Vernonia eagle., March 07, 1929, Page 6, Image 6

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VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
The Japanese beetle is a strong
flier. Since it was first discover­
ed in New Jersey 11 years ago
it has spread at the rate of from
I 5 to 50 miles a year, until now
many thousand square miles, in­
cluding parts of 8 states and the
District of Columbia are infested.
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 192»
times. But if the poultry indus­ Vernonia Boy Turns
try was prominent here a shut-
Out For Spring Prac­
down of the mill would not be
so keenly felt.
tise in Football; O.A.C.
Some of the largest chicken
farms of today started on a
I Oregon State Agricultural col­
back lot with the owners having lege, Corvallis, February 27.—
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but little knowledge of the bus­ 1 Gilbert Bergerson of Vernonia,
iness. Cecil Sheppard, conceded
freshman in vocational education,
Kid Nelson To Fight
the greatest Ancona expert in | was one of 80 men to be issued
Topang May Battle
Prospects are Good
the
world
today,
started
with
!
His
First
Main
Event
Saturday Night
. a suit for spring practice in
For Large Poultry
just “chickens” on a back lot, I 1 football. Coach Paul J. Schissler,
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Industry
in
Nehalem
with
some
four
or
five
different
The first half of the main
head football coach, is developing
The matchmaker of the boxing
breeds.
He
soon
discarded
all ■ I an
, .
,
,
. .
r
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offensive BVSXC1I1
system ui
of pructice
prucuce
commission has been trying to event between Kid Nelson of
(By
J.
H.
Sell)
but
one
breed
and
in
four
years
,
m.a. sannn .till
i„t ‘hat *’ exPeeted to be a problem
"" Sign up Battling Topang to fight Vernonia and Jock Lange of
Chickens!
That
is
what
it
used
made
$4000,
still
on
the
one
lot.
.
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,,,,>1) one of ^e prelims for the Portland will find Nelson taking1 to be. But now it is poultry and That was just a few years ago ■ to Oregon ¡state opponents next
I in his first main event.
¿'smoker Saturday night.
...... -..j men are now playing a
In the past few months Nelson 1 is growing to be one of the and today he is doing a business group of inter-squad games in
Topang will be remembered as
largest
production
industries
of
of
several
hundred
thousand
a
I
having fought has shown wonderful improve-
which Bergerson is a tackle.
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Johnny Snell I me nt and by steady hard work, the country today. The commun­ year.
Every night the gridiron war­
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ity
that
goes
into
the
poultry
in
­
W.
L.
Halterman
of
Indiana
in the local built himself in splendid con­
riors go through their drill with
dustry
today.
The
community
just
a
few
years
ago
was
work-
ring, and also dition, which should prove a
a vigor that resembles that of
that goes into the poultry in­ ing as a clerk with a local con- fall practice,
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having met wonderful asset in his six round
Many different
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dustry
on
a
large
scale
makes
cern
at
a
small
salary
where
he
same battle with a tough hombre who
combinations are used on the
this
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money
.If
enough
individuals
in
had
to
save
a
dollar
bill
at
a
the received a good share of his ring
picked teams
man in
i
-«di tn
the community will keep suf­ time with which to buy his first men to each to accustom the
Legion smok- experience in England.
other’s individual
ficient
chickens
to
setting
of
eggs.
Now
he
is
spend-
produce
a
Lange ’ who weighs 159 pounds,
er at Forest
style of play. Coach Schissler be­
carload
of
eggs
and
ing
more
poultry or
for advertising in one
Grove, fight- has met a few good fighters of
year than he formerly made at lieves in having at least two
ing a i <1 raw his class on the coast and is a both per week they can reach
teams with either one capable of
member of Spivey’s stable of the largest markets at the lowest clerking in several years. To the 11 taking the field when occasion
both times.
cost per dozen eggs or pounds back-lotter he says, “Pure bred demands.
is fighters.
