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r i.v two THK tiAZKTTK-TlMKS, HKI'PXKR, OliK.. Till ItSlUY, ,M V , V.KiK SEED TESTING MEANS .GOOD ROADS GREATEST MPHQVEMENTDF CROPS AID TO DEVELOPMENT r.'i;,ri iruliui.il Keriiiit-ni Sta tion at t ortalli.. is Aiilint Orjrm I .innrr. . A l". Kxpenment Station. Cor valiis. May 11 Farmers ail ovr the su:e lime taken advantage of the opportunity to liave seeds tested for runty, germination, and identifiica tion tins year to a larger extent than ever before. Samples received since July 1, 1919 number :.64 while lust year the figure was 1.495. Farmers and commercial seed growers are beginning to realize the great difference in crop results ob tained from tested seed, and are in creasing their farm production. Ex tensive examination of seeds for pur ity and germination has been made by the station of the northVest which includes Oregon. Washington, Idaho. I tan, Montana, and Wyoming. This is the resion designated by the gov ernment to be served by these labor atories. Seedsmen, individuals, coun ty agents, and others have sent in samples. A custom houses are not permit ted to allow most forage crop seed to inter without passing the germina tion and purity tests, a quantity of forage crop seed is sent from the cus tom houses in Montana, Seattle and Portland, respectively. Approxim ately 125 samples have been sent in by the custom houses. The test for vitality is one of the outstanding helps. The percentage of foreign seed is not only deter mined in the purity test, but the seed itself, is identified. Tests for purity have been largely with alfalfa, red clover, white clover, alsike clover, sweet clover, crimson clover, and vetch. Grasses such as English Rye grass. Italian Rye grass, Orchard grass, Timothy, Kentucky Blue grass. Canada Blue grass, Red Top, and Fescue, also receive the purity test Cereals are tested. The purity test is made on the per centage basis, determining the am ount of weed and foreign seed and of inert matter. In tests for germina tion, a count of the original number of seed is taken, and then the number of sprouts of each seed. The largest part of the germination (work has been in testing vegetable seed. Neighbors of Woodcraft Mak ing Remarkable Growth Here Maple Circle, Xo. 259, Neighbors of Woodcraft, is experiencing a re markable growth, the number of ac tive members now being 105. Three new members were initiated last Sat urday evening. Maple Circle has ever been one of the leading fraternal orders of the city and much of the success of the lodge's endeavors is due to the untir ing efforts of its members and more especially the work of the secretary. Rosa B. Richardson. The lodge has attractive insurance features with small dues and assess ments. In case of death of a mem ber, there is a standing appropria tion of $100 which goes toward buy ing a proper monument to erect over the grave of the deceased. All in surance claims are paid with the ut most promptness. The late Mrs. Louretta Yeager had been a member of the order for many years. She carried $1000 insurance. This was paid within a few days after Mrs. Yeager's death. Seniors of High School Enjoy Fine Picnic in the Mountains T! e only thing in Oregon from whicS the tax ravers derive any bene fit without any cost to themselves is good roads, according to Charles Hall, of MarshfieUl, president of the Ore gon Chamber of Commerce, referriug to the proposed constitutional amend ment raising the state bonding limit from two to four per cent, to be vot ed upon May 21 at the primary elec tion. "The people of Oregon should make this measure carry unanimous ly," said Mr. Hall. "Good roads build up the state and the time has come for us to get out of the mud nen tne good-road movement was started there were only 39,000 auto mobiles in the state, and now there are $6,000 registered to date. "Good roads in one community in pire other communities to build them and greater efforts along the lines of advancement should be put in action at once. The automobile license fees and gasoline tax are suf ficient to pay Interest on and retire any bonds which may be issued un der the proposed amendment, and the money from these bonds will match federal aid. of iwhich $2,629,555 re mains unclaimed, as all available funds are exhausted by being spent or contracted. In addition, what ever would be appropriated under the proposed bill befor congress, whic! is sure to result In Oregon having the opportunity to claim more than $5,000,000, would be lost. "The cost of good roads to a farm er is easy to figure out, but the cost of bad roads to the same individual is hard to determine. A farmer living at Meadow Lake stated that bad roads cost him 50 cents a bushel to haul out his potato crop, which, of course, is ultimately paid by the consumer t his table. Never have the mar kets paid higher prices, and the far mers want to get their products to market to sell them. "Oregon had a great influx of peo- pple coming to invest and settle down following the Lewis and Clark Expo sition, which they had previously visited. Persons passing through Oregon will inquire about the roads, and if they learn that the road build ing programme has stopped, their interest in the state will beg reatly diminished if not lost." Sheep and Wool Conditions Look Good to R. J. Carsner The sheep and wool situation does not look bad to R. J. Carsner, south end stockman who spent Saturday here on business. Mr. Carsner views the future of the industry twith opti mism, and while he thinks that the sheepman cannot expect to clean up any money this year on account of the expensive winter just passed through, he looks for prices to hold up well. Mr. Carsner has only one regret. He is running for the legis lature over in Wheeler county unop posed and is therefore denied the op portunity to spend a lot of money in getting elected. i ... x . r l T 0 1 y mztns decays paint right away with - PAINT i HE life, the value, the beauty of your home, ucycuu uu me care you give it. Weather-bpjttpn and open joints are forerunners of decay. Manv Dronprtv mvnre nnu ..u , 1WR AVI DUVU sigs, judging their houses and buildings by general appearances only. It is good business to make regular inspection of your property, and to use paint of good quality, which is th surest preventive of decay. Through the varying conditions of weather in all their extremes, FULLER Paint has proved both its preserv ing and beautifying qualities a Pacific Coast Product for Pacific Coast requirements. 