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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1919)
TAKING MOTHER “ OVER THE TOP” sorts o f stories, especially their com plaints against the government. On the whole, the Dutch treat them well. "Much o f Java Is still wild land. In habited by wild men. In the north the Ashlnese never have been con quered, although' the Dutch have I fought them fo r 500 yeurs. There are ! a number o f other backward tribes, j “ Wo have great tigers, which some times come right Into the suburbs o f Pulembang: wild elephnnts and a cu rious, toothed bird living on flesh, which has no English name so far us I am aware.” FIX DUTY ON FLYING PLANE T a riff on Machine Brought Into Coun try on Its Own Power Is Puzzle at First. A soldier of the Twenty-seventh division reviewing his experiences “ over there” to a proud old mother and an ndmlring svyeetheart. He is explaining, with the aid o f a map, how the One Hundred and Fifth machine gun battalion hammered away mercilessly at the Hun. WEIRD TALE OF THE LAND OF SLAVERY W ashlngton. — Customs authorities have encountered the first case o f an airplane imported Into the United States under Its own motive power. An American bought a Canadian ’plane, and It was flown across the border near Detroit. The question then nrose as to whether It Is dutiable, par ticularly since airplanes are not men tioned In any tariff acts. Customs officials finally decided that If It remains permanently In the United Stntes It should be taxed “ as a manu factured article” at the rate o f 20 per cent, and I f It files out o f the country ngnin within six months It w ill be re garded as “ on a tour,” and w ill not be taxed. Tn view o f the prospects that International air touring may soon be common, the ruling was regarded ■ as Important. Application Should Be Made When Ground Is Still Dry. Pleads Important Engagement to the Cressys, Then Puts on St. Mihiel Drive. VAST MIXTURE OF RACES YANKS ARE BUSY LETTER WRITERS TlWOffiS TÄE lic it ó CLOVER FOR EARLY PASTURE A cid Phosphate M ay W ell Be Added to Each Load of Fertilizer Be fore Spreading— Do Not Smother the Plants. EARLY HATCHING IS FAVORED (Prepared by the United States Depart ment o f Agriculture.) H igh ly Valued by Dairymen as Sub stitute for Silage and for Green Feed in Spring. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment o f Agriculture.) Excepting rye, crimson clover Is the Farmers have been very busy and earliest pasture available in the Poultrym an Enabled to Get Chicks short o f help during the past season. spring In the Middle Atlnntic states Started Before Hot W e a t h e r - Doubtless tn many cases the manure from New Jersey to North Carolina. Rapid Gain« Insured. pile is still in the barnyard. There Crimson clover Is grown mostly fo r (Prepared by the United States Depart was neither time nor help at hand to soil improving and fo r hay. ment o f Agriculture.) Crimson clover pasture Is especially spread this manure at the usual time, In order to have eggs when eggs-are and as a result the wheat may now valuable fo r hogs and sheep, which scarce begin operations In eurly spring be growing on land that Is not ns fer relish this clover quite ns much as they to plan fo r early-hatched chicks. Early tile as Is desirable. do red clover and alfalfa. It Is highly hatching enables the poultryman to In such cases It w ill be o f great help valued by dairymen as a substitute fo r get his chicks started before hot to the wheat crop and o f profit to the 6ilnge and as a menns o f obtaining weather, which retards their growth farm er if manure, or straw not needed green feed very early In the season. and which, with the presence o f lice, fo r other purposes, Is spread evenly Many dairymen pasture their cows on causes millions o f late-hatched chicks crimson clover In order to save their to die each year. Pullets hatched silage fo r dry spells during the sum early produce eggs In the fa ll when I mer. An average acre o f crimson clo ver furnishes dny pasture fo r two or three cows and reduces the amount o f silage that must be fed by about one-half. Hogs, sheep and light cattle can be run on upland pastures throughout the winter and early spring except when snow Is on the ground. Heavy cattle must not be turned on the fields when the ground Is soft, although crimson clover is not Injured by trom- PERSHING BEATS THEIR SHOW Polygamy and Witchcraft Flour primary nnd some high school sub jects, Including typewriting. New York — Mr. nnd Mrs. .W ill ish in Island of Su “ Included among the pupils nre Cressy o f the vaudeville team of Cres- Chinese, Arabs nud Dutch, besides the matra. sy and Dayne, who came back from natives. Here, ns throughout the East, there France the other day after entertain Is the most Intense desire to learn ing soldiers, wero giving a perform ance near St. Mihiel, to which General English. “ Everything «American Is much Pershing was Invited. H e pleaded an Early next sought a fte r; goods, clothing, pic Important engagement. morning he started the St. Mihiel tures, sewing machines nnd especially Has Population of 5,000,000 and Could stereoptlcon and moving-picture ex drive. Easily Support 100,000,000— Mis A month later the Cressys met him, hibitions. One V oung Arab asked me sionary Gives Some Interest to bring him back an Aniericnn wife. and he asked: ing Facts and Figures. “ H o w J Id you like my show?” I always get an enormous crowd at Adding: one o f my Illustrated lectures. N ew York.