THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1924.
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DANIELS LET PRIVATE COMPAN!
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Official Files of Navy Department Show Former
Secretary Father of Policy of Private Drilling
of Naval Oil Reserves.
Washington, March 25, 1924. On
March S RepraaenUtlva Britten
(Rep.), of the House Committee on
Naval Affaire, introduced a resolution
as followi;
"Reiolred, That the Secretary of
the Navy be, and he ie hereby, author
ised and directed, if not incompatible
with the public Interest, to furnish to
the House of Representatives at the
earliest date possible such data and
information as he may have concern
ing the following queationa '."
A list of 23 questions was submit
ted as a part of the resolution, touch
ing upon"the history and all phases
of the leasing of the naval oil re
serves. The resolution was adopted
and on March 8 Secretary of the
Navy Denby filed with the House of
Representatives an answer covering
thoroughly the 23 questions.
' The resolutions called for informa
tion regarding who waa the author
of the legislation authorizing the
leasing of naval oil reserves to pri
vate corporations for the purpose of
exploiting those reserves. The ans
wers, accompanied by documentary
evidence from the files of the Depart
ment of the Navy, show that Josephus
Daniels suggested the legislation
which enables the Secretary of the
Navy to dispose of naval oil reserves.
It shows that he wanted this legisla
tion in order that he might have
power to take oil from the ground
because,' as Secretary Denby points
out, no legislation was necessary in
order that oil might be retained in
the ground.
What Mr. Daniels wanted was au
thority to take oil from the ground
in his discretion and te dispose of it
in his discretion, even to the point of
providing storage for excess oil if he
considered it advisable.
Documentary evidence submitted
in the form of photostatic copies of
letters from the files of the Depart
ment of the Navy show that under
the authority granted him, Secretary
Daniels almost immediately began
leasing naval oil reserves to private
corporations; that he did this thru
the Secretary of the Interior; that he
permitted Secretary of the 'nterior
John Barton Payne to lease naval oil
reserves without even advertising
for public bids; that these leases pro
vided for the drilling of new welts.
The' records further show that the
royalty from the naval oil reserves
under these leases made by Secretary
of the Interior Payne, without adver
tising for public bids, was from 12
to 26 por cent. The records further
show that the leasing of naval oil
reserves under Secretary Denby and
Secretary Fall was done only after
advertising for bids and competitive
bids had been received; it shows that
the royalty obtained by the govern
ment on these leases ran from 12H
to 85 per cent, and that the actual
net royalty so far received on these
leases is over 27 per cent, or more
than the maximum royalty provided
for under the Daniels-Payne leases,
which were let without bidding.
"Question Is It a fact that the
then Secretary of the Navy, the Hon
orable Josephus Daniels, sent similar
letters to the chairman of the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs of the Senate
and of the House of Representatives,
dated respectively March 29, 1920, and
Mnrch 5, 1920, stating:
"(a) It therefore becomes impera
tive when viewed from an economical
standpoint only that machinery be
provided whereby wells may be drilled
for protection against drainage from
adjacent lands, or to supply oil for
the government' needs;
"(b) And that excess oil from pro
tective wells may be sold or storage
provided for excess oil, If considered
advisable.
"Answer Yes.
"Copies of these letters, dated, re
spectively, March 29, 1920, and March
5, 1920, are enclosed herewith. The
letter dsted March 5, 1920, to the
chairman of the Committee on Naval
Affairs, may be found on pages 3119
and 3120 of the hearings before the
Committee on Naval Affairs of the
House of Representatives, appropria
tions bill subjects 1920, volume 2.
"Question Is it a fact that In the
. above referred to letters dated March
6, 1920, and March 29, 1920, Secretary
Daniels suggested legislation as fol
lows: " 'That the Secretary of Navy Is di
rected to take possession of all prop
erties within the naval petroleum re
serves as are or may become vested in
the United States; to conserve, de
velop, use and operate the same in his
discretion, directly or by contract,
lease or otherwise, and to use, store,
exchange, refine, sell or otherwise dis
pose of the oil and gas products there
of and those from all royalty oil for
the benefit of the United States.'
"Answer Yes; thla language is a
verbatim quotation.
"Question Is it a fact that lan
guage practically as suggested by
these two letters was enacted into law
on June 4, 1920?
"Answer Yes.
