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THE H ERM 1ST0NH ERALD, HERMISTON,
Ypur
WANT ADS FORD
Minimum Charge 15c
or
1 Cent a Word
FOR SALI
MALOTI’ SEPARATOR FOR SALE
w ith m otor. Iow a se p a ra to r No.
103. In q u ire W. G. W ebber.
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29-4tp
TOR SALE
15 HEAD JER SEY
cows, m ilking ; m iik ro u te estab
lish ed ; o th e r young stock; m odern,
elec tric d airy eq u ip m en t; 87 acres
of alfa lfa . W ill re n t ran ch for h alf
ct' hay raised. H. E. H anby, 34-3tc
ALFALFA SEED FOR SALE— 13c
per lb. In q u ire a t H erm isto n
T ra n sfe r office.
35-tfc
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR R E N T — HOUSE, TWO BED-
roonis, larg e liv in g and d in in g
com bined, k itch en , b ath and garage.
R en t 15.00. Lease $14.00. Dr. P rim e
34-3tc
O FFIC E SPACE FOR R E N T — Mod
ern conveniences. In q u ire H erald
office.
B urk s for
Side.
B argains.
On th e W est
— Adv.
Go to B u rk ’s for B arg ain s— Now
— Adv.
H IG H EST CASH PRICES PAID FOR
horses, c a ttle, hogs, and sheep.
H u sto n B rothers, The D alles. 25-tfc
DAY OLD CHICKS HATCHED AT
H erm iston.
L eghorns,
R ed s,
Rocks.
G et o u r prices.
See our
chicks.
Y our p atro n ag e ap p recia
ted. P o u lts, T urk ey eggs and cus
tom h a tc h in g .
" V ig o rb ilt” H a tc h
ery, H erm isto n , Oregon.
26-tfc
R IC K R E A L L — K itch en
im prove
m en t has proved fa sc in a tin g w ork
to a R ick reall hom em aker who tells
how she m ade h er k itch en w ork eas
ier w ith no m oney outlay,
“ My k itc h e n is an old one w ith a
p a n tr y ,” she says. “ F o rtu n a te ly th e
p a n try is on a line w ith th e ‘w alk ’
in fro n t of th e sin k an d stove so I
moved th e w ork tab le in to th e p a n
try . I took down all th e old wide
Ehelves an d had n a rro w e r ones p u t
in at m ore co n v en ien t places, also
added some ‘b u ilt in s.’ T hen I p a in
ted up and now have a more conve
n ie n t and a ch eerier place to w ork
in, all a t th e cost of a very little
lumber, an d p ain t.
Also, I p u t a
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HERMISTON
DR. A. E. MARBLE
Chiropractor
O ffice; Two doors w est postoffice
Office hours, 10 to 12; 1 :3 0 to 8.
P hone 481 - H erm isto n , Or.
W. L- Morgan, D. M. D.
now associated w ith
Dr. F. V. Prime
G eneral D e n tistry
X -R ay an d D iagnosis
la n k B ldg.
P hone C onnections
S unday and E v en in g s by
A p p o in tm en t
HERMISTON HOSPITAL
MEDICAL - SURGICAL - X-RAY
and PH YSIO THERAPY
A tte n d in g M. D .:-
A. W . CHRISTOPHERSON
P hone— H ospital 551 Res. 712
P h y sician s Office 733.
Needs This
Special
Spring
Tonic
and Tune-up.
Flush Transmission and refill
with summer Lubricant.
Flush Differential and refill with
summer Lubricant.
Lubricate chassis, spray springs.
Tune up Motor.
Clean and adjust spark plugs.
Clean and adjust carbuerator jets.
Clean and adjust distributor
points.
Check battery and refill.
A ll Cor
KEEP PRODUCTION DOWN.
cold cupboard on th e back porch.
