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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, DEPPNEE, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER C, 1017
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PROGRESSIVE SHEPHERDS TO GO TO
WOOL CONVENTION SEPT. 11 12
Practical Kelp Offered Flockmasters of Western States by
National Sheep & Wool Bureau by Means of Great Lakes
.Wool Congress in Chicago Soon.
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SHEARING PRECIOUS FLEECES
Chicago (SpflciaD An Invitation to
the sheep raisers -In the western
states, where millions of acres of land
have been taken by settlers this year,
has been sent out by the National
Sheep and Wool Bureau for a Great
Lakes Wool Convention, Sept. 11
12, in Chicago. The Bureau has been
fighting effectively the proposed leg
islation to prohibit the slaughter of
ewes, good, bad and indifferent, hav
ing provided a better plan by which
the value of the shepherds' flocks will
not be cut In two as the legislators
proposed by a drastic ban upon the
marketing of ewes for slaughter. F.
.8. King of Cheyenne is vice president
for the western states.
The convention will be held In the
.Assembly Hall at the Union Stock
Yards. The Stock Yards Inn will be
the official headquarters, with loop
headquarters at Hotel Sherman.
The Invitation to the shepherds was
.sent with the co-operation of the Illi
nois Council of Defense and other
State Councils of Defense, and points
out the imperative need for increase
of wool production in the United
States. Curtailment of the wool in
civilian and military clothing is In
evitable unless steps are taken at
once to conserve the western flocks
and increase sheep and wool produc
tion throughout the United States.
Special entertainment of the sheep
men will be provided and opportuni
ties In concrete form will be presented
to all flockmasters who must either
sell their flocks or move them to
grazing regions not cut up by settlers'
homesteads. The states of Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota are co-operating
in the plan to set Idle acres
In those states to profitable use in
sheep raising.
In spite of the efforts which have
been made in Congress to close the
markets entirely to female sheep the
National Sheep and Wool Bureau, un
der whose auspices the convention will
be held, recently secured from the
meat packers an offer of co-operation
by which the ewes and ewe lambs suit
able for breeding, after purchase from
the sheepralsers, will be turned back
from the shambles for redistribution
by the Bureau to the farmers and
sheep ranchers In the central states,
thus putting cash into the pockets of
the western sheepmen and at the sama
time conserving the ewes for Increase
of iwool production in various parts of
the country.
"Sheepmen whose flocks are big or
little are cordially invited and urged
to attend the conference in Chicago,
August 21-22," President W. B. Tyrrell
of the Bureau said. "It Is the great
opportunity for any enterprising
sheepman, troubled by the reduction of
free range In the west, to find an
immediate solution of his problem. In
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
there are 30,000,000 acres of grazing
land suitable for sheep, most of which
is now Idle. This land must be put to
use for the armies of the United States
and her allies, all of which need warm
clothing quite as much as food,
clothing without wool can be proper
for soldier or civilian, and already
they are talking of using as much as
40 per cent wood pulp in some cloth
ing. "The Great Lakes Wool Convention
is an event In national history and
every sheepman who can leave home
for a week should be In his seat in
the Convention Hall at the Union
Stock Yards when the meetings open
August 21. The speakers, moving pic
tures .and exhibits will be a liberal
education to any sheepman, no matter
how much he may already know about
sheep and wool.
"In preparation for the meeting the
state authorities of all states adjacent
to Chicago were urgently asked to
take Immediate action for tne pro
ravages of dogs, both by law and by
public sentiment for the enforcement
of law."
Authorities have said that sheep pro
duction must have its greatest de
velopment In the central states dur
ing the next few years, and that sheep
raising Is as profitable on $200 per
acre land as it is profitable in Eng
land on $2,000 per acre land.
"Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne
sota will join hands to rehabilitate
sheep husbandry in those three states,
which since 1900 have smaller sheep
flocks by over 2,040,000 head, which
means a decrease in the national wool
clip of 15,000,000 pounds," says the
American Sheep Breeder. "At present
prices this wool would fetch $10,000,
000, to say nothing of lambs for meat,
therefore the loss of these 2,040,000
sheep has cost Michigan, Wisconsin
and Minnesota a pretty penny.
