RURAL ENTERPRISE
An Indepeedeet— Not neutral—newa-
paper, published eveiy Weduesday,
w, Wn. M.
X I I ÎZ, 1*24
RURAL E N T E R P R IS E
FACE 4
W H X IZ L X «
>1 a year ia advance
Arrearages 12%c a month
Advertising. 20c an inch ; no diacoun
lor lim e or apace ; no charge for com
ouaition or c langea.
l a “P al«-foi Paragraphe," Se a Una.
* • a d v ertlen g dlagulaad aa new a
utive days would be less objection-'
able. But a law requiring a Mo ’
hammedan, who obeervee Friday
aa the Bible day of rest, a Jew,
who so observes Saturday, or a
Methodist, who keeps Sunday, to
r train idle a eecond day each
week would be tyrannical, unless
every competitor were required to Flax
rest two days In seven.
The Great Outdoors
W here Bread, Meat, Clothing, Health and Vigorous Humanity are Produced
Big Oregon W h e a t
U nion is Formed
Speeded up
From Farm to M ill
For thonsande of years linen
OUR gestures are futile was made by the moat roundabout General Prosperity Seen
md laborious proeas. A genera­
lor Oregon in New
The plan for an “ aiiociation of
tion or so sgo spinning end
Methods
nations ” as a aubatitute for the
Aeaving became machine work
league of nations was an American
instead of hand work. In the last
(Eugene Register.)
parliaao proposition that fell flat,
few years pulling and scutching
The
time
required for.retting flax
The treaty with a few nation!
uachjn-Q and a quick retting strawa has been reduced from a
limiting naviea gave hope to the
process have taken most of the matter of days to a matter of hours.
anti-league faction in thia country
Irudgery out ot the preparation This ia the s o ta brought back from
of greater things to come. The
>1 flax for the loom and the eastern Canada by J. J. Quinland,
other signatories were willing to industry teak? a home in Oregon •.uperintendent of induetries at the
eoolhe ua by scrapping an obsolete
nJ probably wtll get it. See, Oregon penitentiary.
portion of that servie, and Uncle nt thia page, remarks from the
R«tling is the proceesg of “ rot-
tiny ’’ out from the flax stems the
Sam uususpectingly accepted the
Eugene Register.
gummy substance that hinds the
aituation aa a diplomatic sutceas
fillers together. From time imme­
(or him.
morial it baa been accomplished
Local
Members
Now the others are (aat building
b y soaking the flax in water,
up the aerial ayalems which will ht
of Election Boards preferably running water, that is
free from chemicals. Aa procticed
decisive if another war comes, if
they listen to learn what Uncle Halsey,Shedd, Harrisburg at the Oregon penitentiary it takes
from five to six days. By the new
Sam ia doing in that field they
process, in which steam tanks and
and
Brownsville
h e a r: " Z -i«-«.”
hot water are employed, the flax is
Officers
Flushed with the imaginary
retted in about eight hours.
It has been customary to ret the
suçotas of its “ government by
HE prices (or lamb have been relatively high In 1025, with lamb supplies
The following have been an­ fiax in summer and then save it
party ,” the adm inistrât.on thought
avullable for slaughter only slightly below normal figures, according to an
ointed election officers for the until the rainy season to scutch it, itnulysls of the lamb m arket by the Sears-Roebuck A gricultural Foundation.
to win laurels and financial relief
.ext two years. Some are dead scutching being the practice of In the sheep-producing states pastilles and ranges have been good. Condi­
in a parley in Europe on reduction
beating the fiber from the stems tions In the whole area west of the Rocky m ountains are vastly b etter than
of laud armament. Vexed at the •id some removed.
after the gum has b.*en dissolved. they were a year ago.
East Halsey,
First board,
The sheep lnilpstry was much more profitable In 1025 than It w as In 1024.
dilatorinesa of the leaponsea it judges, J. H. Vannice, Veva M This has been done because moisl
air has been required for scutchinv. Lamb prices in Chicago avernged $15.35 in November, 1025, as com pared with
hiutad at a conference in Wash­
Marks; clerks, Clarion L. Goui The new steam retting process, it an average of $3.06 for the sam e month In the five years from 1900 to 1013.
ington. Out of the east has conn
ey, Chancy Sickels, Charity C. is said, obviates all this delay, and The top price was reached In January, at $18.50 per hundredw eight, and the
low price of $12.50 came In May. Both prices and receipts have fluctuated up
an indefinite postponement of the
Jlark. Second board, judges scutching proceeds immediately up and down through the entire season, but efforts to expand production have
proposed meet. Maybe the threat­
Jeorge Taylor, Be ulah A. Mil­ after retting.
kept market receipts down because ranchers were retaining th eir ewe lam bs
ened call for a oonfareuca at Wash,
Obstacle after obstacle is re­
ler; clerks, II. C. Davis, Ruby moved from the manufacture of with which to replenish and Increase their flocks. The num ber of ewes slaugh­
ington will be iaaued and we shall
tered from July to September In 1025 is the sm allest for th a t sam e period dur­
ilayes Standish, Sarah E. Rob- flax into linen in Oregon, At first ing the last four years.
