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T he G ate C ity J ournal
NV SSA, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 1*23.
VOL. XXI. NO. 14
OPEN DATE
IS IN DOUBT
COMMISSION SAYS ONE-AT­
TORNEY GENERAL ANOTHER
N o rw a y, R u g g e d
a n d P ic t u r e s q u e
---------- By J. A. Lakness-----------
It just occurred to me that it
might be of interest to my friends
in Malheur county to read in The
Enterprise a letter from a distant
land. It is with this tnought in
mind that I am writing you. You
may use the letter as you see fit.
COUNTY TO PROMINENT
HOLDFAIR MENCOMING
SEPTEMBER 19 TO 21 DATES GOVERNORS FROM 3 STATES
ACCEPT INVITATIONS
SET FOR SHOW
After a pleasant and uneventful
nine day ocean journey from New
York, 1 arrived at Bergen, Norway
on July 16th. It was about ten o’­
clock in the morning when the
H U N TE RS
DO
NOT
KNOW sturdy mountains of Norway first HIGH SCHOOL CADETS TO COM-
came in view, for they can be seen
WHBTHKH LAW BREAK­
in clear weather many miles from l*ET5 IN CONTSTS AND DRILL
ERS OR NOT.
land. It was a clear, sunny day and
AT COUNTY FAIR.
the North Sea was unusually calm.
In the smoth waters the ship rapid­
(Malheur Enterprise)
ly approached the rugged coast—
The Malheur county fair will be
There seems to be a difference of once the home o f the fierce Vikings. held this year despite the fact that
opinion between the state game Behinds us the great waste of the no state fair appropriation was se­
commission and the attorney gen­ Atlantic . It was but natural to let cured at the last session o f the
eral over the open season on deer ones mind wander back to the days legislature.
This
decision
was
for eastern Oregon. Last week the when people from the rugged fjords reached at a recent meeting o f the
Enterprise was authorized by Dis- j ahead sailed in open boats to distant Ontario commercial club at which
trict Attorney
Lytle to announce lands, yes, reach even our great were present a number of men from
the game commission had declared America. To one who has not seen outside points. Tht-y were unani­
the season opened in this district e,i the ocean in its turbulent moods, the mous in wanting the fair as usual
August 20. This authorization came perils these people faced cannot well and the club voted to hold it on
to the district attorney from the be described.
September 19 to 21 inclusive.
game commission. It was in ac­
1 far I am wandering from facts
The committee from
the club
cordance with a letter received from
to fancy so let us get buck to earth. which will have charge of the fair
the same source by F. B. Glenn of
You now stand with me on the deck araangements
consists of
H. L.
this city last week.
of the Bergensfjord as we approach Peterson, chairman, D. W. Powers,
Saturday the attorney general's land. Ahead lies the low islands— V. B. Staples, H. C. Boyer and Rex
office issued the following state­ the outer coast line, to the north a Marquis.
ment about the open season, as re­ smooth sea extending ever north­
No definite plans have been made
ported in Portland newspapers:
ward until its cold waters wash the by the committee yet Chairmen
“ In the region w ist o f the Cas­ frozen polar lands, and to the south Peterson said Friday morning ol
cade mountains the open season for and southeast lie sturdy mountains. this week. Meetings will he held at
deer is from August 20 to October It is the 15th o f July, but the
frequent intervals from now on and
20 with a bag limit of two deer. mountains are white with snow shin­
the plans rushed to completion.
East o f the Cascade mountains the ing clear in a bright sunshine. The
One novel feaure is announced
open season for deer is from Sep­ clear, white snowy tops appear to
this week. This will be a military
tember 1 to October 30 with the ex­ be kissing the very heavens.
We
ception o f Union nnd Wallowa coun­ inquire and learn that we see ever­ festival by cadents of the Ontario
ties. In these counties the season lasting snow, Norway’s well known high school. Various drills and
opens September 10 and closes No­ glacier, “ Folgeforden." It looks as contests will be arranged by Sar-
geant W. H. Abendroth.
vember 10.”
tho it nearly touches the sea, thus
The letter of the game commis­ forming a great white way from
earth to heaven. Is ' it strange that
sion to Mr. Glenn follows:
“ Replying to your letter of Aug­ the old Viking had a religion so
ust 16, will say that owing to a re­ weird and mystic?
straining order issued out of the
It is about one o ’clock and we are
circuit court o f Marion county re­ passing the first island and the first Federal Officer Proposes Ranges in
Malheur and Morrow Counties.
straining the state game commis­ light house, “ Marstenan.” Ahead lies
sion from enforcing its order open­ a small vessel awaiting our coming.
