East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-08
GOING FAR TO GET
WHAT LIES NEARBY
HELIX FARMERS MIGRATING TO
IDAHO OVERLOOK BIG
OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
Good Dry Farming Land in UmatilIa
County at Lower Prices and With
Better Transportation Facilities.

The old adage that distant fields
look greener than those close at hand |
Is in way of being borne out by Una
tilla county farmers who are acquir-
ing dry farming land in southern |
Idaho. Within the last year there
has been more or less of an Idaho |
migration and the Helix section seems |
to be particularly affected by the fe- |
YER
As a rule, those who have left were
! formerly renters and they were led
to go partly because of the increasing
price of land in this county and by
| the further fact they were unable to
lease land here for sufficiently long
periods to insure them successful op-
Grafton. 1t Is said that landowners
are making a mistake in not allowiu.,
rerters longer leases.
In going to southern Idaho, how
ever, migrators have overlooked some
splendid opportunities to secure good
wheat land at low prices in this coun-
ty. In the region south of Pilot Rock
and around Nolin dry farming lani
of good quality may be had at more
! favorable prices than is asked for
the southern Idaho land which goes
at from s25 to $50 per acre. Firth
ermore the land in this county is
more favored as to altitude and trans
portation. Because of the low alti-
tude the growing season here is con-
siderably longer, while the nearness
to coast markets and to water trans
portation gives this region an i'm
J,,o, 30 l.
land. This Is as true with reference
to those who raise grain and livestock
as it is with reference to irrigation
lists.
Many who are familiar with the
inducements of the country south of
Pendleton and reaching clear to
Grant county declare that from an
investment standpoint there is no
section in the northwest offering su-
perior advantages because land prices
are now very low.
How and When TO Spray-"It is not
essential that the fruit grower famil-
iarize himself with great number of
sprays, but it is important that he be
able to prepare and apply a few
standard remedies which thus used
give the greatest possible benefit with
the least cost for materials and la
, Dor. This is the gist of the new bull
letin that has been prepared by H.
S. Jackson, plant pathologist. and H.
F. Wilson, entomologist of the agri-
cultural college at Corvallis. This bull
letin is a condensed treatise of the
more common diseases and insect in
juries occurring to Oregon orchard
trees under the title, How and When
to Spray the Orchard" 1t is a sue
cessful attempt to give brief, plain
] and simple directions for preparing
I and applying the few standard reme-
8 dies at the right time. Since this
time is not definite, but varies with
4 the season and different localities
a the necessary parts of the life his.
tory of the pest are pointed out fol
the benefit of the grower. TT is high
0 ly important" says the bulletin. "tha
spraying for any pest be done at the
: proper time with the right spray
Y Each pest has its own particular life
q history and definite time at which i
attacks plants. This life history de
termines the method of treatment. 81
consequently every grower must stud.
n orchard conditions in his district ant
u learn to know the pests which occu
:. there in order to practice the prope
e method of control.
y Violated 2s Hour Law-Three case
/ of the Department of Agriculture
against the Chicago, Rock Island &
u Pacific Railway Co., for violation o
u the twenty-e eight hour law have re
l. Gently been terminated in Kansas. TIL
y penalty in each case was 800 an,
e costs which were respectively SIC &C
3 $3.50 and s15.25. The Union Pa
y cific Railway Co. was fined 500 an
TX costs of s53.S1 for violating the sam
v law. The law in question prohibit
as the confinement of live stock in car
for more than twenty-eight hour
without unloading for feed. water an
rest (when a special request is sign
= ed by the shipper the time may
extended to thirty-six hours).
case against Henry E. Brown for vic
lation of the live-stocy quarantine lay
was terminated on March 23 in tn
eastern district of PENNSYLVANIA TIL
defendant was fine 800.
Ill
Wool Prices Soaring-Though ther
there has been no actual selling her
as yet, the Umatilla county wool mai
ket is daily growing stronger an
growers are becoming optimistic az
cordingly A report from Echo t
II day Is to the effect an Echo grove
II has sold his wool at a price of
II cents. The report has not been cor
firmed. A report from authent
sources however. Is to the effect or
prominent county grower was offere
II Is cents for his wool ani declined II
offer. Those who were willing a wee
II or so ago at such prices as II or
cents, coarse wool. are now antic
II pating 90 cents A factor that
strengthening the market is the IA
II he eastern Oregon wool Is almo
II the only wool in the country now III
II sold.
II Planting Alfalfa Roots-Perhaps l