NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
O E N A T U R tO A L C O H O L .
Idaho Experiment Station Tails About
M im ita r liir a
and
L I*« .
Conditions Affecting the Production
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH
SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
of Industrial Alcohol in the Northwest,
GRAFT O LD TREES.
D ALLAS A F T E R A C A N N E R Y .
Diseased Orchards in Valley Are to Fruitmsn Believe th e y Will Have a
M arket fo r C ro p .
Be Laid Low.
r
Corvallis— A movement Is being
launched here (or a great campaign for
the renovation of old orchards in the
Willamette valley and other parts of
Oregon. Preaident Newell, of the state
board of horticulture, Mr. Lownsdale,
Mr. Reid, and a large number of the
fruit inspectors of the various counties
are on the ground and are identified
with the plan. The tiret gun in the
campaign was tired by M. O. Lownsdale
in an address before the visiting horti
culturists and other winter short course
students in college chapel.
The ad
dress met with a hearty Indorsement,
and aroused much enthusiasm.
1 he
Agricultural college authorities will
join in the plan, and in an educational
way and otherwise co-operate to the ut
most extent in furthering the move
m ent
It is said that within three to five
veart a complete new orchard can be
made out of the old one. and a profit of
$5 to |1 0 per tree be realised.
This
was the assertion of Mr. Lownsdale in
his address. He says he has accom
plished this result with old trees on his
farm, and that it can be done by any
farmer who can do grafting or have it
done.
The thing to do, say-« Mr. Lownsdale,
is to cot down the old trt»ee. The best
plan is to cut them close to the ground,
leaving the roots intac'i. This should
be done by the 1st of March. The next
season, from the 10th to the 15th of
May, such varieties as are best for the
climate and for commercial purposes
should be grafted on the three or four
beet sprouts. This is the easiest and
most certain plan. Two feet of the old
trunk may be left and the graft applitd
to it the first year, and a year of time
in reproducing the orchard is gained,
but this requires an expert at grafting
in order to be successful. By either
plan the trees will be in good bearing
in from three to five years, and a reve
nue of $5 to $10 each be realised.
M A K E W ARFARE O N S C A L E .
M arion County Fruitmsn Learning to
Fight Dread Past.
Salem—The most practical, interest
ing and instructive discaselon of4bn
Jose scale ever given in Marion county
waa heard ¡here last week when Coun
ty Fruit Inspector E. C. Armstrong ad
dressed the meeting of the Marion
County Horticultural society. About
200 growers of Marion and Polk coun
ties were present, and it was the unan
imous opinion that if similar talks and
demonstrations were given in every
part of the Willamette valley this win
ter, it wov.’d be but a sbert time until
the great enemy of the fruit industry
would be under control. That a very
large number of growers do not know
scale when they s«e it, and therefore
are in a very poor position to fight it,
was evident. Mr. Armstrong made hie
address so plain and illustrated it so
fully that no one who was present will
ever have trouble in distinguishing this
pest.
Dallas—A committee appointd at the
meeting of the Horticultural society
Inst week for the purpose of securing
the co operation of the fruit raisers of
this vicinity in the establishing of a
cannery at Dallas, is hard at work.
With the exception of the berry crop,
sutlicient fruit is raised within a radius
of five miles around Dallas to easily
support a cannery, and it is lielieved
that the establishment of that industry
in this city will result in the planting
of enough of the small fruits to keep
the cannery in operation during the en
tire season each year.
A company will he formed and the
farmers, fruitgrowers and business men
will be solicited to take stock in it.
Heretoforre the fruit crops of this vicin
ity weie shipped to the canneries In
Salem and Newberg.
Many Countiaa Represented.
University of Oregon, Eugene— The
following table, taken from t t a records
cf the register’s office,, shows that the
students of the University of Oregon
come trom every county in the stme.
There are now in attendance in the de
partments at Eugene, exclusive of mu
sic, 400 students, which is the largwet
body of students of coIIeve rank enrolled
in any institution in Oregon. That
they are not from the heme« of the rich
is shown by the fact that nearly 70 per
cent of them are either wholly or par
tially earning their own way. Most of
them are registered from the smaller
cities of the state that support good
high schools. The following counties
are represented:
Baker, Clackamas,
Clatsop. Columbia, Coos, Curry, Doug
las, Gilliam, Grant, Jacksoo, Joseph
ine. Klamath, lane, Linn, Marion,
Multnomah, Polk, Sheruan, Tillatnock,
Umatilla, Union, Wasco, Washington,
Wbashington, Wheeler, Yamhill.
