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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1914)
THK (i.7j KTTK-T I I KS. HF.I'PXKR, OKK.. Till ItSDAV. SKIT. 3. 1911 P.UiE THRKF. See the greatest Wild West Exhibition ever staged! W- U.-. L I . - uciure nn ucn a mow been held in America! tvery mmute filled with exciting novel feature One thrilling feat after another, by broncho ridera, cow ooya and cowgirl. Hundred! of performer!. Six band. Indian race! cowboy racet-buffalo chaie, with real buftaloea Indian mauacre atage-coach holdup, etc Plan now to attend "FRONTIER DAYS" WALLA WALLA, WASH. SEPTEMBER 17, 18, 19! The Walla Walla Fair com at Septembat 14. 15, 1. Spend the "2 If "l 1,raM r"- ninnin race Hock and tniil athibita. Baiiai Baby eoataat, ate Ov.r 120.000.00 in caah priiU Wnla bow for praaram and Reserved Seali to Sccntaiy. R. H. JOrlNSON, Walla Walla. Waah. excursion Rates -en m Railroads Lucile Mulhall, Lady Champion Coper and Rider of the World L- fr' WfI 40 Rounds of boxint each niaht in front of the ttrand- aland bu rtittrmmmntatitMtm of tht Amateur Athletic Clubs of tht Northwest "'JMUlMg!1 Licensed Embalmer Lady Assistant J. L. YEAGER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Phone Residence Heppner, Oregon Sfie PALM S ! has a complete line of ; CONFECtlONS, CIGARS and SOFT DRINKS Try our Pop Corn always fresh. : R. M. HART ; Help Make Oregon the Cleanest State in Union Unclean Ideas tn regaid to sex scattered broadcast by the ignorant cause lmmoraiily, disease and suffering among the innocent. True, wholesome information helps to produce clean, healthful cit izens capable of richer and more useful lives. Sex education should be provided when possible In the home. Pam phlets will be sent free for men and women, boys and girls of all ages. Send 2-cent stamp and state definitely ages and sex of child ren and other persons for whom pamphlets are wanted. Address The Oregon Social Hygiene Society Dept. F. 720 Selling Building, Portland, Oregon get wise- Go to the Jack Rabbit Garage Headquarters for Gasoline and Oil. All kinds of Re pair Work by Skilled Mechanics. GENERAL LIVERY SERVICE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO TRAIN CALLS NORTON WINNARD, Prop. Agents for MAXWELL "25" May Street, rear of the Palace Hotel People's Cash Market Now open for business under the manage ment of an experienced butcher. All kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats, Poultry, Lard Highest cash price paid for Stock, Hides and Pelts BRING US YOUR POULTRY HENRY SCHWARZ, Proprietor FARMING IS A SGI- E H. K. Hynd, In Letter Makes A Few (onliii.sts -.Hetweeii His Native Land ami Oregon. Editor Gazette-Times: . Notwithstanding the comparative poverty so prevalent here, there is on every hand the evidence of vast wealth.. It requires capital to op erate the coal mines, large machine shops and shipbuilding yards, hugh factories and a mercantile marine that nearly equals the flleets of all other nations combined. In addition to the wealth eniploy&l In home in dustries a vast amount of British capital is Invested in foreign coun tries and the interest from these in vestments contributes materially to the prosperity of the middle classes. I find many In this district who have money invested in the Pacific North west and the rate of interest they receive is quite pleasing to them. In the country districts adjacent to the larger cities one sees on every hand the palatial residences of the merchant princes and all over the country, in many cases far distant from the cities, are to be found the homes of the "landlords," some quite modern buildings and others built centuries ago. In every case these homes of the wealthy are located in the most lovely surroundings, beau tiful gardens and parks dotted with handsome trees and evergreen shrubs, requiring many men to keep them in order. Quite recently I spent an afternoon on one of these "estates" and many times while ad miring the beauties of the place I wondered why one man should have so much, while so many just outside the wall should have so little, of this world' goods. The residence was three stories high and would have covered a Heppner city block, re quiring over thirty female servants to keep it in order. Twenty men are employed in - the gardens, besides other men to look after motors, hor ses, cattle and game. The park around the residence contained just one thousand acres and was sur rounded by a stone wall about seven feet higlr. Beautiful elm, beach and oak trees were growing in the park, affording shade and shelter for the fine thoroughbred cattle and sheep, and several hundred- deer tvere roaming around. On one side was a lake about forty acres in extent, well stocked Mth fish, while wild duck, pheasants and rabbits were abundant. Two much for one man you will say, but the owner had two other "estates" nearly as large and divided his time between the three. The revenue to keep up these homes was derived principally from rents of farms adjoining, and there are many such places as this, as well as other districts in Scotland. The best of feeling seems to pre vail between the "landlord" and the farmers, and it is not unusual for a family to occupy a rented farm for several generations. It a farmer keeps up the fertility of the soil and takesvgood care of the farm, his lease never terminates, being con tinued after his death by his family. A farmer who neglects his business or who does not thoroughly culti vate his land is soon told to move as most of the leases specify a ter mination on two years notice. The rents paid are comparatively low, being less