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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1920)
Getting the Resolute Ready for Her Trials TOMATO TRELLIS IS EASY TO CONSTRUCT Features of One Shown Are Lightness and Durability. Device M ay Be P ut T o g e th e r W ith A n y M aterial at H a n d — F ru it W ill H ang Low , but N o t Enough to To u ch the G round. The features o f this trellis are light ness, durability and easy method of construction. It may he made o f any mnterlal at hand, although materials iff the following dimensions are Just about right for a trellis that may be taken up and put away fo r use for many years. T h * pieces that rest on the ground are I% x3 Inches by 4 f«»et long. The strips nailed on these are 1x2 Inches by 0 feet long. Where the pieces cross one nail Is Sailors working on the mainsail of the Resolute In preparation lor the trial races with the Vanltle for selec driven and clinched. As shown In tion of the America’s cup defender. the cut, the other pieces are nailed to hold the fram e rigid. advanced 15 miles to a place where The w ire running from one side to they had removed rails and by burn the other Is to hold the frame in posi ing had twisted them. W e laid new ones on new ties and proceeded. When we reached Rodriguez, 55 miles from Laredo, It was seven o'clock. There | we found an engine which hnd been «leralled and overturned the day be It had righted Itself, and It ------------------ * ----------------------------------- ------------------------- fore. hooked onto our train and took it back car. • Borquez and the director American Newspaper Man Picks box north, our engine and tank car con genernl o f railways In the North— J. D. tinuing south. Up Interesting Information Hodrlguez— were deaf to all sugges I climbed on the narrow platform In tions to buy n ticket. in Mexico. the rear o f the tank car and we went But did we stnrt at ten? We did on. not. We left at three In the afternoon. We reached Lampasos at nine. 1 They had Juwt one engine at Neuvo wns Immediately surrounded by arm Laredo, the most Important northern ed rebels In a bewildering variety of port o f Mexico, and that one engine raiment and escorted before Gen. Juan would not work. They filled It with C orresp on den t Is F irs t Am erican to water nnd oil and surrounded It with M. Garcia, governor-elect o f Neuvo Leon and commandant o f the army of V is it R evolution— Slashed Repub profanity and finally with twenty san the North. lic A fte r F ali of C a rra n za — daled native workers secured by a My letter from Rorqtiez produced the local and an Improvised draft net we People W a n t Peace. proper effect and I was told I might limped away. I use the word limped go south on the military train nt Chicago. — Sidney M. Sutherland advisedly. There Is not a wheel In dawn. northern Mexico that has not been di w rites to the Chicago Tribune from There were no hotels nor restau Monterey, Mex., what he calls a dis lapidated by Old Father Time und Kid rants, and I wns famished. The town tion. When the vines are dead and jointed tale of a Journalistic pilgrim In Revolution. Is five miles from the stutlon. I saw before bad weather In the fall the Burned Bridge Stops H im . riuest of duta In Mexico. It treats of a lighted doorway several hundred trellis may he cleaned and closed up 'th e entry o f the first American Into A fter ten miles of horrible jolting yards away. I went over, found some and stored away for further use. the revolution-slashed republic since nn«l fearful heat we stopped. A bridge In setting the trellis In position women, and asked for food and shel the roads were cut. hail been hurneil. Incidentally the Ob- ter. along the row o f tomatoes, they With passport In hand, I approached regonlstas who burned ten between should be set five or six feet apart, “ It’s A m erican— and Y o u n g ." one Monahan, the guardian for Uncle Laredo and Monterey were trying to The women held a lantern up to my so that strips, as shown In the cut by Sam at the Laredo International bridge delay Carrnnalsta reinforcements to face and, exclaiming In Spnnlsh, “ It’s dotted lines, may be put on, thus sav that Is, the Itlo Qrande— there’s no various towns nnd did not want to de an American, and young,” they said ing one-half the number o f heavy tirhlge. Somebody burned the six-spun stroy more than necessary. This was pieces. they would do their best. « t e d structure ten days ago. They evidenced by the fact that they wreck The strip shown by dotted lines, By the light o f a smoky lantern they Rave built a pontoon nearly across the ed only little culverts and not large prepared and gave me the