Cow Earns H er Feed.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis— A five-year-old Holstein at the
college dairy made a milk yield of 13,-
744 pounds for the year ending Decem
ber 31. The product carried a butter
fat record of 448.55 pounds, and yield
ed 520.97 pounds of butter, that at
prices current during the year brought
$170. She was not pushed in the feed
ing, but given the ordinary rations in
cident to any well-kept dairy.
Her
food for the year cost $40, leaving a
net profit of $130.
Big M ilto n R anc'i S o ld .
Milton—For the price of $28 562.50
Henry L. F ra x ie i, of Milton, lias sold
h is ranch near thia place to William
H. Harder, and the deal represents one
of the biggest individual transactions
made in this section of the country for
many months. The Fraxier ranch is
located just southwest of Milton, and
contains 246 acres of wheat land. This
sale also inclnded the Franzier resi
dence in Milton.
PORTLAND M ARKETS.
Batter— Fancry creamery, 32^@ 35c
per pound.
Veal—75 to 125 pounds, 9c; 125 to
Correspondence Courses Arranged
150
pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 5 0
The December number of the Univer
sity of Oregon Bulletin, a copy of which 6H c.
Poultry—Average old bene, 14016c
lias just been received, gives a full de
scription of the correspondence courses per pound; mixed chickens, 14c; spring
that are now being offered bv the uni chickens, 14c; roosters, 8@10c; dress
versity. The courses are arranged es ed chickens, 14c; turkeys, live, 1 6 0 1 7 c;
pecially for teachers, students preparing dressed, choice, 18020c; geeee, live, 9
for college or university, women’s 0 1 0 c ; ducks, 16c; pigeons, $101.50;
clubs, teachers’ grodpe, granges, home squabs, $ 2 0 3 .
Eggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 3 0 0
makers. The university intends to add
additional courses in Economics, Politi 3 2 4 c per dozen.
Pork—Block, 75@150 pounds, 6 4 0
cal Science, History, English Litera
ture, Mechanical Drawing, Civil Eng 7 4 c ; packers, 6 4 @ 7 4 c .
Wheat—Club, 84c; bluestem, 86c;
ineering, Education and others as its
resources permit. The correspondence valley, 84c; red, 82c.
Gats—No. 1 white, $27.50028; gray,
work has met with a hearty reception
in all parte of the state.
More than $27 50028-.
two hundred students enrolled for the I Barley—Feed, $27 per ton; brewing,
various courses during the past month. $32; rolled, $30.
Corn— Whole, $32; cracked, $33.
Hay—Valiev timothy, No. 1. $18 per
Beets Do Well In Klamath.
ton; E»stern Oregon timothy, $21 @22;
Klamath Falls—That Klamath basin clover, $15; cheat, $16; grain hay, $16
is to become one of the leading sugar @16; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14.
beet districts of the country is evidenc
Fruits— Apples, 75c0$2 per box;
ed by the results of analysis of sugar peaches, 75c@$2per crate; pears, $1.26
beets just received from C. O. Town @1.76 per box; cranberries, $9.50012
send, pathologist in charge of sugar per tarrel.
beet investigations of the Department
Vegetables—Turnips, 75c per sack;
of Agriculture at Washington. The carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per
sample sent was of three beets grown rack; beans, 15c per pound; cabbage,
on a test patch of a quarter acre of land lc per pound; cauliflower, 75c@$l per
a mile from Klamath Falls, on which dozen; celery, $3.250 3 60 per crate;
was produced 8 385 pounds of beets, or onions, 16020c per dozen; parsley,
nearly 17 tons per acre.
20c per dozen; peas, 10c per pound;
peppers, 8 017c per pound; pumpkins,
Laying Out Reclamation W o rk.
1@14<5 per pound; radishes, 20c per
Klamath Falls—The reclamation ser dozen; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts,
vice has several surveying parties lay 8010c per pound; squash, 1 @1 %c per
ing out next year’s work on the Kla pound; tomatoes, $2 per box.
math project. One party is now en
Onions—$1.6001.76 per hundred.
gaged on the second unit in the Olene
Potatoee—40060c per hundred, de
district, while Engineer Sargent has a livered Portland; sweet potatoee, $2.75
force on the extension of the Keno 0 3 per hundred.
«anael, paralleling the Klamath river,
Hops— 1907, prime and choice, 6 0
south.
■ ,” 4 C per pound; olds, 10 2 c per pound,
r Wool— £ astern Oregon, average best,
Fulton Files -'is Petition.