Topang
poultry of the right quality will
Predict the decision in favor of meat.
n hard hitting
It costs 8 cents per dozen by yield increasing income and will
fighter Nelson.
fast
express to the New York market produce that so highly appreciat­ many good points, according to
who
craves
or 7 cents per dozen fast freight ed surplus money which you can the Oregon experiment station,
mixing it up
to the same market, whereas a lay aside in your bank as your but often the hospital yard be­
Topaz
and
Knight
from the sound of the gong, and
comes a graveyard due to neglect.
few
individuals producing a few nest egg.”
Ready For Battle At
asks no quarters, also giving
Such yards are best located close
cases
per
week
are
at
the
mercy
With
but
little
expense
one
none, and is a favorite in the
of the local market, and the can start with 50 or 100 baby at hand so that they may re­
Smoker
Saturday
Night
ring at Vernonia.
same applies in regard to feed chicks on an acre or two, as ceive careful attention, but it is
costs, since this could be pur­ there are many poultrymen keep- important that they are not too
A treat will be in store for chased in carload lots at a great ing 2500 layers on one acre. One close to other beekeeper’s col­
Dane Erady and
those attending the smoker Sat­ saving.
man said he raised 450 bushels onies.
Billy Smith to Battle urday night at the American Le­ Several have remarked to me of eggs from one acre and sold
In Oregon early March is the
gion hall, when they witness that jf everybody here went in­ them for $12 per bushel. Figur­ time to plan the family garden,
Dove
Knight
of
Vernonia
mix
to the chicken
business they ing eggs at 60 pounds per bu­ to insure a supply’ of carrots,
Dane Brady will mix with
with Young Topaz of Portland. could not sei lthe eggs. True shel and 24 ounces to the dozen beets and other root crops for
Billy Smith of Portland in the
Both these fighters are ready enough, if the local market was figures out at 30 cents per next winter, says the experiment
semi-final.
mixers and furnish good material
This event should prove a very for half of a double main event. the only market they could sell dozen, which is very good. That station.
in and each individual had to was in the middle west where
Corn silage is a wonderful
interesting battle as both men
Topaz has appeared in the
are fast moving, clever hard hit­ local ring a few times, and has find a local buyer for his eggs they raise things by the bushel. feed in Oregon for dairy cows,
' or chickens. The producer would
One can raise 50 or more finds the experiment station, but
ting youngsters.
pleased the fans with his style of , not make the local feed bill, on chicks in a very small place, as studies indicate that the cost of
Both men are the same weight fighting.
I that scale and on the other hand the brooder space
needed is producing this splendid feed is
and will enter the ring at 125
Dove Knight needs no intro- they would all make money by about 2x2 feet, until they arc high in this state. The best way
pounds.
duction, and is a boxer who producing in large quantities.
four weeks of age, then a small to reduce that figure is to in­
beaucoup action, and
Smith fights in Portland, Kel­ craves
crease the tonnage per acre.
By way of illustration let us yard is sufficient.
so, Longview and Astoria and is forces the battle when possible. consider some of our neighbor­
Before the spring work starts
The card if presented as ad­ ing communities. Winlock, Wash.,
the type of fighter well received
is a good time to look to the
vertised should be a whiz, with is one in which many persons
by the fans.
welfare of the farm horses, says
” At the rate Brady has been plenty of thrills, the Knight-To­ are engaged in the chicken bus­
the experiment statin. Some grain
proving lately a prediction of paz six round battle will be a iness. Do they depend on their
can now be fed. Working a little
knockout in this battle seems good chaser after soaking in the local market? If they did they
each day to get them hardened
easible. While this battle is no rest of the card.
are
Narrow
French
heel
hose
before heavy work begins will go
would go broke. But they are
We predict no knockout in the making money. So can
setup, we have come to the con­
the
indicated
for
popularity
in
a long way toward preventing de­
we here
but
clusion after watching Dane in Knight Topaz mix-to,
a in Vernonia, as wel las Winlock, coming season, rather than the lays later from sore shoulders.
his last three fights that he is decision rendered in favor of Pctuluma, Calif., and other large square and pointed types.
