The Gate city journal., April 27, 1923, Image 1

T he G ate
SOL. XXI.
NO.
FRUIT MEN
PLAN ASS’FI
city journal
NYSSA, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL
RAILROAD FROM CRANE TO
BURNS BEGINS IN 30 DATS
TIMBER BUYER GIVES PROMISE
OK RAPID COMPLETION
27,
$1.50 PER YEAR
1923
AV>V«W i V,V,V l
V,-,“
,\W i VA, i
SATURDAY. MAY 5. CHOSEN FOR !
County News o f Interest $ BLOSSOM FESTIVAL AT BROGAN
SIX HUNDRED POUNDS OF BEEF
TO FEED CROWDS
iV A V W .’. V . W
OWYHEE
NATIONAL MARKETING EXPLAIN­
ED AT 6RCGAN
T O ELIMINATE BROKERS
NATION-WIDE. G ROWER-OWNED
CONCERN NOW IN FIELD
TO SELL PRODUCTS
Fruit growers of Malheur county
are investigating the new national
co-operative selling agency, the Fed­
erated Fruit and Vegetable Growers,
to determine whether it is advisable
for tire growers of this county to
organize into one or mure units and
join this marketing organization.
H. A. Lyon, district manager for
the Federated in Idaho, held his first
meeting in the county at Brogan on
Wednesday evening.
He explained
the organization and plan of mem­
bership to the growers of the Willow
creek district. Meetings in other
fruit districts of the county will be
held by Mr. Lyon. County Agent L.
R. Br thaupt has been instrumental
in fr in g in g about the meetings be­
tween Mr. Lyon and the growers.
The Federated Fruit anil Vege­
table Growers, lne. has been organ­
ized as a nation-wide co-operative
marketing association to be ultimate­
ly owned and controlled by the
glowers themselves.
It was born
in the national F ans Bureau in 1921
when prqpident Upward appointed a
committee of 21 to formulate a plan
for' t e much demanded national,
non-p fit, grower-owned selling as-
sociatim for fruit and vegetable
crowe s of the United States, This
r-;.i
i i!.'clilt'd it would be more
lus to t h c over some ex-
v n t si li ng or; an -atio'i than to
f i i..
-
l i IF*' re uiir.a-
the N ill American Fruit
.
n s purchased outright,
•l’r.n will be financed by deduct­
ing 112.80 from each car of fruit or
tables ? Id until the purchase
t
is paid and . suitable amount
'
working capitol -ecured. It will
th .] be owned entirely by the
growers.
.
Those eligible for membership in
the Federated are divided into three
\i-:es as follow«:
The, exchange
s, consisting of co-operative or­
ganizations of growers or associa­
tions of growers which are regional
in character. The associ .tion class,
consisting' ¿ f co-operative organiza­
tions serving a «ingle community.
The individ";d class, consisting of
persons, partnerships and business
corporations, which for any reason
ore not conveniently embraced
in
the others classes of membership.
Running expenses of the associa­
tion will be provided for by a “ re­
tain” kept from the sale of each
car. At the end of the year the
actual expenses on ench commodity
will be «imputed arid a Tefund, if
any, from this “ retain” is to he re­
turned to the grower. Mr. Lyon ex­
plained that this retain would be
nproxirr a f l y the verag'e commis­
sion of present private selling or­
ganizations) which necessarily con­
tains a profit to thaso* organizations
and the growers can reasonably ex­
pert a refund at the end of the year.
Officers and directors of the assoc­
iation vi 11 be elected by grower
members. -.Each association will be
considered orie member and have one
vote, irrespective of size explained
Mr. Lycn.
Whether or not the fruit growers
of the county deride to join the
Federated, it was plainly the be­
lief o f tl*r growers gathered at B o-
gan Wednesday that they should he
organized, and with them, possibly
every other fruit grower in the
county. The advantage of an organ­
ization to supervise uniform parks
and inspection and to market the
fruit uruler a common brand and la­
bel was asserted to bo o f inestima­
ble value to the growers In all pro­
bability all of the grow ers. of the
county will be called together some
time in the near future to consider
this proposition. The extension ser-
vice o f the Orecrtn Agricultural Col­
lege is now working up a plan for
organization for Malheur county
growers.
