East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-13
NEWS Of FARM AND RANGE
URGES WOOLGROWERS
TO WAIT FOR RISE
NATIONAL WAREHOUSE Off.
GALS PREDICT HIGHER
PRICES SOON.
Manufacturers EnrOute West to Make
Purchases To Save Themselves
Against Advances.

PURCHASES 70 Save Themselves
Against Advances.
Urging woOlgrowers to be cautious
about contracting their wool at this
time and predicting higher prices for
the future. the officials of the Ma
tional Wool Warehouse and Storage
Co. OF Chicago, last night filed night
telegrames to influential parties in
various parts of the northwest. One
Of the messages was received here this
morning and reads as follows:
Present upward trend domestic
and foreign wool markets in our judg-
ment is based upon stable conditions
shortage In the domestic and foreign
supply. Contracting is speculative. 1t
seems to us there Is no Justification to
market hurriedly as much may be
gained and little danger of loss by
shearing time. Immediate future will
show more competition in west as
manufacturers are reported on their
way west to buy woods. hoping there
by to protect themselves against future
advances, Reports from London to-
day Indicate continued firmness and
active buying. Advances of this series
of sales maintained
NATIONAL WOOL WAREHOUSE
AND STORAGE CO."
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Time to Spray Now 6. ]. Camp
bell. county fruit inspector, is In the
city today and is calling attention to
the arrival of the spraying season
and the laws which compels all own
ers of fruit trees to spray them. He
recommends that everyone get ready
now so that when the sprayers start
| forth they can take street at a
time. In this way the expense would
| be cut down Mr. Campbell has Just
returned from an inspection trip to
| the west end of the county and states
| that the young trees there are MAX
ing healthy growth. He criticises,
however. the pruning as done in that
section. declaring the farmers are
pruning their four-year-old trees back
| too far
Doing n Heavy Business In the
new catalogue just received from
the Holt Manufacturing company,
f. I. Smith of the local agency
was agreeably surprised to see in the
list given of purchasers that his com.
pany had disposed of more than half
of those that had been sold in the
Northwest. The +. l.. Smith Co. have
the counties OF Walla Walla. Wash.
and UmatklaS and Union counties
oregon.
Made Tour Of tie Whcar Belt -
Thomas Robertson of the Farmers
Union Grain agency. returned las,
night from two days automobile
trip through the wheat country
around Helix Myrick and a number
of other places. He is quits enthu.
siastic In regard 10 the encouraging
prospects for the coming crops.
Work Well Underway Stew,
Hampton was out TO his place
about thirteen miles north 'ot
|
acres in summerfaliow and report.
the work well under way. He ha.
700 acres in fall grain. Last year h,
sold more than 10000 bushels from
his two and a half sections.
Machinery Agent Here - Franz
A. Gaines, the northwest man
ager for the Schmeiser Manufactur
ing company of Davis. California
manufacturers of derricks, land level
ers and that class OF machinery. wa,
In town several days this week. Hi
headquarters are at Walla walla.
Wheat Mostly Shipped - Official
OF the Farmers Union Grain Agenc,
say there are left only about 1890,
sacks of grain in their warehouse,
at Myrick and Fulton. During tn,
season they stored in excess Of l5e,
900 sacks.
Inspecting HOrscs-Dr. Harry K
Pinkerton, chief OF the northwes
branch OF the federal bureau of ami
NAL industry. went down to Nolir
this morning to inspect some horse,
that are to be shipped to Canada.
Date 70 Renew Brands-Under the
law enacted last year the last day fol
renewing and recording stock brand.
is June 3. 1914, according to advice
given by the attorney general to II. T
Hughet, county clerk OF Harney ccun.
ty,
800 Acre Orchard Deal - Antons
Kotke has sold to B. Cav n zoo acre
orchard ranch near the state line fol
a price Of s3s.5eo. The land is sew.
en- miles south OF walla walla.