Inspecting the hoofs and shoul­
a match for most men now fight­ Knight by a close margin.
Tailored suits will be worn ders, looking for lice and clip­
chicken centers. There are also
ing at his weight on the Pacific
the one-acre farms at Weeks, this spring, either finger tip pings superfluous hair will make
ast.
High School Team
the horse a better work animal.
where one man keeps 2500 layers length or slightly longer.
This fight should prove as in­
Silks will be used to a great
Loses Third Game in one house on one acre. There
teresting as either of the main
are several hundred of these tn extent this season in prints and .Col. County Cow
events, and four rounds of ac-
E'vidently losing the Rainier that community producing $5000 in all designs and colors. The
tion.
Testing Association
game seemed to break the moral worth of eggs and poultry per new colors in browns are red fox
Elect New Officers
and dusky rose, especially used
of the local high school basket­ acre above feed cost.
¿^iFrenchy Rachel Pays
From my observation of the with the popular sun tan com­
ball team.
At the annual meeting of the
" Bet On Stribling-
The impression that Rainier chicken business I see no reason plexion; in reds—argentin, a
why Vernonia could not be the bright scarlet, and signal, a dark Columbia Cow Testing associa­
would
be
easy
to
defeat,
and
that
Sharkey Fight Sunday
tion, which was held Saturday,
Scappoose would be the tricky center of as good a poultry com­ red.
munity as any of the others and
February 23, at Clatskanie, the
Black,
white
and
navy
will
be
game,
appeared
an
injurious
At ton o’clock Sunday morn-
make as much profit from it.
fololwing were elected officers:
ftiug,
marching
down
Bridge state of mind for the hoys who One can start here in the chicken the standard colors for summer
Presideht P. L. Beeson, Clats­
wear. When combining colors the
^Xsireet headed towards the Ore­ had won every gome to be in.
The game with Rainier should game at a smaller cost than any contrast is used rather than the kanie; vice-president, J. F. John-
gon American hill, Frcnchy Ra­
other place I have investigated
chel, barefooted plowed his way, not have been allowed to have where chickens are produced on blending of color.
Red hats of many shades are
paying his debt or wager he been played unless a neutral re­ a larger scale, as It takes several
of great interest this season,
made will Mr. Lilly on the Strib­ feree judged the game.
One of the best teams turned thousand dollars to start in at shown in felts and worn with
ling-Sharkey fight.
an established chicken center.
black, grey or red fabric coats.
" Mr. Lilly cantered beside Ra- out in recent years, with plenty
There are
several
hundred
The coast buyers are predict­
cAiel to see that he would sneak of speed and pep, they finished persons here who could start in
ing pearls for the spring vogue,
Ito ride on his trip, with Mike the season losing three straight
a small way, with anywhere from
JJJiller riding behind Rachel in games after practically having a few hundred to a thousand including colored and smoky
types. Blues are thought to be
his Dodge tooting his horn so the championship cinched.
chickens and still hold their pres­ the leading color in jewelry.
Dint enough publicity would be
Taffeta is arousing interest for
Eggs for hatching should be ent jobs and learn and grow up
fclvcn Rachel.
fi Frenchy’s bet that Stribling . kept in a cool place free from with the chicken business. After coats as well as alpaca, broad­
it is on a paying basis they can cloth, tweed and
flat crepes
would win, was also the popular drafts and not excessively dry.
devote all their time to that which are also featured. The new
J)*pinion of most of the fight fans , A basement or cellar is a good work.
feature in collars is the fur
this vicinity however numer­ place.
At present Vernonia is a one- placed at the back with fabric
If the leaves and trash in the
ous calls of "I told you so,”
crop town and if the ___
mill should front edges continuing into ties.
greeted Mr. Rachel on his bare­ orchard have not already been
The practice of removing di­
plowed under or raked up and close down for any length of
footed trip.
