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RURAL ENTERPRISE
I t —t-'-t M U t/a l—B««»
paper pnfcliabed avaiy W * 4 a ttd » j,
UJO a year
A Avert i a n g Jhr aa inch ao diacono
k » Umc or apace ; no charge lor com
eue* tooa or c siugea.
■a T a l « -M t paragraphe." te a Haa
» • a4r< ru a ag dlagalaad aa a « * a
EU 1 t m
M J t
NOV. 4, t r »
hie," let her hit him with an auto­
mobile and perhapi he arili. Pru- ’
dance’» daughter tried it and it was
a succès».
Sarrail Fails in
A ra b Campaign
value of the soil.
operation of the Klami, th irrigation * f
r"
.
“But the advice was ignored and district or the unpaid taxes situation, j * C W C F 1 a i T T l S 3 1 1 0
Paris.—General Sarrail, who permit­
ted the bombardment of Damascus
Irrigation Increases the several thousand acres of unfit “Mr. Bradbury characterized Com
WEEDS AND SCRAPS
land was included in the district. And missioner Mead as
baa been removed from his poet at
a “busy-body’’
under the rulings the good land in who is attempting to
high commissioner of Syria.
mix in the
American officiai reports presented Production to be Doubled the district is responsible for water internai politics of the Klamath irri­ Less Competition With
“ Halsey and Scio and Albany edi
charges on this useless land. It is gation district by discrediting the
torialiets are scrapping over which to the French foreign office by the
or More in the Days
American embassy on instructions
the same frightful blunder that has present administration of Mr. Brad­
Those Who
to
town can show the best growth of from Washington gave the French
to Cc me
cmbsrrMted various other districts.
bury and procuring the election of
their
Jobs
weed»." — Saturday’s Albany Dem
government more Information about
“And there was a further sugges­ two directors who would be favorable
Somebody sunning himself “An
the actions In Syria of General Sar-
crat-Herald. ,
Experienced Farmer” writes to the tion by the college experts that irri­ to the local officials of the United
rail than Paris bad received from
The department of commerce of
gation would raise the water table States reclamation service."
We find the above in last week’s
Eugene Register claiming that the
General Sarrail himself.
of the soil, that it would bring alkali
the 1 uited States haa just iuued
Scio Tribune with the comment that
Under Sarrall’s administration a re­ reason farmers are not more prosper- salts nearer the surface with danger
tome figures on the eituatlon on
in that paper’s home town the weeds bellion of the Drones, * tribe Httle
THE M ARKET8
farms in Linn eounty thia year
are so large they have to use an known in the western world, sadden | ous is that they produce too much, that the plant growth would be hin­
and compares them with those 0»
ax to cut them. That’s going brek ly demanded and received the world's not too little. He essays prophecy, dered.
Portland
five yeara ago, though it wares
“And for thjs reason it was sug­
to first principles. A weed is a plant attention when the French resorted to tco, saying: “Those people clamor
Wheat—Big Bend bluestem >1.53;
that
the 1925 figares are subject
out of place, and a tree is a plant,
gested
that
drainage
be
provided.
hard white, >l.5l; soft white »1.45;
bombardment of ancient Damascus -ng for irrigation will never use it
But this suggestion was likewise ig­ western white, $1.44; hard winter, to future correction.
many of which were found out of Up to the moment when French shells
anyway. There is more produce now
The figures below are from that
nored, and the project constructed northern spring and western red, >l.4l
place and removed with axes to make began bursting In the city the French
bulletin.
We note that notwjtb.
than
can
be
taken
care
of
or
mar
without drainage. The result is b it-|
* room for the cities of thia country.
Hay — Alfalfa, >18» 1# ton; valley
troubles In Syria were pretty much
stannding the steady atream of
keted. I was down in the river bot­ ter history.
But we wish to remark that we their own.
timothy, >18020; eastern Oregon
settlers pouring into Oregon wa
know of no Halsey editorialist wno
The government's decision to sub tom a few weeks ago and Mr. Smith
'The mortgage bonds are on the timothy, >21»22.
have 262 fewer farms and 341
Butterfat—55c shippers' track.
has been scrapping :4bout the growth stltute a civilian for a military man at was giving away hia string beans; land. The interest runs against the
fewer
farm owners in thia eouoly
Mrs.
Simons
said
the
cannery
would
Eggs—Ranch, 41® 49c.
of weeds here We haven't enough the head of the mandatory Syrian gov
settlers night and day. The state
than five years ,g 0, and that
not
h:/idle
any
more
tomatoes
and
I
ernment
la
significant
of
French
real
Cheese—Prices
f.
o.
b
Tillamook;
weeds in Halsey to do much scrap
guarantees of interest have been paid,
fvrm ert’ real estate has depreciated
ping about. We have well-kept lsatlon that the Damascus Incident think she said she had a hundred and interest on the bonds issued by Triplets, 81e; loaf, 32c per lb.
about one and one-third millions
bushels
rotting
on
the
ground
—
no
has
aroused
formidable
If
not
gener
Cattle—Steers,
medium,
>«.75©8.00
the state to do the paying is also
lawns and gardens and abundance of
market for them.”