13020c per pound, according to shrink
Salem—C. W. Fulton has filed a age; valley, 18020c, according to fine
copy of his petition for Republican ness; mohair, ohoice, 29030c per
nomination for United States senator.
pound.
is the title of a bulletin recently issued
by the department of chemistry of
the Idaho state experiment station.
The purpose of the bulletin is, as the
author states, to bring to the attention
of farmers and others interested in the
subject, the general principles underly
ing the processes used in the manufac
ture and denaturing of alcohol. The
opinion is expressed that people in
this jiart of the country will receive but
little benefit from the passage cf the
“ Denatured Alcohol Act’’ unlesa they
see to it that this alco >ol is made at
home from home grown products. Sev
eral crops aie mentioned us being the
ones to which people in the Northwest
will have to look as the m>«t promis
ing in alcohol manufacture, the most
prominent being potatoes and sugar
l>eet*. It ia not protable that individ
ual farm distilleries will ever lx* put
Into operation. The idea is advanced
of a community still, or a still owned
and o|»erated by a «took company, in
which the chief owners of the stock
shall be the producers of the raw ma
terial. Figures are given illustrating
the relative efficiency of alcohol when
compare«! to kerosene as a source of
light.
It will require some time to get peo
ple acquainted with the usee to which
denature«! akhohol may bo put, but it
is confidently lielieved that there is a
great future for this product right here
in the Northwest.
“ D R Y IN G O F F ” T H E M IL K E R .
Useful Hints On Handling of Cows
Bsfora Calving.
In answer to a question how to “ dry
off" the milkirgeow, Prof. J. H. Fraud-
son, of Idaho experimeat station, gave
the following suggestions:
The trouble with many dairymen Is
that in drying up cows they are afraid
to stop milking as long as the cow
shows any tendency of giving milk.
In many they do not real ze that tocon*
tinue milking through the entire year
is an exceedingly bad policy. In ordi
nary cases it is desirable that the cows
should be dry from a month to six
weeks. The object being to increase
the supply of nourishment for the
growing foetus as well au enabling the
cow to improve her physical condition
before the time of calving. When it is
thought l*st to hasten “ laying off,”
start by not milking the cow clean.
This will generally decrease the amount
to a point where it is safe to skip every
other milking.
In about a week the
milk will generally lie reduced to such
proportions as to justify milking only
every other day. Generally soon after
this It will lie safe to discontinue m ilk
ing altogether.
Tbs “ drying off’’ is rmst easily ac
complished when cows are fed on dry
feeds as much as possible.
There are a few persistent milkers
which can be done more harm by a
forced “ drying off“ than to let them
milk up to calving, but such oows are
decidedly few in numbers.
Publicationa fo r Farm ers.
The following publications of interest
to farmers and others have been issue«I
by the Agricultural department of the
Federal government and will lie fur
nished free, so long as they are avail
able, except where otherwise noted,
upon application to the Superintendent
of Document*, Government Printing
Office, Washington, D. C.:
Farmer’ Bullein No. 158.— How to
Build Small Irrigation Ditches. By C.
T. Johnston and J. D. Htannard, assist
ants in Irrigiation investigations, office
of ex|>erirntnt stations. Pp. 28. figs. 9.
This is a reprint of an article in the
Yearbook o, the department of agricul
ture for I960, entitled “ Practical Irri-
gaticn.” giving methods for laying out
and building small irrigating ditches,
using only such implements as are
found on most farms or can easily be
mads by the farmer.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 187.— Drain
age of Farm I.ands. By C. G. Elliott,
drainage expert, irrigation investiga
tions, office of experiment stations.
Pp. 40, figs. 19. Explains the effects
and advantages of drainage and de
scribes implement* and methods suited
to a variety of conditions in humid and
irrigated regions.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 263.— Practi
cal Information lot Beginners in Irri
gut ion. By 8. Fortier. Pp. 40, figs.
25. This gives suggestions as to the se
lection of an irrigated farm, the ac
quirement of a water right, the prepar
ation of land for irrigation, the con
struction of farm ditches, and the ap
plication of water to crops.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 270.— Modern
Convenienes for the Farm Home. By
Fimina T. Wilson.
Pp. 48, figs. 27.
This discusses heating, water supply,
and sewage disposal for farm homes,
and the arrangement of houses and
grounds.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 277.—The Use
of Alcohol and Gasoline in Farm En
gines.
By C. E. Lucke and 8. M.
Woodwad. Pp. 40, figs. 12. This gives
the general resutls of experiments In
the use of alcohol in the ordinary in
ternal combustion engines on the Amer
ican market, with some discussion of
foreign experiments.
