FAO» TW O r "w THK fcHK'KOntKI • • Wf THURSDAY, AUGUST 5. 192« — —— Lane County Farmers Union News O FFIC IA L PUB LICA TIO N LANE COUNTY U N IT wO. 14 PRUNE MARKET PROBLEM COULD BE MADE SERIOUS I HOP PICKING IN LOCAL Champ Hoosier Speller Community News By Spacial YARDS TO START SOON average crop, in spite of reports to the contrary. The hot weather early In the spring during April, combined with the dry season, has caused the hops to ripen early and to bear very lightly Corra sponde-ta The prune situation is such that Hop picking alll start earlier than there 1» no need tor Ute growers to be usual this yuar. according tu Welby disrouragto. says C. J. Hurd, agricul GARDEN WAY a trip to northern California this aeek* Stevens, local grower. Usually the tural economist of the college exten via the McKensle pass. picktug fioes noi begin unii! atout I .aat Friday the Sunshine club met Hulbsrts L tsve— Mr and Mrs. T II. »ion service. Producers are In a bet Robert Doyle of Arugo spent the Augnai 30. bui thla year luost growers at the home of Mrs, Jay Fish for thetr week end at the Cooper ranch ter position than they were a year Hulbert left July It for Newport for will begin to pick thè llght hopa or bi montly meeting. It wa» decided to Ago. reports show production and Ernest Schlnk, C. C. Curts and fu s g I c s Oli Auguat 9 The crop wlll b. a »«cation of three weeks From the represent the community with a float holdover surplus considered Donald Kahler are expected to reluru very light 54 to 175 million pounds, the Oregon Work on the new playshed for the ^or ***• crop This years' hopa, * a a t 60 to 75 million pounds of dried school has begun It la to be built so from Present Indications, are to be of prunes, giving a total of 334 million • Betty Robinson, 11 years old. that the community may use it for a - fl1**** quality, and harvesting will pounds, with almost no holdover sur­ is the spelling champion of Inoiai.a basket ball pavllllon and othe gaui. s »»usually early (his year plus The California output last year and is now on her way to W a s h ­ Dick Maxwell has returned from 1 Apprehended while attempting te was 314 million pounds, the Oregon ington, D. C., for the natimia « Newport where he spent the last week «»sollns for their oar. Joe Wal­ crop 41 million, with enough holdover spellirg “bee" scheduled for Jute ITth lace and C h arlo » Fester trusties who . es the guest of John Koke. ----- ‘ “J — — ----- -------- •“ surplus to bring the total to be dis­ Mr. and Mrs William Schick and escaped from the stats penitentiary | posed of to 405 million pounds. This 676 DEPARTMENT STORES HARVEST IS EARLY FOR family left last Saturday for Rotan. Monday, were recaptured at Bly. on was 71 millioa pounds more to go on the Klamath Indian reservation. 9-12 Willamette St., Eugene, Oregon. the market than will be offered this ALL CROPS TH IS YEAR Texas where they will make their E llie Conger of Beecher Rock on the home. Mr Schick has been employed year. Bluslaw. about 60. met almost Instant A general shortage ot crops, due to at Chase Gardens. Prune drier capacity as wall as pro­ A. W Ferree, a local dairy man. has death when tbs car driven by W B. ■ duction must be taken into considera­ the dry weather this year. Is appar-'Bt Neeley in wlhch be was riding struck I tion in estimating output of dried In the local harvest The only crops returned to h it home after s n extend­ a truck o n the J u n c tio n C ity Florence ' not hurt by the extreme dry weather ed trip east. He spent some time prunes. Mr. Hard points oat . Present highway about 17 miles west of Junc­ capacity in Oregon and Clark coanty. are the fruit and nut crops, tlthough visiting his father tn Pittsburg. Penn tion City. cherries were lig h t The shortage Is sylvanla. bis destination Enroute he s. Washington, is around 3 million Bight firemen wore Injured, one not serious, but hope, grain, and hay visited many friends and relatives. In pounds a day The average tim e of A "«ale" would be as much out of place in our mod­ crops are all sh ort eluding his brother In Denver. Colo­ seriously, throe were overcome by drying season before the fall rains em methods of merchandninj; and storekrrping as smoke, and damag« la excess of 6100 Ordinarily threshing in the neigh- rado. relatives in Constantine. Mich . aet to and «poll tt. la 3« days. Thia 000 was done «ben fire swept three would a cew on F ifth Avenue in New York borhood o f Springfield starts (he last friends tn Cedsr Rapids. Iowa, Salt •om ewhat arbitrarily limits output to floors of a brick building oecapled by •0 million pounds in the whole north- of July, but this year It was a full two Lake City. Utah. Cheyenne. Wyoming. ths Pacific Stationery A Prtatlng com­ A cow on F ifth Avenue would attract a lot of weeks early. Hay la generally in the Spokane. Washington, and ChlcagL 111 West, even though the crop should pany la Portland curiosity but it would not provide much satisfaction lo shock by July 4. while this season it where he was in business before com- ran somewhat above that mark. The The public service com mission de­ those who hapjwned along at the time. present capacity may be Increased was all in by that date. Hops also ing w e st Mr. Ferree Is glad to get nied a petition filed by residents of are early this yeear, the picking of back to Oregon and states that much Slightly by converting natnral draft ■-ana county asking that the applica­ ^Ahgra merchandising and selling methods are right, to recirculation system, but of course the higgles beginning next week In interest is shown in Eugene