■rhe Federated wdl handle vege­
tables as well as fruit but the vege-
table gso’.vfrn <>f the conoty wdl not
. m-oder if ’ his year. Most o f them
bchng to the Idaho Producers’ Un­
ion which has a contract this year
for selling through the California
Business of Entire District Will Be
The Fruit Growers of Brogan held
Mrs. T. M. Lowe was very ill for
Stimulated By Thousands To
a
serial meeting Wednesday evening
several days last week but is now
Be Spent In Work
at the community hall.
some better.
Saturday evening a water meet­
F. L. DeBord and Geo. Glascock
Actual construction o f the rail­ shipped a load of hogv from Adrian ing was held in the community hall.
Mrs. Cyral Crawley left Brogan
road from Crane to Burns, the first Friday.
Fred Kiingback and Wm.
link in the transportation line to McEvan also contributed to the car Saturday to join her husband in
market the timber from the Bear load that was sent from there that Wallowa, Oregon.
J. Smith and daughter Thelma
Valley track, will begin within day.
were Brogan visitors on Monday
thirty days, according to a telegram
Bob Wallace is working for Ellis from their home in Ontario.
received at Burns last week, from
Walters this week.
Wally’s Place has installed
a
Fred Herrick, purchaser of the tim­
Warren Fenn sold a ton of po­ radio set and are now listening in
ber. The text of the telegram, as
on good concerts from Los Angeles,
printed in the Burns Times-Herald tatoes to Pat Connelly Monday.
Byrd Walters, 5 year old son of Calgary, Portland and other distant
follows :
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Walters, fell into stations. On Friday evening the
“ Burns Commercial Club, Atten­
the Owyhee ditch last week while KGW order of Hoot Owls was heard
tion I. S. Geer, president: Your wel-
playing along the bank.
He was by an apreciative number.
ime telegram received and will say
Orville Hinton left for Baker on
carried down stream about 150 ft.
that my plans are to begin railroad
by the current but managed to business the first o f the week.
contsruction from Crane to Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Brady of Portland
struggle out unaided, no one know­
within 30 days and complete that
ing of the accident until it was over. were Brogan visitors on Thursday.
distance this season. I hope right
The
Golden
West Advertising
Elroy Huffman sheared sheep for
of way will be ready so that no
agent has donated coffee for the Ap-
F. L. DeBord Thursday.
delay will be experienced in getting
Rev. Chas. Blom held the monthly . pie Blossom Festival.
started, (signed) Fred Herrick.”
services ut the school house Sunday 1 C. M. Crail and Miss Fern Crum-
mett spent Sunday afternoon in
This means a great deal to the afternoon.
business of Southeastern Oregon, as­
Roy Williams, of Nyssa, visited Brogan on business. They returned
sert the business and financial men his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe 1 to Vale in the evening.
C. P. Ragsdale and son were in
o f Malheur county. The construction Wallo over the week end.
of 35 miles of railroad this summer
Elroy Huffman and son Ellis Brogan on business this Saturday.
Leonard Cole and Allle Lockett
will place a good many thousands of have both been ill with la grippe.
dollars in circulation in this section
II. Walter was out to the valley are moving a well drill to Cow Val­
of the state and go a long ways Thursday bringing with him a calf ley this week.
Miss Isabelle Cole spent the week
towards reviving the already ex­ belonging to Frank DeBord, which
panding business conditions.
he had found near Jamieson.
It end with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
had followed a bunch of cattle pass­ Emory Cole.
George Horn, Vale high school
ing out to summer range.
student was in Brogan Saturday and
Sunday.
Sports of Every Kind Will lie Pro­
vided For The Afternoon
Program
^
POORFARM
COUNTY COURT BELIEVES IT
CAN SAVE MUCH
Blossom Day will be observed at
Brogan this year on Saturday, May
5. This day has been definitely I
chosen by the general committee. I
Generalissimo Jess Hamstreet has!
named all of his
sub-committees CARE OF INDIGENT IS HEAVY
BURDEN TO BE RELIEVED
an dthese bodies are working to
make the 1923 Festival one long to
BY NEW PLANS
be remembered in Southeastern Ore­
gon.
