The Lane County News
W. A. DILL, Editor and Mgr.
Published Every Monday and
Thursday by the Lane County
Publishing Association.
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Member of the Willamette Valley
Editorial Association.
THURSDAY, JAN. 20. 1916
WHY SHOULD OREGON
WORRY?
The Pacific Corist Manufac
turer, a trade journal published
at San Francisco, posts as a for
caster of the future by declar
ing in its January issue that Ore
gon will advance slower in popu
lation than either California or
Washington. The basis" of the
prophesy is the assertion that
trans-continental railway lines
will continue to build up south
ern California. Sah Francisco
bay and Pudget Sound to the ex
clusion of Portland and the Col
umbia River basin. What oracle
the San Francisco trade journal
consulted in making its forecast
is not apparent, but the susupfc-
ion is warranted that the wish
to see Oregon discriminated
against for the benefit, its
reighbors is father to the
thought
Nevertheless do we see about
us any evidence thai lends color
to the prophesy itself? That,
after all, is the way to look at
the matter. What is the outlook
in the Willamette valley?. First
of all we have 3,200,000 acres of
land embraced in the Oregon &
Washington land grant that is
not merely closed to settlement,
but actually withdrawn from
taxation. This enormous handi
cap we seem to be facing with
mediately in front of us stretch
es an interminable line of litiga
tion which will tie up the land
for years to come and make it
a detriment rather than a help to
us. Senator Chamberlain's bill,
to which he seemes to be wed
ded, is calculated to do this very"
thing. Meantime a plan is pro
posed that will immediately get
action in the matter. It is that
a receivership be created. This
would mean that titles above re
proach could immediately be
given to the land, that it could at
once be opened up to settlement,
that it would begin to yield pub
lic revenue through the tax rolls
and that every other right in
volved would be protected, for
the funds realized from sales
could be maintained'intact until
such time as through the slow
process of adjudication title to
these founds would be definitely
and finally fixed. No question
before the public is of more im
portance than this, and yet no
question is receiving less from,
those bodies which are supposed
to be constituted the guardians
of thepublic Interests.
Unless there ig development
throughout the state, in eastern
Oregon and elsewhere, there can
be little advance in the next few
years. -These problems are not
going to settle themselves. De
velopment and distribution are
the two greatest questions be
fore the people of Oregon, and
instead of wasting so much of
our time, energy and money on
things more or less inconsequen
tial, we should give attention to
these to the end that Oregon
may be made .to advance and
give the lie to the self-interested
prophesies that are being made
to its detriment. Telegram.
COMMUNITY BREEDING AND
COMMUNITY MARKET
ING At a recent gathering of far
mers, the point wjts made that nq
two of their, number .ever had
their livestock ready to go to
market at the same time, ttiere
fore they could not combine
their shipments sufficient to
mnko a carload. This muntfdV
ately called' up the question of
community breeding. Maiiy dis
tricts have solved this problem
to their entire satisfaction. The
farmers In n certain section hold
ai meeting and decide upon the
breed of cattle, hogs and sheep
which the majority of ,thcm de
sire to raise. After this question
is settled they sccuro stress all of
one breed, or perhaps in tho caso
of a bull, tho community as a
whole invests in him. They then
nrrango to do their breeding so
that tho pigs or calves will come
within two or three weeks of
each other, which means, with
the usual feeding methods, these
animals will be ready to go on
the market at practically the
same time.
Tho various granges and far
mers' Institutes over the conn
try rire now making a special
study of community shipping
and it is not anusual thing for
a lot Of liogs to conic to tho
stock yards at the present time,
with from fifteen to thirty differ
ent ownerships, and the results
so far have been entirely satis
factory indeed.
The shipping master in charge
,of a community shipment re
, cently smiled very broadly when
he remarked that the market
had advanced 25 cents since he
had begun to assemble his pre
sent shipment. He said this
would be very good news to his
clients. The wish was expressed
by one of his hearers that these
self-same people might reniem
ber this little circumstance when
at some later time they might
come on the market and find it
off 25 cents. One destructive
pessimist who was on the mar
ket not long since, at a time
when hogs were inclined to be
weak, made the statement that
that he had never gone on the
market when the .prices were
not falling, which brought forth
the observation that a market
must advance at. some time in
order to be able to decline.
j Every farmer who has an affil
jiation with a grange or farmers'
i union should immediately take
this matter of community ship
ping and breeding up with his
J officers to the end that better
.information may be had regard
ing this subject. It's a well
known fact that the owner of
one hog in a community ship
ment receives the same price for
his offering, quality considered,
as does the man "who is on the
market with a three or four car
load shipment, and it is a further
fact that his percentage of cost
for handling is exactly the same
as that of the carlot shipper. As
,the present movement grows it
I will only be a question of a short
time until every town of a size
will have a community shipping
organizaton and when this
, comes to pass there will be none
of the worry and vexation in
, connection with country killing.
