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| Taking ths work ofAtbs experiment
The horse power combine harvester
owned by Eugene Amidon working on
Oregon is now being attempted by the
the F. L. Burnett farm ended Ite days
Moro branch station. The purpose of
work last Friday, July 11, with a
this new idea in station work io to
runaway that resulted in quite a bit
determine in exactly what localities THE VANISHED POMPS OF of broken harness, several horses in­
C. L. I reland
and under what conditions will the
jured and one horse killed. The start
YESTERDAY _
Editor and Publisher
results and findings of the station
of the accident waa a belt that
slipped off its pulley.
When a stop
DWARD, the seventeen-year-old
. July 18. 1924 entirely applicable, eapecially in
F riday ..
resgard to the beat crops to grow.
son of my next-door neighbor, was was made, one of the 27 horse* which
In 1923 throe grain nurseries were In a state of mind. He was going to had been acting sick earlier in the
Dr. Walter I* Niles, desn of Cornell grown, one in Umatilla county, one take hie “girl” to a party and waa ax
day dropped to the ground.
University Medical college, advisee in Morrow county and one in Wasco good deal humiliated because the fam­
This sick horse began a series of
poor boys not to study for the medical county. The results obtained from ily did not own a coach or a limousine, struggles, alternately falling down
profsssloo Hla daLm la that the poor
and the journey from her house to the and regaining its feet. Thia waa
boy to aeldom a leader in bis class be- aging that the work was enlarged in scene of the social orgle—a distance bothering other horaes in the team
cause hla health la impaired by over 1924 and will be further expanded in of four or five blocks—would have to and the driver, after trying to make
work, while be has developed a righ' 1925 to include nurseries in several be made in an open car.
members of the crew understand,
“It's rotten luck to have to take a
Ry of mental process that precludes uli<r counties, Thia year there are
girl that way,” he complained to bls started to climb down he drivers’
Imagination. We do not know upon two nurseries in Umatilla county, ore mother, alt sympathetic as mother’s al­ ladder and hunt up some of the
what foundation the doctor builds hi* near Pendleton and one near Pilot ways are. “I don’t know what shell crew/
opinions, but tt to hard to reconcile Rock ; two in Morrow county, one think. All the other fellows have
When he was about half way down
It with the prevailing Impression rhat near lone and one near Eight mile; closed Packards or Marmons, and I on the ladder, the horses in the outfit
the poor boy io a more sincere and de one in Waaco county near Dufur; have to go in an open Buick.**
became frightened, half bolted to the
termined student than the scion of th
»nd one in Sherman county at Kent. Indeed a cruel fate.
right and the balance to the left.
It was not thus when I was •even-
Superintendent
Stephens reports
This pulled the down horse against
teen. We went in style then. I
that two succesaful field days were
and under the beader, and at the same
take Hattie Barlow to the Fourth of
Usually be must make bin own way. held recently at each of the nurseries
time
pulled the combine about 800
July celebration in Mink Grove. She
Hla inveatment In a college course to in Umstilis county and two at the was a mighty pretty girl, and she was feet before the horses broke loose.
entirely bls own. He 1s fully aware nurseries in Morrow county. At the thirteen. It seems a little young now, During thia time the front wheel of
tliat be must realize on that invest nursery at Eight mile there were 212 as I think it over, but that fact riever the combine was pitching and rolling
‘ ment and he wastes no time In foolish people in attendance. At each field occurred to mp then.
over the uneven ground and the driver
I made elaborate preparations for was wondering if he would be able to
neaa The eon of the rich ha* no day at each nursery interest by
•uek controlling influence. Hi* par fanners was keen, especially in the the event. I washed the lumber wagon get out of the mess without serious
enta pay the freight If be aucceed* new smut-resistant winter wheat and swept It out carefully. I made a injury.
fresh cushion for the spring Beat, and
all well and good. If be fails, bls par varieties, and most of the new hybred
As luck would have it, the horses
tied a new ribbon on the long buggy
ent* nay still pay the freight. Many wheats between the federation vari­ whip I carried. I trimmed the manes broke loose about fifty feet from a
of the nation’s greatest men tn the eties and present ccmmercisl winter and tails of the mules I was to drive ravine for which they were headed
medical, as well as tn other profes wheat varieties.
