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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY3, 1928.
Seven Library Leagues
In Schools of County
The Oregon Children's Book lea
gue, organized in one-room schools
last fall by the state library, is just
finishing the first year's work. Since
October there have been 182 leagues
organized in the state with 1.P36
members. The trustees of the state
library are following this work with
interest and are inclined to use a
large portion of the book fund for
boys and girls in the rural schools.
There are seven leagues in Morrow
county in districts 4, 31, 29, 32, 6, 38,
and 49, with a membership of 51.
State Superintendent Howard will
soon issue certificates to the mem
bers who have completed the re
quired reading.
When the children joined the
league they agreed to read one book
each month from collections fur
nished by the Oregon State library
in its new "little libraries" for chil
dren, or from the traveling libraries,
of the mail order service, both fur
nished by the state library. They
might read, also, books from State
School Library list if they were
found in the school library. "The
reports just received at the state
library show that the league is pop
ular in rural districts, and that
these country children have proba
bly read more and better books than
most of the children in the larger
towns and cities of the state," says
Miss Cornelia Marvin, state librar
ian. Many members read all of the
twenty-five children's books in the
"little libraries," and in their re
ports they list their favorites. They
liked "Ox Team Days on the Ore
gon Trail," stories of children of
other lands, animal stories, and In
dian stories.
German 'Irish ,Air Heroes Cross Atlantic
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A non-stoo flight from Europe to North America, the first ever
inade. was accomplished by Captain Hermann Koehl, chief pilot. Col.
James Fitzmaurice and Freiherr Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld,(
who landed safely on Greenly Island in Belle Isle Straits, near Labra-'
dor, in the Junkers monoplane Bremen. Lack of fuel caused by strong
headwinds and fog made the landing on Greenly Island necessary. Mil
lions of people waited anxiously for news of them while their fate.
hong in the balance on Friday, April lJ
Nurse Crop Cuts Cost
Of Starting Alfalfa
The cost of starting alfalfa is
greatly reduced when seeded with
a grain crop. Cost studies made by
the Oregon experiment , station in
six eastern and southern Oregon
regions in the last three years show
this to be true.
It costs $21.33 per acre, on the
average, to get a stand of alfalfa
when sown alone and $5.43 per acre
when sown with grain, or a differ
ence of $15.90 per acre. Neverthe
less there are situations where seed
ing alone is preferable.
When the alfalfa is seeded alone
all the charges for labor and the
entire cost of the irrigation water,
taxes and interest on the land must
be made against the alfalfa. When
tne aitaita is seeded with a gram
crop these costs are divided.
This saving amounts to nearly $2
an acre a year when spread over
a lifetime of ten years for the stand
of alfalfa. Since the cost of start
ing the alfalfa like the Initial cost
of a tractor is the figure on which
depreciation is based, a saving in
this cost makes more yearly profit
possible.
Other factors than the cost may
determine the method of starting
alfalfa. In some sections the lack
of water at certain seasons makes
it necessary to seed alfalfa alone
The kind of soil is sometimes a de
termining factor. It is easier to con
trol weeds when the alfalfa is seed
ed alone.
Some glowers seed alone because
they think they get better stands.
Farmers who think that by seeding
alone they can get a stand enough
better to produce an additional $2
worth of hay each year would be
justified in using that method even
though it is more expensive.
Road Building Increases
Over Country for 1 928
There will be approximately one
and one-half billion dollars spent
for roads throughout the country
this year and highway construc
tion will at least equal and probably
exceed the highest mark recorded
in any preceding year, according to
Dr. E. B. McDaniel, president of
the Oregon State Motor association.
This prediction, it was said, is based
on information just received from
the American Automobile associa
tion, with which the club is affiliated
Dr. McDaniel said that improve
ment of the state and Federal-aid
highway systems under the super
vision of the various states will go
forward during the season now
opening with a construction of more
than 20,000 miles of surfaced roads
and about 6000 miles graded and
drained.
Dr. McDaniel we advised by the
A. A. A. of road-building propects,
after reports of the various states
to the Bureau of Public Roads, un
der which ithe Federal-aid program
is carried out, had been carefully
considered.
"Oregon's activities will continue
unhampered for the year 1928, but
the threat of the $3 license" fee has
stopped all plans for 1929," said the
doctor. "State reports," he contin
ued, "indicates that at least 240,000
miles of the total of 288,000 in the
various state highway systems will
be maintained this year under the
supervision of the state highway
departments, a fact which should
insure the traveling public a high
degree of road service.
"Funds estimated as available for
expenditure during the year by, the
state highway departments are
about 25 per cent greater in total
amount than similar estimates in
dicated at the beginning of last sea
son. It is practically certain that
the funds available to all state high
way departments for construction
and maintenance of roads and
bridges will exceed $750,000,000, and
local revenues, expendable by coun
ty and local authorities, will swell
the highway total to well over $1,-300,000,000."
my support to the republican who
is nominated.
