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RURAL ENTERPRISE
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Advertising, 20c an inch; no discoun
lor time or space ; no charge (or cow
position or r tanges.
Sa " P a ld -fo i P aragrap hs." to a 11 a a
w . a d v e rtis in g disguised as new s
SCATTERGUN SHOTS
Where’» that myth, the
toctial storm ” ?
equi
The primary law is alleged tf
have helped self-starters for office
Are they any worse than the boss-
started kind ?
The anti-saloon league has in
vestigated Mr. Steiwer and with
drawn its opposition to his nom
iaation to succeed Stanfield,
There is less personal liberty
today among the people of Rus
sia than anywhere else—less
than under the despotism of the
czars.
___
Friends of “ government b)
party ” are organizing for war or
the direct primary. The latter
gives common boohs to muoh ssi
in politics.
Republicans charge democrats
with working for Stanfield's re-
nomination, Why shouldn't they?
If they can acoomplish it they can
eyen things up by working for hi»
defeat later.
The biggest men don’t live th»
longest. Che M*h, 28 inches high,
whom Barnum exhibited for year»
as “ the smallest man in the
world,” died last Sunday, 88 year»
old aud wealthy.
Stanfield's graiing grab bill ha«
been indorsed by both Jardine and
Work, witli a few modification»
that don’t modify worth a cent
If it becomes a law it will have as
bad a smell, in a few years, a»
Fall's oil grant.
Men make slighting remark»
about women's observance of fash-
Ion and the scantiness of their
clothes, but there are hot day»
when the brutes would not weai
any themselves if it were not thi
fashion.
Some of the kings of the bootleg
business, on this coast and in the
vast, who a tew weeks ago thought
themselves securely out of jail, a it
now securely in. They arc t oi
chortling as gleefully v« they i l l .
about
th e
ui>< ii f u ic ib il I )
tf
II.'
prohibitory law.
The bureau of inuuviiial lech
siology announces that nuio »erv-
ice costs Americans over 914,000,-
4XX) a ysar. The averag« cost ot
an auto is 91000 aud the average
upkeep and service cost is 9700.
And th en are people w h » cell
these hard timet I
The leaguo of nations is gun
through a crisis, hut its foes, who
predict its disruption, should hear
iu mind that it bus not enconutrred
auytliing comparable to the Dorr
rebellion or the Pennsylvania
whisky rebellion, to say nothing ol
the civil war, which failed Ic
budge the I’nited Slate« constitu
tion.
Not at Washington, nor a>
Palem, but on the farm, will the
farmer find prosperity. Belter
fertilisation of soil, better selection
of crops, better breeds of stock
and more use’ of artificial power
will characterise the ftrmingof the
fniure. Trot. Hvslop on this pag>
advises «gainst some spring crops
that are likely to be unprofitable
this year and recommends growing
flax for seed io this county. On
page *2 we publish a disartation by
John D. Sherman on the prospect
ive uliliiatlou of electrically trans
mitted power on farms and in
farm homes, wheat it is as roueh
needed as n ifields.
The Great Outdoors
M IR C H 24
35,000 Orphans
Would Perish
Where Bread, Meat, Clothing, Health and Vigorous Humanity are Produced
Without Aid From the
Outside World...Will
Flax for Seed on
You Help?
Spring O at Ground
The near east relief organisation
lopes in three more years to place
the 35,000 erphaD« now under its
isre in homes where they will be
ared for and be given a chance to
»ecorne iteeful members of society-
To that noble end it needs a con
Haul inflow of funds.
How much will you give?
Here is an offer :
Every dollar received at this
»dice before April 4 for one new
/early subscription to the Enter
prise will he given to the near
relief, which will send a receipt to
he person who pays the money.
The paper will be sent to the
name turned in for one year and
then stop.
These are ten days during which
overy dollar received at this office
or a new subscription will be
<iven to the little orphans.
If you like the paper you will
it your money'e worth.
If you dislike it you will punish
he publisher by making him send
ou 52 copies for n >tl in;.
And your money will feed the
aungty and helpless.
Or you can send your donation
lirect to " Near East Relief, 613
Stock Exchange bldg., Portland.
It is the More Promising
Crop of the Two for
This Year
(G.
R.
