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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02
Cotton-On -One-Animal Crop

 Flow and cultivator are still pulled by one horse or mule on nearly all cotton farms in the states of the Atlantic coast and in Alabama and Louisiana, the cot ton specialists of the bureau of crop estimates has recently determined One animal blowing and cultivating prevails on p per cent of the cotton farms of Mississippi. S4 per cent in Arkansas, 4e per cent in Tennessee. 14 per cent m Texas. 10 per cent in Oklahoma and per cent in Missouri, while in California all blows and cultivators are drawn gy more than one animal. The investigation dld not cover the extent to whicn tractors are used.
 Riding ploys and cultivators are used on IS per cent of the cotton farms Tn m Arkansas, 27 per cent in Tennessee, es per cent in Missouri. 70 per cent m okia, horne. 76 per cent in Texas, and on all cotton farms in California. but on only small fractions of the cotton farms Tn other states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02
Good Seed Potatoes

The average production per acre of po- tatoes in the United States is very much lower than in Canada, Great Britain and European countries outside of Italy.
 One of the reasons for the lower pro- siuction in the United States is that less attention has been given to the char actsr of the seed. Good seed is one of the determining factors in the produc- ton of maximum crops of potatoes.
 The use of high-grade seed would in crease the returns from the potato crop of the country by many millions, of dol lars.
 The production of hgh-grade seed shoul be regarded as special business Good strains of seed may be obtained by the tuber-unt. hill or mass selection methods through the process of roguins out the diseased and weak hills.
 When tubers from deceased or weak plants are planted, similar harvest will be reaped,
 Only seed from productive plants should be used.
 Careful attention should be given to se- curing seed that is free from varietal mixture and that is true to type.
 Good seed cannot be produced unless the growing plants are given good cul- tural attention.
 As a rule the quantity of seed used is not sufficient to produce maximum crop
 From 15 to IS bushels of seed should be used per acre instead of g to Il, as at the present time.
 All seed stock should be disinfected before planting.
 Good storage conditions are essential to insure sound, firm seed at planting time.
 These points are discussed in detail in the United States departmelA Of agrlcul- lures Farmers Bulletin 53 Good Seed Potatoes and How to Produce Them, which was recently revised and will De sent free on request.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02
Paper From Linter5

Second cut cotton linters, the short fbers which are obtained from cotton seed after ginning and after removal of the lint suitable for mattress stuff fling, can be made into high-grade book, writing, plotting and tissue papers. This possibility, according to the forest pro- ducts laboratory at Madison Wis, is of great importance to everyone, inasmuch as it will probably reduce the price of all kinds of paper, which Is being boosted higher and higher by the shortage of pulpwood
 Second-cut linters can be removed fair ly easily from the seed, but this is not the present mill practice, The shorter fibers a. left on although they inter fere with economical oil extraction and have food value when mixed with the ground cotton seed meal.
 After thorough demonstrating that cot ton linters can be made into paper more cheaply than wood. the forest products laboratory is bringing the matter to the attention of the pulp and paper trade and of the cotton seed oil mills who arc the producers.
 The possible supply of this new paper material is about 600 tons a day, which is quite an item even for so large an in- dustry as the paper industry to ab- sorb. Once it comes into the market. it's influence on paper prices should be de- cidedly beneficial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02

cucumbers into pieces an inch long and cook until tender in salted water Serve hot with sauce made as follows: tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon flour, 2-3 cup rich milk, yolks of two eggs well beaten, teaspoon vinegar, salt and pep per
 Mix flour and butter In frying pan. When we'll blended, add milk and cook until rather thick. Pour over eggs and vinegar.
 Fried Cucumbers-Peel and cut cucum- bers in Iengthwise slices. Roll in flour | and fry in deep fat until golden brown. Serve very hot.
 l Sauted Cucumbers and Onions-l tablespoon butter or drippings, cucum- l bers, 1 small onion, F cup milk or cream, salt and pepper. | Fry onion in butter until golden brown, 1 then add sliced cucumbers and COOK until 1 tender Add cream or milk and season
 well with salt and pepper. 1 Cucumber Jelly-6 cucumbers, l pint
 water, 1 tablespoon vinegar, ounce gel
 atin, 1 small onion, teaspoons sait' "A teaspoon pepper.
 1 Pare cucumbers and cut in small pieces
 Peel onion, slice cover with boiling Wa | ter and cook with the cucumbers unul | tender Press through a sieve. Soak
 gelatin in 1l cup cold water for minutes
 Add ? cups boiling water, stirring untll dissolve, then add to cucumbers and
 onion and turn into mold. Serve with
 mayonnaise dressing.
 Cucumber Salad Dressing-1 cucumber
 peeled and grated, egg yolk, juice ot one lemon, teaspoons prepared mustard teaspoon salt, A teaspoon pepper
 Beat egg yolk lightly, add to it th' juice of the lemon. Add grated cucum Der. mustard and season to taste.
 This dressing is most excellent fol
 vegetable salad, meat salad and nsf V salad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02
Fair Fertilizer Prices

