The gazette-times., March 26, 1914, Image 4

Quality! Quality! Quality!
j j The Ford is the quality car the
world over. He who demands
a car of the highest merit at
lowest cost buys the sturdy
Ford. He knows it's the one
car with a world-wide record
or dependable service.
Five hundred dollars is the price of the
t'onl runabout; the tourins ear is five
fltty. the town ear seven fifty-f.o.b. De
troit, complete with equipment. Get cat
alog and particulars from
ALBERT BOWKER,
HEPPNER GARAGE
Real Estate
We have for sale
GRAIN FARMS
ALFALFA FARMS
STOCK RANCHES
And some good pieces
of City Property at
prices that are
attractive. .
Terms easy. If interested,
come and see us.
AD & CRAWFORD
'eople's Cash Market
TWICHELL & WRIGHT, Proprietors
Fresh Smoked And Salt Meats
SALMON, HALIBUT, SMELT, CLAMS, CRABS,
SHRIMPS AND OYSTERS.
HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR HIDES AND PELTS
AND POULTY OF ALL KINDS.
PEOPLE'S CASH MARKET
PHONE MAIN 73.
Heppner Farmers' Union Warehouse Co.
Wool, Groin
Choice Flour - $5.00 per bbl.
Wood, Coal, Cedar Posts and Rolled Barley
Best prices paid for Hides and Pelts
Licensed Embtlmer Lady Assistant
I. L. YEAGER
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
- re Residence. Heppner. Oregon
ON TIE GROWING
OF
Seventh Grade Pupils of
Irrigon School Write In
telligently on This Im
portant Subject.
The pupils of the Irrigon school,
underh te tutorship of Prof. L.
B. Kicker, are being instructed
along practical lines. Mr. Kicker
has for some time been teaching
a course in agriculture, which
the children have taken hold of
in good shape. The following
essays on "Alfalfa" show that
they are getting hold of these
subjects in an intelligent way.
We print them under the head
ings as they come to us:
I live In a little cottage In Irrigon.
It Is a little brown house with green
beds of alfalfa on either Bide. Of
evenings I sit outside find listen to
the chirp of this frog's, the twitter
ing of the birds as they are going to
rest. Far across the meadows I
hear the owl just coming from It's
sleep.
One day there was a little meadow
lark that came to build her nest In
the sweet alfalfa. By and by the
mowers came to cut the hay. I
thought of the little meadow lark
who had by this time some little
ones. So I put on my hat and went
out to where the nest was. The
mowers were about to destroy it.
The mother was gone to get the ba
bies something to eat, so I took the
nest and little birdies and put them
Into a safe place. When the mother
came and found what had happened
and what had become of them she
set up a s id chirp and flew away
never to return. I was very sad and
took the little birds and raised them
so they could fly away.
One night as I lay on my pillow,
looking out of the window, I saw a
light moving around the field. The
next day on asking my father what
it was I found out that it was some
men irrigating. I was very glad for
I know that It was nearly time for
the harvesting. After this the flow
ers begin to come out and the sweet
aroma comes over the fields pervad
ing nook and craunie. And . this is
the time the bees are busy; they hum
and sing all day long. ' 4
Soon the mower Is started to work
and by the first of June the ft rot crop
Is cut down and the smell of new
mown hay greets us. This is racked
up, put In small shocks and then
stacked. .
In another week we see the men In
rubber boots again and the thirsty
plants are given another drink. In
two or three weeks the the crop is
again ready for the sickle and the
work is repeated in this way four
times in one year.
Gektui'iiI': Johnson,
Irrigon, Ore. Seventh Grade.
Alfalfa a Money Maker
We live on a farm two miles from
town and have 23 acres of land, eight
of which is In alfalfa. We have six
milk cows and live horses.
We cut hay four times each season
and average about one and one-hall
tons to the acre per cut ting, or in all
we have harvested about fifty tons
to eight acres each season. Some of
the alfalfa was sown a year ago and
therefore does not produce at its
best.
Alfalfa enriches the sod. Lastyear
we plowed up a small plot of old
alfalfa and planted it to muskmel
ons, which produced $120 in one year
Batie Hand,
Seventh Grade.
The irrigation of Alfalfa
Alfalfa grows In nearly all parts
of the world, but it is not very popu
lar In the east on account of the clay
soil and possibly an over-abundance
of water.
The two principle ways of Irriga
ting alfalfa are: First, by flooding
the checks; second by furrows.
In Idaho farmers use the sub irri
gation system, they can do this be
cause the subsoil and hardpan are so
near the surface.
( For those who do not know what
sublrrlgatlon Is) Long trenches are
dug and water Is allowed to fill
them. When the water strikes the
hardpan It naturally spreads out
over the land. Alfalfa should be Ir
rigated before and after cutting, and
the check gates should le left open
from two to three hours. If left open
too long It will wash all the fertil
izer away and spoil the crop.
We use the flood method here, be
cause It spreads more evenly and
gives us four cuttings.
Last year we got about 250 tons
from about 36 acres.
Ralph (. Wai.poi.b,
Seventh Grade.
Alfalfa week came just about right
for our school, both as to time and
subject. We are very much inter
ested In alfalfa here, in fact it is
going to be the main thing that peo
ple are going to ral.e here. It is n
sure crop every year and is, there
fore, much safer to depend on than
fruit.
