THURBDAV, JANUARY 8. 1924 CAMAS »W ALE CROWING CONDITIONS FOR CAULIFLOWER / T h a r* war« quite a number at the DISCUSSED rucular meeting of the Farm er* Union Cauliflower la one of the moat aen- In.i.i *t the arhool home Wednesday »Rive vegetables to unfavorable nlaht. Frank Jones wee elerted to the growing conditions and the better It o fllra of rnndurtor Frs.nk t'op lef la understood the better the re iu lti r « ro ily alerted, baring rerlgned Har­ will be. er» I iiiatlere of business were attend The soil la the moat Important ed to anil a rote was rest unanlntoue factor In raining the plant. When the ly Io barn supper on the fourth W«d anil la In a rich loamy condition, full nesday In enrh month. which la nr of humus or organic matter. It will ery other m edlng It wee derided to naturally produce a flue large plant wait until neat meeting to Install which is usually leiptm alble for a the officers for the new year gooil head. CaulIC.ower require» en John Napi>er spent the holiday* unusual amount of sol! moisture and rio tin g at hla htttne here lie I* at responds boat whore It la possible l 'tiding school In t’ortlaml at present to Irrigate during the dry summer Mr and Mr*. John Wullachleger period The beat »reds are Im port'd from entertained a number of their rela II»'-« at th«tr home on t ’hrlattna* Kurupe The chea t seed la worthless, day Those present were Mr. and and a good unlfo’ X Held of first Mrs It V Ftnllh and son Itertle of grade head» can com« only from « de seed strain. The good Fug-ns. M r and Mr« W illard H e r high man and daughter Roberta of Coburg. | > product* a large, »olid, Mr and Mrs Alfred Bush and rhll white bead on a ah tri stem, on which dree of Ix>well. Frt»« Wttlbchleger of the leaves of ths head fold cloaely Malone. Wash . Jake Wullsrhleger of about, thus prolecGng It from weath­ t'r -iweil. Mr. *nd Mrs ti M Perry. er conditions b e f« e marketing, Cultivation la Mdesaar* to keep Miss M attle Oat »a. John (latea and his children. Halil«. Francl# and the ground from losing mot dure dur­ ing the growing season At Inter­ llaiet. all of Howe Lane. Mia* Hallie dates has been »left vals of 10 «lay» from ,h " ,,m # th* Ing the past week with her cousin, plant 1» planted I'. •» carefully cul Mrs atty, says the United Btales Depart ment of Agriculture. Proper cooling and cold storage I* • • l,l to he the greatest single factor Influencing the hect-'rial content of m ilk from the time It leave« the cow until It reaches the consumer. The department aaya that faipners should. If possible, put up at least 1H Ions of Ice In the North and 2 tona In the Houth. for every cow In the milking herd. Thia w ill provide foi cooling the milk, «Row for melting, and provide a little surpis: for hou»e hold us* In late fall and early winter when work la not pressing on the farm, a little lim e »p m t In anticipa­ tion of the Ice harvest will pay goon returns. During thia season old Ice house« may be repaired and all the necessary equipment for harv'stlng Ice provided. rivaled until the tf.'Awing Season W over. Where Irrlg.nlon la practiced water Is applied ottoq enough to keep a uniform arnonni of moisture In the ■oil, ihu* Insuring a steady growth of the plant The beat way to do thia la to run the water between the rows rather than to use the overhead sprinkling Rachel Herman, at Coburg. F rit* Wullachleger of Malone. Washington, apent hla Christmas »a- istlott with relatives here • Mr. and M rs J M Hutton and family apent Chrlslmaa at the home of their daughter. Mrs Robert Huff tusn. In Plwtsant HUI. COMMISSION COMMENTS ON FINE RAILROAD SERVICE Attention la called by the Inter­ state Commerce Commission. In It* annual report Juet made public, to the .« d e n t service rendered by the railroads during tbs current year and to the factor* making thia perform­ ance poaatbla The report aaya la part: Three aotaworihy facte have char- arterlaed the transportation history or the current year— «1. Tbs unprecedented volume of traffic bandied “I The concurrent transformation cf a ear short age condition Into one i t rar-aurplusage “I An eaoepltonally equitable dis trlbuttoo of available equipment over territory la which the large traffic movements originate. «Puring the drat forty four weeks of thia »ear- January I to Npvsmbor 1, In- urg A. C. Byers, recently here frejn Montana, has rented a 737 acre farm n .Mir Coburg from John Flick nnd will »tart a pure bred Polled-Hereford herd. A herd of 110 animals from Montana w ill be brought here for the new stock farm by Mr. Byers, It 1» Stated. The herd contain» » world'« ( hmiiplon