and brushed and curried them until and which would have wrecked the
machine completely if it had been
slona, originated from the so-called
their coats shone like ebony, though 1
didn’t know much about ebony then. pulled into it. None of the crew
poor boy cl a sa. They have been sue
We went in the morning so that we were injured. The sick horse had to
ceeeee because they were equipped Celebration oí July 4th Gives
could be part of the parade which wb * be killed, others were scratched and
with a sense uf responsibility that to
Bead Boy Permanent Booze Jag headed by the local band and lead by bruised. Some of the horses came
not always a characteristic of the
Taylor Rowlett ridJng a spirited bay into the business section of Moro
youtb born with ■ silver spoon In his
A case of permanent intoxication horse and wearing a beautiful red Bash where they were caught. The har
mouth and seat through life with a ail-
is reported from Bend that is said to made of shiny paper muslin. It was nes* and machine were repaired and
ver-lined purse.
some parade! I remember that Hattie
nave taxed the medical knowledge of
wore a white shirtwaist and a bright the outfit was running again, as
A revival of business is reported the doctors of that city in interior blue silk skirt that her aunt had sent usual, by Saturday noon.
from Rotterdam. Steamship companies Oregon. The news story reads about her from Boston. Her hat was white
with » band of yellow daisies around
are laying new keels and different big as follows:
A hitherto pober youth took on It, and as I said, she was mighty
German steamboat companies have
Wheat Prices are Going Higher
made the city their terminal for North enough moonshine on the Fourth of pretty.
I had two dollars and a half to
$1.12 at Moro on Wednesday
and South American trade. Rotterdam July to become thoroughly inebriated.
spend. We stayed all day and had
His
friends
put
him
to
bed
and
he
baa suffered heavily during the war
lunch In the grove, and rode the merry
The local wheat market became a”
and since the Ruhr occupation. All apparently recovered.
go-round, and ate Ice cream, and pop­
-
But
in
the
heat
of
the
day
follow-1
eetablisbed fact for this season when
the ( J e t m an Rhine trade, with its proe-
corn balls, and everything; but dinner
ing all of the symptom* of intoxica­
we ate at the Martin house, the big the Portlsnd market reached >1.25 on
tion
returned
except
the
distillery
dty on its way to the North sea. Th«
hotel in town. It was the first time I Saturday for 6000 bushel* of soft
His nerves became partly had ever eaten at a hotel and it cost
white sold at that price for Portland
FTxsrh and Belgians have diverted a. breath
paralyzed, bis speech was impeded, '
delivery
in
August.
Demsnd for
the
me
twenty-five
cents
each
for
groat deal of that trade through the
Msess and Moselle canals toward his walk erratic. Each warm day dinner, but there were no tips, We wheat is good, with very little sel­
didn’t start home until after the fire- ling at country points and farmers
Antwerp. Yet It seems that the Dutch, since that time—and nearly all of
works. We drove slowly, and the moon disposed to bold for higher prices, a*
navigators, merchants, business men them have been measurably warm
»the same condition has recurred.
% ! was shining and the night birds were is usually the case with a raising
and bumanltartana of the first rank,
fThe youth is employed at night calling and. as I think I’ve said before, market.
have found a way out without going
she was mighty pretty, and I was very
and so has been able to carry on his
The export wheat market at Port
to war or getting Into any friction.
happy amid the splendor of It. But
work, but in the day time he exhibits It’s all vanished now, though Sir Fred­ land appear» to have fully opened.
■ 11 the signs of intoxication, and erick Hamilton didn’t have a thing on Two steamers are now listed openly
physicians hhve been unable to pre- ua that night!
for crop loading, with no means of
scribe any relief.
knowing bow many other steamers
are held in reserve for future losd-
' 11 murlers nut on what plane of ings.
Anotber reason for seeing America
life
oue Tabuns, nor how large or small
News reports state that the demand
IT MAY BE THAT I
first Is that European Motel keepers
the number of hh< acquaintances, the for wheat from California is excep
have Just decided to advance prices
FRUITS FEFL PAIN,
man who tolls, and yet know» that iu tionally heavy at this time and tMt
■till further, ignoring the lesson of the
the ,circle of hia influence there is at the grade of wheat suitable for that
SA FRENCH
man who killed the goose that laid the • eust one life In which there la aun-
market is quickly taken when offered
SClEHTtST
golden egg.
shine where, but for him, there would
Prices offered for either dark hard
nave bem shadow; that- there is ut
MAINTAINS, BUT
or hard winter in this city as late a*
Food costs may have declined a least one home In which there is cheer
THE GRAPEFRUIT
Wednesday of thia week, was said to
bit, yet they have a long way to go where,, but for him, there would have
be >1.12 for that grade of wheat.
