11M FARMERS
SCIENCE IN TILLING
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Wagons and I H C Wagons
j ITT armer vho, in need of a wa?on,
(SI 1 J blindly makes abee line for the first
Mt new wa"on or de:er 'n sight may
HvRl pet a good wapon. If chance steers
" him to an I II C dealer, well and
good. That is his good fortune. If not, he
will probably be in the wagon market again
years before he should be. But the economical
farmer will study and compare different makes;
find out in advance which wagon will give him
best service, and consider such questions as
company standing and reputation. When ha
has finished he will buy an I H C wagon.
Weber New Bettendorf
Columbus Steel King
Here are only two of the many features that
contribute to the making of I H C wagon
reputation. 1 Air-drying of lumber. Every
stick of wood used hickory and oak for
wheels and axles, bay poplar for box sides,
long leaf yellow pine for bottoms lies drying
in open sheds from two to three years, saving
all its resinous saps, toughening, seasoning,
gaining elasticity, as only air-dried lumber
does. Kiln-drying quickly evaporates the
sap, leaves the wood inelastic, brittle, and
weak ruins it, in short. 2 Thorough in
spections. Every IHC wagon, passes many
rigid inspections by experts. Seldom does any
flaw in material, or defect in shaping, ironing,
and assembling get by without detection.
When ready it must come up to IHC stand
ards. Weber and Columbus wagons have wood
gears; New Bettendorf and Steel King have
steel gears. Look the line over at the local
dealer's. He has catalogues, or, write the
International Harvester Company of America
(Incorporated)
Portland Ore.
Weigh the Car not its price.
Both are light. But the Ford is
the one car whose low price does
not indicate its high worth the
reason why you must "get busy"
today if you want a Ford this
season.
"Everybody is driving a Ford" more
than 200,000 in service. New prices
runabout $525 touring car $600
town car $800 with all equipment,
f. o. b. Detroit. Get particulars from
ALBERT BOWKER,
Local Agent, at
HEPPNER GARAGE
Elmer
FUEL DEALER
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Our Farmers Must Coop
erate Have Soil as Rich
As Any Place.
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Fir, Oak, Pine and Slabwood,
Lump Coal and Nut Coal.
PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE.
From now on my business is to be strictly cash;
leave money with your orders. Orders left
either at yard or with Slocum Drug Co. will re
ceive prompt attention.
The United States Agricultura
Commission which has just re
turned from a three months
i i i i it
trip aoroaa wnere tney were
studying farming conditions has
brought back a lesson which
every farmer in this country
should take well to heart. Affairs
the world over at present are
such to prove that no man can do
things alone as well as they can
be done when in co-operation with
others working along the same
line-
Though the soil here is equal
to any on the other side of the
water, the actual results aecom
plished here are far below those
of Europe. And the reasons why
conditions here rank far behind
those of our foreign neighbors is
the lack of co-operation is the
findings made by the commission
just back from the old world.
Dr. Hector Macpherson, pro
fessor of political science at Oreg
on Agricultural college, one of
Oregon's representatives on the
commission, says that the go-it-alone"
policy prevailing in Amer
ica is responsible for the back
wardness of the American farmer.
"It is probable that no investi
gating body was ever accorded
such a reception as the commis
sion received from the different
countries of Europe," said the
proiessor m an interview. Om
cers oi local co-operation socie
ties, leading educators, depart
ments of agriculture and the
government officials in general
freely offered their services in
each of the countries visited.
The result is that the commission
has returned with a body of in
formation and a fund of exper
ience which ought to be a force
in the betterment of American
agriculture.
"Among the countries visited
were Italy, Austria-Hungary,
Spain, Switzeiland, Germany,
Denmark, Norway, Sweeden.
Holland, Belgium, England, Scot
land, Wales and Ireland.
"There is no country in Europe
offering anything like the possi
bilities lor agricultural produc
tion as can be found in America.
At present our crops are poorer
than those of most European
countries. Our methods of
marketing are more extravagant
and credit facilities more expen
sive than are to be met with any
where in Europe. Many coun
tries are also ahead of us in their
methods of rural education. But
notwithstanding these drawbacks
I feel certain that there does not
exist anywhere in the old world
a higher average native ability
than to be found upon American
farms.
"The middle class American
farm home, especially in our best
settled sections, offers a higher
degree of comfort and luxury
than is to be found in the old
world.
"The farmers of Europe were
forced to adopt scientific methods
of farming and co-operative sys
tems for the preparation and
marketing of their products.
They were also compelled to re
sort to co-operative institutions
I for the supply of credit on terms
I suited to the needs of agriculture
j in almost every country com
I munity.
I "The small farmers had been
reduced to the verge of starva
tion before co-operative methods
were adopted. The result of this
co-operation in practically every
case has been to place the small
farmer on his feet.
"The motive force with us
must be intelligence rather than
grim necessity. When the time
comes that American farmers are
as careful in their methods of
cultivation, as thoroughly organ
ized for marketing, insurance,
and finances as are the small
farmers of Europe, American
agriculture will have obtained a
footing exceeding anything to be
found in Europe."
