The Gate city journal., November 30, 1923, Image 1

T he G ate
VOLUME XXI1.NO 5.
State Market
Agent News
-By C. E. Spence-
The wheat grow er geta $4.66 for
the wheat in a barrel o f flour anil
the consumer pays from $22 to $30
for the bread made out o f that bar­
rel of flour, so stated
Dr. C. J.
Smith of Portland in a speech at
Denver, where he represented Gov­
ernor Pierce at the wheat con fer
ence.
Dr. Smith stated that the bakers’
association had a tight monopoly
on flour buying, under which the
wheat grower and bread retailer re­
ceived but a small margin o f the
big spread and the consumer paid
an exhorbitant price for the loaf.
“ The
Bakers’ Association
today
buys 80 per cent o f the flour manu­
factured,” stated Dr. Smith, “ and
under the high retail price the far­
mer should be paid $2 per bushiel
for his wheat.”
During the war, when the govern­
ment fixed the price o f wheat at
$2.20 in Oregon and $2.30 in Chi­
cago, the price of bread was prac
tically the same price as now, when
wheat growers are receiving about
80 cents per bushel in Eastern Ore­
gon.
It is another plain illustra­
tion of combination power fixing
prices at both ends, the remedy for
which is a combination o f producers
and consumers greater than the pri­
vate monopolies.
When producers
are organized in sufficient strengtn
to fix and maintain their own price
on wheat, determined on the cost of
production, and the retailers in or­
ganized strength refuse to pay ex­
horbitant profits
for bread, then
will both producers and consumers
benefit and the state be more pros­
perous.
The government reports that it
haa received
reports from 1400
farmers’ associations in this coun­
try; that 02 per cent o f them are
incorporated; that 64 per cent of
them pay stock dividends; that 66
per cent pay patronage dividen Is;
that 795 associations
reported a
total membership of
112,846, an
average of 142 members to an asso­
ciation; that 332 associations report­
ing in 1913 gave the average
amount of business done as $67,-
169 and 698 associations reporting
for 1922 gave the average business
done as $147,634. Steadily the co­
operative organizations are increas­
ing in amount of business and in
numbers, and it is but a matter of
time when producers will be strong
enough to control their own produc­
tion and their own markets.
The state market agent in co-op­
eration with the federal department
is holding demonstration meetings
in various potato growing sections
of the state, where grading under
the new law is taught and explana­
tions given to growers and shippers.
The compulsory grading and inspec­
tion law has been in force less than
three months, but it is working out
far more rapidly than was antici­
pated and there is a general atti­
tude to observe its provisions by
both growers and shippers.
Requests for information and a 1-
vice on starting or building up - -
operative organizations come to the
state market master from many
sections o f the state, which indicate
that the farmers realize that they
must organize and control their pro­
ducts and marketing if they are tc
continue production.
Twenty-nine
per cent of all the employed work­
ers of the United States are en­
gaged in agriculture, and it is ol
the greatest importance to the wel
fare of the whole nation that farm
production shall prosper in order
that nearly every other industry of
the country may thrive. No city in
an agricultural state
can perma­
nently flourish unless the sorrou-u*
ing country prospers. This fact is
now being recognized by the busi­
ness heads o f the cities and the var­
ious commercial organizations arc
working on co-operative plans, and
are raising large funds, to help th?
farmers get a living profit fr
their crops.
Malheur As Corn Section.
Malheur county has won honors
as a corn growing section by the re­
ceipt o f an order from the Union
Pacific railroad for corn for seed
"Farmer” Smith, o f the Union Pa­
cific system, has been urging for 26
years the growing of more corn and
the live stock to consume it, in
Union Pacific territory. He has
standing offer to furnish, free of
charge, seed com to plant a given
acreage if the farmer who receives
it will build a silo. This year he
city
J ournal
NYSSA, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1923.
$1.50 PER YEAR
has contracted with E. M. Conklin
NO CAB SHORTAGE.
reminder that “ anti-railroad laws U P IU C E D A M U jA C li
f| f
if he was elected he would drive
of near Ontario, Malheur county,
Omaha, Neb.—“ The railroads of produce no freight cars,” and thek»»E ifl»J IIVVIII nAiMl, 1». v. up Pennsylvania avenue to his in­
auguration behind a pair of Mis­
the United States this year carried usual request for constructive sug­
for seed corn for this campaign.
Washington.— With the members souri mules!
gestions from readers.”
