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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1925)
The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday, August 21, 1025 —Ä IncluM in’steamer cargoes arriv- In 181X1, one fair; in 198S, two Copper carbonate dust for wheat •mut control, introduced into Oregon thousand fairs. In 1810, an attend-1 ing at Portland from Europe during by the Oregon Agricultural college ance of about five thousand; in 1925 th* month of July was 80 cases of and carried to the farm by specialist* an estimated attendance of appeetki- flax machinery to be used in the new flax plant* which are being built near »nd county agents of the extension mately twenty-five million. These figures, in a nutshell, tell the Portland. The raising of flax has service, is past the experimental stage and fast coming into general story of the marvelous growth of the been carried on in Oregon for many use. Wheat fdr 300,000 acres, was American county fair from the hum ¡years but it is only of recent years to its preeetrt fl*y that it has developed to any 'great dusted last year, and enough for 3 blest half million acres will be for next status aa an important factor in agri extent. Now several plant* are being cultural education. They are of es built which will manufacture the flax year's crop, recently stated E. Jackman, extension specialist. This pecial interest here in view of the grown in thi* district. In the cargo of the Dewey which is about half the average total < Ore- approaching Moro fair which will-be arrived July 28th from China was held September 10-11-12. * gon wheat acreage. While the county fair idea ha* found another shipment of'27 -cases A saving of one-fourth of tile seed is one big advantage of the dust been taken hpld of tremendously in of human hair weighing 10350 treatment. This will save about the United States, it is not native of pounds which will be forwarded by $350,000 or more for the growers’ this country. Fairs run back to steamer to it* destination in New pockets. The seed germinates more ancient days, but in the olden times Orleans. This same vessel carried a quickly and surely and the plants are they were more ^fter the manner of large quantity of egg albumen and more vigorous from the start.- Low a bazaar or market, only held with «« yelk which will be delivered via cost of treatment, keeping power of less frequency, very much like the intercoastal vessel to consignees in treated grain, and effective smut con fain in vogue in Germany and other New York City- Among other items European countries today. The Amer was 40 sacks of dried egg shells trol are other big advantages. * Failure of growers to allow for the ican fair traces its ancestry back showing that the Chinese make full added thickness of stand by reducing only to about the middle of the! use of their product and that noth amount of seed sown has caused too eighteenth century, when a group of ing is allowed to be wasted. In ad The Moro Confectionery has been purchased by the I thick stands in some fields. The bet progressive farmers in the Tees Riv dition there was the usual consign underaignedwho will endeavor to fully merit your ter germination of the dust method er valley in northeastern Britain I ments of bristle«, wool, strawbraid, justifies reducing the common rates joined to bring their livestock to-1 skins of various kinds, rugs, feathers, future business. of seeding from 60 to 75 pounds per gether for comparison. It has been I and horse hair from China and soya termed the first agricultural fair and bean cake and meal from Man- I acre to 45 to 55 pounds. Everything in Ice Cream combinations, Ice Cold ■ Control of smut has been shown was the model after which were I Ldbvfe. . Drinks and Cold Bottled Goods always ready by fieltf*and nusery tests to be about patterned the hundreds of county I The steamer Oakridge arrived July 31st from the Philippine Islands, to serve. the same with the dust rightly ap fairs both here and in England. Elkanah Watson of New York has China, and Japan. Included in the plied as with the liquid s bluastone treatment. Every grain must be been credited with being the father cargo was 3741 bales of hemp from dusted, which is best accomplished of the American county fair. In 1815 Davao and about 1200 of copra. At by running the machine at the pre Watson organized the agricultural Cebu there was taken aboard hard scribed speed according to directions. society of Albany, N. Y., and pro wood lumber and copra and from When run too fast the machine holds ceeded to establish fairs and cattle Manila was received 1780 sacks of the grain against the drum instead shows in the »neighboring counties. sugar. At Hongkong, which