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AI0UT MOON tiQNl A, reader of this departuisat - I tire near Springfield, III,, wrlUi J? lug Inquiry as to whs thst Ut moot fc. any luflueuce on crops that Is, taia sr root crops will do better If In the dark of the uioou and If w wblcb mature their fruit above itom are planted hi the light of th .. ) i ; .it 11 mi - r-- l?3 -If - " ' (ft. . p mm E Our frleud says that, while tuost st is aeiguoors twiievs u a greater Of kw silent In these moon sls-ns h does nut have much faith la then, Siuenug luvui mm Hwrsij a Bisttsr st superstition. Tbe writer Is wiilla coufsss tbst bis early edurstlua ssi Kit Conyers of CUtLuiic SCAPPOOSE Mrs. Jane Dean returned home from the Mineral Hot Springs on Friday of last week much improved by the treatment. Friday afternoon last witnessed a near tragedy. Mrs. Albert John son and her friend Miss Farrel were following the logging train on a speeder.- The team on the school wagon driven by J. L. Lynch be came excited by the train and crossed the track just in time to run over the speeder with the two ladies. Very fortunately a few minor bruises are all the damage done. Friday. May 28. the second grad uating class from the Scappoose high school received diplomas, as well as 24 from the Sth grade. Monday, May 28, the boys of the Blue Button Class gave a banquet to the girls of the Blue Buttons. After a fine menu had been dis posed of a program of toasts fol lowed, which was much enjoyed by all who heard and reflects much credit on the young speakers. The school board have elected Mr. Edwin O. Bundy as superin tendent for next year. The other teachers were elected and will be announced as soon as they have ac cepted, so it ean be definitely known .ivho is to be the corps for next year. , .,- , i. YANKTON NEWS John Crulles and family have sold their farm in Yankton and have moved to Idaho. Mrs. George Kale and some of the children have small pox. Claud Rathburn and family are now residing in Trenholm. A number of Yankton people were in Houlton last week to at tend the funeral of little Helen Chambers. Work will soon begin on the ex tension of M ait en's logging road. The contract has been given to CharleJ Diily of Portland, who will soon have a large force of men at wurk. The change of the road be gins at the Yankton crossing, going through Rudolph Kappler's land. Nearly a hundred men will be em ployed for some months and will camp near the railroad crowing in Yankton. After the road is built we hope and expect some of the trains to carry passengers between Houlton and Yankton. J. W. ALLEN ENTERTAINS Principal J. W. Allen of the Warren Bchools entertained his eighth grade at his home in St. Helens yesterday and while in this city were shown around the big mills, and incidentally took in the print shop of the Mist, where the new press was in operation. Those in the party were: Misses Ellen Almquist. Myrtle Larson, Ruth Hendritk son, Fannie Cooper, Ruther Pet erson and Dewey Rea.to. Miss Larsen has the honor of having passed the recent eighth grade examination with the highest percentage of any one in Colum bia county. haror of C'btLanic HOTEL JilVALS 0RCAD1A. G. F. Butler, Astoria; Meiers & Conyers, Clatskanie; Mark Redding, P. W. W. Sendfust. A. Anderson, W. Channd. Jack Craig. Philadel phia; Prosper Garl, J. C. Garl, Moio, Ore.; Cliff Tucker, A. E. Kshom, Portland. ST. HELENS. C. M. Dale. Portland; Wm. Saun ders, San Francisco; H. Beal and wife; F. R. Graff. Wm. Reid. R. F. Robinson, Portland; Oscar Ingram, Lebanon; J. M. Coomer, Portland; Ralph Burhart. Castle Rock, Ralph Jones, Camas; E. D. Cesch, Thos. E. Whiteside, W. Sharman. Port land; Mrs. Dora Fisher, U. S. A.; A. E. Collins, Alt. Tabor; Geo. Saxon. Tacoma; J. Weiner, Oak land; M. T. Brownson, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Thomason, City; Miss Neil. City; J. K Mor vin. Arthur 0. Litt, Portland; G. M. McBride. City; N. J. MoffiC Portland; B. A. Mellsap. San Fran cisco; G. Beamon, S. C. Shelley. Jack Hammond, Portland; E. Gor don, St. Johns; J. W. Lindquist, I an Francisco; Louis Beirl, City; Mrs. Perry Mellinger, Mrs. Geo. Parker, Vernonia; P. L. Derebery, Camas; H. II. Bartlett, R. E. Slat- tery, A. Anderson, V. L. Gilchrist, R. E. Allen. N. B. Macklen, W. Campbell, Portland; Roszena Eliers, San Francisco; A. N. Althouse, City; Bill Beynes, Andrew Pasker, W. Krash, Estacada; Fay