That, however, was
Mr. Conklin reaised a large field the greatest volume of business in
of the Sixty-eighth congress arriv­ merely a picturesque “ stunt,” for
history without car shortage,” de­
of corn this year and his display of
ing, Washington surveys the new­ Champ Clark was sensible enough
CATCHING COLDS.
clared Carl R. Gray, president of
corn was one o f the most interest­ the Union Pacific system, in his
comers with an appraising eye and to realize that as a working propo­
Where did you get that cold?
learns all it can o f them as yon sition suitable attire did no man any
ing features o f the Malheur county monthly
statement for December
Winter days are here, and with would of some family that was mov­
harm.
fair. He sent a lot of corn to the entitled “ And the Cars Came,” re­
them comes the usual crop o f colds ing into that vacant house next
seed show in connection with the entitled “ And the Cars Came.” '
|
As to Senator Brookhart’s declar­
door. With the Brookharts, the
“ Heretofore,”
says
Mr.
Gray, — sniffling, coughing and sneezing.
ation that he would take his place
Pacific International livestock show
Shipsteads,
the
Fraziers,
and
the
If you wish to be convinced o f this
in the senate in overalls, one of the
at Portland, and the Union Pacific “ there has been a widespread car
Ferrises, the Ralstons, the Howells,
shortage during each fall harvest. just make a visit to any at the
older
senators
remarked with a
the Ladds, the Mayfields and the
system is to have this corn after
Last year it was 140,000 cars, but churches, schools, theatres, moving
Magnus Johnsons it is considering I snort, “ Well, let him. Overalls are
the show is over. It will be dis- this year there is generally a sur-
picture shows, or any public assem- j with mixed feelings how it will entirely suitable if one has dirty
tributed to farmers who will agree plus throughout the country and es-
work to do.”
bly, and notice how many people are j assimilate them all. Truth to tell,
to plant it and build a silo.
| pecially of box cars in the West
On the other hand there was Man­
affected with colds. This is not the
rather f ears an attack o f indi­
Mr. Conklin has been successfully and Northwest.”
gestion.
uel Herrick of
Oklahoma— in the
i
fault
o
f
the
season,
however.
Con­
raising com of high quality near I Mr. Gray calls attention to the
But it’s mutual, judging from the last house. He was not addicted to
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,
. i ' nation-wide
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program adopted last trary to the popular idea colds are
campaign remarks of a number oi evening clothes— but he was no more
Ontario for many years and says he
.
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| spring by all the railway executives not caught from drafts, cold air, the new senators. They began to valuable to his constituents for
finds it one of the most profitable ^ recjuce the number of cars and
open windows, or wet feet.
Cold reject Washington before they ha«l that. One one occasion when he
and surest crops he can raise in i locomotives awaiting repairs, speed
air does not cause a cold so long experiened it. Some o f them ran did wear them, and for which he
up the average movement ot
of cars
that rich valley.— Oregon Farmer.
their campaigns largely on the great proably hired them, was a big re­
and build up coal storage ahead of as you are protected with warm difference between them, honest ception at the British embassy—
clothing
and
are
breathing
fresh
time so that cars would be avail­
Lady
men, and of the other kind who which Sir Auckland and
able for the peak period. All these air. It is a well known fact that wear evening clothes at the capital Geddes gave “ in honor of the Con­
objectives have been substantially arctic explorers never have colds A few volunteered, while still a gress o f the United States,” by way
Ray Wise and family have moved attained, says Mr. Gray, who calls
until they get back to civilization. good thousand miles away, to storm of celebrating Washington's birth­
to Brogan, here Mrs. Wise’s daugh­ the showing remarkable.
Specifi­
day.
Every member o f
either
ter, Branche Derrick, is attending cally, the statement points out that The engineers and firemen on the even the White House itself in
house of CongreeB— in fact all of­
simple overalls.
high school.
the roads increased the average railroads are not the ones who
ficialdom—received
a card. And
Well, aret hey trying it?
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wise have daily movement of freight cars catch eold, but the passengers on
Naturally
not.
Senator Brook- Manuel was there— came early and
moved into the house vacated by from
twenty-two miles per car the train. Colds are a germ dis­ hart, one of those who won a so- stayed late, and was tagged around
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wise, and Mr. per day in 1921 to 29.2 miles; they
ease. Colds are therefore prevent­ called overall election, is here con gy an admiring “ gallery” very much
and Mrs. Guy Wise have moved reduced the number of locomotives
fessing pleasantly that he forgot as a group of children will watch a
into the house formerly occupied by and stored more coal than in any able, and are not at all necessary his blue denim suits at home, but hand-organ monkey. He spent most
either
in
winter
or
summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wise.
previous year.
