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About Western world. (Bandon, Coos County, Or.) 1912-1983 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1916)
This Place is at Your Service NEW KI R IL CREDITS WOl'LD RITN RIG INDI STRY LAW IS EXPLAINED ix sm mi its < t i:it\ LIVE STOCK HUSBANDRY Qualified Farmer» Will lie Enable«! to Borrow Frotu Stoo to •10,000.00. (By GEO MELVIN MILl.EK) Eugene Ore, Dec. 18—During the reqent political campaign so much | misinformation about the federal rural credits act was given the pub I lie that It seems necessary to give the farmers the truths covering its salient points. Qualified farmers may borrow Better Methods of Handling Cat under this act from $100 to $10.- 000- through tho local loan associ tle and Sheep Will Increase With the installation of this We Use atlon A farmer wanting to borrow equipment during the past sum more than $10,000 may go directly Production. mer. we are now enabled to give to tlie federal farm loan bank A alieolutely the highest class of ser farmer who already owns land or (Prepared by United States department of wishes to buy land for his own use vice In repairing und overhauling agriculture ) automobiles. Heretofore such That the effect that settlement of .is a farm, may borrow .">0 per cent worn parts as could not lie adjust public lauds in the range states of of the value of tlie land he owns or the west has had tn reducing produc wishes to buy and 20 per cent addi- ed, nor replated except at great tion of lteef and mutton In that sec I tional on the insured value of the expense, were left untouched. tlon will l>e offset in the future by i buildings thereon. Tlie terms for The new acetylene welding pro other forces and that the meat output which »aid farm loans maji run are cess. a comparatively recent inven should therefore slowly Increase la five to 4 0 years on the amortiza tion, makes it possible to build the opinion of specialists of the I'nlted up such worn parts, making them Stales department of agriculture. This tion plan, with the privilege to the opinion is expressed In a report of an borrower of paying off the whole or as good as new. Consequently exhaustive study of the general ment any part above $35 at any interest when a car leaves our shop it is situation in the I'nlted btates recent paying date, after five years if aft not only repaired but rebuilt. ly completed While other forces than i er five years, the farmer finds lie Expert machinists and motor en settlement of public lands have op wishes to pay off the mortgage he erated in the i>net to reduce cattle nil» gine men are employed and with can wipe it out clean or pay by in Ing, it Is pointed out that these have all the necessary machinery, we stallments of $25 or more. been more than compensated by the are prepared to give every service Each borrower is required to In fact that high prices have made the desired. raising of cattle increasingly profitable iest five per cent of the sum lie bor Now that the rainy season is and, by the growth of general agrlcul rows in the stock of tlie federal farm here, bring in your car to be over ture In the region, made |<osslble the loan bank which stock is held by the feeding of cattle in winter and graz local farm loan association as addi hauled. Have it done before the C. L. Foster, Prop. Ing on Irrigated pastures and cultirat Spring rush and you will be ahle tional security for the loan, which ed crops. to take advantage of every bit of stock draws a dividend and Is accept The prediction that this decrease good weather in the meantime. Accessories Supplies hereafter will give way to an Increase able at par at the bank, on the last J is based upon. the belief that the payment of the loan. Tlie object of amount of live stock on farms and the law seems to bo to provide the homesteads will l>e greater In the fu owners of cheap money in the manu ture. that the stock ranges in the na tacturing districts like New England tional forests will continue to improve, state, with a safe medium of invest that the carrying capacity of the stock ranges on the public domain may be ment in the federal farm loan bonds, lucreased by legal regulation and final while it provides cheaper money for ly that high prices of rnnge animal» the raw and undeveloped states like and better methods will result tn a Oregon. There are ten or more more efficient utilization of the availn states embracing New England where Frequent complaints are made to this company by subscribers who ble forage or, in other words, a great the interest rates on farm loans are are imposed upon by persons “borrowing” their telephone. The sub- er production per unit of forage. six per cent or less These states scriber is not only subjected to the annoyance of having the borrower In 1914 It was estimated that no will not use very much of the farm more than 30 per cent of the new set running in and out of his residence or business house, but he may miss im tiers had more live stock than was loan fund, but will invest heavily in portant calls by having his line reported "busy” when it is 'borrowed.” necessary to supply them with work the farm loan bonds, while in states Subscribers paying for service are subjected to inconveniences by the and milk animals. The situation In where high Interest rates prevail few ncn-subscriber who has no right to service. The operators of this this respect, however, was changing will buy the bonds, but will seek company have been instructed to cooperate with subscribers in abating the even then, and the movement