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THE GAZKTTE-TLMK8 IIEPPNEH, Olti:., Till I1SDAV, M B. 2(1, IO'2'I. r VI. K H K VGLUHTEEB MIS FROTECT YOUNG PLANTS I'mterlion Thun Accorded Weaken Aljuk itf Voting l'liinls in Ib-guLir Vuluntur onions left iu tlio liuld re duces tlie injury (rum onion maggots by SO pur cent is the encouraging re port of A. L. Luvett, entomologist at O. A. C. experiment station. "11 is the common practice In com mercial onion production," says pro fessor Lovett, "to go over the lields In the spring and. remove all volun teer onions. Observations show that where these volunteer plants are left in the Held they prove very attractive to the fly and It is on these plar's they center their attack, leaving the young plants practically free from the maggot injury. "Such striking results were obtain ed in tests carried forward in British Columbia by Canadian entomologists and it is urged that our growers give the practice a trial. . "Leave 2 to 3 volunteer plants to every lOO feet in the row. IMantu of a rather bushy growth at the sur face are most attractive. Supple ment this with a late thinning, re moving at thinning time any young plants showing an infestation. "After they are once thoroughly riddled by maggots the volunteer plants should be removed, the adja cent soil examined and all maggots destroyed. In the absence of volun teer plants the Beeding of one row of 'multiplier' onion about every 100 feet 1b suggested." War Trucks fur ltoiul IluiMi-rs. To date the War Department has turned over to the United States De partment of Agriculture approximate ly, 000 motor vehicles, as provided in congressional legislation empower ing the latter department to distri bute tliis war material among the slate highway commissioners for use in road building, allotments of the vehicles to be based on the amount of Federal aid for roads which the states receive. This is practically all the vehicles which the War Depart ment has to release: Of this total 12,uoo have been delivered to the slates. The remainder will be distri buted as fast as railway cars can be secured for their transportation. Re presentatives of the Bureau of Public Koada, in charge of the matter, be lieve that within two or three months all of the vehicles will have been de livered to the stateB. This equip ment promises to be a great aid in currying out the large road building program for 1920. The State highway commissioners are also interested in securing allot ments of tractors, steam shovels, lo comotive cranes, automotive craJes, industrial railway track, dump cars, and industrial locomotives which re main to be disposed of by the War Department. A measure known as the Kahn Bill, directing the Secretary of War to release this material for the State highway commissioners, has passed the Senate and hag been reported out of committee in the House. Until the Secretary of War has been directed by Congress to turn over this equipment it ia not likely that it will be available tor Stale distribution. OKM.O.VH EDI CATION AL CIUHIS. 'tins slate of Oregon luces an edu cational crisis. U is of vital inlerust lo tne state that the crisis be averted. President Campbell, of the Uni versity of Oregon, and President Korr of the Oregon Agricultural college, in a presentation of the situation to the City club at the last Friday noon luncheon, made uu indisputable showing of facls and figures. That showing left no other possible conclu sion than that the people of Oregon must either vole the funds that ill he available by the passage ot the nilllage tax bill, or the extended func tioning of these two state institutions of learuiug, and the Slute Normal school as well, must ceuse. There is uo other alternative. Enrollment in either the univer sity or the agricultural colege has increased since the pre-war years more than 100 per cent. Revenues, as expressed In dollur terms, have in creased barely 3 per cent. The dol lar ot today is worth in purchasing power but little more thun 50 per cent of the pre-war dollur. In cost per student, Oregon is at the foot of the list umong all the states of the Union. The cost in Oregon as compared with the cost in state educational institutions of other stales is approximately $300 per an num as against (900. In overhead Oregon is also at the foot of the list. The overhead cost per student in Oregon University is about $-40 a year, while in the state colleges unci universities of other status it runs from $300 to $600. There is no charge to be made or enlertuined of inellicient