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essa» I : USE OF TRACTORS IN SAVING LABOR gone the mussel-shell bat uuu on <.i> | other day a hut that had been sug gested by the colors and shape of | spring onion. Upton had had them for j dinner the night before and hud uctu- ally carried one to his room, put It In I water and taken his design from life, That also was among the failures. Upton knew thnt onlcn hat of his was original. Still some one else must By JANE OSBORN have designed It simultaneously. For a week later as Upton sat at dinner (Copyright. 1»1S, by the MoClure Newspa he looked up and there two tables jff the very pretty golden-brown blonde per Syndicate.) who dined alone and seemed to have Designing huts for a popular-price few friends— Upton hud seen her often wholesale millinery establishment was and not Infrequently recalled her face not Upton Freud's Ideal of a stalwart, and coloring when summoning up Ini- Ufe-elsed man's occupation. Still even i aginary models In his room— there, «nt young men with that Innate feeling ! the little blonde wearing the onion hat. for line and color thnt mnrks them— or j Yes, It was eactly like the hat he had bruud.s them—as artists before they I designed, with the colors as given In have had u fair chance to determine j his sketch reproduced exactly. An ex- fo r themselves whether they wish to pert milliner could not have repro- follow an artist’s career or not, have duced the sketch more faithfully, and to eat and have to be clothed, and de the little blonde was Just the model for signing women’s hats seemed at the thnt hat. Upton was In a fever of ex time to be the only opportunity that citement. He wanted to tell his friends afforded what Proud considered a liv of the coincidence, but to do so ing wage. Getting an occasional order would have necessitated telling of his fo r a portrait perhaps was more the own role as a hat designer. sort o f thing he had dreamed of, and Then— and this was really too mueb more the sort of thing his friends ex for Upton’s peace of mind— the little pected, but It would not have provided blonde appeared one tempestuous for him a comfortable existence at the spring night when the rain was pour- Stanley Anns, and Upton Pread found Ing outside and the wind could be that living nt that well-appointed little heard rushing around the window hotel had advantages that offset the panes— she appeared In the hnt that designing of hats. he had designed when thinking of an Still Upton did not like to have peo airplane raid at night, and In the ple know the nature of Ids "artistic” eyes that seemed all tenderness work. In the morning after breakfast nnd mildness under the spring onion he got out his drawing board and, shut hat there was now a haunting look of up In his snug little chintz room, he distress nnd sorrow. But It was un would call Into being first the Image mlstakahly Upton’s hat. Then appeared o f heads o f fair women, and then, as If the real masterpiece— the mussel- by magic, he would summon hats to shell hat, and this seemed to suit the crown them. Hastily and with quick little blonde’s face better even than stroke of his pencil he would sketch the others. It was a marvelous hat the pretty heads and then, with mi and It was worn by a wopderful model. nuteness that made reproduction by a Upton noticed the eyes of other diners milliner possible, he would portray the focussed on It and he realized then his hat. Having made some four or five success in designing It, though he sketches he would roll them up secure could not guess how the hat had been ly In his portfolio and, after having made. There was nothing at all strik had luncheon In the hotel dining room, ing in the cut or coloring o f the hat— he would sally forth to the millinery In the usunl acceptance of the