The Hermiston herald., February 24, 1927, Image 1

The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
DAIRY COW CAM
MO BETTER HOME
OM AM IRRIGATED
‘ARM ON THIS PROJECT.*
yilte Bromafcm Urralh
VOI. ZZ I
HERMISTON, ONE OF
THE BEST POULTRY
DISTRICTS ANYWHERE
IN THE NORTHWEST
No. 29
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1927
»toolUN AT SALEM
RUNS OVER4O DAYS
WOMAN SHERIFF
[Law m akers Unable to Complete
L bers Wi bin the Consti­
tutional Limit.
ANNUAL 0.
A. C. SCHOLARSHIP
FOR RECORD IN
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CLUB
IN 1926
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LAMBING BRISK IN
MANY SHEEP GAMPS
CHINESE GENERAL
l|HOOD river grower
TALKS ABOUT BERRIES
L oren Jackson, son of Mr. an d Mrs.
BE POSSIBLE NOW
Session of Congress tco Nearly Over
To Get Passage of Bill,
Dean Discovers.
..Fails.
Special Election In June
LOREN JACKSON WINNER OF U, P.
NEW EXPERIMENT FARM NOT TO E. L, Jack so n , w on th e O regon A g ri­ PERCENTAGE
| Tithing Bill Opposed In Senate— W il­
son River Toll Road Bill Vetoed—
Increase In Property Assessment
Proposed— Old Age Pension Law
Salem .—The leg islatu re w as unable
to com plete Its work w ithin th e 40-
d a y eu n stitu tio n al lim it, so it w as
n ec e ssa ry to extend th e jessio n over
In to th is week. T he m ost im portant
piece of legislation left for co n sid era­
tion when ad journm ent w as taken
over the week end was th e so-called
tith in g bill, w hich would d iv ert to the
general fund a percentage of all spe­
cial funds except tru s t funds such as
school and fuñas oí the sta te accident
comm ission.
T he tith in g bill passed th e house
w ith little or no opposition, but th ere
w as strong opposition in th e senate,
very largely due to the fact th a t it
w as believed it would affect the sta le
highw ay program because of th e very
considerable sum it would d iv ert from
road funds.
Only th ree votes w ere cast against
th e ad m inistration sta te incom e tax
bill in th e senate. T here w ere 27
votes In favor of the m easure, which
had previously passed th e houso of
rep resen tativ es.
MEAD’S OBJECTIONS
HOLD UP MEASURE
M rs Frank Chase, a Quaker, Is the
sheriff of Kiowa county, Kansas, the
first woman to hold that position in
the state.
BURNED STRAW GIVES
USEFUL PRODUCTS
New York.—A process by w hich a
tor. of straw may. be burned to extract
$250 w orth of useiul products from
the sm oke has been discovered by
Georg’e H. H arrison, an industrial
chem ist, according to announcem ent
by a farm m agazine.
The chem ist, it is said, has obtained
1600 pounds of products from each
ton of w heat or oat straw , th e prod
u cts including a new germ icide favor­
ably reported on by th e Mayo brothers
of R ochester, a roofing and dam p
proofing paint, and a fly spray.
"T h ere is, indeed,” said Mr. H arri­
son, “hardly any lim it to th e products
th a t cun be derived from straw by de­
stru ctiv e d istillation. W hen th e pro
cess has grown up to its possibilities
every A m erican farm er who grows
grain will feel th e difference. Even
now, if you would take me to a farm
and o ffer m e th e grain or th e straw ,
I would tak e the straw . Potentially,
at least, it is th e m ore valuable of
the tw o.”
In the la tte r part of June, probably
o n Tuesday, the 28th, the people of
O regon will be called to th e polls to
say through the ballot box w hether
th ey approve, or disapprove, th e In­
come tax bill put through th e senate
W ednesday by so decisive a vote.
S ecretary of S tate Kozer, through
w hose official hands the election m a­
ch inery operates, is checking up the
tim e th a t n ecessarily m ust elapse be­
tw een th e end of the legislatu re and
a convenient d ate for a special elec­
tion.