"The language of that part of the
act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 813-314,
chap. 22R), referring to naval petro
leum reserves rends as follows:
"'Provided, That the Secretary of
the Navy Is directed to tnko posses
sion of all properties within the naval
petroleum reserves as are or may be-
ccme subject to the control and use
of the United States for naval pur
coses, and on which there are no
pending claims or applications for
permits or leases under the provis
ions of an act of Congress approved
February 25, 1920, entitled "An act to
provide for the mining of coal, phos
phate, oil, oil shale, gas and sodium
on the public domain," or pending
applications for United States patent
tinder any law; to conserve, develop,
use and operate the same in his dis
cretion, directly or by contract, lease
or otherwise and to use, store, ex
change or sell the oil and gas prod
ucts thereof, and those from all roy
alty oil from lands In the naval re
serves, for the benefit of the United
States; and provided further, that the
rights of any claimant under said act
of February 25, 1920, are not affected
adversely thereby; and provided fur
ther that such sums as have or may
be turned Into the Treasury of the
United States from royalties on lands
within the naval petroleum reserves
prior to July 1, 1921, not to exceed
$600,000, are hereby made available
for this purpose until July 1, 1922;
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provided further, that this appropria
tion shall be reimbursed from the
proper appropriations on account of
the oil and gaa products from said
properties used by the United States
at such rate, not in excess of the mar
ket value of the oil, as the Secretary
of the Navy may direct.'
"Question la It a fact that had It
been the policy of Secretary Daniels
at the time these letters were written
to retain the oil In the naval petro
leum reserves In the ground, no leg
islation of thla character was neoea
sary? "Answer It la obvious from the
language of the act that no legisla
tion waa necesaary In order that the
oil might be retained in the ground.
The retention of oil in the ground is
nowhere referred to In thla act.
"Question la it a fact that Secre
tary Daniela approved the leasing
without public advertisement by the
Hon. John Barton Payne, then Secre
tary of the Interior, and drilling of
new wells on naval oil reserves T
"Answer Yea. Under date of Aug
ust 21, 1920, the then Secretary of the
Navy informed the then Secretary of
the Interior that the lease of the Boston-Pacific
Oil company covering the
drilling of five new wells on section
32 of naval petroleum reserve No. 2,
was satisfactory to the Navy Depart
ment. The correspondence shows
that the terms of this lease were
agreed upon in conference between
the representatives of the oil com
pany and of the Navy Department,
and that such new drilling wss con
sidered necessary because of drain
age by owners of contiguous proper
ty. The royalty accruing to the gov
ernment under this lease was 25 per
cent. Under the so-called Doheny
lease of December 11, 1922, the roy
alty runs from 12H to 86 per cent,
and the actual net royalty received
has amounted to 27.14 per cent.
"There are Inclosed herewith pho
tostatic copies of letter from the then
Secretary of the Interior to the then
Secretary of the Navy, dated August
IB, 1920, letter from the then Secre
tary of the Navy to the then Secre
tary of the Interior, dated August 21,
WiO, letter from the then Secretary
of the Interior to the then President
of the United States, dated December
0, 1920, and the lease to the Boston-
Pacific Oil company - covering the
drilling of the five new wells.
"Under date of January 25, 1921,
the then Secretary of the Navy indi
cated to the then Secretary of the In
terior his willingness to lease 120
acres of the eastern part of section
28, of naval oil reserve No. 2, to the
Consolidated Mutual Oil company,
and this land was leased without re
striction to the number of wells that
might be drilled. The correspondence
shows that the reason for the leas
ing of this land was because of water
conditions. The government royalty
provided under this lease was from
12V4 to 25 per cent, while the royalty
provided by the so-called Doheny
lease of December 11, 1923, on naval
oil reserve No. 1, is from 12 to 36
per cent, and the actual net royalty
so far received is 27.14 per cent.
There are forwarded herewith pho
tostatic copies of letter of February
8, 1921, from the then Secretary of
the Interior to the then President of
the United States, letter dated Febru
ary 18, 1921, from the then Secretary
of the Interior to the then President
of the United States, and copy of
loose of the 120 acres of land to the
Coripolidated Mutual Oil company.
Question Is it a fact that pro
posals from three companies were
entertained for leasing the Teapot
Dome reserve and that five companies
were asked to bid on royalty oil from
the California naval reserve?
"Answer (a) The Texas Oil com
pany submitted a proposal to lease
the Teapot Dome oil reserve (see tes
timony of Mr. Amos L. Beatty, presi
dent of the Texas company, pages 763
et seq., of the hearings before the
Senate Committee on Public Lands
and Surveys).
