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RURAL ENTERPRISE
An agricultural h e a d i n g
reads: “Breeding Counts.” Per-,
haps th at would work better
paper, published
than im prorting them from Eu
* » Was. H . M H K 1 C L M
rope. We have an idea that Jer-I
sey cows would pay better th a n ’
11 a year io advance
A rrearages. 12XC • wonth imported counts.
u»
in dep end ent— N ot
n e u tra l— ■ • « a *
eveiy W edueaday,
The Great Outdoors
W here Bread, Meat, Clothing, Health and V igorous Humanity are Produced
the basis used in computing your
Boys and girls of Pilot Rock have
net income for reporting to the organised what is probably the first Market Outlook
federal government and you will sheep club of its kind in the state of
and Conditions
find, in all probability, th a t his Oregon. Fred Bennion, Umatilla coun
ty agent, has announced.
zx
X ma------ . . . . property taxes amount to some-
One o f 1 hem fells of H its thing like half of it.
S. M. Tuttle of Central Point was Barley, Corn, Flax and
Success in Twenty
If th at is tru e> the farm er, appointed trustee of the Oregon State
Hairy Vetch Seeds
on the basis of ability to pay, is Horticultural society by Governor
Years in Oregon
over-taxed. For his part, he is Pierce, to succeed C. B Minton, whose
Recommended
convinced th a t he is overtaxed, term has expired
(Eugene Reg..ter)
The following, from Professor
which is why w he „ is uclllalR11I1K
demanding
Construction of Salem’s proposed
hare ken» it out.
" a t ?Vr Pra,s«? would make
Hye op of O. A. C . was received
Here
are
some
opinions
of
an
a
tax
th
a
t
will
reach
intangibles.
new
$640,000
linen
mill
will
begin
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them blush if they were to let
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il
I
Getting back to the business within the next ten days, according to too late for use last week out i.
March came in like a lamb £ e?r vot.” a ild the , purity of upper valley farm er. They are in
still of interest :
1
teresting, because they are out man and the farm er, here is announcement made by tbe directors
and was so busy playing the lion I th eir motlvea become known.
Wheat
condition*
in
Oregon
another broadside from the busi Machinery costing $105,000 has been
E
r t Ht hlS e x ,t
We arc asked 10 leave ¡»conus of the ordinary.
ness m an:
ordered and will arrive in Salem be point to rather an exceptional
here u a s also lamblike.
untaxed, a t the expense of farm-
“People are doing too much
yield. I f the United States Croo
“If you’ll take a census of the fore Ju n e 1.
cornea through with aoythiug Rk,
crying
about
the
farm
er.
It
isn’t
One
hundred
acres
of
land
near
Jo
I
ers
and
others,
because
th
at
will
retired
business
men
here
in
Eu
Something like 50,000 acre.,, ..
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of land between here and Har-| a ltrac t. owners of capital to Ore good for the farm er himself, and gene, I’ll bet you something sub seph, and more than a score of acres the condition of the northwest
risburg have been bonded fori gon-
¡n addition, we remove it isn’t good for the country. It stantial th a t you’ll find the of test plots in other points in Union crop, unless some aurplus-export
oil exploitation and if oh apou«»
fa r° and keno gets th e farm er into th e habit farm ers in the m ajority. There and Wallowa counties, will be seeded arrangement is developed wheat
we w ill surely be " o n the wap ” " amca We, ,shaH a ttra c t some of thinking he’s ruined, whether is a lot of talk about th e big prof in flax this year, according to H. G. will be cheaper as harvest ap
he is or not, and th a t is a bad it made by the middle man, but Avery, Union county farm agent. An proaches. Marketing tbe north-
r
more capital.
fram e of mind for anybody to how many m erchants out of the attempt is being made to substitute west crop continues slow.
Most of th e republican lead
Oats, corn and barley look like
Cashiers and others are get be in.
for cereals.
total number engaged in busi flaxseed
ers are so blamed disobliging ting a habit recently of boring
surplus crop* in the United States
sour
tnousana
acres
in
say,
days
“The farm ers aren’t all ruined. ness make enough to retire on?’
th a t they seem likely to disre
was the plowing record made by Pru next year, but Oregon can afford
gard the plea of the democrats holes in bandits and would-be L ast year I hired only about $300
fer brothers on County Judge Weath, to expand tbe acreage of both
TKl
MAAsrAia
bandits. This method of letting worth of help, and I sold $3500
for the renomination of Stan
erfords’ ranch near Arlington. The barley aud corn, a great deal of
light into a dark subject is worth of crops. T hat isn ’t so
field.
work was done with a tractor pulling C alifornia barley is shipped to
Portland
rath er discouraging the latter bad, now is it?
twelve
16-lnch plows, plowing six Oregon.
Wheat—Big
Bend
blueatem.
