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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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your broken lenses and we will guar
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