The W ilson riv e r toll road bill was
vetoed by G overnor P atterso n . In giv­
ing his reasons tor retu rn in g th e bill
w ithout his approval the governor
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
says th a t he fully appreciates th e val­
i
ue and convenience of the proposed
T h e death toll from th e recen t Cal
road, but th a t it is a local road and ifo rn la storm reached 25 and property
“ its construction a t th is tim e would dam age was $1,000,000.
co n stitu te a radical d e p a rtu re from
T h e T exas sen ate voted, 19 to 7, to
th e program of economy which is of rep eal th e am nesty g ran ted Jam es E.
Ferguson, ex-goverpor, by th e la s t leg­
su ch vital p resen t necessity .”
Owing to th e financial condition of islature.
A w orld’s convention of W om en’s
th e state, th e governor says he does
n o t believe th a t a new and expensive C h ristian T em perance Union o rg an i­
p roject in any dep artm en t of the state zations, to be held a t L ausanne, Sw itz­
erland, In August, 1928, w as an-
should be in stitu ted a t th is time.
Bills carrying appropriatio n s aggre nounced by Miss A nna A. Gordon,
g ating $1,285,250 in connection with world president.
th e s ta te ’s building program dusing
R e-establishm ent of diplom atic rela­
th e cu rren t biennium w ere approved tions and thn exchange bf m in isters
is'p ro v id e d for under accords signed
by both houses.
by th e A m erican high com m issioner,
S hortage A lm ost $4,000,000
O fficial figuréis furnished by the R ear A dm iral Mark L. Bristol, and the
clerk of t h e . Joint w ays and m eans T u rk ish foreign m in ister, Tewfik
com m ittee show the s ta te ’s financial R ushdi Bey.
Side H ill O rm sby Segls, an Illinois
sh ortage to be $3,882,206.41 if th e leg
Islature approves and the governor cow, in 30 days had produced tw o and
signs all bills from the com m ittee. Thi one-fifth tim es h er w eight in milk.
to ta l of th e recom m ended ap propria Side H ill is a pure bred H olsteln-Frle-
tions and continuing appropriations sian and belongs to John R. Logan &
is $12,097,478.41 and estim ated re Son of Sew ard, III. She is 5 y ears
ceip ts for th e tw o years are $8.215,272 old. In th e last 30 days she h as given
G overnor P atterso n signed a bill 3910.6 'p ounds of m ilk and 159.3
w hich provides th a t the heads of the pounds of butter.
various s ta te Institutions shall bf
know n as superintendents. The board Longworth Gets Speaker Nomination.
W ashington, D. C.—N icholas Long-
o f control is authorized to fix the
sa la rie s of these officials. It also is w orth, rep resen tativ e of Ohio, w as se­
provided th a t th e board may fix the lected by acclam ation by his republi­
can colleagues as th e ir p arty candi­
sa la ry of Its secretary.
T he senate, a fte r adopting a report d ate to succeed him self a3 sp eak er in
recom m ending passage of a bill ex th e n ex t congress. As republicans
ten d in g until D ecem ber 31 o f th is yoai will h av e a clean-cut m ajo rity in the
th e tim e for m aking operative th e in ­ house th e nom ination is v irtually
itia tiv e m easure approved a t th e last equivalent to election. R ep resen tativ e
g en eral election
elim inating
fish Tilson of C onnecticut also w as select
w heels from th e upper Colum bia river, ed unanim ously to succeed him self as
defeated the bill by th e n arro w ma p arty floor leader.
Jority of one vote.
Dead Laws Repealed
Baptists To Convene
M issionary w ork in se v eral of its
One thing th is legislature Is notable
fo r above o th er sessions is th e effort ph ases jv lll be considered by B ap­
m ade w ith considerable success to tis ts o f th e co u n ty a t a m e etin g th a t
w ipe off th e law books a lot of dead h as been called for n ex t M onday eve­
tim b e r in outw orn, obsolete and over­ n in g a t A th en a. Some m em bers of
lapping laws. No few er than 85 bills th e local ch u rch a re p la n n in g to go.
w ere Introduced by the com m ittee on
Rev. G. F. W atso n le ft W ednesday
rep eal of law s, each aim ed a t some
m u 'ty sta tu te believed by th e commit- for W a lla W a lla for a co n feren ce on
ch u rch w ork.
t - ’- v e outlived Its usefulness.