Areas in eastern Oregon now
ing the deer season on September It is the pilot’s yacht; in a few min­
10, the open season will revert back utes the pilot climbs over the rail. ranged over by herds of antelope
were surveyed in an inspection tour
to the open season in 1922. This Le t us look at him.
He is tall,
date is August 20 and the season square shouldered and sturdy, a true hy Smith Riley, in charge of nation­
will remain open until October 31. Norwegian type. His face is weath­ al game reservations, who arrived
It is therefore lawful to hunt and er beaten from many cold nights in Portland yesterday, with the re­
kill deer in Oregon during the open among the stony islands of the shore sult that Mr. Riley strongly favors
season in 1923 from August 20 to he guards. He wears the uniform the creation o franges in this region
October 31, both dates inclusive.
of the Steamship Line as he is the to preserve antelope.
“ I found two areas in southeast­
“ The question as to when the open regularly employed pilot. He is met
season begins on grouse and native by an officer and escorted to the ern Oregon very well adapted for
pheasants is still uncertain and will bridge. There he takes his place be­ antelope ranges,” said Mr. Riley.
not be determined until we have tween the captain and chief officer “ One is in the Guana valley coun­
the opinion of the attorney general and is now first in rank, and com­ try, east of Morrow valley, and the
on the subject. Will advise you as mands the ship thru the narrow other is in Malheur county, south of
to grouse just as soon as it is pos­ fjords, srraits and passages to a Jordan valley and near the Owyhee
sible to do so. The season will not safe landing. Under a clear heaven river. A third area in Idaho, which
open, however, the same as the and upon smooth waters the ship really belongs to the Owyhee area,
glides slowly inwards. Villages dot is also covered by antelope. These
deer season.”
(Signed) State Game Commission. the rocky shore— homes of fishermen places I found to be very suitable
and sailor. It all looks so clear, for perpetuation of antelope and
By F. M. Brown,
Chief Deputy Game Warden. clean and well kept. The houses are some measure should he taken to
set aside parts of the country as a
Acting upon the advice of the amost without exception painted
range for them.
white.
The
flag
floats
from
numer­
game commission a good many Mal­
“ Any action taken, however, must
heur county hunters have already ous tops.
gone out and killed deer They are At three o’clock we dock. The pass­ be the result o f public and state in­
now in a qnandry as to whether port officer comes aboard. Here we terest. I find that range regulation
seems to be a big problem in that
they are liable for a fine or not.
must stand in line and have our
Most o f
the ranchers
and landing country.
District Attorney Lytle said he passports examined
want some sort of regulation and it
was still acting under instructions cards issued before we are allowed
is in conjunction with this that the
given him hy the game commission to step once more on firm land.
It is nearly four when we leave preservation of antelope might be
that the season opened August 20
affected. It is just a matter of set­
and until he received instructions the ship, which has been our home
ting aside certain areas for definite
from an authoritative source to the for nine days. During this short
range and certain areas for the an­
contrary he would consider that thè period one has met many fine per­
sons, and some not so fine, but here telope.”— Oregonian.
legal open date.
Deputy
Game
Warden
Harry friendship ceases and acquainten-
Oregon cane fruit are believed to
C.ramse, of Malheur county, is go­ ance end.s
be attacked by at least three sys­
ing on the belief that the season is
On the dock I was met by my temic diseases—mosaic, leaf curl,
now open. He, in company with brother. He was but a chap of seven
streak.
These ail­
Dick Richardson, Doctor R. O. years when I left here twenty years and bramble
Pavre an one dottier hunter, are ago. It is needless to say the re­ ments are described in a new bulle­
now in the mountains after deer. A union was a happy on., hut that is tin by Dr. S. M. Zeller, “ Mosaic and
number of parties o f hunters from more a personal one than a general Other Systemic Diseases of Bram­
Vale have been and are still out in interest, so let us look this town ov­
bles in Oregon,” issued by the ex­
the mountains.
er a bit.
periment statio nat O. A. C. Pre­
Bergen is beyond all doubt the vention and control are explained.
most picturesque city of Norway, if
not o f all Scandinavia, built on the water flows in and out to the room
shores of the I’ udde Fjord at the in which the cargo is carried. The
Poultry Expert Will Spend Some foot of the seven rocky hills. Along fish is transferred to tanks from
the water front is a row of quaint which it is sold alive to the econom­
Time in County
old building from Hansa times, their ical
housewives.
