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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
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. 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.
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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
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Big Morrow County Farmers
PTCOTC
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Farm Bureau and the Farmers' Union
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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
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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
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