starboard lying In the fork o f the trellis, Is to JiOO yard wide stream. Just now you’re spans. Most revolutionists think they thigh o f a young goat boiled In grease, tie the plant to firs t; then keep off poled across In skiffs. nre Germans In Belgium. W e nllght- onions, nnd chill hotter thnn the hinges all suckers but two on each side of Monahan lookeil nt in.v passport and ed. Instead o f tearing In nnd remov of the lnf«*rno. I gobbled It down with the plant. ine, anil told me to forget the Mexican ing the charred ties nnd twisted rails Th e fruit w ill hang low In great the appetite of a starved coyote and consul's vise, as there are ns many and building a new culvert the entire ate several fiat cakes o f corn pone bunches; being shaded by the foliage consuls In Laredo as there are factions outfit sat down to think. They thought and not touching the ground, it will und drank a glass o f gont’s milk. In Miotlco. and to proceed and to pray nml thought. They lay flrsrt on one Meanwhile a wrinkled, withered old he nice and clean. Ood to give mercy to my Immortal hip and smoked corn shuck cigarettes, relic o f nine matrimonial engagements and then smoked and lay on the other pout. —nnd willing to go further— had pre CONCENTRATES MUST BE FED I stepped from civilization to five hip, thinking rapidly all the while. I pared the war correspondent’s couch. centuries ago, to old shacks, narrow, took a picture then, mentioning that I This consisted o f one blanket spread D a iry E x p e rt A d vises A g ain st Discon filthy streets, to crawling, fly-dotted thought they might do something. on a narrow sidewalk outside the tinuance o f G ra in Feed fo r beggars, to men In tatters, women In They thought thut a snappy Idea nnd house. I looked It over nnd scratched Cow s in Pasture. rags, and children In I ons than tig Imnmdlutely fixed the bridge and went my head, In which tho "young visitors” leaves. There Is one trntn o f one- on, only losing an hour. already had found breeding place. L. V. Wilson o f University farm, A n o th e r Bridge Burned. ttiule power, dozens o f III smelling, H is Bed Cham ber Furnished. agent In dairying fo r the United Fifteen mll«»s further we stopped make-shift dirty saloons, and hanging I asked for n pillow and they gave States department o f agriculture, ad like a pall over all th, people and again. This time It was n burned me a small sack of corn In a pillow vises against the discontinuance of businesses, the “ wlsh-to-God this thing bridge, and a temporary track was laid slip. grain feed when the cows are turned would stop and we could get Imek to beside It over the shallow creek bed. I asked for a sheet and they gave out first to pasture. Some grain must w ork” feeling. Every human express Heavy rain o f the night before had me a tablecloth. I gnve up— took off still he fed, he sajs, if a consistent es more confidence In this regime than softened the creek bottom, so that the (he Rill Hart puttees and shoes nnd milk flow and the average weight of In any since old Porflrlo I>laz departed. track sagged like rnliner’s May day lay down. the cows are to be maintain«*«!. Chang The crew got Jucks, And there Is a new spirit toward Red uprising. Just ns T wns nbout to doze off I ing from grain feeds to pastures can Americans. Somebody— and one ven- picks, urul shovels und run some big was stnrtlod by a wild fusillade at be overdone, he adds, for the reason ures to credit General Ohregon with timbers hnigthwlse under tho ties. I the station. The women scronmed nnd that It Is Impossible for the cows to he Idea—passisl the order everywhere took a picture, smoked a cigarette, and moaned. I rolled Into n near-by gut get the same amount o f nourishnnmt *o d»*fer to things American and cut thought: "W hat a long way to Mexico ter. It turned out to he only rebels from a day’s grazing that they may put the nonsense. Ohregon visited City and real nows.” They gave the at their third bottle of mezcnl. I dozed obtain from two or more regular feed «evernl American camps during the signal to start— the Mexicans cheered off, only to be reawakened by a “ cabal- ings o f con«*entrates. “ W e usually no Kvar and tho Great Lakes to see the for their favorite president, favorite llto de gas"— a little horse of gasoline tice," he says, “ an Increase In milk ITnlteil States when we meant business liutl fighter, patron saints, and favorite —as the Mexicans call a railroad ve production following the change from »ind had stifled the pacifists. Every brand of beer. I stood a hundred feet locipede. barn confinement to the freedom of body on both sides of the river told to one side, watching the train through “ El