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THK GAZETTE-TIMES, HKPPXt'R, QUE.. THI RSDW. JAN'. 21, 1915 PACE FOVR 0. A. C. POULTRY HiS'FOMO NEWS LETTER, EUROPEAN WAR SHAT- t nn Time to Sot liens to Layers. (let Winter The latter part of March or first of April is the best time that Eastern Oregon poultry raisers can select for Latching next winter's layers, aivord ins to Professor A. G. Lunn, of the O. A. l Poultry department. Eggs for tiie.e hatchinp would of course be set from the first to the middle of March "A difficulty in producing pullets that will lay during the winter months is the problem of preventing them from beginning to lay before cold weather," continued Mr. Lunn. "If they mature and begin laying earlier than this they will likely molt when they should be producing eggs. When cold weather catches the pul lets in moit they need all their pow ers to maiutan bodily vigor and us ually will stop laying until the warm days of spring come." "If pullets molt in winter it is pro bably because they are hatched too tarly in the season. They reach ma turity while it is still warm, begin laying and then go into the molt. T'-is is where one of the greatest troubles lies ' I-t is a mistake also to think that pul'.ets hatched in winter will makt t! best winter layers. 'A Leghorn hen requires on the average seven months to mature to the point where it will begin to lay. Heavy breeds of chickens require one cr :o months additional. Leghorn chickens hatched soon after the mid dle of March, if they make normal development, should begin to lay in Oct ber when their chances of molt-iuc- will be reduced to the minimum. ' Chicks that are hatched in late spring or early summer are not apt to thrive well on account of the scar city of proper forage and because of other influences that tend to keep them from growing into vigorous and healthy fowls and good layers." THE LAW WITHOUT THE PROFITS. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Our expressed opinion that the British ministry would make no at tempt to controvert the position tak en by the United States touching the rights of neutrals is confirmed in the preliminary note sent by Sir Edward Grey to Washington. The British secretary for foreign affairs prom ises a supplementary note, and Sec retary Bryan is quoted as saying that tliis must be received before a for mal reply is made. No exception can be taken to that position as to the length of negotiates, since it must be assumed that exchanges between the two governments on the legal ba sis tacitly conceded in- the British note will lead to early adjustments which will remove many of the dif ficulties. Surprise was expressed in official circles at Washington yester day at the position taken by the Brit ish Foreign Office that Great Britain can not be expected to confine herself strictly to accepted rules in interna tional nrocedure. Whether such surprise grows out of conceding in disputable law, or out of British ex pectation, or desire, that neutral countries should become partisans, in a way, by a waivure of their rights, it is a fact that Great Britain is mak ing no pretense of standing on inter national law and usage because she is well aware there is no usage or law to stand on. It is no less a fact that what she has been doing to neu tral commerce is neither more or less than would be undertaken by any belligerent similarly situated. The question is wholly one of neutral rights against belligerent interest. Sir Edward Grey indulges in much s.nd very skillful, special pleading. lie cites the fact of largely increased importations of copper from the Uni ted States into Italy, the Netherlands end Scandinavian countries, as pre sumptive evidence of shipments des tined to reach Germany or Austria A recent statement made by the Ital ir.n ambassador at Washington showed the increase fn Italian impor tations of copper from this country to he due to an embargo laid upon that metal by both Germany and Austria from which Italy had drawn its sup- ulies at the ooeninK of the war. The increased copper importations of neu tral countries in North Europe may not he sa readily explained. In any event the contention is special plead iiig since it evades discussion of the plain proposition that it is a neutral right to ship even contraband into neutral countries, a right hitherto universally conceded and upon which Great Britain has, in particular, at some times laid emphasis. Soon af ter the beginning of hostilities is was announced that England had entered into an arrangement with Holland tinder which such shipments could enter Dutch ports unmolested, under a Dutch Government guarantee that they should not reach hostile hands. At that time we expressed a doubt of the practicability of such an arrange ment. If It has failed, as is now seemingly admitted, the failure is not ours, nor does it in any way effect our rights as neutrals to an unlimited commerce with neutral countries A plea in avoilance is that, under modern conditions, the right search necessarily includes