or extravagunt manage ment. The demand for higher education in the Oregon Institution is a con stantly increasing factor. On the ex isting revenue basis it cannot be met. If the funds as provided in t ho mill age tax bill are voted, oven then the provision will be $70 less per student per year thun the normal pre-war av erage ot other state colleges and uui versltles. Without that provision the increasing demand cm the part ot Or egon buys and girls to get a higher education must be denied in this state. In that event, if that educa tion Is obtained by that young man or young woman, It must be obtained In some other state. The university und agricultural college are rendering nut only aca demic but practical service to the people of Oregon. It Is cited where in by the service of applied science under the agency of agricultural col- lege activities a half a mllion dol lars has been added to the wealth oi a single county in the state. But that is not all. There ia an oilier angle and a most important angle to be considered. The men who direct this servico that Is of such value to the people of the state . are specialists In their respective lines. Their services cannot be re tulned at the salaries now paid and higher salaries cannot be paid he causo there is not avnllablo money with which to pay them. Competl Hon among educational institutions for this class of men is keen. They are bid for by colleges and universi ties outside- of Oregon at advance salary figures all the way from BO to 100 per cent better than they re ceive. These are some of the compelling and convincing facts to bo considered and understood with reference to the pending mlllnge tax mensure. Port land Telegram. I illy Thousand Farmers Own Trucks. Al least 50,000 farmers In the Uni ted StateB own motor trucks which they use on their farms. This is shown by a preliminary survey of the ownership and use ot motor trucks uy tanners undertaken by the office ot Karm Management and the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the United Sta teB Department ot Agriculture. The data secured by this inquiry answer muny questions which have been ask ed repeatedly in recent years regard ing the extent to which motor vehi cles are used for farm hauling. The figures on which totals for the Nation and the several States bas ed were secured from approximately 35,000 sleeted crop reporters of the Bureau of Crop Estimates. These coupenitois were asked to report the i. allies and addresses ot farmers they knew who own motor trucks for farm use. Pleasure cars and trailers for use with pleasure cars were excluded, and the reporters were asked not to lake account of trucks which are used primarily for general hauling, or on regular established routes. This survey can scarcely be conBid ered a complete census for it is proba ble that in some localities the crop re porters were not acquainted with all the truck owners but it is certain that a very large per cent have been liat- d. It is believed that in no state were less than 75 per cent of the trucks reported. If not complete In every respect the figures Bhow the re lative distribution very satisfactorily The exact number of motor trucks reported Is 40,195, divided among the States as folows: Alabama, 847; Arizona, 95; Arkansas, 721; Califor nia, 1,1)19; Colorado. S04; Connecti cut, 357; Delaware, 100; Florida, 3Ml; Georgia, 1,808; Idaho, 329; Ill inois, 2,261; Indiana, 1,548; Iowa, 2,773; Kansas, 1,732; Kentucky, SIS; houisana, 310; Maine, 435; Maryland, 596; Massachusetts, 661; Michigan, 1,636; Minnesota, 1,255; Mississippi, 957; Missouri, 2,065; Montana, 359; Nebraska, 2,739; Ne vada, 41; New Hampshire, 283; New Jersey, 862; New Mexico, 104; New York, 3,171; North Carolina, 1,450; North Dakota, 501; Ohio, 2,261; Ok lahoma, 723; Oregon, 369; Pennsyl vania, 2,760; Rhode Island, 162; Smith Carolina, 1,190; South Dakota, 1,708; Tennessee, 978; Texas, 1,668; Utah, 173; Vermont, 282; Virginia, 1,128; Washington, 682; West Vir ginia, 465; Wisconsin, 1, 466; Wy oming, 174.' MRS. DORA TAYLOR IS DEAD AT WAL1A WAUA Word was received In Heppner on Friday of the ath of Mrs. Dora Taylor at Walla Walla, following pneumonia. Mrs. Taylor pasBed away at 9 o'clock last Thursday mor ning. She was thirty four years of age and leaves a large number of friends in Heppner, where Bhe lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Prater, for many years. The family later moved to Pendleton where she became the wife of Gary Taylor, well known business man of that city. Besides the husband and