Mr. Doheny had an opportunity to
bid (see page 1944 of hearings above
referred to).
Mr. Harry F. Sinclair was also in
vited to bid and submitted a bid
which was accepted.
(b) Five companies were invited
to bid on the royalty from naval pe
troleum reserve No. 1, namely, Stan
dard Oil company of California, the
Associated Oil company, Pan-Ameri
can Petroleum and Transport com
pany, the General Petroleum com
pany and the Pacific Oil company.
Three of these five companies sub
mitted bids; namely, the Standard
Oil company, the Associated Oil com
pany, and the Pan-American Petro
leum and Transport company. The
bids of these three companies are on
file In the Interior department."
Jewett Says Chances
of Export Bill Good
Washington, D. C, March 25.
George C. Jewett, president of the
American Wheat Growers associated,
who ia here to assist in securing the
passage in both the Senate nml the
House, of the McNary-Haugen hill
for the relief of the wheat growers
and farmers of the United Statos in
stimulating an export demnnd for
farm products, returned this morning
from New York inspired by develop
ments to believe the legislation which
Senator McNary has sponsored and
supported, will become a law, '
"Due to Senator McNary's efforts
the measure is before the Senate
with a favorable report," Mr, Jewett
said, on his arrival here today. "Sen
ator McNary has been untiring and
resourceful In his powerful support
of the McNary-Hnugcn Hill and we
who have been so keenly alive to the
necessity of securing aid for the
wheat growers and farmers aro more
and more certain that the measure
can become law. The action of the
Senate In voting down the Norbeck
Burtness Inw leavos the Hold clear for
this measure which will enable the
sale of the exportable surplus of
wheat and other commodities.
"In view of the unusual committee
assignments of Senator McNary In
the Senate and the confidence of his
colleagues In his leadership, we are
certain that favorable action in the
Senate Is assured and that everything
will be don to make this help for the
farmers quickly available.
As an example of th kind of as
sistance from the business world Sen
ator McNary is getting I desire to call
attention to th fact that John S.
Mitchell, president of th Capitol Na
tional Bank of St. Paul and formerly
member of th Federal Reserve Bank
board ia here to exert every possible
influence In favor of th IrfcNsry
Haugen measure.
"Good bankers and economists who
have studied th problem of the far
mer and the need of definite and
immediate relief for the food pro
ducer are more and more inclined to
unit on this measure as one that
will do more than any other suggest
ed remedy and w are greatly encour
aged in the probability of a success
ful end to the fight which Senator
McNary is making to get this legia
lation to President Coolidge for bis
signature."
Egg Laying Contest Is
Considered in Oregon
Host Pool try men Unable to Trapneet
Their Flocks, So Need Help In
Learnfnr Hens Ability.
Oregon needs an egg laying con
test. The poultry department of the
state college not only favors such a
contest, but would welcome an oppor
tunity to assist in organising and
maintaining it, provided it could be
organized and financed In such a man
ner as to make it a credit to the state.
Bays A. G. Lunn, poultry husbandman
in charge of experiment station work
at the college.
Many poultrymen and farmers are
unable to trap-nest their stock and
have no way of telling the real merits
of their selection or breeding work
without an official teat, explained
Professor Lunn,
"It is also a fact that few poultry
keepers keep actual records of cost
of production, a matter in which the
public at large is interested. If, as at
the present time, eggs are low in
price, and it is costing as much to
feed a hen as she Is returning in eggs
produced, the public should know it,
and knowing it perhaps they would
not be averse to paying at least
enough to compensate the producer
of good quality eggs," he said.
Resolutions favoring an egg laying
contest were adopted by the Oregon
Bankers association, the Willamette
Valley Realtors association and the
Oregon Poultrymen's association at
the recent agricultural conference at
Oregon Agricultural college.
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Farm Activities
FROM THE -MORROW COUNTY FARM BUREAU NEWS-
Wheat Growers Meeting
at Lexington February 9.
Two hundred and twenty-five Mor
row County wheat growers met at
Lexington, February 9, to discuss cur
rent problems of wheat growers and
the provisions of the McNary-Hau-gen
Bill. During the morning session
committees on resolutions, program,
and labor were appointed and talks
on wheat production given by D. E.
Stephens, and E. R. Jackman. In the
afternoon, the McNary-Haugen Bill
was explained and the Morrow Coun
ty Export Commission League organ
ized. The report of the committees
follow:
Report of Program Committee.