Announcement has been made at the office of the secretary of agriculture that the department, in order to stabilize the prices of raw fertilizer materials as we'll as the prices for mixed fertilizers, has under consideration not only the question of fair prices for mixed fertil-
 zers for the spring of 1920, but also of such raw materials as sulphate of am monia, tankage dried blood, fish scrap, rock phosphate, bulk acid phosphate, and cotton seed meal. The manufacturers of cotton seed meal have been invited to a conference in Washington on October ' to 10 a. m. to consider the cost of man ufacture and other facts which will en- able the department to arrive at fair price for this commodity. and the produc- CTS of the other raw materials have been invited to present such evidence as they may desire on the cost of production on October at Washington. It is the be- lief of the department after investiga- tion that there should be considerable reduction in the prices of all these fertil- izer materials The manufacturers Of mixed fertilizers will send in their pro posed prices for the spring of 1920 at later time. -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02
A Better Berth for Bessie

n The American dairy COW. beauty that she is and has always been, has never made very much of a reputation in Eu-
 rope until the war destroyed so many of the native milk producers. Now. the
 American dairy COW is crossing the ocean rretty freely, and the United States de- partment of agriculture. largely for her
 benefit, has revised it's regulations gov erring the inspection, humane handling.
 and safe transport of export animals. The regulations in the first place, were fixed mainly for beef cattle. A dairy
 c,w that IS to live her life out and bear rs srons ibIe part in the uplringing of a human femily requires more careful handling than an animal that is to be slaughtered. Consequently, better ar range ms nts have been made for stalls, an adequate number of attendants is stipulated and more careful handling in general is required.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02
Caution in ''Land Boom"

The serious question in the farm land sections is whether the prices of farm products will remain at their present levels. The department of agriculture is making careful investigation of the present movement of prices with a view to determine it's probable effects. As a preliminary result of it's Investigations the department offers the following eau tion to farmers:
 Much of the present speculative actiy- ity has been due to the fact that specu- lators have been able to catch some farm CTS unawares, buying their farms at a much lower figure than was justified in relation to prices in adjoining regions Therefore, you should be careful about selling to speculator who is buying to sell again. If it is worth more to him 1t probably may be worth more to you 1T you own farm and desire to con tinue farming be sure before selling that you can obtain out of the proceeds of the sale as good farm as you have sold. s M
 If you desire to purchase a farm. you should be very sure that the price you pay is fully justified by the probable net earnings of the farm when conditions become more normal
 Be careful that the buyer of your farm is able to complete his payment in case he fails to resell. In general it is safe to require an initial cash payment of one-third the sale price.
 Be cautious about speculating yourself Especially do not buy on a narrow cash margin with the expectation that you will be able to sell and obtain the neces- sary means of settling your contract. You may not be able to effect a sale. A land boom may collapse suddenly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02
Treatment Stops Smut

A survey to check up the results of the standardization campaign conducted last spring in Colorado showed that where such treatment was practiced there was very little smut. but where the seed had not been treated as high as 20 per cent infection was recorded. The survey was made in several counties where a total of i670o acres of wheat, oats. barley and ryei were examined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02
Records in Club Work

Boys and girls in club work learn to Keep accurate accounts from day to day or their projects. In animal feeding, for example. their records contain such items as cost of feed,co of hired labor, if any, value of club members time or labor, receipts from sales or value at end of feeding period, and profit Aside from the value of the work to the boy or girl in the project itself, there is training an deducational value in complete and accurate record-keeping and a benefit from actual ownership, which will be helpful to these future farmers when they assume larger responsibilities.
 Eiectricians in Ireland are considering harnessing falls of the Liffey river to furnish Tower for a railway and tnAne. tl;es in Dublin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02