W ork on developing a r.ew ex p eri­
m en t sta tio n farm an d a set of b u ild ­
in g s on it w ill n o t go fo rw ard fo r
a n o th e r y ear, acco rd in g to th e con­
clu sio n a rriv e d a t by th e farm su p e r­
in te n d e n t, H. K. D ean, a fte r receiv in g
In fo rm atio n from C ongressm an Sin-
n o tt re la tiv e to proposed leg islatio n
now b efo re congress.
A b ill w as re c e n tly in tro d u ced
a u th o riz in g th e s e ttin g aside ef land
on th e S tan field ex ten sio n fo r th e
farm . O bjections to som e provisions
in th e m easu re w ere raised by Dr. E l­
wood M ead, com m issioner of reclam a­
tio n , an d th e session of congress is
so n e a rly concluded th a t Mr. Dean
said it w ould be im possible to re co n ­
cile th e d ifferen ce cre a te d by th e
com m issioner in th e tim e th a t is
av ailab le.
"T h e b ill is now in th e p u b lic lan d s
co m m ittee In th e ho u se and w ill u n ­
d o u b ted ly rem ain th e re now u n til th e
n e x t session of co n g ress,” Mr, Dean
sta te d . He expressed keen d isap ­
p o in tm en t a t th e f u r th e r delay caus
cd as a re su lt of th e in a b ility to se­
cu re passage of th e b ill in th is ses­
sion.
HERMISTON DEBATE TEAMS
WIN AND LOSE IN MEETNG
H erm isto n
an d
H ep p n er H ig h
school tied in a d u al deb ate held
W ed n esd ay n ig h t w h en -each a ffirm ­
ativ e team won in a rg u in g th e q u es­
tio n , “ R esolved, T h a t th e cab in e t sy s­
tem o f s ta te g o v ern m en t should be
ado p ted In O regon.”
H e rm isto n ’s n eg ativ e team co n sist­
ed of V ernon H a rra h an d G erald Mc­
K enzie. T he team , accom panied by
F. C. M cK enzie, E. L. C h erry and
H arv ey De Moss, a lte rn a te , w en t to
H ep p n er w h ere it w as d efeated. T he
a ffirm a tiv e team , J o h n Pace and Joe
M cN aught, won by its a ffirm a tiv e
a rg u m e n ts h ere.
T he sam e q u estio n w as d eb ated last
n ig h t by P en d leto n an d ¿lacL au g h -
lln h ig h schools, an d th è a ffirm ­
a tiv e team s won.
T h e n e x t d eb ate w ill be h eld S a t­
u rd ay , M arch
5. H erm isto n w ill
m eet e ith e r M acL au g h lin o r P en d le­
to n a t t h a t tim e.
T h e d is tric t com prises U m atilla
and M orrow counties.
c u ltu ra l college a n n u a l scholarship
offered by th e U nion P acific System
fo r th e club m em ber in U m atilla
co u n ty w ho does th e best w ork for
th e y ear, acco rd in g t o in fo rm atio n
th a t has Ju st reached H erm iston.
T he sch o larsh ip has a value of
$100 and m ay be applied by th e re­
cip ie n t
to w ard
college expenses.
L oren has been in club w ork for
se v eral y ears and h a s ta k e n a prom ­
in e n t p a rt of club a c tiv ities.
IRRIGATION
An Editorial
I am th e fr u it of m en ’s dream s. By
m eans of me, m en la u g h a t th e b a r­
ren n ess of th e desert and co n v ert it
in to a g ard en . W h ere sa g e b ru sh and
cactu s grew before my g e n iu s raises
hom es, builds cities, fills fre ig h t
tra in s and c re ates w ealth .
I am not a m agic w and. I am a
ch allen g e. To hint w ho h a s th e p a ­
tien ce to stu d y me u n til he know s
my every s tre n g th , I am a benefac­
to r, a w o rk er of w onders. To him
w ho dream s m uch and w orks too li t ­
tle and unw isely, I ntay be dubbed a
curse.
B ecause m y p ossibilities a re so vast
and fire th e im ag in atio n of d ream ­
e rs to such ex trem es I hav e been
ntis-used. Som etim es
my
pow ers
have been o v errated , consciously or
unconsciously. At tim es I h av e been
used falsely by those w ho professed
fa ith in me th a t they m ig h t p ro fit
a t my expense.