Under the present relation of cost
of labor and farm supplies to the
price of wheat, ft is difficult and in
many eases impossible to raise wheat
at a cost per bushel less than the
value of the wheat. There are only
two possible remedies. First, to in
crease the price of wheat by some
such way as in the McNary-Haugen
Bill; second, to reduce the cost of
growing wheat by using one or both
of the following methods:
1. Cheaper summer fallow and har
vesting methods.
2. Better yields per acre of high
quality wheat.
In regard to cheaper methods of
summerfallow and harvesting meth
ods, the Committee recommends that
the following possibilities be investi
gated: 1. Investigation by County Agent
of the possibilities of cheaper sum
merfallow methods, gathering infor
mation from all parts of the Western
United States Where summerfallow
ing is practiced.
2. Investigation of the roller type
of blade weeders now in use in Uma
tilla county.
3. Preparation of cost estimates
from the users of automatic feeders
for headed grain,
4. Investigation of possible savings
by using canvas instead of nets in
header boxes.
6. That the Farm Bureau try to get
prices on good canvas for use around
threshing machines.
Recognizing that it costs nearly as
much per acre to grow ten bushels
per acre as it does twenty, and there
fore, that the largest single factor
in reducing cost of production per
bushel is to get maximum yields per
acre, the Committee recommends
that the County Agent adopt fn his
crop program the following points:
1. Continuation of wheat nurseries,
including from year to year, all of
the promising new varieties.
2. Continuation of wheat certifica
tion. 3. Distribution of smut-resistant
wheats as soon as possible.
4. Demonstration of the possibility
of cutting down rates of seeding with
copper carbonate, thereby making
substantial savings on seed.
6. A tour to the Moro Experiment
Station, and a County tour taking in
demonstrations and visits to the nur
series on the Lawrence Redding farm
at Eight Mile, and Troy Bogard's,
north of lone.
6. Demonstration of the efficiency
of the various brands of copper car
bonate and getting information on
their costs.
7. Variety trials on a field of Tur
key Red vs. Hybrid 128 vs. Fortyfold.
8. Trials of Hard Federation seeded
very early in the Spring on stubble.
9. Demonstration of the possibili
ties of Fall seeded Federation on the
heavier lands.
10. Experimental plantings of flax.
11. Barley variety trials.
The Moro Experiment Station has
included in its work, the testing out
of all of the possible varieties of
trees adapted to dry land use. The
Committee recommends that the
County Agent secure from this and
other sources all available informa
tion on varieties and prices of shade
and ornamental trees and method of
growing them so that by another
year the Farm Bureau may bring in
trees at the lowest possible cost, in
order to beautify farms, provide
shade in summer, and make living
more pleasant.
The Committee feels that certain
practices have passed the experimen
tal and demonstration stage in this
County, have proved their unques
tioned merit and should be adopted
by everyone. The Committee recom-
mends that the following practices
should be adopted in order to secure
maximum yields and lower cost per
bushel.
1. Early Spring plowing.
2. Discing stubble only when plow
ing cannot be done early.
3. Seeding not later than October
15, even if rain has not come, but
use of Copper Carbonate in all cases
when seeding in the dust.
4. General uae of CuC03.
6. Clean aummer fallow worked as
shallow as possible.
6. Use of pure seed of standard
varieties.
7. Substitution of more Spring
planted barley for Spring wheat.
8. For Fall seeding, Turkey Red,
Hybrid 128, Fortyfold. For Spring
seeding, Hard Federation, except for
hay.
Committee: B. H. Peck, Dwight
Misner, Fred Raymond, Earl Eskel
son, Earl Warner.
Report of Resolutions Committee,
We, the undersigned committee on
resolutions, beg to submit the fol
lowing: Be it Resolved, by the farmers of
Morrow County, Oregon, in conven
tion assembled, being three hundred
farmers, producers of 90,000 bushels
of wheat, in attendance:
First That we favor the McNary
Haugen Bill, believing that it will
afford early relief to the wheat grow
er, early and effective relief being
necessary to save the wheat fBrmer
from bankruptcy.
Second-rThat we can see In the
further extension of credits no relief
to the wheat growers, the' majority
of whom are now laboring under as
great a burden of interest payments
as they can well afford to attempt to
carry, their need being some remedy
which will enable them to obtain such
price for their product as will give
them a reasonable profit, this in turn
enabling them to reduce their indebt
edness and relieving them of the ne
cessity of asking for extension of
credit.