Most b ack w ard early sp rin g p as
T here I keep vegetables, apples and
the
th e like. L eft overs an d m ilk are tu re s in e ig h t years, ta k in g
placed in th e cold cu pboard in th e c o u n try as a whole, served to keep
b u tte r pro d u ctio n early in A pril be
p a n try ."
low th e volum e in d icated by the
g re a te r n u m b er of cows being
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m ilked, says th e O regon S ta te col
•> All Items Appearing in this
lege ex ten sio n service in th e w eek
Column are Contributed by the
ly m ark et review . S to rin g b u tte r is
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Hermiston W. C. T, U.
below no rm al for th e season w ith
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o p erato rs e n c e rta in w h at course to
Drinking in Colleges.
take.
“ R. T, C rane, m illio n aire
iron
P acific coast pro d u ctio n is down
m an u fac surer, m ade p ublic today ab o u t 10 per cen t an d e a ste rn p ro
an a rra ig n m e n t of th e big u n iv ersi- d u ctio n ab o u t 4 p er cen t as a resu lt
of th e slow -B tarting p astu res added
to c u rta ilm e n t of su p p lem en tary
feeding caused by fin a n c ia l consi
d eratio n s, says th e rep o rt. T he con
d itio n of p astu re s In sta te s w here
cows are n o rm ally on p astu res by
A pril 1 Is su b s ta n tia lly below th a t
In an y of th e previous e ig h t years
for w hich records a re av ailab le.
A lth o u g h O regon d a iry p astu res
regon
utual
a re slow er th a n av erage, fu tu re p ro
FIRE INSURANCE CO. spects are fav o rab le because of a
p le n tifu l m o istu re supply. T he con
McMinnville, Oregon
d itio n th ro u g h o u t th e c o u n try Is
Is Your Fire Insurance
m ost serio u s In those areas affected
About to Expire?
by d ro u g h t la s t sum m er.
T h en See
M ilk p ro d u ctio n p er cow in the
U n ited S tates on A p ril 1 w as about
R. C. TODD
5 p er cen t low er th a n on th a t date
in an y of th e la s t fo u r y ears, and
H erm isto n , O regon
some low er th a n in any A pril since
1925. M ilk p ro d u ctio n per cow n o r
m ally in creases 5 to 8 per cen t be
tw een . M arch 1 and A p ril 1, b u t th is
y ear only 1(4 per cen t in crease was
T. K. Johnson
show n.
Physician and Surgeon
A p ril sto ra g e h o ld in g s in the
U nited S ta te s In d icate a red u ction
H erm isto n , O regon
of 50 p er cen t from a y ear ago, and
Office P hone, 1023 H ouse 1912
ab o u t 25 per cen t from th e five-year
av erag e for A pril 1. T he g en eral
a ttitu d e of receiv ers .fo r th e p ast 10
days has been som ew hat u n c e rta in
w ith all an x io u s to keep floors
cleared . Some w ere in clin ed to
sto re top q u a lity b u tte r w hile o th ers
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
reduced prices to move th e goods.
HERMISTON
M
MARKHAM
Beauty Shop
PHONE 521
PENDLETON
DR. DALE ROTHWELL
OPTOMOTRIST
T he best glasses a t a reaso n ab le
cost.— OPTICAL R EPA IR IN G
Over W o o lw o rth ’s— P h o n e 1286
P en d leto n , O regon
W. J. WARNER
WE
Attomey-at-Law
Hermiston - Oregon
Specialize in Good Furni
ture at Lowest Possible
Prices
Free Delivery
to your door.
Hermiston Post No. 37
Meets first and third
.Thursday. Legion A uxil
ia r y m eets second and
fourth Thursday,
Legion Hall,
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HOHRMAN
MOTOR CO.
D u a rt P e rm a n e n t W aves
$2.95 and $5.00
Why, Of Course
$ 2 .5 0
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Q U A IIT * * m P B If f J M $ F T
O d *fS p « ITJ^ECo
h o sp ital in P o rtla n d .
Mrs. Amy C ollins and Miss Leola !
B enefiel w ere shopping in P e n d le
ton S a tu rd a y n ig h t.
C ounty A gent Chas. Sm ith. Geo. '
B lcakm nn, Mr. C raw ford of the i
H eppner G azette and Mr. Sim pson, I
.11 of H eppner, w ere businesss visit- I
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u ,e v icin ity S aturday.