Hogs—Medium to choice, >11 50» of dollars. There are reported in
their products, and at this writing, ally articulate opposition to its actlvi
accumulating against the settlers.
farms 5116 leas than the 472,469
>12.25.
A few have used irrigation in this And to bring the soil back to useful
in November, we have seen no ice ties as agent for the League of Na
acres listed five yeara ago.
tlons
in
the
Near
East.
valley
—
more
every
year
than
the
Sheep—Lambs,
medium
to
choice
except such as came from the ice
production there must be drainage of
The farms and the farmers,
112.00613.00.
year before. We may never put as such lands as are affected by the
house and no very severe frosts
according to thia, are going to the
I
much
manual
labor
into
the
produc­
Weeks
and
Works
alkali.
Many tender plants are flourishing
dogs or somewhere faster than naw
tio n of crops as the Chinese, the
Seattle.
as in July.
Halsey, Oregon, Nov, 1
“If the project had been intelli­
aettlera
oome in or naw areas are
Wheat—Soft white. >1.41; western
This is apple week, when we Japanese or the Dutch. It is to be gently directed from the first, there
No, we are not scrapping about
brought iuto cultivation.
white,
>1.47;
hard
winter,
>1.45;
west­
hoped wages will never be low would have been no failures. The
weeds in Halsey, though most of the
Here are some of the figures :
re reminded that ‘ an apple a
enough here to permit tba*. But district would have blossomed like ern red. >1.44; northern spring, >1.45
weed« which tried to grow have lay keeps the dootor sway.”
Big
Bend
bluestem,
>1.55.
Jan, 1 Jan. 1
with more water bein,g carried to our the rose, production would have been
been scrapped.
What are the doctors going to
1925
1920
Hay—Alfalfa. >23; D. C„ >28; tiro
mountains
by
the
sun
and
wind
and
Num ber oi farms . . . . . .
2303
3o»l
Io if we all keep eating apples?
profitable, and debts would have been othy, >26; mixed hay, >24.
Acres................................. ■ 447,353 472.469
And what am I going to do if I brought down again in streams than met. Many a settler would have
DIGGING A PIT
Butter—Creamery,
49®55o.
O w ners........................ . 2604
2263
ietd a doctor and am not able to in any other part of the country of been in easy circumstances instead
Managers........................
Eggs—Select ranch. 56@68c.
12
17
twice
the
size,
the
day
will
come
t
...
’
b
Tenants..........................
;o to him and aome champ in the
692
761
of being burdened with charges he
Hogs—Prime. >12.00®12.70.
“The mayor of Miami recently re
when,
all
over
the
Willamette
valley,
Horses......
.......................
9078 11,640
ouae keepa him away by eating
----- ------ , cannot pay.
Cattle—Prime steers, >7.75®8.25.
parked that the truth about the
171
170
L o S ° f "e€d. w'il* see that wa^ r
“It is not irrigation that is
n epple a day?
Cheese—Oregon fancy, 28c; Oregon
at
29465 22,880
. -florid a boom is .that it is nurtured
M^ S m ^ ,,e i i W>' Cr,>PS-
fau)t The f*U,t i9 With the Parlor standards 25c; Washington triplet*
Eext week will be canned gooda
Beef cows two years or
If Mr. Smith raised string beans, l lm gationists.”
on .cocktails. In a %ord, it is his veek. It'a come to he just one
over__________ ____
28c.
3649
2901
O ther beef a f i e ____
. opinion that the state is popular
42>7
5502
eek after another the whole year or Mrs. Simona tonwtoes, for which
Dairy
cows
two
years
with a pleasure-loving crowd of ironnJ and not a minute between they had no market, their failure
Playing Politic»
Spokane.
12,800 13,398
.'..wealthy people bectluse it offers un- them.
^ ’ ¿LeLri 0Wn faU? ' Before embark-
The state authorities are not the
O ther d airy cattle___
Hogs—Prime mixed, >11.75618.00.
7729
7058
• equaled opportunities to violate the
And now a row ia being raised mg heavily m such crops they should only ones that are mussing things
14,960 21,176
Cattle—Prim« steer», | 7.50@8.00,
Sows and giltg for
prohibition law.
n Portland became some people have had contracts for their dispos- up. Friday’s Oregonian says:
breeding, 6 months
"From such a period of false de­ refuse to close their stores armis- ■*L But Mr. Smith need not give
old or over_______
“ Emphatic denial that he had di
2062
2161
Why
Not
Alsika
?
velopment the real Florida will be ice day. And there are as many away his string beans. If he planted
rected the sheriff of Klamath county
Farm
land
ia
ued
at
$24.-
long In recovering. Any state or
»ys ’ in tba year as in the them at the proper season he could
(Junction City Times)
to eliminate from the tax roll all of
,
.