Hyslop, Agronomist,
O. A. C.)
THE M AR KETS
P O T A T O E S M A K E COOD RECORD IN 1 9 2 5
VEEKUf TREND OF MtlCES A RECEIPTS OF NOR. WHITE POTATOES
»
JAN FEB mar ' afr ' may J U R J U L AUG SEP - 5 £ T . NOV
A
Portland
W heat—Big Bend bluestem, 91.41;
hard white, «oft white, westaro white,
91.47; hard winter, northern spring.
11.44; western red. 11.43.
Hay—Alfalfa. $ 1 9 . 5 0 9 2 0 ton; valley
t im o t h y . $ 1 9 9 1 9 .6 0 ; eastern Oregon
timothy. I l l .50022.
Butterfat— 43c ahlppera' track.
Eggs—Ranch, 20022c.
Cheese—Prices f. o. b. Tillamook;
T r ip le t s . 3 1 c ; lo a f , 3 2 c p e r lb.
Cattle— Steers, good. 97.7598.75.
Hogs—Medium to choice, 913914.10.
S h e e p — L a m b s , m e d iu m to choice,
DEC1
U
8 .0 0 0
XR ECE P IS
$isa
7.000
/\
$100
$250
1
A
P
8000
v T
RECEIPT S
5 ,0 0 0
S A
A
Linseed oil is one of the most
%
4000
im portant constituents of paint
$200
r
and the linseed oil meal is one ot
PRC
3000
the best of the concentrated
$150
911 5 0 @ 1 2 .6 0 .
L
dairy cow feeds. During quite a
2000
number of years the experiment
1 10 0
Seattle.
station has tried various kinds of
l ì
W heat—Soft while, western white,
P
MX« • RICM.TU
—
10 00
•t
seed flax and has secured yields
$ .5 0
11.48; hard winter, 11.44; western red,
of as little as 5 bushels an acre
OTATOES were a very profitable crop In 1925, according to a survey made 11 45; n o r t h e r n s p r in g , 9 1 .4 9 ; Big Bend
unde) some conditions, many in
by the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation. The acreage w ui the bluestem, 11.47.
stances of 10 bushels or better, smallest
Hay — Alfalfa. 128; timothy. 128;
since 1919 and the yield the lowest since 1917. Following four years
and from there on up to 24 bush of overproduction and very low prices, the 1925 season started off with a good t im o t h y P. S., 120; do, mixed, 12«.
els. I feel safe in estim ating an price, which increased dally. The peak will be reached In spring shipments.
Butter— Creamery, 40942c.
average yield per acre of 10
The annual consumption of 3% bushels per capita, Including xeed, la 870,-
Eggs—Ranch, 25 930c.
bushels on average grain land 000,000 bushel«. The 1925 crop is estimated at 323,243.000 bushels or 40,757.-
Hogs—Prime, 114914.26.
if the crop is put in in good sea 000 bushels under normal consumption.
Cattle— Prime steers, 18.50 9 9.00.
The
1925
crop
is
24
per
cent
less
than
the
crop
produced
In
1924,
-but
the
son. Many growers of course
Cheese— Oregon triplets, 27c; Ore
ratio of consumable potatoes for the two years may vary still more In favor of
will secure better yields.
gon standards, 25c; Washington trip
crop.
The Portland Linseed Oil com the 1925
With the acreage cut severely all over the rountry In 1925, the opening lets, 27c.
pany, a branch of the American prices started out on a higher scale than the peak prices for 1924 and began
Linseed Oil company, will guar Io Increase at digging time until they reached In some Instances $3.50 and $4
Spokane.
antee a minimum price of $2.52 per hundredweight at local shipping stations. Every grower should save seed
Hogs— Prime mixed, 913.7591385.
C a t t l e — P r im e s te e r s . 9 7 .5 0 9 8 .2 5 .
per bushel for 1926, or the Du for next spring, as all Indications point to high-priced seed potatoes for 1926
luth cash price if it is higher. with an exception that the acreage planted will be larger In 192C.
They are also willing to guaran
Oregon F a ir Board Job Filled
tee the Duluth cash price for
Salem — Frank B. Ingles, prominent
them have brought twins and
1927.
