The Gate city journal., June 21, 1918, Image 5

¡MEDIES
SANDIES
IN C I T Y
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iffice.
HAVE
McCormick and
inted while you
your order now for BINDERS and be sure and get your grain taken
care of
We have the famous MAYTAG WASHING MACHINES
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Our stock o f HARNESS is Complete
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H. C. BALDRIDGE, PARMA, IDAHO
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you buy
save y o i
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Representative
Sinnott Discusses
Irrigation Matters
Oregon Irrigation Congres«, setting SOME REASONS WHY
out a plan for reclamation of arid lands
WHEAT MUST BE SAVED
for the returning soldiers, to make
homes for them. In commenting on the
merits of Mr. Upton’s plan Sinnott "A Man Cannot Think/ Work or Fight
When He Is Hungry”—We Must
called attention to a similar letter
Feed Our Soldiers.
sent to members of congres« a few
days ago.
When Representative ! “We have the preservation of the
Cooper of Wisconsin stated that he world on our hands. Every single
living human being in this republic,
had caused the secretary's letter to he from ocean to ocean, should make it
placed on the Record Mr. Sinnott re his or her special purpose to save
plied: “ Yes, and it will sleep in the •--- »
Record so far as this administration is !
concerned, if the record of the past is
a criterion. You will see that noac-j
tivily will be had with regard to the
matter, and we will still be confir.ed to
the limited moneys in the reclamation |
of these projects.
“ They have actually gone out this
year in Malhsur county and sold irri­
gation bonds in the same way that the
government has gone out and sold Lib­
erty bonds -by appealing to the patri­
otism of the community to incretse
food production. On the Warm Springs
early recommendations th a n
project in Malheur county, Oregon, in
paid in the past, ’’
that manner they expect to sell this
summer some $500.000 worth of bonds
An ambitious aviator rejected h;
and have under irrigation next year military authorities here as too y
I some 20,000 acres of land that wil to Join the army, went to France.
produce from 30 to 50 bushels of wheat In the French service accounted
to the acre, or ite equivalent in other several IJertnnn nlrplnnes. Now a
food products. In ths Jordan Valley, vate lighting on the front for t
me worm trom Prussianism. This is
in Malheur county, wc have inaugurat­ months, discovered to be n vetera
’ the task of the people of *hls nation—
ed ■ project this year that will raquire the Civil war, link been sent horn
an expenditure of $ 2 , 0 ” 0 , 0 T 0 and which too old. The American fighting s) i to produce and save food enough to
keep a steady stream of essential sup­
will irrigate 40,000
year which neither youth nor nge can iln
plies moving towards the front sn
on the Ochoco project near Prineville Is something Teutonic efficiency
long as It shall be necessary to wage
in Croak county, Oregon, they raistd not count u | miii In Us calculation!
this war. If at any time we fail In
$900,000 by a bond issue. They will glorious victories.
this, we must inevitably go down, with
have under irrigation this fall on the
the allies, to defeat. This is no ex-1
ing in part:
| Ochoco project
20,000 acres of
ine fort that permission la being aggeratlon, but a serious fact. It is
“ It does seem to me that this ad­ land which will produce from 30 to 50 sought for the ex-czar and his family the purpose of the United States Foo/|
ministration ought to profit by the bushels of wheat to the acre, or its to leave Siberia, U a striking rommeu- Administration to bring the realtr*.
tion of this fact home to every Ameri­
success heretofore had in the reclama­ •qui valent in other food products.
tnry oil the wobbling position which
tion of arid lands and the operation of
We are financing these three pro­ autocracy holds In the world today. can man, woman and child, and tv, en­
that act as conducted by tne reclama­ jects to the extent of $3,400.000, or Tills petty favor Is being asked for the list the Individual aid of our hundred
million people In producing and sav­
tion service. Last year there were within $900,4)00 of tne total received by inan who a year ago was absolute mus­ ing food. The Food Administration
raised over $50,000,000 worth of crops
ter of the lives and fortunes of mil­ Is not asking you to eat less; 1t only
upon government reclamation projects,
lions,
whose only law w’as his personal ] nrgea that you substitute one nutri­
...ill
$60 to each acre under cultivation, $30
tious food for another equally nutrt
as sers more than ths average raised Oregon has paid into the reclamation
tloua food, thus saving the vital sta­
ples needed by our armies and the ,
on all the farms of the country, as fund nearly $ 11 , 000 , 000 . ’’
»«cognizing the enemy animus In­ armies and peoples of the allies. We <
shown by tha last census report. It
During the coujrte of Representative
does seem to me that this administra- : Sinnott’s ramarks Represenative Mon* spiring false re|iorts of bad conditions must, during the next three months. \
tion ought to ventura upon soma com- dell stated that there were two itame at American training rnni|>s, Surgeon save wheat especially. Our surplus <
already been shipped abroad, and !
prehensive plan of alther incraasing of $ 100,000 providing for investigation General Gorgns invites all loyul <’ 111 - a hss hundred
million bushels more are 1
zc 0 s to assist him In traring them to
the reclamation fund or adopting some i of new projects in this bill to which
needed. When you eat a sllre of bread (1
their
sources.
Spreaders
of
minors
of
legislation, such ss the SAith Cham- the member from Oregon replied:
this kind ore likely to he less numer­ lest, omit the crackers with your soup, j 4
berlain bill, which is designed to put
“ We went something more than in-
ous hereafter than they have been In or otherwise conserve on w heatup rod 1
the government behind some of.these veet'gatione. I would like to see eon- the
nets, you are contributing tnw .r.i. •*-- «
past.’
bond issues in the western states, and gress and I would like to see tha pres-
thereby put ia culti.ation some of the 1 'dent give some attention to tha re­
17,000.000 acres of arid landa of tha
West that can be made to produce
from 30 to 50 bushels of wheat to the
tcre, or other food equivalent i. The
people of my state, in my district, are wilderness.' His aoviee cumee her«
doing the best they can with limited and is repeatedly ignored and pigeon
moans, but on account of war condi­ holed.”
tions they are able to finance but few
Mr. Sinnott read to the Houee a lat
Gem S ute Lumtx
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Our Wheat Problem
Transportation will be inadequate to
move all the crop at threshing time.
The present elevator capacity is not
sufficient to store the crop. Therefore
it is up to the farmer to build a gran*
ary.
Sacks are high ind hard to get. A
perm an en t sto rag e can be built for the
coat of one y e a r's sacks. We have a
g ran ary th a t has cap acity
bushels th a t we Bell «1
of
1000
H. T. FRANCIS
LOCAL MANAGER
Nyfwa, Oregon
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