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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1928
DYNAMITE USED IN
TAKING HIS LIFE
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IRRIGON
FARMER
M ISS MAUD ROYDON
POULTRY RAISERS
HEAR DR. JOHNSON
HEAD IN SHOP
Friends Know of no Reason for Act
By F. L Rider; funeral
STUDY PLANTS ON COAST
Ott and Barnard to Leave in a Few
Days on Mission for Farm
Bureau Co-operative.
H. J. O tt and S. H. B a rn a rd expect
to leave w ith in a sh o rt tim e o a a tr ip
of Inspection a lo n g th e coast an d in
th e W illa m e tte valley to stu d y a
n u m b er of problem s. T hey w il! go
as re p re se n ta tiv e s of th e F arm B u r­
eau C o-operative of H erm isto n and
expect to s ta r t e ith e r S unday o r a
Week from Sunday.
One of th e ir purposes w ill be to
in sp ect m odern
rehouses of d if­
fe re n t types so th a t in fo rm atio n as
to th e m ost desirable k in d of w a re ­
house w ill be av ailab le If th e co-op­
e ra tiv e concern th in k s it advisable
to add to th e local p la n t. Some lit­
tle co n sid eratio n to su ch a h e x p an ­
sion has been given by th e board, b u t
n o th in g d e fin ite h as been done.
T he s ta tu s of th e p o u ltry bu sin ess
a t W inlock an d T u y allu p in W ash ­
in g to n and a t several O regon p o in ts
w ill also be stu d ied to asc e rta in
w h e th e r in fo rm atio n of use to g ro w ­
ers here m ay be discovered. Some
o b serv atio n s w ill also be m ade in
d a iry com m unities.
T he tw o p lan to spend sev eral days
• n th e trip .
Rees Makes Announcement
H a rry B. Rees, pioneer S ta n field
re sid en t, announced to d ay h is ca n ­
didacy for th e rep u b lican n o m in atio n
fo r th e office of reco rd er of convey­
ances in th e May prim aries. He has
resided in th e S tan field d is tric t for
14 y ears and h as m any frien d s. "T h e
only prom ise I have to m ake is th a t
I w ill conduct th e office in a business
like m an n er If th e vo ters n o m in ate
and elect m e," Mr. Rees said.
OPERATION IS PERFORMED
Mrs. S. L. C arson su b m itted to a
m in o r o p eratio n a t th e H erm isto n
h o sp ita l W ednesday.
OF INJURY TO BOY’S EYE
1928 EXPECTED TO BE
Birds Examined.
Iou DONT GET UP
Some Slight Increase May Come in
Year, State College Esti­
DISTRICT STARTS
CLEANING CANALS
mate Says.
Some of th e m ost comm on diseases
of p o u ltry an d th e m ethods of p re­
v en tio n and tre a tm e n t w ere discuss­
ed a t a c lin ic for p o u ltry ra ise rs by
Dr. W . T. Jo h n so n , v e te rin a ria n in
c h arg e o f p o u ltry disease stu d ie s a t SYSTEM BEING PUT INTO SHAPE
O. A. C., a t a m eetin g held y esterd ay
FOR 1928 SEASON
a ftern o o n in th e reclam atio n b u ild ­
ing. T h ere w ere 33 p o u ltry ra ise rs Much of Work Done Last Fall So
presen t.
That Task of Making Ready
In a d d itio n to th e fo rm al discu ss­
ion. Dr. Jo h n so n an sw ered q u estio n s
Is Not Heavy One.