The Kaiser Wilhelm canal is little more than 6l miles long and for the east erly part of it's course follows the line of the old Elder canal. It is 1s7 feet wide at the water surface and T2 feet at the bottom. with depth of 2s feet inches The total cost of the canal was $s9, 600 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02

What is said to be serviceable, sub- stitute for gold is obtained by combining 94 parts of copper with six parts of antimony and adding little magnesium carbonate to increase the weight. It is said that this alloy can be drawn, wrought and soldered very much like gold and that it also receives and re- tains golden polish
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02
Pig Clubs Successful

In Illinois during the past year. 1os pig clubs were organized with an enroll ment of 9S4; of this number 4S0 finished the work and kept complete records Members reporting managed 562 pigs weighing in all 92,S41 pounds. The value of these animals was $25.6s4. .5s; cost of production, s13,6So.34; profit. N1, ,004.22.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02

American cotton mills consumed 5sl per cent of the staple grown in this country in 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02

Horses have been known to swim a river nearly a mile wide. simply to get back to their old stables.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-13
FIREMEN THREATEN STRIKE
Is Offering s. Per Day
70 Men Who VIII Remain Loyal

Jacksonville. Fla, June 15.-W!th
9i,c Chief 7. ". HaEcy IN charge Of
4 recruiting Office for the fire depart
ment and many man applying for
positions, indications are that the fire
mems strike which has been ordered
will nc. affect .hc efficiency Of tn
local f;rc-f@h,ing organization. The
city is Offering emergency fremea 50
a day and assuring permanent posi-
lions to man who qualify as efficient
AMI loyal.
Lctal underwriters Wednesday
anrcunced their confidence IN the
ability of the city 20 handle tn:
situation. and declared there woul'
be no cancellation of insurance or in
crease in rates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-13
u. S. TITLE TO FOE
SHIPS MENACED

Paris, June 1S.-Amer7ca's title
70 intelned German ships appears
today to be somewhat endangered.
Complications in the shipping
question. which appeared easily SOL
vahe six weeks ago, are tying up
the final award to America. These
disputes invoice France, Italy, ia
ran, and Bravil.
Italy apparently is providing the
chief obstacle, though without fur
n;shing any reason. Signatures of
the British and French were obtain
cd several wcelts ago to an agree
mcnt for the ships seized IN her
ports. Jtaly also announced her
readiness to sign, but when it came
to afixing her signature she always
held eff on some pretext or another
without denying the propriety of
americas position.
France signed the agreement.
contingent on be;rg allowed to buy
number Of German ships interned
in Brazil. But Brazil asked al cash
for the ships, while France wanted
to pay part cash ard part in securi-
ties, Japan is withholding her assent
u...t.i arrangements are made for her
to cEta:n certain amount of tom
mage from America, Which is expect
Cd to he easily arranged. Great
britain, meanwhile, is standing on
the agreement, despite the protest
of British commercial interests.
Portugal is now presenting CLAIMS
for part Of the German navy as
rcralaticn fol- her naval losses. The
cereal understanding is that Port
u2ai's losses were limited tc a few
r,;nv sweepcrs. but he" claims in
dude Eight cruisers. ics;roy2rs ana
ya~;crs othc rc'cft.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-06-13
ONLY THREE OPERATORS
STRIKE n BALTIMORE

Baltimore. June l3.--Thr@c te!c-
..r&ph operators in Baltimore oheycd
the national strike order Wednesday
That's all that happened. Business
went on as usual, except for slight
Ir,ay in messages over the Postal
Telegraph Company's wires. Balti-
Iaarc scarcely knew there was a tel
c%raphers' strike.
The three operators WHO quit were
members of the Postal CompaEy'S
rog.as. J. A. Vogt. local manager 70:
re "cst2l, said they were extra
h,-t., gently brought to Baltimore
',~n .1;a South, %a3 the fact that
.,,o,. wa,t"i CT. dim. maze a bit OF
difference 70 IL 'eca! c'!icc.
Trv q Gazette classified ri.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
People Want Highways.
state to Match.

