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THE SRRINOFIEIJI NEWS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2«. 1928
Lane County Farmers Union News
O F F IC IA L P U B L IC A T IO N
FLAX GOOD CHANGE-OFF
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IN SPRING WHEAT AREA
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CANARY LOCAL 189
LANK
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C O U N T Y U N IT NO. H
JASPER LOCAL
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TIME AND PLACE OF
LOCAL MEETINGS
POTATO CERTIFICATION
GENERALLY PROFITABLE
A . . m e a n . of introducing farther . R,
c r e sw .ll,
.
I Potato growers In ihe northwest are
Everybody remember Canary Lo
Jasper Local will hold Ils regular • Canary—Fleet Bunday and Third > i obtaining hotter yields by using oertl-
d iv e r .,n c n c n la the « t o , « « . « o f
w ,(| w
v ic -P r ...- •
the spring wheat belt o f the northern ,
• cal's regular monthly meeting next h u .ln .es m eeting W ednesday Febru • tktiurday, Farmers Unkiu llall.
; fled ae«d.
Sunday. March 1. The secretary has ary 25. and |h e basket social Saturday • Cloverdale- Second and Fourth • ,
Great Plains area, the crowing of fla x ’. _
„
The merit of certification is slowly
w as encouraged by Federal and State * BeMi K i* ,u '’ CoM*»e Gro**’
a splendid letter from State Market February 29,
• Fridays, Cloverdale School House,
,
becoming
understood by the general
I* are.-Treaa.
• Master Spencer on marketing condi
”lk>c" Sylvester has been quite sick • C resw ell F lrai and Third Tuea-
S g w l e i during the past two years . . . . . .
_
_
, < lass of farmers. A large numbci of
. f* v*a»«nlt
. . t . n . i i . t . l . h A r u t .- « « a n a n . , • N. A. Horn, Cottage Grove. Door • tions to read and other Items of new for several days.
•
daye,
CrvewelJ.
M
W.
of
A
Hall
W
i
t
h
th
with th-j result that there was an ap
Keeper
' business that will be of Interest to all.
The Sunday school Is planning on • Coast Fork—-Second und Fourth , Inquiries have been received this year
preciable increase In acreage over
J front farmers, by the czperituent St*.
H. C. Jackson, W altervllle, Con
Tlie
new
brooms
have
arrived
>n
having
a program nt the church Friday • Thursdays. Ilebron Church House
the 10 year average. The unprofitable
ductor.
,1 1 0 0 at Corvallis
While planting
good
shape
and
are
an
even
bett-t
•
Danebo—
-Flint
Tueeday,
Danebo
March 13. The program will be given
returns from wheat growing had made
O. L. Clement. Chaplain.
, i certified seed will not always result
bargain
than
were
expected
•
School
House.
by
E.
It.
IT,
students.
aotne such diversification dtsfrable.
Think over and decide whether you
Ida Shelley, daughter of Mr an I ’ Dnroan—Second and Fouth Tuee- , in a crop that will pass certification
The prevalence of flax wilt and other
. requirement», it usually means a colt-
want a free traveling library this Mrs. Harry Shelley, .was operated on • day«. Dorena Chogcth.
diseases and the lack of new wilt-
, slderably better yield of potatoes Tho
summer
as
(his
question
will
be
talk
d
•
Hadleyvllle
—
First
and
Third
for
appendicitis
nt
the
Pacific
Christ
free land had caused flax growing to
, potatoes will b e more uniform and
.
over
at
out
next
meeting
ian
hospital
last
week.
' Thursdays, Hadleyvllle School
decrease, says the United States Dé
, have |« ss < ulls than where the com
The
pie
supper
and
program
Satur
Mr
and
Mrs.
H
Ituthvrn
and
'
•
H
e
c
e
ta
-F
ir
st
Sunday
of
each
partaient of Agriculture so that the
,
mini potatoes are used for seed
day
evening.
February
21
was
a
son.
Arthur,
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Arlo
' month, Heceta School House
average production was not more than
The first
*«»» S '1“ *
1B.0MM« bushels, or scarcelv more rarm ' r’ Vnlpn P“ P“r* were received splendid success In every way. A Jones and son. look dinner S unday,
Jasper—Second and Fourth Wed , Certified potatoes must he of uni
form site, showing the varlatal char-
than onethtrd of our domestic needs. ,h l‘ w w k There are m ,n y ,rU c,es l,r g e crowd attended, the pies sold at with Mr and Mrs O. J Eldsou of
nesdays, W <> W Hall, Jasper
Flax, therefore, seemed a desirable ,n d edUcri“ s ™ would >lk* »° «^Prlzxt a good average price and the volunteer West Springfield.
