THURSDAY. JUNE 19, |yao
M r and Mm. Thomas W L ittle cele
brated the anniversary of thalr 51
year» of married Ufa at their farm
bom« near Medford.
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.
Smoking le taboo at the well which
Is being sunk at Pat Elk oil dome lu
the Coquille valley. A depth of 1400
feet has ben reached, and It is stated
that gas is |<res«nt In sufficient prea
sure to Ignite at the mouth ot the
casing.
*♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦ oe ♦ T ♦ • • W eed Killer Used Successfully
On 50 Trials in Lane County
At the annuel meeting o f school)
district No. 1 C. K. Jordan waa elect 1
ed to t ill the vacancy caused by Mor j
ton Bristow moving Into the T rent
n n , d . m o n . t ^ e on the use of
d le trlc t M r Jordan w ill .ra v e t * u j sodhuu chlorate and altat'lde , calcium
cal may be removed readily.
7 On « c o u n t of the fire basarti
tw o or more men should work to
gather In ualng chlorate« C h lo ra l.,
should be stored In fire p ro o f build
Inga
Drums should not be open In
buildings, because eith er sodium or
calcium night atari a fire yearn attar
being spilled on the floor
Purchase ef Chiarate«
lit order to assist laute county prop-
vrty owners In th e ir weed Control
work, tbe couuty agent w ill pool or-
, ders
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for ________............
sodium chlorate and a lia . Ida
I The first pool w ill he «toned ou Mon
day. June 23
7 No spray or dual was 100% ef
fecllve, nor are they apt to be Evi
dently some plants were missed and
others received light applications
Some clean up work la going to be
necessary no m atter how complete
the kill
* Even though the expense of us
Ing chlorates la coinpurat vely heavy.
farmers who . have
obtained
. . . . .....
. . . . . . . fa
. . ir kill»
slate that they prefer these rheinlcals
Atlachle Is available In ftp imuial
to cultivation and all plan to use 100-pound. and 300 -pound d ru m - «h ll»
chlorates this year
sodium chlorate .a n be purchased In
R ecom m endations fo r 1930
100-pound nr 230-pound drums l >nr
1. Itesulls secured In I-ane counly lies desiring leas than a drum should
and
l«e where Indicate that sodium arrange Io pnrcbaee It w ith or from
chlorate and calcium chlorate weed a neighbor.
k ille r w ill k ill practically any of the
noxious weeds common 'n this conn
F A R M E R S T O BE S H O W N
years. Sam Baughman who was chair ,-h lo ra l. w„ „ , h llle r ,
man of the school board this y . a r ; n nxlou. weed, end plants conducted
« . re-elected to serve a period ot |
Lane v„uuty
y ra r „ „ wtdB„
A county unit o t the Orason dlv(-
Banks of ths stats of Oregon and three years. Jesse ITielpe was elected j varying result«, according to County
Sloa of the National Farmer» union
their stockholders affected by the In clerk for one year. I t waa voted by Agent II, 8. Fletcher.
The county
Will be eel up at McM tnavlllu.
tangibles end excise taxes w ill pay .hoee present to instruct the school agent states that while no very def-
A bill to authorlee J. C. Ten brook, to the state thia year taxes in the boord to put electric lights In the I Inlte conclusions can be drawn from
mayor ot Astoria, to bridge the Co amount of between »325.000 and *350,- ■ school rooms this coming w inter.
last year's work, he feels justlfl* d In
000. and between *300.000 and *350.000
lumbia riv e r at Astoria was signed by
T he old tradition that It w ill rain making the follow ing observations
next year.
President Hoover.
for tho IToaaant H ill annual picnic and recommendation*.
An Increase of 35729 pounds of m ilk did not hold good tills year It was n Observations on 1929 Demonstrations
Sam H. Raker, Grauts Pass, was
and 1100.0 pounds of butterfat was beautiful warm day last Saturday and
1. A ll spraying was done with one
elected president ot the Oregon State
Bankers' association at the 15th an made last month by the 40 herds ou people from all over Lane county pound of chlorate to, one gallon of
nual convention tn session at Grants test In Yam hill county by the Hairy swarmed to the picnic grave at water. The average amount of spray
Many ram lly reun used was three pounds per square
Herd Improvement association, accord Woodman H a ll
Pass.