Miss Maud Roydon, noted English th a t w ere asked by ra ise rs a n d ex ­
Myron C. Taylor, who succeeded the
preacher, came to America to lecture. am ined th e bodies of sick fow ls th a t
W ork by th e H erm isto n Irrig a tio n late Elbert H. Gary as chairman of
Her engagement in Chicago was can­ w ere b ro u g h t to th e m eetin g .
d is tric t in p re p a rin g th e can al sys­ the finance committee of the United
celed, presumably because she some­
B acillary w h ite d ia rrh e a , coccidio- tem for use d u rin g th e season of 1928 States Steel corporation.
times smokes.
sls, chick en pox an d in te rn a l p a ra ­ was s ta rte d y esterd ay and w ill be
sites w ere th e ch ief tro u b le s to fin ish ed by th e tim e it is necessary
w hich Dr. Jo h n so n p aid a tte n tio n . to tu rn on th e sp rin g head, accord­
T he firs t m en tio n ed disease causes in g to E. D. M artin , p ro ject su p e rin ­
a h eavy loss of chicks, c u ts down ten d ed
pro d u ctio n , low ers h a tc h a b ility and
T he w ork now u n d e r w ay includes
affects thie ovary an d eg£.
b u rn in g of weeds alo n g th e canals
C hicken pox is m ore com m on in and la te ra ls, re p la c in g w orn out
W ashington, D. C.—The navy de­
W ashington, D. C.— S ecretary Hoov­ th e W estern O regon d is tric ts th a n
gates, rep ack in g leaky valves, re ­ p artm en t has been told, in reports
e r becam e an avowed candidate for in E a ste rn O regon b u t w as found on
p a irs to ban k s of ditch es and o th er from N icaragua, th a t A ugustino San-
the republican p resid en tial nom ina­ th e p ro ject d u rin g th e p a st w in te r,
sim ila r w ork.
dino, rebel chief, is in flight to H on­
tion when he gave form al perm ission he said. T h e ex p erim en t sta tio n is
"T h e re is a little team w ork th a t duras.
for his Ohio su p p o rters to e n ter h is w o rk in g on a new v accine w hich
A m essage from officers in Nica­
has to be done before th e system is
nam e in th e Ohio prim ary.
gives prom ise o t c o n tro llin g th e d is­ re ad y fo r w ater, b u t little of th is ragua, given to the senate foreign re­
In his firs t cam paign statem en t, ease. T he g re a te st loss from th is d is­
so rt of w ork rem ain s to be d one,” lations com m ittee by S ecretary Wil­
which took th e form of a le tte r to ease is n o t in m o rta lity b u t in loss
S upt. M artin said. "W e got a good bur, declared Sandino was practically
T had H. Brown, chairm an of th e Ohio of p ro d u ctio n .
s t a r t on th is so rt of w ork la st fa ll.” out of am m unition and "Insofar as
"H oover for P resid en t” com m ittee, the
Coccodlosis causes th e g re a te st loss
N icaragua is concerned, he 1 b finished
se c retary declared him self bound "to w hen chicks a re a b o u t th re e w eeks
and is sim ply trying to escape."
carry forw ard th e principles of th e old. B loody d ro p p in g s u su a lly a d ­
"Indication is, from la te st rep o rts,”
republican p arty and th e g re a t ob­ v e rtise th e p rev alen ce of th e d is­
the m essage read, “th a t Sandino in­
jectiv as of P resid en t Coolidge's poli­ ease. T he b est tr e a tm e n t is 40 per
tends to reach n o rth ern coast of H on­
cies.”
cen t pow dered m ilk in th e ratio n s.
duras. T here is am ple evidence th a t
He indicated his intention to refrain T he house sh o u ld b e cleaned a n d d is­
all th e rifles th a t Sandino has were
from p ersonal cam paigning in the pre- in fected every day, Dr. Jo h n so n said.
procured in N icaragua from men who
convention- prim aries, and to retain D am pness aro u n d th e q u a rte rs m akes
tailed to turn them In. Sandino's am ­
his official post a t th e head of th e an Ideal co n d itio n fo r th e disease.
DEALERS SAY ANOTHER 30 DAYS m unition is practically gone.”
com m erce dep artm en t.
T he In te rn a l p a ra site s include th e
On th e basis of this m essage, C hair­
WILL TAKE SUPPLY
The le tte r signaled th e beginning of ro u n d w orm , fo u n d In th e sm all in ­
man Borah of the com m ittee declared
a sharp co n test for th e Ohio delega­ te s tin e ; th e tap e w orm , also found in
th a t “If this is correct, th e outlook is
tion to th e republican national con­ th e sm all in te s tin e ; an d th e secum Demand for A lfalfa Comes From the
very good.”
vention, since th e H oover cam paign w orm , fo u n d in th e b len d in testin e.