11.48;
class
of
gentry.
Edward W. Browning, GO-year
“And it isn’t tru e th a t a farm hard white, >1.4*; soft white and weat inches deep, and operating day and
The interest in seed flax is rap-
millionaire, and a 16-year-old gir
Mr. Haney saves the repub e r can’t get ahead in this coun era white, >1.41; hard winter, >1.41; night. An average of 104 acres a day dly gaining as farmers appreciate
propose to marry in New York. lican leaders many a nightm are try. I came here about 1900 with northern spring, >1.4>H; western red was made.
value of the guaranteed price for
1926 and the Duluth price for 1927.
I hey are heading for the divorce by keeping out of the senatorial nothing, and now I have 400 >1.40.
unnam
county’s
pet
flock
of
wild
acres of land, all paid for. The
Hay—Alfalfa, »1*50 0 20 ton; valley geese, which Is growing In size, is Reports of contracts show subsisn.
court, but the path len’t a lonely race.
farm er who can do th a t has timothy, >1»®1».6C; eastern Oregon
one, these days.
proving a decided annoyance to farm tial acreages signed, with the
The farm er whose success is nothing to shed tears about.
timothy, » 1 .5 0 0 » .
ers
of the region, upon whose fields prospect of many more. Flax is
told in an article from the Eu
“But you can’t spend all your
likely io remain a good-price crop
Butterfat—41c shippers' track
the
birds are complacently fattening,
City chambere of commerce gene Register on this page pro time running around, and still
because we do not produoe enough
Eggs—Ranch, 22® 24c.
according
to
reports
from
ranchers
claim credit for helping farmers by bably used good seed, good stock get ahead in the farm ing busi
Cheese— Prices f. o. b. Tillamook; that have come into the state game to supply our own ueeds and there
ness I have an idea th a t you Triplets, 11«; loaf. |> c per lb.
bringing in settlers. We haven’, and gumption, and the greatest ness.
IB a forty cente-per-bushel tariff on
commission offices at Portland.
have to stick p retty close to any
it. W hile there ie a tariff on corn
Cattle—Steers, good. »©8.50.
beard of their helping dry good- of these is gumption.
Reduction of alfalfa acreage, in wheat and oats it is ineffective as
business if you are to make a
Hoge—Medium to eholce, $13©l«.io
dealers by bringing more dry
success of it.
8haap—Lambs, medium to choice crease in pasture acreage, increase we grow a surplua which we must
goods dealers or hardware men by Stanfield Working
from 60 to 200 acres of asparagus land sell abroad aud have no need for
“I am ju st one out of many, $11011.75.
bringing more hardware men.
and a 100 per cent increase in other importation exuept a few million
but in my opinion they shouldn’t
for Refund of Tax reduce the licenses on old cars
truck crops is recommended in the bushels of hard wheat.
•eattle.
Umatilla county economic conference
A professor of plastic surgery
The seed demand
continues
Wheat—8oft
whit*.
$1.48;
western
below
the
figure
charged
fo
r
new
u s.
■
z,. .
n g u ie vnajgeti io r new
is sueing a woman for pay for Hia
Influence! as Chairman of. ones. The old car does ju s t as white. >1.49; hard winter, >1.4*; west report, a survey of which has been good. Clovers are in a fairlv
operations performed to increase
strong condition. The demand for
Public I^ands Committee is Big much damage to the road as the ern red, >1.42; northern spring, >1.43; completed by a special committee.
her beauty. We have seen her
Don’t plant u nacclimated corn. alfalfa is quiet and for grass seed
Boost for Return of $4,907,000 new one, and the owner of the Big Bend blueatem, $1.47.
recent picture in the newspapers
Hay Alfalfa. »36; timothy, >38; Get seed of a strain that has been fair. H airy vetch prices have
to Eighteen W’estern Oregon old car gets ju s t as much good
and it is decidedly in her favor
timothy
P. 8., >20; do, mixed. $26
bred in Oregon until it is at home risen slightly because of higher
out of th e roads as th e owner
Counties
European quotations. The acreage
in th e case. The fellow’s services
here.
Butter—Creamery, 82041c.
of the new car.
of it for Oregon may still be
were not worth a cent.
Eggs
-Ranch,
26®
30c.
“Our licenses aren’t hurting
Cream
m producers will do well expaaded safely.
Hogs—Prime, $14®14.26.
us anyway. They may seem pret
to
read,
from week to wtek, the
Because saloonkeepers who
The potato market baa continued
Cattle—Prime steers, »8.08,50.
ty high when we pay for them,
advertisement of
the
Albany to rise, with record prices
used to violate the laws regulat
1$
Cheese—Oregon
triplets,
27c;
Ore
but when you figure the saving
co-operative creamery, the oldest d"e‘ no‘ aPpear that the price of
ing the sale of liquor are now
gon
standards.