Judge Test and Commissioners
The people of this district and of
Southeastern Idaho are
especially Oxman and Dean, members of the
invited to be the guests of Brogan county court o f Malheur county,
and to pay homage to out-budding have plans in the formation for the
creation of a county owned home
nature.
Six hundred pounds of beef have for indigent persons as a means ot
already been ordered for the bar­ taking care of these county wards
becue which will feed the multitude at a much less expense than under
at midday. There will be other the present plan.
The care of the indigent, or poor,
goodies in like quanities, says the
of Malheur county, is a heavy bur­
chairman of the feed committee.
The afternoon will be largely de­ den on the taxpayers. It is costing
voted to sports and a special com­ on an average of $10,000 a year.
mittee is arranging the schedule of This year it is estimated the cost
events. There will be races and a will not be quite so heavy as it was
test of athletic skill and strength last because the winter just past
for every one, from little tots to was much milder and therefore
tottering aged, rizes will be award­ caused less suffering among the
needy.
ed for the winners.
Malheur county has never had a
home for its indigent wards. It
has “ farmed out” to hospitals and
hotels, those wards needing a per­
manent home and has and still does
pay directly to many a monthly
amount for assistance. The county
ADRIAN
court looks upon this practice ns un­
C. C. Cotton of Kingman Kolony
necessarily expensive and believeB
was in town Tuesday. He took a
that a county owned home can be
load of lumber out to the Kingman Treat Wound With Iodine or Other
equipped and a good many thou­
Antiseptic.
Kolony Ditch Co..
sands of dollars saved the county in
Almost everyone who has spent
the course of five or ten years.
The farmers rejoiced to see the
many little rain showers that fell any time in outing or working in SECURITIES COMMISSION WILL
“ The court believes it can buy a
the brushy part of the foothills has BE ASKED TO CERTIFY ISSUE suitable farm, with buildings for
during the week.
Tom Harris, on old timer of this been bitten by ticks. Ticks are
AT EARLY DATE
what one year’s cost under the pres­
DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST MOORE vicinity, now living on the Roswell found throughout this state, but the
ent plan amounts to,” said Judge
Bench, was in Adrian one day this variety that carries the virus of
SET FOR TRIAL ON WED­
Test in speaking o f the matter on
By a two-to-one vote the land- Wednesday morning. “ It would be
week, talking over old times with spotted fever ¡«•'found only east of
NESDAY NEXT
In Eastern Oregon owners on the Westfall Irrigation ! our plan, o f course, to make this
many old friends and acquaintances. the Cascades.
Clarence Elliot motored to Parma ticks have caused not only spotted project voted Monday to bond the farm as nearly self supporting as
Two indictments were returned by Tuesday, bringing back a truck 'oad fever, but are also the carriers of district in the amount of $250,000 j possible and we would want a tract
the April grand jury which conclud­ of supplies for Holly Bros.
infection causing tick paralysis and for the construction of a reservoir of land suitable for growing vege­
ed its official duties early this week
Certain canyons on Cottonwood creek and the at­ tables, fruit and other eatables and
Fred Snively from upper Owyhee tick septicaemia.
at Vale. The true bills were both was shopping in the city Tuesday. are known to harbor infected ticks tendant distribution system to carry feeding livestock necessary for the
against Fred Geenz and Bird Cox,
W. B. Napton had the misfortune and it is to residents, hunters, fish­ the water to the 4600 acres of land farm use and milk and butter. The
Jtranscients, who were arrested a to let his ford kick him, almost ermen, find campers that this warn­ in the district.
court thinks it can secure a farm,
few weeks ago for stealing chickens breaking his arm.
The district will now ask for cer-i partially or wholly developed today
He hurried to ing is directed.
and tuikeys. Two indictments were Dr. Beck of Wilder and had his arm
During the month of April, May tification o f the bonds by the Irri­ better than it cun develop a new
returned ugainst each of the alleged put in a sling.
and June the adult tick will attach gation and Drainage Securitiea Com­ tract of land.
thieves.