We are now informed BY W. I.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
STATE AID ASSURED
SAYS W. |. THOMPSON

To the Voters Of Umatilla County. ~.
AS member Of the State Highway
Commission, I have been asked to
state its attitude If the proposed band
issue on the part Of this county cars
ries.
! am not in a position to commit the
other members Of the Commission,
but will pledge myself as member
of that Commission to work for COS
operation on the part OF the State as
outlined in the proposed plan for the
distribution Of the bond money. 4
have received assurances from the
other members Of the Commission that
they will cooperate and that they will
take into consideration what this
eennty will do II the bonds carry.
fafeel satisfied that II additional
funds are provided by the Legislature
FOR expenditure by the Commission
that there viii be no question but
that the plan Of cooperation adopted
will be carried out. The Legislature
appears TO be Of one mind TO provide
ten million additional funds to be
placed at the disposal OF the State
Highway Commission.
fsgnedD w, i. THOMPSON.
state Highway Commissioner.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
FACTS VOTERS MAY WISH TO KNOW BEFORE
CASTING VOTES AT ROAD BOND ELECTION

L. Hodgen, Umapine; S. A. Miller,
Milton; u. G. Rogers. Weston.
M r.. Chessman, secretary. elected
by the committee.
C. p. Strain, executive secretary, ap-
pointed by the county court.
Bond Money to BE Expended on the
Excerpts from County Road Law
Under Which Bond Money
Will Re Spent.
Chapter 29g, General Laws OF Ore-
gon, 1917, under, Section rs, provides
as follows:
Except In case Of emergency, or
the determination by the county court
to use convict labor, all work esti-
mated by the roadmaster to#acost
$1,000 or more for the job or proJeet
shall be let to contract, but work 50
estimated to cost less than $4,000 or
in case Of emergency, or for the main.
tenance OF county roads and bridges,
or as provided by Section 20 Of this
act. or the use Of convict labor as pro-
vided by law, may, In the discretion
of the court, be done by day work
under the direction of the county
court and supervision of the county
roadmaster; provided. however, that
any county owning and operating its
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

No. z (Mountain)-Richard Morri'
son.
No. SO (Athena) --Chas. Kirk, D.
b. Richards and H. A. Barrett.
No. 10 (Adamsl--J. o. Hales and j.
7. Lieuallen.
No. IL (Helix) Carl Engdahl and
Carl Kupers.
No. ~ (Vansycle)- B. Nuekols
No. 3 (Junlper) Hugh Bell.
No. Union)-R. o. Earnhart.
No Is (Fulton) --R. J. Cresswell.
No. 16 (Yoakum) Robert Bond.
No II CUmatilla)-W. j.. Dobler
and A. e, Mcfarland.
No. IS (Echo)-W. ]. Wattenburg-
er and w. w. Howell.
No. 19 (Hogue) Heddle.
No. 20 (McKay) C. Dunn.
No II (Vinson) )--K. G.. Warner.
No % (Pilot Rookie. j. Miller,
t. C. Scharpf and John Wynn.
No. 23 (Willow Springs) Charles
Ely,
!. No. "a OUklah)--T. II. Laurance.
James Mossie and A. $. QUAINT Of Al
bee. sgea
No. 25 (MsaehamJ -. D. Casey and
w. b. Ross,I.
No. rs (Gibbon)- r. Thompson.
No. 30 (Prospect) Frank Holds
man. 4
No 33;nFairvew) Alex McCorkeli.
No. 3f--t tFerndale)--J b. Saylor.
No. S5-( (Goodwin1 1--H. J. Taylor
No. 36 tHermiston- +. Nc
Naught and Il. L. Jackson.
No. 81 IN. Holdman) IA. f. May.
No. l3S IN. Gniland) Cliff T3ell!n-
ger.
No. 80 Is. Juniper) e. ]. King.
No. 40 tI1. Pilot Rock) Walter
Wegner
No. Al fstanfield)--M G. Barager,
w. T. Reeves
No. AZ Is. Reservation)--E. i.
Swartzlander.
No. 4S On. Reservation)-L, L
Mann.
/ No. "A tcolumbla) Frank Waus@-
man
llisEs WhS hPpplliteh ny ihp fboP
an executive committee and an ex-
ecutiye committee and an executive
secretary to assist the court in pre-
senting the road program to the cleo
tors Of the county at q special elec-
tion which has been called for March
dth, 1919. The polls win be open a.
the usuai voting places from s o'elocl
a, m. to 5 p. m. p 4,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
A Market Road.