parents, three brothers and two sisters survive. to the scene and took charge of the body. An inquest was held thi fol lowing afternoon, and the jury re ported a verdict of suicide. Mlchels had been discharged from the state asylum a wk before. It was evident that he had made prep arations methodically for his death. The head was completely severed from the body. Kclio News. Insane Man Decapitated By Train. M. Mlchels, a patient of the State hospital at Pendleton, was decapita ted by a freight train near the Young ranch last Friday. The man placed himself on the track, and was run over by an east bound train about seven o'clock Friday evening. Two workmen who were walking to Echo found the body and reported to the John Young ranch. The un dertaker and officers from Echo went FROM TIP TO TOE SHE BREATHES OF SPRING The hour of the spring coat i at hand. And here Is shown a miss dressed from tip to toe in all that is new tor spring. The broad straw with its bands ot foulard; th short, fall coat and the big checked skirt. It's all tor oat door wear, bat pleasing In ever line. Please notice the big tears mesh flowing Tell to halt th ttt from spring winds. Illiu k Ii-g Iti'iMtrted Here. County Agent Hunt reports sever al cases of black leg among cattle in some sections of Morrow county. We should lose no time in seeing that our cattle are properly vaccinated, says Mr. Hunt. "There is certain vaccine that can be had upon application which is supposed to render the ani mal immune for life. The local vac cine will render the animal immune for about six months and then the action will have to be repeated. It is very satisfactory and will always give good results and if you prefer to continue the local regular treat ment, well and good. If however, you would care to undertake the more expensive treatment, which will Surely there must be better glasses for and far near vision If you are tired of scowl ing over reading glasses; if you are tired of fussing with two pairs of glasses (one for near vision and one for far vision) ; or if you dis like to wear ordinary con spicuous bifocals that make you look old, you should in vestigate Kryptoks. travPTOK XV GLASSES l THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS Kryptoks (pronounced Crip tocks) are made for people whose eyes need help for both near and far vision. The Kryptok lens combines near and distance vision In one pair of glasses, yet you can not distinguish them from single-vision glasses. Kryp toks represent the best that science can do to give back to eyes that are growing old the perfect vision of youth. Call and let us tell you more about Kryptoks. Oscar Borg Registered Optometrist HEPPNER - - OREGON Fred Lucas, who recently purch ased the Jans Penlnml farm near Lexington from E. Nordyke and his son Guy Nordyke, has undertaken soma extensive improvements. Am ong these nro Included tho plans for remodeling one of tho houses on the ranch where the Lucns family will live. Cortnln fences will also ha torn down, as Mr. Lucas la getting ready for the Ileppner-WIUow creek high way, which will run within a fow foot of his doorway.. Potato Wart Vnder Control. In the war against potato wart the United Slates has done in less than two years what other countries had not succeeded in doing in decades, Wart lias been for a long time a de structive disease of potatoes In Eu rope, und thV belief always was that onco a garden or field became infect ed there was no way of eradicating It. An infected area, even when no potatoes were planted In it for a num ber of years, would show the disease still virulent when again planted to potatoes. The potato wart disease was discovered laBt year In gardens in Bomo small mining towns in Penn sylvania. The United States Depart ment of Agriculture quarantined the infected areas and the specialists of the department began experiments in control. They have now announced that a field or garden infected with potato wart can be thoroughly dis infected by the use of steam and for maldehyde. The cost of the work, however, Is high, and it will be used only when absolutely nocossary in leaning up tho infected areas. The Investigators of the depart ment, who have worked In coopera tion with the Slate authorities of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, have also discovered variotlos of po tato that are immune to the wart dis- se, and steps are being taken to as slst gardeners in the infected regions to purchase varieties of seed known to he immune. Th department spe cialists now believe that further loss es from the disease can bo practically eliminated. M. D. Tucker of Lexington, who's specialty is carpentering and general contracting work, Is assisting the Walla Walla Concrete Pipe company In their work of erecting buildings near the depot, for tho manufacture of their pipe. Far Better Bread! THE KIND YOU'VE BEEN HANKERING FOR! Here It Is! lIoj.piHM- bread is a FULL, PLUMP loaf, with the same BODY lo it that MOT1IEK used to make! Does it go down EASY? Better 15KL1KVH it does! Cireatest domestic bread in the world! 