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THURSDAY, DBC. 24. IM5.
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PAGE SIX
Lane County Farmers Union News
O F F IC IA L
HOLIDAY SHUTDOWN OF
CAMPS. MILLS NEARS
Merry Christm as
T h e S ea so n ’s
Greetings
Ebbert Memorial Methodiet.
Springf ieltj,
"Je su s’ Leave T taklng M essage,"
will be the them e a t the 11 o'clock
service. Special music. At 7:30 tne
them e will be, "A M essage in Story."
Music by th e young people.
The church school convenes a t 9:45.
In term ed iate league a t 5 p. m. Ep
worth league a t 6:30.
S tran g ers are welcome a t "T he
C hurch of a W arm H eart." F. L
Moore, m inister.
.
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Wanted
Eggs and Poultry
Farming Condition of Oregon.
The lb p ertin en t of Com m erce of
W ashington, D. C.. has Issued a five-
y ear farm census report for Oregon,
from 1920 to 1925. While th e head
lines in the big dally p ap ers m ake
it ap p ear th a t ag ricu ltu re is in a
prosperous condition, an aly sis of th r
figures fall far sh o rt of sustaining
th is The gains are based on th e fol
lowing:
New construction on farm s In
creased $22.043,117: num ber of farm s
increased 5702; dairy ra ttle Increase:)
24.42S But a g ain st th ese asse ts are
ic e following declines.
F arm values, lands and buildings,
have fallen $59.037,009 In value or SI 3
p er cent. The report says th is Is "re
latively sm all In com parison w ith
sta te s fu rth er ca st.'' and perhaps O re
gon farm ers may find consolation in
the fact th at Other sta te s a re in w orse
condition.
The f-u I of land values alone In »Ire
gou IS $SO.OS2.t96. or 131-2 p er cent.
If o th er sta te s a re In worse condition,
n atio n al ag ricu ltu re must Indeed be
in a bad way.
T e decrease of th e av erag ■ of land
and buildings to each far-n In the
sta te 1» $2410. which m eans t*»t
e v u y farm er, on th e av erage hns
lo st this much of his farm , b e s ld t«
w hatever o th er losses he ntav have
sustained.
The rep o rt eta te s the d ecrease In the
vslu* of land and buildings 1« it. 15;
th a t rangec a ttle have decreased i 4.
2'<7 r r d th a t all crops except fruits
have decreased. In one c ja n ty , 1’nia
til'a . the figures show a I'ecreure of
$20573.920 In land values and build
lugs If this Is "relatively sm all In
«t-rtf prison w ith losses fu rth er cast,"
th-*re Is little use In fu rth e r search
for the cause of farm er» going to
the <iti»s. say s th e s t a t » m arket
ag en t The d ire c to r of ag ricu ltu re of
I '. w . t s'at* college say». "In six years
l o w . i I. ' r e r s have lo»t one billion
d< ..rs ilitough lack of price equality
o f othi r products."
Solid Marketing Associations.
1
Eugene, Oregon
,4
MT. VERNON LOCAL
Cloverrtnl»—Second
and
fourth Wednesday, 8 p. m. I. O. O.
S ilk Creek Moots F irs t and T h ird
Tbuntday at Cedar Hchool House
Cgeek—T hird
Friday,
T re n t—Second and F ourth Wed
nesday«.
P leasan t Hill
High
School BUg.
Vida—Second and F ourth Bufair-
days a t M inney Hall.
Hecrdtarloe w ill please send in
tim e and place of meeting and
changes of date as they may ao-
cur.
Bell T h eatre
Thurs., Fri. X m as
and Sat.
D ec. 2 4 , 2 5 and 2 6
R. A. Steven» In— R. A. Hieven*
paid a business visit In Springfield
W ednesday from Camp Creek.
These prlceB are cash
We are now able to furnish you with a nationally adver
tised, full capacity Columbia Batteries,6VII Plate, Rubber
Case.
Fourth
F. hall, W a lterv lile .
Mt. Vernon— F irst and T hird
W ednesday. Brimfield Store,
J. L. Northnp
C anary _. .
Ray Ilower
C vnlral
t'lovordalM
Mrs 1. J G rtchell
Coast Fork Mrs. Geo Kebelbock
Mt* M A Horn
C rraw ell
Mrs. Ada Jrn n ln g s
1 »or i't) a
. .....
Mra 11. Baker
lic e rla
Mrs M Gillespie
llad lry v lltrl
Mrs G race Jones
J u s p rr
Mrs C M Foster
latrati»
H arry F. Jui-kaon
M cK cnil» .
Mt Vernon Mrs V A Reynold«
Bul.ili Smith
Silk C reek
F IL Tlnk. r
Trelrt .... ....