for the 1 loans on land and oilier investments "borrowing” nuisance. The regular local tolls will be charged to the production of more live stock may lie Instead. telephone for calls by non-subscribers and the same may be collected by expected to continue because both Will Lower Cost of Living the subscriber. market and agricultural conditions Cheap farm loans will do more to make tills Indispensable to really »tic cessful farming. The change will lie solve the high cost of living to tlie trraJu-l. ft I h «al.l. «»'I only n few city dweller than anything that has head of stock will lie added to a farm occurred for a long time. The more favorable conditions are made for the farmer, tlie more people will engage in tlie farming business; hence, the greater will be the total volume of farm crops and cheaper their selling price. Thus, the federal rural credltt law should work benefits to both city and country. There is an Impression gone abroad that each borrower in the lo cal association is held responsible for the debts of every other borrower, but this is not the case. Each bor rower, through the association num' subscribe for one $5 share of stock for each $100 he borrows and these shareholder» “shall be held Individ ually responsible, equally and ratably and not for one another, for all con tracts, debts and engagements of such association to tlie extent of the amount of stock owned by them at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount paid In and repre Rented by their shares” Thus, in no case can a borrower tie held liable for more than 19 per cent of his own HHKEI* (•KAZIM* ON NATIONAL roKEMI individual loan and never at any time but ultimately and In the aggregate the for the debts of fellow members of Increase will tie greater than that the association. Another advantage which Is likely to lie a> > oinplished In Is the long term, 40 years requiring any other way. The problem for the yearly repayments of only one fourth states ami the national government. It Is said. Is to aid In the change by of tlie principal In addition to the There Is to be no com working out a system whi< h will make Interest pound interest charges but In every such agriculture profitable In addition to this Increase In the case simple Interest la specified numliers of farm etm k. there la little There are no commission charges to doubt that the carrying capacity of the borrower and he is to be at no the existing ranges > an be greatly en expense except to provide an abstract. larged. This has been demonstrated Even the stock ho is required to buy In the national forests, where itnpror ed methods and regulation bare in is not paid for until tho loan is ap creased the capacity of mint range- proved and this stock draws a divi from 1.1 to 30 per cent This proves* dend probably greater than the in «bould continue for at least ten years terest on hl« loan more and should result in building up the carrying capnefty of the nations, DIKCI'MED BETTER METHODS forests as a whole by perhaps 15 per cent. County Commissioner Armstrong I» If similar control could te exercised Back from Convention over the public domain outside of the forest» It is estimated tbit ’be capac County Commissioner Geo. J. Arm Itv of tbe«e ranges could be Increased Subscribe for the San Francisco about 30 per 'ent. About half of thl» strong returned the latter part of would result from the Improvement In last week from Portland where lie the range Itself after overstocking and attended the annual convention of premature grazing were prevented and county commiMionera. He attended natural reseeding facilitated The re all the meetings during the three I mainder would follow water develop days and says that many good Ideas ' $1.50 PER YEAR ment. the construction of fences and the Introduction of methods of han were put forth a* to the proper meth ! d'Ing stock which are out of the qnre ode of county government, road work ' NO FARMER tlon a« long as the Improvement of mn and other thing« pertaining to the NO MINER dltlons on the range merely I'rov Ide successful administration of a coun NO MERCHANT an Incentive for new men to erò» d In ty'« affairs. There waa some talk at and undo by overstocking w hate,er the convention of establishing a state Can do without it. good has been accoinpUabed. The car rylnc capacity of these range« h»» home for the poor, where all the COMPLETE NEWS OF THE WEEK. gT-atly diminished in the past, and eountles might send their Indigents, Special Agricultural and Mining Article«. under the present sya'em there la nf> but the majority of the members of reason »or snnnoslng that It will In the courts present thought that the X. crea-e in the future. county home plan the beat. Have Your Car Overhauled Now Oxy-Acetelyne Welding Process BANDON GARAGE Abating a Nuisance Coo« & Curry Telephone Co, GREATEST OF ALL Weekly Chronicle THE RANGE COUNTRY WHITE SLAYER IS SOI GH I co Marshfield Girls Report Actions of North Bend Woman. Sportsmen's League of Slate Mould Close Rogue River to Com Marshfield, Ore , Dec. 14—Chief of mercial Fishing. Police Carter secured evidence from five Marshfield girls ranging from 16 If the State League of Sportsmen to 18 years of age which indicates is successful in their attempt they white slave representatives are work will have tho lower Rogue river in ing in this city The girls were ap Curry county closed to commercial proached by a woman who lives at fishing The movement was endors North Bend, and solicited to become ed at a recent meeting In 1'ortland acquainted with tier