Isn t p ro h ib itio n aw fu l!
As it happens, we a re q u o tin g
A show er was given a t the home
from th e R eg ister of S eptem ber 11,
| of Mrs. B atie R and Tuesday, honor-
1911, ju s t 2o y ears ago.
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I i iu g h er siste r-in -la w , Mrs. H arvey
W arn er. A nu m b er of g u ests w ere
Speak-easy.
p resen t and Mrs. W arn er received
‘‘B. A. B ..” New Y ork C ity .— m any b e a u tifu l presents.
A b an q u et w as given a t th e high
T he ea rlie st record we have of the
use of th is w ord is to be found in school S a tu rd a y n ig h t for th e I r r i
“ T he V oice,” of New Y ork, for No gon band m em bers. It was followed
vem ber 14, 1889. In th a t issue, the I by a dance.
R alph
and O tto B enefiel and
follow ing occurs: "H u n d red s of u n
A
dran
A
llen
w ere H erm iston visitors
licensed d eale rs in both cities con
tin u ed to ru n u n d er th e 'n a m e s of S atu rd ay .
clu b s an d sp eak -easies.” T h is show s > Mrs. B lanche W atk in s sp en t sev
th a t th e p ractise of m a in ta in in g eral days h ere last week v isitin g
clubs and speak-easies, w here th e frien d s and a tte n d in g to business
illic it sellin g of liq u o r look place, a ffairs.
Bill F ra n k of W alla W alla v is it
is by no m eans m odern.
ed in th e W illiam s home over the
T he term is n o t to be found In
week end.
B a r tle tt’s "A m erican ism s," C lap in’s
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Isom w ere
"D ictio n ary of A m erican S lan g ,” or
P en d leto n v isito rs Tuesday.
F a rm e r and H en ley ’s "S lan g and Its
A nalogs,” u n ab rid g ed edition.
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T he N atio n al F arm J o u rn a l— In
o u r s ta te of P en sy lv an ia, w here a
3-cent g asoline sales tax has long
been in force, th ey have been bo ot
UNTIL MAY 15th.
leg g in g g asoline on a h u g e scale.
$15,000,000 In tax es has been lost,
INCLUDES LABOR AND ALL
if we m ay bellve th e estim ates, and
LUBRICANTS USED.
even th o u g h th e H ighw ay D ep art
DON’T MISS THIS SPECIAL OFFER
m en t now m a in ta in s a p a tro l boat
IT MEANS A REAL SAVING.
to try to stop sm u g g lin g of gas into
th e p o rt of P h ilad elp h ia, bootlegg
in g co n tin u es.
B u t of course we know w h at to do
a b o u t it. A law th a t c an ’t be e n
forced m ust be repealed, so we w ill
ju s t repeal th e g asoline tax law a l
to g e th e r, 'a n d e v ery th in g w ill be
lovely.
OUR SHOP IS MODERN
OUR SERVICE GUARANTEED SLOW DAIRY PASTURES
Hermiston Beauty Shoppe
FIN G E R W AVES — 50c
L ate A ppointm en ts by P hone.
P ho n e 141
ties of th e co u n try ,” rep o rts the
Des Moines R egister. "H e ch arges
an ala rm in g prevalence of d rin k in g
an d g am b lin g am ong th e stu d en ts.
. . . Of th e stu d e n ts a t H arv ard . 90
per cen t d rin k in th e ir fresh m an
| year. 95 per cen t of them in th e ir
sen io r y ear . . . ”
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COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
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Mrs. W. A. M ikesell w as a d in n er
quest a t th e B ax ter H utchison home
W’uesday.
F a ir y I’elkey, baby d a u g h te r and
his niece of C alifo rn ia arriv ed a t the
L, H am m er hom e last week.
Mr.
Pelkey re tu rn e d to C alifornia leav
in g h is fcaby an d niece w ith Mrs.
H am m er. Ills niece will stay w itli
Mrs. H am m er and help h er tak e cat
if th e ch ild ren .
E. J. A llen w as a business v is it
or at th e Joe Udey home W ednes
day.