is the of tumbling it over the baffle boards In 1819, due mainly to his influence, transshipping port for the Orient, the New York legislator^ appropri consignments of kapok, gunni*s,mat- to get its share of dust. I Two ounces of fine, good quality ated ten thbu*and dollars a year for Lress fibre, seagross furniture from copper carbonate dust to each bushel six years for premiums on agricul Java and the Straits Settlements three ounces of tural and hdhnc manufacture pro-1 were placed aboard thia vessel for of clean grain, Office at Farmers State Bank badly smutted grain, are recom ducts. In • 1832 the state agricul lelivery at Portland. From Japan mended by the station. The wheat is tural society wasxfounded and work; I came large shipments of porcelain recleaned and smut balls removed started in other states. But while land 1974 packages of tea for deliv- before treatment. Care is taken not Watson was busy converting farmer« I >ry in Portland and cities in the GRAIN BUYERS to breathe the dust either in treat and legislator* to the valup of fairs, I Tiiddle west. Besides this there was the Columbian Agricultural Society I .he usual shipments of provisions, ment or sowing the grain. DEALERS IN held what is believed to be the first i arthenware, cotton goods, and etc., exhibition of its kind in Washington, I from Japan. Laboring under a delusion doesn’t Olympes and Drifted Snow F%ur and all Olympic Cereals D. C. in 1810. Olympic Poultry and Dairy Feed. . Grain Bags and Twine beget a pay envelope. Copper Carbonate. Gaseo Briquets, Fuel. Grain and Feed The development of the fair in the Cement and Building Material. United States has been one* of nor- New Grain Cleaner In The mal growth and expansion. Agents for J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. vented by Oregon Man successful cantestant in a local fair I naturally wished to compare his prod-1 On the Cadle brothers, farm one F1R£ ANDiMARINE INSURANCE ucts with those of winners of other! nite east of Rickreall, there is now local fairs. That is how the county n operation a gram cleaner, which it ' s HARD TOI fair come to be. The state fair with he Portland office of the federal DECIDE NOW-1 its wider appeal was the next logical Train investigation department wishes I MAYS WHETHER, step, and th*re county winners went .hat grain growers who can would see the man who to settle disputes on the relative merJ -n operation.. The cleaner is called a OFFERS YOUTH its of their products. Eventually this 'grain aspirator” and it will clean FIRST DRINK 15/ lead to competition between states, tny grain of weed seeds or light I GENEROUS OHi culminating first in the inter-state foreign material. It is inexpensive, I CAUTIOUS J fair, later in? the national show and ight, can be attached to any standard tion finally in the inter-national ex-| thresher and it requires but little hibit. Many a national champion >ower for operation. grain grower or livestock breeder to Federal statistics state that in day can trace his success to some 1923 approximately 475,000 bushels little honor captured at the county yl dockage were produced in Wash- fair years ago. ngton, Idaho and Oregon. This great The appealing thing abouE the volume of screening» was shipped in- county fair is the opportunity it o the terminals with the wheat; offers the farmer to compare his own freight was paid on it, handling costs work with that of his neighbors and and insurance were added, and it so inspires in him a healthy ambition vas a total lose. Kept on the farm to improve himself and his work. he screenings have feed value and Within easy distance of his home, he narketing costs are greatly reduced. can examine the beat animals, grains, fruits and -> vegetables, poultry and honey and determine where he falls 1925 Farm Acreage in short of th* mark. Likewise his wife Pacific States Reducec can pit her needi*work, hor baking and pastry, her canned fruits ano Crop acreage in most pf eastern vegetables against these of othei Oregon and Washington shows a farm women and enjoy the thrill ano ¡larked decrease since 1928, in a reward that come« with victory. number of counties running as high Altogether the county fair stimulated is 10 per cent, the department of friendly competition that has been Agriculture announced last week. responsible for much of the farm Exceptions to this general condition progress in the past century. re the Willamette valley section in The educational value of the Oregon and the Yakima and Chelan The desire < to beautify is natural. implement aid equipment display» valleys of Washington, in both of To gratify this desire is happiness. that are part of al) th* better fairs vhich an appreciable increase in crop To