The fishermen
II. E. Cosby will be in Malheur picturesque gables facing the sea, themselves are quaint to behold.
county on September 4 and 5 to con­ and behind these the more modem They are so accustomed to their
duct culling demonstrations and lec­ houses rise in pretty irregularity boats and walk so little on land that
ture on poultry.
The schedule is far up on the hillside. Bergen was they strangely wobble around when
given below. All who are interested founded in 1070 under the name of
should bear in mind the time and Bjorgvin (meaning "pasture on the they get on shore.
At the outer end of the Cormal.
place.
hills.) It has 100,000 souls. Its main
the
Walkenforffs
Dead Ox district, H. Hamhleton income is derived from the fisheries section stands
farm, Tuesday. September 4, 2 p. m. and until recently the fishermen Tower. It was built to keep the
Adrian district.. 11.H. Hickox farm, from all over Northern Norway Hanseatic leagu e in check. The old
Wednesday. September 5, 9:30 a. m. brought their catches here. In 144.r> cannona painting toward the German
Nyssa district. Gibson farm, Wed­ the Hanseatic League o f German warehouses can still be seen.
nesday, September 6, 2 p. m.
In a centrally
located
square
merchants established itself here and
monopolized the trade. This lasted stands the recently erected national
Artificial swarming may be re­ for a hundred years when the na­ theatre. Around this fine structure
sorted to when bees persist in their tives regained the German Section is a well kept park. The most im­
desire to swarm and moderate in­ of the town after a regular battle. portant figure in this park is a
crease is not undesirable. This is In the seventeenth century the trade statue of the late well known Nor­
esoeciallv true where preparation of Bergen exceeded that of Copen­ wegian, Bjomatjem e Bjomson.
for swarming has gone too far to hagen and around 1800 Bergen was
The day is over. We are tired
be prevented
Methods o f artificial more populus than Christiana.
both physically and mentally, so let
swarming are explained in the new
Among the places of interest here us rest and refresh ourselves.
O. A. C. extension service buBetin, a few are well worthy o f our atten­
We have much to say regarding
“ Beekeeping in Oregon,” by II. A.
thebusiness, social and political life
tion.
Scullen.
Let us first visit the fish mar­ o f these people, but that must lie in
Among the evils o returning from ket. Hundreds o f small fishing boats another letter. We must laso visit
vacation is finding you left some come sailing in loaded to the brim the sturdy fjods of this, the land of
with live fish so arranged that the the midnight sun.
thing in the ice box.
DEER ALREADY KILLED
HOLD MILITARY CIRCUS 1924 SCRAP LOOMS UP
PROTECT ANTELOPES
DEMONSTR ATE CULLING
BIG DELEGATIONS EXPECTED
FROM CITIES WANTING
NEXT CONVENTION.
(Malheur Enterprise
Governors, United States Senators
and Congressmen from three states
and men of prominence in public
and private affairs throughout the
Northwest as well as officials of
the federal reclamation service will
participate in making the annual
convention of the Oregon Irrigation
Congress which will he held in
Vale, October 3, 4 and 5 an affair
of more than usual interest.
$1.50 PER YEAR
MAO COYOTE KILLED AS IT
LEAPED AT IRONSIDE ROY
NOISE AWAKENED HOUSEHOLD
IN EARLY MORNING
Farm Animals Are Bitten By Rabid
Beast As it Rushed
About
A mad coyote was killed on
the Lathrope ranch near Ironside
last Friday morning, after causing
a great amount o f excitement.
Mrg. Laura Lathrops was awek-
ened just at daybreak by the rest­
lessness of some cattle near the
house and called to Mr. Lathrope.
ih e disturbance then changed to a
small flock of geese and from there
on to other stock in the nearby
yards. Mrs. Lathrope then shot in
the general direction o the noise and
at the sound of the gun a coyote
ran towards a wheat field.
Burt
Pickle,
Mrs.
Lathrope’s
grandson, who is with her at pres­
ent, followed the animal until it
ran into a hog wire fence and could
go no farther. It then turned and
attacked the young man, who shot
it with tHe rifle he was carrying.
One calf was bitten and one goose
killed.
W ILL IM P O R T BUGS
Governor Walter M. Pierce and
the Oregon delegation in Congress
have accepted invitations some time
ago and promise to be present. Insect Parasites to Be Introduced to
Combat Farm Pests.
