THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1921
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Spcnce Does Not Believe
It Is Time to Quit
Cooperation.
C. E. S pence. Market Agent
In th morning papers of Portland
under date of May 19, there appeared
a story under headlines "Co-Operative
Associations Declared Failure,"
which quoted State Market Agent
Spence with filing a report with Gov
ernor Pierce in which was the state
ment "It is time to go NO further
with marketing associations," and in
the headlines and story the impres
sion was carried that the market
agent had seen the futility of fur
ther work on co-operative lines and
recommended abandoning the work.
because of the fact that the story
has been more or less reprinted by
the country papers, and because of
the further fact that it was not true,
the market agent wishes to correct
the errors. This was not a report
filed with the governor, but simply
a part of a regular pres letter to the
state press. In it the market agent
stated, "It is time TO GO FURTHER
with marketing associations," while
the story in the Portland daily stated
"It is time to go NO further," making
an exactly opposite statement than
was made. Only half of the article
was printed, leaving the co-operative
story half told. The errors were
doubtless a confusion with the writer
or in the newspaper office.
Canada takes almost any steps the
farm era ask for to relieve their con
dition. The legislature of Quebec has
passed a resolution to exempt farm
ers from the provisions of the bank
ruptcy law, so that they cannot lose
their property or credit.
The so-called "effete" and conser
vative east is making rapid strides in
farmer co-operative work and may
yet be showing the west the way to
make It work big. A committee of
ten, appointed March 13, to investi
gate the best means of making the
dairy industry profitable, has made
its report. It recommends an organ
ization of all the dairy farmers of
New Kngtand states under contract
to deliver products to one co-operative
agency; that producers own and
control all the facilities necessary to
manufacture their own products and
by-products; central markets, well
equipped plants, etc., in fact a great
organization to reduce the cost of
marketing, reduce prices to the con
sumer and increase prices to the pro
ducer by co-operative handling and
manufacturing all dairy products
from the farm to the retailer.
Co-operators are having to face the
fact that the answer to the often
asked question of how to get a fairly
reasonable price for their products, Is
"get control of the selling end of the
buvinens." Producers can't expect to
make profits as long as they permit
middle handlers to add two dollars to
one dollar between the farm and con
sumer. Farmers have got to do their
own selling, be their own middle men,
and retain these middle profits. They
have got to organize solidly to do it.
It will not be a difficult undertaking
when the farmers all come to this
one way of thinking.
The organization of a huge selling
agency to hsndle the northwest's five
million dollar prune crop is under
way. It is a federation of the grow
ers of Oregon and Washington. The
crop will be graded, standardized and
sold collectively under modern mar
keting systems. Its success very
largely depends on management.
There is no reason why it cannot suc
ceed as private big business organi
sations succeed. There is plenty of
room between what the grower gets
for the fruit and what the consumer
pays for it for higher prices to pro
ducers and lower prices to consumers.
If the orgs ni tat ion will cut out many
of the middle handlers and their
profits and act! direct to the big chain
tores and other like retailers, the
prune industry may again becow
profitable to the northwest.
Now They're Making Gas
Out of Dry Wheat Straw
The United States Bureau o Chem
istry announces the discovery of a
method whereby a ton of sun-dried
wheat straw is said to yield 10,000
cubic feet of illuminating gas, 10 gal-.
Ions of tar, and 625 pounds of carbon
residue.
The bureau intimates that some
day we may see motorists buying gas
by the cubic foot from the local gas
company, instead of gasoline by the
gallon from the service station. Cars
have been operated by gas experi
mentally, the gas being carried in a
rubber storage bag. A car carrying
300 cubic feet of gas can run about
fifteen miles it is aaid.
RABIES SHOULD
BE CONTROLLED
Prom State Board of Health.
Rabies among dogs hat shown an
alarming increase in prevalence in
southwestern and eastern Oregon
during the past year. Rabies is a
transmittable disease to all warm
blooded animals including man. The
disease is more prevalent in the sum
mer. Rabies is caused by an organ
ism which passes through the finest
filter. The infection is transmitted
when a rabid animal bites a suscep
tible or licks another in such a way
that the saliva comes in contact with
abrasions in the skin or mucous mem
branes. The abrasions may be so
minute that they are imperceptible.
