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T he G ate city J ournal VOL. XXI. NO. 48 SHEPHERD FIRST DAY FAMOUS PROJECT MANAGER IS DRAWING CARD PROGRAM IS RELEASED ENTERTAINMENT BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY EFFICIENT VALE COMMITTEES (The Malheur Enterprise.) Just 12 days remain until the 13th annual convention of the Oregon Ir rigation congress opens in Vale. These will be 12 busy days for local committees rounding out their ar rangements for different features of the entertainmnt. The housing committee with M. H. Doolittle as chairman and C. C. Mueller and Leo Schmidt, already have accomodations listed to care for 140 visitors but need more. Chair man Doolittle requests that persons who have available room in their houses list the number they can take care of at once with either himself, Mr. Mueller or Mr. Schmidt. Charman Robinette has appointed L. P. Lumpee, Frank Chester and George Steele to assist him in pre paring the banquet. The committee to entertain women delegates has planned a public re ception at the Guild hall on the first afternoon and a theatre party at the Rex and tea afterwards on the third driy. Mrs. Robt. D. Lytle has ap pointed as her co-workers Mrs. John P. Houston, Mrs. C. C. Mueller, Mrs. John Gordon, Mrs. H. W. Champneys Mrs. R. E. Weant and Mrs. C. C. Burrow. The program as finally arranged for the congress is released this this week by the officers. It will be as follows: Wednesday, October 3. Morning Session, 9 O’Clock. Registration of Delegates. Payment- W limes. Address o f Welcome— Honorable C. M. Crandall, Vale. V"^pnn -i. red N. Wallace, Past president. Annual Report—President James M. Kyle. trP' intniLiit of Committees. Address 1 R. Rreithaupt, Coun ty Agricultural Agent, Malhuer County, “ Alfalfa Weevil.” Address -J. W. Brewer, Executive Secretary, Oregon State Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Ore. “ What the State Chamber Is Doing to Col onize Irrigation Districts.” Address— R. E. Shepherd, Jerome, Tla’ i. “ Business End o f Irrigation.” Discussion. Afternoon Session, 1:30 P. M. Report o f Credentials Committee. Aildres= Fmnk Eiuwn, secretary of Western States Reclamation Association Boise, Idaho. Audress— A. S. Dqdley, manager Oregon KU*o Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Ore., “ Marketing. Address--A. A. Smith, vice presi dent, Northwestern Electric Light & Power A siociation, Baker, Ore., '‘Relationship of Power to Irriga tion.” Music. Address— Whitney L. Boise, Port land Chamber o f Commerce, “ Port land’s Attitude Towards Irrigation.” Address— Charles S. Albert, Great Nor* I k m Rahway, Spokane, Wn. Music. Address— Claude Bristol, “ The American Legion’s Interest in Re clamation.” Discussion. Wednesday afternoon there will be a reception at the Guild- hall for all women attending who do not care to remain at the business ses sion. This will be given by the wo men of Vale. Evening Session, Rex Theatre. Educational Lecture and Motion Pictures by Columbia Basin Irriga- toin League, lecture by Mr. Adams, educational director. Educational Films and Lecture by Federa1 Reclamation Service. Address on the Umatilla Rapids Project. Address— “ The Attitude of the Union Pacific System Towards Re clamation.” Thursday. October 4. Delegates will be ready to take autos at 8 o’clock sharp to view demonstration of drainage methods and new sluicing drainage ditches at the Oregon Agricultural College experiment station near Vale. Dem onstration and lectures by Professor W. W. Johnston, of O. A. C.; Percy Purvis, O. E. Carman, of Vale, as sisted by Sam H. Brown, President Oregon Drainage Association. Immediately after demonstrations the caravan will leave for an inspec- *ion of irrigation districts in Mai heur County. Oregon, and Canyon, Payette and Washington counties, Idaho. Luncheon at Ontario at 12 o’clock NYSSA, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1923. State Market Agent News -----By C. E. Scene«----- banners are slowly awakening to the necessity of getting hold of pro duction and controlling it, if agri culture is to hold its place in in dustry. They are realizing that they must in vide the resell prices and eliminate middle profits, minimize waste, stop speculation, stabilize prices and end individual competi tion. They know they must control one commodity in one organization and that they must distribute that commodity through the entire season only in such quantities as consump tion demands. When through various associations farmers can bring about these con ditions, agriculture will be stable und the whole state will benefit. In an agricultural state farmers must prosper if the business interests are to thrive. They must be able to sell their products at fair profits, and in order to have normal demand, re tail prices must be low enough that consumers will buy readily. Consumers and producers have the middle field to reform to bring about these conditions. Joint action can work out