procure the ready cash is another is one of the most commendable acreage occurred. features. State and federal govern matter. But, by our method of Easy The total number of farms in the ment exhibits bring home to the United States has dropped by 30,000, Payments your desire can be immedi farmer lessons in growing his prod or one-half of 1 per cent, 4n the two- ately realized. > ucts more economically and efficient /ear period. In southeastern Idaho ly, and household furnishings and ind eastern Washington this de Here, you have the choice of fine fur labor saving devices on view work crease ranges from 1 to 5 per cent, niture and it is delivered instantly— directly for the improvement of out in the western part of Washing country life. just as quickly as if you paid all cash! ton and Oregon 1» generally not so Drop in and let us explain how easy great. Some of it is accounted for by consolidation of farms into larger it is to have fine furniture and how units. x easy it is to pay for it The conven Oregon'* cultivated area is grad ient terms quoted below will help ually being extended, but the survey }rou in your home furnishing prob- Four reels of club wort pictures shows hundred* of acres of idle plow have been taken by the Southern land other than summer fallow. ems. Pacific company and turned over to The department's latest estimate Oregon Agricultural college for of the 1925 winter wheat crop for showing in all districts of Oregon. Oregon is 6,732,006 bushels, as com Two more reels will be added, show pared with 13,085,000 bushels last ing club work at the county fairs of year and a five year average of 17,- Furniture—$ 5.00 Lane, Tillamook, and Clackamas, and 915,000 bushels. Th* decrease in at th* state Fair immediately follow acreage is obvious for that crop, as Furniture—$ 7.50 ing. The six T$e)> Will constitute the the 1925 yield is calculated at 26 F umiture—^$10.00 $100 Worth most complete meviuf picture of bushels an acre, against 20.9 bush club work ever mad* in th* United els last year. $125 Worth States. * Washington's 1925 crop is esti- The mated at 10,412,(100 bushels, $150 Worth Community fairs in Douglas coun* 1924 crop in that state yielded 19,- ty are receiving support aad encour 354,000 bushels, and the average for agement from the county court. Ap Ave years has been 29,292,000 WE CHARGE NO INTEREST propriation* have been made for the bushels. several fairs which are to be held soon. The court has appropriated Eye Specialist in Town 1200 each for ths Smith River and Glide fairs, and >500 for the Roseburg Optical Co. 326 H Wash. St. home and land products show, to be Dr. Clarke of Clarke-Stram held September 24, 25 and 24 Portland, will be in Wasco at the Eight acre* of land purchased by the city of Klamath Falls for park Hotel Sherman from 5 p. m. Thursday purposes five year* ago for 81LTM August 27th until 8 p. m. Friday Au was sold to the Southern Pacific and gust 28th. Ha will ba in More at the Hotel Oregon Trunk railroads for >52,000. Moro from 8:80 p. m. Friday August Both rail lines sought It for traekaga purposes. The Oregon Trunk pur 28th until noon Saturday August < ' chased two acres for 815,000, while 22th. Those having eye trouble . should the Southern Pacific purchased th* see him. Examination free. remainins 12 acre* for 847,000. Under New You Get It All in Exide When you have to buy a new bat tery, ask yourself this question: “Am I going io bug low price or am I going io bug qualityr\ After you’ve decided, ¿0 Exide. There is no need to pay more than Exide prices and you can’t £>t quality. Fanners Elevator & Supply Co A valuable knowledge of the reliability and integrity of businesses is the reward Credit Plan our Home! DOCHERTY POWERS Furniture Company do it right. EXIDE PRICES ARE FROM 116.50 UP The Prize Winner Mil! i»' From Moro Dairy For steadiness of quality and clean liness Moro Dairy has at all times maintained the highest standard pos sible. Every cow in Moro Dairy herd has been tested by a state veterinary and the dairy Itself has been inspect ed by the state health office. No other milk supply in this vicinity can claim as much. Delivered when you want Moro Dairy Milk 10c Quart Moro Dairy Cream 30c Pint G. G. Thorp, Proprietor, Moro Moro Garage Blacksmith and Machine Shop Plow Share > Grinding Acetylene Welding Wood Working in Connection Let us give you prices on our Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup Tires We Have a Complete New Stock Moro Garage, Telephone Main 171 m . r . Sebadewiti, prop. Home phone Main 474 Rotary Rod Weeders Manufactured STRONG COMPACT DURABLE Our Rotary Rod Weeders, are hungry for weeds They make a perfect seed bed and leave the best kind of a lump mulch on -top. ,