Peterson, Wm. Norwood, Ernest Wilson, Joe Norworsh, A. E. Pierce, Rainier: R. S. Hatton, City; J. H. Collins, Vilas Plue, Rainier; Ethel Marcher, Denver, Colo. Edith Penney. Se attle, Wash.. T. O. Burroughs, Billy Mansfield, Hazel Gordon, San Frttncisco; Joe Vogel and wife, W. W. Cole, J. Kramer, Portland; Claude Bunper, Rainier; E. R. Bird, Scappoose; Fred Gill, Deer Island, Ray Slocom, Portland; Julius Both. Rainier. W. P. Peckham. Portland; G. W Hallenback, FriU Jenson, G. P. Snievers. P. Slaugh- land, Rainier,. Dean Btanchard, Metzger, Ore., Fed Benson. Port. land; T. C. Watt, Reuben; John Britte, F. Van de Ven, Rainier; Mrs. B. Doncaster, Capt. R. Sand born, A. F. Tripp, C. Lomax, J. Cole, R. Tonzel, A. T. Toney, II. B. Snyder, J. B. Godfrey; J. M. Long, Amanda Huldt, J. W. Sher wood, C. E. Slaughter, J. Hill, Port Ian I. In this issue von will find the oiclurea of the winner at th. fint prizes in the high school contests at the County School Field Meet held in St. Helens last .Saturday. To have the supply of sweet corn cover a Iodk eating period It should be planted a row or two at a time at Intervals of every ten days. The first planting should be of the early vsrle ties and luter the larger kind We hnre found no vsrleties (tetter tbun the Golden Bantam. Country Gentleman and Evergreen for early, medium and late vsrleties. Inasmuch as potatoes hare a feeding value when rooked of hot one-fifth that of corii. it follows that they make s rather exi-nslve ration If they art worth mora than 12 or 15 cents a inixhcl for Illustration, if com were worth tf cents s bushel potatoes would w worth but 12; hence if one could iTt 13 eents per buabel for the praties It would be better to sell them. KJwin Myrre of t'ljt-Ljiiie FAM1 ODfHAMX mm F.ETRIGG REGISTER R0CKTORD.LM SOLICITED ITbls matter must not b reprinted with UUI lwutl miiyii. Dwarf Essex rape Is usually sown where a maximum forage yield is de sired. nubblng warts that appear on cattle snd young stock with pure castor oil several times will rid the animals of the trough , While colts nnd horses get along Brat ruts without vegetables such as apples or carrots. It Is nevertheless true that they relish them greatly. The person who contemplates buying aa automobile should be well euoiiKb fixed financially ao that be will not need to get bis "gas" aud lubricating oil on tick. Turning Block into the sweet clover pasture early not ouly gets them until to the legume when it Is tender, but they become acrutomed to its bitter taste when green food is scarce and they are Dot overfastidlous. it Is time to put up the bouse for the purple martins snd the cigar bos or can under the eaves for the wrens In both instance the comradeship of these fine birds will more than pay for the trouble of giving them s plucs -where they may lay their young." ;erm of tuberculosis are killed by exposure to direct sunlight fur a pe tiod of ten minute. This is the chief reason why the bent medical authort ties urue ho ittrongly that tubercular patients be out In the sunshine as mm b as MssiMe It Is the chcas-st as well as the Ix-sl tonic' and medlclue for thl ailment . KxiK-rience with corn for silo pur poses has shown that a maximum value of feed from the tardKlnt of both grain and stalk is secured if there is an average stand of four stalks to the hill Kor grain purpoaes only, three stalks give the best renults on soil that is fertile and put snd kept Id good physical condition. In some states a line as high ss $100 Is provided ss a penalty for the dock ing of horses' tails A similar law should be passed In every state. While this practice Is supposed to be follow ed particularly by those who want to keep up with the style. It K nevertbe less, s heathenish and barbarous cus torn and one that In all decency snd humanity ought to be completely done sway with. A friend who has a fine flvs sere patch of alfalfa is going to ose It ss s hog pasture this season, believing that It coupled with the corn which be has. will furnish a cheap as well as a bal a need ration. There could be no bet ter combination The only thing that needs to be guarded against Is tbt matter of overpasturlug this tract, a thin that there might be quite a temptation to do. The pretty well fixed notion that flos Is'haid on the soil Is not borne out by modem agricultural science or experi ence The bad reputation which flax i-etns to have