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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
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SERVICE COMMISSION iGOOD YIELD DEPENDS
TESTS GRAIN SCALES UPON GOOD FALL STAND
Tt will, no doubt, be of interest toj (By C. C. Calkins)
the grain growers of the state to Three ways of insuring a better
know that the Public Service Com-: Stand noted.
mission has pust completed a testing Henry Howell told the forty farm
of all grain scales located in Portland ers that went over to Sherman county
and used by its Grain Inspection de- from here that ho had seen some
partment. j niighty big yields from thick stands
This inspection was the most but that hs had yet to see a big yield
thorough ever undertaken. The Com-' from a thin stand, in other words a
mission's scale expert, George H. ' good stand is of first Importance. Not
Kaiser, accompanied by W. A. Dalziel, ' only is it important from the stand-
state sealer of Weights and Measures, '
and E. D. Jones, City Sealer of .
Portland, during the month of July,
inspected and caused to be placed in
Firit class condition, ninety-five
scales, 75 of which belonged to the
-grain dealers. These tests were made
With a test load of 750 pounds of
certified weights. The Commission
contemplates frequent inspection in
the future. We are also installing a
master truclc scale aind as soon as
completed all large Hopper scales
will be tested with several loads of
grain in order to get a correct test
-on these large scales.
We will also have a meeting of all
employes of the grain department at
an early date and have them
thoroughly instructed in the use and
care of scales used in the weighing
of grain and a careful supervision,
will be had over both the weighing
and inspection of grain.
H. H. COREY.
Commissioner
point of yield but you get your weedy
wheat from your thin stands.
Eery man knows that he wants a
good stand but the question is how to
get it. Frequently the fall showers
are most too light until lato in the
season and the question as to the
time of seeding is in c'oubt. We be
lieve that three rules might be obser
ved profitably and which may result
in getting greatly increased stands.
They are a sfollows:
1. Avoiding of seed injury due to
seed treatment.
2. Seeding early.
3. Seed at uniform depth.
Judging from the use of copper
carbonate for the control of smut dur
ing the past year indications are
that it will be largely adopted and if
so the Question of killing by seed
treatment will be entirely eliminated.
For those who use tho dry treat
ment the early deeding will be com
paratively safe because you will be
able to place your seed, which is
strong and vital, in the dry bed if
necessary with very little danger of
I ntolding and killing the seed, there
Portland reported three flocks of fore your early seeding will be much
wild geese flying high and straight in favor. Experiments at the Moro
south passing over that city the other Experiment station seam to in.dicr.te
day and Willard Herren informed the the dates between September 15 and
very successfully in this county and J
any man using a hoe drill can maKe
sure of putting his grain in at a uni
form depth by spending a couple of
dollars and three-quarters of a day's
work on the drill before seeding:
Take a piece of two inch strap iron
and cut itj up in lengths of about a
foot and a half, bend it in an L shape,
make one end of the L shaped iron
fit the back of the hoe up and down
by slightly rounding it on the point
of an anvil. Drill a, hole through
the stra piron and through the back
of the hoe to receive a stove bolt.
This strap iron is placed on the back
of the hoe in such away that it per
mits it to run. in the ground a couple
of inches but the weight of the hoe
will be bearing down upon the strap
iron which will follow in the track
which the hoe makes.
Art Erwin followed out this scheme
in seedine last year and he states
that he never had a mbre uniform
stand.
Wheat steeded early can be seeded
to a great depth and with compara
tiv safety. For later seeding or if
moisture and weather conditions are
unfavorable some of the wheat which
was planted deep probably will never
emerge.
We firmly believe that by getting
away from the injury to the! seed by
seed treatment, seeding early and at
a uniform depth that the fall wheat
yield in Morrow county can be in
creased from 10 to 20 per cent on an
average. ,i
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VKOFESSIOXAL CARDS
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DENTIST
Successor to R. J. Vaughn
Permanently located In Odd
fellow's Building
HEPPNER. OREGON
DR. A. D. McMURDO
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Telephone 122
Office Patterson's Drug Store
HEPPNER, OREGON
F. A. McMENAMIN
LAWYER
Office Phone Main 643
Residence Phone Main 665
Roberts Building
HEPPNER, OREGON
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WILD
CHEESE FLYING SOUTH;
LOOK FOR STORM
Herald this morning that he heard a
band passing over Heppner last night.
According to Indian signs, this
means an early storm and as we go to
press the cloud? seem to be voting
with the Indians.
ROUND-UP GROUND IMPROVE
MENTS GOIX0 AHEAD
OREGON
GETS ANOTHER
WAVE
HOT
Heppner and Morrow county got
another hot wave the last few days
the mercury reaching 9 5 degrees Sat
urday and 92 on Friday and Sunday.
Portland . experienced 90 degree
weather Friday and other parts of
the Northwest report corresponding
ly high temperatures.
S. E. NOTSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office in Court House
HEPPNER, OREGON
DeLUXE ROOMS
Summer Rates
75c & $1.00
Over Case Furniture Co.
Same E. Van Vaclor R. R. Butler
Van VACTOR & BUTLER
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Suite 304 First National Bank Bldg.
THE DALLES, ORI5GON.
Improvements at the Round-Up
grounds are progressing satisfactor
ily and expectations arc for a most
successful meeting.