*ee who come aud what they la y .
the great obstacle was the high
•rston.
The number of lambs on feed both In the corn belt and in the W estern
Mebbe io. Mebbe io.
cost of pulling the flax by hand, feeding districts Is sm aller than last year and some advance In the present
West
Halsey,
F
irst
board,
Meantime the league, founded
for the fibers are damaged when price of lamb seems probable from now on. T here will probably be a larger
under American auspices when judges, W. L. Wells, Ilenry Zim­ cut by a sickle, 'Iben pulling lamb crop, however, this spring and a m oderately lower level of prices as
our nation bad at ita head a liâtes- merman; clerks, Edythe. R. machines were invented that got these lambs come to m arket during 1920.
man of world-wide influence, ia Drinkard, Gladys Palmer, A rthur around this difficulty. Improved
u iam ona taae and m e land abutting
A sow F ebruary record was se t at
methods of retting promise to
about to admit Germany, Poland, .Vesley. Second board, judges, O. speed up the process immensely. Axhttu. ■ Friday when 30 non resident It would be ceded to th e sta te of Ore­
Spain and Brazil, while the United
Coldiron, E. D. Isom ; clerks,
If anyoneo wants to know what ai/.->n.eb;i«i8 were registered at the gon for fish cultural purposes by th e
States, Mexico and ltuseia, an t£. F. Cross, Lois E. Jackson, E. he flax Industry will do for cham ber of com m erce. H eretofore 15 federal governm ent under the term s of
a bill Introduced in the senate by Sen­
Interesting trio, flatten their noser E. Gormley.
__________ Oregon, when fully developed, let has be- n the highest num ber of such ato r Stanfield.
cars registered iu any one day in
him
travel
through
the
Carolines
on the window pane outside.
North
Harrisburg,
First
The bill providing for tra n sfe r of the
and Georgia. These states were F ebruary.
ward, judges, W. E. Wadsworth, backward in the extreme. Thei
The old Salem hotel, which was es­ Bull Run w atershed to the city of P o rt­
has. H. Hupp; clerks, Edna prosperity lagged because they tablished at Salem In 1864, Is to be land by th e federal governm ent was In­
SCATTBRGUN SHOTS
In the senate Tuesday by
jherrill, Pearl Gilbert, iMildred spent their efforts in producing a torn down to m ake room for a m ore troduced
The hight of fashion—the hem i. Colburn. Second board, judg- great agricultural staple which m odern structure, according to a n ­ S enator Stanfield. The tran sfer Is
nouncem ent m ade by F rank Bllgh, recom m ended by the public lands com­
of a popular ballroom costume.
s, Thomas W. Sommerville, Ina went elsewhere to he manufactured. owner of the property.
m ittee of the senate as the result of
But
now
there
are
cotton
mills
bridges; clerks, Inez Thomas, every few miles; and these nulls
a hearing held at P ortland last August
Reports were received at Salem th a t
Mussolini drew bis sword and ■ ladys Decker, Ida Kessell.
by a sub-com m ittee taking testim ony
tag«
the
cotton
from
the
surround­
the
board
of
education
of
the
Metho­
staged a tempest in a teapot lu
South llairisburg, First Ixxaid, ing fields aud manufacture it. Fine dist church, holding Its annual m eet­ on the proposed grazing bill.
Rome. A ll’a quiet there.
judges, W. A. Elliott, Tom Low­ towns have sprung up around ing in Chicago, had approved officially
'd; clerks, Essie Turnblad, Ame- ihese mills, and the new develop­ (he proposal to move Kimball college
At an open m eeting of the North
Hayworth. ment that is coining to the whole of theology from Salem to S eattle.
When a stomach pump finds ia Grimes, Joseph
Bend city council Chief of Police
intoxicating liquor inside a man ia Second lx»ard, judges, J. W. region is building im portant new
The county bridge about two m iles F rank R. Jackson was dism issed from
ha liable to a fine for having it in Jwen, L. Hathaway; clerks, J. cities—new in the sense of new south of McKay dam in U m atilla coun­ the service of the city for conduct Un­
Quigley, R. C. Huston, J. T. growth, such as Greensboro, ty will be moved upstream to the south becom ing an officer. Complaint th a t
possession?