M.’. and Mrs. B. E. Sykes and Mr.
and Mrs. J o h n M ansfield w ere d in
ner g u ests a t th e Jo h n Jen d erjew sk i
home S unday evening.
Mrs. Joe Udcy and F lorence were
v isito rs a t th e W illiam F redrickson
home »in S tan field Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. P erry A rth u r have
moved from th e R ogers place to th e
S tan field ran ch n ear th e d rain ag e
ditch.
Mrs. M orris took the C olum bia
track m eet w in n ers to P endleton.
F ran cis Dawson gave a
p arty
,'a tu rd a y for a group of her school
friends.
A q u iltin g p a rty was given a t the
Ben Jones hom e F rid ay by th e a u x
iliary for th e I’ark e rs, whose home
w as receitly destroyed by fire. Two
q u ilts w ere m ade. A pot-luck d in n er
w as given for those present.
L. I'a m m e r w as a business v is it
or in P o rtla n d over th e week end.
Mrs. Solson wa3 a business v isito r
in P en d leto n W ednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. M cCray an d fam ily
have b o u g h t p a rt of th e W. W. F elt-
houre ran ch on w hich Mr. and Mrs.
B ill T u ck er have been living.
T he m em bers of th e h ig h school
o rc h e stra from C olum bia th a t e n te r
tain ed th e C om m ercial Club w ere:
F ern L in d n er, E dna O tt, Lois H u tc h
ison, T helm a N orquist, and N ina
R hae McCulley.
T he C olum bia school volley ball
Cold
team w ill play a g a in s t th e
S p rin g s team .
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON.
Fcr the County of Umatilla
IN T IIE MATTER OF T H E ESTATE
OF SAMUEL R. OLDAKER, D E
CEASED,
To V irg in ia F. Jo n te , E m m a
R.
C taitz, Mary C. O ldaker, J. S. Ol-
d ak cr, Jessie S, Je n k in s, A nnie
T rcm ari, and all o th e r persons in
tereste d in said estate.
IN T H E NAME OF T H E STATE
OF OREGON, You a re hereby com
m anded to ap p ear in th e C ounty
C ourt, ol th e S ta te of Oregon, in and
for th e C ounty oi U m atilla, a t the
C ourt House in th e C ity of P endle
ton, O regon, on th e 4th day of Ju n e,
1932, a t th e hour of 2 :0 0 o’clock
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< if any exists, w hy an o rd er should
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<• j 7e> ad m in is tra to r, w ith w ill annexed,
Mrs. H en ry W ier w ho h as been J of th e e s ta te of Sam uel R. O ldaker,
j v is itin g re lativ es a t B aker for some deceased, to sell th e real property
tim e re tu rn e d T h u rsd ay . She w as^ o f said e sta te described as follows
! accom panied by h er sister, Miss P au- to -w it:-
Tra< t 1 Lot 3 in Block 1, in the
lin e W estm an.
Mrs. R. E. W illiam s re tu rn e d from
C ity o f H erm iston as loented in
th e NE>4 SE(4 Section 1«, T*wp.
W alla W alla S atu rd ay . H er d augh-
4, N orth R ange 28, E. W. M.,
, te r, Mrs. S teg m iller of W alla W al-
i la b ro u g h t h e r hom e and w ill visit
T ra c t 2— The S W U S E ‘4 , Sec
: h er b ro th e r, Roscoe W illiam s and
tio n 32, Twp. 5, N o rth R ange 29,
fam ily a few days.
E. W. M.; an d T ra c t 3— The
R obert W alpole, a 1931 g ra d u a te
W (4 NW »4 N W ‘4 S E (4 , Section
10, Twp. 4, N o rth R ange 28, E.
of th e Irrig o n h ig h school, and who
won firs t in th e trom bone solo con-
W. M.,
' te s t in A pril of la st year, w ent to in se p a ra te tra c ts , a t p riv a te sale for
i P en d leto n la st week w here he fea cash in hand to th e h ig h e st bidder.
tu red a t th e Rlvoli th e a tre several
W itn ess my hand and th e seal of
n ig h ts. He has signed u p w ith an said C ourt affixed th is 20th day of
orchestra in Pendleton.