"This nation faces an unprecedented
wool shortage and something besides
talk la needed. The range flockmas
ter has received a mortal wound In
the homestead grazing law, w;cn In
A few pionthg has Shrived him of over
uu.000,000 acres 6 b!"ieep pasture. It
Is predicted that more than twenty
five per cent of all the sheep In five or
six of the largest sheep states must
be slaughtered or moved elsewhere In
twelve months. Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Michigan propose to offer 30,000,
000 or more acres to these unfortunate
western shepherds.
"It will be a very easy matter to
furnish adequate territory for 10,000,
000 sheep In the 'Gopher,' 'Badger'
and 'Wolverine' states. At least twenty
large lumber companies, owning vast
acreages, have offered free grazing.
Others will 'put land against sheep'
In a permanent partnership arrange
ment. Single concerns have from 25,
000 to 200,000 acres of splendid grass
land that can support from one to four
sheep and not halt try. Quantities
of hay are being shipped from these
sections. There Is no better alfalfa
country anywhere.
"Prominent western men like Par-
ham have tried out this country for
winter feeding and our stock markets
know the results. The government
believes in this country for sheep
raising.
The National Sheep and Wool Bu
reau will consolidate all the factors
In a big movement, not only to help
reorganize the waning sheep indus
try of the great lakes states, but will
aid in every way western ranchmen
and eastern investors who will locate
sheep ranches and feeding stations In
this section."
At the conclusion of a conference
held at the quarters of the Illinois
Council of Defense, W. G. Btssell,
president of the Wisconsin Advance
ment Association, Milwaukee, and Wil
liam P. Hartman, representing the
Michigan Agricultural Development
Association, announced that invita
tions had been sent to 15,000 shep
herds In the western states, where
grave problems threaten the continu
ance of sheep grazing.
"Roughly, there are available in
Michigan, 10,000,000 acres of land
which now Is idle and which best can
No'be brought Into war time use by the
grazing or sneep, saw flir. Hartman.
"Now Is an opportune time to make
this land useful to the nation in help
ing to solve the wool problems of the
next few years for the cut-over lands
of our state have proved well adapted
to sheep husbandry."
"Our state also," said Mr. Blssell,
"has approximately 10,000,000 acres
which should and now will be set to
use In a way to which they are well
adapted, furnishing grazing for the
thousands of sheep which settlers and
other causes are driving out of the
western states at a time when more
sheep and more wool are as pressing
a necessity as more food."
The Illinois Council of Defonse will
furnish speakers at the convention to
present the patriotic duty of farmers
1,,-tinn nf sheen If thov were not al-to increase ioua yruuucuuu wiu wuui
ready adequately protected from the produclioa.
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Heppner, Oregon
CANADIAN
SOLDIER
IS HIGHEST PI
The Canadian soldier Is said to be
the best paid in the world. The fig
ures speak for themselves. Major J.
C. Biggs, of the Canadian Mounted
Rifles, a veteran of the European war,
now commanding the British Recruit
ing Mission in Spokane at W. 003
Sprague Avenue, which is endeavor
ing to reach British and Canadian
subjects in the northwest of military
age and physically fit, who are not
naturalized Americans, calls atten
tion to several features of the Can
adian service.
The privaae in the Canadian army
receives $1.10 a day. The wife of a
Canadian private receives $20 aa a
separation allowance from the gov
ernment. The government also semis
at least half his pay direct to his
family.
Men enlisting In the British army
will receive the same as In the Can
adian army until they sail then ac
cording to the rate in the English ar
my. Men between the ages of 18 and
45 are eligible. Enlistment will be
made for the duration of th war and
six months after the termination of
hostilities, unless sooner discharged.
Men discharged for wounds or injur
ies received in action or because of
disease due to war servicec are eligi
ble for pensions. Land grants of 160
acres for every mas who comes back
are also being considered by the Can
adian Government. Free passage
back to th United States will be pro
vided upon discharge where this is
desired.
All food and clothing required by
the soldier are supplied in ample
quantities and first cass qualities.
The Medical Corps Is extraordinar
ily efficient. Every man is required !
to be fit before he Is enlisted and 1
as he can receive constant medical at-1
tentlon, his continued fitness is assured.
I K. A. CMtlty 1HIJS KtttKIPM'P.
E. N. Gonty, the shoe store man, ;
this week purchased the Jas. Hayes
property situated on the upper end:
of Gale street. Mr. Gonty and family
have been making their home in the
Hayes house for some time. Mr.
Hayes will continue to make his
home on his IUiea creek ranch.
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