The Pendleton to Cold Springs roao
is pre-eminently market road. II
leads across the west central portion
of our wheat belt and will give many
producers an outlet through the Co.
lumbia river to tide water 1t is the
history of rates, too, that river trans
portation has powerful bearing upon
them, not merely at the point touched
at nayigable river, but also in the
back country for miles into the inter-
ior
The road leading from Pilot Rock
south through Nye. Albee, and Uliah
to tIfe Grant county line is another
market road of great importance and
which is urgently needed. Other than
public roads that vast stretch of terri
tory enibs$eing southern Umatilla and
nQTfheEns tspounties has no means
Of reaching noafket, The existing
road does not meet the demands upon
it at all. 1t was n6t3laid out original,
ly upon proper grades and now it is
worn out. Those people out there are
worse isolated through lack Of trans.
portation facilities than almost any
other people in this republic. Their
situation in this respect has not im-
proved since pioneer days. Not only
for their sake, but for your own, 1t is
highly expedient that relief be granted
them. Their fine dairy products and
commercial timber furnishes supplies
which our cities and farms need.
The Havana to Helix road and the
Tum alum school to Umapine road
are both market roads, reaching ex-
tremely fertile and productive dis
tricts %as
The Pendleton to Meacham roau
will form d portion of trunk high
way for summer travel and at the
same time answer local demands as a
market road for the south reservat'
ton and Cabbage HILL. ~ n
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
NOW 0RNEVER
IS CASE FOR
THIS COUNTY
G. P. Strain Pleads for Ac-
ton Because State Bond
ing Limit Nearly Reached
STATE LIMITED BY
THE CONSTITUTION
After Coming $10,OOO,OOO is
Gone it viii be Too
Late.

County Assessor and Executive
Secretary Roads Committee.)
The Ten Million Bonding Act OF This
Legislature and the Six Million Act
OF Two Years Ago Practically Nx-
haust state Credit For Roads.
Section Of Article XII Of the state
constitution was amended in 1912 by
vote of the people fixing two per cent
Of the assessed valuation Of the state
as the extreme limit Of state bonds
for highway construction.
Including the ten million dollar
bonding act now pending, and which
will surely be passed there Is sixteen
millions of state bonds virtually aus
thorized. The assessed valuation OF
the state is less than one billion at
this time and will probably fall In the
near future through exemption df
notes and accounts from taxation and
the general decline Of values due to a
return of pre-war prices. The six
teen millions then, closely approach-
es the future road bonding limit of
the state. The State Highway Cons
mission now offers lis $4,000 OF
state aid which we can get by adopt-
I ing our county bonding bill on March
A., Ii we adopt the Bill we can meet
the states demands and get the state
money. If we defeat the county
bonding bill the $b7B,0O0 Of state, mons
ey will be apportioned and expended
elsewhere, In which case the proba-,
bilities are the full bonding resources
OF the state would be exhausted be-'
fore we could make provision through
new and later bonding act to match
dollars with the state.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
Umatilla County Road Program

Umatilla County Road Program
Special election March A, 1919, to
vote on a Bond Issue of $1,050,000.
The sale of the bonds, if voted, and
the execution of the program to be
contingent on the state cooperating as
promised.
Highway Convention of January 10,
1919. Held at PendletOn, Oregon.
Delegates Present.
Adams-J. 4. Lieuallen and j. o.
Hales.
.Athena-vH. A. Barrett and Frank
Berlin.
Echo-F. r. George and Joseph
Cunha.
Columbia Frank Waugaman and
Walter Blessing
Freewater-J. B. saylor, w. e. Put,
nam and H. S. Murray
Helix-Carl Engdahl and LeN Roy
Penland.
Holdman-R. O. Earnhart.
Hermistdn--J. 7. Mcknight and j,
F. Mcknight.
Mlltan--H. M Cockphrn ana .. a.
Miller.
Pendleton4C. p. A. Lonergan,
George Baer III. j. Taylor and J. A.
Fee.
Pilot Rock-J. M. Burgess, C. G.
Miller and X. q. Warner.
stanfleld-R. A. Hottie, NJ. C. Bar
ager and ]. M. Kyle.
Ukiah-I. r. Lawrence and James
Mossie.
Umatlla--W T Dobler and A. e,
Mcfarland.
mapine--T.ou Hodgen and Lane
Hoon.
Weston-F.fD. Watts, q. w. Stages