plans to eliminate the great spread in prices between the farm and the retailer; bring pro duction and consumption closer to gether and greatly benefit the bus iness conditions o f the whole state. And there must be this co-opera tion between producer and consum er if there are to be better condition generally in Oregon. Farmers may go ahead with their associations an-1 be able to force higher prices on the farm, but unless the present middle handling conditions are also corrected, this will mean higher prices to the consumers, and then we will have as bad a condition ns now to solve. Whether he wants to or not, the consumer must sooner or later con cern himself with the middle market ing o f food products, and if he could be aroused, now is the time, when producers plans are in the making. Farmers and consumers together could work out far more simple ways to get products from the farms to the cities and do away with the many middle expenses and profits that dc not add a dollar to the value o f the products. And likewise, the retailer must sooner or later interest himself in these matters, in fact he should now take an active part in shorten ing the road that brings in his pro ducts, and co-operate with producers and consumers to get them as di rectly from the farm as is possible. If he could lower his prices he would sell more, the farmer could raise more. In the middle west states, heads of co-operative movements are tak ing up the matter of the middle spread with both producers and con sumers and are planning means to get products direct from the farm ers’ central selling agency to the re tail stores. Consumers’ organiza tions are working through the re tailers to this end and the producers are also helping the retailers to the short cut across. In one section of Iowa, associations of retailers, work ers and farmers have established a joint auto truck service that takes products direct from the farmers’ warehouses and distributes them to the city retailers daily, thus entirely eliminating all other middle handl ing and between profits. The best brains of our country are studying the fanners’ and consum ers’ marketing problems and planr ing to take the matter out o f the hands of the jobber, commission houses, wholesalers and other middle interests that these added expenses may be divided between the farmer in higher prices at his end and yet go to the consumer at lower than present costs. Slowly these problems will be worked out. Evening Eession. Malheur County Court House. Address— Honorable C. C. Moore, Governor of Idaho. Address— Hon. Jospeh N. Dixon, Governor of Montana. Address—Honorable Walter M. Pierce, Governor of Oregon. Friday, October 5. Morning Session, 9 a. m. Joint Address— Honorable Addison T. Smith, Congressman of Idaho and Honorable Charles L. McNary, Unit ed States Senator, of Oregon, “ The Smith-McNary Bill.” Address— Honorable N. J. Sinnot*, Congressman of Oregon, "Eastern Oregon’s Needs.” Address—C. D. Rohrer, vice-presi dent Oregon State Bankers Associa tion and ember Agricultural Com mittee for the Twelfth Reserve Dir- trict o f the American Banksrs Asso ciation, Eugene. Oregon. “ The Banker and the Irrigator.” Address—J. T. Jardine, director, extension service, Oregon Agricul tural College. Corvallis, Ore., “ Work of the Extension Service.” Afternoon Session. 1:30 P. M. Address—W B D. Dodson, man ager, Portland Chamber of Com merce, Portland, Oregon. “ Oregon Developments.” Address— Honorable R. N. Stan- $1.50 PER YEAR FRUIT GROWERS MEET CELEBRATE RAILROAD Scissors and Paste A. A. Reed’s Apple Orchard Object Saturday September 29, To Be Ob served at Burns Of Intern,! To Many U. S. Senator Chas L. McNary About 25 persons interested in will be one o f the distinguished apple growing gathered at the A. A. guests in Burns at the Harney Coun lteed orchard at Brogan last Sunday ty Round-Up. This is the informa to inspect the demonstration work tion given out by friends who have which Mr. Reed has been doing in been in touch with him by wire. It cooperation with the Extension Ser is possible that Congressman Sin- vice. nott may also return here for that Mr. Reed has 25 acres of fine time. young apple orchard just coming in The coming of the railroad will to full production. For the past be celebrated on Saturday, Septem two years Mr. Long, horticulture ber 29, in connection with the Round- specialist, has been demonstrating Up program, the speakers address modern pruning methods in Mr. ing the crowd from the grand stand Reed’s orchard for the benefit of the at the fair ground on that occaaion. orchardists of the Brogan and Jamie This has been decided upon by the son sections, as he has been doing people of Bums and gives added in at other points in the county, and terest to the three days of festiv Mr. Reed has been following the ities. long system of pruning, and his or The Round-Up continues to hold chard is now beginning to show the results. This was of much interest first place