Mrs W E l'oat
75 MILLION FOOD ANIMALS
INSPECTED LAST YEAR
attery Prices
Smashed!
' C anary—F irst Sunday ami Third
1 Ststnrdajs. F arm ers Union 11*11.
Fridays. (Joverdide School House.
Creeweil— F irst and T h ird Tuo»-
dnyte, CrtstweU, M. W. of A. H a lt
Cisiet F ork—Second and Fourth
T hursdays, F arm Union Hall.
Dazwbo—F ir s t Tunstday, Danobe
School H ouse.
Dorona—Second and Fouth Tues
days, Dorona Churcfa.
Hadloyvllle — F1rat and T hird
T hursdays, Hadb-yvUle School,
H eceta— F irst Sunday of each
m onth, H »ceta fKhool House.
Ja sp e r—Second and F ourth W ed
nesdays, W. O. W. Hall, Jasper.
Ixirane—Second
and
Fourth
W ednesdays. I. O. O. F. H a lt
McKenzie h»e<U, second and
Local Reporters
iairtic scale operation In Iho Inspec
tion of food a n im a s, titea ts, and (heir
product» are reported by lit« B ureau
of Animal Industry, U nited H tatea
D epartm ent of A griculture, fur the
la»l fiscal y ear The report, w-hloh
covers ihe period from July 1, 1924,
io July 1, 1935, show s (hat federal
inspectora of the m eat In s p e c t u tt a e r v -
Ice exam ined 75.913,306 anim als, of
which 75.3tl4.03tl w*re passed for final.
The difference betw een the two fig
uro» represstits the num ber of tlve-
I stock or canas»*» condemned lu p a rt
>>r whole heiausc of disease or abnor-
I mal condition».
T h e hog is the predom inant m eat
F A R M P O IN T E R S
anim al from the standpoint of num
foundation and build up. Men u f abll-
b e r s Of the total kill, bogs accounted
ly m ust d ire c t them . O regon hns hat.
for over IS million, ca ttle and calve»
G
row
ers
in
O
regon
who
plan
to
many c o o p erativ e failures because
num bered close I o 16 tnd Ion, and
they have not been run the way the plant stra w b e rrie s the coming sen- sheep over 13 million The gvuoral
1
so
a
re
w
arned
by
the
d
ep
artm
en
t
of
sam e men would have run th eir prlv-
health of the livestock wan good, as
ate business. Co-operation will win * entom ology of the experim ent station is evident from th e know ledge th a t
when It Is handled rig h t and when against purchasing plants Infested about 99 3 per cent of all (he anim al»
producers behind It re a llie th a t Its with the atrnw berry root weevil I.un I subm itted for inspection passed both
success depends on every m em ber already infested With the weevil Is the a n t e m ortem amt the post mor-
giving all th a t is in him to m ake It best planted to grain Iho first year te r n In s p e c tio n s 1 t i l 1* r c u to s is was re-
a fte r plow ing under, then vetch or
such."
■ Is itis lb le f o r i , u I of the condem na
e lo v e r one year, then n cultivated crop
Dead Land Of the EssL
tion! of carcasas* uuil p ails, and wna
one or two years, and then «traw ler-
by far (he m e t
rlous disease of
H oard’s D airym an says th at 41 per
rles again for three year« New plant
cattle und wine
cent of the farm ing land of the Now
lugs should be set with Wei vll free
England sta te s (hat was under c u lti
plants and on weevil free g r o u n d
vation 50 year* ago is dead land to W here the w -evl already o»-< lira In
Mao W IS Toe» O ff Recovering.
day, uncu ltiv ated ; th at there a re only
t'a l (' Burns. who l o - t t w o to e s on
the distrlc the new ptantlugs a re as
*
the old plant ngs as I ' u g h t foul in an accident a t tha
far away fro
Ines in the whole sta te of Mas ai liu
Booth Kelly h ill on (he afternoon of
possible.
s e tts and th at th e re Is not a single
Friday, In-eem tnr II. In ('(p o rtin g to
real Ibn-shlng o u tfit to be found b e
Fall cleanup of the farm , home g a r retu rn Io bln home al 529 Main
tw een Boston. .Mass, and Albany, N den. and orchard will m aterially re I street, at b ast for C hristm as day.