A pril, 1932.
F rien d s of F ra n k R eav ert v 111 lie
L. B. CASTEEL,
glad to know he Is recovering rapid-
C ounty c le rk .
' ly from th e tw o o p eratio n s he u n
B v M a r y Mlllsop, Deputy.
derwent recently at
the
veteran«
(April 21—May 13)
OREGON
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAUNTEREST
P rin cip a l Events of the W eek
Assem bled fo r Inform ation
of Our Readers.
T H E M ARKETS
Portland
W heat — Big Bend bluestem, hard
w inter, 73c; soft white and w estern
white, 63 (4c; hard winter, northern
spring and w estern r$d, 61 (sc.
H ay—Buying prices, f. o. b. Port
land; Alfalfa $16; oats and vetch, $15.
B utterfat—Pound 13015c.
E ggs—Ranch, 11012c.
Hogs—Good to choice,$3.7504.50.
Cattle—Choice steers. $6.2507,
Lam bs—Spring, $606.50.
Seattle
W heat—Soft white, w estern while,
63c; hard winter, w estern red. 62c;
northern spring, 6Jc; bluestem, 71c.
E ggs—Ranch, 13015c.
B utterfat—Pound 17c.
Hogs—Good to choice, $4.6001.70,
C attle—Choice steers, $6@7.
Sheep—Spring lam bs, $6.2507.
Spokane
C attle—Steers, good, $606.50.
Hogs—Good to choice, $404.25.
Lam bs—Good to choice, $5.500 6.
Four P ortlanders lost their lives at
the mouth of Nehalem bay when tlieir
rowboat was swamped by heavy seas.
Complaints have been made to the
Jackson county court against an epi
demic of garbage dumping in country
districts.
Q uantities of garden seed adaptable
to the A storia region are being dis
tributed there to unemployed persons
desiring to plant gardens in vacant
lots.
A m arked revival of m ining'interest
is shown in tile Rogue River valley.
Mills are receiving orders for tunnel-
bracing tim bers and for mlaa build
ings.
A protest against the proposed leas
ing of bay lands for oyster beds lias
been made to the state fish commis
sion by a delegation from the Siletz
Bay district.
A fter listening to charges of extrava
gance in every division of local govern
m ent 100 citizens of Eugene have or
ganized the Lana County Tax Con
servation league.
The 23d annual straw berry fair at
Lebanon will he held this year during
the first week in June. Following the
custom of many years the fair will bo
on the streets of Lebanon.
O perators of sm all logging camps in
the Seaside district will appeal to the
state highway commission ag ain it its
recent order regarding the use of the
highways of logging’trucks.
The new Gervais city hall and audi
torium is nearing completion and at
the dedication in May a big afternoon
and evening program with a dinner,
dance and cards will be staged.
An Oregon pioneer of 1850, Mary
Nachand Himler, and her 64 year-old
sou, H enry C. Himler, died at their
homes in P ark Place. Their deaths
occurred exactly 12 hours apart,
A special exhibit of Yamhill county
products to be shown a t the national
convention of the American Legion in
Portland is being prepared by the Yam
hill County Chamber of Commerce.
Seniors of Pendleton high school
have decided to economize on gradua
tion dresses and suits this year. A
limit of 50 cents has been placed on
corsages and It is possible that the30
will be eliminated.
Construction of the warehouse th at
will serve as a pivotal point for the
newly organized Columbia River Navi
gation company and the Mid Columbia
Motor Freight company Is under way
in basin No. 2 of the Celllo canal.
Construction was bceun last week
on the new four-lane bridge across (lie
mouth of the CIgckamns river at Glad
stone. The bridge, when completed,
will form a link in the super highway
between Oregon City and Portland.
Members of the K lamath Indian
tribe have received $196,200 in pay
m ents made by the governm ent. The
payments were made to 1308 enrolled
tribal members, who received $150
each In the first semi-annual payment
for 1932
With the snow practically gone from
the ranch land in Umatilla county be
tween Ukiah and Hie north fork o f the
John Day river, spring farm work Is
starting. In other sections of the coun
ty spring w heat seeding is practically
completed.