word. establishment there to deliver his That It attracted attention was, Upton wares. They were not always accept knew, simply because It was distinc ed. In fact, he was expected only to tive. deliver two designs a day and he made A fter that Upton’s models were all sometimes as many as six. A fter his alike. The little blonde face haunted visit to the milliner’s he had a good him and the mllllficry manager asked part o f the afternoon free— not en him to try and vary the type o f hats tirely free, either, for If he elected to he designed. They were all made for go to one o f the fashionable Indoor ; the same type of face. Upton began ice rinks he always had Defore him | to lose sleep. It was not so much the the tnsk o f studying the women's hats, mystery o f the matter, though It was not so much to “ get Ideas” for designs odd enough to have another person ex- but to learn— what to him was the | tract Ideas from your mind In this way hardest lesson— what women thought and bring Into realization so success was becoming. Upton had Ideas of his fully your thwarted dreams. The thing own abont beauty In women’s apparel, was that Upton was very much In love and often when he made a design that with the little blonde and that the he thought was his masterpiece It was little blonde was not absolutely Indif only to have the manager o f the milli ferent as to his existence he m'ght nery establishment push the design have learned to his own satisfaction aside, declaring that If he put out hats from the way her eyes dropped to her like that his business would be ruined. plate whenever he looked toward her 80 Upton would carry hack the reject nt dinner. ed drawings and crush them Into his waste basket and start afreah the next I Finally after she had been wearing morning with an effort to surpass his the three hats for three weeks he could stand the suspense no longer, own notions about hats. and he bravely followed her out of the Upton always worked In secrecy. dining room one night, and with the You see he was not proud o f his call manner o f an old friend bade her a ing. I f the substantial, slow-moving good evening. Not being repulsed, he chambermaid happened still to be set sat talking with her In the hotel re ting his room to rights when he re ception room. —• turned from breakfast, he was loath Upton was a very direct sort o f per to get out his drawing things, but lin son and even before he sought to solve gered over his morning paper or the mystery he told her that he was walked Idly about his room. One day more Interested In her than he had after she had left the room and he had ever been In any girl before, and she, begun In earnest, there was a knock at sweet, frank child that she was, told his door and, without waiting for Up him that she was very glad of that, for ton to call out “ come,” the chamber she was lonely In the big city and maid stuck her head In the door. She didn't know nnr nice ynunt men. That held a waste basket In her band. “ Yon was encnure"ament enough oven fo r a don’t make a mistake, sir, do you. and fn'nt heart, anil Upton’s was not faint. throw away picters you want?" she Th m Upton spoke o f the lints. When asked. "Some of these here pretty lie told b“ r tlmt he hud de Igned them, girl’s heads, I mean, seems 'most too she turned very scarlet and s ild she good to throw away.” didn't know that it win from his room “ Oh, those,” Upton said as the the chambermaid had got them. She woman held up a crushed and crump j said she had come to the i-lt.v to study led girl’s head wearing what the day mll!in“ ry. as the only talent she had before he had Judged one o f his best ever displayed wns that o f mating her designs only to have It condemned as 1 own hats. So shp had come nnd had Impossible by the practical millinery expected to succeed In the