“ In fulfilling this
to have brought some along. And of his time in the dining room, par-
The air passages of a normal in- yet Magnus not only spurns the taking ravenously but furtively, and
Ironside was represented at the program,” Mr. Gray says, “ 134,636
Armistice Day football game in new freight cars and 2,936 new lo­ lividual are generally flooded with blue, but has evidently seen the with an air of suspicion, o f every­
Boise by the Duncan and Nichols comotives were put in service dur­ germs of all kinds, but these do not light on the question of keeping his thing that the tables offered. The
ing the first ten months this year,
families.
only thing that he seemed to feci
thrive unless they are planted on clothes pressed.
It was his victory statement, so quite safe with was a fine large
Mrs. Walter Weaver as at Iron­ a larger number than in a similar favorable soil. The mucous mem-
period within the last decade.”
side Tuesday from Cow Valley.
branes o f the respiratory tracts a re ,
®Pea*{> that “ now he was elected red apple which he took from one
The roads arespendlng more than provided with natural defences by he wouldn’t have to worry about of the big epergnes and carried o ff
I. J. Powers returned Saturday
to a quiet comer where he stood
a billion dollars this year, says the which germs are thrown o ff and de­ keeping his trousers creased.”
from a visit to Ontario, where he
munching huge bites from it with
statement, for new equipment and stroyed. The dry stuffy
Of
course
it
isn’t
the
first
time
air of
had medical care for a troublesome
enjoyment,
and watching
other improvements, thus fulfilling steam heated apartments and public the country has heard evening dress evident
ear.
for the first time in 12 years the buildings is found to be more try­ held up to obliquy, and the ordinary his less hustling fellow guests who
A Mr. Smith o f Ontario is build­ prophecy of James J. Hill, the great
and conventions
that did not attempt to eat the table
ing on the mucous membranes than courtesies
ing flues for Elmer Molthaus’ new railroad builder o f the
Northwest, the radiated heat from the open make up the ball-bearings o f social decorations.
house.
that the roads must spend a billion fireplaces.
intercourse condemned as devices of
Manuel was not a society man.
Henry Westfall of
Ontario has dollars every year to keep abreast
He was simply a “ nut” and appar­
How then can we avoid taking the Evil One.
been very ill, but is reported to be of the country’s growing traffic.
Probably every election sends to ently proud of it. At the wedding
cold? A correct idea of the cause
a little better.
“ Such expenditures,” says Mr. Gray, of colds on the part of the laity is Washington men who have never reception
of
Secretary
Hughes’
Mihcael Rouse and Wm. Lofton “have a vital bearing on national
necessary in order to avoid them. worn a dress suit, but who don’t daughter, he was again very busy
left on a trip to Ontario Monday.
prosperity, contributing to the ex­ Never allow your rooms or apart­ think it necessary to make an issue with
refreshments—having
piled
Gordon Dickson and family re­ pansion of industry and employment ments
to become overheated or over it, or to loudly proclaim that samples of everything on his plate
increasing
the demand stuffy. Avoid all crowded, con­ they never will. Usually they have — and retreated behing a group of
turned Thursday from a visit with o f labor,
for the products o f mine, forest and gested,
stuffy,
and
over-heated the happy American disposition to pillars to examine his plunder and
relatives near Nyssa.
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farm.”
Neither a investigate its edibility.
places.
Children
with
colds
should “ try anything opce.”
Joe Howry came over from the
As though anticipating the infer not be allowed to go to school. swallow-tail coat nor the daily bath
Crowley country Wednesday.
There have always been a few
habit are necessarily evidences of
ence that these extraordinary ex­
Ferd Zuts was a business visitor penditures are being met out of Strict observance o f the rules of moral turpitude. But there have al­ men in Congress who didn’t wear
personal
hygiene
will
generally
at Frank Jones’ Wednesday evening. current
earnings, the
statement prevent the catching of colds. Per­ ways been men in both houses of evening clothes— but most of them
places
where evening
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Powers left says that this $1,100,000,000 being sons with infected tonsils or ade­ congress who were not dedicated didn’t go
clothes were required. Some of
Wednesday
morning
for several spent for additions and betterments noids should have them removed, as to either.
One recalls the legend o f “ Sock- them went so rarely that they pre­
is almost entirely new or borrowed they are frequently important fac­
days’ visit at the Homewood.
money and that the expenditure is tors in predisposing to colds. Cough lessJerry Simpson,” famous in the ferred to hire theirs, but nobody
Wallace Derrick and Robt. Ballan-
an earlier generation; bothered about what they wore. And
predicated on the inherent faith in and sneeze in your handkerchief politics of
tyne visited at
Mr.