Y. Big business concerns of the east duce the Insect pests of the following
Burns, who has b<en an em ployee
are not concerned—they want an In season, says the entomology d e p a rt of the mill from tim e tim e sin ce 1900.
d u strial country.
m e n t of tbs’ O regon statio n
Cut had hi* toes so badly crushed when
worms, grasshoppers and root m ag all 300 pound roller dropped on them ,
Marriage Licenses Issued.
gots a re destroyed by fall plowing that it was tiess-sary to rem ove the
M arriage licenses Issued during the and burning of the fence row s and arg e toe and the one next to It.
past week by th e county clerk Include ditch banks. San Jose scale, te n t c a t
He is receiving treatm en t a t th a
»tie following: boy G ossler. Motor erpillars. tre e cricket», aphids. leaf Eugene hospital lie to ll a re p o rte r
R oute B. and Edna (’. Beeson. Spring hoppers, and clcnadas a re d««trop-d Monday afternoon that be d id n 't
field; H arold G ardiner. Eugene, and by burning the prim ings from the o r mind so much his stay Hl the Eugene
Hazel R odabaugh, P ortland;
Biddle chard. brush, and bram ble fruits hospital as he «lid one time when he
O. E ik ln , W estfir, and E stella V e.uh. G athering up and itd liro y tn g crop w a s confined In a hospital In Colfax,
O ahr ilge; Jam es C. Moore. Mohawk, rem nants, litte r rubbish, and weeds W ashington. In 1920. with a broken
and Della M cCornark. M o rsh fi'ld ; In the home g»rd>n destroy h ib ern at shoulder, a broken arm . seven broken
R obert A. Johnston, W alton, and Es ing lin c e e of such insects as the <-u riba, and a broken leg
th e r Mabe L enharL E ugene; R obert cum ber beetle ad aspnrngus beetle
H. Pierce, and Mona Pearl H ender
son, both of M ohawk; P reston M
W< evil» In beans and pens are con
Gross and A lthea Redman, both of E u trolled by fum igating the seed with
gene.
carbon disulphide, says the O A. ('
experim ent station. M aterials not
Population Increases.
held over for seed a re put In shallow-
Mr. and Mrs. K enneth G ossler are pans In the oven and held there for
the p aren ts of a son horn to them an hour a t n tem perature below that
T uesday
th e young man weighed of hotline w ater. If the w eevils lire
not killed In the fall or early spring
eight and one half pounds at birth.
by fum igation or heat they fly to the
An eig h t pound son was born Io beans or pens In the field and lav
Mr and Mrs. O. H Howard o f Motor th eir eggs on the green pods the fol
Route 2. Springfield, S aturday, De lowing day.
T he Mt. V irnon local nuft at the
hall W ednesday, D ecem ber III. for
business and social m eeting A fter
the business session I! K F letcher
gave us a talk ou th e year's work,
and Mr Morrison gave a talk on the
w arehouse and Its benefits. T hese
talks a re Interesting and we welcome
these o r any v 'sltln g m em bers at
any meeting.
A fter the m eeting refreshm ents
w ere »«rved to all present.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryce l’osey and two
chlM ren. Maxine and Verlln. were
dinner guests at the Reynolds home
last Sunday.
TIME AND PLACE OF
LOCAL MEETINGS
Pine Grove School House.
Sher Khan
C O U N T Y U N IT NO.
“ It is believed my many of the
ii -t u t - ’llg en t pro d u i re th a t next
to a c - ( p fu tu re the g re a te st mis
fortu n e Is a bum per crop."— L. A.
Rhodes, com m issioner of the Florida
s ta te m ark etin g bureau. In this con
nection C. E. Spence. S tate M arket
Agent, says th a t if ag ricu ltu re was as
solidly organized a s o th er industries
a bum per crop would not be a mis
fo rtu n e; th a t distrib u tio n could be
regulated to avoid gluts and low
prices, and th a t consum ption cotfd
be largely Increased by cu tting out
many useless mlddel expenses and
profits and lowering prices to con cem ber 19.
sum ers. "B ut Just sign ng contracts
and organizing selling agencies to da
C A IA - A N I) H S » D». N. W Emees
business through the sam e old trad e en ne»-,se vwt alata and oetvac work •
channels won't rem edy p resen t con
ditions very m uch." says th e m ark et
agent, "nor win electing five direc
to rs to fight th e o th er four get us
very far. O rganizations have got to
have loyalty behind them and the one
purpose of m utual In terests to work
for. They m ust s ta rt on a cem ent
Spence»
462 Oak Street
LANE
• OFFICERS OF LANE COUNTY • • FRO M S T A T E M A R K E T A G E N T •
By C. E. Spenes
•
•
FARMER'S UNIO N
• •
P ortland, Dec. SI.— (S pecial.!—The
• R a lp h L a i r d , C r e s w e ll, P r e s id e n t . *
holiday suspension of th e fir lum ber
• Will W heeler. T r e n t Vlce-Preal- •
industry sta rte d in earn est S aturday
•
n ig h t when several large saw m ills • denL
•
B
etty
Kappauf,
C
ottage
Grove.
*
w ere closed, according to the 4L em
•
ploym ent b : t r issued h ere today. • sec.-Treaa.