in the interest o f this to those who inspected his orchard section and it will not be any dis appointment. Arrangements are com last Sunday. Another orchard practice which plete for three days of old time has been demonstrated is that of buckaroo sports that will bring back the frontier days. thinning. The Reed orchard set a Burns is much in the public eye very heavy crop this Spring and it was found necessary to thin in or at this time owing to the railroad der to have the apples spaced as extension and timber activities. Peo recommended by the specialist. The ple are interested in this country. thinning was done at an average They are writing for information as iost of a I suit 40 cents per tree, the to the resources of Harney county, apples being spaced at from six to business opportunities in Burns and ten inches apart according to variety the irrigation projects. At the time the larger variety being given more of holding the Round-Up is an op room for development. Some of the portune time for people to come to trees were left un-thinned as a com see us. They have been invited and parison and it was of particular in it is expected that many o f them terest to those persons at the meet will come. ing to notice the remarkable diffsr- It is a good time to advertise us enee in size of the thinned fruit We want more people. We want the compared to the un-thinned. Mr. land occupied by farmers. We want Reed figures that he has made more them to see our advantages as a money from the thinning than from dairying section; the possibilities of any other single thing he has done engaging in stockraising, diversified farming, manufacturing; we have in taking care of his orchard. vast mineral hearing prospects that are attractive. Everybody is going to be here for the Round-Up and we should be in visiting attire— Burns Times-Herald. Charles K. Crandall Appointed Yell Leader The football fans are stirring up their last fall’s enthusiasm again for the battle that will be fought on Armistice Day, November 11, at Boise between O. A. C. and Idaho. Outfits Scattered Along Route Be tween Two Cities Seeing that O. A. C. is an Oregon school they have appointed Charles Contracts have been et for the K. Crandall, of Vale, yell leader. Athough Mr. Crandall was the yell grading of the railroad from to the leader and also a graduate of the northern boundary of Burns. This University o f Oregon, great spirit is information was given out by En shown in connecting the two Oregon gineer Girard last Saturday evening. schools together in this way. Several local men were awarded con It will be asked o f all the people tracts and the crews and machinery who go from here to get their caps are now being assembled for the of orange and black and yell for the work to begin at once. Grading is under way on almost O. A. C. team. Already people are reserving seats every mile of the route between for this game and it is estimated Crane and the mill site at Warm that from two to three hundred Springs just below town and an out “ fans” will attend from Ontario side concern received the contract to Nyssa and Vale, and nearby vicin do the grading from the mill thu the town. ities. It is understood that activities will not cease on this portion of the grade this fall but will be extended across the valley to Poison creek before the cold weather sets in. County Court Names Three Men To The surveyors are now running the Advise On Estimates route north toward Bear Valley.— A. A. Guttridge, of Dead Ox Flat, Burns Times-Herald. H. R. Dunlop, of Vale, and George K. Aiken, o f Ontario, have been named by the county court as the three men to advise with the county court in drawing up the estimates of Malheur County Real Estate Trans fers Recorded During Week expenditures for Malheur county for the year 1924. A meeting of the Sept 15th to 22nd committee will be held as soon as Judge Test returns from his vaca tion. W. B. Hoxie et ux to Dewey Bert William Jones, chairman o f the tax Hoxie-Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Block 9, commission, advises that an exten Nyssa. 1|8|23. $10.00. sion of time until November 7 has John A. Ward <st ux to Earl Ward- been granted to taxing districts of undivided 1-3 interest in SV4SV4 Sec. the county who have not been able 28-20-46. 8|24|23 $10.00. to arrange their estimates by Octo John A. Ward et ux to Earl Ward ber 1st. undivided 1-3 interest in SMiSVi Edward W. Edwards, of Cincinnati Sec. 28j20|46. 8|24|23. $10.00. John A. Ward et ux to Frank P. says, “ The bigger you are than your work, the easier you will find it, Ward undivided 1-3 interest in SV4 and the swifter will be your pro- NWV4, and Lots 3 and 4, Sec. 6|20- 47. 