The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-08-08

Few more effective dcmonhtra
tions Of the possibilities Of hos
feeding In the Inland Empire arr
afforded than the experiment re
Gently completed by ]. w. White.
Spokane business man who has
farm on Moran prairie near tha'
city. He purchased las swine a
the Union stockyards and fed then
seven weeks 10 a day. Transporta
ticn both ways was charged against
the experiment. every mouthfui oi
feed consumed was purchased ant
the animals were fed on a dry lot
Seven hogs died from heat prcstrH
tion. and II piggy sows were sole
at cost. lie bought the herd al
1871 cents per pound and sold III,
herd at a price which nettcd Sio7C
for the experiment.
Albert 0'Harra took out 400
sacks for his wheat crop from i6
acres. which looked pretty thin,
Sim Barnes advised him 10 &c,
more. but Albert figured that 400
would b. enough aud a-plenty. lie
guessed wrong. II took 500 sacks
10 hold the wheat threshed from the
as acres ono Of the biggest
little crop we have heard Of this
season. 4 curious feature Is that
Albert had been puxsling over re-
seeding the tract, which looked
rather sickly in the spring. He is
glad now that he didn't. His wheat
was apparently thin on the ground,
but the heads were remarkably
heavy. The crop is No. | and free
from smut. II was grown on bean
ground.
Mules are mules back in old Mis-
souri,, as is shown by the following
item clipped from the Paris, Mis-
souri,, Mercury handed us by Ernest
Smiley Of Smiley 4 Peak; with
out doubt what surprasses all prev
ious records in mule sales in Amer
lea was reached when Ben Glenn
sold Jesse Diamond 4 Co. Of Ben
ton, Illinois, two pairs of mules for
$1,000, or an average of $3.50 apiece.
The high water mark was reached
in Boone county when Lloyd Haden
sold Arch Gray Of Howard county
a spanking fine pair Of steel gray
mules for $780,"
Ed. McCarty, winner Of the buck
ing contest at Cheyenne in July.
will defend his title against the
best broncho-busting material in
The country at the tenth annual
Round Up September Is.
10 and 20. McCarty has performed
before Round Up audiences for sew
.ral seasons and he can stick on a
lorse's back just as easily as a fly
o a ceiling. Sixteen Wyoming
,owpunchers will accompany Nc
carty to Pendleton.
A new grading camp two and
ne-half miles west Of Milton at
Dry creek is being built for the
tate highway grading crew, re-
orts the East 0regonian. The
amp win be ready for use in a few
ays and rs men and 80 horses
I'LL be at work there. The work
onsists Of preparing the highway
ight-of-way for the paving which
ill be started soon from Athena.
Sim Culley's cat-power combine is /
umming right along, with pros
ects Of finishing the season in
bout two weeks. A good harvest I
reported. Mr.. Culley's best
eld was had from his Pinkerton ]
ace holdings. which averaged 42i ,
lshels per acre.
While at work in the harvest !
Id, w. S. Price fell on bolt :
the header double tree, cutting !
deep cash in his right leg. He /
omptly administered first aid, !"
d expects no more than tempo .
ry trouble from the injury. q
u
Mrs. j. NJ. Swaggart of Baker, .
'egon, came to Weston this week Il
visit her sisters. Mrs. Amy Van p
iver Of this city and Mrs. Eunicc y
nth Of Grants Pass. This is the y
It time the three sisters have y !.
IN together for II years. !, y
The street cars are going out Of y Y
siness in Walla WalIa. Six miles = =
line will be discontinued Decem- 5 5
. and the remainder the first Of d
year. The interurban line to 8
lton will be kept in operation. OF
vever. III
D,
BY order Of the city council, no
is hereby given to water con- -
ners that all irrigation must be = !
continued. -
!. N. York's wheat crop in the NV