school until manager, “ those are rubbish. I Just do I she discovered that to begin with the them— to amuse myself, as It were.” I pupils had to draw their own designs And the chambermaid withdrew, drag | of lints and she simply could not draw, ging her mop and carpet sweeper after i She told the chambermaid her troubles her. i because she had no one else to talk to, The hat In question was Inspired by | and was all but decided to return home a mussel shell. Upton had seen hats discouraged when the chambermaid that were Inspired by roses and sweet brought her the crumpled drawings peas and even by canary birds. That from one o f the waste baskets. She sort of thing was trite. He happened had taken them to school and passed to have a few shells that he had gath them off as her own work. It was dis ered on the sea shore the summer be honest but she was eager to succeed. fore and treasured for no very good Then she had worked out the design* reason, and It occurred to him one day and she had taken every prl*e the that In the graceful curves o f the mus school offered. One of her hats w n sel shall and In Its deep, penetrating going to be sent to tha International black with brown, green and blue shad millinery exhibit— the mussel-shell ings, he might devise a hat that would one. The Instructors were wild over be worth designing. The head he drew It and a very well-known artist who for this design was the head o f a sea gave them lectures on colors had de nymph. He always made the faces clared that another was a masterpiece first to suit the hats—-If the hat show In tones. It suggested an air raid at ed Japanese Influence the girl was night, he said, though the couldn't eee slightly slant-eyed, If she wore a som how he thought that brero she was of Spanish features. “ So they are masterpieces, after all." The hat was of black silk above with Upton and before the evening . . sighed, . shadings of brown and bine and the was fa r spent they had not only settled lining beneath the brim wan o f the all the plans for the wedding but shimmering gray of the Inside of n dreaming dreams at starting an es mussel shell. Upton really reveled In clusive ahoi .o which they would cone- this hat— only to have It rejected the bine their talenta. next day at headquarters, while an In sipid little hat of dark bine straw with Plain Talk. n cherry dangling at ana slda was pro I— I don't have much trouble nounced a “winner.* mineada daos. I suppen« say Upton had not 1< k* tor Itself? od IPs prottj was i aspirad by a ■venlag Transcript. at Ugtt, tAoacfa the L it t le -H a t Lady y j Greater Acreage Made Possible \ by Improved Machines. j INCREASE CORN PRODUCTION | , L a r g e r P lo w s, H a r r o w s and O th e r Im , I [ , plem ents, M a k e It P o s s ib le to A c c o m p lis h M o re W o r k P e r M a n on F a rm . (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The more extensive use o f labor-sav ing Implements will make It easier In 1918 to approximate the record-break ing acreage o f 1917, especially when employed In sections where corn Is now grown profitably but on a more limited scale than is desirable because ■ present methods require a large amount o f man lubor. The more gen eral use of recently developed and ltn- | ! proved tractors that are adapted to ! the uses o f the small farm ns well as j the large farm would tend to Increase | the acreage and to effect a saving In labor. The use of larger plows, har- j rows, and other Implements used In fitting the land would make It possible to accomplish more work per man. Similarly the substitution o f two-row P in te rs and two-row and double cul- I tlvators In place of smaller and less efficient Implements would make It Possible to do the same amount of ! worlf wlth less expenditure o f labor. R e p la n t M is s in g M