The corrals have teen moved and
reconstructed and the inner fenco
separating the race track from the
arena is completed. Posts for the
outside fence around the track are in
place and work 011 the bleachers will
soon be under way.
"Everthing going fine," ia the re
port handed out by the eommitteo
whichsounds good to everybody.
ROAD-GRADING COSTS REACH
STABLE BASIS REPORTS SHOW
The cost ef grading for highway
construction apparently has reached
a stable condition, according to sta
tistics of the Bureau of Public roads
of the United States Department of
Agriculture. The average cost per
cubic yard for grading on Federal
aid roads rose from 38 cents in 1917
to a peak price of 66 cents in 1920,
and has since gradually declined.
On Federal-aid work contracted for
in the last three months the average
price per cubic yard for the whole
United States was 33 cents in April,
32 cents in May, and 34 cents in June.
The cost of other items entering
into road work also shows a general
tendency toward stabilization, al
though in many cases not aa marked
as that for earth work.
October 15 are the most favorable
for winter wheats and gives the
greater yield. That was true in
snite of the fact that the wheat was
treated with formaldahyde and blue-
stone. A farmer who has from two
to three weeks of seeding and who
waits until the middle of October for
a favorable rain will find thr.t his
seeding is not finished until sometime
in November. While tho man who
began in September will probably
have his job done before the first
rain comes and it is1 all ready to1 start
at once. There may bo some chance
in early seeding but notice the fact
that should your early seediug fail to
come you could seed later in the fall.
If your late seeding fails to come you
hardly know until spring whether to
re-seed or not and then your crop will
be spring wheat. The early seeding
has chown up mighty favorably in
practically every instance last year,
even where treated with bluestone
and formaldahyde.
I The problem of getting the grain in
at a uniform depth is a real one. It
has been .solved by very few. Here
is a suggestion that has been used
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE CHEAP
160 acres, sheep or dairy ranch on
railroad and highway, under irrigat
ion. Part down balance! terms'.
Also 291 acres farming land In
crop at $20.00 per acre. Part down
terms on, balance at 6 per cent. Three
miles from railroad, three-quarters
mile from school, on county road.
Good well of water. For particulars
and full information address:
HERALD OFFICE, Heppner,
WATERS & ANDERSON
FlitE INSURANCE
Successors to
C. C. Patterson
HEPPNER, OREGON
Oregon.
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WOODSON & SWEEK
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW
Masonic Building
HEPPNE-R, OREGON
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If your income averaged $600.00 per
year you would probably be able to live on
that comfortably. If your income increased
o $1,000 per year that would probably seem
a bare sufficincy. But what has become of
the extra $400.00? If you can live on $600.
00 per year you can save money on $1,000.00
per year.
DO YOU DO IT?
The man who has a definite plan of sav
ing a certain portion of his earnings is the
man who will be able to take advantage of
business opportunities when they offer. His
savings will then be available for a far bet
ter purpose than mere high living. 1
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
We have a savings department in con
nection with this bank which pays 4 per
cent interest. The interest is compounded
semi-annually. We invite you to open an
account with us.
First National Bank
Heppner Ore.
WE PRODUCE PRINTING THAT PLEASES
COUNTY TREASURER'S NOTICE
Notice is hereby givca that all
General Fund County War,-avts regis- j
tered up to and including December
31, 1921, will be paid upon presen
tation at my office on and after Aug
ust 29, 1922, after which di'.te inter
est will cease.
T. J. HUMPHREYS,
Counu'y Treasurer.
Dated at Heppner, Oregon,
August 15, 1922. 16'18
FOR SALE Used Ford in good
repair for sale cheap. Enquire at
Universal Garage.17-20 pd.
Guy Boyer is preparing to build a
modern bungalow on North Court
street adjoining the C. L. Sweek
home.
John McNamee, well known sheep
man, was here for a couple of days
this week on business leaving this
morning to return to his sheep in
Wallowa county.
Miss Edna Miller, a former high
school student here, came in from her
home at LaGrande Saturday evening
to vWit with Heppner friends for a
tew days.
Notice to
Sportsmen
GUS PERET, the famous rifle
man, will be in Heppner Sep
tember 1st and will give a free
demonstration of his skill with the
rifle.
Fruit J
Economy Sure Seal
This Exhibition Will Be
Well Worth Seeing
Selfsealing Masons
Wide and Narrow Tops-
Time's Changes in England.
The poacher, the twinisser. the
mnn who hv accident lets his pips or
heifers out upon the public road, tlie
urcliiu who robs an orchard, and many
ninnp nmit "inn lpfnctors" are. it Is
ffwerallv claimed, liein? more p rson-
ullv dealt with by modern country 1
moi-utrntes iii Eneland. The abolition
of the old-time benches of squires ami j
landowners, whose right to be tusiue
Justices of the peace was almost re
mrlert as hereditary, ami their suhxtl-
futinn hv men of Integrity In (tvery
walk of life, and now by wonifn, hnt
wrnnirht a chanae In rural police conn
Justice which the country mind under
stands and appreciates to the full. On
. MMintrv bench recently, a pronnnem
landowner, his agent, one of Ills la
borers were all adjudicating togetner.
Call at
Peoples Hdw. Co.
for your Fall Supply of Rifles,
Shot Guns and Ammunition.
ii i j Regular Masons j
Phelps Grocery
II Company j
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