Unusuully deep snows of last winter
have made it difficult for deer to sur
vive and many have perished, accord
ing to the report of Stanley G. Jew ett,
predatory anim al and rodent control
leader with the United S tates bioiogl
cal survey.
It is not generally known that corn
"an be planted in the spring of the
year and harvested in the spring i t
the following year. Recently A. C.
Ford of Ferrydale, near G rants Pass,
harvested quite a crop th at was plant
ed last Beason,
THURSDAY, APRIL Jg, 1S3Í
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WITH FARMERS AROUND
THE STATE
of soil th a t is in a good s ta te of fe r
. tility , supplem ented w ith a com m er
» cial fe rtiliz e r c a rry in g relativ ely
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ROSEBURG — Creep feeding of
Iam bs has proved very successful
th is sp rin g on th e farm of L. E.
Thom pson of U m pqua, w here period
ic w eig h tin g s of th e lam bs are re
corded and an accu rate cost of feed
purchased kept, rep o rts J. C. Leedy,
county ag en t. A w e th e r lam b w eigh
ing 4 6(4 pounds M arch 4 w eighed
61 pounds M arch 25, a g ain of 14(4
pounds in 21 days.
A ewe lam b
gained 11 pounds in th e sam e per
iod. T o tal feed cost for 73 lam bs
creep fed up to M arch 31 w as $6.38.
F eeding was s ta rte d w ith a few of
th e early lam bs J a n u a ry 15.
HILLSBORO— Low prices and the
necessity of producing good yields
of forage per acre and of providing
green p astu res d u rin g th e dry su m
m er m onths are factors causing
more and more dairym en of W ash
ington county to tu rn th e ir a tte n
tion to a lfa lfa , says C ounty A gent
W. F. Cyrus.
TILLAMOOK — Thé Tillam ook
county herd im provem ent associa
tion has been re-organized for ano
th e r y ear w ith 1170 cow s signed up,
according to C ounty A gent C. H.
B ergstrom . The te s te r for the as
sociation w ill also cooperate w ith
Mr. B ergstrom and these m em bers of
th e association th is year in o b ta in
ing te s te r records of all herd sires
to assist in placing b e tte r bred bulls
on th e farm s and locating proven
sires w ith a view to keeping such
an im als in tho county.
DALLAS— Eldon F rin k of Polk
county is th o ro u g h ly “ sold” on the
idea of irrig a tio n of red clover for
seed production. One and one-half
acres of irrig a te d land on his farm
last season produced as m uch red
clover seed as was produced on the
rem ain in g 4(4 acres in th e sam e
field, Mr. F rin k said in a re cen t re
port to J. R. Beck, county ag en t.
EU G EN E— A d em o n stratio n on
th e co n tro l of C anada th istle s w ith
dry sodium ch lo rate has been s t a r t
ed on th e farm of N ora P itn ey , n ear
Ju n c tio n City, in cooperation w ith
O. S. F le tc h e r, county ag en t. A plot
co n ta in in g about th re e square rods
has been tre a te d a t th e ra te of th ree
pounds of chem ical per square rod.
HOOD R IV ER — Mice have been
doing considerable «lamage to o rch
ard s in Hood R iver county th is year,
according to A. L. M arble, county
ag en t. A m ong th e most severe cas
es of in ju ry w as th a t rep o rted on
one ra n ch in th e Oak Grove d istrict
w here 15 to 20 y ear old trees w ere
com pletely girdled from 6 to 15 in
ches on th e tru n k and la rg e r roots
m aking bridge g ra f tin g necessary t<
save them . No cu ltiv a tio n had been
•'.one on th is o rch ard in th e p ast two
years.
ONTARIO— The p o tato acreage of
M alheur county w ill be m a terially
Increased th is year, p a rtic u la rly the
acreage of Bliss T rium phs. Most of
th is v a rie ty w ill be p lan ted w ith
seed grow n last y ear by P. Tensen
of Nyssa from certified M ontana
grow n seed. The acid m ercury dip
tre a tm e n t has been recom m ended
by C ounty A gent R. G. L arsen and
w ill probably lie p u t In g en eral use
in M alheur county th is year.