ill«. In some corn-growing sections It is the practice to replant missing hills as soon as the corn Is up to a stand. Frequently this Is done by dropping kernelB by hand and covering with a hoe. A labor-saving nnd quicker meth od would be the use o f small hand planters. These could be used to ad vantage for the first planting also In sections where comparatively small areas are planted and where It la at present the custom to drop the corn by hand and cover with the hoe. It is the practice in some localities to plant a much larger number of ker nels than the number of stalks de sired and to thin to the desired stand when the corn plants are about 6 to 8 Inches tall. This method may be sat isfactory where plenty o f labor Is T w o -R o w C u lt iv a t o r Is a L a b o r Saver. available, but where It Is desirable to economize lubor It weuld be advisable to plant tested seed at about the same rate as the stand desired and do no thinning. A more general use o f efficient har vesting machinery would permit a more economical use of labor. A corn binder with an attachment fo r elevat ing the bundles o f corn Into a wagon should be used much more extensively than It Is for harvesting ensilage corn. There Is also on the market a machine that converts the corn Into ensilage in the field, elevating it into a wagon, from which It Is sucked or lifted Into the silo. The use o f either o f these machines, especially the latter, would do away with the necessity o f much laborious work. H a r v e s t b y M a c h in e ry . A large percentage of the cutting and shocking o f corn Is done by hand labor. In some sections, because of unfavorable topography or other rea sons, It Is not practicable to use ma chine cutters. However, the greuter part o f the corn that Is now cut by hand labor could be harvested by ma chinery, economizing labor and doing the work in a less laborious manner. Much o f the corn that Is now busked from the shocks could be handled more economically and with a saving In feed value of stover by substituting ma chine huskers and shredders for hand labor. The use o f corn pickers would accomplish similar results In ths cas* of corn husked from the standing stalks. Unloading and elevating ma chinery at the crib should be Intro duced and more generally used In many sections where It Is now un known or not commonly used. Where such facilities are not available cribs should be constructed la such t man ner that they can be filled and emptied with the least possible labor. Pot level ground, doable cribs with an ele vated driveway and approaches that will enable the teeda to be driven through the ertbe and dumped or ■cooped out of the wagons without any high pitching are very satisfactory. Voltee e# Stable Manure. A tea of stable manure, ef quality, may be said bo coûtai» U pounds of ammonia, six pounds s t phosphoric add aad 10 pounds of p*U- The gavti TIMELY POINTS FOR B ILLS ALLOW ED Carey, $45.00. Conkey A W a lk r*— The following claims against Groceries for Mr. Kennedy, $800; Polk county were Allowed by the W alker, $10.00; W ilson, $ln.<)0. Courty Court ut ii*. May session. ' Dr. L. A. Bollmnn— Professional 1918: services for Mrs. If. B. Schmidt, Pasture Grass Planted on Waste Circuit Court. *25.00. Hugh G. B lack —Oroceriea II. Holman, $15.00; A.W . Teats, for Ethel Davis, * 16 . 