Dairy Sections Along
All d ata rotating to A m erican in ter­
will face th e alread y indicated opposi­ N ico tin e su lp h a te cap su les w hich can
vention in N icaragua w ere placed be­
tion of S en ato r W illis of Ohio, repub­ be p u rch ased a t th e F arm B u reau Co­
Pacific Coast.
fore the com m ittee by S ecretary Wil­
lican, an o th er announced candidate.
o p erativ e a re best to use in tr e a tin g
bur and a staff of naval and m arine
th e disease a fte r it h as a foothold.
A n o th er 30 days w ill see p ractically officers a t the com m ittee hearing.
FRANK SM ITH REAPPOINTED A tte n tio n p aid to k eep in g q u a rte rs all of th e h ay in th e d is tric t a d ja ­ It showed th a t 12 A m ericans and
s a n ita ry is th e beet p re v e n ta tiv e , ac­ cen t to H erm iston sold and shipped, 156 N icaraguans have been killed
S e n a to rE le c t R ecently Barred, la co rd in g to D r. Jo h n so n .
acco rd in g to sta te m e n ts by local d eal­ since m arines w ent to th a t country.
Again Named by Governor.
ers.
Springfield, 111.—F ran k L. Smith, MANY STRANGERS LOOK AT
If p resen t dem and is m a in tain ed ,
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
senator-elect of Illinois, whose seat
LANDS IN THIS DISTRICI th e re w ill be no c a rry o v er of hay in
was declared v acant by th e U nited
to th e crop y e a r of 1928.
Thom as A. Edison, the noted inven­
R ep o rts from v ario u s so u rces In d i­
S tates senate, haB handed his resig­
In th e H erm isto n d is tric t proper tor, celebrated his 81st birthday S at­
nation to G overnor Small, th e gover- i cate th a t th e re is m ore in te re s t in h ay is all gone now , and in some urday.
n or im m ediately reappointing him to j H erm isto n la n d on th e p a rt of p ro s­ cases fa rm ers c a u g h t sh o rt a re h a u l­
The republican presidential political
fill th e unexpired term and issuing a pective b u y ers th a n for a long tim e. in g from th e B u tte r creek d is tric t, field was fu rth e r broadened with the
proclam ation for a special senatorial M any new people have been on th e d eale rs stated .
announcem ent th a t Jam es E. W atson,
p rim ary and election.
p ro ject w ith in th e p ast tw o or th ree
T he prolonged w in te r season had Indiana senator, would be a candidate.
The governors' proclam ation said w eeks to look a t places th a t a re on th e re s u lt of stiffe n in g both dem and
The rig h t of Jam es M. Beck to re­
the special sen ato rial p rim ary would j th e m ark et.
a n d price of hay. A t p resen t the tain his seat as a republican rep re­
be held on April 10, th e d ate for th e ) Q uite a n u m b er of th e new com ers p rice is a b o u t $10 p er ton in ’he sentative from P ennsylvania was up­
reg u lar A pril prim ary, and th a t th e , w ho a re looking aro u n d have come stack to th e grow er. T h is com pares held by a house elections com m ittee
special sen ato rial election would be , from c o u n trie s w h ere m uch m ore w ith $7.50 w hich w as th e price th a t by a vote of 6 to 3.
held in N ovem ber in connection with snow an d cold w e a th e r a re found prevailed for th e firs t of th e 1927
The U nited S tates Lawn T ennis as
th e reg u lar election.
ev ery w in te r th a n p rev ail in th is crop.
L a te r h ig h e r fig u re s ruled, sociation’s annual ran k in g of sta rs
Sm ith issued a 1400-word statem en t j co u n try . Some of th ese a re
from an d a b ig p a r t of th e local to n n ag e showed W illiam T. Tilden II still at
in connection with his resignation, de- i co u n ties fa r th e r e a st in O regon, an d is estim a te d to hav e moved a t from the head of the list, with F rancis T.
ciaring he would e n te r the special pri- ! o th e rs a re from th e n o rth e rn p a rt of $8.50 to $9 per ton.
