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OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENER/UNTEREST
T
Mrs Hattie F. Noble, a pioneer edu
cator of Idaho, died at Boise. She
went to Idaho City from Portland In |
1667 and taught In Idaho City for
several years.
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.
A yield of 60 bethels of wheat an
acre waa reported by Aage Qribekov,
e farmer of the Junction City district.
Thia waa on ordinary farm land with |
no Irrigation.
Pendleton »ton« war« dosed from
1 p. m. to 6 p. m. during Round-Up
week.
The W illam ette at Salem la three
feel below normal flow. The Salem
Navigating company la operating n
fleet of trncka while its «teamens are
tied up on account of the low stage
of the water.
I
The «tore and poatoftloe at Robin
ette, near Halfway, were destroyed
by fire recently.
Potato day waa observed by the
Parkdale grower« under the direction
of County Agent Marble.
n
The total pear shipments for the
season from Medford amount to 603
carloads it Is estimated.
Twelve granges of Washington coun
ty will participate In annual Grange
day to be held September 13 at the
county fair.
W. L. Stewart, Talent rancher, was
severely lacerated when a Jersey bull
gored him. Mr. Stewart was knocked
through a fence.
Or.
A museum and library, the cost of
which was not announced, are to be
given the town of Turner by Mrs. Cor
nelia Davis, It was announced recent
ly.
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In a single breast two hearts stop
ped beating when Dr. George Bean of
Vale killed a chicken. The size and
coloring showed that both hearts bad
functioned.
The south approach of the Service
creek bridge across the John Day
river, 24 miles north of Mitchell, col
lapsed under the weight of a heavy
truck loaded with machinery.
Travel over The Dalles-California
highway through Bend during June.
July and August shows an increase of
10 per cent over the same period last
year, according to the August traffic
count.
A phonograph playing Jaxx Inside
the locked doors of the burning Floyd
Huston home in Prineville gave fire
men some anxious moments. Vibra
tlon of the blaze started the Instru
ment.
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The Woodburn Fruit Growers’ Co
operative association is handling from
2000 to 2500 crates of blackberries
dally. By the time the season reaches
its peak it is expected to double thia
amount.
A valuable horse belonging to Hom
er Wood, bop-grower of the Independ
ence vicinity, strayed from the pasture
into the adjoining farm, near Hum
bug lake, got Into quicksand and was
drowned.
In case of extraordinary weather
conditions between now and Septem
ber 15, Governor Norblad may close
the hunting season until October L
but in no event will he close It after
that date.
THE M AR KET*
Portland
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W heat— Big Bend bluestem, (1.00H ;
soft white, western white, 85Hc; bard
winter, northern spring, western red,
S ittc.
Hay—Alfalfa, new crop, 317.50; val
ley timothy, new crop, 313; eastern
Oregon timothy, 318.50; clover, new
crop, 314; oat bay, new crop, 313.60;
oats and vetch, new crop, 313.60.
Butterfat— 15 @ 28c.
Eggs— Ranch, 17927c.
Cattle— Steers, good, 37.5008.00.
Hogs—Good to choice, 31040011-76.
Lambs— Good to choice, 3607.
Seattle
Wheat— 8oft white, western white,
northern spring, 84c; hard winter,
western red, 83c; bluestem. 31.02.
Eggs— Ranch. 16UO 37HC.
Butterfat— 38c.
Cattle— Choice steers, 37 08 .
Hogs— Prime light, 313012.13.
Lambs—Choice. 36 07 .
Spokane
Cattle— Steers, good, 36.6007.30.
Hogs—Good to choice, 31X012.13.
Lambs -Medium to good, 86.6006.
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The Stayton co-operative cannery le
running at full capacity these days.
The beans have just about been taken
care of, but the blackberries are com
ing in very well. About 126 women
and 30 men are employed this season.
The Coquille bond issue of 395.000
woe carried overwhelmingly at a
special election. Of the total 386.000
la for Improvement of the city water
system and 310.000 tor a naw bridge
leading to the new residential die
trict.
For self protection and in the in
terest of increased efficiency, mem
bers of the state traffic aquad assign
ed to night patrol duty w ill hereafter
travel In pairs. An order to thia ef
fect was issued by Secretary of State
Hoes.