00 . Strickler & Land Is Profitable. #12.00; L. II. Adams, 8(¿.20; N. C. Jourdan, Mdse, for Schmidt chil Anderson, #10.00; G. 1). Alexeauder, dren, $15.1X1. Johnson A- Collins— « P u re b re d B u lls Sh o u ld Be U se d fo r $15.20; J M. Akers, $14.60; T. B. j Amount allowed Mrs. J. K. P. Grave* G ra d in g U p N a tiv e S t o c k — F in is h Revens, *1:1.20; F. J. Blssell, $10.00; $15.00. N. A. McCoim—-Supplies for in g C attle in E a r ly S u m m e r la F J. Good, *9.20; .Inliu C. Ferguson, Schmidt children, $14.78. C. V. Recom m ended. $0.00; F„ \Y. Fuller, *9.20; W. B. Johnson—Groceries for J. N. Nonar Orth, *15.00; C. ( ’.. Graves, $6.00; maker, $10.00. Falls City Mercan (Prepared by United States Department P. S. Greenwood, *12.20; Thomas A. tile Co—Groceries for ('.. A. McVey, o f Agriculture.) Good pastures are essential for prof- Madid, *12.00; C. II. Morris, *6.4(1; $10.00. A. J. Flum—amount allow liable beef production, liunt pasture Frank Moreland; $14.00; A. Mnyliee, ed, $11X1X1. XV. B. Gertli—Groceries '9.00; \V. II. McKee, *11.00; G. \\ . for J. I). Sipes, $10.00. Lelah C. grasses over the waste lunds. I se purebred beef bulls for grading McLaughlin, $12.80; Jno. \Y. Me Bee, Whitney—Caring for Mrs. Schmidt, up the native stock. *12.00; P. T. Peterson, *12.00; L. rent for Mrs. Arrow, $7.1X1. C.. L. Always select the best heifers for Ilitne, $14.00; John ltolihios. Crider—Groceries for Mrs. Arrow, breeding purposes. *5.00; Geo. L. Richards, $11.60; \V. $6.1X1. Anton F. W ills—Meat for Eradicate the ticks on the farm. 11. Biggs, *10.00; G. \V. Starr, *1:1.40; Mrs. Heisie, $3.70.—Total, $386.20. Use the coarse fodders, straws, and F. M. Stiver, *9.20; Oscar Smith, Jail. the stalk fields for wintering the breed $0.20; F. I.. Tnlmndt, $12.40; G. 1>. John W. Orr, $10.07; Dallas W ater ing herd. Wean the calves when the pastures Treat (assigned), $14.00; Troy Tur Co., $1.1X1. .Total, $11.(17. get short. Put them In the cornfields ner, $16.60; Otis W ait, $13.2o'; Win. Bridges. und pea fields while weaning and teach FI I is, *3.20; Floyd G. Meyer, $4.40; 1!. N. Stevenson. $3.70; K. V. Dal them to eat cottonseed cake or cotton J. W. Meyer, *4.40; M. F. W hite, $4.- ton, *22.00; Craven Hardware Co., seed meal. 40; W . V. Fuller, $3.20; J. II. Fos .30; S. A. Davis, $13.80; Clyde Getch- liaise and finish beef cattle on the ter, $3.20; W. A. Brooks, $4.80; Ted el, $8.00; .1. A. Tate, $100.00; Stale same farm when possible. McDonald, $6.00; W. F. -Nicola, Accident Commission, $10.38. —• A mixture o f cottonseed meal, cot- $3.80; J. F. Morrison, $4.00; B. F. Total, $157.88. Felger, $2.20; J. M.Chappell, $3.80; Ferry. Ed Brown, $3.80; Frank Brown, $4.- J. M. Graves, $80.00; Clias. K. 00; Orlie Brown, $4.(H); T. Phillips Spaulding Logging Co., $21.60; W m . $5.60; John It. Robbing, $4.00; Jo Barnett, $6.50; Slopcr Bros. At sephine Robbins, $4.00; A. R. Cooke, Cockle, $6.15—Total, $114.25. $4.80; John Burkett. $4,80; Van B. Advertising. Sears, $4.80; Amos Holman, $6.00; Polk County Observer, $27.46; W. A. Brooks, $4. 80; B. O. Snuffer, Polk County Itemizer, $22.48.—Total $5.00; Otto Johns, $8.00; Mrs. A. $49.94. Norgard, $8.00: Mattie Stewart, $8.- Contingencies. <H); A. G. Stewart, $8.00; E. Jennings, Howard Cooper Co., $287.26; J. R. $4.<HI: S. C. Cleveland, $4.00; Gail Allgood, $111.1X1; J. C. llayter, $7.25—« Hotel $4.55; Dallas Telephone Go., Total, $304.51. $2.70;—Total, $560.25. Road District No. 2. S p le n d id H e rd of B e e f Cattle. Elections. II. A. Dorton, $38.5(1; Floyd Dor- tonseed hulls, and alfalfa hay Is a Ella Robinson, $6.70; J. II. A ll ton, $35.00; W. B. Agee, $30.00— good ration for fattening calves. good, $6.50; F. K. Hubbard, $2.90; Total, $103.50. Sllnge is the best roughage for fat W . J. Midkey, $1.20; G. E. Stauts, Road District No. 8. tening any class of cattle. .80; F. I,. Wood, .70; Peter Cook, .60; G. W . McCormic, $7.50; Frank More care Is necessary In feeding J. O. Price, .10; Glias. I.. Brachter, Osborn, $5.60; J. P. W alker, $10.00; calves than In feeding grown cattle. It. M. Bolsly, $5.00; Phy W ard, $7- At the present prices corn silage Is .10—Total $19.60. Sheriff’s Office. 