— W eird Is the story of a “ When I told you I had an engage “ The natives, knowing I am an land where slavery, polygamy and American, often come to me with their ment I had that show In mind, so I witchcraft are flourishing, which Earl troubles. They pour into my ear all could not see yours.” It. Hibbard, first white missionary ever sent to southern Sumatrn, a great Island southeast of Asia, told here re cently upon his arrival In New York. Picture a lnnc\ where alleged ma gicians known as pawangs, who are said to be able to call crocodiles from the rivers and wild beasts from the Jungles, are believed to have control over evil spirits, and you will cntch a glimpse o f the Island o f supersti Home-Bound Mail From France state In the Union, and to every city, tion In the Pacific. town, hamlet and rural route. “ This curious lnnd,” said Mr. H ib Increased Enormously Mr. Richard N. Bird, who was de bard, “ Is destined to be one o f the tailed by the post office department After Armistice. great countries o f the globe. It has to take general charge o f the offices at 5,000,000 population and could easily Bordenux nnd Brest, has recently re support 100,000,000, or nil the people turned from France nnd his report of o f the United Stntes.” the work over there Is full o f Interest Mr. Hlbbnrd Is head o f the Metho Mall leaving this country addressed dist school In Pnlembang, and also to the expeditionary forces In France runs a prosperous Christlnn church. Post Offices at Bordeaux and Brest passes out o f the Jurisdiction of the The leading Christians are Chinese. Have More Extensive Distribution post office department Into that o f the Chinese nre crowding the Island rap Service Th a n A n y Post Office in • army when It leaves the port of de idly ; many o f them are wealthy mer barkation at N ew York. The army W orld— Mail Handled Quickly. chants. collects the soldiers’ mall through ap “ Our Island Is roughly ns long ns Washington.— Since the boys “ over proximately 150 army post offices scat from N ew York to Chlengo and 400 there” have stopped fighting they have tered throughout France, making the miles broad,” suld Mr. Hibbard. letters up In packages by states, nnd “ Pnlembang has 60,000 people, o f taken to letter writing. The home-bound mail from France delivers It to the officials o f the post which COO are whites. There Is only one white doctor fo r the whole city. has Increased enormously since the office department at Bordeaux nnd A ll the rest o f the medicine and sur signing o f the armistice and the parcel Brest. Before being dispatched to the gery there are In the hands o f post has become a souvenir service. United Stntes all mall Is sorted at Bor witches. The value o f souvenirs may be meas deaux or Brest nnd made up fo r direct ured by the ton, consisting o f small dispatch to cities nnd railway mall Mixture of Races. routes In this country. “ There Is a vast mlxtnre o f rates. cases, parts o f rifles and revolvers, Every bit o f mall Is cleaned up to bayonets, uniform buttons, and frag In my church, where I preach in the the very minute o f sailing, and choice M alay tongue, we have noted at a ments o f demolished airplanes. A captured German helmet Is the between sending it by a slower boat or single service Ambonese, Menndenese, Japanese, Malays, British Indians, most prized token. Four or five hun by a faster boat that may sail a daj Chinese and Javanese, besides Dutch dred thousands o f these have come later is determined by the time sched and English, not forgetting that the through the mall since the war began, uled fo r the bonts to arrive In New and the shipping requirements of the York. The boat to arrive first Is given pastor Is an American. “ The people, religiously, have sunk postal service were relaxed so that a the mall In preference to sending It a low. Most o f them are Mohammedans, large number have come through un day ahead by a slower boat. Approxi mately 25 dispatches, or one every dny but o f a debased form. Idolatry, wrapped. The mall from the American forces I except Sunday, are made from either witchcraft and animism are mixed with their Mohnmmndlsm. The ma In France Is dispatched from two Bordeaux or Brest each month, nnd the time to New York Is about ten gicians, called pawangs, who call the ports, Bordeaux and Brest. During the month o f November— the days, with an Infrequent delay o f a crocodiles' to the banks o f the rivers and the wild beasts from the Jungles armistice having been signed on the day or two due to storms or accident were dis Sent Direct to Tra in s , and who pretend to have the evil spir 11th— 17,615,400 letters its under their control, are highly patched from Bordeaux, besides 2,818 The pouches