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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1915)
I HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 18 News Notes of Northwest 31 Arlington Starts Shearing. ARLINGTON, Or. Sheep shearing at this point Is now Id full swing. There will be probably 500,000 pounds of wool marketed through Arlington this mouth, with a 'much cleaner fleece and better staple. There has been a strong tend ency toward the grade ewes wiih a con stant bettering of lambs and wool. Good ri-kro at Walla Walla. WALLA WALLA, Wash. Sheep shear ing is in full blast with every Indication of a larger supply than usual. Prices are good and the sbeeu men are jubilant. Good Wool at Ihirkee. Dui'kpe, Or. There will be more stieep sheared in this locality this .year than ever. Quality of the wool Is excellent, due to the mild Winter. Trices are good and the demand continues strong. Shearing in Twin Falls. TWIN FALLS, Idaho. Shearing of sheep la the order of the day. Sheep came through the Winter in the best con dition in years. The wool is much freer from sand and burrs than usual. Hcupner Has flood Wool. HEPPNER, Or. The shoep men are Jubilant, due to the high price- of wool and the excellent quality that they are getting from their flocks, it is pre dicted that 300,000 pounds of wool will be -marketed through Heppner this year. nv Albany Manufacturer. ALBANY, Or. A Jewelry manufactur ing company will be opened here soon by C. O. Anderson, who recently closed his retail store. He is to manufacture chains, pins and mount all kinds of stones. The new Industry produces much for Albany. Expect Illg Apple Year. . LEWISTON, Idaho. Expectation of apples this year will exceed last year's by 100,000 barrels. Apple growers in this entire district are feeling confident that they will be able to dispose of their entire crop at good prices. Apple Vrfa rat long at Wenatchee. WENATCHEE, Wash. The prospects for a splendid crop of apples this year is the best ever seen In this territory. The co-operative organisations for the mar keting of fruit this year predict that all varieties of fruit will find a ready mar ket. General farm conditions are equal to or better than at thistlme last year. Farm Credit Plans. WEISER, Idaho. A farm credit as sociation has been organized at this point and promises to prove a decidedly Im portant factor In farm development. The plan of the association is to extend oper atioa to Washington County, Idaho, and Malheur, County, Oregon, which are ad jacent to Welser, and provide the farm ers with equipment for planting and tak ing care of the same. The propellers of aeroplanes such as are used in the present European mar, may be made of selected ash, which Is both strong and light and will not split under vibrations or shock, or of built-up layers of spruce with mahognny centers. The framework of the machines, too, is generally made of wood, spruce being much used on account of Its straight grain and freedom from hidden defects. SERVE SNOWFLAKES AT LUNCHEON The snappy, zestful, salty flavor of these most pleasing of all crackers makes them especially suitable for the luncheon menu. They are unique in size, too, having a most tempting and dainty appearance. Don't ask for crackers, say "SNOWFLAKES" at your dealers in generous 10c and 25c packages sold in bulk, too Fiesta Creams are really good as a cake confection to serve with dessert PACIFIC COAST BISCUIT COMPANY PORTLAND, OREJJON IB A Kentucky Hog Driver That Made An Independent Fortune BY W. J. CAMP, Weiser, Idaho. ABOUT the year 1845 a hog driver ar rived at the town of Covington, New ton County, Georgia, with 500 head of hogs that he had driven from the middle of the State of Kentucky. He sold out at a profit, year after year, from that time up to 1S70 Worsham, that, was his name, usually called Old Worsham,-- the hog driver, from Kentucky. The farmers along the line of Wor sbam's drive through Kentucky, Tennes see and North Georgia, raised hogs for him. He would get their hogs and corn and drive on; when he had sold out he returned and paid for them. I have known him to arrive at Covington with 2000 head. He would arrive at his des tination about the first of November each year. His early drives had to be caught, hung up with straps and weighed on stillyards. In 1865 I put in a pair of Fairbanks hay scales, made a portable fence to in close them, so that, when a fanner would buy 15 to 30 hogs they could all be weighed at once. Old Worsham made an independent furtnnc- (for those days) driving hogs through three states, over 600 miles. CHAXGKS LOCATION". - The A. J. Kirstin Sales Company, for merly of Salem, Or., which handles the Kirstin Stump Puller In the Pacific North west, is now located at 337 East Mor rison street, Portland. J. F. Gorman, 'the manager, some time ago saw the need of a larger central point for his location, due to the constantly increasing business. The company now has every facility for prompt shipping and will be able to give even better service than in the past. The Rockv Mountain National Park In Colorado is to be established, by virtue of a taw which lias just been passed by Congress. This will be the seventh large National park and will have an area of 230,000 acres. The six National parks already established are said to have had in the past year about 250,000 visitors. The-rar"mefsFriend Slteianji! Cans Ask your Dealer Here's a Grain Separator that will pay for itself in a year. I have a Garr-Scott No 33-56. Has brand new drive belt and in addition two sets of belts for blower HHn. Oricinallv cost $1100.00 Price now Usedliehtly for four seasons. W If, demonstrate to lute.rest.eo. pariy. ui w . u.a, ....... ..-..-.-... - To secure quick sate oi tnis maenine " "u.nun. ...... , - , ,, - r SEPARATOR AT A BARGAIN and feeder, $4W.0 F. O. B.' Beaverton, Oregon. Terms, cash or bankable note, fare of purchaser and also freight on the machine. M A. O'BRIEN TOOegOTiign Building, gQg!lL , . . .