United States senators
and con­
gressmen from Idaho and Washing­
“ Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the
ton have also agreed to take place
bureau of entomology, has recently
the deliberations of the reclamation returned from a throe months’ trip
and drainage
problems
of
the to Europe, where he consulted with
Northwest.
agents and correspondents with re­
The latest acceptances received by gard to the importation into tho
Chairman Harry G. Kennard have United States of European parasites
been from Governor C. C. Moore of o f injurious insects which have been
Idaho, Governor Jos. M. Dickson of accidently imported from Europe
Montana, and Mayor George L. into this country,” says the official
Baker o f Portland.
Record of tho United ¡Slates De­
Mayor Baker’s letter of accept­ partment of Agriculture.
ance is considered by Mr. Kennard
“ Many of the insects which have
as typical of Portland's awakening found their way into this country
to the importance of reclamation. and have become a serious problem
Mayor Baker acknowledges and re­ here are regarded with little concern
grets his lack of knowledge on irri­ in their native country because of
gation matters and he recognizes,he the presence there
of parasites
says, its importance to Oregon and which hold them in check.
that he will some to Vale seeking
“ Three species of wasplike para­
information.
sites and two species of flylike par­
Klamath Falls is out for the 1924 asites for the European corn borer
convention of the congress. A big j have been liberated to date, and a
delegation of boosters from the I number of other promising ones are
southern Oregon city will be in Vale reported by Dr. Howard to have
to carry o ff the honors, if possible. been arranged for collection and in­
At last year’s convention Grants troduction.
Pass announced it was out for the
“ At the bureau’s laboratory at
1924 convention also. It is expected Hyeres, France, in charge of Dr.
a large delegation will be in Vale W. R. Thompson, Doctor Howard
from that city also.
found that the work with the para
The program committee announces sites o f the European corn borer is
that the program is full to over­ going on in a most satisactory way,
flowing now. A meeting will be and that parasites of certain other
held either in Vale or Baker in a insects common to both countries
few days and the list will be closed. are being studied in an effective
It is planned to have the program manner, particularly
parasites of
o ff the pres sand ready for mailing the alfalfa weevil.
on September 15.
“ The alfalfa weevil is most seri­
ous in the western alfalfa country,
when in abundance, it requontly de­
stroys the entire hay crop at the
time of the first cutting. Itwas first
County Agent Hast Blanks to Supplv noted in Utah about 16 years ago,
On Call
but since has spread throughout
Wyoming,
Western
Section 1 of the law relating to Southwestern
Northern
Nevada,
all
registration and licensing of dairy Colorado,
bulls in the State of Oregon says, o f Idaho and Eastern Oregon. Para­
“ No person, firm
or corporation sites to control the alfalfa weevil
shall sell, give away, buy or accept were introduced about 10 years ago
for dairy breeding use any dairy and at least one has become estab­
bull that is not registered pure lished and is aiding materially in
blood breeding and licensed to be checking the spread of the pest.
sold within the State of Oregon. The most that can be hoped for in
Further, no person, firm or corpor­ the use of parasites is to chack the
ation shall use or offer for use for increase in the number of the in­
public service in this state any sects. The parasite can not natur­
dairy bull that is not registered ally exterminate its host without ex­
Supplementing
pure blood breeding.
The term terminating itself.
“ public service” is defined in this the alfalfa weevil parasitic control
have
law as meaning the breeding of any fairly satisfactorily sprays
cow or cows in herds consisting of been developed to aid in the fight
more than five cows not owned by against it.”
the owner or owners of said bull or
bulls.”
The O. A. C. Dairy Deparment is
made the ex-officio Dairy Bull Reg­
istration Board in further provisions
o f the law and standards are pro­ Experts To Meet In Portland To­
vided for below which animals may
morrow
not fall to be registered. Penalties
Grazing experts of this state will
for failure to comply are provided
and the district attorneys are au- gather here Saturday morning for a
thoried to prosecute. It is necessary conference with C. E.Rachford, in-
to file an application and affidavit sepetor o f grazing of the United
o f health with the Registration States forest service, who is here
The ses­
Board together with a registration from Washington, D. C.
fee of one dollar. For the conven­ sion will be held in the office o f E.
ience o f dairymen, copies of the law N. Kavanagh, in charge of the graz­
and blanks for making application ing work for the forests of the
for license and filing affidavit o f northwest. Kavanagh is now on an
health may be secured at the county inspecion trip on the Santiam river,
from which he will return Friday.
agent’s office.
James T. Jardine, director of the ex­
Five hundred times
more nar­ periment station at Oregon Agricul­
cotics. in the form o f opium and ts tural college; E.L. Potter, professor
derivities, are produced than are of animal husbandry, and H. A.
legitimately
needed. The avrage Lindgren of the college extension
age of the 50,000 known addicts In service will attend the meeting.