acquired Is not charges Me to any effect the Has Itself bad, but lo a fungu (wilt) disease coming from the flux which affected following crops It has been found that wben precau tious are taken to prevent tbess plant diseases crops following flag do well, esi'ially wheat snd corn. The era v lug wblcb many folks bar t it greens In the spring Is a very Dat um! and wholesome one and should lie satisfied wben possible, as the greens, lux (tiding doAdfiliCBSj mustard. WW l a i sw 0. y . . V Jri Vir'il Strvciis 'if SaisKie beets, snd the like, contain Iron sud other salts that form an excellent ton ic. The writer doesn't know of any mora annetizine form In which medi cine may be taken than In the shaps j of greens cooked with s nice noes oi bsm or chunk of salt pork. Many a child Is considered doll and stupid by both parents snd teachers, when the truth Is that tbs child Is re tarded by adenoid growths in thf nasal cavity, which compel breathing through the mouth, is troubled with deafness snd cannot hear what Is said In school or bas defective vision and rannot see well.' In many Instances ailments of these kinds may be cor rertetl by proper treatment, sod this parents ought to provide If they prlzs the future welfare of their children. TThen manure is thrown on the lind In big. hard chunks it may be said to be for those sHts worse than no fer tilizer at all. It Is right here that the etflcacy of the manure spreader comes In. It brooks the manure up finely aud scatters it evenly. Germs revel In a dirty bog trough or unclean calf pail or milk pall. It Is orln remembering that these same germs are the agencies that make all kinds of trouble with the anlmnl or folks that have to use these utensils Frequent sculding Is s simple and r fectlve w-ay of knocking the germs. We have often stood lu great sdmtrs tJon of the housewife who will dig daudellons for s family of hungry pro pie aud lu preparing them for tbs ket tie liH.k over every leaf to see thai there Is uot s bug or worm on It. We talk iilx.nl the patience of Job. but this dandelion business seeuis to put til id In the sli.'ido The patch of garden that Is not to be planted until early lu June would bet ter be left until nearly that time be fore being plowed for the reason that myriad of surface weeds that have been germiiniti-d will be killed by the late plowing, w hile the ground will be s good deal mellower thau It would be If plowed early and allowed to settle following lieuvy ruins. One city man w hose case the writer noted I he other day rented seven acres of land and put It Into horseradish. Id (I- tolier w lieu he harvested bis crop he h id twelve Inns and 400 pounds of (he root Ills exM-nses. Including rental, preparation of I tie soli, horseradish sets and harvest eXiense was t-12 The crop brought tilm $7.1 per toil, or (HIT. leaving a net profit of f073. The cement hog wallow, fed by k source of pure water, has much ! commend It. By stopping up Inlet and outlet the same hhjI may also lx made to serve as a dipping tank. ' The question of whether it Is worth while to have shade In the pasture Is pretty eleurly Indicated by the fact that animals at pasture Invariably seek such shelter when hot weather and flies come on. In breaking the colt It Is well to have it wslk beside an older borse that Is a fast walker. While gait is doubtless to some extent a matter of Inheritance, It Is probably more true that It Is a matter of bublt ' If a cup of moderately strong coffee keeps a grown person ss wide awske t an owl when drunk within three or four hours of going to bed, It Is pret ty safe to assume that It Is entirely unfit ss s beverage for little children. With horses ss high priced ss they are, It Is mighty poor economy to use a cheap or ill fitting collar that needs a heavy sweat pad or other packing to make It fit The collar should fit, and Its wearing surface should be bard and firm A nagging man Is Just as big a nui sance and pest ss s nagging woman, and this makes no difference whether be nags bis wife snd children or nsgs bis team. Roth folks and horses get mighty tired of It snd would be Justi fied In locking him up or kicking him down The new parrel post system Is being used by s number these days for the shipping of nursery stock. Not only Is the charge less than the express, but the new system has this distinct ad vantage over the old that the package Is delivered at the farmer's placs In stead of bis bating fti go to town for It rv . . 