I am a p erm an en t fa c to r in the
d evelopm ent of th e W est. Used fo r
ce n tu rie s on th e N ile an d In A sia, It
w as only y esterd ay th a t I w as called
on to pro v id e the m eans for m en to
p e n e tra te th e frin g es of th e w h ite
m en ’s last fro n tie rs.
K n o w in g th e g e n e ra tio n s th a t lab ­
ored to subdue th e tim b ered plain s
of th e M ississippi valley, I lau g h at
those im p a tie n t ones w ho w ould by
th e use of me cre a te a g ard en o u t of
d e sert in a day. I am n o t m agic,
b u t a ch allen g e, and I bestow success
only on those w ho a re fu ll of deep
w isdom and long patience.
WRESTLERS TO MEET IN
HERMISTON THIS EVENING
T h e firs t o p p o rtu n ity of local fa n s
to see a w re stlin g m atch for a year
w ill be afforded to n ig h t w hen Jack
K en nedy w ill m eet F a rm e r V ance in
th e H e rm isto n a u d ito riu m .
The
m atch w ill have a tw o h o u r lim it,
best tw o o u t of th re e falls. T ickets
have been on sale for several days.
HUGHES OF PILOT ROCK
BUYS PRINDLE HOLSTEINS
JEWETT DECIDES TO GET
INTO POULTRY BUSINESS
T he h erd of H o lstein cows b u ilt
up by D. H . P rin d le , w est side fa rm ­
er, d u rin g th e p a st few years, was
sold M onday to L aw ren ce H ughes
of P ilo t Rock,
T h e h e rd co n sists of n in e cows,
a ll ex cep t one re g istered . T he a n i­
m als a re h ig h p ro d u cers an d m ake
u p one of th e best h e rd s In th e d is t­
ric t.
Mr. H u g h es fo rm erly w as in the
lumbei* bu sin ess in P ilo t R ock. He
h a s alw ay s liked d a iry c a ttle an d
s ta rte d b u ild in g a h e rd of Jersey s a
few y e a rs ago. L a te r, he decided to
devote h is w hole tim e to th e d airy
business. H is a c q u isitio n of th e P r in ­
dle h e rd w ill b rin g h is p ro d u cin g a n i­
m als to 30 head.
" I h av e som e new sw eet clover
p a stu re on some bo tto m land on my
place, an d th e H o lstein s should con­
v e rt t h a t p a stu re in to h a rd cash for
m e a t a s a tisfa c to ry r a te ,” Mr. H u g h ­
es said " T h a t’s |- h y I b o u g h t th e m ."
F. L. J e w e tt is th e la te st addition
to th e ra n k s of com m ercial poultry-
p ro d ucers on th e p ro ject.
H e p la n s to h a tc h enough baby
ch ick s from th e prod u cin g flock of
H a rry S p in n in g , h is neighbor, to pul
a b o u t 700 p u lle ts In th e lay in g house
th is fall. T he tw o men plan to do
th e ir ow n h a tc h in g .
" I had th o u g h t some of g e ttin g in ­
to th e business on a heavy scale,”
Mr. J e w e tt said T uesday w hile he
w as in to w n , “ b u t I’ve made up my
m ind th a t 7 00 p u lle ts w ill give me
a ch ance to see w h e th e r I like the
ch ick e n s a n d w h a t th ey w ill do for
me. T h en a fte r I ’ve trie d them for
a y ear, I ’ll hav e a p re tty clear idea
of Just how w ell I like them and how
s tro n g I w a n t to go Into the b u si­
ness, o r w h e th e r I w a n t to q u it It.
“ Mr. S p in n in g lives n ex t door and
ha« been in th e business long enough
th a t he can be a lot of h elp in solv­
in g p roblem s th a t w ill be new to m e.”
Mrs. C. M. Voyen e n te rta in e d a t
b rid g e la s t w eek a t h e r hom e on
W ednesday an d F rid a y aftern o o n s.
F o u r ta b le s w ere in play each day.
P rize w in n e rs th e Ijlrst daly w ere
Mrs. F. B. Sw ayze, Mrs. C h arles T ey-
lor and Mrs. H. E. H itt. On F rid a y
afte rn o o n p rize w in n e rs Included Mrs.