report of Douglas ions were held and many friends who rod. Atlachle dust was used at the
O rville Rigby ot Cottage Grove prob-
r ing
a * / to
. 0 the
" * monthly
""
ably w ill be the winner In the contest
" • * * * ‘ “ ler
only meet once each year again had rate ot three pounds |>er square rial
a good visit. A good program was > 2. With few exceptions, good results ty when used In the right strength st
Now
ou
display
In
the
lobby
of
the
for the largest strawberry. He plckc 1
P R O P E R P O L L IN A T IO N
who were obtained on the ro n tro l of both the right time on plants that are In
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Bank of A m ity Is a piece of bone about given In the morning and those
one recently that had a circumference
did
not
bring
th
e
ir
lunches
purchased
Canada
thistle*
and
wild
morning
proper
condition
for
s
pray'nr
a foot long having the appearance ot
OF C H ER R Y O RCHARDS
of six Inches.
j
Voder most conditions In la n e
the front leg of some wild animal that a cafeteria dinner served on the I glory where the ground had not been
Henderson Bates. 91. of Grants Pass,
A special lou r of selected cherry or
Ice cream
was
served plowed for a year or more before the county spraying w ill he found to be
was found embedded In the heart of grounds
wag la a dentist's office for the first
i t Is apparent cheaper and more effective means of rhards In 1-ane lo u u ly where proper
a fir tree. The tree Is believed to be throughout the day. T be mUcelton- «praying was done
tim e In SO years. H e came la to get
eons stand did a good business. There 'h a t good results can not be obtained eradicating noxious weeds than clean pollination has taken place w ill he
about ISO yearn old.
the dentist to fix up his <l-year-old
were wo acebal! jam e a In the after- i when the ground le plow.nl w ithin one cultivation Thia Is especially true In made Wednesday, June 36. under the
Ashland
w
ill
combine
fireworks,
soa w ith a set of “store“ teeth.
oon which result.nl tn favo r of year prior to the date o t spraying T h. c«ae „f well defined patches of weeds auspices of (he lokit« county hortlcut-
merry go-rounds and all the other
,'leuau at H ill teams
m tlm a ttn g the Rogue River valley
best kin« were obtained where there that farm ers want to keep from tars i society, with O. 8. Fletcher,
amusements which go to make a h ila r
apple and pear 1910 shipment total la
county agent, and f F S tew art, fruit
spreading
T he
Pleasant
H ill
ious Fourth of July celebration, with
high school j was a heavy growth of tops.
3. In every case where a good k ill j , Chtorate. , h„uld
app„ „ , Inapecor, as leaders.
the neighborhood of 5000 cars. County
exercises
display« and features depicting early graduating
were
held I
Agaat W ilcox predicts the largest fruit
The tour w ill atari at 9 00 o'rloca
,he weeds were sprayed
Pioneer history la l u Fourth of July Thursday night. June 12 nt the high ! w>’
until the weed» have attained full
crop tn the history of the valley.
and vlstta w ill be made to the or
school gymnasium. T h e n o g . WKa ■ « " h e r two « three times, the sprav. growth. Canada thistles ah„
ul(1
b„
program thia year.
should be
chard» of M I I Harlow , R A McCoy
Reconstruction of the outside plant
Fire destroyed the farm home of banked w ith evergreen boughs and ' ‘ fte r th* ,l r "‘ b* ,n« ■W’ " « 1 »» P '« n " »prayed a . late In bloom « poeslble.
of the West Coast Telephone company
Eighteen students ,h # ' w er* BO‘ fu " ’r " " » ' " I at first
r|p„n , nd < U r| hack. E II 9\>aaek, and Robert VIII«
Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCoy at Austin. beautiful flowers
• t Lakeview w ill start next month.
to scatter
Morning glory may be In the afternoon th« tour w ill be ex
Grant coanty. and turned to death graduated. T i e program w *a as fol- ‘ "d
Replacements and additions to the
4
« " • of Him alaya and e v e r apraVM,
||w<(
, fc<, p|<n, s # r - tended to orebarda near Santa Clara
their granddaughter. 7 months old. Iowa: Invocation. Rev. CtoudeO'Brlen
and Junction (Tty.
w ire systems w ill cast about »12,00«
b|oom
The Infant was sleeping in an adjoin salutatory. E n in a Olson, class his- <Teen blB<,kb* r r y P«*B‘ a -were secured
few
"»«•"> P la n t. In I Weed, „ r
pU n(, tr(,<|r<| < (|h
M r Flecher contends that with
A pair of valuable black foxes were ing room and could not be reached a f tory. Francis Phibbs; vocal rolo. Del
S tauta; recitation. Dott^las K ah ler; fu
<r ' ,wtb wer* »prayed a fte r the
foaad poisoned, presumably from ra t ter the flames were discovered.