Albany
two brought triplets, making 78 wheat grower and livestock raiser of
As there w ill doubtless be a
Dufur, Wasco county, was appointed a
Coolidge’s Father
large carry-over of corn in the Creamery Association lambs from 38 ewes. The boys member of the Oregon state fair board
are unable to account for this
and as there is a consider
Established in the year of 1895. phenoma, but believe it is due to succeed Wayne Stuart of Albany,
Is Laid at Rest east
able carry-over of oats in Ore
Auccurale weights, accurate)* to good green grass and healthy, who recently left the state.
gon, the chances are th a t the oat tests, guaranteed.
vigorous bueks.—Seio Tribune.
price will be low in 1926, unless
The Mount Hood irrigation district
We are a farmers’ organization
some wide-spread calamity in in that we pay a price for butter
Is seeking approval ot a contract
If the w eather holds out till whereby the district would take over
the shape of pest or unfavorable fat to absorb all receipts less the
season seriously reduces the cost of maintenanoe and operating danger from frost is over th is the Mount Hood W ater company's
county will have the biggest water rights and Irrigation system at
corn and oat crop east of the expenses.
straw berry crop in its history, a cost of 17600.
Rockies. With this in view and
the guaranteed flax price, I be linseed oil meal to the extent and the m arket is ample a t high Bend w ill be the site of a fall meet
lieve th at farm ers under average- th at may be produced from their er prices than last year. Bar- ing of the Oregon Wool Grower»' as
conditions, planting flax in good delivery of flax seed. This relers and canners want all they sociation, If plans tentatively worked
season, may net at least $5.00 amo ’its to 37 pounds of oil meal can get. Bush berries also pro out by K. G. W arner of Pilot Rock,
an acre over similar plantings for each 56 pounds of flax seed mise well, due to the s ta rt al president, and Hugh Sproat of Pendle
of oats, except on exceedingly delivered. They charge one-half ready given by th e fine w eather ton, secretary, are approved. The
meeting will take up problems of cen
rich land. But even a t that, the the price per pound paid for the all winter.
tral and southern Oregon wool grow
oat yields will probably have to seed. At current prices this is
exceed 60 to 75 bushels an acre. substantially less than farm ers
As shown in an article in this ers.
Wallowa county farmers, organised
I fee) safe in a general recom- are paying for this valuable cow paper last week, from the Eu In the Alder Slope Ditch company, wUl
medation th at flax be plant Teed, but it is not m andatory gene Register, the ta riff m ight construct an irrigation ditch seven
ed in lieu of oats in many places that they apeept it if the United be so changed as to benefit the p iles in length In the Alder Slope
in W ashington, Clac k a m a s, States flax seed price shoyld farm ers by a few millions. But territory near Enterprise, drawing the
Marion, Linn, fall substantially below the com it won't.
John C. Coolidge, fath er of Presi Yamhill, Polk,
supply ef water from the W allow*
dent Coolidge, who died laet week Benton, Lane, and Douglas coun pany’s guarantee minimum.
river and Hurricane creek, which
Flax
waste
from
the
scutching
ties in W estern Oregon, and in
F urther, land th a t will produce
if te r a Iona llin~»»-
streams have been filed on by the
Wallowa, Union, Baker, and 20 bushels an acre of spring plant at the state prison is used farmers.
Professor W. L. Powers, secretary
Crook counties in Eastern Ore wheat, or 37.5 bushels of white for fuel, saving 930 a day. It is
Plymouth, V t.—Colonel John C. Cool
spring oats will produce ovet 10 thought that with a 920,000 plant ot the Oregon reclamation congres«.
gon.
idge, father of the prealdent, was laid
and prison labor it could be con and head of the department ot soils
Many soils unsuited to long bushels an acre of flax.
at rsat Saturday on a bleak hillside
verted into 9300 worth of twine at Oregon Agricultural college, was
straw
production
have
been
covered deep In snow. They burled
daily.
notified from Washington, D. C., of
planted in fiber flax. Under the
Trollinger Bros are hiving ex
him among those of his kin who had
the passage of the Columbia basin
H.
C.
Davis,
E.
B.
Penland,
passed before him. In tha little town new grading schedules for that ceptionally good luck with their
appropriation of 115,000 to complete
cemetery here. President and Mrs crop it is more imperative that sheep this year. They have 72 G rant Taylor and John N. Mc
allocation of the waters ot the Colum
Neil
were
seen
in
Albany
Fri
Coolidge, their aon John, repreaenta- oniy the best spited soils should head of ewes, and so far 36 ol
bia river.
day.
fives of nation and state, and a few be planted to fiber flax
relatives and lifelong friends stood In
Seed flax is much more cer
the snow at the graveside.
tain of profitable production
This Boy Thinks
The funeral service« Were as starkly than
is fiber flax where the zi?
simple as the lives of these rugged straw length is likely to fall be
Shipment of
H e Knows It
dwellers In the Green mountain vat low 30 inches.