20c the large size; 10c the small SEND FOR SOME TODAY Heppner Bakery OARI OF THANKS. To our many frlonda and kind neighbors who were so generous In their 'kindly sympathies and help ful nsslstnnce during the Illness and Inst hours of our wife and mother, wo extend our heartfelt thanks. F. M. MUFFIN AND CHILDREN. do for the life time of the animal, w will help you get in touch with tins -'rum. "Dkic-kli-g is certainly a very con tagious disease and does not need much explanation to the furmers ofi Morrow county. The germs will lie j .lnrmant rin the pronml for as Inn? as I six years and then may be taken up in leathering food from the ground and will develop black leg In the animal. "This disease-, while highly conta gious, does not seem to affect men, horses or hogs, but cattle and sheep are its victims. All stockmen are cautioned against this disease." Lexington Local of Farm Bureau Will Meet in March The Lexington local of the Mor row county Farm Bureau will hold its meeting in Lexington on the first Saturday in March. A program of interest is being prepared for presen tation at that time. Lexington has one of the live locals of the county. SWIM, AMI fcKTTIXU THE I1KST. Ti.'-n; is no way of spending $2.60 and getting so much for all the fam- ly as to sub-nribe for The Youth's Companion for a year 52 Issues. Kirst and most important, it Is a bar gain because it Is reading that Is worth the time you give to it. It gives back in character-making and character-confirming quality. Then a year ot The Companion Is big In quantity 52 Issues weighted with everything good. Great serial stor ies, group stories, short stories, rare articles, and a tide of fiction, fact and fun such as you cannot find else where. Subscribe now and get the early chapters of Sons of Liberty, the 10-week wrlal by Theodore Good ridge Roberts. And here is a combination of read ing that will save you money and sup ply every taBte in the family. 1. The Youth's Companion 62 Is sues $2.50. 2. McCall's Magazine the great fashion authority. 12 Style Issues. Price to be advanced April 1 to $1.25. Subscribe to-day and get both per iodicals for $J.9i a saving of S cents. THE YOUTHS COMPANION. Comonwealth Ave. & St. Paul St., Boston Muss. New Huhcriptlon Received nt thl Offlre. FOR SHERIFF To the Democratic voters of Mor row county: I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the nomination !of sheriff, subject to your will and decision at the primary election to be ; held in May, 1920. If nominated and ! elected I will conduct the office upon strict business principles. C. B. 8PERRY, lone, Oregon. FOR CLERK To the Republican voters ot Mor row county: I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for the nomin ation of the office of county clerk, before the primary election to be held in May, 1920. J. A. WATER3 (incumbent.) JSBPAmS 7SJDTOJ2 HOW'S YOUR AUTO RADIATOR? Is it radiating properly! Is it helping to keep your engine coolf Let us look over your radiator and see. Perhaps a little repair or adjustment will make it as good as ever. Most cars use water-cooling systems which must be kept in good circulating condition. "We see to that. Drive it into our shop today; we will charge you nothing for an inspection and test under your own eyes. HEPPNER GARAGE MACHINE SHOP The Largest and Best Equipped Auto Repair and Machine Shop in Morrow County. M y Home" He's pretty proud and happy isn't he ? As he shows you about the house, built espec ially as they wanted it, and the " garden and roses. s 1 1 I 1 r.- . ( i- -s ? II (I IBl I 1- ! SSI ' Sua JW-! li-WW"- i -vvaH.j.Y M L- ra jmlJTY ,uviricw) , kxk I -r1 t - n til mm i J. 1 two ' an -sam itm ia" ciOS ! List Your Ranch Now Spring will be here in a few weeks and I will have buyers ready to take your ranches. I want about 15 ' more choice wheat ranches for sale, and if my past and present success is a criterion you won't have to wait long to close up a deal. Quick Sales and No Deception E. M. 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