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HIE GAZETTE-TIMES.
Tie Heppner Gazette, Established March 30, 1883
TSie Heppner limes, t-staonsnea iiov. 10, ion
Consolidated February 15, 1912.
VAWTER CRAWFORD, - Editor and Proprietor
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Thursday. August, 14 - - - 1913
HOG RAISING PAYS.
The Prairie ranch, located a few
!!? southeast of Fossil, Wheeler
'.nty, shipped a carload of hogs
tthc Portland Union Stockyards a
r days ap and they tupped the
s.'i-irket, selling for 9 one-half cents
jt pound. Tliere were 70 head in
far, their comhined weight was
-i triJle more than 20,000 pounds, or
.in average of 2-50 pounds. The
---wk given in payment, after de
yinrting freight, feed and commission
tairges, was for $133.32. That
-hows a net price of $23.08 per ani-
Mention wae made in these col
fi.tins a short time ago of a former
shipment of hogs from this ranch,
;!?'! it was then stated that a car
I - -si. 1 would he sent to the Portland
r.iinki't ahout every two weeks dur
ing the halanee of the year, there
Lving ahout 2300 head feeding on
f i:is;ind other ranches owned hythe
-inio company.
The hogs just shipped had eaten,
told, ahout 12 hushels of grain
vu'h and alxurt 250 pounds of ground
rtlfalfn. Aside from this, they had
lax-n fed nothing, but hail, of course,
"eii pastured on alfalfa, stubble and
yn-.iss. Thegrain fed them as pigs
ami hogs would he worth today at
the ranch w here it was fed not to
-t-xceed $7 jkt animal; the alfalfa
rijoal perhaps $2.o0 per animal. It
-.'f t to haul them to market, we will
--y, alnrnt $10. That makes a total
r-jrt of $7110, to which m"st be
,-i.Med the cost of pioducing the
Two dollars and a half each
r.,uld be a fair figure for this. In
Jfact, if any breeder with ample fa
cilities for keeping a large number
of brood sows could sell his day-old
5-W at that figure he would never
e-iiny them along even to shoat days.
We find the 79 head of hogs cost
Ji real cash outlay $M!H), wliich does
inA include the intermediate ex-"li-iises
of lalxir and ranch expenses,
including taxes, interest, etc. It is
iir.po-sible to figure such costs, but
"Ire surplus shown by the alxtve fig
!rv?, $133 32, is surely ample to
.ivc a large profit. Suiixse the
..:in;pany keeps up its semi-monthly j law now provides that a voter can
dpmcnts during the balance of the not "swear in" his or her vote on
vear and each carload docs as well, j election day, ami if you are not reg-Tli-it
would make ten carloads and ajistered you will have novotecoming
j-.r;tit of $333.20. As there are at this special election. It is im
ii.,w more than 2000 head of hogs on I iM.rtant tht n that you attend to tins
V ranches of the company, the ; matter at once and be prepared to
-oinmeiits will probably continue the j
ear rounu.
CV iii -pa re these
virthi business.
figures with the
Supjxtse in place
) 000 to 40,0(10!
-f h eding their
!-hcls.(,f cram to hoi's thev hauled !
itti Condon, the nearest railroad j of unquestionable ln-m-fit. Minne
ivv.nt. Orsuptxse the road were , sot a, Illinois, New York and Iowa
.-itti .idy built to Fossil and they have proven that they are financially
1i.r.d the grain there, say an aver-'as well as popularly ami education
of 15 miles. The wheat fed 'ally successful, a i.d in other states
I this last carload of -hogs weighed
i 53,SS0 pounds; the fattened hogs
weighed but 20.0C0 pounds.
The point is just this: Feed more
of the grain to livestock. Our sheep-
owners are in a terrible Hurry about
the tariff on wool. Let them try to
forget it and build their business
along new lines better wool and
better mutton, and more of each.
That means grain-fed sheep, and
why not? We can produce as good
mutton as is grown in the world,
and we ought to double and treble
our output and raise the quality un
til Ave control the markets of the
West. Oregonian, August 3, 1913.
