East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-02

tor will displace. he can pay for It.
the cost being s45o0. do the same
of work at no more expense
and eliminate the winter feeding of
so many horses and mules. The
kirkpatrick farms are about seven
miles out, adjoining the reservation on
the east. If this machine proves as
satisfactory as is expected of II the
Kirkpatricks will purchase another
one next year.
200 Acres to Plow Thomas
Hampton says he will start plowing
on his farm north of town about the
first of next week. He expects to put
700 acres in summerfallow. He has
in $40 acres of fall grain and says
that to date II Is as good a stand and
shows as good prospects as any crop
that he has ever seen in that territory.
Mr.. Hampton Is quite enthusiastic in
regard to the prospects for this sea-
sons crop. He reports all the fall
grain in his section showing as good
prospects as he can ever recall at this
time of the year and estimates that
with as favorable weather as all pros
poets would lead one to believe this
country will have, Umatilla county
county in general will stand an excel
lent chance of producing better
crop than last year.
Prefer Fall Payments-County AS
SCISSOR Strain is Of the opinion the
state legislature made a more or less
serious mistake at the last session
when it passed the law compelling the
payment Of all taxes in the spring or
charging one per. cent interest on half
of 1t If deferred. With the idea in
view that the spring of the year is
the poorest time for the farmer to
place any considerable outlay of mon
ey as is required of great many of
them, especially the large land hold
ers Of this and nearby counties, and
the fact that great portion Of the
money will lay in the banks till fall,
1t does seem a rather unnecessary
piece of legislation. The road fund
is probably the only part Of It that
will be heavily drawn upon before
fall
Auto Load Of Apples - G. Hobson
of near Milton. brought an auto truck
load of Rhone Beauty and Winesap
apples to this city Sunday afternoon
and is disposing of them today Mr..
Hobson has a twenty-five acre farm,
eleven acres of which is devoted to
apples. Although only a fair crop
was raised last year, he says prospects
are very good this season and he ex-
poets much better crop than last. |
Although the market is rather poor
these apples turn an average of $1.50
per box.
New Creamery Managcr-Managerl |
of the local branch of the
Jensen Creamery company. leaves to-
morrow for Portland, where he will
take charge of the Portland branch Of |
the same company. Alfred johnson, |
who has been with the local house for
two years, will succeed Mr.. Bloom
luist here. Mr.. johnson saw several
years of service with the Jensen COM
pany in Salt Lake and Ogden before
coming here.
Expects Heavy Crop Mr.. C. D.
Rinehart, manager of the Hauser
grain office took an auto trip out
through Pilot Rock Sunday and
IS very enthusiastic in regard to the
prospects for huge crop for this
season. He says that in his expert
ence in this country he never saw
grain look so we'll and in his opinion
The prospects for bumper crop have
never been surpassed.
In the Helix Country. f. Mont
yomery of the Uuget Sound Ware
house company. took an auto trip
Sunday out toward Helix. He reports
the fall grain up nicely and is of the
opinion that an excellent crop will
Dc harvested from this stand The
spring blowing is we'll under way and
Mr. Montgomery thinks all conditions
lead toward a fine yield of wheat this
'eason.
Bad for Mule Business-According
% Aaron Wade who held a mule sale
in Pendleton recently. he was COM
PEELED to sell his mules this year at
about $50 per span less than the
prices he received last year. The
drop in prices he attributes to the in
creased number of traction engines in
the county. the engine causing the
horse and mule supply to exceed the
demand.
Early Lambs in Wallowa-Umatilla
county sheepmen are not alone in
ra ising winter lambs this year. On
the Fred w. Falconer ranch near En-
terprise, lambing is to begin within
a few days. He is expecting to take
advantage of the early market.
To Farm GraybeeI Ranch-The old
Graybeel ranch OF 500 acres north of
lone, which is now owned by Twohy |
Bros, will be under cultivation this I,
year after having laid idle for some
time.