H . T, F ra s e r, Mrs. R a lp h R ich ard s
an d Mrs. C. M. Dale.
M rs L u cin d a R a n d a ll of P endleton
waR h e re th e la tte r p a rt of last week
as th e g u e st of h e r d au g h ter, Miss
E va R an d all, a t th e hom e of Mr. and
Mrs. J . S. H arvey. Mrs. R an d all and
h e r d a u g h te r w ere g u ests of Miss
B rierly a t th e hom e of p a re n ts -S a t­
u rd a y a t d in n er. In th e a fte ri oon Mrs
H arv ey e n te rta in e d in h er honor a t
b rid g e. M rs F B. Sw ayze won first
H aro ld L ance is em ployed a t B ert prize, an d Mrs. R an d all th e g u est
M ullins.
prize.
By Osborne
INCREASE IS |
METHODS USED IN THAT A R E A
REPORTED GOOD
ARE RELATED
Butter Creek Flock Masters Hard
At Work With A rrivals; Lambs
0. L. Craton Things More Berries
In Good Shape.
Should Be Grown Over the
L am bing o p eratio n s a re u n d e r w ay
in fu ll b iast in a n u m b er of cam ps
on B u tte r creek. Lee Savely said
T uesday th a t h is tw o bands th a t are
now lam b in g co n ta in m ore th a n 1200
head of re c e n t a rriv als.
Tom Boylcn J r . h as been lam bing
on th e P en d leto n Sheep Co. ran ch
since ab o u t F e b ru a ry 1 and h as a
larg e num ber of lam bs. O th er o u t­
fits w ill begin ta k in g c are of th e ir
General Chen Chiungmlng, leader
lam b crops a lo n g th e creek about of the Cantonese armies In South
M arch 1.
China.
The percentage of in crease th is
y ear is proving very sa tisfa c to ry , th e
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3heep men re p o rt.
T he w e a th e r h as proved good for
g iv in g th e new ly born lam bs the
rig h t k in d of care. Feed is p le n ti­
fu l, and h elp has been re a d ily pro­
cu rable.
W ashington, D. C.—Bot* figurative
ly and literally, a lot of w eight wat
lifted S atu rd ay from the bread back
BIG MEETING EXPECTED
of the A m erican doughboy.
BY GROWERS ASSOCIATION
Not only did P resid en t Coolidge In
crease the arm y ratio n from 36 to 51-
Entertainment and Good Speeches cents a day. and a house committee
put out a bill for P etter arm y housing
Arranged on Program Friday
In m any sections of the country, bn:
on top of it the w ar dep artm en t is
Night at Church.
sued new regulations reducing by 2f
T he a n n u a l "p e p ” m eeting of the pounds tho "full pack” equipm ent car
U m atilla P ro je c t G row ers association ried by the in fan try on the m arch.
The reduced pack will weigh 5:
w hich w ill be held here tom orrow ,
The G erm an ihfantryn^ai
F rid a y , ev en in g in th e B ap tist ch u rch pounds.
83 pounds, th e Frctgdi an»
ts expected to prove an occasion for carries
a com m unity get - to g e th e r sess­ Japanese 64, the B ritish 55 and thi
ion. M atters of p a rtic u la r in te re st Italian 52.
to fa rm e rs w ill be discussed by spec­
ial speakers, b u t an in v ita tio n has
JAPANESE SCHOOLS WIN
been extended to everyone in te re s t­
ed In sp ecialty crops to be present,
Supreme Court Asserts Hawaiian Lav»
Lee M. L am pson, m an ag e r of th e
Invades Parents’ Rights.
T h ree R iv ers G row ers association,
W ashington, D. C.—The Hawaiian
w ill be th e ch ief sp eak er on th e pro­ law of 1920 regulating foreign-lftn
gram . H e w ill ta lk ab o u t c u ltu ra l guage schixils in the islands was de
an d se llin g m ethods in h a n d lin g as­ d a re d by the suprem e court to be an
p arag u s, stra w b e rrie s, an d e a rly po- unconstitutional invasion of the rights
tatoe.
of Japanese, who attack ed it.