8-24-23. $10.00. gess in it. Certainly others will he O. J. Pinkston et ux to M. Hart- attracted to help you along, or buy 23 acres in SHSE14 Sec. 24-20-46. whatever you may have to sell in 8-30-23. $2,000.00. Wm. E. Lees et ux to School Dis goods or services, in the measure that you are an all-round human be trict No. 8-all of Block 267, Ontar io. 9-12(23. $1,300.00 ing—big, broad, and kindly— and not C. W. DeBoer et ux to A. L. simply a machine, as a man always Friis-Lots 13 and 14, Block 60, becomes who permits his work to Green’s Add. to Nyssa. 9|6|23. Violet M. Pickle et vir to Bessie master him. Ausmus-Lot 5, Block 31, Hope-Hol- field, United States Senator, Oregon, land add. to Vale. 9|14|23. $1.00. “ Needs o f the Producer.” Joseph B. Claypool et ux to J. W. Music. Welch et ux-NWV4NE>4, EHNWM Paper—“ Growing and Marketing and EHS*4 Sec. 14-18-41. 8|11|23. Vegetables,” prepared by California $ 6 , 000 . 00 . Vegetable Union. Sheriff H. Lee Noe to A. L. Friis Address— Dr. W. J. Kerr, presi Lots 15 and 16 Block 60 Greens Add dent, Oregon Agricultural College, to Nyssa 9-22-23. $20.00. Corvallis, Oregon, "Educating the Robert Van Gilse et ux to Rome -I. Boys and Girls of the Farm to Cole— Lots 9 and 10, Block 21, Meet Present Day Conditions.” Teutschs Add. to Nyssa. 3-15-21. $1. Address —■ Honorable James T. Rose G. Cole to Erneet C. Wilson Hawler, former governor of Idaho, et al-Ix>ts 9 and 10, Block 21, Boise, Idaho, “ Pioneering Irrigation Teutschs Add. to Nyssa. 9|2!23. $1.00 in Idaho.” Complaints Filed In Circuit Court Music. Clara M. Morton vs Murray R. Report o f Committees. Morton. 9-19-23. Divorce. Election o f Officers. Gem State Lumber Co. v*. R. H. Theatre party at the Rex Theatre McNee. 9119123. Recovery on Note. in the afternoon for visiting women, $120 00 . followed by a tea. Farmers A Stockgrowers Bank vs Annual Banquet in Odd Fellows R. M. Carlisle,. 9!20|23. Recovery on Lodge Rooms, 7 p. m. note. $262.50. 0 - A. C. VS IDAHO GAME GRADING RAILROAD BOARD IS APPOINTED COUNTY STATISTICS We all have sympathized with the farmer in the trying period of read justment he has passed through. We use the term “ passed through after careful thought because we are convinced that the worst is over and there is much cause for optimism. Of course, things are not yet as the farmer would like to have them, but the best brains of the country are busy with the farmer’s problem, and his condition is much improved and is getting better steadily. In the Pacific northwest bountiful crops give us much cause for an im mediate expectation o f better busi ness conditions. Even with prevail ing low prices for farm products the volume of production per acre as sures a much larger turnover of money through the farmers hands than last year. We hear much pessimistic talk about the low price of wheat, but wheat represents only 7 per cent of the total farm income of the United States, and in this territory the low price is far offset by the large yield per acre this season. Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California this year will produce 121,122,900 bushels o f wheat as compared with 91,771,000 bushels last year. This means that the farmers of these four states will re ceive this year approximately $30,- 000,000 more money from wheat than they did last year, and it is reasonable to say that their cost r.i planting, harvesting, etc., was lit tle if any greater than in 1922. But this is not alone a good wheat year on the Pacific coast all crops are good. Pasturage has been excellent— hay fine — there have been big per acre yields of oats, barley, potatoes, etc. Our prediction of good business conditions this fall was corroborated by Mr. A. L. Mills, President of the First National Bank o f Portland, in an address August 9th. Mr. Mil's had the following to say: “ I am prophesying good times in business in the northwest, not only for the balance of the year, but for a considerable time longer. My reasons for this belief are as fol lows: “ First, let us consider business conditions in general and then local ly- “ A good many people are talkirr pessimistically about business goner ally throughout the United State» this coming fall and winter; in fact it has almost become fash ionable to be a pessimist. As a matter o f fact, the pessimist is a pest! It is easy to knock down and destroy, but hard to build up and construct, consequently it is safer to and easier to be a pessimist than an optimist. “ Therefore, let us forget pessi mism and try to face general con ditions as they are, thinking and talking optimism. Now how are conditions generally throughout the United States? "In the first place, money is easy and there is credit available for all legitimate enterprise and at reason- abe rates. “ Even the farmers, with whose condition we sympathize, appear to have considerable purchasing power judged from the rapidly increasing sales of the great mail order house» like Sears, Roebuck and Co., and Montgamery Ward & Co. report a gain o f 28.49 per cent in sales for the first seven months of the year over a like period of 1922. Mont gomery Ward & Co. report a gain o' 53.33 over a like period and their sales are largely to farmers. The gain o f Montgomery Ward’s Pacific coast