East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-24
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE
WASHINGTON WOOL
SOLD SAYS BURKE
GROWERS SCRAMBLED TO SELL,
BUYERS EAGER To BUY,
THAT'S ALL.
Prices Paid for Central Oregon Clip
Similar to 1913 PriccS-PcndletOn
Securing Mill to Start Early This
Spring.

Spring.
There has been a million pounds of
wool sold in central Washington al
ready this spring and the prices have
ranged very close to those paid last
year. says f. ], Burke. we'll known
buyer for II. c. Judd & Root and su-
perintendent of the local . securing
mill who was here for a short time
today. This was Mr.. Burkes first
visit to Pendleton this spring and he
but recently returned from the east
Washington growers. unlike eastern
oregon growers. have been very
anxious to sell their wool this spring.
declares Mr. Burke. He believes they
would have sold at prices several
cents below what was offered them.
The Washington growers are usually
quick sellers as they are not as we'll
organized as are the growers here
and no sales days are held in Wash
ington.
The eagerness of the Washington
growers to sell has been fully match
ed by the eagerness of the buyers to
gather in their wool and hence the
central Washington clip has been vir-
tually sold already Shearing has
been early in that district this spring
but much of the wool has been sold
before being shorn. In some instances
says Mr.. Burke. wool has been sold
for a fraction of cent under last
years prices. In other cases the clips
have brought slightly more than the
1913 price. Therefore he estimates
the prices as very similar to those
given year ago.
Thus far Mr.. Burke is the only buy
er to descend upon Pendleton, save
r. F. Bicknell. who was here some
time ago. c. II, Greene is now in the
Yakima country
The Pendleton securing mill is to
start its run unusually early this
spring, according to Mr.. Burke. Some
wool has already been shipped here
for securing and sorting will COM
mence within few days.
The securing mill will be running
regularly by April IS. Wool for
securing and some for baling will be
shipped in from eastern Washington.
Lamb Crop Is GOod-K. G. Warner
of the upper Butter creek country
was in Pendleton several days the
first of this week attending to mat
ters of business and visiting relatives
on his return, Mrs. Frank Hoffman
Mrs Warmers sister, will accompan,
him for an extended visit on the
ranch. Mr. Warner is one of the
prominent sneep breeders of tha
country. running sheep over a large
| territory. He says that lambing II
| his flocks Is we'll under way, report
| ng 1000 lambs and will probabl!
have $500 more. He will start shear
ing 1000 head about the first Of May
He has 40 acres of the beaver dan
! bottom land in alfalfa and 700 acre
of the bench land above in wheat ha,
| this year.
Less Snow Than Usual John
Barker, an old timer in the Meachan
country, was in Pendleton severa
days the first of this week visitinl
with friends. Mr.. Barker says tina
the country around there has expert
cnced one of the mildest winters tha
he can remember of. The snow ha
been very light and disappeare
quickly. For these reasons a con
siderable portion of the crop has bee
put in earlier than usual
Manages lone Warehouse - e. I
Padberg, manager of the Farmers
F, Warehouse Of lone, was in Pendletol
over Sunday and Monday visiting witt
friends and transacting business. Nj
Padberg is very optimistic in hi
opinion that Willow creek and tn
whole of Morrow county will raise on
Of the finest crops that section ha
ever produced.
From the Nearby COuntry-Amon
the out of town farmers that wer
ierson from north of Mccormack
r. r. Porter and Frank Snyder fror
north of Pendleton, ]. Bagwell of He
lix; ]. II. Peters of north of the Ger
man Hall; o. ID. Isamanger fror
north of town; Jim Ladimer OF N.Y.
and Levy Eldridge Of Mckay creek.
FarIns Kennedy Placed. A. o:
borne of this city, who has been farm
ing the Jim Kennedy place of abot
500 acres and about 800 of his ow
in the Myrick section for the pa!
several years and who has been OF
on 1t for some time attending to tn
care Of the crops, was in town we!
terday attending to business matter
|
Bought Holdman Ranch - II.
Vessel, proprietor Of clothing stol
on Court street, completed the de-
yesterday whereby he became own'
of half section of the George Har
man. Sr., place near Holdman. TT
consideration was in the neighbo
hood Of $4,000
Farming Oliver Land - Cyrus Ba
ker a farmer OF near Meacham,