H u n ter occupying second place.
m ary to te s t the will of th e people of Idaho.
P re se n t dem and is p ra c tic a lly e n ­
D ieudonne C osts and Joseph Le
Illinois ag ain st th e action of th e
tire ly from d airy sections alo n g th e Brix, F rench good will fliers, whose
U nited S tates senate, w hich debarred
Special Services Held
coast, chiefly in th e P u g e t Sound 22,000-mlle course has led them over
him.
four continents during the last four
Rev. A. J . W are w en t to Cold co u n try .
S p rin g s S u n d ay a ftern o o n w here he
S h ip m en ts a t p resen t a re being m onths, landed in New York S atur­
Mrs. F. L. K elley a n d d a u g h te r.
conducted relig io u s services In th e m ade o u t of H in k le a t th e ra te of day.
Mrs. Groom, re tu rn e d F rid a y from school house. P la n s have been m ade five or six carlo ad s a day. T he hay
P o rtla n d w h ere th e y sp e n t sev eral to hold serv ices a g a in tw o w eeks th a t ig m oving comes from th e B u t­
R. A lexande • of P en d leto n
was
w eeks fo r th e b e n e fit of th e la tte r 's la te r.
te r creek ran ch es alm o st e n tire ly .
re c e n tly indisposed on acco u n t of a
h e a lth . Mrs. Groom su b m itte d to a
cold, b u t he is feelin g b e tte r now.
su rg ic a l o p eratio n w hich proved very
Mr. an d Mrs. W. J . W a rn e r w ere
Mrs. B ert N ation le ft M onday for W ih t h is son Roy he w as a H erm is­
successful.
P en d leto n v llto rs S a tu rd a y .
P o -tia n d to v isit h e r m other.
to n v isito r M onday.
SENATE INFORMED
SANDINO jS BEATEN
HOOVER ANNOUNCES
WILL BE CANDIUATE
1927 HAY CROP TO ]
BE ALL CLEANED UP
\
O regon S ta te A g ric u ltu ra l College,
C orvallis, Feb. 16— A g ric u ltu ra l in ­
come in O regon for 1928 w ill eq u al
or be slig h tly above th a t of 1927 if
p resen t in d icatio n s for th e leading
farm in d u s trie s a re n o t rad ically
changed, acco rd in g to th e a n n u a l
econom ic outlook re p o rt Just issued
here. The s ta te re p o rt em bodies p er­
tin e n t ex cerp ts from th e federal o u t­
look re p o rt com bined w ith local in ­
form ation g a th e re d by extension and
experim ent sta tio n specialists and 26
county agents.
G radual im provem ent in th e a g r i­
c u ltu ra l s itu a tio n is show n th o u g h
m any suggestions a re m ade fo r a d ­
ju s tm e n t of p ro d u ctio n to c h an g in g
m a rk e t dem ands. T he com plete re ­
p o rt, covering g en eral conditions,
farm crops, livestock, d airy in g , p o u l­
try and h o rtic u ltu re , is being p re ­
pared for g en eral d is trib u tio n a li t­
tle later.
A skeleton sum m ary follow s:
Improvement Shown
T he g e n e ra l a g ric u ltu ra l s itu a tio n
in Oregon is Im proved, th e gross farm
Income b ein g h ig h e r th a n a t an y
o th e r tim e since th e peak in 1919-20.
T h ere is an increased a c tiv ity in fa rm
lands and an Increase in num ber of
farm s. W ith
increased efficiency
and a d ju s tm e n t of prod u ctio n to m a r­
ket dem ands, g ra d u a l increase
of
farm Income is in d icated for som e
tim e.
Local m a rk e ts on P acific coast,
w here p o p u latio n is in cre a sin g tw ice
a s ra p id ly as in th e n atio n as a w hole,
w ill probably tend to Im prove. Dom­
estic m ark ets gen erally a re expected
to co n tin u e ab o u t as in 1927, w hile
foreign m a rk e ts ap p ear a little less
favorable th a n a y e a r ago.