Portland Live Stock Reporter.
MARKET TOPPERS
It is the aim of every live
stock farmer to have, the buyer
say to them, "The top o' the
market to you." Experienced
feeders achieve it,, but rarely be
ginners. Pig-club members have topped
the market on the first hogs
they have raised. These mem
bers followed the instructions
given them by the pig-club agent
stationed in their State. Thev
fed balanced rations, kept th .
hogs free from lice and worms,
and made their hog feeding
business enterprise, and not a
venture.
In Oklohama 23 boys and 1
girl sold their pigs to the two
Oklahoma City packing houses
at top prices, going 35 cents
above the top of the market for
the day. These hogs averaged
10 months of age and 344
pounds in weight. Eleven of
them were judged as perfect
market type by the buyers,, land
only opb .scored below 90J( .The
average dress oqt, was ,84 per
cent unchilled.
Tho champion hog from Klng-
Edmund Breese In "The Song
of the' Wage Slave," a five part
plcturization of tho famous
poem of the same name from
' The Spell of the Yukon" and
other verses, by Robert W. Ser
vice, comes to the Bell Theatre
Sunday only. "The Song of the
Wage Slave" How Ned Lane,
fisher County weighed 440
pounds on the hoof and dressed
out 87 per cent unchilled. This
ll-months-old barrow was oh
alfalfa pasture the first four
months of- his life, and then was
fed tankage, corn, kitchen
wastes, shorts, and alfalfa the
next seven months. He cost G
cents per pound to produce, in
cluding purchase price, feed, and
labor, and gave the boy a profit
of $8.90 In addition to the prizes
won.
In Kentucky 15 pig-club boys,
with hogs averaging a little over
200 pounds, tonned the Louis
ville market for the day by 25 !
cents a hundred weight.
PREVENTING MOTTLED '
BUTTER. -
Mottled butter is frequently,
iounu on me mantel at tins time
of the year, and. even though it
may be of very good flavor, it'Is
strongly discriminated (tgainst
by the purchaser. As this de
fect is one of workmanship, it
can be overcome by the applica
tion of proper methods on the
part of the buttermaker.
Mottles are caused primarily
by an uneven distribution of salt
in the butter. This may be pror
duced by insufficient working of
the butter or by churning, wash
ing, and working it at a very low
temperature, or by washing or
working it in a temperature sev
eral degrees higher or lower
Xhan the churning temperature.
When the quantity of butter
made In one churning is much
less than usual- It is necessary to
work it a greater number of rev
olutions of tho chum than usual
in order to produce .the same re
sults op the butter, .. ,
Extremely low, temperatures,
of churplng, washing, and work
ing should be avoided, because,
they produce so firm a butter
that it is. only with great difficulr
ty that the salt can ge worked
uniformly into it. , High temper?
attires of churning washing
and. working must also be avoid-.
ed to prevent an abnormal loss
ot fat in the buttermilk and also
he niaklngg of a greasy, leaky
butter.
Great variations in tempera
ture during the manufacturing ,
process Bhould always be avoid? I
ed. Under normal conditional
the temperature of tho watof
should be the same as, or within !
2 degrees of, that of the butter
milk. When the churn room is so
cold that the butter becomes
chilled before working Is cpm7
pleted, mottled butter Is fre
quently the result. To prevent
this it Ib preferable to Increase"
the amount of .working rather
than tdrai.e,the temperature pf
the wash' water . v - VT .
Mottled butter, theft, may' be
prevented by using methods that
a rugged, honest-hearted mill
worker, sought the love of pretty
Mildren Hale, whoso young af
fections wore already given to
Frank Dawson, tho dashing
young son of tho millionaire
mill-owner, and what came of it.
A sublime Btory of a strong
man's supreme sacriflco and un
sclfi hscdovtlon.
will insure a uniform distribu
tion of salt.
LOVE, LAUGH, AND WORK
"Lovo, laugh nnd work," Elbort Hub
bard sang, and his song Uvea aftor
him.
Lovo! V
Wo must not only lovo individuals,
but we must lovo In tho larger sonso
that takes In tho wholo world.