- • ■ would
" ‘ be ex-
_
seased bee colonies to a
burned, do it now, so that they time ' local ‘ residents
will not provide harbor for the perimenting just that much hard pital” yard for treatment
.Local Ball Team Eager spring
crop of injurious insects.
For Season to Open It is important to supply pro­
tein in the poultry ration, and
Bert Tisdale has started to lay it is also important to furnish the
his plans to organize the local right kind of protein. Meat foods,
baseball team for the coming fish meal, and milk are some of
ball season.
the best sources of good protein,
Mr. Tisdale advises that Ver- say poultry experts of the U. S.
nonia will try and enter the department of agriculture.
Lumber league this year.
Persons who want to make a
The attendance to the bnscball start in fur farming will find use­
games last few years have not ful suggestions in a short publi­
been very encouraging, when cation recently issued for free
taking into consideration the fact distribution by the U. S. depart­
that Vernonia have had a top ment of agriculture, Washington.
notch team each year.
D. C„ as Leaflet No.27-L, “Re­
This years lineup will show a commendations to Beginners in
number of new players.
I Fur Farming.”
CDÍ iDTC INDOOR AND
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HOME POINTERS
Smoker
Legion Hall, Vernonia
Sat., March 9
EXPERT
Mechanical Repair
Work Guaranteed
at Ked Davenport’s
Garage and Repair Shop
Modern Equipment
SHOP AND GARAGE
Next to Sesseman’s Blacksmith Shop
Reconditioning of Cylinders
Carbon Removed From Motor
By Carbon Burning Process
$1.50
The Auto Hospital
Ted Davenport
DOUBLE MAIN EVENT
Young Topaz vs. Dove Knight
Vernonia
Vernonia
Jock Lange vs. Kid Nelson
Portland
Vernonia
Dane Brady vs. Billy Smith
Semi-Windup
Other Good Preliminaries
500 Good Seats
Good Fight Card
ston, Clatskanie; secretary, Mrs.
Fred Uhlman, Scappoose.
Board of Directors: Jack An-
liker,
Goble;
Jacob
Rietala,
Quincy; H. Liebenow, Cornelius.
E. H. Fish will be retained
as tester for the coming year.
Prevents
Milk
buckhorn, wild carrot, Canada
thistle, or dock. With a simple
magnifying glass, costing less
than a dollar, anyone can readily
pick out the weed seeds from
a sample of clover. Good red-1
Fever
Plenty of water and salt with
a minimum amount of concen­
trated feed for several days be­
fore and after calving helps to
prevent milk fever in the dairy
cow. If the disease does develop,
however, it is easy to treat it
by injecting sterile air (air fil-
tered through liquid or cotton)
into the udder. Keep an air
pump or a milk-fever outfit on
hand. Mature cows, particularly
high producers, are more sus­
ceptible than young cows.
Control
Poultry
Check Cars
Over Night
Lice
There are several kinds of lice
that attack poultry, but fortun­
ately they can all be controlled
by sodium fluoride. One pound
of this powder will treat 100
hens at a cost of about 40 cents,
and 1 or 2 applications a year
will keep the birds free from
the pests, if their houses are
kept clean. At this time of year,
it is best to use the “pinch”
method of applying the material;
that is, apply pinches of the
powder over the various parts
of the fowl.
For Minor Repairs
We wish to announce that those using
their cars to go back and forth to work in,
leave them with us and we will repair
them, such as valve grinding, brake re­
lining and bearing jobs. Can be done over
night—Will be ready for use next morning
Examine Clover Seed
VERNONIA GARAGE
The farmer who pays clover­
seed prices for red clover seed
mixed with weed seeds not only
pays for useless stuff, but he
will be put to considerable ex­
pense for several years after­
wards, especially if the weeds are
You
clover seed is plump, brig it, and
varies in color from yel ow to
deep violet. Some brown seeds
are always present, but there
should not be many, as they are
often dead.
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Vernonia
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A SIX IN THE RANGE OF THE FOUR
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