THE GAZKTTE-TLMK8 IIEPPNEH, Olti:., Till I1SDAV, M B. 2(1, IO'2'I.
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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
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and far
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If you are tired of scowl
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if you are tired of fussing
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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.
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Comonwealth Ave. & St. Paul St.,
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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
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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.
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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. SHUTT
The Real Estate Man
Upstairs in Court House
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