bull and several other high ! ratara. It la M r Byers Intention to supply purebred br'edlng »lock to ] Un. northwest from the Lane county farm. Farm Reminder» Seed for Ilonny Beat tomatoes--the variety of tomato usually grown for maturing a crop In May In green hou«e hot h Mia— la sown about Jan nary 1. Five ^months are require» from seeding to harvesting Most growers use flv . Inch pots for grow­ ing the plant In their Anal stages pre vloui, to transplanting to the beds. T h i market la strong for fancy hoi house tomatoes through Mav, J«« and July. March 15 l i the best ll' to set the plants permanently In «he OF BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY Kittenish "Those firemen must be a frivolous set." comment >d Mr». Dumpling. "W hy ” asked her overworked hair. ICE SUPPLY NECESSARY “ I read In the paper after the blaxe FOR GOOD MILK was under control. Bremen played all night on tha rulna. Why didn't they In the production and marketing of go to bed like sonalhle folks Instead high-quality milk and cream a supply of r a p i n g around like cataf”— Amer of Ice on the farm la almost a n * » lean Legion W eekly tontrlbutlng Farters “Home of the oustandlng factor* which have mad* possible this hitherto un.qualed transportation perform- anca are: "1. The condition of power and car». “I. New locomotive* and cara placed la aervle*. " I lacreasen la the mileage per car per day and loading of equipment “For the month of September. IMS. ihs sv.rag« mileage P«r freight tsar »•r day waa 3S.I, which la higher than the average for any month alace these statistics were Inaugurated a ll veer» ego The average for August waa 3 (1 mile* "The axteat to which eblppers bava utilised «he capacity of cara la re­ flectad ln the average load per car. tn Beplember this waa 37.4 tona, and ,n July and August waa 33.5 tona. W ith the »»caption of the average loading for August. 1»1«. 30.1 tona, and August. IMO. 2».B. tha averaga for August thia year la the greatest •down for any similar month since tha records war* Inaugurated tn 1317." BETTER INSECTICIDES AIM Due of the most Important fields Bacon can be used In many ways of activity of. the Bureau of Chem­ besides versing It on the breakfast table, we are reminded by the United istry of the United Btates Department Htates Department of Agriculture of Agriculture la ths work the bureau There la Just now an abundance of Is doing to develop effective and cheap excellent bacon to be bad at a mod Insecticides and fungicide« for «he »rate price, and the housekeeper who control of Insect pesta. Aa crop pro­ wisbea to feed her fam ily well at duction becom*» fore tntenslffsd new small cost should look Into the pos­ biological problems ariae In the at­ tempt to maintain an equilibrium sibility of utilising bacon In (more waya than heretofore. For example. which w ill be of benefit and profit to In many farolllaa the school children man. Borne of our Jnoat acute agri and often older members of the house cultural problem» o rig 'n ati from In sect depredations or from plant die- hold, carry xandwlcbee. Bacon can be put In these sandwiches, either by saves transmitted or stimulated by The work the bureau of Itself or In combination with other Insects. chemistry la doing In chemical re­ meat, lettu ci and salad drevalng. such search of Insecticide» and fungicides as one flnda In a club aandwlch. Elth therefore, has a tremendous econom er bread or toast may be used Cot­ lc significance Thia Is being rec tage or cream cheese with bacon ognlxed and ,» being developed and Farm Surplus Larg«*y Fruita makes a good sandwich. Bacon can expanded ax rapidly as possible. be cooked and »erred with grmns Wheat, dairy products, beef, pork, and bean*, and used to garnish and A study 1« being made of foliage in sugar and com furnish MO per c*ut of give flavor to many vegetable, poul­ jury by arsenical* and other Insecti­ the calories, and a like amount of the try. and meet dish»« A »mail piece cides and fungicide» tn o rd *r to de­ fat. carbohydrates and protein that makes any soup tastier. Club »ana velop »pray material» which, while enter Into the nation's food supply wlches containing bacon and various acting In an efficient manner, may be That fact ha* a relation to the future without combination» of othsr Ingredient» applied to tender folllage of Oregon'» agriculture because the Injuring It. Owing to the importance large »urpl»»*v ot Oregon'» agrlcul make the Ideal Bunday night supper, because they are easy to prepare and which calcium a n ’nale has assumed tural product» are found In f