Eugene Amidon was the owner of
the first wheat to he hauled into Moro
this season. It was from a 75 acre
field of turkey red that produced
1370 sacks, better than 42 bushels
to the acre. His other wheat has
averaged close to 15 sacks an acre.
Observer.
Begin now, if you have not al
ready begun, to get ready to attend
the Morrow county fair this fall, and
lie sure to bring an exhibit with you
if possible. This is what will make
the fair a success, una at tlie mine
time do you a great deal of good.
Just take a few days lay off and at
the same time fill your head with
valuable information. You will
raise better crops next year.
The papers tell us that it will re
quire oli.oOO laborers to harvest the
grain crops in Kansas, Nebraska,
Minneseta, Montana and the Dako
tas. Truly a great army of laborers,
but they are necessary to properly
handle the immense products of the
fields of tliose states. Wonder if
this does not account, in part at least
for the large influx of I. W. W's.
(I Wont Work's) into the Northwest
recently?
The Morrow county fair this year
is to It; a big success, according to
N. ('. Maris, industrial worker of
the state department of education
who has recently made a tour through
Morrow county. About $3500 will
be available for fair purposes, this
year. A temiorary site and build
ings will be used at Heppner this
season but if the fair is the success it
is expected to be permanent build
ings will probably be erected.
Salem Statesman.
A special election will le held in
Oregon on Nav. 4, 1913, to vote up
on the legislative measures referred
to the people by referendum petition.
These measures are "The Criminal
Sterilization Bill," the "State In
dustrial Accident Commission Bill,"
"$100,000 Appropriation to Univer
sity of Oregon," '"875,000 Appro
priation to University of Oregon"
and the "County Attorney Bill."
All voters who were not registered
for the 1912 election should now
register, either before the county
clerk, or lefore the official registrar
in their own town or precinct. The
cast your vote on these imixrtant
referendum measures.
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Philadelphia Ledger: Much has
Ix'cn heard in Pennsylvania of late
of the value of statefairs. They are
Mens Oxfords, black and tan, - - $1.00 pr.
Women's Oxfords and Pumps - - .95 pr.
Boys and Misses' oxfords and pumps .85 pr.
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the tendency is toward big state ex
hibitions. But nothing can ever
take the peculiar place or perform
the unique service of the county fair.
It is of its own, by its own, for its
own, and it gives an opportunity of
neighborhness and mutual interest
that should be developed and en
couraged. In Pennsylvania in 1913
there will be more than 50 of these
fairs; many of them come in Aug
ust, most of them in September and
some of them in October.
In the past some of the fairs have
been cheapened by vulgar attrac
tions," mainly the reminiscences of
the old "midway" evils. These
should be excluded and there should
be a rigid investigation of fair
"attractions'' before they are en
gaged. There is where the benefit
of cooperation comes in. Counties
that adjoin may greatly improve
their program by working together.
In Pennsylvania of late there has
been a drift toward an old home
week in connection with the county
fair. This is fine. Every Pennsyl
vania county has natives in other,
sections and other states, anil it will
do them good to go hack home and
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see now tne loius nave oeen getting
along.
It would be well if Philadelphia
business houses paid larger attention
to county fairs. They are gather
ings of people whose trade is worth
having.' It is usual to speak of the
business to lie got from foreign lands
and of new wealth to flow through
the Panama canal, hut the best, most
reliable and steadiest profits are from
the people of the counties.
Her health broken by many
years of school teaching in the
Middle West, Miss M. E. Wheeler
came to the Willamette valley a
little more than a year ago,
bought 25 acres of wild land a
few miles south of Mihvaukie and
commenced clearing it with her
own hands. By this spring she
had grubbed out the brush and
trees and dynamited the stumps
on seven acres. A part ot this
land was planted to oats which
at the present time are more than
7 feet tall, and on another tract
she is raising every kind of vege
table that can be grown in Ore
gon. As a result of the strenu
ous out door life, Miss Wheeler
has completely regained her
health and says she cannot under
stand why everyone in Oregon
does not take up farming.