Third Since a protective tariff has
been the means of securing to other
lines of industry a profit which was
really remunerative, we favor such
a tariff upon wheat as will save to
the American farmer the home mar
ket, otherwise he should not be re
quired to pay on what he purchases a
tariff upon the things which he mnst
have in his line of work, the farmers'
position being simply that we ask for
what the immortal Roosevelt styled
"a square deal" so far as tariff leg
islation is concerned.
Fourth That a copy of these res
olutions be sent to the president of
the United States, to each of our Rep
resentatives and Senators in Con
gress, and to each of the local papers
of the County.
Be it further Resolved, That we
heartily commend the work being
done by the Experiment Station at
Moro in solving the problem of the
farmer, and we hereby express our
appreciation of the asBsitance ren
dered by Director D. E. Stephens, of
the Moro Experiment Station, and
Professor E. R. Jackman, of the Ex
tension Service vi the O, A. C, in
making the meeting a success; and
also extend to the other speakers our
hearty thanka for their able and in
structive addresses.
Committee: R. B. Wilcox, Charles
B. Cox, Jeff Jones, H. M. Olden, S.
E. Notson.
Report of Labor Committee.
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only class of laborers hat den and
top wares, rerardleis of their skill
or efficiency; therefsre Be it Resolv
ed, that an effort be made by the
farm organizations in Wasco, Sher
man, Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla
Counties to establish a graduated
wa;e seal for various kinds of labor
with scale low enough so that skill
ed labor, efficient hands and those
that stay with their jobs can be re
warded for their efficiency by a sub
stantial raise over . the advertised
scale.
We further recommend a wage
scale of from thirty-live to fifty dol
lars per month for common farm
hands for Spring work and that farm
organizations endeavor to cooperate
in investigating the supply and de
mand of labor and endeavor to estab
lish uniform scale with reasonable
variation for efficiency for harvest
wages.
Committee: R. A. Campbell, chair
man, Fred Mankin, W. F. Barnett,
William Padberg, R, W. Turner, Ed
ward Rietmann.
Report, Livestock Group,
Economic Conference.
By GARNET BARRATT.
In a previous issue of this paper,
Mr. R. W. Turner has given a very
complete report of the Economic Con
ference at Corvallia, January 23 to
25, therefore as one of the represen
tatives to that conference from this
county, I will try to briefly outline
some of the investigations and rec
ommendations as taken from the live
stock committee report, with special
note of those pertaining to stock in
terests in Morrow county. Those in
terested may obtain a complete report
from the County Agent as limited
space does not permit a full report.
The last census report values beef
cattle in Oregon at approximately
twenty-nine and one-half million dol
lars; sheep at twenty-four and one
half million, and dairy cattle at less
than nineteen million. Sheep and cat
tle constitute the chief source of in
come from approximately three-
fourths the area of the state com
posed of grazing area, while farming
and iri gated regions compose the bal
ance, or approximately fifteen million
acres, where dairying and hog rais
ing with fanning compose the largest
livestock income.
With reference to beef cattle it was
found that the actual reduction in
numbers in the last few years has
been less than is generally assumed.
In 1920 Oregon produced 166 per eent
of its beef requirement, while the
three Pacific Coast states produced
only 87 per cent of beef requirement
for their entire population.
It is the vast grazing area that
pay tribute to
a Superstition
The idea that "eastern" motor oils merely because they cost more
are in some mysterious way "better" is just as baseless as the super
stition about the black cat crossing the road, illustrated above.
Automotive engineers have long recognized that the most suitable
crude petroleum so far discovered from which to manufacture a motor
oil is produced on the Pacific Coast It is Naphthenic Base Crude.
"Thinning Down" an Advantage
The motor oil (Zerolene) which is refined
from this crude has characteristics some
what different from those of eastern
paraffine base oils. It "thins down" more
rapidly for one thing, and this fact is oft
en cited against it But this is really an
advantage instead of a defect. Because
it thins down more rapidly, it reaches an
effective lubricating body sooner, and fol
lows more closely the changing bearing
clearances of the engine as it warms up.
Highway Commission Finds the Fads
Some time ago the engineers of the Cali
fornia State Highway Commission de
cided to subject this anti-western bogie
to the brutal test of actual comparison.