50; II. W . Dickinson, $10.1X1; Joe a cheaper and better feed for fatten Jno W. Orr, $164.55; T. B. Hooker, Tetherow, $12.50 — Total, $58.10. ing beef cattle than cottonseed hulls. Hulls and cottonseed meal make an $90.00; J. E. B idder, $80.00; Dallas Road District No. 9. excellent feed for a short feeding pe Telephone Go., $6.25; .1. It. Allgood, J. N. Jones, $110.1X1; Earl Rent, riod. hut do not produce good gains on $2.90..Total, $342.10. $115,00; Dwame Hartman, $48.75; cattle after the third month. Clerk’s Office. Jay Byers, $25.00; Henry Dickinson, It Is not entirely satisfactory to use A. B. Robinson, $135.50; Edith M. $50.00; Geo. Dickinson, $25.00; W. T. corn stover as the sole roughage. When Johnson-grass hay costs $10 Jackson, $85.00; Edna B. Jackson, House, $15.1X1; Howard House, $5.- and hulls $7 per ton It Is more profit $70.00; Elliott-Fisher Co., $17.00; .1. IX); Roy Hartman, $5.1X1; D. II. Dick G. llayter, $5.30; Dallas Telephone inson, $5.1X1; .1. II. Knighten, $50.1X1. able to feed the hulls alone. Summer feeding on pasture Is usu Co., $3.30..Total$310.1O. —Total, $453.75. ally more profitable thnn winter feed Treasurer's Office. Road District No. 16. ing. A. V. 11. Snyder, $62.50; Dallas John Underwood, $20.25; John Finishing cattle early In the sum Telephone Go., $2.10. .Total, $64.60. W alker, $17.7X1; Lee Roberts, $2.50. mer Is usually more profitable than fin Assessor’s Office. —Total, $4(1.25. , ishing them later In the season. G. S. Graves, $100.00; F. J. Hol Road District No. 19. Fattening steers on grass and cot Ren Womer, $51.00; W. T. Tur tonseed cake Is nearly always more man, $85.00; C. E. McPherren, $66.- profitable than grazing them without 00; A. M. Arant, $40.50; C. E. Hunt- ner, $10.1X1; John McBeth, $2.50; A. feed. ley, $39.00; J. Ragley, $33.00 P. II. W om er, $15.1X1.—'T otal, $78.7X1. Thin steers when put on pasture Hughes, $30.00: Both Graves, $27.- Road District No. 20. make larger and cheaper daily gains 00; L. W . Hampton, $9.1X1; Dallas BVai) Evans, $45.00; Boothby & than fleshy ones. Telephone Go., $2.45. .Total$431.95. Grand, $20.60.—Total, $ 65 . 60 . Pound for pound cold pressed cot Sealer of Weights and Measures. General Road Fund. tonseed cake Is not equal to the com- .1 . F. Jones, $14.92.—Total, $14.92. W. L. Soehrcn, $6,07; Oregon Grav mon cot^ seerj £ 0 ^ ^ „.waaMMPe“^ County Attorney el A Con. Co., $80.60; Howard Coop -JLUs use o f a small amount of corn Dullus Telephone £o., $$3.30.. er Corp., $630.95; Hauser Bros,,' In addition to cottonseed cake has proven profitable for feeding steers Total, $3.30. « - - . $23.15; Randall Ruell, $5.75; on grass.— From Farmers’ Bulletin No. Surveyor’s Office. Craven Hardware Co., $5.75; Wm. 580. Dallas Telephone Co., $2.45 — Riddle, $75.1X1; Star Transfer, $4.76; Total, $2.45. % E. C. Kirkpatrick, $17.1X1; Lot L. County Court. " * Pearce A- Son, $1.7X1; Guy Bros., GARDENS FOR SOLDIERS E. G. Kirkpatrick, $11X1.00; C. W. $20.50; W . D. Gorsline, $$61.25; Beeket, $92.20; M. Mansion, $49.1X1; Victor Olsen, $5.00; Fred Olsen, $20.- (Prepared by the United 8tatea De Dallas Telephone Go., $5.95; J. C. IX); Leslie Dancer, $17.50; F. A. W ins partment o f Agriculture.) llayter, .75.—Total, $247.1X1. low, $70.1X1.—Total, $1,164.93. 4 tf A backyard garden for every Court House. Rpad District No. 10. Mi soldier. Finley W hitney, $67.70; V tru Keep this in mind In deciding P. S. Thurston, $17.<H); W esley Chemical Co., $18.01; J. G. llayter, Hester, 10.00; J. II. Thurston, $14.00; whether or not you will have a garden this year. $9.80; Oregon Power Go., $8.71; Dal G. A. Peterson, $24.1X1; J. C. Simp O f course, the soldiers at the las W ater Co., $5.00; W. L. Soehrcn, son, $6.00; O. M. Allen, $8.00; J. J. front cannot enjoy the fresh $4.55—Total$l 13.57. Thurston, $8.1X1.