»hould not be dtslurbed proper pollination the cherry crop of
vocal solo. L au ra H u ll, ciao« pro phi- b* rTle" h,<1 »tor'ed to develop W ild
tlesnake bites, in their pen at the Bar
from the rime they are «preveil until ) l-ane county could be doubled wlthour
A fte r being la operation 21 years.
cy. Josephine Tdathewg; class w ill r” * * Plant» wer» killed lD all rases nb
Increasing the acreage.
Y black fox farm on Coyote creek,
Kim ball school of theology held l u
late the following spring
H r.rrie t B rab h am ; valedictory. L iu ra ’ ' W ” d by ‘ h” conB” r •««*<•
about 11 miles from Glendale, by tbeir
final graduation ceremonies at Salem
5 A ll sprayed plant« ahonld he re >
owner.
jH u lt ; addrees. President Arnold Ben-
8 F ru ,t ,r ** a
In »»'ed patches
P R O G R E S S IV E P IA N O
recently. W ithin the next few days
sprayed once or twice to Insure treat
W ith all danger of frost at an end
the school w ill be dosed Indefinitely. n ett H a ll; aw arding Torch Honor sprayed heavily In 1928 and 1929 do Ing all plants that were missed at I
SC H O O L O PEN S SOON
bins by E. E K ilp a tric k ; aw arding not show any effects of the spray first and any new growth that has I
and w ith crop c o n d itio n fairly well
Fourteen men and women were In
Mr«.
Clara
T u ttle Fenton la plan
diplomas by H a rry Sholloy.
(N ote — In some cases In eastern O re
established. Indications are that Hood
eluded In the 1920 graduating class.
started Not over 70% of Ihe avail I nlng on opening a progressive piano
The Missea H a rr ie t Brabham , Em gon fru it trees have been Injured by
R iver valley w ill harvest an excellent
A special 10-mM tax to be levied
able supply of chlorates should be ■ehool for children of a ll grades oa
crop o f most tree fruits, especially ap against all o f the property in Roseburg ma Olson, Josephine M athew s and chlorate sprays and extrem e caution used at the first treatm ent, the re
July 3. al 52 E street, opposite from
should
he
used
hi
spraying
In
or
ples and pears.
L au ra H u lt received the Torch H on
Is being considered by the city council
mainder being required for follow-up the high school
Mr» Fenton wilt
chards.)
or
pin»
H a rry W Poole of Klam ath Palls
work.
to meet a bond Issue of (40.000 due la
give all personal Instruction and has
« When sodium chlorate and atto-
has announced that he w ill accept the
T he graduates were M ildred A.
September of this year. T he money
9. Sodium chlorate Is cheaper than made arrangem ents so that high
appointment os the state game com derived from the bonds w«» used *0 W allace, Hugh E. W allace. Emma clde were used aldo by side on the atlaclde, but the fire haiard 1« serious.
erbiml credit wnl be granted tor work
«ame
weed
patch
under
Ideu
I
lea!
eon
mission made by Governor N'orblad to
yeans ago for the first street paving. M a rie Oison. A lvin W Olaon. Albert
Sodium chloride should never be used done during the summer.
dirions there was U ttia dffereace In near buildings, wooden fences, bridge«
succeed M. P. Corrigan o t McMlaa-
The 193« straw berry crop in the R. M athews, Josephine M athew », L e ^
Rev and M rs L. F Fenton and
results obtatoed
Pouabty there was
vUla. removed.
or other readily combustible atrac- their
Lebanon section nppeaas a t this tim e Ito Alleen Jacobs. A licia C am ille Jo-
daughter.
Isabelle.
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w-w-we, Ctorlc«
w s«.v >to«tPw
**R9, ar«
a
alight
advantage
a
favor
of
sodium
cob«.
N eilto
L.
L o ren a
Francis
•evernl farmers of the Summit H ill
U irw . W here »odium chloral» !■ u»M rn o rln f (hair raeldaac* from K a m a
to bo considerably short
Jorate. Damn w are about as af- th» operator» »hotild v a a r rubber <nd will lira at th» com er of ~
I*hlbbe.
D
ell
L.
Btuta.
