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PAOE FOHl THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER, ORE.. THURSDAY, Jan.. 18. 1917 1 New Lumber Y ard Now open in building formerly occupied by Independent Garage on Main Street. LUMBER, LATHS, SHINGLES, BUILDING MATERIAL. LUMBER IN CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY. Get Our Estimates Before Building H. C. GITHENS LUPINE POISONING AND IIS EFFECT ON SHEE By W. 11. BiiiTiiH, President of The Oiepni WiHilgrinvers Association. Tlie receut demonstration of the effect of Lupine poisoning on sheep at the Woolgrowers' meeting in Hepp ner. Pec. 15-16, has been conducive OVERLAHP IS BB 31 1-2 Bwrecpoweir $725.00 81 4 3S EoirsepeirB $910.0 mm 3h Mm THE MOTOR IS A WONDER, UNUSUALLY POWER FUL BUT WONDERFULLY ECONOMICAL-20 TO 25 MILES ON A GALLON OF GASOLINE IS THE USUAL REPORT. THE FASTEST SELLING COMPLETE AUTOMOBILE EVER OFFERED. Ttase aire 1917 IMdb mi we hm fern k Sdk ready for ddfiweiry. mm & ICE CREAM SPECIALS PURE DELICIOUS REFRESHING TRY OUR STRAWBERRY ICE CRE VM Made from fresh crushed strawberries. ---You will like it. SOFT DRINKS OUR SPECIALTY THE PALM HIGHEST GRADE OF CANDIES IN THE CITY Comfort W o INTER DAY WARMTH IN YOUR HOME IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE USE OF THE RIGHT KIND AND SIZE OF STOVE. UK HEADERS, burning both wood and coal, are the best to be found on the market. They do't stand in with the fuel man. They are FUEL SAVERS "We Have It, Will Get It, Or It Is Not Made In Hardware." Gilliam & Bisbee Pioneer Hardware Merchants. of great good to the sheep industry thereby demonstrating to a dead cer tainty, that this plant under certain conditions and in certain localities is a deadly poison to sheep when ar riving from .the mountains onto our dry winter ranges, after being driven long distances without sufficient feed or water, and if sheepman will pro fit by their experience and loss of many valuable sheep this fall, many thousands of dollars can be saved by a little effort on their part in the fu ture. The nature of this plant, Is to come up from the root in the spring, about the beginning of April in the form of a plant somewhat re sembling the peona, only green in color, grow to the size of a well nia tured potato plant, produce a long spiral blue blossom, mature and pro duce seed which is in reality a small pink bean, which if conditions are normal, should dry up and fall out about the time wheat is harvested After this, the plant drys up and be comes more or less harmless, which accounts for no loss of sheep In years when normal conditions prevail but on the other hand as has been the case this year, when we have the late rains and heavy thunder storms during the summer, this plant takes a second growth, the same as alfalfa, produces seed the same the first stems and keeps green, the entire summer, and is in its most deadly stage about the time the sheep come from the mountains. While the Lupine-plant grows In the mountains and along the foothill ranges to the extent of 15 to 20 miles from timber line, it does not seem to be harmful to stock of any kind. This has caused such a diversity of opinion among the sheepman as to its poisorous nature. The only reas onabifi theory that can be advanced on tills head, is that the ntuura of the soil changes the nature of the plant, for it is a fact that the soil in the mountains and along the foot hills Is to a large extent free from alkalies and mineral salts, it being black loam, while on the nilddle.and lower ranges, the soil is volcanic ash and mixed with alkaloids and other mineral salts and the Lupine-platft beine deenrooted. like alfalfa, ak sorbs more of these minerals whlidn accounts for it being more poisonous in these localities. While the loss' is not so pronounced in the spring of the year, yet I am convinced that many sheep, especially yearlings, arej lost from eating this same plant, eS-t pecially when the grass has begun to dry up, or if the sheep have beep kept up in corrals, for the purpose of marketing, shearing or branding 30 as to cause them to become hung ry enough to grab the first thing that looks good or green to them, bad re sults will follow and while no rerno dy for this poison has been used to any degree of success, this fall For Sale Nice Winter apples at $1.- per sack at the C. P. Bowiian ranch on Butter ereek. Choice cuts of fresh meats. he Old Reliable Dutchman at People's Cash Market. See Phe tf. Your friends can buy any thing you can give them except your photograph. Slcsbee Studio. The Kellogg Motor-bus Is equipped to carry passengers to any part of the country at any time. Call Main 163. LOST A light brown fur neck piece between South Methodist church and j postoffice. Finder please leave at this j dice. I Household furniture moved quick, ly and cheaply. E. H. Kellogg, Main 163. Deliveries made to any part of town, I 'iave had marked success with Per- xangumate of Potassum, for the last '0 years on sheep being poisoned, oresumably from this same plant in the spring of the year, which shows, o-ither that the plant Is not deadly tr that the stomach of the sheep, though being fed on green grass and other nutritous weeds, is in a strong er condition to resist it, for the re cent demonstration has shown, by the two sheep brought in by Mr. Minor, that had been running in alfalfa pasture all sunimer. And although fed some of the same stuff that was fed the two big range wea thers furnished by V, Gentry, and seemed to eat it greedily, were imune and are alive today, while the two big weathers that came off of dry feed died within forty-eight hours from the time it was fed to them. If the two sheep that Mr. Minor brought in had been the only ones tested, the whole experiment would have been a failure and some of us might have gone on for the next forty years without knowing what was killing our sheep. While there is no doubt that many sheep die from alkalies and other poisons, I fully believe that 90 per cent of this perio dical loss among sheep after coming from the mountains is caused from Lupine and the reason that it is hard for some to believe as I do, is the fact that it takes from six to forty eight hours before death takes place after the plant has been eaten, which has been demonstrated by the rerent experiment, so that a band of