Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-02-23

as it would cause him to give neither
business its proper attention. He
and DIR. Withcyombe both claim
that alfalfa is best Of all hay for pro-
ducing butter fat with vetch as second.
He also drew diagram of stall
which he though was the best kind
for the dairyman to use and the kind
that was most healthful and con-
venient for the dairy COW, and a
stall that would keep the COW clean.
But he greatly disapproved of the
station stall fer cows as they were
not at all comfortable for them.
4. I. Judd was then introduced and
he took up the subject of the draft
horses and showed the value of breed
ing such for market. He showed that
the willamette Valley had prospered
greatly by its farmers having engaged
largely in the breeding of draft
horses. He also proved conclusively
that the best results were obtained by
breeding the very best grades of
100 or 1000 pound horses, which he
explained would sell very readily on
the market for 80 cents per pound.
DIR. Withycombe made a short talk
on poultry raising and the profits of
this line of industry.
Then Ed Cockerline made short
talk on the different kinds of separa-
tors, which was right to the point
He recommended any standard make
and separator for a small herd of
dairy cows with capacity of about
600 pounds an hour and one that
would cost about $50. This concluded
the remarks for the afternoon. A
large crowd was present and much
enthusiasm was manifested.
After supper had been served the
meeting was called to order by the
chairman and the first on the pro-
gram was short talk by Chas
Meserve of the Courier staff on the
subject of The Applegate Valley
Farmers Cooperative and Rural Tele.
phone. He pointed out the great ad-
vantage it would be to the farmers
aud business men of this section to
have a farmers telephone system ex.
tending all over the Applegate Valley
and Williams Creek and to Grants
Pass and Rogue River Valley. The
Applegate Telephone Co. would con-
meet with the Illinois Valley Tele-
phone Company at Grants Pass and
would connect with the Rogue River
Valley Telephone Company at Jack
sonville. If about 100 will go into
it, it will only cost each one some
thing like $50 to complete the entire
system. 1t only requires 20 poles to
the mile and the wire is cheap, cost
ing something like $50 mile for wire
and insul,tors. which is very cheap
considering the value it would be to
the farmer and business man.
Give US few more farmers like E.
N. Provolt and Il. Badger, who say
they will have the telephone aud mean
and do what they say they will. and
we will soon have a telephone system
here that every citizen will be proud
of. Those who have agreed to take
part in the construction of this Phone
system, providing the cost is not too
heavy after it has been Investigated,
are as follows; +. Badger, h. f.
Lewman, G. A. Dunlap, A. l..
Bailey. L. NJ. Spencer, L. Loesch,
l.. O. Hyde, Ed Cockerline, j. l..
Williams, Mrs. Nancy Pernoll, II. f.
Bailey, W. S, Bailey. John Davidson,
l.. W. Carson, Henry Boat, E. N.
Provolt, j. Il. Hayes, A. o. Bunch,
j. X. Sites. Kelly Fields, G. NJ. Rex
ford, ]. W. Gilmore. E. U. Proyolt,
VIM. Sorensen, Ellis Imbler. s. /.
Tetherow, s. Provolt and ]. +. Swim
den. Il. Badger of Provolt, Casper
Kubli of Kubli and G. o. Bigelow of
Williams, were put on a COM
mittee to look up the cost of wire,
phones and insulators. W. S, Bailey
of Davidson, j. w. Pernoll of Apple.
gate, S. |. Tetherow of Williams, L.
N. Provolt and L. NJ. NJ itchell of
Murphy, were put on committe TO
solicit members to take a part in the
telephone construction.
After the telephone business was
over with the first on the program was
a song Stay on the Farm" by A. l..
Bailey, Rose Bailey and Daisy Lew.
man. Then an illustrated lecture
was given BY DR.. Withcyombe on
different breeds of stock and the col.
lege and college farm. A song then
was given on the graphpohone. then
recitstions by Ella Jones, Myrtle Let
teken, Dana Messenger, Ethel Imbler
A dialogue "The Changed House
Wife by Glen Provolt Alice Lew
man, Charlie Watts, Monte Imbler
aud Dora Messenger Dialogue
Organizing u Farmers Club" by
W. $. Bailey, Benie Watts, IL. +.