brother, who she At this gathering 24 dubs were rep said was wealthy and was in love resented and after a bitter tight 14 with the victims, each of whom ho I voted to endorse the closing of the desired to marry Tlie woman a«ked 'river while 10 voted against such ac Hie girls to accompany her brother 'tlon Their only excuse is the claim to San Francisco and there be mar I that the angling from a sportsman' ried. So far as known the brother standpoint is Injured by the commer lias not appeared, and the officer« cial fishing miles below. are keeping a watch for liim. There was a division among the Another inducement the woman representatives of Medford and Jack- held out was tiiat the girls could son county. Geo. Putnam, editor and find good paying situations in San proprietor of the Medford Tribune Francisco. The affair has been made a fight against tlie Idea of clos brought to the attention of Ben S. ing tlie river. He set forth that the Fisher, i'nlted States Commissioner commercial fishermen at the mouth for this district. of the river were not allowed by law to catch steelheads, and this Is the Ilaby Had Whooping Cough class of fish that the anglers are nt Mrs. Sam C. Small, Clayton, N. M ter. He called attention to the fact writes: “My grandson liad whooping when the river was closed to commer cough alien lie was three months old. cial fishing Chinook died along the We used Foley's Honey and Tar and I believe it saved his life. He Is now banks and that there was no benefit big and fat." Foley's Honey and Tar done to the sportsmen. is a fine thing to have In the house Mr. Putnam claimed recently in an for whooping cough, croup, coughs, n editorial in his newspaper that the colds.—Sold everywhere. Irrigation ditches killed more tlsli than the hatcheries turn out and that We offer One Hundred Dollars Rs- there are 600 such ditches in Jack- wnrd for any case of Catarrh that can son county. not be cured by Hail s Catarrh Cure s Catarrh Cure has been taken To close Rogue river to commer by Hall catarrh sufferers for the past cial fishing would be a disastrous thirty-live years, and has become blow to the Gold Beach and Wedder- known as the moat reliable remedy for Catarrh Hall s Catarrh Cure acta thru burn community, as tho fishing indus the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, ex pelling the Polson from the Blood and try is the source of approximately healing the diseased portions. $200,000 every season for that com After you have tnken Hall ■ Catarrh munily. It is the largest payroll the Cure for a short time you will see a groat improvement in your general county now has and to knock it out health rttart taking Halls Catarrh Cure at once and get rid of catarrh. would be a heavy blow. Bend for testimonials, free. How’s This? CORPORATION F J CHENEY A CO.. Toledo. Ohio. Sold by all Drugglats, 75c. AHHEKNMENTS State Tav Commission Announces Those for Coos County. Assessor T J Thrift is In receipt, of tho assessment for Coos county as mads by the State Tax Commission for the public service corporations In Coos county. Tlie total amount, according to the Commission, is $833,135 16. The larger assessments among the corporations are as fol lows: Willamette Pacific, 21.53 miles of railroad at $9.240 per mile—$198. 937.20. Southern Pacific, 34 0! miles of road at $9,240 per mile—-$315,- 937.20. Smith-Powers logging mail, 21.93 miles of road at $4.752 per mile-» $104,252 40. Oregon Power Co.-—$108,158.16. Coos Bay Water Co - $64,680 Bandon Power Co. $12.474 Pae. Telephone & Tel. Co. $5,- 072.76. Coos-Curry Telephone Co. $55. 627.44. No Doubt \lwiut Tills Foley Cathartic Tablets are Just a plain, honest, old fashioned physic. They act promptly and effectively in the bowls without pain, griping or nausea They keep the stomach sweet, the liver active, and tho bowls regular They banish biliousness. sick headaches, sour stomach. Indiges tion Sold everywhere. n PATE NTS MONEY To Loan A New Cheese Factory Another cheese factory is to be running in the Coquille valley next summer, says the Coquille Sentinel Lawrence Rackloff. who ha» been clieose maker at the McCloskey creamery at Norway, is planning to begin the construction of a building. 30x50 feet, about the middle of Jan nary on tlie Figg place opposite John son's mill. Arrangements are prac tlcally complete and It is expected to have the plant In operation by early spring in any amount $1000 up Lenses duplicated, frames and eye glass mountings furnished. Bring us your broken lenses and we will guar ante» an exact duplicate Sabro Bros , Bandon, Oregon. it F. E. CONWAY Mortgage Co. Marshfield, Ore. A i: Santa Claus’ Assistants For Fat her and Son 360 PICTURES 360 ARTICLES ffACM MONTH t Many different H a n t a * Clause» are caught each year [ .nilng right «freight SOWS ■ the chimney, and the Santa f Clause« who haven't been I caught number into tho hun- dred«. Of course they're not the really, truly Hants < Ti'is. who la never caught, but only bla asalarenta. Time waa when Santa Claus. who live« up there In Greenland, could p»< k hla sleigh with toya and the like, at.vrt off flying at Just about thia time and get ill the way round the world without the Ie».t bit of tr.iuble before the flret sleepy youngster OJSMd hla eye« on chrtatmaa mon>- I Ing. But thing» hare changed. : There are ao many more ‘ people for the old gentle !man to visit nowadays than there used to tie that be Just • i f •' ' , , [ ! 1 f ! . , ON ALL NKWS STANDS 15 Cents * POPULAR MECHANICS MAQAZINE I 3 4 <!••• not /•/» m **«/«$$$>< r < tsHcffsn focare ” •$•/