' Lorane-- Seeond
and
Fourth ' . ad erislica, and comparatively fr a
Harry Jones has been blowing out ' Wednesdays |, O, O, F. Hall.
program of over SO numbers was
crop to recommend.
’ | but sp#c<? doea not p* rm,t l t ln
1 from dlanase. Hut do not think that
lin g these papers 1 find the same pro especially well rendered.
stumps for J. It. Conrad, trying out i ' M cK enzie local, second and 1 , because they are free from dlsewss,
As a result of this Federal and bl, 1U8 face tbe Fanners Vnion mem.
Mr. Stalenhurg. as auctioneer gave the powder that was distributed by the ! ' fourth Wedneaday. 8 p. m. I. O. O. ’ ' vou will gel disease free potatoes
S U te encouragement
the seed-flax
in Kan?as and ,owa aa are facing
a fine demonstration of salesmanship. government.
' F. hall, W altervllle
< that season Polaloes may become in
area In 19.3 was Increased to 2.061.- v , bere They baVt, thelr
Don’t forget our basket social sn,|
The entertainment comm ittee re
M t.
Vernon -F irst and Third ' fected from dlseaaed soil or contain
000 acres and the estimated produc- connty and loca, probiems. Hut ft
quests the members to have volun radio program thia next Saturday.! Wedn«sel»y llrasfleld Store
< e r s before planting Always treat the
tlon to K.4ÎB.0M bushrels. The aver- mos, of the ^ p o n a of local meetings
teers ready for any program they may Everybody romo.
Silk I’rwV Meote First and Thin! < |H>tntn seed before planting. It serves
age acre yield of S t, bushels, with a wh,.re there wa3 a god crowd present
wish to put on In the future
Thursday at Cedar School House < as a disinfectant for the seed and kilts
good price throughout the year, made „ program and eats are mentioned,
The schools observed Washington's
spencer Creek—Third Friday. ’ the disease organisms that may have
the crop fairly profitable to growers. What can this mean Are the mem-
birthday with appropriate exercises.
SPENCER
CREEK
LOCAL
•
Pine
Grove School House.
« reached the surface of the seed front
These agencies did not attempt to in hers of Farmers Unions owners of
Use corrosive subll
The railroad company Is busy reen
T r e n i- Second and Fourth Wed- ■ the containers
crease the acreage in 1924. but only such appetites that they cannot go
forcing its grade after the recent high
aeadaya.
Pleasant
Hill
High • male for treating them before the
to stabilize the ains made in 1923. out for a two hour meetin without water.
(
School Bldg
• • e»«»| is cut for planting
Spencer Creek local met In regular
Preliminary estim ates for 1924 indi being fed. Hardly that. Good eats
H. P. Sutton Is logging off the Er session Monday evening February 23.
Vida—Second and Fourth Salur- •
cate, however. that about 3.375,000 —the very act of eating breaks the
hart brothers timber at S.ltcoos, Ore. at the home of brother and sister
days at Mlnney Hall.
• GOOD PAC KS, L O W E R F R E IG H T
acres were sown, or an Increase of harrier of formality and opens the
Glinpl.
Secretaries will please send In •
approximately S3.8 per cent over 1925. doors to sociability. Men and women
The members were all very haptw
lim e and place of meeting and •
The surest way to get a lower
Much of this increase in the past two when served with a plate o f san 1-
over receiving our charter, and are
changes of dale as they may oo- • freight rale In Oregon on the perish
HADLEYVILLE
LOCAL
years has been on old land instead wiches, cake and a cup of hot coffee
now ready to eettle down to a deflnlt
car.
• able commodltlM of the northwest Is
of newly broken sod. This has been or chcmolate will sit and visit with
routine of work.
Io grow, grade, pack and ship them
made possible by a better knowledge each other for an hour or more. talk,
The members of the local voted
The Ifh d ty v lile local held their
so there will b« fewer claim s to be
of the wilt and the production of wilt- ing over their own personal problems
to change the meeting night from
met by lb» railways arcordlng to C. J.
resistant varieties, especially Xor’h exchanging experiences of their dally regular meeting Thursday night
O. S. Fletcher and E. ft. Jockman Monday to the third Friday of each •
MT. VERNON LOCAL
• Hurd, market specialist of itie ext»n-
Dakota Resistant Xo. 114. developed lives, or discussing more fully some
month.
were the speakers.