A big landslide on Sinslaw highway
between Mapleton and Florence will
entail an additional expense of 3100.-
Fire caused by sparks In a slab pile
000 and may delay the completion of
destroyed the Lewis Brothers' lumber
the road nearly a year, H. D. Farmer,
mill at a loss of 3500b. For a time , district engineer of the bureau of pub
the fire threatened the town of Pros
lic roads, said.
pect
Bide tor the construction of the new
In a spirited contest Miss Meda
state armory at Cottage Grove, will
Dearborn waa elected to rule as queen
be opened shortly. The armory will
of the Malheur county fair at On
coat approximately 360.000. of which
tario. Eleven other girls were In the
30.000 waa appropriated by the state.
contest
The remainder will be paid by Lane
county and Cottage Grove.
The W illamette valley hop crop for
1930 will aggregate approximately 70,-
California lost the honor of being
000 bales or 75 per cent of last year's
the only state whose waters harbor
yield, according to estimates made by
the toothsome tuns fish when a gigan
growers.
tic school of Albatross tuns appeared
off the harbor at Newport on the way
The state board of control has been
north. Not In the memory of the old
requested by Colonel W. B. Bart ram.
est fisherman bae this variety appear
In charge of prison industries, to lim it
ed off Oregon.
the state flax acreage during 1931 to
6100 acres.
cently finished drilling a wail on hie
ranch
F F Cooper le aleo drilling
a well on hie place Mrs. Luells Hr is
low. E H T in ker sad F. F Cooper
have
Installed
electrk)
pumping
plants.
There has been a greet deal ol
improving of the various ranches la
N»DneA
Ihe Upper W illam ette d istrict this
summer. Howard M erriam has built
n m<w bungalow for hie parents and
IL
completely remodeled tha house on
N J.
hie ranch.
The Hardens have re
painted and reehlngled their home
ci ii the church. 0 . E. Jordan le
painting the roof of hie homo. The
house which Is occupied by Mr. John
and fam ily on tha Perry ranch la
being reehlngled
Freak Helgel is
reehlngllng the barn on his ranch.
TbtG fttl Druitbof 1 9 »
G. F. Hyde hse repainted both of
hts houses on tbe h ill south of tbe
some years, the market le In no con highway.
Three Sunday school classes from
dltlon to stand heavy rune—«hipped
because of the Inability to feed them the Plesoant H ill Christian chureh
picnicked at IMIleys' Riverside park
on the farm or ranch.
W ith swine It la different.
I*tgs last Sunday
Rev. Claud O'Brien, pastor of the
mature quickly and the fi odor can
adjust his crop to his feed supply. Pleasant H ill church, has gone to hie
home at The Dalles for a two weeha*
Advancing price w ill bring some
vacation.
compensation for the losses caused
Douglas Kahler Inlende to allend
by nature, but the experience of the
Normal school thia year
Mra. Kah
Corn Belt has been that no rise In
ler Is going with Mr. Kahler.
Mr.
prices can quite compensate for the
and Mra. Doans and fam ily wtU oc
loss of a crop.
,
cupy the Kahler home.
£ 1930 Drouth Most Serious in History
The evergreen blackberry crop la
coming in at the cannery of the Eu
gene Fruit Growers’ association. It 1»
announced by Lee Turner, field man
Several hundred exhibitors display
ed their flowers at the fifth annual I ager of the association. The berries
are very numerous In Lane county this
flower show held at Rockford grange
year.
hall in Hood River.
The replacement value of Salem's
public and high schools, grounds and
equipment la 31.137.31S, according to
a recent appraisal.
THURSDAY, SKITKMBKK 4. 1W0.
T llE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
The state bonus commission loans
to Oregon veterans numbered 12,026,
according to figures compiled by
Frank Moore, secretary of the com
mission. Fifty-one loans were grant
ed by the department last month,
bringing the total In loans outstand
ing to 323.703,625.
Ona of the largest squirrel hawks
ever killed In northern Polk county
waa shot by S. D. Crawford near his
farm at Spring Valley recently. The
hawk had a 53-lncb wing spread. When
found by Mr. Crawford the big bird
was sitting in the county road calmly
eating a Jack rabbit and paying no
heed to passing traffic.
