East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-15
IN MORROW COUNTY
EVENTS COMPILED FROM
THE TIMES AND GAZETTE
Penland's Horse Stolen--Death Of an
Old Settler-Opposihon in Morrow
to Special Herd Law-Lee, the Vet
Gran Wool Buyer, Hands Out
Some Assorted and Up-to-Date
Advice to Woolgrowers Every
where.

| Lafe Penland had valuable horse
stolen while standing tied to a rack
on the street in this city Saturday
| evening
A man by the name of Allen Is
! supposed to have taken the horse as
he disappeared at the same time the
horse was missing. Allen was for
merIv n resident of this county,, hav-
ing been a sheepherder, but had only
been here q few days prior to taking
the horse.
Joseph Mason Dead.
As we go to press telephone
was received from lone to the effect
that Joseph Mason is dead and will
he buried there tomorrow. Mr.. Ma
son Is an old pioneer of MORROW
county, having settled on Rhea creek
about five miles from lone, In an
early day. He leaves wife ana
large family of grown children His
funeral will be we'll attended by citi-
zens from this city.
Oppose the Herd Law.
The sherman county herd law
which was amended at the last ses-
sion of the legislature so as to apply
to Morrow county seems to meet with
some opposition in this county. Some
of the stock owners, the Gazette is
Informed from reliable authority, are
| now contributing to a fund to defray
the expense of testing the validity Of
the herd law by taking case to the
supreme court.
The law has been in effect In
/, Sherman county fer the past two
years, where its enforcement has not
been greatly opposed.
There is some question as to the
consttutionality of the law.
Pertinent Opinions by Frank Lee,
Frank Lee, the veteran wool buy
er who has had years of experience
in buying and handling wool, gives
out to the Gazette some good advice
to the growers in the handling and
care of their wool after shearing.
"In the first place." said Mr.. Lee,
81 would advise the growers to be
more careful in the sackipg of their
wool Too much dirt and rubbish is
allowed to go into the sacks with the
wool When the wool is brought to
the warehouses each sack is cut open
and carefully looked over by the
board of graders prior to baling.
Everything is noted and kept for fu-
ture reference
81 would also caution the growers
to be more careful in tying up the
fleHoes as they are taken from the
sleeps hack" continued Mr.. Lee
''If the fleeces are not properly tied
xt,iII fsn
help but present a bad appearance,
which is detrimental to the grower.
take for instance, the wool sold
by Nat Webb at the recent sales which
brought the top price. The fact that
this wool was securely and carefully
tied with the fleshy side out made it
show up well and was one of the
main reasons why this wool topped
, the sale.
zone of the best cared for clips
that was passed upon by the graders
this season was the lot owned by
\ Newt. Milestone 1t was all care
fully tied with the fleshy side out
and the buyer could see at a glance
as to the quality and staple. It
looked so we'll that the buyer could
not help but be impressed with the
fine condition of the wool. Mr..
MILESTONE has one of the best ar
ranged plants that l have seen any,
where
Machine sheared wool is prefer
able to the hand sheared wool. II
can be handled in better shape. and
the fact that it is longer, makes II
! more desirable"