4>ecn
gioum
;
that
there
Is
ut
least
one
IS THE ONLY ONE
before they drop to the level of the
ean in which (here la hope where,
good old days when round steak was
HAT CAN HIT
.<ut for him, tin re would have been
Deterioration of farm machinery be­
ten cents ■ pound and the butcher ac.spulr—that muu carries with him.
cause of lack of »halter costs Ameri­
“threw tn” a hunk of suet
as lie goes, one uf the richest treas
can farmers tens, possibly hundreds
ires on thie earth."
of millions of dollars a year. Expert*
estimate that avoidable loea occasioned
The German press, which Is critical
by Idle farm machinery standing in
of the display of wealth by Germans
open1 fields la perhaps equal to one-
who are abroad, might urge a collec­
tion from some of those bloated Ger­ half* of all the taxes paid by the farm­
ers of the United Staten. If conditions
mans of enough money to feed Borne
In important farming arena of Illinois
of the starving German children.
reflect the situation the country over,
damage to farm machinery from
French scientists claim to be able to
Repairing Trucks, Tractors, Automobile«,
the elements runs up to n moot
bear the aounds of stars, and as soon
Caterpillars, and Combine Motors, Cylinder
a maxing
the
Power
total.
as we learn to make a noise like a
Farming.
Engineers
motoring
through
Grin <ing, Oyx-acetylene and Electric Welding
star we shall be able to join in the
Illinois
the
recently found that
well known music of the spheres.
loss to machinery and implements
left standing on farme alodg the
The new spring colors for women s
hosiery Include “drumskin," “tam­ roadside would be >600 per square
mile a year, or more than fl an acre.
bour,"
“rum-te-tum,"
“tom-tom,"
615 East Second 8t
Phone Main 4001
In a distance of 120 miles they ob­
"blare,? "clarion" and “fanfare." And
served twelve tractors, coating CUMM)
we were taught to believe that stock-
cash, standing exposed to the weather,
Ings should be seen and not heard!
absolutely without any protection.
These tractor», built to give twenty or
more years of hard service, probably
wMl be consigned to the Junk heap af­
ter five year». There are 869,000,000
acres of land under cultivation in the
United Statea. If the Illinois estimate
hold* good for the root of the country,
a loea of more than >870,000,000 a year
la sustained by the farmers because
of lack of propar housing of their farm
machinery and implementa.
This
would pay for enough building mate­
rial to furnish adequate protection for
a generation.
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chU. An interesting pbenomsnon <rf
earth movements la taking place there.
Houses, vineyards, olive groves, fences,
roads, all are disappearing into ths
earth. The movement of the earth
to gradual, hardly perceptible to the
occasioned. In one Instance a cot­
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After two days its roof was still vis­
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Spark : A compound essence of fire
fury, compressed into the smallest
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Usually found in
cigarette stubs, matches, and neg­
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The man who puts out the last
spark generally acquiree the reputa­
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employer.
Then, Finally.
You see a beautiful girl walking
down the street. She to, of course,
la singular, you be-
come uomina t i ve. You walk across to
her, changing the verbal and then be-
coming dative. If ahs to not objective,
you become plural. Ton walk borne
together. Her mother I* accusative,
and you become imperative. Her
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object. Her father becomes present
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Great fires from little matches
grow.
People who live by raising wheat
shouldn't
throw cigarettes by the
roadside.
p
u. • s
Did you ever wonder,— if some
folks sre aa careless at home as they
are in the field?
Every time you throw a cigarette
out of the ear, say to yourself, “Here
goes another fire“— and don’t throw
it
The fine art of being safe consist*
in being dead sure that every spark
ia out.
What the wheat sang«—
“Ashea to ashes,—and dust to dust
If the combine don’t get us, the
cigarettes must.’*"
Field Fire:
A very large and
disaatroua result from s very little
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Fur Farm Produce
would
kill the
wo rt m aw
canal and extlngulahlng Vaeuvlua.
If that were attempted, the moment
the sea hit the molten ma as as of lava,
Italy would go up In a terrific ex­
plosion.
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