Three car load of hogs weie shipp­ itself to any warm-blooded animal, j mission. If that is done, it is expect­
“ Now that the expensive bounty
Not all ticks are ■ ed that construction will begin this item has been removed from the ex­
Grenz and Bird entered a plea be­ ed from Adrian to Portland markets including man.
fore Judge Dalton Biggs of guilt to Friday by Frank Miller and Carl infected, but every tick should be summer on the physical plant. The pense bill o f Malheur county, the
>e of trie indictments and not guil­ McCullough, the consideration being removed as quickly as possible to present plans provide for work that court looks upon the care of the in­
will cost around $200,000. It is un­ digent as its next big problem,” con­
avoid the danger of infection.
ty to the other. They will be tried $7.75 per cwt.
No specific treatment is known derstood that L. R. Annett, of Boise tinued Judge Test. “ We want to de­
on the charge they deny and the j Mr. Miller expects to ship again
for these diseases and the only p re -; is figuring on the contract.
vise some means to reduce this an­
case is set for next Monday, April on the 27th of April.
The Westfall project contains 4600 nual expense. Our plans are not
23, the first day of the April term j Mr. Van I’etten of Ontario and Mr. caution for those living in an in­
of court. This is the only criminal; Eder of Nyssa have purchased two fected district is to make a careful acres along Bully creek near the complete but we expect to have
hardware stores in I’arma, one run search not only of the body, but of ' town of WestfalL Of this acreage them so in time to go before the
case up for this term of court.
3000 acres are now under irrigation 1923 budget board and ask for an
Four civil suits are also set for by W. E. Fisk, the other by J. E. the clothes for ticks. The tick is a !
slow feeder, and usually
takes from private ditches. They water authorization to buy and equip a
trial on the first day’s court. They Schmidt.
before
attaching
himself. supplied to these lands is taken di­ poor farm.”
The two stores will be consolidat­ hours
are: Bank of Jordan Valley vs. John
Finding a tick thoroughly imbedded rectly from the stream. It does not
ed
into
one,
and
given
the
name
A. Oliver; Olive Smith vs. Murray
certain precautions last long enough in the season to
Brothers; J. R. Blackaby vs. E. F. of Eder Hardware Co. Part of the demands that
be taken in the removal. It is not provide adequate irrigation.
Seawood; T. H. Moore vs. N. A. stock will be transferred to the Eder
The proposed plan is to construct
advisable to use strong chemicals
Hardware store in Adrian.
Mead.
Miss Eulalia Schafer stopped on for the death of the tick means a storage reservoir on Cottonwood April Flowed Lands Need Working
The suit of the City of Ontario
Down at Once
her way home from Roswell, where greater difficulties in removing the creek, a few miles from Westfall,
vs. J. W. C. Johnson has been set
Conservation of moisture in the
Ticks can usually be re­ and store the waters of this stream
she is attending school, to visit with head.
for trial for Tuesday, A9pril 24.
moved by slow steady tension in a for use when the natural run-off soil is important at this season of
friends in Adrian.
On Wednesday, April 25, the dam­
of Bulley creek has so far spent it­ the year when evaporation begins to
The second annual dance was straight line.
age suit filed by Iva Tyler against given by the Adrian ball team Ap­
exceed rainfall, says W. L. owers.
After
removing the tick the self that water is not available.
T. H. and Theodore Moore will be ril 20th at the Big Bend Park.
The Johnson Engineering company head of the O. A. C. Experiment
wound should be treated with iodine
tried. The plaintiff in this case al­
Late
Despite the fuet that the night or other antiseptic. Although there of Vale has made the surveys and Station department of soils.
leges she was struck and injured by was rainy and disagreeable a good is no specific treatment for spotted estimates for the district and are spring plowing will be facilitated
an automobile owned by the defend­ crowd came out.
Evapor­
Music was fur­ fever, a prophylactic serum is being retained as consulting engineers by discing beforehand.
ants and driven by an employee of nished by Bagley’s orchestra from perfected by Rockefeller Institute for it.
ation will be checked by such a
them. The accident occured or. the Caldwell.
procedure and vegetable matter will
of Medical Research but is not
streets of Ontario, according to the
be incorporated with the soil.
Preparation is being made to put ready for general use at this pres­
complaint.
A1 plowed ground
should
be
a new board track on the Adrian ent time.
worked down promptly after mid-
The clearing of brushy lands and
bridge as the old floor has become
In the usual ration of the dairy April.