shop could be driven ten or twelve miles before showing signs of getting sick and if they happen to be near water before getting sick, then alkali is blamed for it, because we are prone to believe that whenever or where ever a sheep is taken sick, on that spot is where they got the poison. So far there is no remedy for this loss among sheep except prevention and as prevention is better than cure, we can, by following a few simply rules save many thousands of sheep in the future. In the first place, any man can tell within ten days before his than most men, and by following sheep comes out whether any precau-! these rules as far as the ordinary tlon Is needed or not, for if we have hepherder will permit, have not early fall rains and green grass fr lost one sheep, where in former years the sheep to eat there will be no 1 i i used to loose one hundred. "' HONE BREYIETIES CROWD-' lr'mmn "Uli ED OUT LAST WEEK1! Dr. Albert Hennig and wife re turned from their honeymoon trip to Portland on Sunday. Mat Halvorsen made a shipment of a mixed load of cattle and hogs to the Portland market Weduesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Knappenberg departed on Sunday for Buffalo, N. Y., where they will spend a month visiting at the old home of Mr. Knappenberg. F. M. Griffin visited in town yester day. He is eniovlntr this fin Snrlne-- like weather and sates trat he looks ' I for quite a spell of good weather during this month. Floyd Fraser is home from a visit of a month with his relatives in Cal ifornia. He is more than ever con vinced that Morrow county is the best country on earth. Pastor Reynolds, of the Christian church, has accepted a call to the South Berkeley church, Berkeley, Cal. His work will end with the church here at the end of this month. Claus Johnson was in from his form in Democrat Gulch Wednesday. He is now having a well bored on his place, S. L. Beck, of lone doing the work. The well is just about com pleted, with the prospect of an abun dant flow of water. The warm days the past week is having the effect of starting the weeds in the fields and the farmers are making plans to go to plowing. Should the present open spell last for a few weeks a lot of plowing will be done. The wheat market opened up here on Tuesday, and there has been pretty lively selling the past couple of days. No large lots were disposed of, but quite a number of small holdings were.transferred to the hands of the shippers. Prices paid ranged from $1.50 for club to $1.55 for bluestem. The old skating rink has been leased by the lone school and will be used hereafter by that Institution as a sort of gym. By passing around a paper the first of the week sufficient funds were raised to cover the south side of the building with new shin gles. The paper roofing was fast wearing off and the roof was leaking badly and causing damage to the hardwood floor. The school will now have a place where they can care for their indoor sports, and they will also install their picture machine here and give movie entertainments at regular intervals each week. Locust Chapter, No. 119, O. E. S., held its annual installation of offi cers on Tuesday evening. There was goodly attendance of members, and following the installation ceremonies delicious lunch was served. The following officers were installed: Ruth Mason, Matron; T. B. Buffing- ton, Patron; Benlah Buffington, Asso- clatet Matron; Grace Chick, Conduct ress; Ida Moore, Associate Conduct ress; Cynthia Walker, Secretary; Frank Chrlstensen, Treasurer; Lovle Warfleld, Ada; Maude Wakefield. Ruth; Mrs. W. H. Cronk, Esther; Fannie Goodall, Martha; Mrs. J. H. Wilt, Electa; Mrs. R. W. Beckett, Chaplain; Mrs. W. T. McNabb, War den; O. B. Barlow, Sentinel: Mrs. L. Doak, Organist. L. M0NTERESTELL1 MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS PENDLETON. OREGON Fine Monument and Cemetery Work. All parties interested in getting work in my line should get my pricas and estimates i before placing their orders. ALL WORK GUARANTEED i THE CLUB IS HEPPNER YOUNG HEN'S POPULAR RESORT BILLIARDS AND POOL WE SERVE ALL THE LEADING BRANDS OF SOFT DRINKS AND THE BEST LINES OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. -: -:- O. B. Hottmarj, in the Palace Hotel. CITY MEAT MARKET UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT All kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats and Lard This is the place to buy Oysters, Crabs, Clams, Salmon, Halibut, Smelts AGEXTS FOR "BEALSHJFX' OYSTERS Johnson & Johnson The HORN PASTIME VICTOR GROSHEN, Prop. SOUTHEAST CORNER MAIN MAY STREETS Complete Line of Candies and Cigars and all the, Leading Soft Drinks. Card Tables in Connection. First Class Service Give Us a Call imong them, If we have the same iea3cn as the one just past, we should begin to clear a portion ef our range at least, and as most of our range is about half facing the South where very little of the Lupine grows, It can be cleared off much cheaper, then either feeding the sheep or loosing ' them, when driving on trails through fleeted districts, avoid dodging In-1 to pastures with heavy growths of grass far it is there that the Lupine nourishes and while it is hard for sheepmen to pass by what looks like good feed for hungry sheep, it is, bettor to have a sheep that Is poor! of flesh than a dead one. I Never put hungry sheep on your, best grass, neither when they come home from the mountains or when ' you have been working them In the: corrals in the spring of the year, Put them on your south hillsides and fill them up gradually, for I have found that loss results from putting, hungry sheep on good feed, after being worked In corralls In shearing time, than any other thing. And while I do not wish to appear as monitor for sheepmen, or knowing any more about running sheep than neighbor, I do claim to have lven the matter of Lupine poisoning for the past ten years, more study my Mrs. L. G. Herren announces the addition of a dress-making and de sighing department to her millinery establishment, after January 1st. This department will be in charge of Miss Phillips, a professional dress-maker and a thoroughly com petent designer. Your Patronage Solicited GAZETTE-TIMES Advertising Pays. For this there is a reason: Circulation which Includes practically ALL the people in Morrow and Northern Grant Counties. J i