Read the summary of these tests, printed
in the 1921 Biennial Report of the Cali-
fornia State Highway Commission:
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(CALIFORNIA)
has made beef production a large
livestock enterprise fn this state. Ex
periences prove that the cheapest
beef fs produced oa grass with hay
in winter and that it is more profit
able to sell steers at two years of
age than at three years or older. Fat
tening at an older age takes more
grain, that will make more profit if
fed to hogs.
The last two years have been times
of deep depression for the cattle man
and much dissatisfaction has been
the result, with a tendency of cattle
men to go into the sheep business as
a more profitable investment. It was
the recommendation of the commit
tee that range land where grazing and
feed conditions are best suited to cat
tle should be continued as such, as
alternating from eattle to sheep, and
from sheep to cattle under temporary
price fluctuations Is not justified on
such lands. Selling cat tie at low
prices and purchasing sheep at high
prices is not deemed advisable.
The sheep industry like the cattle
industry is assured a permanent place
in Oregon agriculture by reason of
the grazing areas that cannot be used
otherwise. Sheep have decreased
thirty million head in the last twenty
years, while our population has in
creased. Our annuai production of
wool in the United States today is
less than fifty per eent of our eon
sumption, with an average importa
tion in the last three years of three
hundred and forty-two million
pounds. The outlook for sheep indus
try is very good at present. Because
of limited range, it is not thuoght
that range sheep will be increased,
but it is believed that farm sheep
ean be increased as profitable side
line of small farms in valley and
irrigated sections, without interfer
ing with other farm enterprises. Ex
periences of others in country prove
this. Because a few sheep are a great
help in the utilization of weeds and
farm waste lands on the average farm
and furnish two crops a year, their
use as a permanent feature of a div
ersified fanning program is destined
to grow rather than diminish.
Oregon is deficient in the produc
tion of hogs, in fact it is the only
product that it does not produce en
ough of for its own consumption. The
needs at present are one-half hog per
person or about 390,000 hogs. It was
recommended that each farm keep en
ough hogs to utilize farm waste; that
dairy farms keep one hog to the cow
to use up surplus milk; one hog for
every five to ten acres of grain, and
one hog to be kept to use up garbage
wastes on farm. In this way enough
hogs can be kept to supply local con
sumption at a profitable cost, and not
have to ship so much pork into the
state, and thereby keep the money
at home.
Lower freight rates on purebred
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livestock In less than earlosd lots
were urged as a means of auflding
up the herds of country. Many n
in Morrow county would like te feuiM
ap better herds if it were eot for the
exeessiva freight rates en this c!a
of stock.
Livestock club work for the boys
and gi rls was recommended to be
further extended and encouraged.
It was urged that stocknen having
stock to ship keep in closer touch
with their commission men and fol
low his advice as he is in a better
position to know the exact condition
of market and time to ship. Co-operation
in this way wou'd eliminate
much of market congestion and daily
price fluctuations of present time.
Matter of increase of grazing fees
brought Dp by forest officials and dis
cussed quite freely by livestock men
present. It waa the eonaensus of opin
ion that increase at this time Is not
justified. Fees paid by livestock grow
ers at present pay all expenses of
forestry with an excess of S00 per
cent over and above expenses.
My only regret was that there were
not more men at the conference front
Eastern Oregon. A conference of this
kind brings men from all parts of th
state in ail businesses and the mater
ial obtained by being there is inval
uable. Many things of utmost im
portance to state were discussed and
a broader view given the individual
than by any other means. More
meetings of this kind would make ft
greater and better Oregon and c om
en unities.
SEED WHEAT For sale, at my
ranch, Eight Mile, at $1.00 per bu
90 sacks Hard Federation certified
seed wheat. L. REDDING.
WHEN K MAN MMCES
POOL OF HIMSELF, HE
USES MI6HTY CHEAP '
MATERIAL. EH ?
Although thinning oat more rapidly, the
(western) oil does not show any greater
breaking down under high working tem
peratures than the (eastern) oil, nor was
there any greater deposit of carbon. Nei
ther did the viscosity after use increase or
decrease any more in the case of one than
in the other."
A Better Oil Even if It Does Cost Less
Zerolene, because we employ only se
lected crude and hold the patents on
our high-vacuum refining process, is,
we are convinced, one of the most care
fully manufactured oils on the market,
whether of eastern or western origin.
Yet it costs about one-third less than
eastern oil.
In seven years the sales of Zerolene
have increased seven-fold. The more
experienced the motorist, the leys likely
be is to pay tribute to a superstition.
He insists on Zerolene even if it
does cost less.