An elimination contest w ill be stag
ed In Hood River to definitely decide
which location In the city w ill be
awarded the site of the new proposed
federal building.
Each citixen will
be entitled to vote by ballot for hla
favored location.
Tbe chamber of
commerce w ill favor tbe site securing
the greatest number of votes.
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Publisher» Autocoslev Service
No Similar Calamity Has Been So Wide-Spread
Or Done So Much Damage
lB y Caleb Johnson)
The Great Drouth of 1930 w ill go
down in history as one of the most
serious calamities which ever befell
the United States.
. Eastern lxiuisana. The area is in
creasing and a situation
almost
as serious now exists in Oklahoma.
Kuateru Texas, Kansaa. Iowa and
Nebraska and the remaining States
"Tie' this“ ls~written, there ha» been in which the drouth first assumed
Virginia, M ary
no rainfall, or none of conseuence. grave proportions.
In an area which covers nearly ono- land, Delaware, North Carolina and
j third of the United Slates, for weeks. Alabama face a serious situation,
There was leas than half the normal as do the state on the eastern slopes
I rain fall
for months before
that, of the Kockiea Minnesota. Wisconsin,
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
last w inter waa a dry one, indeed, New England. New Xork and the
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UPPER WILLAMETTE
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since December the greater part of Pacific Coast states are the only sec e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
the United States has received less tions In which conditions described
The Pleasant HUI high school will
than h alf of Its normal quota of rain. as semlnormal still exist. A prenome-
start Monday, th’ptembcr 16.
The
It makes little difference in some non Is the case of Florida and Geor high school iMiurd w ill hold a meet
gia. Neither has been seriously a f
important regions whether rain comes
Ing Friday of this week.
now or not. The damage has been fected.
I ’rof. E. E. K ilpatrick, who has
The grain crops, with the exception been attending U. of O. summer school
, done.
Dr. M arvin, chief of the U. 8. of corn, have escaped the heat. Those finished his work last week and will
crops were ready for tbe harvest ba-
W eather bureau, says:
enjoy a two weeks' vacation before
the
drouth
became
serious.
''This is unquestionably the worst 1 for
the Pleasant H ill high school opens
drouth in the history of the Whether The major damage affects corn, cot-
The Pleasant HUI public school
bureuu. and the bureau la sixty years ; ton. fruits, hay and live stock. That open« September 22 with Mr. Sheri
; ruin Is facing vast numbers of farm
old.''
dun and Mrs. Phelps aa teachers.
Never before has a drouth assumed ers Is certain.
Mlss Irm a lailrd, master <<f the
One eonree of worry arises from G irl Scouts of the Upper W illam ette
such serious proportions aa to stir
' (he fact of burnt-up pastures. Many
, the whole nation to relief efforts.
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In regions where pastures have racbmen are said already to be feed she w ill teach In the high school this
been burned up, water sources have ing the hay usually reserved for winter.
Several of the young folks are
gone dry and crops have failed ut w inter feed. W hile the early forage
i
».„is
terly, the Re<| Gross is beginning crops were abundm t they can only .am plng In
the hop field and picking
active relief work. President Hoover go so far toward supplementing the hop«.
Among them are Lucllo Jor
and the Farm Board have authorised tack of pasturage.
dan, Florence Jordan, Marte Barnum
Mrs
Andy Olson and daughter,
Emma, Mra. O. S tu ll, M r and Mrs
Jakewaya and eon Johnny, and Mies
Helen C arter are picking berrlea at
Dr. George Brown's ranch.
Evelyn
l*helps and Ronnie Jeanne T in ker are
picking at tbe Sw ift ranch.
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T e lle r Leaves
Ben Terpenlng has closed hie tailor
shop next d<wr Io the poetofftre and
has gone to M yrtle Point where he
baa accepted a position with a hotel.
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TOOK SODA FOR 3T0M -
ACH FOR 20 YEARS
i
nf Adlerlka brought me complete re
lief.“—-Jno. B Hardy.