C red it
co n d itio n s a re fav o rab le fo r th e f a r ­
m er now, and a lth o u g h lab o r ra te s
a re stil 70 per cen t g re a te r th a n fo r
th e p re -w a r period 1910-14, a b e tte r
supply is lik ely to be available.
C om m ercial p o tato acreage In O re­
gon is lik ely to rem ain ab o u t the
sam e as in 1927 b u t it a p p ears th a t
m a te ria l increases a re Intended In all
s ta te s from N ebraska to Maine. R eg­
ions of h ig h acre yields and low
fre ig h t w ill su ffe r least from over-
p la n tin g .
Wheat Acreage Expanded
A w orld expansion In w h eat a re a is
in prospect. A th re e per cen t In­
crease in w in te r w h eat is in sig h t
for th e P acific coast states. J u s ti­
ficatio n for sp rin g p la n tin g exists in
th e B lue M ountain region and p a rts
of th e W illa m e tte valley, th o u g h in
th e la tte r flax, barley or o ats may be
m ore p ro fitab le. In crease In gene­
ral b arley acreag e is wa. ra n te d be­
cause of loeal and ex p o rt dem nd. In ­
crease in corn is ju stified .
C a ttle p rices a re expected to re ­
m ain fa irly h ig h for several years,
b u t ryw o p e ra to rs are cau tioned In
s ta r tin g a t p re se n t high prices for
breed in g stock. Sheep a re Increas­
in g th ro u g h o u t th e w orld, b u t m a r­
k et dem and is expected to he good
except in occasional years. E fficien t
production is essen tial to co ntinued
p ro fit. O nly 249 sta llio n s w ere in
public service in Oregon as com pared
to 1051 In 1912. H ogs a re still pro­
duced below s ta te req u ire m e n ts b u t
probably to th e cap a c ity of w aste
(C o n tin u ed on page tw o )
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THE FEATHERHEADS
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INCOME ON OREGON
FARMS SHOWS GAIN
MYRON C. TAYLOR
Questions and See Sick
Held Wednesday.
LOCAL MEN PLAN TRIP TO
SHOTGUN EXPLOSION CAUSE
In ju rie s to h is rig h t eye th a t may
Im pair th e vision w ere su ffered last
8 u n d ay aftern o o n by th e oldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. W illiam T aylor who
FOWL DISEASES EXPLAINED BY
lives n o rth of H erm isto n w hen
a
sh o tg u n exploded. T h e eye w as
0. A. C. VETERINARIAN
pow der burned an d o th erw ise in ju r ­
Clinic Attended by 33 Who Ask ed and w as dressed by Dr. Sears.
BLOWS OFF
S uicide by th e use o t a stick of
d y n a m ite on w hich he had placed his
head as on a cushion w as com m itted
M onday aftern o o n by F ra n c is Isaih
R ider, w ell know n fa rm e r n e a r I r ­
rig o n .
H e h ad been w o rk in g in h is shop,
n o t fa r from th e house. Tlioso who
found th e body sta te d th a t he had
rem oved h is shoes and coat and th e n
h ad lain dow n w ith th e stic k
of
d y n am ite u n d er th e back of h is head.
T he force of th e explosion rem oved
th e e n tire top of h is head an d caused
m in o r la c e ra tio n s on h is shoulders.
S u rv iv in g him are th e widow and
th re e sons, one of v h o rn is em ployed
in a logging cam p in W estern O re­
gon. T he o th e r tw o live a t home.
T he R id ers a re said to have lived
n e a r Irrig o n for a b o u t 15 y ears.
Those w ho know th e fam ily have ex ­
pressed no reason th e deceased m ig h t
have had for ta k in g hi life. He w as
alm ost 61 y ears old an d w as b o rn in
W isconsin.
F u n e rl services w ere conducted
W ednesday aftern o o n a t 2 o ’clock in
th e Irrig o n ch u rch w ith Rev. S w agger
of U m atilla in charge.
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