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1 Fur Trimmed Coat in new tan shade, size 14
J ] 9.75
1 Fur Trimmed Coat in Brown, size 40
$ 1 9 .7 5
I Fur Trimmed Coat in Black, size 42
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$19.75
1 Sport Coat, Brown Tweed Mix, size 16
$8.75
1 Sport Coat, Light Tweed Mix. size 14 ................. $8.75
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$12.75
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1 Fur Trimmed Green Boucle Coat, size 16
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1 Fur Trimmed Black Boucle Coat, size 18
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R aH , R ecession and Labor
G rief G ive B ig T ops
W orst Season.
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HERMISTON, OREGON
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STRAWBERRY GLOVER FIRST PRODUCED IN
COUNTY BY N. A. BLEAKNEY, THEN OF ECHO
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T he su b je c t of s tra w b e rry clover hay. It is p ro p o g ated by ru n n e rs,
a s review ed by th e H erald th is week sim ila r to a stra w b e rry p la n t and by
rev eals th a t it w as firs t discovered seed. It is sp read n a tu r a lly th ro u g h
in th e U n ited S tates in tw o sm all th e d ro p p in g s of c a ttle o r sheep and
p atch e s on a fo rty acre farm one also by rip e heads, an d seeds w hich
a n d a h a lf m iles so u th of H erm is a d h e re to th e feet of livestock.
to n , th e n ow ned by
Roy S ulliv an
T h is y ear C arson L in d e r o p erated
a n d now by Mrs. V icto ria C h u rch a seed h u lle r th ro u g h w hich 36,000
m an. T he firs t seed produced w as pounds of sm all seeds w ere h a rv e s t
by N. A. B leakney on h is place fo u r ed, w hich inclu d ed a co n sid erab le
m iles w est of Echo. No one knew am o u n t of stra w b e rry clover seed.
w h at it w as u n til H. K. D ean of th e T h is has been sold a t a p rice of
U. S. E x p e rim e n t S ta tio n h ere se n t $1.00 p er pound. T h e seed is very
p la n ts an d seed to th e S m ith so n ian sm all and d iffic u lt to h u ll, an d th e
In s titu te a t W a sh in g to n , D. C., for crop is also d iffic u lt to h a rv e s t. It
id e n tific a tio n . T h is w as in 1923.
is estim ated th a t b etw een one and
B leakney h arv ested som e seed and tw o pounds p er acre is su ffic ie n t for
spread it on o th e r lan d , and now has seeding.
se v eral acres on
his
place n ear
A ccording to an a g ro n o m ist of th e
B oardm an. Since th e e arly discov U. S. D e p a rtm e n t of A g ric u ltu re ,
e ry o f th e p la n t it h as sp read over s tra w b e rry clover is a n
ex cellen t
m 3ny tr a c ts of gro u n d •b -n v g h o u t p la n t for poorly d ra in e d soils, es
th is a re a a n d is a lio p ro v in g in pecially
w here th e soil co n tain s
s o u th e rn Idaho, Y akim a and C alif a lk a li. It also does well in places
o rn ia , a n d in some of th e m iddle J called sw am py, w h ere it sp read s
and s o u th e rn states. It i.s supposed i very rap id ly from ru n n e rs an d seed.
to have stolen its w ay in to th is c o u n
At The A rlin g to n
sta tio n
n ear
tr y th ro u g h Im ported
a lfa lfa seed ’ W a sh in g to n . D. C., it h as show n re-
from P ersia and th e M ed eterran ean sisten ce to d ro u th and cold. In th is
region in A sia an d E u ro p e. T h ere it lo cality it is g ro w n on lan d of the
re g u la r ir r ig a
is called P e rsia n clover. Its n a tu ra l b e tte r g ra d e s w ith
h a b ita t seem s to be in w et soils tio n processes.
No d a ta is y et a v a ila b le as to its
w ith som e a lk a li, b u t can be grow n
on o th e r soils, w hich su b -irrig a te c a rry in g cap a c ity as p a stu re , b u t it
o r can he easily sup p lied w ith w ater. h as a h eav y g ro w th , is d u ra b le and
It is pronounced one of th e best p eren n ial, a n d is believed to exceed
p a s tu re grasses, b u t is n o t u seful for an y o th e r p a stu re on lan d s p a rtic u l
DETROIT.—The combined forces
of rain, business recession and la
bor troubles have given the circus
busir css the worst drubbing in its
history—but the big tops aren't out
yet.
Veteran circus men and close ob
servers predict the sawdust rings
will be back “bigger and better”
next year, if the business pickup
continues and normal weather pre
vails. But just so everything won’t
be left to chance, an organization
of circus fans has mapped out a
nationwide program to “keep the
circus from going the way of the
small-town opera house” — and
vaudeville, too.
Ringling First to Fold.
The Ringling Brothers, Barnum &
Bailey circus first ruptured the
“show must go on” tradition, when,
beset by labor troubles and dwin
dling receipts, it packed up at Scran
ton, Pa., early in the season and
moved into winter quarters at Sara
sota, Fla.
The Downie Brothers circus,
owned by Charles Sparks, closed in
Delaware in mid-summer.
When the Cole Brothers-Clyde
Beatty circus pulled stakes at the
height of .the season and headed for
winter quarters at Rochester, Ind.,
it became the third major “big top”
to fold this year.
Misfortune also overtook the
little shows. The Sells-Sterling cir
cus, a motorized show well known
in the Middle West, closed at She
boygan, Wis. Two smaller shows
folded up in the East.
Circus lovers, however, aren’t tak
ing this sitting down. At Madison,
Wis., the Circus Fans Association
of America assigned a subcommit
tee to work out a plan for preserv
ing an “institution typically Ameri
can.” Co-operating with the associa
tion, groups of advertising men have
banded behind the leadership of
Frank W. Magin of Detroit in a
“save the circus” movement.