------- $28.312,-
aleiidar. I f wa observe them all ripen and thrash them and have a
cortimtinMy' with confidence Jn its
the unpaid taxes of the Enterprise
It
is
claimed by m a n / who have 250 in 1920. and farm buildings at
• resources and its future may well te shall be as idle as the popula- crop that will not spoil on his hands
Land & Investment company,
had experience that there is more 36,525,815 now against $5,280,445
voice a devout prayer to be spared ion o f heaven, where there ia if he needs to hold it a few weeks
then.
charged October 22 by Dr. Elwood
eternal
rest.
that peculiar malady of false pros­
ind that in recent years has never Mead, commissioner of reclamation, money in raising aleikeolover ceed
I
’ve
noticed
that
the
soldiers
perity which now afflicts the land of
-ailed to command a good price.
than a n / other field crap,
v 11 did the most to whip the That is, if there is moisture enough was made here today by R. E. Brad
the lotus and the comer lot.’’
Aleike is a much surer crop
bury,
president
of
the
Klamath
irri
The foregoing, from the Oregonian Germane whan they needed whip­ to carry them to maturity. If not, gation district.
than any other clover aud there ie
ping
are
the
ones
who
make
the
of the 20th, coincides with our re
irrigation would be the salvation of
“Mr. Bradbury charged Mr. Mend a ready market right here for all
Pyrotol orders are still being
least noise about it now. Those
cent statement that Florida is dig
the situation.
with misstatements which, he said, the aeed you can raise. I t can be eocepted by the firat national hank
vho
did
the
leant
work
on
the
ging a pit into which she will some
Waldo Anderson’s Clear lake vi­ were being made for the sole pur­
oi Ijehanon and R. I. Edwards of
little field do the least now and
day fa it In another place in the
sion,
if realized, would provide the pose of defeating the present) admin­ raised at very little coat —prcticaliy Brownsville to go into a pool that
*o have pienty of time in which to
same article the Oregonian says of neke a big noise.
remedy for many such cases.
istration in the irrigation election to nothing except the coat of aeed — closes Nov. 15.
those in the autos that crowd the
The
abundant
rainfall
in
the
Wil­
as it is sown with a grain crop
be held here December 10.
Humbletrguinp.
Clyde Starr ol Monroe sowed 10
toads leading to Florida:
lamette valley Is an insurance against
“Although he has sent a series of wInch can be grown for hay and scree oi forty-fold wheat in the
"They visit Fiorid'i, carrying along
the evil that has turned many thou- urgent telegrams to Commissioner than the alaike seed harvested later. spring of 1924 and thinks hia dairy
Big Arsa In Oregon Burned Over.
their savings, because in a manner
iands of productive .garden soil in Mead demanding authority for the
One man got a yield of 14 cows got $125 worth of pasture
Salem. Or —A total of 51.144 acres
of speaking they believe that all the
this world into desert«. The ruins of published- charges which appeared in bushels to the acre. Of course from it in July, Augurt and Sap-
>f forest land was burned over In 1925,
trees grow a rich fruitage of dol
with the destruction of approximately prehistoric irrigation systems ire news dispatches from Washington thia waa very exceptional, but ternber and he got ten loads of
lars. It is written that most of i. 509.000 feet of timber valued at >15. seen in Arizona, in Peru, in India,
suppose he only harvested half wheat from It thia year. He haa
October 22, Mr. Bradbury declared
that amount, at the preaeut price another ten acres now in a similar
them, all save a fortunate few, must •00. according to a report Issued by in Mesopotamia and elsewhere. In
tonight that he had not yet received
India the cause of their decline is a reply, except a message from Mr. of iiO centa a pound he would routine.
lo*e their money and go back whence he state forester.
they came."
till observable and so is known, Mead’s assistant in which that offi­ receive $126 per acre from hia
Of $640,000 capital needed for
W m repealed the income tax in the
land made productive by irrigation cial denied that Dr. Mead gave out land after the hay had been taken
a linen m ill at Salem $425,000 haa
off.