• • • • • •
s e e s |alon servlre The coat of claim s Is
by the Xorth Dakota station. It wns measure brought up In the meeting,
Of much Interest was the discussion
H. 11 Smith was appointed to act
Ml Vrrnon Loral had a very good passvil hark Io the grower In the high
estimated that about 26 per cent o t Without this bit of refreshment the
on the good road committee and W. i of a home for the local, recult Ing in 'raeettag Wedneaday. February 19 Mr rales io cover the amount of the
the Xorth Dakota crop v i a grown on members say good night and are gone,
| the appointment of a committee of Jaekman from O. A. C and Mr Flatc-h claims.
W. Hawley on the fair zoard.
sod and 74 per cent on older land.
it is not to satalsfy a demand for
H. H. Smith and Jesee McCullloch 'fo u r, carl Olmpl, Frank «lent. John er, the County Agent were both pres
A method of growing flax and wheat l°°d that "eats ’ are served but a
gave a good report about the County I Fisher and John Moes, Instructed to ent a n ! made some interesting and
as a mixed crop, developed by farm clever way the women have of say
Wood sabes contain about 6 per
see what could be done about the helpful talks.
Convention held at Springfield.
ing
“stay
awhile
ami
visit.’'
era In southeastern Minnesota, has
cent potash and 30 per cent lime The
!
Mrs. Frank Anlauf is spending the matter.
i Refreshments were served taler in potash supplies the plant food ele
been fully investigated by the depart
A committee of four was also ap
week with her sisters Mrs. Frank
the evening to a large crowd of mem-
ment and the State stations and found From the report of the W omzn’t
pointed
for
th<-
’’good
of
the
order.”
ment potassium, and lhe lime ran be
Hem eaway and Mrs. A. G. McDaniel.
bers and friends.
to be desirable and profitable under Auxiliary Committee as adopted at
used Io neutralize aridity In our soils.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas McCulloch and consisting of Frank Gent. Mrs. Carl
som e conditions.
Satisfactory re-(the ^ntloaal Convention at Oklahoma
Wood ashes that have been exposed
son Tommy and Mrs. Lucy McCulloch GlmpL Mrs Joe Gitnple and Mrs.
suits with this mixed crop were ob- ’Clty’ N °v« n b er 18-21 and printed In
EXCHANGES
lo ihe rains are leached and are not
went to Eugene and Cottage Grove Edward ^laldorsnn to arrange a deft-
tained it* rather fcxtenadve expert- tha ,owa l ’nion Farmer«, we wish to Monday on business.
nite proram for each meeting
j We wish to acknowledge the follow a s valuable as unlearhc-1 ash-- J ad
m ents conducted in 1923 by the Min- caU attention to the following parai
The n ett meeting will be held In Ing exchanges thia week
vises iho experiment station.
The program and pie social given by
n eso’a station and by the department Fraph.
The Iowa Union Farmer. Columbus
the Hadleyvllle school was a decided the Pin»- Grove school house. Friday
In coopemt'cti with the Xorth D a-! “The Junior work has two principal
Junction. Iowa.
cussees. The children were drilled by evening March 20th.
Save your feet by having your
kota station. The mixture of the two puri’O8ea- aw nely, the education of their tea« her, Mrs. I-ewls.
Tho Kansas Union Farmer. Salina. shoes repaired at the Electric Shoe
After the business meeting a social
crops holds weeds In check, prevents farm ehlM» n » the knowledge of co
Kansas.
The negros from Coontoam and the time was much enjoyed.
Shop
F 26
heat canker In the flax seedlings ¡°I>eratlve work- keeping in mind th it Cute fam i!» were exceptionally good.
Refreshments! of ic e cronm and
makes the Fax crop easl»r to handle ln another generation they will be the
The Crow high school gave their cake were served at a late hour an I
with the grain binder, and at the farm lead8rs’ an<! to a is is ‘
prowLl-
program the second time on February 1 nil went home feeling the evening was
satne time Increases diversified crop ' ing pr°Erama
»«1 Indirectly 13. It was well attended.
most enjoyahly spent.
build up interest in local meetings
Ping.
TODAY IS A DAY OF SPECIALIZATION
and Increase membership.’’
Are
we
giving
our
children
enough
For Shoe service try the Electric
COAST FORK LOCAL
•
FARM REMINDERS
To get the liest servir« on n Ford you naturally go to a
attenticn along these lines? Are not
Shoe Shop.
FM
many mothers staying at home from
Ford Dealer—Why not think ns much of your
! m eetings, thus loosing interest and
Irrigation farmers of Oregon will
PERSONALS
enthusiasm because the children are
KODAK FINISHING?
| Theralny w-aiher has stopped ou r' do well to look ov«-r their distribution
not considered at our meetings? How
ambitious farmers from their spring boxes and build weirs at this time of
are the different locals in Lane county
year. Much contention can he avoided
plowing again
meeting this problem? We will be
by measuring the water used. Direr-
W.