Adlerlka relieves OAB and soar
stomach in T E N mlnutss.! Acta on
BO TH upp<(,
|<,w, r bow, 1
moving poisons you never knew
ere
there. Don't fool with medicine which
the extension of Government credit
cleans only P A R T of tha bowels, hut
W ith packers' storage plants said and Nancy Barnum.
let Adlerlka give stomach and bowels
to farmers In the stricken regions on *° be glutted with beef, and cattle
Jesse A. I'belps has drilled a well
a R E A L cleaning and aae how good
the most liberal terms. The Inter- prices lower thnn they have been for on his ranch
Melford Barnum
you feel— Flonery's Drug gtore.
state Commerce Commission
has
authorised reduced freight rates on
livestock and cattle feed. The Presi
dent has appointed a relief commis
sion which w ill do what can humanly
be done to alleviate distress, for In
some parts of the Mississippi Valley
farm er people are actually on the
verge of starvation because of the
loss of all th eir crops and their live
stock because of the dry weather.
The year 1930 w ill be known, as
one Washington correspondent put It,
as “the year when Kentucky Blue
Grass turned white.”
Nobody is able yet to estimate tbe
total loss to agriculture In dollars,
but It w ill run Into the hundreds of
millions. The corn crop is so serious
ly damaged that In that one commodity
alone the loss may run to a half a
billion.
Nobody
knows
precisely
what
caused the drouth. It Is due, of course,
to lack of rainfall, but why didn't the
rain fall normally In the stricken sec
tions, not only this summer but last
w inter and spring?
The W eather
bureau sharps can't answer that ques
tion.
They can only point to the
j record of what happened.
Electric rates for residential and
Added to the lack of rain, or be
commercial uses In Barlow, Canby,
Aurora, Hubbard and Donald w ill be cause of It, extrem ely high tem pera
placed on a level with the new rates tures have been experienced all sum
recently prescribed for Fortland and mer In the country east of the Rocky
vicinity, through a new ta riff filed Mountains.
Daytim e
temperatures especially
with the public service commission by
the Molalla Electric company, which . were exceedingly high, with 100 de
became effective September 1.
grees or higher reported from sec
St. Mawes' Rose Ann, a purebred tions east of the Rocky Mountains
Jeraey heifer owned by Clyde E. Rob on every day of the month from the
ertson A Son of Foreat Grove, has 4th to its close. The dally maximum
been awarded bo;h a gold and silver averaged from 94 to 98 degrees In
medal by the American Jeraey Cattle the central and northern portions or
club for her outstanding yield In a re Alabam a art# Mississippi, Northern
cently completed official production Louisiana, W estern Tennessee, the
te a t During this test of 305 days, St. lower Ohio Valley, Arkansas and the
Mawes’ Rose Ann yielded 628.65 greater portions of Kansas, O kla
homa and Texas. The highest tem
pounds of milk.
Tbe first of five large watering peratures occurred the last few days
tanka for stock grazing in Modoc na of the month, when a number of
tional forest bae been completed by station» from Argansas northward
the construction crew of the forest reI>o,■te<,
to 108 degrees.
Everywhere
rivers,
creeks
and
service. This tank le made by the
throwing up of a dam 840 feet long brooks are dried up or running ex
trem ely low. There Is a scarcity of
to Impound water from the spring run
water for live stock and domestic
off. The expense is carried by a spe
In the worst affe< te.i zones
clal fund created out of grating fees usee.
paid by the stockmen for the privilege cattle are dying for lack of water
of running their cattle and sheep Ir, and pasturage. In others the stock
men, anticipating what may be ahead,
the forest during tbe summer.
are selling their herds at sacrifices.
Migration of butterflies in the W ll
In large sectors of the Eastern or
lametta valley, probably centralising
chard belt«, the fru it Is burned to a
In Polk and Yamhill counties, similar
crlap and useless for any purpose.
In character to that which visited
H ay and other pasiuragi crops are
southern Oregon recently, may ba ex
affected, and corn has suffered marked
pected about September XI, according
deterioration. The damage Involves
to announcement made by Lynn Crone-
miller, state forester. The prediction every state In which the raising of
grain Is a principal Industry.
was based on the fact that approxi
The part of the country hit hardest
mately 90 per cent of the oak trees
In Polk and Yamhill counties between le the Mississippi Valley. This area
Monmouth and Newberg have been comprises W estern West Virginia,
damaged seriously by what la known Southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois,
Eastern Missouri and Arkansas, W est
as the oak looper.
ern Tennessee and Mississippi and i
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