Laura
Gerald
district. Marion county, are consider with other yearn. The
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ing the Installation o f a lighting plant
aottlad guathar promises, however, to in« Hut. James W illa rd W aning. H a r
a ttar maay unsuccessful efforts to ln-
react favorably on both ths quantity rie t Brobham. Paul Brobham. m»n
torust an alectrie light cempaay to run
and the quality of the fruit to he b ar D w y . Jamou Deugtou K ah ler. H elen
Iren e C a rte r
a line through the district.
vested.
Keeping time with other lines of
business, the lawyers ot La Grande
have agreed to dose their » « e ra at
1 «'clock Saturday aftoraooa daring
the months ot Jane, July. August and
•sptomber ot each year.
An axoess of spring rains caused the
Inn s county strawberry crop to be
The oiling program of too stato high
way department ter tbe year 1830 to
tals 911.21 mllea.
aouacomeat made to Salam by Roy
Klein, state highway engineer. O f
tAls total. >31.77 miles of highway will
be rootled. while 17125 mltoo to ctoeu-
ifled as naw oiling.
below normal this year, «r-4 the peak
of the season has already been passed,
according to officials ot the Eugene
F* nit Growers' association.
This range keeps
the cook COOL
THURSTO N
♦ • ♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ « ♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦ a
returned
from Salem where he has attended
school the past year.
Frank Campbell spent the poet
weak a t Signal w ith kto mother. Mrs
in more ways than oh© •
The Jacksonville Masonic lodge, eno
of tbe oldest lodges la ths west, will Lum M a y a
M r. and M r a F a rrs ! McQuInn from
celebrate Its 75U> birthday with apprw
priata ceremonies. W arren lodge was W altervtU e apent Monday m W illia m
C. C. Hulet of M yrtle Point eras
established to IM S when Ind ia n , »till Eyler'a.
T h e re waa a school meeting held at
sleeted master of the state grange at
roamed the southern Oregon wilder
Its meeting la Redmond recently to
nest and Jackson rills was tbe metro- the grade school building Monday ef
ternoon. Charles TUylor was re-elect
replace George A. Palm iter, who ru-
polles of tbe Rogue river valley.
fusod the post a fter have bees named
A total of M l companies transact ed d irecto r and W illia m Henson re
master for the eighth year.
ing all classifications o f Insurance elected clerk. M r«. H e rb e rt Oray will
teach the upper grades for the com
Plane
for the
grading
Oregon v collected
more
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s rigorous
.e v n v u a
K
iM u m g
0 of
1 1 business
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w u p i.t« u
m
ure
dried prunes throughout tbe northwest
t*“ B * w -®®®-00« In premiums and fees ing year and Miss Dorothy Travis
during “ the
year --------
1929 and . paid
and for an advertising campaign to
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. . . loMes from Springfield the lower grades.
CHfford W eaver and Mra. M ary M c
m arket the superior product of north
and claims of approximately *20,000,-
west orchards were laid at a meeting
000. This was set out In a report pre E lroy from Salem spent Sunday with
of prune growers at . gene recently.
pared by Clare A. Lee, state Insurance relatives and friends here.
M r. and Mra Ray Baugh and fam ily,
commissioner.
State prohibition department opera
M r andd Mrs. John Edmlston and son.
tlves participated in 114 arrests dur I
Here's a fellow who could teach Di
James, C arl F’ latt, Harvey Calvert,
Ing May, according to a report by
ogenes a lesson. M artin Ramsey, of
George Alexander, state prohibition 1 Klam ath Junction, lost »412 on the Miss V irg in ia Christie, and Mrs Jen
director.
Fine« Imposed aggregated
Pacific highway near Ashland. E. W. nie Kdmigton, attended the Rickard
»9110, with Jail sentences totaling 882
Oilman, Long Beach, Cal., found It. reunion at Benton-Lane park last Sun
day. T here were about two hundred
days.
returned to Ashland, deposited the
money in a bank to Ramsey’s credit. members prsent. T here were people
The Clatsop county court has adopt
Ramsey offered Oilman half the sum. In attendance from Bend, Condon,
ed a resolution opposing the plans for
Springfield, Eugene, Junction C ity,
but It was refused.
the creation of a highway Improve
F ra n k lin , Deadwood, Corvallis, Mon-
More unemployed persons have been
ment district to construct a modern
roe and Harrisburg.
highway from Vernonia through the
arriving in Salem during the past week
than during any corresponding period - r H ill» Creek l (number i company
° mPany have
Nehalem valley and Ham let to the
for many years, according to R. J.
coast.