\
M orday, January 13.
Washington, Jan. 13.—The reoei t
iasue of bonds by the secretary of the
tictooiry for the purpose of relieving
the financial stringency was the subject
of an anuniito<l debate in the senate to
day. The discuss« n wss precipitated
by an inquiry by Outberson and a ns
participated In by Aldrich, Tillman
and Bailey.
It resulted in an agree
ment to postpone further controversy
until a statement can lie received from
Secretary Cortelyou, which Aldrich
romised to present « n Thunnisy.
While the subject was under discus
lion, Tillman’s ree«>lutlnn dltecting the
finance committee to inquire Into the
o|ieiati<»n* of the Treasury department
was referretl, with Ids consent, to that
committee.
The senato passed Tillman's resolu
tion calling on the Interstate Com
merce commission for information con
cerning purchases by railroad compan
ies of stocks of competing roads.
The unfinlshe«! business in the form
of the bill to codify the criminal lh»»
of the United States was pla«*e«l before
the aenate and the reading of the bill
was begun.
Washington, Jan. 13.— Vigorous de
fense of state's rights in d««aling with
violations of civil rights or with sjmh I s I
state elections, where tr«»op* have been
called into service, serve<l to enliven
the debate In the bouse of representa
tives today in connection with the qpn-
sideration of the hill to codify the |>*ital
laws of the Unite«! States. A number
of Itetuocrats, mostly from the Southern
states, strenuously sought, by amend
ment, to reserve to the states them
selves discretion as to the quail Act ion a
of v< ters or of |*ereons to serve on juries,
anti to limit the powers of Federal
judges in certain cases, but every at
tempt failed. Republicans prevented a
solid front, and the votes were all on
party lines.
the measure, together with Ids reason
for its adoption.
Senator Clay Unlay introduced a bill
authorising the acvruiary of the treas
ury to Issue $309,000,1X10 of non* inter-
••at bearing United States notes in cir
culation, In such form as he may deem
expedient.
Henator Bulkley to lay Introduced a
hill prnvldlny for emergency currency
Issued by tanka In amounts equal to
the | mu value of Irnr.ds to he deposited
with the treasurer of the United States.
It provides that United Slstcs Ixitlda,
I'anaina canal bonds, I win da of any
state , county or municipality of riot
less than 60,000 population, may he
accepted for such purposes.
Senator lodge today Introduced a
joint resolution reducing China's In
demnity bond, Incurred as a reault of
the Boxer trouble of 1900, from $245,
440,778 to $11,665,492, with interest
at 4 per oent, payment of the amount
I wing remitted as sn act of friendship
to ( ’hIna
8enator Gore, of Oklahoma, Uxlay
introduced a joint resolution providing
that no |M«raon shall be elig hie to ta
elected president of the Unllcil States
lor more than two terms in sucteasmn.
Senator Piles today secured the |>«a-
sage through the senate of hia hill ap
propriating $30.(MW f<»r ttie erection of
a lighthouse at the entrance of Belllng-
Iiaiu Bay.
Waalnr gton, Jan. 9. — I»eclded dif-
err net»« of opinion as t<* the way of in-
jerting elasticity Into the national cur
rency and of int rmaing the safety of
hank dr|*wita have arisen among the
me io hers cf the committee on tanking
and currency, of which Fowler, of New
Jersey is chairman. Home of th* Re
publican members as well as Demo-
cists, are not in entire syrn|wtliy with
the plan of Fowler as e:ril*«lln«l In the
bill introduced by him yesterday con
templating the immediate and com
plete retirement of all national tank
Saturday, January II
bond-secured currency ami it* replace
Washington, Jan. 11.— A vigorous merit by a guaranteed credit currency
fight was wage«l in the house of repre tweed upon general assets of the banka.
sentatives today over the bill to codify
and revise the penal laws of the United
Wednesday, January 8.
states with particular reference to sec
tion 19, affecting conspiracies against
Washington, Jan. 8.— In the pres
the civil rights of citizens. Smith, o ence of the entire house, W illiams, of
Missouri, and Hughes, of New Jersey, M'Miaaippi, and l>e Armond, of Mis
offered amendments having for their souri, wh<ae physical encounter oil the
object the exemption of labor unions floor just tafore the Christmas adjourn
from the operation of the section when ment attracted genera! attention, today
ever such unions declare strike« or boy- engaged In an eschange of amenities
cotta
A motion to strike out the which wss generally accepted as a pub
whole section was made by Bartlett, of lie announcement of their re*|»eclive
Georgia.
