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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919.
NUMBER 41
NO MYSTERY IN IRRIGATION
Any Farmer Can Irrigate Buccal!
fully Without Prevloua Knowledge
1 human Ni'Uoii, the HiHlior of this
ankle, lived for over 20 year In an
Irrigated farming country am! ha oh-
served and practiced IrrlKailon sue
tearfully during this elrr.e.l
a .
I'm you ever waia through your
field on a dry, hot day and ace your
crops drooping from t heat and
wlah way down in your In-art that
you nni some myaterloiia power to
rail forth a Rood, soaking rain? And
when loter that rain came, how the
growing grain held up their heads
and rejoiced -how all nature seemed
to take on new life?
Now. Mr. Parmer, If you are Jo
cat I'd under an Irrigation aysiem you
have Hint power. There la no magic
ahout It Jut plain horse anna. Just
open up thn headgate and conduct
' thn water Intelligently onto your
rropa and-prento! the magic change
Ih made. You are entirely indepen
dent of rain. You apply the mois
ture when it la needed, and only aa
much aa needed.
Irrigation la not new or mysterious.
Way buck before Columbus took It
Into h!a head to discover America,
IrrlKailon waa being aucceHafully prac
ticed here. Itulna of hiiice Irrigation
ayatetna In tho aouthern I'nlted
States and Mexico prove thla beyond
n doubt. If theH prehistoric Individ
uala found It profitable to IrrlKnte.
why ahould not we? Irrigation Intel
llgcntly practiced will increase your
yield anywhere from BO per cent to
200 per cent. The writer haa apent
moat of hia life in nn IrriKated farm
ing country, and haa seen dry sugo
brUHh deaerta converted Into waving:
field of groin, graHsea, frulta and
garden by the Intelligent application
of water. Land that today produce
one crop of hay a year run bo made
to produce three rropa under Irriga
tion In tbla climate. Your berry pat"h
will be worth twice aa much if prop
erly irrigated. Thla aummer tho
writer aaw a row of raspberries in
thla valley loaded with green berrleaj
at the end of the picking soasoii
when the remainder of the patch had
ceased to bear. Thla row waa near
the pump where the plckera alaked
their thirst, and aa far aa the ground
waa moist, the berriea were good.
Tho owner of the patch aald he could
pick berriea for hia Christinas dinner
rom that row. It haa been thorough
ly demonstrated that the quality .f
tall fruit, aa welt aa the yield, la in
creased by the application of water
at tho right time.
There la nothing mysterious about
the artificial application of molature
Just common aenae.
If you have a large farm it la beat
to hire an engineer to run out the
main dltchea; but thla la not abao
lutoly necessary. The aatiafaction of
knowing it Ih right at the first, how
ever, will more than offaet the extra
expense.
In the abaence of an engineer. Just
get out your old spirit level, find
place on your barn floor, or any
where cIro that Ih exactly level, dig
up a board about 1 ',4x4x16, fasten
your level securely onto it. then nail
a leg about two feet long onto each
end, being aure that It la exactly levil
. when atood up on the level place men
tioned; now aaw a half inch off from
the bottom of one of the lega (aome
peoplo make It only a quarter inch).
I'ut aome distinguishing mark on the
end where the abort leg Ih. apllt e.
,lot of atakea ami lake the boy, the
hired man or tho hired girl and go to
tho hlgheat point on tho pluce you
wlah to Irrigate, and keeping the
abort leg In front, net the contraption
down ao that it Ih level, drive a
stake there and move up the length
of your board. Continue this In as
nearly a direct line to tho main ditch
as you can; then plow out the ditch
along the atakea. Thla will bring the
, water from the main ditch to your
land.
Now, the problem of putting the
water on the land Is equally aa Dim
ple. To Irrigate frulta, berries or any
thing In rowa, It la best to make a
small headgate at the end of each
row. This will make it easy to regu-
.mount of Mr iil prevent
an overflow. Hun a small ditch down
the center between each row and turn
In all tho water that It will carry with
out waahlng the soil; let It mo until
the water reaches the end of the row
then cloae the gate down until there
la Juat enough water to reach the end
of the row, and let It run in this
maimer until It has moistened tb
ground thoroughly from on ditch to
the other. Move the surplus water
alohg to aomo fresh rows. Do not
let the water run very long down the
rowa after the molature meets from
row to row. Too much water is as
bad aa no water. Ho not apply mois
ture again until you are sura it la
needed. Moat people Irrigate too
much.
In all cultivated crops the ground
ahould be thoroughly worked when
In the right condition after each lrrt
gatlon. This prevents baking and
conserves the moisture.