HILLSBORO— F ifte e n
W ash in g
ton county dairym en have 355 cows
entered In herd Im provem ent u: so-
ciations th is y ear for th e purpose of
o b tain in g b u tte rfa t records and feed
costs on Individual cow». Of those,
13 a rc in th e Y nm hlll-W ashinglon
county association, and tw o a re en
rolled in th e Colum bia co u n ty asso
ciation, according to records in the
county a g e n t’s office.
HILLSBORO— H. R. F indley Is
am ong th e . W ash in g to n county fa r
m ers coo p eratin g w ith W. F. Cyrus,
county a g en t, in fe rtiliz e r tr ia ls on
spinach, w hich is b eing grow n as
a can n ery crop u n d er c o n tra c t w ith
Ray-.Mallng com pany of H illsboro.
Good yields a re im p erativ e of th e
crop is to be grow n successfully,
Mr. C yrus says, and recom m ends use
large am ounts of n itrogen.
KLAMATH FALLS— M any d airy
farm ers have not yet learned the
value of a d airy herd im provem ent
association, but here a re some who
have. A num ber of th e m em bers of
th e K lam ath association have found
them selves unab le to co n tin u e te s t
ing th is year. T he 11 dairym en left
a fte r reo rg an izatio n found th ey had
only enough w ork to keep a te s te r
busy h alf tim e, so in o rd er to keep
the association going th ey have a r
ranged to employ him on th e ir farm s
at re g u la r w ages d u rin g th e o th e r
tw o weeks each m onth.
BAKER — T he second 1000
pounds of sq u irre l poison has been
mixed and d istrib u te d to B aker
county farm ers th is season, by P. T.
F o rtn er, county ag en t.
CORVALLIS-—B enton county or-
c h a rd ists a re fin d in g th a t th e new
cover crop disks do ju s t as good a
job of c u ltiv a tin g in the o rch ard as
a plow, and do it a good deal ch eap
er, says C. R. B riggs, county ag en t.
C om parisons of plowed an d disked
o rch ard s as to m Sisture co n ten t have
show n no ad v an ta g e e ith e r way.
T H E DALLES— Five W asco coun
ty farm ers have a rra n g e d com plete
oniniercial fe rtiliz e r tr ia ls on th e ir
farm s, coo p eratin g w ith
C ounty
A gent W. W ray L aw rence to d eter-
liinc the best types o f fe rtiliz e rs for
production of sp in ach an d g arden
peas u n d er W a co county conditions.
0 e c la l spinach and pea fe rtiliz e rs
re ai o being tried . F arm ers coop
e ratin g in these tria ls e re C. E. An-
lerson, Roy Johnson, J. W. S h afer
and F red C yphers of T hom pson's
A ddition, and W illiam B yers of F if
teen Mile.
DALLAS T he 10,750 ncres of
italiu n prunes grow ing
in
Polk
county arc likely to produce bigger
¡and b e tte r fru it th is y ear because of
the excellent job of p ru n in g th a t
most of th e grow ers a re doing, ac
cording to J. R. Beck, county ag en t,
who has had occasion to v isit m any
of these o rch ard s recen tly as well
as In past years. Chief reasons for
this, Mr. Beck says, a re th e low la
bor costs and th e in creasin g re a li
zation on the p a rt of th e grow ers
th a t th ere is m ore money in few er
and la rg e r prunes, w hich can be ob
tain ed by th e " th in n in g o u t" type
of p ru n in g .
OREGON CITY— Rock Creek com-
n u n tty women reported d e fin ite ac-
-om pllshm enia a t the conclusion of
he w eig h t control p ro ject conduc
ed by the home econom ics exten-
ion service u n d er th e supervision
if T helm a G aylord, home dem onstra-
ion ag en t. T hree ov erw eig h t in d i
viduals lost from 6 to 21 pounds and
five u n d erw eig h t gained from 2 to
7(4 pounds as a re s u lt of follow ing
•ecommended food practices.
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