The eastern division of the 0.
W. R. & N. company, under the
supervision of Superintendent
William Bollins, from headquar
ters at La Grande, is well pre
pared to handle the crops of wheat
and fruit, especially with refer
ence te motive power, it is an
nounced. Ten new freight loco
motives have recently been added
to this division. The rolling stock
is also said to be plentiful, there
by assuring good service to ship
pers.
At the present time a farmer
in the Molalla district, about 20
miles from Oregon City, is har
vesting a crop probably not grown
by any other rancher in the Wil
lamette valley teasels. His pres
ent crop consists of about 70
acres and during the harvest sea
son he will employ about 10 hands
at 82. 50 to 83 a day. The teasel
i3 a burr for which the manufac
turers of cloth find a use in rais-
me nap oi me gooas, a process
for which no inventor has ever
been able to invent a mechanical
substitute.
SPECIAL AWARDS
FOR THE CHILDREN
Fair Board Sets Aside $300
For the Promotion of
Juvenile Interest.
To the Boys and Girls of Morrow
County.
Do you realize, boys and girls,
that you are going to have an
onnortunit.v that, vnn nevpr pn.
joyed before? An opportunity
to compete tor a lot ot nice prizes !
right at home in your own coun- j
ty, at your Own county fair? And'
not Only that, but that you. will
have an opportunity to take an I
important part in making this
county fair a great success and ,
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thereby insure its establishment
as a permanent institution? i
The fair association has set!
apart $300 for prizes exclusively j
for your department. That is fine.
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the counties give tO the juvenile
department and has enabled Supt.
Isotson to offer prizes that are
worth winning. The intrinsic
value of these prizes, however,
is small in comparison with the
experience you gain in participat
ing in the contest, in learning
how to do something with your
hands. Not only learning how to
do something, but learning how
to do that something well better
indeed than anyone else can do it,
for that is what you have to do in
order to win at a fair. In rais
ing or making something with
which to compete for these prizes
you are learning how to do some
thing that will be valuable to you
in future life, something by which
you may earn a living.
In future years you will be
proud to refer to the fact that
you were an exhibitor at Morrow
County's first fair and were a
factor in making it a success. It
is a splendid thing to early grasp
the importance and get the habit
of being a booster, of taking part
in public enterprises and bearing
your share of the burdens of
society, of doing something for
mankind. You are doing this
when you take part in your local
fair, for it is, or should be, and
can be made, one of the most ed
ucative and helpful institutions
in existence. It is not merely a
place to go and see some side
show and have somefun. There
should be some clean sports and
innocent amusements and a little
fun for everyone, to help make it
a real vacation, but the exhibits
of the various products of the
county and the mingling together
in a good old-fashioned, neighbor
ly way, are the most valuable
features and should be made the
most of.
You can exhibit your products
at Heppner, and if successful in
winning there, you can send them
to the Tri-County Fair at Condon.
And if you have something real
good, you can then send them to
the State Fair at Salem and have
a chance to win some of those
splendid prizes offered down
there. If you plan to do that, j
you had better take a double por- j
tion with you to Heppner and
ship part of it as soon as you get
there, so it will reach Salem in
time. If you wait till the close
of the fair there, it will be too
late to reach the State Fair. In
doing this you will help to adver-
, tise Morrow County to the world
and perhaps do more good than
you have any idea of. If you
ihave not already received one,
call on Supt. Notson for the
Children, s State Fair prize list
and see what splendid prizes are
offered there. And all those
prizes will be won by just such
boys and girls as you are, from
all over the state. Supt. Notson
has the blanks for entering ex
hibits for the State Fair. Mor
row County is my old home, and
I would be glad and proud to see
some of the State Fair prizes go
there.
N. C. MARIS,
Field Worker Industrial Fairs,
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CECIL BREVITIES,
Sheriff Evan's of Heppner was a
Cecil business visitor Monday.