$
leys At the white farm house where
The Portland Linseed Oil com
Astoria, Ore.—Astoria'« boy Bolshe
Colonel Coolidge lived for many years pany agrees to furnish seed, ap
vist. Paul Slro, 14. who was dismissed
and where Calvin Coolidge pasted his
\lz as president of the student body of the
proved by the college, at $2.50
boyhood, the brief burial aevvlces of
per bushel f. o. b. Portland,
S
Captain Robert Gray school when he
has arrived
the Episcopal ehurch was read by Rev
which will mean a per acre cost
I refused to renounce his communist
John White of Sherburne, pa,toy of
a t most point* of $1.65 to $2.00
Those who have placed orders may obtain
affiliations, has been used as a "red"
the union meeting house In Plymouth
for th a t item. Thirty-five to for-1
orator throughout the Pacific north
same
at
their
own
convenience.
where the colonel worshipped.
Six
west by the parent communist society,
national guardsmen acted as body ty pounds an acre is the reconi-'
Those
who
have
not
placed
an
order
are
w
It was revealed.
bearers at the house and cemetery. mended sowing. This is no more A
urged to do so, as tho quality and the price w The boy la classed as exceptionally
There was no eulogy and no muelc. expensive than ordinary plant-i ZA\
are right-
bright by his teachers, is retentive
It was the desire of the first cltlsen ings of w heat and really not so
Z\
\«z *nd speaks well. W ithin the last few
of Plymouth, expressed long before expensive as wheat this year.
months yopng Slro has been taken tq
Reasonable fertile grain land i Z\
his death, that hla funeral service
Portland, Seattle, Aberdeen and prob
should he without ostentation, and hit sufficiently well drained to per-;
wishes were respected.
ably other northwest cities
address
mit fairly early working is good.'
radical meetings.
Medium to slighly heavy soilsI
Those who have heard tha boy apeak
G ERM ANY MAY W ITH D R A W are usually best. Sandy soils, |
declare he makes an excellent address
shallow soils or those th at dry
Leader Criticizes Opposing Powers out badly are not so good.
and has spoken to large crowds.
for Obstructionist Tactlee
In his discourse he avails himself
An early plowed seed bed, well
of the stock phrases and principles of
B erlin .- Foreign Minister Streee- worked and free from weeds, is
the red agitator, frankly encouraging
minn told the relehstag that Germany desirable. It should be rolled
the employment of force to bring about
reserves the right to withdraw her ap down firm to prevent too deep
the "dictatorship of the proletariat "
plication for entry Into the league of sowing and to assure moisture
Those acquainted with him give Paul
nations In the event the dectalon of for prompt germination.
little credit for originality In hla
the new commission regarding recon-
On dry land 25 to 30 pounds
atrucUon of the council doea not cor
speeches, declaring he merely parrots
of seed an acre is enough. Other
respond with Germany's expectations
the words taught him In the classes
wise,
sow
35
to
40
with
a
grain
The league has been plunged Into a
which he himself confesses are held
drill like grain. Sow as early as
_ Hay is worth just as much in storage a
grave crista by the breakdown of re
by the older communists to Inculcate
possible
when
the
ground
is
cent negotiations for Germany« ad
their doctrines In the minds of tha
you
might
get
for
it
in
case
of
fire
Th
to sprout seed
mission to a seat, he salt In a formal warm enough
school children.
American E gle Fire Insurance company
statement. He frankly criticised the quickly. Late March, and early
will pay you 8i% of the cash value in case
obstructionist tactics employed by cer to mid-April is best. Late April
Hammond, rim.— v v ; . r-.TiiC
sowing is more
tain powers at Geneva In keeping Ger is good. May
of
loss
by
fire,
-•
conditions of eight ehlli
many from the council scat promiseJ likely to be successful than grain
»ho had been reported to her as it
at the same time but is not usu
her at Locarno.
Ing. Mrs. Lucille Myers, 45. a ©
"Tha outcome of the negotiations ally as good as earlier sowing ex
probation officer, was shot thr«
must be deeply deplored because the cept in wet years.
the head by Lester Flntklna. 62, t
chief mourner after all la the league
The company perm its growers
father, after he had quarreled with
Itself " he said.
to purchase a t a reduced price
for Interfering in his affairs.
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