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for you with a small down payment.
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a rly to w h ich it is ad ap ted . If w a te r
is ap p lied , it w ill driv e o u t s a lt
g ra ss w h ere th e a lk a li is n o t too
stro n g . S ev eral e x p erim en ts a re be
in g w atch ed in th is te r rito ry as to
g ro w th on a ll k in d s of soil.
In 1932 th e C o u n try G en tlem an
gave tw o pages to th is P e rs ia n o r
s tra w b e rry clover. .T h e w rite r says,
“ it is a y a rn w h ich in trig u e s th e im Collecting Driftwood
This Man’s Unique Hobby
a g in a tio n so m uch th a t I am going
to pass it a lo n g .” H e f u r th e r says it
RANGELEY LAKES, MAINE.—
is g ro w n in A u stra lia , New Z ealand, Collecting driftwood and fallen
E u ro p e and A sia, an d is fo u n d to limbs and stumps that resemble ani
sta n d u p u n d e r b o th d ro u th an d ex mals in shape is the unique hobby
of Harry F. Allen, brother of former
cessive m o istu re. He sta te s th a t it
Gov. Frank G. Allen of Massachu
ap p eared in 1920 a n d w as found to setts.
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be a v ery stro n g g ro w in g s tra in of
These pieces of wood have been
clover w hich, u n d e r c e rta in
co ndi fashioned into their strange shapes
tio n s m ade sev eral tim es th e g ro w th by the forces of nature—the waves,
of o th e r s tra in s . T he A u stra lia n the rains, the blasts of winter, and
b ro u g h t a p o tted p la n t of it to the withering rays of the summer
W a sh in g to n fo r
in v e stig a tio n .
It sun.
As one approaches Allen's cottage
w as p ro p o g ated th e re an d in less he is greeted by an alligator poking
th a n a y ear, from th is p o tted p la n t its head over a boulder. The alliga
5000 w ere read y to send o u t b ro ad tor is of wood. On the piazza, a
c a st for tr ia ls over th e U nited fine buck deer of wood can be seen.
Inside, other woodeq images in
S tates.
History Monograph Published.
Oregon S ta te C allege — “ O pening
an d P e n e tra tio n of F o reig n
In f lu
ence in Sam oa to 1880” by Dr. Jo s
eph E lliso n , pro fesso r of h is to ry
h ere, is th e title of a 108-page m on
o g rap h re c e n tly pub lish ed
a t th e
college to be sold a t cost. I t is th e
firs t of a proposed series of m ono
g ra p h s re p o rtin g on
special
pro
je c ts c arried on u n d e r th e au sp ices
of th e g en eral re se a rc h council of
th e s ta te system .
clude a reptile with what appears
to be the leg of another animal in
its mouth. Some clever touches of
paint on some of the specimens
make them more lifelike.
On one wall there is a strange
looking creature which a small card
informs is the Gyasticutus or Cave
Canis. “Lives on fish or trouser
seats. Dangerous when angered,”
the sign reads.
In other parts of the room there
are a seal with a metal ring around
its neck, a lizard on a mantelpiece,
an eagle above a doorway, a Rocky
mountain goat, chin whisi.crs and
all.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1838.
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DETROIT.—The federal govern
ment’s only “ floating post office”
has started its forty-third year of
service on the Great Lakes. This
sea-going postal substation is a mail
boat equipped to give all the serv
ices of a land post office to crew
members and passengers of boats
cruising the lakes. It has a postal
savings department, can cash or
issue money orders, and maintains
a parcel post department.
For men who ply between ports
all summer, it functions as the only
tie between them and their wives
and families. Many sailors find its
parcel post service a happy solution
to the laundry problem. This sea
man’s substation handles about 2,-
000,000 pieces of mail a season.
Grape Vine Grows
Peaches in Bunches
WELLINGTON, OHIO.—A wild
grape vine that grows peaches iri
bunches has been discovered by
John Hillikel, music store pro
prietor here.
The clusters of the strange fruit
look exactly like bunches of
grapes except that the fruit is
covered with the usual peach fuzz
and is not as nearly spherical as
the grape.
The bunches of
peaches are much larger than
bunches of grapes which are
growing on the same vine.
The center of the peach is hard
and contains what appears to be
a developing peach stone. The
grape vine which bears the hy
brids spans a scrawny-looking
peach tree and Hilliker believes
this made cross pollenation pos
sible.
th e release of 588 w h eat lo an s as of
D ecem ber 10th. T hese lo an s a re on
a to ta l of 2,752,916 b u sh els of w heat
and for $1.396,147.09.
A ccording to in s tru c tio n s received
from W a sh in g to n . D.C., th e closing
d a te for acceptances of w heat loans
is D ecem ber 31, 193 8. T h is m eans
th a t all loans to be ta k e n th ro u g h
local b an k s m ust be com pleted by
th a t d a te and d ire c t loans to Com
m odity C redit C o rporation m u st be
p ostm arked not la te r th a n D ecem ber
31, 1938. T he co u n ty com m ittee a d
vises all w ho w ish to ta k e a loan to
m ake th e ir a p p licatio n s a t once so
all p re lim in a ry w ork m ay be com
pleted w ell in advance of th e closing
d ate. AU g ro w ers w ho a re hold in g
th e ir loan form s should hav e them
checked by th e b ank to w hich they
a re d irected p rio r to th e closing
d ate.
AAA officia ls have d esig n ated De
cem ber 24, 25, 26, and 31 as legal
h o lid ay s an d th e local loan office
w ill be closed on those dates.
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