has been named vice-president of the National Association of Post­ masters to represent Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho and Montana. Advices received at Ione state that an oil well drilling outfit has been ship­ ped for the lone Oas A Oil company and that drilling operations will h g ln not later than March 1. The Hermiston high school debate team won the debate against Pendle­ ton last week and thereby stepped on the first rung of the ladder that may lead to the state contest. rtie basketball championship of dis­ trict No. 2 of the Oregon State High School association will be decided In « tournament to be played In Pendle­ ton February 2«. 27 and 28. The dta trlet comprises Morrow, Umatilla, Gil­ liam and Wheeler counties. More than 8500,000 w il~ be "«pent In Portland, and a total of $1.000,- 000 in the entire state during the Present year by the Pacific Tele­ phone A Telegraph company tor ex­ tensions and Improvements of plant and equipment. The house bill authorising addition of certain lands to the Santlam na­ tional forest In Oregon was acted on favorably by the senate. A house' bill transferring a tract of land In Lane county to the state of Oregon for fish hatchery purposes also was success­ ful. (Continued on page 5)