East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-24
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE

HLUO VI THIlW ANU ilhNuL
Roads Are Very Bad--Toads in the
Helix country are in very bad shape
due to the heavy hauling and the
I long dry spell according to c. C.
| Connor All the farmers have fin
I ished threshins and virtually all the
/ wheat IS now In the warehouses
About half the wheat OF that section
/ has been sold, considerable Of the
| yield having been sold when 20 cents
was paid on the Connor's place
/ there was an average yield OF 81
k bushels per acre this year. which
l according to Mr. Connor, Is below
| the normal.
Good Onion Iand--Elmer Cleaver
| Is a great champion Of the Umatilla
/ meadows as rich vegetable raising
I section and today has been exhibit
! ing a large onion from the John Dorm
place. Mr.. Dorm has 70 acre tract
/ and this year had an acre and half
( IN onions. A remarkably heavy crop
was harvested. That land is also ex-
{ ItlItub lOI Geieiy EdiSihb
( Harvest Is Done-With the excep-
ton Of the Weston mountain country
harvesting work an Umatilla counts
is now completed or so near finish
ed that the little grain remaining to
be threshed is OF slight consequences.
Every day during the past week
threshing outfits were closing down
and the men coming to town.
4 Morrow County Yield T. w.
Rippee and wife were visitors in
Heppner from Eight Mile yesterday.
Mr.. Rippee has not quite finished all
his threshing yet and he Is among
those of this section who are agree
ably disappointed in the outcome.
His wheat has turned out much bet
ter than he was expecting, making
him an average of 81 IL bushels
Heppner Gazette Times.
was more activity in the local wheat
market than for several weeks, sew
eral small lots being reported sold at
high figures. Club wheat brought so
cents net yesterday. There were nc
sales of bluestem reported but as COM
pared with club prices. it should
bring about SO cents-waIla waIla
Union.
Bluestem at s1.Oo-The unwilling
ness of farmers in the northwest tc
sell wheat has at last put the market
C up to the 81 mark. Since the begin
ming of the week bluestem prices have
been advancing steadily, having gain
~ ed about 6 cents a bushel in that time
ID With export trade restricted, the de
mand for wheat is not heavy. yet 4
"a has been large enough, in view OF tn.
small supply offered. to put prices VI
to the highest point Of the season.
Portland Oregonian.
: Local Wheat Mart SIow-Despit
the strong situation in the whea
wv market local selling has been sloy
ne and there are few signs of activit
is today. Prices are quoted at 76 an,
n perhaps better" 1t is explaine,
II here that so cents for wheat at Wal
La Walla means but rs 1-2 cents her
gg owing to the fact the walla Wall
tn sales are (. o. b. 1t is said farme
of wishing to sell at 76 cents could fin
dy abundant buyers here. Today on
be farmer stated he had been offere
ch so cents locally for hard variety @
'e- club. Pendleton buyers say the
IS have information that some big farm
IL ers in the Walla Walla country hay
i'm been buying wheat on speculation a
prices above the regular market.
ue Bear i'm sheep Pasture-Bert Smit
he of the ]. E Smith Livestock Co
states that a big bear has been dC
ing good deal of damage in h
sheep pasture near Meacham and
D" longing for hunter who will bag II
brute. 1t already has killed a nun
Der of sheep for him.
-
James Hills Crop-Jim Hill h.
finished harvesting after a most SUI
cessful run. Twelve hundred acr,
produced twenty thousand sacks. Tn
places Mr.. Hill among the big whe,
ranchers Of Umatilla county.-HeI
X Advocate