We brought all kinds of specimens
to school and examined them in
every way; then we wrote composi
tions on every subject.
I am afraid that 1 will have no
subject to give my composition, but
I wll! write something about alfalfa
which I have learned about it be
cause 1 live on a farm where 1 have
seen It sown, irrigated, grown aud
reaped.
It Is important to get a good clean
seed, and therefore it is best to let
one crop of hay go to seed.
Father got the best stand in this
way once-. He mowed It and then
after he had the checks all prepared
he scattered a very this layer of this
seed over it and then ran a disc over
it once or twice. The disc should Ims
set straight so that it will merely
press the hay into the ground leav
ing the ends stick up. This, then,
will serve as a protection against the
wind and the small alfalfa will not
be hurt in the least by the wind.
We have eight acres in alfalfa, and
had about 48 tons of hay from it last
year. We do not sell hay as we feed
it all to the co ws and horses. In
this way we get more for it. We
have fi ;'ured out that we get about
$ 16 per ton for our hay in this way,
besides having fertilizer to use.
Gehtie Kk kkk,
Seventh Grade.
OREGON
INDUS
TIL REVIEW
What Factories and Im
provement Works Are
Doing to Give Employ
ment to Labor.
Compiled by the State Bureau of Industrie and
Statistic.
Tillamook cheese factories pro-
dued 4,101,962 pounds in 1913
as against 3,996,250 pounds in
1912.
Cars on the first interurban
Street car line at Medford began
to operate March 20th.
Hillsboro Commercial Club is
backing the Boeker wickerwork
factory, and a project for a new
sawmill.
A meat packing plant with
cold storage facilities on a large
scale is assured at Redmond.
H. J. Firchan of the Albany
bakery has the backing of Mon
tana capitalists for establishing
a cracker factory.
The Oregon Welfare Commis
sion is considering raising the
apprenticeship period for women
learners to eighteen months.
Contracts have been let for the
construction of eight concrete
bridges on the Columbia river
highway.
The state pedler law, held to
be in restraint of trade, is being
attacked in the federal courts at
Portland by a tea company.
West Linn citizens have de
cided to support the erection of
two new school buildings to cost
$12,000 each.
Astoria Masonic lodge will
erect a fireproof office building
and lodge hall.
The shipbuilding industry at
St. Helens increases in activity.
The Oregon Supreme Court
sustains the minimum wage and
eight-hour laws enacted by the
last legislature for women.
A favorable sign all over Ore
gon is the establishment and ex
tension of local packing plants
with cold storage facilities.
Roseburg and Eugene report
paospect lor a very favorable
building season.
Development organizations are
campaigning against the Blue
Sky law.
Calipooia grange has adopted
resolutions strongly opposing the
eight-hour laws.
Engineer Fontaine of the Wil
lamette Pacific says 2000 men
will rush the railroad between
Eugene and Marshfield to com
pletion this fall,
A steel and wood truss bridge
will be built across the Chetco
river in Curry county.
A ten-hour law for men is bus
tained by the recent decision of
the Oregon Supreme Court.
A Salem bank capitalized at
$100,000 pays $6,000 taxes-six
per cent on its capital stock.
Flowers for Funerals and Parlies
Choice Rose Plants and Pansy Plants.
Bedding Plants of all Descriptions.
, The Jewell Greenhouses
THE DALLES
Phone
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OREGON
smisiai
requires k0 mixing or preparation
Always ready for use Always reliable
Sore death to Prairie Don If distributed early In the spring before the
frost Is out. and before the rmxa starts 1111. Hundreds of An towns havat
been completely destroyed with the "Wood-lark" brand. Try it the flrst
bright warm days this spring aand be convinced. Ifa easily and quickly
done. Don't wait till the grass begins to grow. They won't eat the poison
then. Get a supply KOW and have It ready to use at the rlfht time. The
results will make your heart glad. But do it now. Destroys Gopher,
Sage Rati, and Ground Squirrels of all kinds. A single kernel kills. Most
economical poison made. Hundreds have been killed with the contents of
a single can. USB KUtLT when feed Is scarce and before the young are
born, for best results. When you buy do not experiment Ask for the
"Wood-lark" Brand. It Is the best Money back If you're not satisfied.
CLARKE. WOODWARD DRUG CO, PORTLAND, OREGON.
Spraying Material
SULPHUR, LIME, ARSENATE
OF LEAD both powder and
liquid form. Get it at
SLOCUM DRUG CO.
If you want to sell or trade your farm, list it
with us. We have many calls for farms
stock and alfalfa ranches.
Address, O. P. HULSE, 269 Stark St. Portland,
Ore., with Realty Dept. of
HARTMAN & THOMPSON
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payrolls of first importance in its
publicity work for the coming
year.
Cottage Grove business men
haxe a committee raising $10,000
stock subscription for a cannery.
The shipping that went over
the Coos Bay bar in 191g aggre
gated 465,000 tons.
Clackamas county is to have a
new jail.
The historical courthouse of
Marion county is being remodeled
for about the fifteenth time.
The case of Frank C. Stettler
vs. the Oregon Welfare Commis
sion will be appealed to the Su
preme Court of the United States.
A new armory is to be built at
Portland on the east side, to cost
$50,000.
The Knights of Pythias will
erect a two-story lodge building
at White Plains.
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