It Is swoot to havo ono particular
being enshrined in tho innor tomplo
o? ono's heart and to know tho Joy ot
unselfish devotion to that loved ono;
but such lovo rightly undorstood,
melts tho heart until it Is Inclusive)
rather than exclusive; until tho hum
blest human being that comes within
our radiuB is tho recipient of somo
form of our favor; until tho face of
every flower nnd dumb animal looks
good to us and wo read Dlvlno Lovo
In everything.
True Lovo takes In tho wholo world,
making ono's own life a benediction.
Laugh!
And what Is moro Inspiring than
honest laughter!
It makes tho heart young and
around tho heart centers every activ
ity of our existence.
Wo should each day mako merry
with thoso ubout uo and loam to ox
tract a laugh from tho moHt com
mouplaco incidents.
Wo cliould not only begin each day
with a laugh, but wo should cultivate
a senso of humor.
It is a saving graco. ,
Thero is no tense situation that a
kindly laugh and smllo cannot ro
Hovo. And then comoa Work.
No life is complote without It.
Happy should bo overyono who has
to toll for a living.
Work is the savior of tho soul and
body.
it is not enough, howover, that ono
should bo simply occupied, but ho
must havo a life-work, a definite goal.
It must bo something purposeful,
and each year should mark a posltlva
milestone in ono's progress.
Ono must have a vision of something
worth whllo and then dally work to
wards it
Tho WIso Ma.n of Old said! "Whero
there is no vision tho people perish."
Tho vision must bo always on a
nlQuntaln-top something that loads
upward and onward.
We must not only cherish a vision
and work towards it, but wo must see
that it 1ms practical vuluo and Is a
height we can truly gain if wo faith
fully work for it,
It would bo a good thing if wo wore
to place boforo us wjiero wo work ov
ory.day a picture of an Alplno peak
surmounting donso forests and crag
gy steeps and Ujoro on tho top, pin
our eoul's d'oslro nnd dally climb up
from our cot'.in tho woodland until
wb' finally sdalo'tho heights nncl.wln
tho crowjij ofvylctory; , ,: . f . $i
Lovo, Jaugn and, work. . " f- -'
Life will bo a triumphant song then,
ANNIE MILLER KNAPP.
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The Best Groceries
For Less Money
The Fifth Street Grocery
Thos. Sikes, Prop. Phone 22 1
Why not save and doposlt in our Savings Department
one-twelfth of your total taxes each month? I3y so dis
tributing the tax burden over the entire year, it will not
seem so heavy.
4 per cent on savings.
FIRST- NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, OREGON.
MONEY TO LOAN
on improved farms and city
property, call at my office 32
:!hst 8th Ave, Eugcno, or call
Phono 808.
7Ctf F. J. BERGER.
Dr. ADALINE KEENEY FERRIS
Homeopathic jhyalclan and .Surgeon
Olllco, Baptist Parsonago
Corner Second and C Streets
HOUItS : 9 TO 12, PHONE 40
Jas. Corsaw has re-opened
his shoo repair shop in tho
west half of the Stevens bl
eyeje shop, .Main St. near
Seventh.
Ofllc'u Ninth and I'ourl til, TelcpnonofsM
DRMY.SHAFFERjD.V.S.
VETERINARY SURGEON
AND DENTIST I
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Bulto 2. Phono 888, EUGENE, ORE
Residence over Dodge's Store
CAREFUL, CONSCIENTIOUS
Dentistry
DR. J. E. RICHMOND
PHONES Office, 3; Residence, 116-J
Over Commercial Bank,
, Springfjejd, Qregan. ,
II 1 !.
.. HERBERT E. WALKER
NOTARY r
PUBLIC
Office In CKy Hall, Springfield, 'Ore.
MEMBER HDEMIRHSERVE
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Harness, Shoes, Gloves
Harness and Shoes
Repaired at '
The Harness Shop
J. H. BOWER
Lawyor.
omco 774 Wlllamotfo St.
Phono Eugono COD
Homo Phono 132-J . - ,
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t Euaenc,,progon
O. R. Gullion, M.D.
Practice Limited tl
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
, Graduate Nurse Attending
306, White Temnle, Eugene.
w. f. Walker
UNDERTAKER
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Office Phone C2; FJealdence 67-J
West laln 8t. '
See
Edwards & Brat tain
For Farm and City Property
Exchanfjeo a Specialty
Springfield . - Oregon
Phojie. 30
m.mTH
Springfjeld Garage
H. SANDOAtHE
. Proprietor , . '
Repairing a Specialty..., a
Main, bet'. Fourth and Fifth. Phono 11
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