the right to seize and take into port for the purpose of the search. No such right has ever been recognized nor does Sir Edward claim that it has been He seeks only to justify the proceed ings as a necessity growing out of new conditions. He fails, however to prove his case, his statement, Portland. Ore., Jan. 19, 1915 That the Livestock industry of Ore gon has been developed to a point which makes the state independent of outside sources is indicated by the annual report of the Portland Union Stockyards for 1914. This report shows that 597.1S0 head of livestock of all classes was received during the past year, divided up as follows: 281,300 sheep; 237,725 hogs; 74,360 cattle; 2,506 calves and 1,239 horses and mules. Oregon's contribution to this impressive total was 48,789 cat tle; 2,149 calves, 144,901 hogs and 196,425 sheep leaving only an un important balance to be credited to surrounding states. One notable feature of this report is the remarkable falling off in thf number of calves received, only 2, 506 having been received in 1914 as compared with 4,666 in 1913; 2,789 in 1912; 6,818 in 1911 and 8,297 in 1910 This falling off in the ship ment of calves seems to indicate that farmers are generally recognizing the importance of retaining all young meat either as future breeders or to be shipped as adult animals, a move ment which can only result in in creased financial returns to the farm ers and a more rapid increase in the meat supply of the state In the interest of lower taxes, the Legislature has abolished the Oregon State Immigration Commission and the office of State Immigration A- gent, the latter being held by C, C Chapman. As neither the members of the commission or Mr Chapman received any salaries or other com pensation, they did not oppose the re peal of the law. The principal part f the funds which have hitherto ueen used for statewide farm organ ization has been subscribed by Port land business men, and while the work will of necessity be somewhat curtailed when state support is with drawn, it is certain that activities for the development of the state at large will not be permitted to cease. Port land business men realize that the city is overgrown, in comparison with the agricultural development of the tate, and instead of being discour aged by the withdrawal of state as- istance, they are determined to con tinue their efforts to bring more far mers to Oregon to people its vacant lands. Farmer Smith, of the O-W. R. & N. Co. has made a careful survey of form prospects for 1915 and he states that all indications point toward a most unusual demand this year for all classes of cereals.probably in ex cess of the supply, and he suggests that farmers who have not already planted as large an acreage as pos sible to Winter wheat should be care ful to retain sufficient .seed to make liberal sowings in the Spring. He specially recommends that farmers plant as much corn as possible as it will make more stock feed than any other crop and with properly selected eed can be grown successfully in all parts of the Northwest. Red Bains in Oregon. Many new barns are being built in the rural districts of Oregon. Building material dealers in all sections of the State report an un precedented demand for barn lum ber and red paint. Next to the home the barn is the most important building on the farm, and wherever red barns exist there frugality and prosperity abides supreme. The rapid construction of new barns in Oregon is lifting the farm ing industry of this State into a high er zone of utility and is establishing a new era in our industrial progress. No community can proceed far into its aericuitural economy until- its tock are well sheltered and its crop; are properly housed. .Nearly Two Million Professional Per sons in United States. There are 1,825,000 men and wo men in the United States engaged in .irofessional pursuits according to a report which has just been issued by the Census Bureau. The males num ber 1,152,000 and the females 673, r)20. The professions represented are actors, architects, artists, min isters, dentists, journalists, lawyers, musicians, doctors and teachers. Sixty-three persons in every 100 en gaged in professions in the United States are men and 37 are women. Have you seen that New Patrician Pattern of Community at Haylors? Before buying your winter's sup ply of oil you had better investigate the prices offered by the Heppner Garage. tf. while containing a number of charges touching the concealment of contra band in noncontraband cargoes, and the falsification of manifests, failing to offer Buecifications, much less evi dence. The strongest argument ad duced, although not bearing upon any point of law which had been raised, is that our exports at present are greater in volume than a year ago. This is offered as evidence that our foreign commerce is not impaired by the war. The question runs deep er It is one of how much our com merce would be impaired without protest against its continued arbi trary reduction. Beyond that is the higher