• N. A. Horn, C ottage Grove, Door •
A large num ber of com panies have an
• Keeper
•
Bounced th at they wtll resum e c u t
• H. C. Jack so n . W altervlile, Con- •
tin g January 4 P ractically all mills
• duetor.
•
and camps will be down from Decern
• O. L. C lem en t C haplain.
•
her 24 to 28.
Many mills which a t this tim e will
be closed only for the week-end will
THUkSTON NOTES
• 'a te r be shut down for rep air and
Ennis Remain*, who recently under-
overhauling, and the shutdow n for
th e lum ber Industry as a whole will ' went an operation for app, ndicitis at
am ount to a suspension of two weeks, ! the Pacific hopsital iu Eugene, was
according to the letter. Concerning removed to his fa th e r's hom e here
present em pioyem nt conditions the last Sunday.
le tte r said: The presen t condition
Mr. and Mrs. Felix S p ark 's, of Me-
of ap p aren t unem ploym ent is season Kenxie B ridge. motored down last
al and norm al. It is w orthy of special ■"tiursday and spent th e rem ain d er of
note th at in spite of the large num ber the week with th eir son and family,
of recen t arriv als in the Pacific i Mr. and Mrs. Arch Shough.
N o rth w e st th e percentage of unem i • The ntem gbers of th e B aptist
ployed as com pared w th the to tal
; church of Springfield put on a c a n ta
num ber of men at work is less th an ta a t the T h u rsto n church last T h u rs
fo r the sam e periods of th e past five
day evening consisting of th irty vote-
years. E fforts to overcom e w eath er
<8.
and ground conditions, in o rd er to
John Rom m e visited his brother.
provide m ore continuous em ploym ent,
W
tlia n i R r.mie. last T hursday.
have gradual ly reduced th e p ercen t
T h ere was a large crown at th e
age of unemployed during the w inter
m onths. Good ro ad s have been a dance at th e hall h er last S aturday
large factor in bringing about th e im evening
' Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jackson and
proved conditions.
In the Inland E m pire d is tric ts tb e rs fam ily from Eugene sp en t Sunday at
a re no g reater num bers of unem ploy J o h r E dm iston's.
Mrs. Rosa Baughman and son. Her-
ed th an in y ears past, th e le tte r said.
'o ld from Eugene, visited relativ es
Fcod Sale Held.
' h ere last Sunday.
Miss U ndine D anner from Shedd
T he young m arried people's Sun
day school class of th e M ethodist arrived Sunday evening to spend a
Episcopal church held a cooked food few days vis!(4ng friends here.
Miss Hazel Edm iston. who is teach
ss'.e down tow n T uesday afternoon.
F ru it cakes, hom e m ade candy, and in g a t N orton's, cam e hom e last S a t
e th e r C hristm as goodies which w ere urday to pend the holidays.
Ja c k H arb lt, who has been w ork
sold brought a sum of betw een $1»
and $20. w hich will b e used to pay ing a t St. H elens, arrived home last
th e freig h t charges on a new elec tri Sunday even'ng.
B elm ont Russel, who has been
cally lighted bulletin board for the
w orking at Silverton, cam o home
church.
last S atu rd ay to spend holidays with
B u tter w rappers printed according hom e folks.
Mrs. M argaret Campbel! from le a -
Io regulations w ith cam e. w eight
and address. $1 25 a hundred a t the burg is spending the holidays with
h e r son, F ran k and family.
Mrs. A lb erta W eaver and dau g h ters
from beabuvg a re spending th e holi
day s with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Math-
ews.
T he Sunday school and grade
schools a re giving a C h ristm as tree
at t i n church T hursday evening
Fred G ray held a tu rk ey shoot
T uesday a t h is home here.
T hu rsto n b asketball team of boys
m otored to S an ta C lara last Friday
evening and played th e team there.
The S an ta C lara team won.
Mrs. Flora Price and Mrs. W alter
P la tt and children atten d ed the
To our Customers we
C hristian church In Springfield last
Sunday evening.
extend
Mr and Mrs. Ro' E dm iston and
d au g h ter sp en t last Sunday a t the
home of Mr. and Mrs. M. J McKlin
in Springfield.
Mr. and Mrs. A lexandria Edm iston
Your faith in us — in our
and son. Ralph, also E arn est McKin
integrity—in the quality of
ney from Eugene, spent Sunday at
everything we sell and in
John Edm iston.
our reasonable prices, has
contributed much to the
success of our business.
We thank you one and all
for your confidence.
May your Christmas be a
Merry one and the New
Year bring you a generous
measure of all that makes
life worth while.
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These are the low down on tire price carrying a full
G u aran tee and W arran tee
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