consul Amerlcnnol" screamed the green pasture. However, we are (no no one could go South. So I Jump- the camera and waiting for U to turn several rebels. running the danger o f tvduclng the «si Into u coach and was driven to the over. It did not, nnd iny watchful I dressed und rushed over to meet weight o f *ur cows, consequently put bnrrneks where Pol. J. E. Ilorqucz waiting produced nothing. Randolph Robertson, the liveliest wire ting a greater strain upon their sys jronimands the border between Eagle Finally we advanced. That K w e . In the American consular service In tem, If we do not tide them over 1‘ass and Brownsville and south to j Mexico. He has taken dozens o f Amer through the first few weeks with some Monterey. I told him who I was icans nnd British out since the Inst amount of grain.” «ltd what I wanted. After officially OFF FOR A LONG JAUNT trouble began. He has smoothed over (iifnrmlng me o f Monterey's fall, ho a dozen “ causes o f war” In the last promised to comply with all my re two years. Ills stntlon nt Neuvo FRESH WATER FOR CHICKENS quests. I.nr«»«lo has more friends than any In Obtain* Safe Conduct. A b u n da n t S u p p ly Should A lw a ys B* Mexico. Telling me to return at 10 a. m. Frl- H a n d y fo r Hens— Keep O u t of He was bringing In two Americans. «lay, he dictated a safe conduct pass, S u n ’s Rays. They ate fried goat and went on north, pt Is the most complete document 1 and I returned to bed and to sleep at •wer saw and has worked wonders— Plenty o f fresh water should always twelve, with the stars close down over 1 only hope I don't present It to the he accessible to the hens. I f supplied my bed. inpixisltig faction and get shot during Irregularly they are likely to drink too B reakfast Is Served. the confusion. It should not he One of the native women \vnk«*n«»d much nt a time. 1 torque*, voicing what all the other me nt five with n cupful o f coffee exposed to the «tin’s rays tn summer (rebel generals have told me since, said placed on the sidewalk by my pillow. nor be allowed to fre«*ze tn winter If solemnly and earnestly: 1 turned to got a cigarette nnd turned this can he avoided. “ We’ re tire«', of lighting T«“n years In very frosty weather It Is often back to fin«! th«» family |*arrnt perched ««f strife have sapped it* until the last on the rltn o f the cup drinking my cof worth while to give the flock slightly ■Mexican \lrtn«‘s patience nnd for- fin» and swearing at me lluently In warmt*«l water two or three times a Itearanee have been exhaust«*«!. Pnr- day rath*»r than permit them t«> drink Lampasos Spanish. rnnta would have hail us in trouble At noon the military train with G«m- water at the freezing point. A flock ■with America, nml we can't stand for eral Gnrotn started for Monterey. He o f 50 turns In good laying condition Hint. We want pcn<*e an«l a chance kindly consented to let me rld«>. I will require four to six quarts o f wa to work. That Is all. To get It we crawletl In th«» on boo«* and went to ter a day. say p«*ultry specialists of must he at peace at home nnd abroad. \ lllaldanm. where th«> first passenger the United States Department o f A gri Thg rebel chieftains all rally to us lie- culture. fr«»m the North In t«u days overtook cause Parranxa meant trouble and our us nnd we switched, nrrlxlng here at plan mean* the simplest program o f nil live with llohertson, who Is on his COAL ASHES ARE BENEFICIAL — pears» and work. fifth trip guarding American Interests W h it Carranza Stood For. nml who Is tnklng this message North. P ro fessor V oorhses Recommends Them “ Parrunza represented pro this nnd On both sl«l«»s «ff the road for a hun- fo r Ligh ten ing H e a vy, pro that, ixilltlcal autocracy, personal dnsl miles to her*» are evidences o f C la y Soils. frigidity, private revenge and pure ten y«»arff revolutions' destructions. graft. Tou will notice the revolution House* hav«> been hum«*<l, fields nre In Professor V«K>rh«*es. an authority on o»«ept most o f the « ‘public without a w « m *«I s , there are no cattle, no land Is soil fertilization, says that the bene hundred shots being flr«*d That «hows cultivated, people a«* apathetic, dumb, ficial r«*sults o f coal ashes when ap- nt once that Carranza was not what dated, and hopeless. plleil to some soils Is evidently due to they wonted and what our plan Is. Ray Wilson, a young athlete of the > But all have hope In this new crowd, the physical effect on the soli. Pro I'lrn se be goo«l enough to sciul ouly U. H. Murine corpa, photographed at | saying, “ If they esnnot straighten It fessor Van Slyke In his work on fer ntie message to your people have a the start of hts Jaunt across the I ’ n l* «nit. who Is left?” The answer la, n«>- tilisers rec«»mmen«1ed coal ashes for little patience and we will make the ted Strtea, with letter» to governors I mm I j * o f Mexican Mood. lightening heavy, clay soil*. grade.” of all states through which h# will , T h * ashe# should he carefully sifted I was at the station at ten Friday. pass Major Caldw»ll o ' Seattle Is As turning the logs »111 make a and only the fine ashes applied to the T h ere waa a water tank cat, a flat car handing Wilson Ih » fin . la ter to de dull Are hum, so changes o f studies, garden or truck patch when sand la a dull brain.