question of our right as a neu tral power under the law of nations. This, not having been contested, Is 1 now practically recognized. THRONE FLEECY STAPLE MUST PAY RAN SOM INTO THE COFFERS OF WAR. Nation Rings With Cries of Stricken Industry. By Peter Radford Lecturer National Farmerd' Union. King Cotton has suffered more from the European war than any other ag ricultural' product on th American continent The shells of the belliger ents have bursted over his throne, frightening his subjects and shatter ing his markets, and, panic-stricken, the nation cries out "God save the king!" People from every walk of life have contributed their mite toward rescue work. Society has danced before the king; milady has decreed that the family wardrobe shall contain only cotton goods; the press has plead with the public to- "buy a bale ; bankers have been formulating hold- lug plans; congress and legislative bodies have deliberated over relief measures; statesmen . and writers have grown eloquent expounding the inalienable rights of "His Majesty" and presenting schemes for preserv ing the financial integrity of the stricken staple, but the sword of Eu rope has proved mightier than the pen of America in fixing value upon this product of the sunny south. Prices have been bayoneted, values riddled and markets decimated by the battling hosts of the eastern hemisphere until the American farmer has suffered a war loss of $400,000,000, and a bale of cotton brave enough to enter a European port must pay a ransom of half its value or go to prison until the war is over. Hope of the Future Lies In Co-operation. The Farmers' Union, through the columns of the press, wants to thank the American people for the friend ship, sympathy and assistance given the cotton farmers in the hour of dis tress and to direct attention to co operative methods necessary to per manently assist the marketing of all farm products. The present emergency presents as grave a situation as ever confronted the American farmer and from the viewpoint of the producer, would seem to Justify extraordinary relief meas ures, even to the point of bending the constitution and straining business rules in order to lift a portion of the burden off the backs of the farmer, for unless something Is done to check the Invasion of the war florces upon the cotton fields, the pathway of the European pestilence on this continent will be strewn with mortgaged homes and famine and poverty will stalk over the southland, filling the highways of industry with refugees and the bank ruptcy court with prisoners. All calamities teach us lessons and the present crisis serves to illuminate the frailties of our marketing meth ods and the weakness of our credit system, and out of the financial an guish and travail of the cotton farmer will come a volume of discussion and a mass of suggestions and finally a solution of this, the biggest problem in the economic life of America, if, Indeed, we have not already laid the foundation for at least temporary ro- More Pharaohs Needed In Agriculture. Farm products have no credit and perhaps can never have on a perma nent and satisfactory basis unless we build warehouses, cold storage plants, elevators, etc., for without storage and credit facilities, the south is com pelled to dump its crop on the market at harvest time. The Farmers' Unions in the cotton producing states have for the past ten years persistently ad vocated the construction of storage facilities. We have built during this period 2,000 warehouses with a ca pacity of approximately 4,000,000 balfs and looking backward the results would seem encouraging, but looking forward, we are able to house less than one-third of the crop and ware houses without a credit system lose 90 per cent of their usefulness The problem Is a gigantic one too great for the farmer to solve unaided. He must have the assistance of the bank er, the merchant and the government. In production we have reached the high water mark of perfection in the world's history, but our marketing methods are most primitive. In the dawn of history we find agriculture plowing with a forked stick but with a Byatem of warehouses under govern mental supervision that made the Egyptians the marvel of civilization, for who has not admired the vision of Joseph and applauded the wisdom of Pharaoh for storing the surplus until demanded by the consumer, but in this age we have too many Josephs who dream and not enough Pharaohs who build. YAKIMA POTATOES Car Just received. Phelps Grocery Co. Go to Gilliam & BisDee s snap table for china ware. Take a look at the Gilliam & Bis bee store windows; there is some' thing there for your inspection. SHOW CASE 8-foot show case cheap. Phelps Grocery Co. RE We are going through our stock and throwing on the REMNANT COUN TER all odds, ends and broken lots. We are getting ready for our Annual Inventory and are marking these- rem nants at a price that will go. You will find just what you want at a small price. We are still giving 10 per cent, off on Men's and Boy's Suits and