In Irrigating grains and grasses the
proceaa la largely the same, except
that the dltchea should be plowed out
aoon after the crop la seeded. Do not
attempt to run tbeae ditches la
straight linn, but give them as nearly
the aume fall as possible aa you did
the main ditch. Just how far apart
to make the ditches will depend upon
the soils. A little experience will
soon demonstrate that. If you Irrl
gate before the grain la In the "boot",
It ahould be harrowed afterward.
In constructing the ditches for
grass the proceaa la the same as for
grain, but, of course, the ditches re
main until the meadow la broken up
In Irrigating clover and alfalfa It la
beat to give 11 a thorough wetting
before cutting Juat long enough be
fore to let the ground dry sufficiency
to run the machine over It. The
shade of the old crop prevents tae
ground from baking and puts the
roots In Juat the right shape to give
the next crop o good start.
The above method of "subbing"
will be found better than flooding In
99 cases out of each 100. and I be
lieve in the hundredth case also.. 1
have beard of ground that would not
"sub", but have never Been It Don't
irrigate too much Juat enough and
no more. Heavy ground requires
more water at an application, but less
frequent than the lighter sandy soils.
Because soil la dry on top Is no indi
cation that It need water. Dig down
and aee If it Is dry underneath. The
experience of L. J. Getchell, who lives
near Cn-awell, will verify these
statements.
TEACHERS ASK RAISE
At a meeting of the school board
held Wednesday evening a petition
waa received from the teaching corps
of the Springfield public schools ask
tig an Increase of pay, reading as
follows:
"Because of the fact that living ex
penses have Increased 206 per cent.
since 1913, while the salaries of teach
ers in this district have Increased
only about 35 per cent, we, the under
signed, feel that we are underpaid
and respectfully request that our sal
artes be increased by approximately
fifteen dollars per month."
The petition Is signed by all of the
teachers except Superintendent Ham
lin, who, while stating that he did
not believe the present salaries of
the teachers are sufficient, does not
ask for an Increase of his own salary;
alao H. M. Mabrey, who attached to
the petition the following statement:
"Keeling that the compensation a
warded is adequate for the services
I perform as manual training Instruc
tor, I endorse thla petition as favor
ing a material Increase for the Spring
field teachers, other than myself."
No action as to the petition was
taken by the board Wednesday even
ing other than a decision to refer It
to the annual budget meeting, which
will take place November 24.
Reports from Salem are to the ef
fect that there are now 1351 real es
tate agencies operating In the state
of Oregon. This is the greatest num
ber ever known and the report says
that the total is constantly Increas
ing. This fact is said to point out
that various sections of the state are
actually . booming and that business
Is Improving everywhere.
TIME CHANGE SUNDAY
MORNING
In accordance with the provisions
of the war-time daylight- saving law,
next Sunday morning, October 25,
clocks are to be set back one hour
Railroad offices and workers and pub
lic places open at night-time will make
the change at 2 o'clock In the morn
lng. The change will, so far as re
ported, make no difference In train
schedules, trains merely delaying ao
hour to get on right time.
With the changing of clocks Sun
day morning the daylight-saving law
ceases to exist, as the act ras re
pealed by congress daring the pres
ent extraordinary session, it having
been passed over the president's
veto.
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Roseburg. Five thousand boxes of
tomatoes from five acres of land Is
the record made at Dillard by T. B.
Evans & Son, the largest growers In
this section.
The small fruit area In Marlon coun
ty Is to be Increased by two thousand
acres.
Enterprise. Rebuilding of the saw
mill here of the Oregon Lumber com
pany Is delayed on account of scarcity
of labor.
Dallas Is reported so short of
bouses that the Jail rooms are being
used by one of the hotels.
Prlnevllle has started a new Mas
onic temple and has a building boom.
The total pay received by apple
tickers In the Hood River district
this season will reach $225,000.
Ashland baa sent out seventy cars
of fruit so far this season.
Klamath Falls. A $900,000 bond
Issue to irrigate Landed valley has
been approved.
The Santiam Woolen Mill company
has been Incorporated, with capital
stock of $75,000.
Lebanon capitalists are organizing
to drill for oil and gas.
A shortage of apple boxes Is causing
loss to growers around Corvallis.
Ore has beep found near Baker
claimed to go $1,000 to the ton.
Klamath Falls. A large tract of
land Is to be thrown open to home
stead entry.
The fishing Industry on the lower
Umpqua payB $600,000 a year to em
ployees.
THAT ROUND-TABLE
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Salem-Murray Wa4 cartoonist,
Is establishing the Oregon Monthly.
Albany is doing building In aplte
of the high coat of materials.
The Hood River Fruit company has
erected a $10,000 concrete building.
Oregon has thirty-two banks with
deposits of over one million each.
Portland bankers are reported fl
nancing the construction of a tourist
hotel at Seaside.
State bank deposits, September 12,
totaled $228,447,82.1. Increase since
June 30, $32,312,636. Pendleton I
second to Portland with $8,471,435.