35«;
Washington
trip-
effected by the better roads you lets, 17c.
and most successful in the state.
>3 30 to >4 a hundred is out of
violating those which prohibit
soon see th a t the license fees are
it we are asked to repeal the
Complaiotg come in that some line with the supply,
cheap enough. We are saving
lots of alfalfa soed sold from
laws. Why not repeal laws pro
8 p nit ana.
A bulletin received from the
enough in tires alone, because of
hibiting m urder and robbery’
Hoge—Prime mixed $1$ 76©1S.8$ farmer to farmer, and not under college yesterday morning says
the
better
roads
we
have
now,
the seed law, are very bad. Sam
They are violated daily.
Cattle—Prime atoara. >7.50 01.55.
no other grain project is in as
to pay for all our licenses cost
ples from Malheur county bear
us.
M r. Coolidge's sound common
this out in some instances. Seed strong a position, as far as price ii
Albany
eoncerned, as that of seed flex
“I am not the one to go around
sense makes him oppose any
should be tested before buying —
growing ; the potato market has
with a long face, complaining Creamery Association 0. A. C.
attempt by law to make the farmer
advanced to >4 to 4.20 a hundred
about the farm er’s ills. Things
lif t bimaalf by hia bootstraps, i.
for U. 8. No. 1, while new etock
A
successfu
farmers’
orgamzaticn
To
encourage
the
development
may not be ju s t as rosy as I
e.. furnish funds to buy his on n
would like to see them, but they Manufacturers of L IN N B U T T E R of purebred livestock in the west te coming into tome of the mar-
and cash buyers of eggs
the Southern Pacific aud other kets, though the volume may not
surplus to keep tba prioe up. This
m ight be worse.”
Our
payments
for
cream
art
once
coast
railroads will carry registered be expected to be large for several
higher ’ price would
stimulate
So much for the fanner. Here
a month, twice a month or check sheep, cattle and horses, except weeks ; hairy vetch prices are
production the world over sn 1
is a business m an’s viewpoint.
each delivery, any way the pro racers, in less than carload lots, at advancing ; a Hal fa rather slow.
His business includes the sale of
further increase a world surplus
ducer chooses.
half price when shipped
for
shoes,
and
he
has
a
tale
of
woe
Lime for Legumes and
u n til—crash !
breeding purposes.
The
fact
th at U n i t e d to unfold.
Legumes for Fertility
tates Senator Robert N. Stan
“So far he as »ays,
the women
are 't con
Kred Koopman of Nyssa applied
lory kiinlmli
i'i-tl,1,. (• ',',r1 field ' is t , chairm
“ “ 1™ “ an " of the “ senate
n“' e
“you can
tcil
(0- A. c.)
100 pounds per acre of treble
cerned,” he says, “you can't tell
<>. «ay» “ Europe
' 2 S X f t S J t f ’r ' '»nd,. is thy much more than a ’week in ad.
will do what wc "uperphospbate to a second year’s
Legumes, as clover, alfalfa and
claim for it —
emigrant»
from her psycoloyr
b K r the p a jm e rt of •” " *
“ • they
* are
" ' going
Oi" g *»
em
igrants ...............
—
w rid your «yuem of Catanh or Deafnest crop of clover, at a cost of $3 an vetch, are the keystone in tbe arch
RCr*. He got 2 tons hay per acre of soil improvement.
buy next. And if they aren ’t buy caused by Catarrh.
cal levels. American industry i
Sereral of tbe legumes will grow
on tbs fertilized field and 1 ton
1.« *y »««»»». for „ „ 4g roor,
fostering this class of labor.” $4,907,000 of lost O. & C. land ing. they simply aren ’t buying.
grant
taxes
to
IS
W
estern
Ore
<
>
n
a
similar
one
unfertilized,
and
on
a moderately sour soil, but art
If
you
happen
to
get
caught
r.
J.
CHENEY
&
CO..
Toledo,
Ohio
There lies the reason why the
8.3 bushels of seed on the former « way. m„re , b rif,y jf , hey have
m ajority of im m igrants stay gon counties has a chance to with shoes of shapes and m ater
sumcient lime.
against 5 on tbe other.
in the <cities to become part of pass the senate. The bill, which ials th a t are not in style, ar.d
Hundreds of
thousand*
of
the machinery
of factories. benefits the entire state, is now therefore in demand, you are out
Co-operation by
commercial dollar* have been spent for elover
before
th
a
t
committee
and
in
J—t
h
a
t’s
all.