—Total, $96.25. vegetables you raise, but you Justice Court. can, and every meal made up o f Glass A- Priidhomm e Co., $1.36; the vegetables from your garden H. Holman, $7.40; J. W. Orr, $5.00— STATE FIRE M ARSHAL will leave more meat and wheat SAYS NO FIREWORKS Total, $13.76. for the soldiers. These can be SOUTHERN STOCKMEN j readily shipped to France; most fresh vegetables can not, and un less you eat more vegetables, some soldier will not have his share. RASPBERRY FOR SPECIAL USE V a rie t ie s C o m * F ro m D iffe re n t P a r t s o f A m e ric a and E u ro p e — A d a p te d to D iffe re n t Usee. iFrom the Unit«* S tate» Department o f Agrtci Ic u ltu re .) The varieties of raspberries under cultivation have come from different parts o f North America and Europe ynd are adapted to different conditions o f environment and to different usee. Thus the Sunbeam and Ohta originat ed In Sonth Dakota and generally wlth- atand the trying conditions of the cold winters there. The Superlative, which originated tn Europe, where the win ters are milder then In moat raspber ry-growing eectiooa o f this country. Is grows only la th* Pacific «oust eta tea. Tha King la a desirable variety throughout the region between the Mled eelppl river and the Appalachian mouatalas, where raspberries succeed. 1» New Teet aad Now Bagland, how ever, It he# proved, far the moot port, inferior to essay ether varieties 1» selecting the vurlettea ef raap- to suit! rate la aay locality It to chuddar (1) 1 (t ) the pro- ! ef' MM vudety. end (•> Insane. B. H. McCallon, $5.1X1; V. C. Stoats, $5.00.—Total, $10.00. School Superintendent. Fred S. Crowley, $156.1X1; Alta B. Crowley. $1X1.00; Polk County Item izes $7.1X1; P. S. Greenwood, $6.1X1; Dallas Telephone Co., $4.75; J. C. llayter, $1.60.—Total. $395.00. Health Officer. B. II. McCallon, $7.00; Carl Mor rison, .75; Dr. F. M. Ilellw arth, $4.- 00; Dr. O. I). Butler, $6.75.. .Total ..$18.50. Indigent Soldier. Salem, Or.— No fireworks of any kind w ill he permitted to he sold for the coming Fourth of July and a reipiest has been made by the state mayors and councils of each city to pas an ordinance to prohibit the sale, storage or handling hi any manner of fireworks of any kind. State Fire Marshal Harvey W ells suggests, that if tlie people must have a noise, they secure a tin pun and hammer. “This year," he says, "w e most not take any chances, for nside from the danger of accidental fire and personal injury, it gives our ene mies here at home an opportunity under the guise of patriotic de monstrations, to inflirt untold damage and destruction to w ar materials, warehouses arid indus tries. Wemust also conserve onr pow der for ail of the explosive en ergy thus wasted can be utilized to the greatest advantage ‘over there.’ ” Gen Gibson Post No. 64, $100.00— Total, $100.(X) W idow 's Pension. Bush, $20.1X1; Addie La oner, $17.50; Mrs. Mike McNulty, $10.00; Eliza Nelson, $10.00; Hattie Riggs, $10.1X1; Georgia Sawyers, $17.50; Harriet E. Olin, $30.00; Martha A. Sooth, $10; Jennie I.. Miller, $25.00; Blanche Morgan, $17.50; Grace E. Yeater, $25.00; Sarah A. Pitzer, $20.00; Ber tha J. Walling, $17.50; Bertha K. Knglehnrn, $20.00; Anna C. Henkle, ASSOCIATED ORCHARD 1ST AT ALBANY HAVE BARREL PLANT $25.00; Cyntha M. Hoke, $17.50; Eth el R. Overholt, $10.00; Charlotta II. Albany—The Linn and Benton Hoffman, $2000; Sarah S. Carter, Fruit Growers' Association has leas $30.00; Virginia Schmidt, $22.50. ed the old Huh iron works and will Can at Poor Cl E Huntley— For Keep of F. install a barrel plant to handle tbe Hatry, $15.00; J. Oleon, $15.00; P. fruit crop this season. W. H. Paul- Beherus, $15.00; G. Ferren, $15.00; hamus, of Puyallup, manager of tb* J. Jarvis, $15.00; Repairing shades association, says that a cannery w ill JS0. Ella Turner— Board of chil be installed as soon aa sufficient dren of Mrs. Schmidt, , $72.22. R. acreage I* planted to justify tfcti L Chapman— Burial of Roee M. plant