— Longfellow. *n«1 a caboose made o f a converted liver. not available. Mexicans Tire of Fighting CHANGE TOWARD AMERICANS i —What They Mean CUCUMBERS ARE EASILY INJURED D ID Y O U D R E A M O F P R IS O N ? (t Is Not Advisable to Plant Un Last Night’s Dreams t < ^ v U R L IF E Is tw ofold; sleep hath V-/ its own world,” says Byron, and Joseph GlanvlU, that eminent seven teenth century divine and philosopher who Is thought to have anticipate«! by his Inventions the electric telegraph, says: “ W e dream, see visions— one hulf our life Is a romance o f Action.” Sir W illiam Petty, the greut ship-build er. proposed It to Fepys of the famous "D iary” "as a thing truly questionable, whether there really be any difference between waking and sleeping,” while Ellis says, “ Dreams are true while they last— can we at the best say more of life?” Tills Idea o f duality o f existence— a dreaming and a waking life, both o f equal reality— is the basic Ideas o f Calderon’s wonderful drama, “ L ife Is a Dream,” which nobody reads nowa days, but which everybody ought to, for It Is worth while. The hero of that drama Is part of the time a pris oner and part o f the time a king and cannot decide which part o f his life Is a dream. The dream o f being In prison Is not an uncommon one, although it Is not classed by the scientists as a “ typical” dream. It could be easily Interpreted by the disciples of the Freudlna school, though they would require all the de tails o f the dream in order to do so. As fo r the mystics In spite o f Its be ing a rather disagreeable dream, they nearly all account it to be one o f fa vorable omen, an indication o f good luck and happiness. T o dream that you simply see a prison Is regarded by some as indicative o f luck. As to es caping from your dream-prison, the au thorities are divided on that, some saying that it means temporary suc cess, others danger. So i f you find yourself In jail In your dreams, better stay there until you wake up— unless you are pardoned by some Dreamland governor, or dream that you have ap plied fo r such pardon, both o f which are excellent omens. (Copyright.) -----------O----------- What we do makes us what we are. Better make palaces and live In a hut than to make huts and live in a palace.— Helen Campbell. til All Danger of Frost Has Passed. RICH SOIL IS RECOMMENDED F requent S hallow C u ltiva tio n Should Be G iven U n til V in e s F ill Space Between Rows— N etting Keeps A w a y H a rm fu l Bugs. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The soil for cucumbers should be rich, and It Is a good plan to apply well-rotted manure under the rows or hills. I f planted In rows open the fur row and scatter the manure along the furrow, turning fresh soil over the ma nure before planting the seeds. I f the seeds are planted In hills confine the application o f manure to the area occu pied by the hills. E a s ily In ju re d b y Cold. Aa cucumbers are easily Injured by cold It Is not advisable to plant until all danger o f frost Is over and the ground has begun to warm up. For very early cucumbers the seeds should be planted In a hotbed In old straw berry boxes, plant boxes, Inverted sods, or directly In the soli o f the bed. By starting the plants In hotbeds the cu cumbers w ill be ready fo r the table two or three weeks earlier than tf started In the open. For the main crop drill the seed In rows five feet apart, and after the plants reach a height o f three or four Inches thin them to stand tw elve to eighteen Inches apart In the row, or plant the seeds In hills four feet apart each way and thin to three or four plants to the hill. Cucumbers should be given frequent shallow cultivation until the vines fill most o f the space between the ro w s; after this very little attention w ill be needed, except to pull out weeds by hand. Do not allow any fruit to ripen on the vines until the end o f (he pick ing season, as new fruits will not form while the older ones nre ripening. Beetle Does Much H arm . Young cucumber plants are often de stroyed by the cucumber beetle. It