The brunt of the debate was intention« not to permit their ¡»«•rsonal
borne by Sher ley, of Kentucky, a mem difference« to interfere with the cour-
ber of the committee on revision, but teou« discharge of their public dutlaa.
he was supported by a number of Re
The Incident occurred in oonneclloo
publicans.
with an effort by Dalzell, of the com
The amendments were all lost, a« mittee on rule«, to get the house Io
was one by I»e Armond 1« strike nut agree to a rule giving right of«way to
Section 20, iiecause it conferred on Fe«l- the bill authorllng the codi(¡ration ami
eral court* in punishing felonies and amendment of the penal law« of the
misdemeanors committed under section United htatea and limiting general de
19 the authority given to the courts of bate to four hours. Several Democratic
the state in which the acta are commit rnemtrer« ezpreaae«! the opinion that
the rule was a scheme to sidetrack
ted.
other legislation.
Dalu ll, however,
Friday, January 10.
refuted this.
Washington, Jan. 10.— The house of
The rule was [asat»«I by an over
representatives today resumed its a«tiv- whelming majority, deapit« effort« of
itv, and for over five hours transacted I>eArtnon<l ami seven aiherenta to se
business of a public nature. Material cure the yeas anti nays, ami (he house
progress was made with the hill to at once pr»xee«le«l to tiie consideration
codify, revise and amend the criminal ami remling of the hill. At tin-con
laws of the United Slates, which was clusion of the nailing, w hich consumed
taken up ufu-r some routine Dili* had two hours, the h ill wan laid w ide and
been disposed of.
the house again took up the resolution
The feature of the session wts a brief distributing the president's message to
address by Burleson, of Texas, who the several committees, in order to
credited Senator Foraker and other Re permit (»sines, of Tennessee, to address
publicans with having charged the the house in favor of mi ap prop riation
president with the responsibility for lor the Hermitnge, the home of Gene
the recent financial (>anic.
ral Andrew Jackson, near Na-hville.
The house adjourned at 6:12 p. m. Ter.n.
until tomorrow, after an effort had
been made by the Democrats for con
Tuesday, January 7.
sideration of the code hill.
Washington,
Jan. 7.—Henator Aid-
The house of representatives took on
its old-time form when Jones, of Wash rich today introduced hia currency hill,
ington, called up the hill authorizing which baa Imen a subject for some
the Benton Water company to constnnt days. Ho had the bill read to the atn-
a dam across Snake river at Five-mile ate arid announced that the committee
rapids, Wash.
The hill elicited a would lie glad to ronsid« r with it all
sharp detate and members crowded hills that senators m ght desire to in
into the center aisle anxious to be troduce. He assure«» Culberson th«t
hia resolution would receive attention.
heard. The hill was finally passed.
At 1 :40 the senate adjourned until
Washington, Jan. 10.—The senate next Thuraday to permit more work by
committee on territories today passed commitlees.
The president today sent in the nom
favorably upon the nopiination of
George Curry to l>* governor of New ination of Christian Hchueliel to Ixi dis
Mexico; Nathan Jaffa to be secretary of trict attorney for Oregon. Ilia sole en
New Mexico, and John H. Page to he dorser was Henator Bourne, the other
three members of the Oregon delegation
secreary of Arizona.
The committee on Pacific islands and supporting George G. Biriglmm, of
Porto Rico voted to recommend the con Halem. There may he a fight over
firmation of Regis H. Post, of New Hchuebel'a confirmation.
York, to be governor of Porto Rico;
W illiam F. Willoughby, of the Dis
Washington, Jan. 7.—The resolution
trict of Columbia, to lie secretary of referring the president’s message to the
Porto Rico, and Fid ward Dextecr, of several committees furnished the occa
Illinois, to Ire commissioner of educa sion in the house of representatives to
tion of Porto Rico.
day far a number of addreasea, mostly
bv mombers on the Democratic side.
Thursday, January 0 .
These covered a variety of subjects, hut
Washington, Jan. 9.—The introduc thoae that attracted special attention
tion by Senator Hale, chairman of the were by 8heppard, of Texas, and Wil-
committee on naval affairs, today of let of New York.
The former not only made a plea for
his naval personnel bill proved the oc
casion for a general discussion of naval the restoration of the legend “ In God
affairs and recent occurences in connec We Trust’’ on American oolns, but dis
tion with that branch of the public ser cussed the cyrise of the American bat
vice. The Maine senator entered upon tleship fleet and referred to a possible
a full explanation of the provisions of conflict with Japan.