About the most valuable depart
ment of our government in that
which looks after the agriouWur
and horticulture of the country,
says the Bake Democrat. Thin
is true of other nations as well a
our own. A few years !i,co the
vineyards of France weiv tluvat
ened with destruction through a
parasite that fed upon the grapo
vines. The danger was avoided
by one scientific man, who went
to the vineyards, found the pest
and what would kill it and one of
the leading industries of I Vaneo
was saved. Not very !on:c o.
man from the agricultural do
partment went to California.
taught the people how to raise
rice, and now t housands of acres j
of that grain is being cultivated
in that state and the area is Iviiisj-
extended every year.
Other men from the same de
partment went north and south
and gave the people hints of how
to increase their corn crop. One
result is that in the states of
Iowa and Illinois and perhaps
others a great stauggle has been
inaugurated to see if it is not
possible to add to the corn yield
a few bushels per acre, for with
every added bushel the increase
mounts up to thousands of dol-
ars.
One boy in South Carolinstook
the premium last year for the
best acre of field corn.
It is safe to say of the boy's
work that it was worth more to
the state than has been all her
governors for 29 years past.
Without disparagement of any
other educational institutions our
belief is that the agricultural
schools and the accompanying
experimental stations are the
best in the country: but we mean
for the people at large.
What was it the old psalmist
said to the effect that he who
causeth two blades of grass, to
grow where only one grew before
was greater than he who conquers
a city?
Back to the farm is an idle
cry unless with it an inducement
to go is offered. The greatest
possible inducement is to elevate
tarming into a scientific employ
ment. To know the soils and
what they are adapted to produce;
to know how to best save what is
produced ; to understand how
much water to use and not to use
any more: to understand fruits
and how best to produce them
and how to increase their quan
tity and improve their quality
he held is infinite.
APPLE CROP IN
OREGON SMALL.
Heavy Loss Sustained by
Damp Weather of
Summer.
Bring in that Job Work NOW.
Don't wait until you are entirely
out. Look ahead and save time.
65,000,000 pounds of butter in
cold storage in the city of Chica
go and the price at winter rates,
i The producer alone is aware of a
decline in prices during the spring
! and summer seasons. The con
sumer pays the same old price
and the jobbers job both producer
and consumer and complacently
pocket their ill-gotten gains while
the price of living continues to
soar skyward.
Estimates of the apple crop of Ore"
pon are ikmuk generally reduced in
Home hiKtanees quite materially on
account of unusually heavy dropping,
light and dry rot. At t lie present
hue it is not generally believed that
the total production will be within
80 per cent of fir.st extiniates.
The dropping of apples all through
the state was unusually heavy this
spring, several conditions being as
signed as the cause. The wet, cold
weather is attributed as one of the
chief contributing causes. More
rain fell during the late spring and
early summer than for many years.
Orchards in some of the lending dis
tricts, which in ordinary seasons
have been compelled to thin their
fruit at heavy expense during recent
years, tins year not onlv did not
have to employ help to do this, but
the elements cut out a much larger
per cent of the fruit than human in
terests have ever attempted.
Mental Giant Is Janitor.
Spokane Wash. Torgier O Gillebo
holder of the degree "('and. I'hilos.'
and the youngest man ever given a
degree by the University of Norway,
has joined the staff of janitors nt
Spokane's new city hnll. After mas
tering such subjects as psychology,
theology, philosopy, physiology, bi
ology, geology, social science, politi
cal economy, chemistry, physics,
mathematics, Latin, German, Eng.
lish and the Scandinavian languages,
Gillebo set about to master the mop
and broom. Nobody knows wheth
er his education aids him or not;
anyway, he Is rated the best janitor
at the municipal building. Gillebo,
who entered high school nt 9 and re
ceived his university degree at 17, Is
a lover of travel, which may account
for his present humble job. He has
wK'ti every European country and
nearly every state In the I'nion, and
stnvs but a short time in any city.
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Canning
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We expect to handle, this season
600 Boxes frcigon Peaches
You all remember those large, lucious
Elberta Peaches that come from this
famous peach district. Well this is
the kind we want to sell you. They
are larger and better than usual.
Delivery About Aug. 20
Leave your orders now and be sure
you get them when they first come in.
Price on Future Orders
c box
Don't forget where they
are sold.
Phelps
Irocery Co.
ners
Best
NOTHING BETTER
MADE OR SOLD
Latest improved machinery, the best wheat the
world produces and skilled la bor give us a product
that is unsurpassed.
Our second grade
DIAMOND M
Is superior to the best imported brands
and much cheaper.
We Guarantee Every Sack.
HEPPNER MILLING CO.
City Meat Market
KINSMAN & HALL, Proprietors
Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal,
SUGiVrc CURED HAMS
Try Some of our Sausage.
You will find everything necessary to quench that
thirst at
S3 1EJ1LmTXZ
Thoroughly prepared to furnish all kinds of Cold
Drinks, Ices and Ice Cream.
The installing of the new Optimus Fountain places us
in a position to offer up-to-date service,
Your patronage earnestly solicited