71 years of paint manufacturing experience are back of every brushful of FULLER Paint Some of the FULLER Products HOUSE PAINT- FLOOR PAINT PORCH and STEP PAIXT SHIXGLE STAINS SILKEXWHITE ENAMEL For in.erior woodwork. DECORET combined stain and varnish in all shade for refinishing furniture, etc. - VARNISHES DEKORATO the SmIUtf Kalsomine " AUTO ENAMEL W. P. Fuller & Co. 1349-1920 f JrtKSe5''vl Northwest Branch Houses j&k GFjyl 8t Portland, Seattle, Ta- VCo Pffiff com'' r "" LEADERS VI i TT 7 ' 'z"" II .niuc W Look i p a J ffsiaggffi FULLER DEALER ($ 233 in Your Town s OUR PRICES RIGHT OUR PRINTING THE BEST G.-T. FOR SALE Seven room house, partly furnish ed. Cement basement, modern plumbing. Fireplace, built-in kitch en cabinets, garage, barn and pump ing plant. Four lots, good garden young orchard. H. C. GITHENS Owner. Then Senior Class of 1920, Hepp ner high school, journeyed to Reid's Mill in the mountains last Friday where they had a most enjoyable picnic party. They were chaperoned by Mrs. L. X. Traver and Mrs. Ches ter Darbee. Members of the class attending were Alma and Etta Devin Bernice Githens, Edythe Boyd, Ruth Huddleston, Odile Groshens, Everett Pattison and Herbert Hynd. As a reward for their work in the recent class play of the Seniors, Alvin Boyd and Raymond Ferguson, lower class men, were guests. Louis Burlin- game of the faculty took his car and aided in transportation. Elizabeth Phelps, Cyrene Lieuallen, Violet Cor neal, Margaret Doherty and Mae French -were members of the class who were unable to participate in the picnic. lone People Will Visit Old Home in the East Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Wilson will leave the first of next week for the East, where they expect to spend the cummer visiting with relatives. Mr WilBon, who has been a prominent wheat grower of the lone section for many years, recently disposed of the larger part of IiIb holdings there. They will stop first at Mr. Wilson's old home in Ohio and from there will go on to Woodlawn, Virginia to spend the summer at Mrs. Wilson's old home. The family will return West in the late summer and spend next winter in California. The Wil sons were in Heppner Monday, where the young son underwent an opera tion for the removal of adenoldB. Local Superintendent Chosen to Head Enterprise Schools I). W. Holtnott, superintendent of the Heppner schools for the last two years, has been elected to the super intendency of the Enterprise, Wal lowa county, schools for the coming year. Mr. Boitnott goes to his new position highly recommended by the patrons and directors of school dis trict No. 1. He expects to move his family to Enterprise just as soon as he can secure a house. His succes sor here hug not yet been chosen. Notice to Knights of Pythias. All Knights will meet at the I. n. O. F. Hall on Sunday morning, May 23, and iwill march from there in a body to the Christian church to at tend the Memorial services. CHAS. THOMSON, H. F. TASH, THOS. BOYD, Committee. Capt. Wood Briggs Again a Chautauqua Visitor IT ' ' Si I , ' ' f !'IIBIIIII!I!I!!IH!IIIM "PERMANENT AS THE PYRAMIDS' Concrete Pipe Co. Mfgrs. SEWER AND WATER PIPE IRRIGATION PIPE CULVERT PIPE CEMENT PRODUCTS HOLLOW SILO BLOCKS PHONE 467 1003 N. 10th Street, WALLA WALLA, WASH. Big Morrow County Farmers PTCOTC Held Jointly by the Morrow County Farm Bureau and the Farmers' Union iiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiii AT THK MiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiii Morrow County Fair Grounds HEPPNER, ORE., SATURDAY, JUNE 12th IMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIil llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'lll' An All-Day Meeting Prominent Speakers and Good Music Will Feature This Great Annual Gathering of Farmers and Townspeople. PROGRAM WILL START AT 10:30 SHARP ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT SHUMWAY OF THE FARMERS' UNION tlIIIII1lllllIllIlllltllllllllltltIUII)tltlllllllllllllllJIIIMIIMI11IIMtllllllllllllllflllllllll!llltltlIllJMrilIllllt Bring Well Filled Basket for Lunch at Noon The fiery oratory of the old South which has proved to be the natural heritage of many of the statesman and educators of below the Mason and Dlxcn line, is still alive. This priceless possession Is naturally called to the Chautauqua platform where Its pos sessor can meet and sway the greatest of all present day assemblages. The Chautauqua management ! glad to announce Captain Wood Briggs In a new lecture, "Keep off the Grass." This lecture is a careful presentation of the relationship of the tnellah peaking peoples. Captain Briggs will speak on the third afternoon. Fifty acres a day is turning the! soil over pretty fast, but that Is Just I 'what John Bergstrom has been doing wun tne lion tractor on the Frank Anderson ranch. Mr. Bergstrom. who was In town Saturday, reports crop conditions excellent. Si VOTE FOR Phelps Grocery Company The Popular Grocers i Our Platform: "A Square Deal to AW Ex Phelps Grocery Company 5""""- 5E fi THERE HE STANDS! GRAND old "Bull" Durham. He belongs In this country's Hall of Fame. Can you think of a more familiar figure ? 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