f jit » and serve. They are equally good for the In the dusting of cotton for the con­ berries lata after-theatre p a rt/ or for evening trol of the cotton boll weevil, an ex­ Thia and sim ilar factors that Id- gueets when one la entertaining Ba tensive Investigation of the physical fluence the growing and marketing and chemical properties upon which of faip i products In thia state will con with eggs, scrambled or fried, h Its effectiveness depend» la being hearty enough for a dinner dish oc­ be considered at the agricultural ¡economic conference to be held at casionally The point tv that by using 11 he Oregon Agricultural college Jan bacon frequently the housewife add» greatly to tbs flavor and Interest of nary 23 to 25 the food she serves i eyal^M- beds. PAO» T H R U THE BPRINBFIELD NEWS E IG H T H G RADE E X A M IN A T IO N S The mid year eighth grade examina­ tions w ill be given in districts where there are pupils who have complied with the legal conditions necessary and for whom application for ques­ tions has been sent, on Thursday and Friday. January 10 sod 11. E. J. MUORE. County School Superintendent P-27, J 3 made. The field work conducted a t Tallulak. La., during the year has re- salted In two achievement« of Impor­ tance— the development of a quick test for detecting high water soluble arsenic In commercial calcium arsen­ ate. and the discovery that the dew oh cotton Pise*» contains relatively large quantities of plant exudate, which com pounds. In the presence of moisture, decompose calcium arsen­ ate, thus affording a possible 'Explana­ tion of many <»’ "» of unanticipated plant Injury which have been ob­ served In the dusting of cotton. The demand for calcium arsenate for boll wsevll control has had the effect of greatly increasing the price of arsenic and arsenicale. This I» now a serious m atter for fru it grow­ ers and others using arsenic In sortie form for the control of Insect pests, and It Is likely to develop Into a more serious one. W ork ia being actively prosecuted In the chemical technol­ ogy of arsenical production for the purpose of discovering methods for lowering the cost of production. Some very suggestive resuRs have already been obtained. And No Rabat« Macpherson: “Was Sandy frighten­ ed when the plane he wag riding In began to fall T' - «- -y. Kilduff: “That he was! Only five of the fifteen mtoutsa he’d paid for had elapsed.” — American Legion Weekly. Sanitary Meat Market The best meat at a price that will bring you back and make you a regular customer. FREE DELIVERY 9:30 a. m. DAILY Holverson Bros, Props. GUARANTEED R U BBE R GOODS The manufacturer* from whom ws buy our ruhhvr goods guar­ antee tha inly the beat grade of rubber gum goes Into every place They also guarantee that all product» made by tbei ar * of the finest workmanship and will give two years of -er- vice under hard usage. We back up the manufacturer’s place frpe any def M-tlve rub her article* aold at thia store. HOT WATER BOTTLES FOUNTAIN SYRINOB8 BULB SYRINGES K’.E BAGS FACE BAGS RUBBER GLOVES RUBBER NIBBLES. ETC. Our stock of rubber goods Is the finest In this part of the state. Prices are reasonable. Invest Your January Funds Safely and to Build up the Community A N INVESTMENT in Mountain States Power Company means an In­ vestment towards the further development of the p'ace you are most interested in. TH IS INVESTMENT IS SAFE, based on a business supplying mod­ em necessities to half a hundred cities and towns with 206,000 popula­ tion. IT PAYS A GOOD RETURN— $7 a year for each $100 Invested, In­ terest paid January 1 and July 1. IN CASE YOU WANT TO SELL your holdings, a prompt market Isi maintained for your benefit. IT HAS MANY OTHER solid features that particularly commend it Always Open for ENROLLMENT to the attention of careful Investors. INVEST IN YOUR COMMUNITY'S QROWTH; IN PERMANENT, SUCCESSFUL PROPERTIES TH A T YOU CAN SEE, AND IN A BUSI-' NESS THAT CROWS STEADILY YEAR AFTER YEAR. New classptt will be organ­ ized on the followng dates: Septem ber 17, 24 nnd Oc­ tober 1st. Ask for Illustrated Literature Showing the Properties Back of This Investment. Courses: Bookkeeping, Stenographed or Secret arinl. Complete Business and The B ur­ roughs Machines. Special coures by arran g e­ ment. Only qualified, experienced teachers employed. Our rntes are reasonable, odr equipm ent Is up-to-date mid you «r« assured of a thoro, practical training. Mountain States Power Company Eugene, Oregon YOU SHOULD BE AN INVE1TOR EUGENE BUSINESS COLLEGE A. K. ROBERTS, President JSS2 Wllainstte St. Phon« ««Hi Rügen«, Or«*sn A