Ballantyne’s
though as a matter of fact by the it seems to Washington rather a
the American people and their de­ and do not spread your cold.
homestead Friday.
time he got to Washington “ Sock­ picayune mind that can attach so
sire for fair play. Even this year,”
The dance at Ironside Saturday says Mr. Gray, “ it is unlikely, not­
Financial Note.
less’ Jerry had acquired the sock much importance to clothes as - to
issue.— Copyright,
night was well attended.
These are not like
habit, if indeed he ever lacked it. make them an
withstanding the record volume of
And one remembers with a smile 1923, Social News Bureau.
The good old days
business, that the roads will earn
Of greenback and
that during the pre-convention cam­
the 5.75 per cent on their valuation
OREGON SLOPE
Shinplaster.
paign, the late Champ Clark of
which the law and the Interstate
CRESTON
A dollar does
Missouri, who apparently had the
Park Sunday school Is sponsoring Commerce Commission permit but
Frank Shumway had the bad luck
Not go so far.
democratic nomination in the hollow
a community Thanksgiving service which is not guaranteed because if
of his hand, assured his constitu­ to lose one of his stallions. It was a
But it goes a
and dinner at the Park school house they do not earn it they do not get
Dam sight faster.
ents, and the country at large, that heavy loss.
The statement ends with the
on Thanksgiving day.
Every resi­ it.”
Bert Avery brought a load of
dent o f the Oregon Slope commun­
pumpkins and squashes to Creston
ity, whether a member of the Sun­
this week to sell.
day school or not, is cordially in­
EVERYTHING I CAN
vited to be present and share in
T. R. Beers Is drilling for water.
WHAT ARE YOU
WELL what AR.e
I HAVff
N
the services and dinner. Each one
He is down some 200 feet.
LAY NY HAN0 3 ON
TAKING
ro
e
n>
YOO HERB FOR 1
KLEPTOMANIA
is requested to bring a thankful
Frank Shumway went to Bend
heart and a ell filled lunch basket
this week to work at blacksmithing.
sufficient for yourselves and to
David Rogers has been hauling
share with others who may be less
wood to the school house this week.
fortunate.
Mrs
.Guy
Shumway
returned
Mrs.
Walter
Davis
returned
home Saturday after spending a
home Saturday after having spent
month with home folks.
the past few weeks with her moth­
The Creston Sunday school met at
er at Auburn, Maine, where she
the Rogers home lsat Sunday.
was called by the death o f her
Harry Redington of Riverside was
ríá V *
father.
a visitor at the Rogers home last
SOUMUMNSIOE
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Adams and
family of Ontario were guests Sun­
day o f Mrs. Adams parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Mattison.
George Sullens and Roy Hutchi­
son have purchased new Fords the
past week.
E. Frost returned Thursday even­
ing from the East, where he has
been selling his apples.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mattison en­
tertained at dinner Sunday for Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Ford and children
of Notus, Andrew Watson and
Sunday.
Mrs. John Stewart was visiting
her sister,
Mrs.
Atterberry, last
Monday.
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daughter Vera.
Winter Moving Bad for Bees.
Bees, like humans, dislike winter
moving. If not moved in early fall
then delay the process till next
March at least, says H. A. Scullen,
bee specialist at O. A. C. If movcJ
more than two
miles the
bees
should be aroused and unclustered
by pounding on the hive and by
smoking, to enable them to take
new observation, otherwise many
may return to the former location.
Grass or weeds placed over the ei-
trance helps.
AU. I CAN SAY JOPOf
out or you R way for t «
£
^X yA f /
Jim Yost returned homef rom On­
tario last Monday.
FARM REMINDERS.
Bees do not hibernate during the
winter but keep the temperature of
the hive above 67 degreee by mus­
cular activity— colder It is outside
the cluster of bees the wanner it is
inside. As a result, when bees are
not properly protected in the win­
ter they consume an unnecessary
amount o f honey and waste a large
amount of vitality. This activity
also causes an excess of moisture in
the hive.
If honey combs are stored inside
they should be fumigated with car­
bon bisulfide to prevent infestation
by wax moths. Comb# that are
outside during the winter ere net
subject to wax moth attacks. Car­
bon bisulfide is inflammable but it
will not give good results where the
temperature is below 60 F. Sulfur
fumes have proved effective in wax
moth control.
s.