4 A 1 ; : I " " l)Jt I'rrry of Si..llclri " m.- u noising that beeoiuea "see (.nJhaud" In s shorter llmw I ban a new sutomoblltf that has been through a smashup or ditch experience. Chemically, the refuse of acetylene gas plants U about the same ss slack ed Urns, but it Is worth shout twice ss much ss the latter for sw veteulng solL Stomach worms In sheep may le guarded sgalust by keeping before them In low boxes, where they cn get st it handily, a mixture of cbeup to bncco sud salt An excellent soiling crop for plow Ing under is made by sowings mixture of oats aud Canada field peas. If sowed the 1st of May It will be ready to cut shout tbs middle of July. The two English pens of Whits Leg horns entered In the Connecticut In ternatlonal egg laying contest still maintain their lead. Thomas Barron's pen having 400 eggs to their credit snd Edward Cam's pen bsvtng a score of 423 eggs Nuns of tbs A merles n pens had reached a score of 4(10 st the end of the twenty-first week. For the week referred to the .VX bens and put lets entered laid in all 2.S3S eggs, which wss CCA per cent of a possible total. A convenient way for handling tn little plants of 'several kinds of gar den fruits snd vegetables is to set tbem st the time of the first trans planting In small runs without bot toms or In little lioxes made of paste Ixmnl Wiieu the plants are ready to transfer from these the container may be removed and the plant with Its vigorous roots set lu the open ground The serum treatment fur hog cholera has been tested out so thoroughly thst there Is now little question that, prop erly and carefully applied, it provides an effective cure At presenrthe treat ment cost s trifle more than s dollar for s grown hog, but there Is reason to believe that the cost of the treat ment will be reduced somew hat as the capacity of la Imji-b torle producing the serum Is Increased. There has been more than one law suit tried over the question whether a tenant had the right to remove the ms nure which accumulated on the place during his tenancy. The rule or com mon law usually followed In the mat ter is that the tenant has the right to remove such prosrtlon of the manure ss the feeds wblcb ore bought sod con sumed on tli farm bear to those which were grow n on the place. A whole lot of grief for the gardener In the coming weeks may be avoided If he will rememtH-r to wrap the stems of the cabbage, tomato and other plants w hich he sets out In tnc garden with paper This will prevent Inroads of the cutworm, s pet thst for the past two or three years has been most destructive. Putting poisoned sprays of t lover or alfalfa slong the rows of vegetables In the evening Is also a help, as the worms do most of their work In the darkness. Furmlng eH-ilen In the dry coun try Is bringing out some Interesting and helpful fai Is. One of these la that harrowing wheat following rains, even after it lias reached a height of twelve to fourteen Inches, materially Increases the yield Another is that the scatter ing or straw at the rate of two tons per ai re over the seeding of winter wbest early In Iiecetnber. Just sfter the ground has frozen, has resulted In a yield of twenty to thirty bushels per acre the following season, while tracts where the wheat plants were left ei locd to the weather yielded practical ly nothing An experiment that was made Isst year In the village of Mlltonvsle, Ksn. Is worth copying by others. Briefly the scheme referred to was a cosp erntlve silo, which was built Jointly by sli owners of single family cows These householders, who prized fresh milk, but despaired of getting it without oslng silage aa a ration, bit npon the Plan of Joining bands In the enterprise This wns carried out,. and a silo 12 by 20 feet wns built snd corn from a nearby field bought to fill It The backers of the enterprise after one sea ln's experlencs believe they have solved the feed problem for the dairy cow so far as they are concerned. This year they plan to coopsrste In the rowing of the corn they need for si lage purposes Why Isn't this plan good for other folks IM v V VWWf -) isjr VUV Uf hf. bad a particle of faith lu moon long distance weather prophet, g. would classify both of them oruloglcal fakes. At the same tins kt realises wai ma osrsa a CiaisUctBoi may offend the feelings of a om many sincere people. The