The incubation period or the time
between the infection and the devel
opment of the disease, is from three
weeks to many months.
The earliest symptoms in dogs is
not, as commonly believed, a tendency
to rush furiously and blindly about,
biting animals or inanimate objects.
Before these symptoms develop, the
animal passes through a stage of
apparent melancholia in which it
tries to hide and appears restless;
athe restlessness increases, the dog
begins to suffer from apparent halu
cinations, snapping and emitting a
characteristic howl. A pet dog while
in this condition attempts to lick the
hands of its friends. Later ft leaves
home, travels many miles and returns
in a state of exhaustion which is fol
lowed by paralysis and death. In
some animals the disease never de
velops intolhe furious stage. During
the later stage of the disease, the
flow of saliva from the mouth is
abundant and it is highly infectious.
Whenever possible the animal
should be tied up for observation; it
will die within ten days if it is rabid,
if it has to be killed care should be
taken that the head and particularly
the brain is not injured. The head
should be sealed in a tin container
then packed in sawdust and ice and
sent to the laboratory of the State
Board of Health, Portland, Oregon,
express prepaid.
In 1HH6, Louis PaBteur found that
the spinal cord of a rabbit inoculated
with rabies virus could be dried and
emulsified in such a way that the
virus in the cord would not produce
the disease but would develop immu
nity in the body of the person treated
with it. The treatment is available
to all persons who need it and should
be begun without loss of time after
the person has been bitten by an ani
mal known or suspected to be af
fected with rabies.
Although rabies is by no means
confined to dogs the control of the
disease depends upon the prevention
of its spread among dogs. Coyotes
have spread the infection in south
western and eastern Oregon. To pre
vent the spread of the disease, three
measures are essential. First the
coyotes must be eradicated. Second
there must be an effective round up
and impounding of all stray dogs.
Third dogs valued by their owners
must be confined, or muzzled when
allowed to run at large, or if they
are allowed to run at large they must
be immunized against the diseas. I
An antirablc vaccine for tha pro- 1
ention of the disease In animals is
now produced by biological labora
tories and it has been amply demon
st, a ted that It will render dogs im
mune to the disease. The length of
the immunity secured by one treat
ment with vaccine is undetermined.
It is fairly well established, however,
that the immunity lasts at least one
year.
Frequently rabies Is called hydro
phobia, because it is commonly sup
posed that a fear of water is charac
teristic of the disease. In dogs this
is untrue but in man this term would
nearly describe the condition. The
disease causes fear, difficult breath
ing and difficulty in swallowing. The
patient is sensitive to light, noise and
odors. As the disease progresses con
vulsions develop with periods of ex
haustion and death usually occurs in
a violent convulsion within three
weeks of the time of the first symptom.
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HEPPNER, OREGON
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FOR THE
FAMILY
The wife and kiddies will
enjoy a change from the
monotony of home-cooked
meals, so why not suggest
coming here for dinner ev
ery one in awhile. No wor
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that all will like. Moderate
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We Serve Chinese
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RESTAURANT
HEPPNER'S POPULAR
EATING HOUSE -
AIR SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES
AGAIN OPEN FOR ENLISTMENTS
Portland, June 4. The local re
cruiting officer in the new Post Office
Building this morning received in
struction! from the Ninth Corps Area
Headquarters, Han Francisco, to make
a limited number of enlistments for
the Air Service, Ph.Mip.ne Island.
This is considered an eiceptional op
portunity for qualified young men to
get In this popular branch of tha ser
vice. There are also a few other
branches fn the Philippines open for
enlistment.
The Chemical Warfare Serice, Ha
waiian Islands, is now open for enlist
ments for the first time in nearly 2
yars. Other branches in Hawaii that
have vacancies are: Band 3 Infantry.
Engineer's, Signal Corps, and Field
Artillery
F. G. French of Heppner underwent
a minor operation at the Hamilton
hospital Friday. The Dalles Optimist.
J. W. Morrow was here for Decor
ation Day from his Portland home.
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Do you have anything left for
yourself that is, to set aside in a
savings fund?
If in the past you have had noth
ing left for yourself, try this month
to proportion your expenditures; so
much for food, so much for clothing,
fuel, etc., and set aside as a beginner
a fair amount as a saving fend.
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Heppner, Oregon