East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-19
0. A. c. MEN SHOW
HOW TO PRUNE TREES
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION
TO STANFIELD FARMERS
Second Day of Institute Greatly Ben
Gifts Agriculturists of Irrigated Sec
uon-Commercial Club Plans Ban
quet-Smoker.
Especial Correspondence }


Stanfield, Feb. 19.-Saturday was
the second and closing day of a most
successful farmers institute at Stan
field, the lectures all being well at
tended and much profitable knowl-
edge CLEANED. The morning session
was taken up by two excellent lee
lures, one by Prof. r. w. Allen on
the subject of Planting and Care of
small Fruits" the other being Dairy
ing" by Prof. Kent of the Agricul-
tural College at Corvallis. In the
afternoon an hour was devoted to a
general discussion on dairying and
dairy associations, followed by a talk
by Prof. Dryden on Poultry" after
which Prof. Allen accompanied by
about 80 who are especially interest
ed in fruit growing, repaired to the
orchards of G. L. Hurd and r. A.
Holte where practical demonstra-
ton of proper pruning of trees was
given The evening session was also
very entertaining and profitable, The
program included a talk by Walter w.
Weir. engineer of the L. S. Drainage
Investigations, whose subject was
Drainage" Prof. A. C. Bouquet on
vegetables" Jack Keefe, secretary
of the Pendleton Commercial club.
who delivered an address replete with
excellent advice along the line of or
ganization and cooperation. Mr.
Keefe also favored the audience with
several songs which were heartily en-
cored. The program was interspersed
with some excellent musical numbers
that were well rendered by Prof
Caruth's Stanfield Orchestra.
Plan Smoker.
a smoker, following a supper that
will be served at the Stanfield hotel
is being planned by the local Com
mercial club and will probably take
place next Friday evening at which
time plans will be discussed leading
toward a campaign that will result
in the further advancement and up
building of this city.
1t has been necessary to temporar-
lily suspend work on the drainage ditch
because of the high water in the
Umatilyla river. The contractors
have been working only short dis
tance from the river and the back
water through the ditch has caused
them considerable annoyance.
Phil Mann, the blacksmith. who
has just returned from his wheat
farm near Cold Springs, reports ex-
cellent crop prospects in that sec
ton as a result of the abundant
moisture from snow and rains during
the past few weeks
]. II. Norton has received the con-
tract from w. H. Copeland to erect
residence on his tract in section 90.
northeast of town.
President Frank Sloan of the STAN
field Commercial CLUB, went to Port
land yesterday to attend the irriga-
tiOn congress.
Zoeth Houser, the Umatilla Mea-
dows farmer, is attending the irriga-
ton congress at Portland.
James Hoskins, a farmer of the
Prospect Ranch district was a pas
senger on No. l yesterday bound for
Portland to attend the irrigation con-
gress.
County Commissioner Horace
Walker came down from Pendleton
yesterday to look after his ranch near
Stanfield.
H. Baumgardner was a Pendleton
visitor Saturday.
G. L. Hurd, accompanied by his
daughter Mildred, was in Pendleton
Saturday to attend the meeting of
the district fair association of which
he is president.
c. W. Connor who is temporarily
located at Pendleton completing a
sewer contract for that city, was in
Stanfield Saturday attending the far
mers' institute
Mrs. Evelyn Skinner of Echo, spent
Sunday here visiting friends.
L. Oldberg of Portland, who is an
extensive owner of lands in the Fur
nish project, was here Saturday look