Juve.
Charlotte, Durham and many about a mile. The present site of the Mr. Jackson had been supplying wo­
Shedd, first board, judges, C. others,
bridge and a p art of the road will be men with liquor from the supply sto r­
Governor Pierce has kept the
H. Davidson, H. C. Poland;
W hat cotton has done for the
income tax in the spotlight un'il eleiks, Ida M. Bras field, Mrs. south flax will do for western under w ater when McKay reservoir ed in the city Jail was made by R. P.
Lowry.
each political party is trying lo Doia Davis, E. W. Shedd. Second Oregon, once its m anufacture is
adopt it aa its chilil, ' f l i c Dei l.ia borrd, judges, C. A. Pug-i, L. ilinroi’ghly and profitably estab­
St. John; clerks, Lura Pugh lished. I he Uhited Statea buys
resolution's i),tun- is Dam ir.
Malson, Sadie A. Poland, F. J. fiom abroad $100,(XX),000 worth of
linen every year, and this total
The Oregon Voter classes Gov* r- Spi enger.
Shipment of
total could lx greatly increased by
East
Brownsville,
F
irst
lx>ard,
nor Pierce aa the champion rpe.l-
intensive cultivation of the home
hinder. After reauing thu Voter judges, Leslie M. Haskin, Maude market with a home prcduct.
Coshow; clerks, Bessie Bram­
you’d think Pierce’s talk would
The fiax would be a new crop
well, Alta Howe, M argaret D.
draw votes grom a atone wall.
Pugh. Second Ixxard, judges, 1„ to take the place of crian and hay
has arrived
H. Briggs. C. J. Howe; clerks, which are no longer profitable, and
The lost from wheat smut in W.C. Elmore, Be ulah E. Elmore its manufacture would provide
Those who have placet! orders may obtain
payrolls for the cities. These, in
eastern Oregon ia reckoned at Geo. H. Coshow,
same at their own convenience.
their turn, would provide a nearby
North
Brownsville,
F irst and profitable home market for
$1,000,000 a year. That million
Those who have not placed an order are
could ba put in farmers* pockets xiard, judges, G. W. Drinkard. vegetables, fruit and dairy and
urged to do so, as the quality and the price
without the vote of any politician Irene Henderson; clerks, Ed­ poultry product«.
are right.
ward Oxford, Aubrey S. Tuss-
in Washington or else where.
ng, Mary Boyles. Second board,
T
L a n d P la s t e r
Grover Cleveland Dergdoll get«
into the newspapers again. This
time be has been arrested h r
acaadaloua conduct with women
The United State* cau get along
without him or any of bis stripe.
L u t FridayJ 200wbeit men at
the Moro conference organized the
eastern Oregon Wheat league to
m arket their crop, t t a watch
with interest to see whether this
will he a great aid to wheatgrow
era, like soma co-operative organ­
isations, or a failure, like others.
Its chances of success are batter
th an they would he if there were
fewer past failures and auoceases
to study.
I'
A law requiring people te
refrain from work one day In seven
m ight be fair but wa doubt It. A
law prohibiting the employment
of a person more than six coosec-
judges, R. V. Henderson, Min­
nie D rinkard; clerks, L. B.
Morse, Mamie Enger, Elinor
Morse.
South
Brownsville,
F irst
board, judges, Anna McFarland,
Cecile S. Oliver; clerks, P. B.
Beatty, Lizzie Cameron, Wm.
Schrunk. Second board, judges,
Charles W. Fullager, Ernest
Baker; clerks, Laura B. Hughes,
R. I* White. Myrtle McDowell.
West
Brownsville,
First
•xiard, judges, Rowena Blakely,
C.
H unter; clerks, Claia
Swearingen, George C. Hume, F.
B. Isom. Second Ixmrd, judges,
Jeannie
M. Wilson, Henry
Blakely; clerks;
Tracy Mc-
llargu?, R. P. Dougherty, Sadie
I
-irn.il.
H a ll’s C a ta r r h
Medicine
-
nJ your <v«»m of Catirrh or D«afn<w
cauiw J by Catarrh.
MS H Vm nw JW •>* M w n
F. J. CH EN EY fc. C O , T oled o, O hio
C olum bia Baisn
B ill is A pproved
W ashington. D. C.—The house com
m ittee on Irrigation has voted to re
port favorably the bill of C ongressm an
Sum m ers of W ashington, authorising
appropriation of $25,500 for final aur
rey s and federal expense In arranging
a compact betw een the sta te s for at
location of w aters of the Columbia
river In connection with th e Columbia
haaln Irrigation project.