New York state is 93 years.
Mr. Rachford is now engayed in
Ralph A. Unite, of Vale, was ascertaining what grazing fee the
elected last week as a director of government will charge stockmen
he State Chamber o f Commerce to beginning in 1925. From present in­
fill the vacancy caused by the res­ dications, he says, these will lie con­
ignation of William Hanley.
Sev­ siderably higher than at present.
eral other prominent men of this Forests now are unable to supply
district were considered for the the demand for range, except in the
The In­
nlace. Mr. Holte is cashier of the more inaccessible regions
Vale National Bank and one of the spector will go on to California af­
most active men in county and com­ ter spending a week here.—The
munity affairs. He formerly lived Oregonian.
at Stanfield and has been a mem
It takes a train only one second
her of the State Chamber for sev
to win the decision over an auto.
eral years.
MUST REGISTER BULLS
TO FIX GRAZING FEES
T. B. TEST IS
VALUABLE
II. S. 0. K. RAISED PRICE ON
HOGS $20 PER CAR
COUNTY IN GOOD SHAPE
ONLY ONE REACTOR FOUND IN
574 IN RECENT TEST
MADE.
“ Because districts o f Clatsop and
Tillamook counties in Oregon have
cleaned up T. B. in diary cattle and
have been declared free of tubercu­
losis und given the accredited rat­
ing by the United States depart­
ment o f agriculture as a result of
well directed campaigns, hogs are
bringing ten cents per hundred
more on the Portland market than
these sections as a premium offered
by Swift & Company,” says L. R.
Breithaupt, county agent, in an ap­
peal to the dairymen of Malheur
county to combine in a campaign to
make Malheur county an accredited
county also. “ This -20 a car bonus
on hogs is just an incidental bene­
fit accruing to accredited districts.
The greatest benefits go directly to
the dairymen in better prices for
their products and for stock offered
for sale. What these benefits would
total over a term o f years is be­
yond estimate as the benefits would
come in many devious ways aside
from making the section a desirable
place for dairymen to engage in
business or to purchase stock for
shipment elsewhere.”
A test of 574 head was recently
taken in Malheur county and only
one reactor was found. This is con­
sidered an excellent showing and an
indication of how easy it will be to
make the county accredited.
“ This matter of testing the dairy
cows o f the county and attempting
to get an accredited rating is some­
thing that the dairymen might well
consider more «yriously than has yet
been done,” continues Mr. Breit­
haupt. “ While a small per cent of
the cattle have been tested and
found to be remarkably clean, the
great majority of them have not
been tested. The question which
must be answered soon is: Shall the
job be completed ? The answer de­
pends on the interest shown by the
dairymen. Will they support a clean
up campaign by signing the agree­
ment required by the Department
of Agriculture to keep their herds
from being reinfected by purchas­
ing untested stock, etc., and be will­
ing to pay a small fee to cover
transportation of the veterinarian
an dear tags?
“ Some time this will be demand­
ed. Several counties in the state
have made it compulsory. It will be
cheaper in 1923 than ever again for
those who have reactors, for a new
law passed by the last legislature
provides for progressively decreasing
the amount of indemnity each year
after this. Instead of being able to
colect a miximum of $20. in addition
to the salvage, the owner of re­
actors will he able to collect only $6
after 1926 in addition to salvage on
grades. The dairyman who puts in
the next three of four years raising
a herd o f T. B. cattle and then finds
that the county has decided to have
compulsory testing, as some have al­
ready done, will surely be in a sad
plight as compared to those who
clean up now while the indemnity is
high and the probability of loss
more remote. How about it dairy­
men ? Let’s have your sentiments so
it may be determined whether the
effort would be worth your while.”
ROAD WORK IS RUSHED
Grading Completed on Many Sec­
tions of Highway.
Work is being rushed by the con­
tractors on the Vale-Cairo section
of the John Day highway. With
anything
like
favorable weather
they assert the road will he com­
pleted shortly after the first of the
year.
On many sections of the highway
the grading is completed. The west
half o f section nineteen has the
grading finished, also section 23
and 24 are near completion. One-
half mile of section 22 and one-half
»f section 21 are finished.
Alaska has an area of about 586,-
4 NIf) square miles, much larger than
Texas, the largest state. It haa .
population of about 54,000, much
less than three-quarters of that
Nevada, the least populated state.
in America there are 1,500,000
unable to speak the English lang­
uage
There are 3,000,000 more
who cannot read it.
Fifty million dollars waalost. in
1922 through alteration of checks.