L
.Kimble
received
word
Satur
glad to publish letters on this question
tlons for building weirs mny be ob
day
morning
from
his
son.
Garland,
as it is undoubtedly a vital one.
and wife, who are in Portland that tained by asking for Oregon-Corvallis
their Infant daughter dit-d Friday. , station circular 182. on "Materials and
Marriage Licenses Issued
L. D. Huff butchered a fine beef Structures for Farm Distributaries’’
7 West 7th.
F. W. HOCG, Prop.
Marriage licenses issued during the ' which he «lisposed of In the comm unl-1 by W. L. Powers, professor of soils.
past week by the county clerk In- ty Monday.
Rooms 53.50 per day.
Korluk Finishing Is Our Business not u Side Line.
j eluded: C. K. Pryor and FYances
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Robinson and
A good colony of bees at the be
W ards 52.50 per day.
Virginia Davis, both of Euene; Percy Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Perrlnl and [ ginning of the main honey flow should
J Houser. Grants Pass, and Alice family spent Sunday wits Mr. and consist of one selected queen an I
; Hazel Tunis, Eugene; Earl Barger Mrs. L. D. Huff.
75.000 to 100,000 work-rs.
There
acd Frances Summers, both of Eu
Logging operations In the Walter should be as few drones ns possible,
gene; Carl H. Phetteplace, Power», Woodard B Camp began Monday.
advises the state collegia experiment
Supt.
and Edith Pearl Alton, Eugene; 15.
The children in the Ixtndon school i station.
Frank Shontz and Hattie B. Fletcher, district received their last treatment
both of Eugene; Glenn Chamberlain, of Toxin-Anti toxin last week.
Ordinary straw contains as ‘ muck
and Emily Smeed, both of Eugene.
Coast Fork Loeal has their new plant food material us doe* barnyard
(hall well under construction.
manure, but this mal-’riol Is not as
The Charlaa White family are readily available to the plants as In
I settled in their new home south of
manure. One ton <>' straw contains
Hebron bridge.
nearly 10 rounds of nltr-g-n, 5 pounds
Mrs. L. H. Uilcrlst is having new Im
of phosphoric add. and 10 to 12
provements added to her home.
pounds of potash, says tho stale col
Miss Hazel Führer returned to O.
lege experiment station.
A. C. Monday afternoon after spend
ing the week-end with her parents.
Heavy pruning of winter Injured
The Christian Endeavor held their
monthly business meeting and parly fruit trees should be delayed until the
Hlgrad® Dress Flannels, 54 and 56 Inches wide
at the Kelly home last Saturday night. extent of the damage has been deter
Madelle Kappauf was absent from mined, says the experiment station.
BEAUTIFUL STRIPED FLANNELS
school two days last week on account Promiscuous pruning or cutting back
now
may
remove
some
of
the
best
of a very bad cold.
VERY SPECIAL
J j?
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McDola have wood from the tree which cannot be
told
from
the
damaged
wood
until
a new sport model Chevrolet car.
I’e r Y d.
Mrs. J. T. Pleser and daughters of later In the season.
Editorial
Springfield
Baker-Button
Hospital
B. Valenzuela
Spring
Fianneis
Your Oven
$ 3 .7 5
Housewives are convinced that it is more economical to
buy our
Perfection Bread
You’ll find it so, too, if you Just try one loaf of this new
bread— fresh and tasty all the time.
(Don't forget that we must have that order for pastry,
Gookies or cakes in time.) Thank you-
Springfield Bakery
Salem spent Thursday night with
Mrs. P leser’s sister, Mrs. George
Kebelbeck, and family.
The Coast Fork local of the Farm
ers Union held a special committee
meeting Monday evening, relative to
the marketing interest».
Chairmen attending were; W. T.
Garoutte poultry; O. A. Nichols dairy;
A. L. L en t, livestock.
R epresentatives of this committee
were appointed to confer with other
locals:
Hugh Trunnel with Lorane
and Robert Powell with CresWell.
Others to be appointed later.
The payuD contest voted at the last
Getting spray outfits In shnpe be
fore tho season starts Is advised by
the state college experiment station.
Some orchardlsts will have to Increase
their spray outfits due to the growth
of the orchard to prevent [serious
trouble. If they cannot get over the
orchard ln time, the Insects may get
a start on them.
Butter wrappers printed with name,
address and weight, In accordance
with law. Springfield News.
For Shoe service try the Electric
meeting Is progressing satisfactorily. Shoe Shop,
F-2«
i
k
B E A R D ’S
Eugene