You
can’t
sell
them
Some come from the more north his charge.
bodies of the state for tbs better »»•ed for land that will not grow
at any price if they are not what
ern parts of Europe with bruins
ment of farm conditions is con clover ttntU U h . s been sweetened
S
H
O
P
A new senator would be bar the buyers want, and w hat the
templated in a program adopted at with lime.
enough to be good farm ers.
red by the senate's ironclad sen buyers w ant depends altogether
ths sixth annual short course for
First-class
Work
Lime is applied to eorrect tour
iority rule from holding such on w hat the style is— or what
commercial secretaries last week «oils and only incidentally
Judge Beau lias decided tha>
J . W. S T E P H E N S O N .
a powerful chairm anship and they think it is, which amounts
aa
at the U. of O. school of business plant food.
officerj who were invited into a i therefore, would be unable to ad-
administration. Items include or
to the same thing.”
«,Vnnie» k *n be/ P P li#d
»ny ti„
house and there discovered illegal | \ance such legislation through
rose
ganization of county federations
Here in Oregon, it is only fair
wnen
the
surface
is
fairly
dry
liquor bad no right lo sessa it the committee and pass it in the to add, the farm er has one legi
of producers with which chambers Where clover >e seeded on winter
TUSSING & TUSSING of commerce shall co-operate; a
without a warrant. Furthermore I senate.
tim ate grievence. In proportion
lime will
need IO
to ba
.. , the , ------
-••• »ecu
Immediate
payment
will
be
bueiaese survey of farm conditions gram
LAW YERS
the act use. I were turned loose' I ■
P«J"w in win be to his net income, he is taxed
applied ahead of grain seeding
in
the
state;
promotion
of
the
dasuiia
it»
ii
niade to the 18 counties if the more heavily than anv other
Halesy and Brownsville
Lime will not take tbe pl.c’ or
m e
h
the officers, bill passes, ,n the following
budget system, support of 0 . A
of
class. Compute the income of
drainage, fertilizers or the proper
Oregon
might have given. Suppose the Amounts;
Benton, $230 0 0 0-
(
.
in
the
effort
for
more
complete
the average Oregon farm er on
officers bad found stolen jewelry Claokamaa, $347,000; Columbia,’
soil surveys and organization of preparation of the seed bed nor
?iu°eth#,e ,,CtOr* l , * # lh# place of
county settlement committees
for which they were Inokiug, m ight!
LOGO; Coos. $422,000; Currv.
they have seised that nr testified ,
Douglas, $1,085.000;
against the parson in whose
'J in * ” 1'
$’ «56,00; Josephine.
A d v e rtis in g , 20c an in ch ; no diacoun
*nr lim e or apace ; no charge lor c o m
poaiUon o r r jauges.
* • " P a ia -fu r P a ra g ra p h !.'• te a lin e
• • a d v a rtla .n g d la g u lu d . . nawa.
No, Anxious Reader, it isn’t
because they fear we wouldn’t
' approve of their actions th a t the
I senators refuse to tell us how
I they voted on the Whitlock case.
SC A TTER G U N SHOTS
I If you had heard their speeches
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. when they ran for office you
Often a horse pulls a car out of would not think of such a thing,
a ditch w le , hors« aenae would ' ^ eir reticer** » da* to a fear
Why Farmers Fail
Well, Some Don’t
a
H a lF s C a t a r r h
Medicine
BARBER
—
« •« > » •» —
vin-a
a .
at tha’ law
M
d nt
‘ *
' S
Z
;
he $30,000;
i n r ; ton W » '» i twin•
*CC” K'
«?Q'- Hi11’ Wash
* 50«°W
i 1<
at tba law. Mauy an unthinking
youth felt tempted to follow his
epactacu'ar example.
T h* last
time Gerald was arrested he mad»
• Joke of it and said ha would ba
•u t soon. The joke end.d when
$135.000.
n *e Stanfield bill futher pro-
vides tor the annual payments
h e r v ifter of nearly $500,t>00, art
w ^ lT h a ^ ^ i
th<? 1
that
Counties annually’ b ^ t h ^ r i *
the state of Connecticut hanged mad company on the O A C
him before 1 o’clock yesterday *fran t lands.
morning. Who wants to be the
(Stanfield Dor Senator Campaign.
■*xt brilliant super bandit?
, „ . .E n Cu,ick« Mgr.)
(Paid adv.)
Chick S tartin g Milk Mash
Baby Chick Scratch
Egg Producer
Triangle Egg Mash
Attractive prices on Shell, Bone Meal
and Fine and Coarse Grit
O. w . I R I M
Special Sale on
Corn for 10 Days
nisli the
•aok., '
$36
J e
•JO . / o
*'
X
flour “ “"
’ -b .» ..
at HalMy warehouse
Grouod or cracked >2 extra
Oar GOOD LUCK EGG M i a n r
■nJ k . » . , . . . .
f o r ten days,
beginning Apl.
10. we offer
Corn, you fur-
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Chtaper
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T. J. Skirvin Seed (o