THE M ARKET8
Portland
W beat BIS Bend bluestem, * H 5 ;
•o ft white, western white, »1.02;
hard wlntea, northern spring, western
red, *1.00.
Hay—Alfalfa, new crop, *lt.6O; val
ley timothy, *20.60 0 21; eastern Ore
gon timothy, »22.50022; clover, »17;
oat hay, *1»; oats and vetch, *1«.
Butterfat
28©>31c.
Eggs Ranch, l * O l * c .
Cattle—Steers, good, *11©11.T|.
Hog»—Good to choice, *0.75011.2*.
Lambe— Good to choice, ,7.750».7».
Seattle
W heat-S o ft white, western white,
hard winter, western red nod northern
aprtog. , 1 0 ,; Big Bend blttoatem,
Rggn—Ranch, 1*024«.
B M to rtot— *4c.
Cattle—Choice eteere, »11011.M.
Hog»—Prime light, ,11011.2*.
L*mbe— Choice, *80*.
-I
•pekane
C attle— S te e n , good, *1 0 0 1 0 . H.
Hog»—Good to choice, * 9 0 U .
Lambe—Medium to good, **O(.U.
Hendricks, census enumerator for tbe
d is tric t Hendricks said most of tbe
newcom en were from California and
have been attracted to Oregon by the
opening of the berry season.
A fte r a three-year fight In which
thousands of dollars were spent and
millions of pounds of poisoned bran
mash bait spread, the extermination
of the grasshopper peet on the old
T ula lake bed Is almost complete. At
times during the three year campaign
•a high aa ,5.000 pounds of bait waa
used daily but this year only 1000
pounds will be used during tbe season
on a tew scattered Infected places.
.
kker, takan yaa aim en jbmm Cue
ranpv e ft to “
» r »to to «to
- Nm f IMetoto« (Jnmtodsd) 0mm
Ao(tom «ltotoaf k d to , «stove « h to u x
unt11 a fter , h e ' ° " r' b
The Ladles Aid meets w ith M r«.
John Price on Thursday afternoon.
SPRAY TR EES NOW W ARNS
CO UNTY
F R U IT
O F F IC E R
Cherry tree« must be sprayed now
to avoid possibility of losing entire
crop« of the fru it la te r In the season
according io C. E. Stew art, county
fru it inspector. W hen an orchard be
comes Infected with the larva it is
only a m a tter of a short while u ntil
It hatches and then it Is compulsory
that all of the fru it be picked and de
stroyed In a fire. T his Is the only
way In which the peat can be destroy
ed once In the orchard.
Ferris ot La Grande waa named
dtotrict governor of the Lions In ter
national, and hla city waa selected as
The orchards should be sprayed
the 19,1 meeting place e f the organ)
ration whan the final business session once each week now and also after
• f the Oregon Lions was held to Bend each rain in order to be sure that the
larva does not hatch.
recently.
One of the nutata«et»f feature» of
the Elks-Americaa Legtou “Day» of
■«*" oetokratlon to Klamath Pall» will
be the old-time fiddlers' eontraL rid
<l«iu from all over Oregon and ttoe Pa-
MOe northwest h a rt hue* ‘» rite * to
RUttdWatgu
No
The formula being advocated by
the county agent's office Is aa fol
lows: Tan gallons of water mixed
with one-half pound of lead arsenate
and two quarts of cheap syrup.
From C ob u rg-M ir a M argaret Al-
lum of Coburg was a Monday visitor
in Springfield on Friday of lent week.
New c o lo r h o r m o n U ,! TK, Urtai, Go« Hana, t,
in
rmarttrt njw cambinationi ofnlorr
toory and Jado Gnon, alto in Fnnch Gray and
U,
Think of all these other fine features
that you get in the new Estate:
Therm Estate Oven H eat Control,
that does the watching and waiting
for you; Rigidraw smokclean broiler
n; oven racks that slide in and out
• cabinet drawer»; stay-cool door
handles; easy-to-clean, one-piece
« »k in g top; solid enamel panel be
C
*
hind gas cock», comwaling all piping |
convenient utanaU drawer; vitreoug
enamel finish, inside and out; roundad
corner», with not a nut, bolt or hingg
In sight
Wa'd like to ahow you our naw Hat
<>f 19.30 Estate Gaa Ranges— taO
about our vary convenient
payment plan.
All Appliance« Sold on
EASY TER M S
Ä Ä Ä - iÄ “ -
'
Northwest Cities Gas Co.
Springfield, Oregon
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