E n te rta in e m e rtt fe a tu re s have not
The law, which contains provisions
been overlooked. S ev eral n u m b ers for the licensing of teach ers, th e sn
w ill be given by the H erm iston q u a r­ pervlsion of textbooks and the length
tet. An In v ita tio n h as been e x ten d ­ of school hours not m ade to apply to
ed to Mr. L indsey, som etim es called» public and p riv ate schooht generally
the H a rry L au d er of u p p er B u tte r was found defective as a whole, the
creek, of n e a r P in e C ity, to be pres­ court refusing to s ta te w hether any
ent. H e is w ell know n as a clever of Its provisions w ere valid.
e n te rta in e r.
Ju stice M cReynolds, delivering the
C ounty A g en t H olt Is also on the unanim ous opinion of th e court, stated
p rogram for a s h o r t talk .
th a t the Jap an ese parents hud the
rig h t to direct the education of their
STUDENTS HEAR PRESIDENT S
children w ithout unreasonable re s tric ­
tions, and th a t the plan to. bring for­
TALK TUESDAY OVER RADIO
eign-language schools under direct
governm ental control c o u ld . not be
M em bers of th e H erm isto n high
sustained.
school an d m em bers of th e facu lty
h eard over th e ra d io th e special a d ­ Suprem e Court B art Rail Value Suite.
dress d elivered by P re s id e n t Cool­
W ashington, D. C.—F inal valuation
idge T uesday m o rn in g , W a s h in g to n ’»; of railroads by th e in te rsta te com­
b irth d ay .
m erce com m ission cannot be chai
T he ju n io r class w as in v ited to the lenged in the courts until used by tht
F. C. M cK enzie home. The seniors commission In rate-m aking, or as thi
w en t to the- C. S. M cN aught home, basis for some o th er official act, thi
the sophom ores h e a rd th e ta lk a t the suprem e court decided In a case aris
H am rick hom e, and th e freshm en ¡ng out of the a tta c k of the Los An
w ent to th e W . J. W a rn e r home.
geles & Salt L ake rutlroad upon the
T he ad d ress w as received clearly, final valuation of its property.
acco rd in g to re p o rts m ade by local
Mexican General Guilty of Conspiracy
residents.
Los A ngeles.--G eneral E nrique E s­
trad a and 12 com panions w ere found
NEIGHBORS PLAN FAREWELL
guilty by a Jury in federal court here
PARTY FOR F. P. PHIPPS' of charges of conspiring to violate tie
n eu trality of the U nited S tates in con
A farew ell from th e ir neiig h b o rs nec.tion w ith his alleged revolutionary
an d frie n d s to Mr. and Mrs. F. P. m ovem ent organized In southern Cali
P h ip p s w ill be expressed n ex t Mon­ fornia and directed ag ain st G overnor
day ev en in g a t C olum bia school. A helardo R odrlgui z of Lower Culifor-
’
P la n s for th e a ffa ir, w hich w ill be nl„
very In fo rm al, have been perfected by
Made A Difference
a n u m b er of neighbors in th e Col­
(C o n trib u te d )
A prom inent H erm isto n b u tc h e r re ­
u m b ia d is tric t.
B ask ets filled w ith food w ill play cen tly told the public he would drest
a p e rt in th e ev en in g 's ac tiv itie s, and th e ir an im als for th e hide and h eart.
Hei ry O tt w ill ta lk Inform ally and
B ut w hen offered a m am m oth pig
express th e feelings of th e neig h b o rs belonging to th e clans of th e upper
on th e d e p a rtu re of Mr. and Mrs. ■‘400,’’ he vanished. But w h istlin g
F’hJpps w ho w ill leave soon for Salem th ro u g h th e cloud of d u st th a t had
w here h ty re c e n tly tra d e d for a sw allow ed him . we w ere able to cap ­
tu r e the follow ing q u o ta tio n :
farm ,
"M any men a re lik e o u r sausage,
very sm ooth upon the skin,
F. W. K ern of P endleon Is here
B ut you c a n ’t tell Just exactly, how
as a g u est a t th e hom e of his d a u g h ­
m uch pig th e re Is w ith in .”
te r. Mrs. H. E. H itt.
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Hermiston Valley.
T he follow ing co n trib u tio n w as
received by th e H erald from O. L.