I
t
ia
not
unusual
to
dear
$75
♦xpect'Aion of attracting the same
without sufficient rainfall accumu- any interview either concerning the
been subscribed. Albany ia prom­
per aura on alaike seed.
class of bunco sharps who are fleec
.ates potash :*nd other salts, brought
ised a ratting and scutching plant
w ill do whet we
ing the masses of Florida immigrants
if she will take $50.000 of the
claim for it — i by the water and left by evapora­
Where the carcass is these eagles nJ your ivwrm of Cetarrh or Deefncai tion, until they poison « the soil. In
stock. The promotera say they
gather till they pick it bare. And «used by Catarrh.
this country we have “black alkali”
expect from 500 to 750, acres
they pay no taxes. It is not wise F. J. CHENEY*T C oT T oU d ?. Ohio soil tad ” white alkali” soil which is
of flax to be grown in territory
to encourage them to come and feast
tributary to Albany thia year.
thus poisoned. Some crops will stand
For best results use
In Oregon. The income tax should
more alkali than others. Sugar beets
An old rancher, who had made an
I* restored and stiffened. The little
TUSSI NG & TUSSING ¡ire more hardy in thia respect than
exceptional success of his ventures,
that they pay in that way will be
(otatoes, though the latter require
1 once attributed his prosperity to the
(L A W Y E R S
all the coin these evil birds will ever
considerable a amount of potash.
W
|
fact that he had always raised what
f H a lts / and Brownsville
disgorge in Oregon.
In India indigo was grown when
W
the other fellow didn’t If all of his
I Io
n any
S n v amount,
a m m t n l from
f s e z ^ w > one ,..
1
1
*
..
«
—
—
I
____
1
gallon to a barrel
other crops had been abandoned on
Oregon
W 1 neighbors were
raising cattle, he
account of the “reh," as the Indians
European nations, notably tie
(If went in for sheep. If «11 hia neigh-
all it, which accumulates with irri­
French, are putting
Woodrow
f il I bors were producing wheat, he kept
gation
i >id insufficient drainage. But
away from it. He was a wise man
W ilton where be belongs on a
(ìives result«
in great areas even indigo perforce
Hid you ever tea a
fte | who was following in his selection of
p4destal.es the world’s greatest
was final lysbandoned aud the land lies
M ! ranch activities the economic law of
bsosfselor in this age—since the
desert.
■fo j supply and demand. He was keeping
agreement of the European nations
away from glutted markets and rais­
There are prosperous irrigated tom -
at Locarno and the stopping of the
ing products which were bound to be
mu nit lea in California where the
Grako-Dulgarian war.
Without
scarce end therefore high in price—
Did you aver bear ona?
some fate impends. The Willamette
reservation or besitatiou ha gave
Albany Democrat.
valley is insured against it by abun­
Brent Sleale catchrs ona in a
his life for the ** W ilton league ”
dant rainfall which comes at some
Receipts of the Oregon state i_7.
without emasculating reservatons fatai trap in George Mareh’a story, time during every year,
1925 aggregated >74.699.24, as against
The
V
a
lle
/
of
Voiete,’’
rhich
He rests from hie labors and hi*
>66,674.60 In 1924. according to a
Costly Federal Bungling
starla next week ss a sanai in
work« da follow him.
financial report prepared by Mrs Ella
Discussing the irrigation question
Schults Wilson, secretary of the state
R U R A L E N T E R P R IS E
in Oregon the Portland Journal says:
fair board. It was estimated that the
The cheerful housstly
came
“The economic crimes committed
fair board would have a balance of
without our invitation. Ha walked
by state authorities against settlers
approximately >20.000 after all ex­
in filth and wiped hia (aet on our
on irrigated projects in Oregon
penses have been ns Id
D ELBER T STARR
chiefly responsible for the debts,
faod
Moat of bis tribe have
t-ab sages near Cottage Grove have
Funami Dirottar and Liceneed bankruptcies and troubles in irrigat­
not been injured by the light fall
gone without exailing our regret.
Embalmer
ed districts.
frosts and those on the Taylor farm
Tba rain if welcome.
Hay is worth just as much in storage ai
Brownsville, Oregon
on Row river, operated by George
“Here is an example: When the
you might get for it in case of fire. Th 4
■James, are growing to mammoth pro­
CsllC. P. StarroBB, Halsey,
Warm Springs district was formed,
or DBLaaaY Svaa a Rrowasville
portions One tipped the scales at >7
those directing the plan included
American Eagle Fire Insurance com pand
oounda.
within its limits 3600 to 6000 acres
oWt e . X
K % O ,,h e C a ’ h ' a,Ue
of land which the soil experts of
the Oregon agriruRurat college
i lassified as unfit and advised
it he left out of the district. ___
suggestion was that the water would
I-aandrv sent Tuesdays
Agency Hnb Cleaning Works
W illam ette Valley
F armers in Linn
Stick
Daragraphs for Farmers
H alF s C a t a r r h
Medicine
An-Fo Sheep Dip
FISHER’S EGG PRODUCER
Windigo?
A m e ric a n E a g le
Fire Insurance Co.
C. I . STAFFORD, Agent
Modern
Barber Shop
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