house was 80 per cent show ing a much better condition here than elsewhere. “ Our wheat farmers feel a griev ed at the ruling price for wheat, but low as it is, the returns to the northwest from wheat this year will be in excess of recent years, due to most abundant crops. It certainly is more to the advantage of a farm er and to the community that h" raise and sell two bushels of wheat for 90 cents each than one bushel at $1. I am confident that more money will circulate in the north west from the wheat farmer than has been the case for years. "To conclude, I feel that gener ally throughout the United States, and especially in our northwestern territory, business will he good not only throughout the balance of the year, but will carry on well into 1924. Indeed if one and all conduct their business conservatively, with out speculation and undue expan sion, I believe we have before us in the northwpst a period of prosperity that will continue not only this fall and into the coming spring hot por- siby for some years. I am full of confidence and have little fear of the future ” - Merchandising Service Bulletin. FAIR SHOW VERY GOOD EXHIBITS NOT AS GOOD AS LAST YEAR MILDRED STACEY WINS VALE GIRL IS GIVEN SECOND PLACE IN BEAUTY CONTEST FOR QUEEN Miss Mildred Stacey o f Vale won second place in the beauty contest at the Mulheur county fair Thursday afternoon and therefore the seat of first maid o f honor to Queen On tario. Miss Mildred Bain, of Pay ette, was awarded the place of the score of beautiful girls who en tered the contest. Miss Pauline Ja- quish, of Ontario received third place and Miss Ladona Swank, of Payette, fourth place. Thousands o f people from all over the Snake River valley gathered in Ontario this week to attend the three day’s show put on by the fair association and the people of On tario. The attendance is estimated to he as large as any year so far. The agricultural exhibits are not up to par this year in quanity. The displays shown are of as good pro ducts as ever but many of the com munities and individuals who pre viously had displays did not enter any this year. Adrian has a good community exhibit. E. B. Conklin’s display of corn and other products from his farm at Cairo won many first ribbons. From a way up on Cow valley, J. F. Phelan brought an exhibit of grain and grasses which took a number of first ribbons. The display of work by different school students and particularly the dislpay of club work of the boys and girls of the county is splendid this year and is far ahead of anything like it in previous years both in quanity and guality. Good evidence is to be had from these exhibits of the interest in the work of the farm and home of everyday life that the clubs are creating in the minds of the boys and girls of Malheur coun ty. The entertainment provided on the race track and in the arena during tho three days was good and the grandstand held good gates each day. Automobile races and motor cycle races added thrillers which have been lacking in previous years. The half-mile track did not permit very fast time for the motor cars but the fotorcycles were driven around the short track very speedily Riders from Malheur county and surrounding ranges made very cred ible rides on some of the worst buekers in the northwest. The cow boy sports, the athletic events among high school students and the military contests by the cadets of the Ontario high school afforded good entertain ment for the visitors. Tnking is all and all, visitors were unanimous in giving Ontaro credit for putting on a very good fair this year. MINOR MUSINGS Buy a car and let the miss the difference. grocer Still there are more chonic work ers than chronic loafers. An automobile that wont go isnt as bad as a man that wont go. Ride a hobby but dont let a hobby ride you. It’s easier to contract debts thsn to expand income. Many a man has not known when he was well o ff until he was sued for divorce and alimony. You can sometime« tie a man’s hands but you can never tie a wo man’s tongue. New York manicurists threatened a strike that would call out all the hands. Dancing masters are so called be cause they are the only people who can master the new dances. High rents in Chicago are causing tenants to leave houses and live in tents. It’s a moving spectacle. Still if the farmers should get sore and not raise crops, they could not raise their mortgages. The living that the world owes you, if any, probably is not nearly Hazing will he permitted at the as goo as you think it ought to be. University o f California, provided Practically everybody has some the hazers observe the rules of sense hut a good many appear to be good sportsmanship . Full responsi tryng to conceal it. bility for anv excesses will he plac ed upon the shoulders o f the stu A hurt look upon a woman’s face dent body. Approximately 3 An»' either reduces a man to subjection freshman will register at the Uni or makes him want to go out and flKht. versity soon.