Is possible to protect the plants by cover ing them with small wooden frames C o m O il as F a t The smooth delicate flavor o f the oil made from com may be used In many dishes in which butter is used nnd in others to take the place kff olive oil. Cakes, puddings, salad dress ings and even pastry are commonly made with corn oil as fat in place of lard. P astry. Take two cupfuls o f sifted flour, two teaspoonfuls o f salt, one teaspoon ful o f baking powder, seven table spoonfuls or one scant half cupful of oil, nnd one-fourth o f a cupful o f cold water. S ift the dry Ingredients, add the oil, mixing It with a fork, then the water and roll out. Tills recipe makes a covered pie and one extra crust CucumDera. over which mosquito netting has been stretched or a square of mosquito net ting dropped over a peg set In the middle of the hill, the edges o f the net ting being covered with earth to pre vent the netting from blowing off, may be us«*d. Air-slaked lime sprin kled over the small plants Is an added MayonnaJse Dressing. protection against the cucumber beetle. Beat the yolk o f one egg in a deep The varieties recommended are bowl, set In Ice water, add one-half White Spine, Davis’ Perfect and Em teaspoonful o f salt, one-quarter tea erald. spoonful o f mustard, a few dashes of cayenne; add a tablespoonful o f com oil nnd beat vigorously; add another POULTRY EGGS VARY IN SIZE and a teaspoonful o f lemon juice or vinegar; beat vigorously again, then Range From Sm all Ones L a id b y Ban tam s to Those L a id b y Such add more oil until a cupful Is used and Breeds as L ig h t Brahm as. three tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Beat until thick nnd creamy. The dressing The eggs o f different kinds o f do should be stiff enough to keep its shape when dropped on a salad. Use whipped mestic poultry vary In size as well as cream to thin dressing when It Is appearance, and there Is also a consid mixed with the salad. Various vege erable range In the size o f eggs of tables may be added to give flavor and different breeds; thus, hens’ eggs variety such as finely chopped onion, range from the small ones laid by peppers, parsley, chives or capers. For bantams to the large ones laid by further seasoning add Worcestershire such breeds as Light Brahmas, ac sauce, catsups o f various kinds, tabas cording to the United States depart ment o f agriculture. On an average, co sauce and chill powder. * • hens’ eggs are 2.27 Inches Ih length and 1.72 Inches In diameter, or width, W h ite L o a f Sugar. at the broadest point, and weigh about Take one cupful o f sugar, one-fourth t»*o ounces each, or eight eggs to the cupful o f oil. one-hnlf cupful o f milk, one nnd on«»-fourth cupfuls o f flour, pound (1.5 pounds per dozen). Gen erally speaking, the eggs o f pullets one-fourth cupful o f cornstarch, two are smaller thnn those o f old birds, t«»aspoonfuls o f baking powder, one- those o f guln«»a fowls about two thirds half teaspoonful each o f salt and the size of hens’ eggs, those o f ducks vanilla with the whites o f four eggs. Mix the sugar and com oil, sift the somewhat larger, while those o f tur Hour nnd baking powder, salt nnd keys and geese are considerably larger. cornstarch, ndd the milk aUemately with the dry Ingredients, then the oil, nnd fold In the whites the last thing. BARNYARD MANURE IN FAVOR Bake In a moderately hot oven. For frying In deep fat, fo r shorten Liberal Application Should Be Made In Garden— Broadcast Before ing nnd griddle cakes, gems and hot Turning the Soil. breads o f various kinds, the com oil may he used as any other fat. I f bamynrd manure Is available give a liberal nppllratlon to your garden. I f you have only a small supply, it Is (Copyrtsht. l i t « , W*»t<*rn Newspaper Union ) best to put In the drill and thoroughly ----------O---------- mix with the soil. I f plentiful, apply Fate o f an E vild oe r. broadcast before turning the soil. "About the crooke«1ej«t «wnnmnlty tn this region,” remarke«l Cactus Joe, "Is AVOID TOO MUCH BULKY FOOD Gravel rllle. A stranger sat Into a game there and they conelude«l that Hens H ave Sm all Crops and Cannot no man could win steadily without H andle G reat Am ount of Rough- usin’ marked cards and dealln’ off the age to Advantage. bottom." “ Did they run him out o f town?” The feeder must he careful not to “ Nth they didn’t. But he has had to sup ply too much bulky feed to the quit gamblin'. Them fellers come hens, as these fow ls have small crops snt'akln’ around to his shack and paid and cannot handle a great amount of him anything he wanted for gtvln’ les roughage as can cows and other ani son*.” mals which ruminate their fee«!.