Overcoats. Forest Notes. Lodseoole pine, one of the princi pal trees of the Rocky Mountains, makes good strong wrapping paper and pulp board. Osage orange wood is a source of dye and can be used to supplement the imported fustic wood, as a per manent yellow for textiles. News nrint paper has been made by the forest service labratory from 24 different wods, and a number compare favorably with standard spruce pulp paper. The forest service is cooperating with 54 railroads, mining companies, pole companies, and cities In mak ing tests of wooden ties, timbers, poles, piling and paving blocks which have been given preservative treat ments. Recent sales by the government to taling 126,000,000 feet of sawtimber in the Olympic national forest, in Western Washington, mark the open ing of this hitherto inaccessible store house of timber, estimated to contain a stand of 33 billion board feet. Forest fires in British Columbia covered more, than 300,000 acres during the past year. H is reDorted that there is a Dig market in Haiwii for box shooks for packing canned pineapples and pine apple juice. During the past two years forest officers have killed nearly 9,000 pre datory animals, more than three- fourths of which were coyotes. The aboretum established at Washington in Rock Creek Park, throueh cooperation between the for est service and the District of Colum bia, now contains 1,200 trees, com prising 92 different species. There were 400 fires this year on Lhe national forests of Utah, south jrn Idaho, western Wyoming, and Nevada, or 14 more than in the most Jisastrous season of 1910. Yet the ;ost of extinguishing them was only mo-third and the damage only one- r.hirtieth of that of the earlier year. The difference is due to better or ganization now, and to more roads, trails and telephones. FOR SALE. A eood dwelling house, wood-shed, and pumphouse. Dwelling contains five rooms with bathroom ana pan- trv. Three lots, all good level land Piontv nf fruit for family use. Roses and other shrubbery. This is for sale at a price several hundred dollars cheaper than price paid three years a trn Anyone wanting a good comfort- ohla hnme at a very reasoname price and in good locality will miss a bar ontn ") they do not see this place. Pumping plant supplies water in ahnndance for irrigation, at very small cost. For further particulars see SMEAD & CRAWFORD. STRAYED From my Rood Hill farm, a suckling mule colt, black and w rntle. Had no brand. Finder return tn or notify me. Reward. FRED ASHBAUGH, Hardman, Ore. FOB SALE. Pine wood and tamarack posts Rtiv at ranch or I will deliver. lm. R. H. WEEKS, Hamilton Ranch. Why go to the trouble of baking when you can buy the best of bread at the Heppner Bakery. MNAI Thomson Bros. How Is That Cold? We carry a complete line of cough and cold remedies SLOCUM DRUG CO IMPORTANT EVENTS 1914-18 AT nil 111 il WINTER SHORT COURSE JAN. 4-30 Agriculture, including Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Horti culture, Poultry Husbandry, Insects, Plant and Animal Diseases, Cream try Management, Marketing, etc. Home Economics, including Cook ing, Home Nursing, Sanitation, Sew ing. Dressmaking and Millinery. Commerce, including Business Man agement, Rural Economics, Business Law, Office Training, Farm Account ing, etc. Engineering, Including Shopwork and Roadbuildlng. FARMERS WEEK FEBRUARY 1-6 A general clearing house session of six days for the exchange of dynamic Ideas on the most pressing problems of the times. Lectures by leading authorities. Stale conferences. EXTENSION SERVICE Offers lectures, movable schools, In stitutes and numerous correspondence courses on request. MUSIC: Piano, String, Band, Voice. No tuition. Reduced rates on all rail roads. For further infermaion address, The Oregon Agricultural Collate, (tw-12-l-to.l-l) COHVALLIS, OREGON 5000 Posts For Sale. Phelps Gro eery Co. Red Dragon I Squirrel and GopherFolson I I Will rid your place of Squir- I rels, Gophers, Rats, Field Mice Crows and all each pests Results or Your Money Back 1 SOLD BY SLOCUM DRUG CO. REDFRONT Livery & Feed Stables WILLIS STEWART, Proprietor. First Class Livery Rigs kept constantly on hand and can be furnished on short no tice to parties desiring to drive into the interior. First clasa Hacks and Buggies Call around and see ua. We ester to the Commercial Travel ers and Camping Parties and can furnish rigg and driv er on short noticed HEPPNER v OREGON Stop and look at Gilliam & B la bee's window and see if the cat is there. Also see their clock window, it shows you the time all over the world. An up-to-date dwelling for sale; plenty of fruit for family use; good location. Price reasonable. See Smead & Crawford. A six room house and five lots for sale, with chicken houses and out buildings. This is a good buy. Price and terms all that could be asked for. For further particulars see Smead & Crawford. Brown Leghorn cockerels for sale. Single comb. Good birds. W. B. TUCKER, Heppner, Ore. RAMS FOR SALE I have Lin coln and Shropshire. Both lambs and yearlings. C. A. MINOR, '