by East- tion of the Southern Pacific company I erners. naer-by yards. An early spring with Bnfavorable weather may tend the prices are as low all the tunc aa they can |a>»tibi> be hot weather during the growing sea­ Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Chase and for permission to substitute busses ether way mad«. for street cars on the Eugene-Spring The 1936 prices have been slightly son is the cause of the light crops daughter, Jean, have returned from a field line be rejected hich are general throughout the vacation trip to Gate Creek. W e prefer to give jroj the lowest powibte price« Under the 1935 figure, oaring to the The Oregon hunter wlll find a great Mrs. W. H. Anderson entertained light s t a r t e d between different Willamette valley. •very day ins ltod of a! intervals at so-called '«airs." number of birds next fall when the There will be a large crop of wal­ Mrs. Elixa Stevens of Springfield, and marketing interests. On the other season It open October 17 to 14. ac­ hand the growers are getting the sup­ nut and filberts o f goood quality in Mrs. C. I. Anderson and daughter. Jan-- cording to F M. Brown, chief deputy You want your dollar to buy at least a hundred cents’ of Bend. Oregon, last week. the local orchards this year. Last port of business and professional state game warden Chinese pheasants worth all the time rattier than |>art of the time W. H. Anderson made a buslnes.« men of their communities. A n d pre­ year the walnut crop was very short, and grouse will be particularly pli-n I trip to Salem last week. but this season the trees have a very sent prices encourage wider consump­ We do not hold "sales " W e do not change our tlfuL Brown reported. Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Bailey of large number of nuts on them, ' rune tion both at heme and in Europe. price, from day to day. W e neither "reduce" nor Threshing of fall grain Is virtually i trees are bearing heavy, although Bend and Mr anti Mrs. Leslie Bailey completed tn the Harrisburg district “raise" prices except in instances where markci con were guests at the Jay Fish home for FOR SALE— Payroll sheets, printed there are lets of prunes falling now and the outfit» have gone right Into ditions compel us to do so. We sell for cash at low and in stock at the News office due to the dry weather. The quality !a few days last week. the spring grain threshing Fall whe’at Form satiable for road, construction of the prunes will be excellent, how­ price- alike to all always. was the poorest It has been for several work, sawmill«, « c , with a b le to ever. UPPER WILLAMETTE seasons, averaging only about 11 or compute workmans compensation Threshing is well under way, having You can oJaoys do as well here as your ncgliboF— and deductions. No employer shoaid 1A bushels to the acre. Mrs. Frank Storer and two children. be without these t ' -ms when they started shortly after the Fourth Fall no better^ Prod net loo of lumber by >f»4 West eaa be purchased tor a few ceats grain Is average, but the spring grain Melvin and Joseph, who have been Coast Lumbermen's association mills Is light, as is the vetch and clover visiting at the home of her parents CALL AND SEE Dr. N W. Emery crops. Mr. and Mrs I. F Circle at Enterprise was nearly 3.000.004 lees tor the week ended July 34. compared to the week • o prices on plate and other work, tf Welby Stevens, local farmer thinks returned to her home at Portland previous There was a decrease of a season like the presant one shows Tuesday, August 3. more than 6.006.000 feet of new orders the need of irrigation. The Irrigated Otto H. Wangelln, father of Mrs E booked, and a decrease of more than • OFFICERS OF LANE CO UNTY • gardens show the contrast between B Tinker returned to Pleasant Hill 6,004.004 feet In shipments. • FARMERS' UNION • irrigated and non-irrigated tracts Wednesday from Deerhorn Sanitor- • C W Allen, Vida. President. • and the value of irrigation. He be­ ium where he has been taking treat • W. I. Seale. Eugene, Vlce-Presl- • lieves the Benham ditch, which takes ments. • dent , water from the McKenzie to irrigate Douglas and Jerry Kahler. BelleTntl • Betty M Kappanf. Cottage Orove • the L. C. Abels ranch, could be ex­ Emma Olson, Bonnie Jeanne Tinker • Secretary-Treasurer. • tended at small cost to cover the land and Marie Louise Elliott are picking • Walter Morgan, Creewell. Confine-» surrounding Springfield. Over 15.040 blackberries for Taylor Circle at En­ f tor. , acres could easily be watered by th's terprise. • H. H. Smith, Eugene, Doorkeep- • ditch at a cost of >30 an acre, accord- Mr and Mrs. R. P. Laird are attend­ • er. . lag to Mr. Stevens. "It Is unusually ing the Legion Convention at Marsh­ • O. L. Clement, Wa tervUte, Chap- e dry th is year, but there Isn't a year field. • lain. but what irrigation would be a bene­ D. O. Linton la plowing the Hyde fit to the farmers sometime daring the ranch preparing it for seeding. ManLn ’» kax Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Wheeler left for A Cow On Fifth Avenue Would Be a Curiosity -C, H A R D C A SH OR F A N C Y P R O M IS E S • • • • • • • • ‘ ’ - I Home Grown Fruits and Vegetables The Best of all that Grows FRESH DAILY D on’t Forget to do your canning now while the fruit is at its best. HOME 9 R 0W N MELLONS, PEACHES, CARROTS BEETS, LETTUCE, CRAB APPLES, PEARS. PHONE TIME AND PLACE OF LOCAL MEETINGS PHONE 3 - WRITE FROM GROCERY ■ 3 Canary—First Wednesday, Third Saturday, Farmers Union Hall. Cloverdale—Second and Fourth Fridays. 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