JIDGE BUTLER'S CANDIDACY.
(The Dalles Chronicle)
Judge R. R. Butler's decision to
become a candidate for the United
Statts represe.itntiveship being re
linquished by N. J. Slnnott will be
welcomed by republicans in this
part-cf eastern and central Oregon,
who have long felt that Mr. Butler's
political abilities rank him as wor
thy of national recognition.
Many of Mr. Butler's friends were
disappointed when he decided
against becoming a candidate for
the United States senate, and re
tired In favor of Fred Steiwer of
Pendleton, who was elected. Now
another opportunity Is at hand in
the retirement of "Nick" Slnnott,
Gay M. Anderson, accompanied
by his son, Gay, departed on Sat
urday for Vancouver, Wajh., where
he was called to see his mether,
who recently suffered a bioken hip
in a fall. Mrs. Anderson- is past 73
years of age and her recovery from
the injury will be slow. Mr. Ander
son and son returned home Sunday
night, being accompanied by D. T.
Goodman who was returning home
from Portland.
Charley Erwin, in from the wheat
ranch Tuesday, reports a heavy
wind with some hail out that waj
Monday, but no damage resulted.
The wind blew very hard and raised
lots of dust and Monday night turn
ed cold again, ice freezing on the
vatering troughs.
ROY W. RITNER.
Roy W. Ritner of Umatilla coun
ty, candidate for the republican
nomination for congress in the east
ern Oregon district, to Succeed N. J.
Sinnott makes the following statement:
All of the five able men who now
represent Oregon in congress are
lawyers. Agriculture, horticulture,
cattle and sheep are the dominant
industries of eastern Oregon. Logic
demands that at least one member
should be a farmer, qualified by
long practical experience with ag
ricultural problems, and seasoned
with business training and previous
legislative service.
Industry is protected by the tar
iff; railroads by the Interstate Com
merce commission; banking by the
Federal Reserve; labor by immigra
tion laws but agriculture, notwith
standing it has borne the brunt of
after war deflation, has waited In
vain for cor.prossioral help and rec
ognition. I am for legislation which
will give the same protection to ag
riculture that has heretofore been
so generously extended to industry,
railroads, banking and labor.
I am committed to the construc
tion of the Umatilla Rapids project
at the earliest possible date, and for
a general policy of federal develop
ment of the Columbia river for
power, irrigation and navigation
purposes. The Columbia should be
navigible so as to reduce excessive
freight rates on products of the
interior moving to tidewater. The
cheap hydro electric power of the
river should be made available on
the farms and in the homes of the
people.
I favor the complete development
of federal irrigation projects auth
orized by congress on a basis of
fair p'ay to tht .rt sent settlers and
with a view to settlement of vacant
lands. I will favor new projects
when justified bthe growth of the
state.
I faor the adequate care, hospit
alization and compensation of the
veteran of the late wars and pre
vious wars. My experience overseas
during the late war extended over
several months spent with the field
hospitals and I kuow lrom personal
observation the sufering and sacri
fice of our fighting men.
The various counties of the state
should be reimbursed by the fed
real government for the loss of
taxes from lands held in forest re
serves, Indian reservations and land
grants. Un'il such legislation can
be secured I most emphatically fa
vor the continuation of the federal
appropriation used in cooperation
with the state in constructing inter
stale highways and forest roads.
I favor a tariff on wool, wheat,
timber products and other commod
ities raised in quantities in Oregon.
The federal government should bet
ter cooperate with the state in ex
terminating the predatory animals
that prey upon the livestock of the
fanners and ranchers.
It is my intention to conduct a
clean, fair campaign and I pledge
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and It is generally felt here that
the district could send no more able
man to Washington In Sinnott'c
place than Judge Butler.
The peculiar nature of the cam
paign which must be made in order
to procure the "write-In" nomina
tion will necessitate arduous work
on the part of any candidate who
hopes to win. Judge Butler will
have a strong lead by reason of his
popularity in Wasco, Hood River,
Sherman, Wheeler and . Gilliam
counties. He is the present .state
senator from Wasco and Hood Riv
er counties, and he formerly served
as circuit judge for the latter three
counties. .Judge Butler will get
many votes in these five counties
and he v.lll stand an even chance
in others In the district
It is estimated that a maximum
of 5000 write-in votes will win the
nomination. The actual winning fig
ure probably will be considerably
less than this, therefore it may be
seen that large majorities in the
five above-mentioned counties will
be a big factor In favor of Butler.
From the standpoint of ability
Judge Butler is equal, if not super
ior, to all rivals for the nomination.
He has a state-wide record for ora
tory, and the eloquence that has
convinced many a jury would be a
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There is little doubt but that Wal
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Butler is the choice of the republi
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