A miiehcow beloilfiiiu;- to Will itced
" kU'c.i at their crossing one day
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.lack 1 1 viiii ami M. v . Locan were
iieppnc- business visitors diirin- the
middle of last week.
K1 Farnsworth and wife of Khea
Sidins were Heppner visitors on
w "'hiesday of "t week.
Kev and .Mrs. J. M. Reed left Sat-
unlay of last week on a visit to their
j old home at Oakesdale. Wash.
John Nash and family left Tuesday
for Parker's Mill for recreation and
pleasure, they expect to lie absent a
couple of weeks.
.Mrs. Jack Hynd and children Violet
and Jackie Jr. returned Tuesday
inorniiii;' from Heppner having gone
up Sunday with Hughes auto.
W. 11. Herren was a Cecil visitor
on Thursday of last week. He re
ports tine grass, and lots of huckle
berries In theniountaiiiH thisHuiumer.
Boyd Logan and family left Thurs
day for a camp ng trip at Hen-en's
Mill, Boyd's health lias not been
good for the past three years and he
goes tiunKiiig tlie change will bene
fit him.
A jolly crowd of Cecil people went
picnicking Saturday about a fuile
above this place. 'They had well
filled lunch baskets ji'inl sncnt a
pleasnt time eating, fishing and sit
ting in the Hhade.
Mrs Maimie Luisner of Pilot Koek
returned to her home Tuesday after
a months visit with her sister, Mrs
Geo. Mellon who accompanied her
as far as the Junction.
Two old sports, K. F, Fairhurst
and S M. Morgan left. Tuesday for
the tall timber to be' absent on a
months camping trip, at MeDuffy
Springs and Desolation .Lake, they
first ih tended to take a pack horse
then they found two wouldn't do,
and flnlally bought them a little new
light wagon, and two big horses, be
cause being Old Bachelorish had to
have so many "accessories" anil
"neccessities" that a pack couldn't
aiford-1 hope they dont see this or
they wont bring me any venison,
and that wouldn't be nice.
FOR SALE Ten 40-Rallon oak
barrels, $2.00 each.
Palace Hotel.
Willow Creek Saw Mill
Located on Willow Creek, 14
miles Southeast of Heppner.
All Kinds of Rough Lumber.
Within easy reach and no hills to pull.
PROPRIETORS.
Exchange Quips.
The fertility of the. soil will
not last forever; it must be re-enforced
by careful applications of
barnyard manure and the turning
under of some green crops.
The cannery at Corvallis, Ore
gon, canned 225,000 pounds of
loganberries this season, or more
than five times as many of the
berries as the growers had listed
with the concern. It also put up
31,000 pounds of gooseberries.
At present the cannery is work
ing extensively on beans.
In the Wenatchee valley, Wash
ington, the 1913 crop of apples
will bring in close to $3,000,000
it is believed. Many contracts
have been made for apples there
from at prices from $i to $1.25 a
box. The cherries and apricots
from orchards in that vicinity
sold at very satisfactory prices.
racinc Homestead.
MOton O'Brien of Rail Hollow
hasmie honor of having delivered
the first load of the 1013 crop of
wheat to the Dufur warehouses,
he having brought down a load
last Thursday. Many of the far
mers are now through threshing
but the hauling of the wheat has
hot begun in earnest. Dispatch.
' Sumpter Valley farmers are
forced this season to be more than
ordinary weather prophets in se
lecting times for cutting hay.
Rain storms have been much too
numerous to suit their conven
ience, and some have been caught
with hay lying on the ground.
However, the damage as yet has
been but little, and" the ranchers
generally congratulate them
selves over their good fortune.
CASTOR I A
Tor Infants and CMldren.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature f
ormraea. faculty trained Id beat Institutions of
Anirtric and Earnpe. Wo help ntadcntii to earn
their own way. Dormitory for ftirli. Chrlttian In
flanes excellent Rurroundinfcs. JJewnmlowment
fund of quarter-million dnllara. WRITE
II. M. CiiOOKS, T'rnllMit, Albany toller
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