than the interest on the purchase price of a Willamette val ley farm, the prevailing rent in this district being from $5 to $7 per acre. The cost of working the land Is greater, and there is some outlay for fertilizers, but they reap crops that would surprise the average Oregon farmer. Wheat yields 50 to 55 bush els, barley 65 to 70, oats 75 to 80; potatoes, 8 to 10 tons and turnips 20 to 25 tons per acre, these beiug the principal crops crown, and a yield of 15 per cent above these fig ures is quite common on some of the best farm-.. When Ore-gnu produces such crops, and many sections of the state can rlo so by proper cultivation and fertilizing, the lot of the farmer will be vastly improved. Some information gathered from my father's farm will give a fab idea of the methods employed on an everage Scotch lowland farm. The place consists of 225 acres, fairly level, sloping to the sea, every foot under cultivation. The buildings are an eight room, two story resi dence with out buildings, five three room cottages for the hired men, and a block of buildings 150 feet by 13. feet for the accomodation tf the stock and implements. All these buildings are made of stone, with slate roofs, and will last for gen erations. Most of these buildings are devoted to the feeding of cattle and the conversion of the straw into manure. These cattle are brought in from-Ireland as feeders, two-year-olds, and fatened on the turnips and hay raised on the farm together with a ration of linseed or cottonseed meal compressed into a solid and called oilcake. This farm feeds be tween 70 and 80 head each year, and the contrast between the treat ment of these cattle and the average feeding of cattle on Willow creek is very marked. "All thry can eat and a warm comfortable b d" is the recipe for feeding cattle successful ly, and the finished beef they turn out proves that the system practiced here is a good one. The land is all drained and many of the fields are fenced with stone walls about five fee,t high. The rent paid 1b $7.00 per acre. On the farm there are eight men regularly employed, be sides extra help during potato har vest. These men are hired by the year and are paid from $20 to $25 per month, with free houses for the married men. They board themsel ves. There is also quite an ontlay for, fertillzezrs, as several of the crops get a special application of prepared manure in addition to that producedo n the farm. "Cultivate and feed the ground If you want a crop" is the policy adopted. The farm is divided into seven fields or "shifts" and the rotation of crops is as follows: oats, potatoes, wheat, turnips, barley with which is sown clover and grass seed, followed by one year in hay and one in pasture, then follows the oat crop, being seven shifts in the seven years, each crop occupying over 30 acres. In this way the farmer's eggs are not in one basket, as climatic conditions that might make a poor crop in one field might make a good' crop in an cther. Two grain crops aren even crown in succession in the same field and the large acreage in Dotatoea and turnips furnishes plenty of work for the farm hands as every foot of the ground is gone over with the hoe ceveral times during the sea son, and a heavy, application of barn yard manure is spread before the crops are planted. The cost of op erating a farm Is very heavy but the crops seem to justify the expense. Other features that add ereatlv to the comfort and succes of the farm ers here are the good roads and the home market. All roads are macad amlzezd and as hard as paved streets hence bad roads are unknown. I have made some inmilrv into rha cost of keeping up the roads, which we would call "permanent" roads, and was very much surprised. I fear the figures would discourage your road enthusiasts so will not give thein, but they will cost a mint of money, particularly in the west ern part of the state. Whether this cost is to be borne by the tax- Layer or part of the burden be Dlaced on the owners of automobiles is an open question, but if auto licenses were as costly in Oregon as they are heie and the proceeds Dlaced in the mad fund, there would, in my hum- tie opinion, be more equity and a better feeling all round. Annual li censes here are as follows: motor bikes, 35.20 h. p.; thirty to forty bikes, $5; 20 h. p. $30; thirty to forty h. p., $50, over forty, $100. Such a tax would not be seriously objected to by the auto owners if proceeds went into road fund, and would assist materially in solving the road question. R. F. HYND.. Arbroath, Scotland, Aug 1, 1914. John Kenny and wife and Jimmie Kenny spent Sunday in Heppner. BUCK- SEPTEMBER 24-25-26, 1914 EXCURSION FARES Wild ind Wondtrful FurioMiadEicltinf hnrEipriuMcH. Coatiiliili Bttncho Initini, for Glory kold r Indians, Coikoyj. ipillbound aith Outltt linn mm tnd darlni FOR ILL ddfrffi1 SK DETAILS, JOpjjr ANY FARES. mJl AGENT ETC. OF THE OREGON-WASHINGTON RAIL ROAD & NAVIGATION COMPANY ft$ n iWWM ALCOHOL 1 PER ri m; n siMLatinSitieFoodanlRptfitfj ling tie Stomachs aodBowe&f Romotes DikionChtf rfor ness and festlontains netttur Opium.Mofptune nor Mineral NOT NARCOTIC. jktfttfoupesmwmm JkUttUh- (WWApr Ancrfcet Remedy forConsfi- lion . sour amniacH.uianux Worms. onvulswiis.revenst nessawlLoss OF Sleep. IkSinde Signature of NEW YOHK. I For Infanta and Children. 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Turner was forced to lay off his threshing crew for several days last week on account of a serious break-down in some part of the sep arator. Tho necessary extras had to come from Portland. Mr. Turn er would have finished in less than, a day when tho break occurred.