East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-09

Pe,,ns. bears. &C p per na1 oox, cu, %:-..
Peaches. &c per box.
Tomatoes, sc per box
Asparagus, sc per box.
Produce, 10 per cent.
Peas and beans. lac per pound.
All peach box produce, sc per box
Bulk cherries. IA per pound.
Pooling Periods.
Cherries and berries, daily.
Prunes. peaches and plums, semi
weekly.
Pears and summer apples, weekly.
Winter apples, each variety by itself
for the entire season.
All vegetables and produce, daily
Peaches will be graded this year;
the grades and differentials in price
10 be decided later
Provided sufficient tonnage is Sc.
cured during the season, the above
commissions will be further reduced
Water Not Badly Needed - Elmer
E. Cleaver, manager Of the Hermiston
office of the Western Land & Irriga-
ton company who. has been making
his headquarters In Pendleton this
winter. took trip down over his pro-
ject Sunday. He says the water has
been in the Western Land bitches for
a week now and that the farmers are
just beginning ito utilize it. He re-
ports that George Strohm. well
known hog breeder of west of Her
miston, has 1s5 little pigs with 21
sows yet to farrow. So far this season
he has only lost one little pig, which
establishes a remarkable record.
Owens Bros. Busy.-Kirk and Fred
Owens who have been getting in their
spring crop on their 500 acres about
three miles northeast OF town, were
in town Saturday and say their crop
looks fine and they are well satisfied
with the prospects for fine yield.
They have 800 acres in fall grain
They are going to take twelve head
of horses to the farm of their brother
six miles north of Pilot Rock next
week and help him get $50 acres in
shape to seed to spring barley. Fol-
lowing this they will put the balance
| Of their place in summerfallow.
VIII Have Another Exhibit-Chas
| Ogilvy. the we'll known Scotch farmer
OF Pilot Rock, who has carried off
| many prizes at the local fair with his
exhibit of what can be grown on one
! farm, will be after the sweepstakes
| prize again next fall, according to a
statement he made while in the city
this morning, and he states that the
| Pilot Rock Commercial club is pre-
pairing an exhibit to go alongside of
his own. He expects to make some of
the other communities "go some" to
outshine Pilot Rock this year.
| Flowing With New TractOr-E. c.
McCook went out to the Helix country
last week to help Frank Stanton gel
his new Altman-Taylor tractor start
ed. Mr.. McCook says that the 80
horsepower machine experienced no
difficulty in pulling eight 14-inch
plows cutting nine inches deep over
the grades on which they tested It out.
Active work was not started until this
| morning on account of the soil being
too damp for plowing.
|
Was Too Wet to Plow-Bob Kirk
| patrick's six horse team was in town
this morning to take out supply OF
distilate and gasoline for the tractor
secured by Kirkpatrick Bros, last
week, They took out four drums OF
distilate and twenty gallons OF gaso-
line. The tractor was started this
morning. 1t was not considered tina;
the land was dry enough heretofore.
Mr.. kirkpatrick also took out about
1875 pounds of alfalfa seed.
May Buy Idaho I.and-Geo. Han
sell. who recently disposed Of hi
farm interests to James Potts. will 81
to Cambridge, Idaho. where hi.
daughter resides. with the view to IN
vesting in land. Mr.. Hansell will
probably purchase large body Of
land should he find suitable acreage
there.--Athena Press.
NOlin Farmer Optimistic Paul
Brandt. one of the progressive farm
ers from the Nolin country. was in
town this morning and reports the
prospects for fine crops in his neigh
borhood way above par. Mr.. Brand,
has 200 acres in bluestem and 24C
| acres in barley.
A 100000 central heating plant ha.
| been installed by the First Nationa