bells! s moon signs. If It can be said U hut any scluuUflo basis at sll, seem t traceable to tbe Influence or w which the moon has upon tbs vitat of the earth's eurfsce, espsclailj si shown lu the spring tides, whirl cur when the moon Is full. Artla,, may be traced to tbe supposlaoa tan inasmuch ss light encourage tsbm. tlon moonshine would bsve soo s feet o.i the growth of thst porta 4 plsuta thst spiwared above gntsl Hut we are Inclined to think thattU Is mostly moonshine. Tbe fact 0 big potato growers of tbe country no attention whatever to the moo Its phsses. They plant tbelr seed wsaj they get tbelr land ready snd wbss 0 season Is sufficiently advanced. Ti satisfy himself first hand on tola prta) we would suggest thst our corrsspasl ent plsnt some potatoes, for loitas In both tbe light snd dark of tbs bums snd keep track of tbe yield next tU If he notes results tbst prove ssytalii to him we would be glad to report ih findings In these notes. Many lands do not give good rsnfe In the growing of clover snd aUfsJfa because they need sweetening 1U time. When tbe need of this trn ment Is indicated by tasting with bin litmus, which is exposed to th ad for a couple of hours and tuns ri from a ton to a too and a half of be ly ground limestone should be apodal snd bsrrowed in. or It may be sppM with manors. For tbe past three yssrs tbs Wim chusetts experiment station has Urn testing out tbe question of the latsr fereuce of alfalfa roots with systsss of tile drain. It wss found thst wksi nothing wss done to prevent tt Ut roots seriously clogged the' tils, M that tbe roots could be kept out of the drains by covering tbe tils st tbs Has of laying with excelsior or sswaas) soaked with creosote, Tbose who have not found It sot y their own experience will belntsfsstsi In knowing that, while a tent la vsry hot place during the daytime ksi tbe sun Is shining, tt becomes re msrksbly cool place Just ss soo at the sun hi set There Is somethliil connection with the rapid rsdlaboasl the best from a tent that brings Oh about nesldee this, a tent will b ps rectly ventilated during the night wlu out a direct wind blowing throork ft Many a sow Is farrowing Dttsrt s! dead or weakly pigs these days fu ply because she hss not besa g) proper housing and feed daring th weeks tbst bsve preceded this ordsil Tbe trouble Is osually trace bis t taf fact that ahs bss not been gives w dent bone snd muscle building ts4 or bss been given too much ollsssj. Just s little csre exercised lo rstsr to the sow's bill of fare will ssv I lot of trouble and also a Ug ks little pigs. Some Interesting facta hav pent brought out ss a result of sons bsustlve ststUUcsl data which as been gathered by representBtlvss tbe snlmal husbandry bursas of A federal department of agrlcoltur rss Uve to the prolificacy of two of 0t Inn ill lie hr.w1a r,f hnn. Inland Chias) and I mi roe- Jerseys. It wss found t In 21.CS2 titters of th letter breea w average number of pigs per Uttsf 9.20, while with tbe former bread aV 000 Utters reported sbowsd so svtni of s trifle less thsn 7.8 pigs psr nus rhainlr.l r..l..l. aknara thst S of corn sllsgs contains 844 pound" " digestible nutrients-tbst Is, foos n.ents thst can be need by aa sbIsw for mslntafianrSL a-rowth or thllk P ductlon. In one ton of timothy US there are 070 pounds of dlgestlhls s tricnts. This meana that timothy sV coutslns more than two and a sw times ss much In food olemsaH silage. Therefore, If timothy Is wn 110 a ton, sllags would be orJJ trifle loss than 1 4 per ton. But wall to remember thst the asm of land which produces a ton of thy will yield ten tons of ausgs. A ft. ..... ... KAtlMll hltf)1 ed tbe other day seemed wsll frantic with some akin trouble, P' sbly mange, which is csnsed W J minute animal that tunnsl J" neatb the surface of the skin, wssw It lays Its eggs and whsre the 70 srs hatched. When a horse to thai T flloted tbe following treatment be given: Apply soft aosp to t fected parts, lotting It stsy on for see" three hours. The aosp should thsa waahed off. the skin allowsd t snd one of tbe following trssu"-"- . . . . nf LSI given: name the entire iun -. skin with any one of the stawJ" eoal tar dips diluted with wstsf tJJJ proper strength or bath tbe skis common engine oil In each I"0 which four or five ounces of w"" have been mlied. If the case of in m Itsl Wmf la severs the treatment sbouia " peatea la iboaf Un days.