Rainfall may be sufficient,
so worn that transit will soon be cultivating the same is one way of
cow clover or alfalfa hay is worth up to April 20, to resaturate the
eradicating
the
tick,
but
this
is
not
dangerous.
more than twice that o f
timothy larger storage space provided by
Peter Christensen turned part of possible in this still sparsely set­
Celebration In Blue Mountains On his stock business into a meat mar­ tled state.
Early and systematic hay. Legumes are not only the the addition of organic matter and
best milk producers among the hays, deep cultivation. Discing will pack
Old Oregon Trail
ket Friday when he butchered a veal removal of ticks at noon and night
With Pendleton, La Grande, Bak­ and sold it to the citizens of Adrian. will do much to prevent this highly but are very valuable as soil build- and firm the furrow slice while the
er, Union, and other cities along
spike-harrow will smooth the sur­
One of Stanfield’s men has been fatal disease.
the Old Oregon Trail cooperating, residing in this community during
face.
Less
evaporation
escapes
Physicians are requested to re­
When
fed
liberally
a
good
dairy
an immense pageant in commemor­ the week, searching for 30 head of port all cases on blanks that will be
from a level surface.
ation of the completion of the Old bucks that were lost from a band of supplied by the State Board of cow can use half her feed for milk
Control of weeds and the estab­
production.
When fed a
three- lishment of a soil mulch arc im­
Oregon Trail will be held sometime 800 that were taken through here Health.
fourths
ration
she
can
use
only
in July, according to
plans
an­ to the range. Seven of the bucks
portant in moisture storage.
An
How many potatoes should
we one-third of her feed for producing ideal soil mulch is two and a half
nounced by the recently organized have been located.
The past year milk, and when fixl a half-ration to three inches deep and should con­
executive committee.
Mr. Bradney of Big Bend was an ! nlant this spring?
of heavy production and low prices she needs all her fed to maintain tain soil crumbs of some finer ma­
It is planned to make this pag­ Adrian visitor Monday.
her body.
eant an event long to be remem­
terial.
To be effective the soil
A. G. Kingman of Kingmgan Kol­ has been particularly hard on the
bered in the Northwest,
so
the ony was in the city one day this | western growers who are a long
must be dry through this depth ol
The outlook for the sheep indus­
| distance from
markets .
Usually
committee announces.
Efforts are week.
mulch.
try, especialy wool, from an
ec­
being made to
have
President
A crumbly mulch is more effect­
D. T. Holly motored to Vale Mon­ I a low price is followed by about
onomic
point,
apears
fovorable
for
Warren G. Harding
present,
as day where he will act as a member two years of decreased production
ive than a dust mulch. It is less
Seed is chean. There is little ev- a year or two at least. The num­ inclined to run together when show­
well as other notables.
of the jury.
acquired ber o f sheep ou farms, January 1, ers occur, resists wetting from be­
Clarence Elliot and his si-der. Fi le, ' ideiee o f suden wealth
Those 1923, was only 37 million as com­ low, permits aeration and
Vegetable Union. Mr. Lyon stated will stay with Mrs. Holly and the hv farmers who “ plunge.”
tends
who make money are the ones who pared to 55 million for the 10-year to trap rain water.
that officers of the Idaho union were children during his absence.
plav the game steadily. The only average. Wool consumption is morej
“ •riously considering joining the
They say Chinese Is spoken by
About the most expensive th ng certain winner« this spring, however than twice as great as production.
Federated next year.
probably
Arden A. Reed was chairman of in this funny world of ours is will he those who produce effie’ ent- In 1922 more than 300 million 400,000,000 people. This
includes
all
the
babies
in
America.
pounds
were
imported—
also
in
1922.
money.
I
!y—
that
is
at
a
low
cost
per
bushel.
the meeting at Brogan.
CHICKEN THIEVES
HELD FOR TRIAL
GRAND JURY RETURNS ONLY TWO
TRUE BILLS
REMOVE TICKS QUICK
COST IS NOW $ 1 0 ,0 0 0
WESTFALL VOTES
IRRIGATION BOND
AND OWNERS APPROVE ISSUE OF
$ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 FOR CONSTRUCTION
SAVE S0ILM01STURE
FARM POINTERS
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