C raton of Hood R iver, grow er of
itra w h erries on a com m ercial scale.
Mr. C raton expressed th e opinion th a t
m ore b e rrie s should be gro w n here.
The a rtic le Is as follow s:
In p assin g th ro u g h th e H erm iston
‘valley I have often w ondered w hy
th is fe rtile valley is not one of O re­
gon’s g re a t stra w b e rry beds as it lies
betw een K ennew ick and Hood R iver,
10th b ig berry brow ing d istricts.
It'o c c u re d to me th a t probably
:h a t those w ho had tried it had llt-
le success and it w as given up by
ill, so I w ill tell you how w e do It in
■locd R iver.
F ir s t of all, have a piece of land
w ith good d ra in a g e so w a te r w ill not
¡tand on th e ground. G et fresh
p la n ts off one y ear old vines. W e
p lan t in Hood R iver 12 inches a p a rt
in th e row and th e row s 30 inches
ip a rt. It tak es 17,600 p la n ts to the
acre. I like them close for th e vinae
jhade th e berries.
T he p la n ts u sually last five years.
W ith th is w eevil b a it we can be sure
)f five or six crops.
W hen you are ready to p la n t have
plenty of w a te r an d the n ig h t before
p la n tin g dip the box of p la n ts u n d e r
the w a te r th e n set aside o u t of the
wind to d rain . D on’t let y o u r p la n ts
vet dry, and don’t soak m ore th a n
you p la n t next day. or th ey m ay
heat. To w et them w ith a nozzle Is
lo t so good.
C ut th e h a n d le off your hoe u n til
it Is 12 inches long. T his w ill
erve ns a m easu re to set them . P u t
the foot or knee on every p la n t, th is
Irm a th e gro u n d aro u n d th e roots.
If you have ra in and th e p la n ts
ita rt g ro w in g they sh o u ld be c u l­
tiv a te d in ten days w ith a spike
•u ltlv ato r. ' Keep them clean, I r r i­
gate, keep them grow ing. T h e firs t
/e a r th e re is not m any berTles u n ­
less p la n te d early before sp rin g ra in s
a re oviy.
,
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One y ear I rushed th e p la n ts in,
all p la n te d by Feb. 27. I g o t b e r­
ries th e sam e year in Ju n e to pay
for m y p la n ts and th e s e ttin g and the
next fo u r crops w ere very heavy.
B ut th e u su a l th in g we grow th e
crow n and estab lish a root system
for th e firs t crop or second year.
On th e second y ear, as th e b erries
ita r t to grow say a b o u t M arch 10,
put 100 pounds n itr a te soda to the
acre, a teasp o o n fu l r ig h t betw een
the h ills, not on th e vines as it will
b u rn them . T his n itra te boosts a
good leaf g ro w th w hich sh a d e s the
berries from th e h o t w ind and sun.
J u s t as th e blossom s s t a r t p u t a n ­
o th er 100 pounds betw een the row s,
Irill and irrig a te , and keep ir rig a t-
,ng every th ird day u n til th e crop Is
harv ested . A fter th e crop Is off go
th ro u g h w ith a deep c u ltiv a to r. T his
la th e only tim e to use a de p e.
iv ntor. Use a spike to o th a t o th er
tim es.
T w en ty days a fte r h a rv e st c u t th e
tops off w ith a hoe. T hen ir rig a te
u lliv a te and keep them gro-. In -
lew crow n for the n ext jrt. c
In 1920 I sold $5000 w o rt’'
■ies an d p lan ts off of fo u r a
lex t y ear I bad e ig h t acre
le rfu l berrleu. I h a v e neve-
-h e old horse to tow n since. L b ?
our b e rrie s sold fo r $5, th en ,
the low est a t $2.88, a n av.
$3.50 per crate.
A good p atch well car» <1 f
yield from 175 to 300 c ra b
I’hls Is th e C lark S eedling
am w ritin g about. I have .
a te fields th e Im proved »
M arshall fo r th e p lan t
p lan ts of th e la s t tw o t i ­
tle s th e fr u it la o fte n as Is
egg«, an d w ill yield from 2T
c ra te s p er acre w here th °
lin g w ill n o t grow . The
w ill n o t ship like th e
does n o t b rin g th e price
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