Thirteen and a half miles of paving
between Hubbard and Salem is now
completed.
The Silver Lake Irrigation district
has issued $300,000 bonds.
Twelve thousand dollars cash was
paid for an eighty-one-acre farm near
Aurora.
The Pacific highway between Gold
Hill and Ceutral Point is completed.
A new fruit dryer la being built at
Sheridan.
Plans are being made .to get 50,000
additional acres of land planted to
small fruit in Oregon and Washing
ton, to produce ten million dollars
worth of raw materials for canneries
and the Juice Industry.
A Crater Lake company 19 to build
a new tourist hotel for next season,
North Bend faces a revenue deficit
of $10,000.
The state highway commission has
taken over the Coquille-Marsbfield
paving contract.
Astoria port elevators have handled
247 cars of wheat to date this year.
Lakeview Is looking for railroad
connection and a box factory.
Pouglas county's prune crop totals
7,500,000 pounds, worth $1,000,000.
Lacomb has organized to push drill
ing for olL
Southern Benton county, it Is re
ported, will get a $400,000 saw-mill
and logging road. ,
A 5,000-acre drainage project near
Lebanon has been revived.
Silver Lake. The Anna river Irri
gation project is taking shape.
An orchard of 2,900 prune trees
near Myrtle Creek is reported to have
brought in $10,900.
Reedsport saw-mills have payrolls
of $1,100 per day.
FARMERS SHOULD HAVE A
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Washington, Oct. 22. The Repub
lican Publicity Association, through
Its president, Hon. Jonathan Bourne,
Jr., today gave out the following
statement from its Washington head
quarters: "No incident In the labortcapital
conference now In progress in Wash
ington is more sigllflcant or important
than the' stvement made by C. S.
Barrett, president of the Nation il
Farmers' Union, presenting the inter
ests of the agricultural producers,
and complaining that in thla contro
versy between employers and the
labor unions proper consideration lias
not been given to the farmers. Fits:
and last, the prosperity of America
depends u,cu the success of our ag
ricultural ii dustrie. Moreover1, the
very stability of the government de
pends cblil upon the rural residents,
who are largely home-owners, or ten
ants undr & leasing sybtem wbirh
gives them a proper Interest, mak'ng
tbem per.na.nent and substantial reil-
dents of their communities. For 'safa
and sane' and yet progressive action.
the country can always depend un
the tillers of the solL
"Few wit, auestlon Mr. Barrett's
assertion, tna during the war the far
mer's welfc.ro received no considera
tion. So , far as the administration
took any action bearing upon the in
terests of U-e farmers, that action was
in the direction of limiting profits,
while thj action affecting organ! wl
labor revjlreJ, in every Instance, in
InrromtA nf rnmnennatinn With tho
one hand, the administration repressed
the agricultural producer, while with
the other it gave special assistance to
organized labor.
Past records will fully bear-out.
Mr. Barrett's assertion that farmsrs
want no special privileges. His de
mand for equality under inn law, and
for due consideration in tbe shaping
of policies at the present conference, '
is as meritorious as it is timely. Be-.
fore beginning its deliberations, the
conference hxa had its attention calie-1
to the danger of attempting to satisfy
the demand of capital on the ono
hand, and organised labor, on the
other leavinr fortv millions of aeri-'
cultural population to take the leav
ings.
But reasoning apriori. we cannot
share Mr. Barrett's fear that many
farmers may rush into organizatiini
which are not 100 per cent American.'
or that "many thousands of them may
depart from that narrow path which
Is laid down by the Constitution.'
However unjust the treatment he may
have received, no farmer or other
owner of property which he has ac
cumulated by Industry and thrift will
fajl to realize that his only hope of
continued possesion and enjoyment of
that property rests upon the mainte
nance of law and orden, However
much the farmer may resent injustice
and however earnest his efforts to
change conditions, he will never be
found aligning himself with the ene
mies of the Constitution. He will pro
ceed to secure hjs rights by orderly
and lawful means through the elec
tion of legislators and executives who
believe in government by and for all
and who oppose government by nnd
for a class."
The Florence West: So far as we
have learned, Conrad Beach, aon of B.
A. Beach, of Tiernan. is the champion
blackberry picker of this section, if
not of Lane county, and perhaps of
Oregon. In one day Conrad, who la
about 13 years' old, picked evergreen
blackberries which sold for $18.92.
At 8 cents a pound, which is the regu
lar price, this would take 236 lbs.
A pretty good day's work for a boy.
Wlio can beat it?
Cottage Grove Sentinel: An addi
tion to the varied agricultural resourc
es of the Cottage Grove country is a
freak popcorn that pops on the ears
before being removed from the stalk.
S. Allen is the grower. It is prob
able that the corn became damp and
the hot weather immediately follow-
lng caused the peculiar action of the
corn. Tbe popped kernels remained
on the ear.