Aa the proposed compact between
the states of Oregon. W ashington
Idaho and Montana Includes th e set i
tlem ent of rig h ts with respect to tri I
butarles as well aa th e Columbia. Con
greasm an W inter of Wyoming for some
tim e had Insisted his state should b>
Included, but w ithdrew hla objection
and the bill will be reported without
am en d m en t An Identical bill by Sen
a to r Jones of W ashington has been re
ported and Is on the senate calendar.
A Miller has a chapter
of early Oregon bistory ia S atu r­
day'! Democrat.
O. \V F R U M
Moro, Or.—Organization of the East­
ern Oregon Wheat league wga com­
pleted here with the adoption of a
constitution and election of officer*.
F. B. Ingels of Dufur is the first presi­
dent, Charles B. Cox of Heppner vice-
president, and Harry B. Pinkerton of
Moro secretary-treasurer.
An executive committeeman from
each of the 11 counties was elected.
More than 250 wheat growers, repre­
senting every important wheat pro­
ducing county in eastern Oregon, a*
well as representatives of all commer­
cial or government agencies directly
concerned with the wheat Industry at­
tended the session.
Though this was preponderantly a
farmers' conference, the report* are
notable In that they frankly point out
the fault* and virtues In every branch
of the Industry, even though the bur­
den fell equally on the wheat grower
and the other agencies. Better man­
agement la needed as much as better
freight rates, the reports say, and
proper tillage la as essential as proper
inspection and grading.
THE MARKET*
Portland
W heat—Big Bend bluestem and hard
white, $1.60; soft white, $1.$3; w est­
ern white, $1.51; hard w itter and
northern spring $1.4$; western red.
$1.4$.
Hay—Alfalfa. $20 0 20.60 ton; valley
timothy, $19019.60; eastern Oregon
timothy, $22022.60.
Butterfat—42® 46c shippers' track.
Eggs—Ranch, 33® 26c.
Cheese—Prices f. o. b. Tillamook;
Triplets, 31c; loaf. 32c per lb.
CAttle— Steers, good $8®S.2S.
H ogs—Medium to choice, $13014.
Sheep— Lambs, medium to choice,
$12® 13.(5.
Seattle.
W heat—Soft white, western wklt<
$1.(0; hard winter, $1.48; western
red, northern spring $1.47; bine stem,
$1.49.
Hay—Alfalfa. $26; D. C., $$$; tlm
othy, $20; mixed hay, $26.
Butter—Creamery. 43®4Sc.
Eggs—Ranch. 30®32c.
Hogs—Prime. $14®14.2S.
C a ttle-P rim e steers, $8.50®9.00.
C heese—Oregon fancy, 28c; Oregon
standards 2(c; Washington triplets
28c.
I
Spekans.
Hogs—Prime mixed, $13.75014 00.
Cattle—$7.75® »25.
Prospects are excellent that Pilot
Rook area farmers will have ten car­
loads of fat dressed turkeys to ship
to market this fall It the season proves
as satisfactory for brooding and matur­
ing the birds as It has been for wlnter-
Inr them
Assurance that a pickle factory will
be established at Silverton next year,
providing growers sign up sufficient
acreage, was glvea by J. L. Stafford,
state manager for the Oregon Pickle
A Canning coaspany.
Oregon rank* fifth among state* of
the union la per capita Income ot Ita
farm population, with an average of
1(30, according to data complied by
the natioaal bureau of economic re­
search.
Strawberry grower* of the Oraats
Past Irrigation district will be given
financial aid by local banka. In an ef­
fort to Increase berry plantings with-
la the district to several hundred acres
! this spring.
Supporters of tbs Gooding bill,
which would require coloring of
imported alfalfa and clover seed,
told the senate agricnltural com­
mittee th a t farmers ale losing
thousands of dollar* annually by
sowing defective foreign aeed.
Red Cedar P o s ts
A m e ric a n E a g le
Fire Insurance Co.
Hay is worth just as much iu storage as
you might get for it in case of fire. T h)
| \mei i r a t i Rtglo Fire Insurance ,-i unpan ,
p rill p a y y
o
u
o f U t o CAsh value in cmo
of loss by tire.
C. P. STAFFORD, Agent
Made from old-growth cedar, 7 ft.
long, good size, 15c each, deliv.
ered where truck can go. See
Mr. I.aubner, Halsey, or write
N, O, Isaacson, Gold son. Ore,
BARBER
SHOP
First-class W o rk
J- W
STEPHENSON.
TUSSING & TU8SING
LAWYERS
Halsey and B row n sville
Oregon