Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-16

weeds and will plant highway with
suitable trees.
San Diego fishermen are indig.
nant over permit to japanese TO
construct mile-long fish trap just
south of the border.
Gophcrs have become q serious
pest in the Palo Verde valley, Riv-
! erside county, where q few years
ago there were none.
A canning company of San Diego
has a representative at Vista seek
ing to secure contracts on a big
acreage of pimiento peppers.
Last year 100 carloads of beans,
80 carloads of onions and GO ear
| loads of mustard were shipped
from the S. p. depot at Lompoc,
Santa Barbara county.
! The seventh annual Valencia or
angc show will be held at Anahcim,
in May.
| A canncrv is contemplated at
Wasco, Kern county.
Rivrrbark. Tularr county, will
plant 1900 acres of tomatoes for
the local c"nncry.
Townsend and Stark, Gustin",
Mcrced county, have purchased 1910
acres of Miller and Lux lands near
| Gustinc.
During the first week in April
auction sales prices for best hogs
at San Joaquin valley points ran
from 81 l.90 to Sl2.4O.
Last year the Turlock district Of
! Stanislaus county had 600 acres Of
melons. This year there will be but
! 5000 acres.
\ district of 10000 acres of Ger.
! eals around Newman, Stanislaus
county, has been made Il fire insur
! ancc and fire protection area.
\ recent raid ON q still in MADEIRA
county nettcd the officers 17C0 gal
Ions of bootleg liquor and 5000 gal.
! Ions of mash ready for the still.
| The lngOmar Gun club lands Of
G40 acres, belonging to Miller and
! Lux. near Cuisine, Merccd county,
! were sold to Il san Franciscan.
| The l70 acre kankakcc ranch, rs
i calun, San Joaquin county, is being
! heavily planted to trees and in 1928
! the full 10 acres will be in orchard.
! Earimart, Tularc county, has the
second largest gin in the San Joa-
| quin valley, the 1926 output being
1000 bales; the 1927 crop is expect
ed to bc 10000 bales.
| Clarence barrow SAYS life is Il
continual fight. Just like man
who lives in Chicago to say th-t.
i Stafford, Arizona, Will build a 80.
| 900 sewer system.
Ettcrsburg, Humboldt county, has
! had 100 inches of rain this season
Too much moisture in Washington
has delayed the planting of spring
crops
Pierce County, Washington, has
! 1926 acres of rhubarb and 100 fore
| ing hothouses.
! The Milton Freewater district g.
j Oregon last year shipped l3o ear.
/ loads of Cherries.
In 1923 Washington County, Ore.
gon, had 30 acres of alfalfa. Now
! X has l20O acres.
j. \. Clifford, jerome, Idaho, has
"n eve that bore four lambs in two
days, two days apart.
! The Wenatchcc district of cen
trail Washington last year shipped
! /. 900 carloads of fruit.
| W. B, Williams, Ringold, Wash
! ington, reports a calf that weighed
at birth lG6 pounds.
! }. 7. Mitchell, kclso, Washing
| ton, exhibits y garden parsnip thrrs.
and onc-half feet long.
! }. ". Dunn, Moss, Rock, Wash
iI,gton, has Lincoln eve tina; gave
birth to an Is pound lamb
! W. X. CIR, sham, Midas, Idaho, has
/ just nine aged ewes and each one
/ produced twins th,s spring
The farmers at palouse, Washing
| ton, have bought Il large feed store
and Will buy and sell feed stuffs.
Bcemen of the northwest states
recently met at Laramie, Wyoming
and formed a protective association.
OF 336.637 dairy cattle tested in
Oregon for tuberculosis. less than
! one per cent, or 3l30 were rcactors.
The apple growers pool at Phcn-
astin, Washington, last year paid
its members 50, 800, or &lOl per
box.
Lane County, Oregon, will have
no programmed horse races nj tn"
fair this fall, but race track viii be
flco for all to use.
Dairymcn of King County, Wash
ington, have found that Il cow to be
profitable must yield 323 pounds Of
buttcrfat per year.
V. r. Fisher, oxford, Idaho, has
| Il DurocJcrsey SOW that has given
him 4S pigs in less than Il year, ~
being in the last litter.
A water well in eastern Oregon
starts an upward draft - to "a
hours before Il storm and this in
creascs to spray and subsidies with