or sacks when received sacks o f papers; 5,419 sacks o f cus In New York are^sent direct to the thought of. * 'T f I have an enemy and w ill pay toms packages nnd 20,089 pieces o f railway postal cars and dispatched on a pawang high enough he w ill send registered mall, the whole volume fast mall trnlns to the routes or cities a magic, Invisible poisoned arrow by amounting to 287% tons. fo r which they nre labeled. About 85 a hontu or evil spirit to kill the per per cent o f mall Is handled in this way. Busy Letter W riters. son I desire slain. So the natives say. The soldiers being located with sub The fight-freed boys got into full “ E very year a great pilgrimage last swing o f letter writing during Decem stantial permanency since the signing ing two days Is made to the top o f ber and January, and fo r these months- -of the armistice, there Is no delay In Gunong Dempo, highest «mountain on the amount o f mnll Increased about 20 the distribution o f mall on the other the islnnd and an active volcano, and per cent over the plethoric month of side by the army except where It Is In a shrine there the evil spirits are November. One soldier wrote 30 let Improperly addressed or the unit to propitiated. ters In a single dny. Tt Is not known which it Is addressed Is one selected “ Polygam y Is common. W ives # are how many others equaled or surpassed to return to the United States. In the put away on slight cause. Women this record. Frequently 12 to 15 let latter case the mall Is held on this ore held lightly, although they do not ters w ere sent by each soldier. side. W henever any mall from the wear the veil and have more freedom It Is likely to De some time before army post offices Is delayed reaching than In other Moslem lands. the home-bound mall from France Brest or Bordeaux, the date o f Its re ■ “ Slavery also has not been stnmped grows less. As the number o f boys ceipt at those, terminals Is noted by out. - Our Christlnn people fight It, coming home Increases the Impulse to “ bock-stamp” on the delayed letters. and o f course the Dutch administra write becomes stronger nmong those The site o f the Bordeaux terminal tion gives It no legal sanction. But who remain. The reguln/ly equipped post office Is on the river close to the It Is there. In one case a young man post offices at Bordeaux nnd Brest, depots. The building Is 250 feet long who had become a Christlnn convert from which all mall from the expedi nnd 28 feet wide and Is well ventilated I tough t a little slave girl to save her tionary forces to the United States Is and lighted. It was built by the United from a horrible fate. dispatched, have the most extensive States army engineers from plans sub distribution service o f any post office mitted by Mr. Bird. It has every con Interested In America. “ The wealthy classes o f Palembang In the world. W hile a larger volume venience fo r employees, and every ap o f mall is carried by the New York pliance fo r the proper handling of ore the Arabs nnd the Chinese. “ The school o f which I am principal and Chicago offices, their fields o f dis mail. Provision Is made fo r 10,000 Is self-supporting. W e have four tribution • are more restricted. From separations o f letter mall and 400 teaches* and 100 pnplls, and teach all Bordeaux mall Is dispatched to every separations o f paper mall. SEND TONS OF SOUVENIRS TOP DRESSING WITH MANURE AIDS WHEAT Manure Spreader Is Well Suited for A pplying T o p Dressing on Wheat. nnd thinly on the more level wheat fields this winter. Such application should be made when the ground Is In case fertilizer has Early-Hatched P u lle t— Mature and dry or frozen. not been applied recently to the land Laying on September 26. and it Is known that phosphorus Is hens are molting. Early-hatched needed, 40 or 50 pounds o f acid phos cockerels bring the best prices and phate may w ell be added to each load early layers w ill brood early the fo l of manure before spreading. The lowing spring. application o f manure should not be Contrary to general belief chicks do heavy— probably not over six tons to nqt grow or thrive as well during the acre In any case— and it should warm months or hot summer days as be spread evenly so as not to smother they do earlier In the spring. Chicks the plants. hatched early are stronger, thrive bet ter and have the advantage o f a longer growing season. Early hatching not COST OF PORK PRODUCTION only Insures more rapid gains In the growth o f chicks but has a favorable Young G rowing Figs Become T h in In Flesh If Compelled to Exist Influence on the size o f the individuals on Pasture Alone. o f the flock. Lnte-hatehed chicks rare ly i f ever attain the size o f those W hile a liberal use o f pasture un hatched early. Given the same feed, care and atten doubtedly lowers the cost o f produc tion, chicks hatched In March and ing pork, It Is possible to overdo the A pril will weigh more when they are matter. Mature hogs w ill live on a fou r months old than those hatched In good blue-grass or clover pasture May and June. The early-hatched without any grain, but young, growing chick, having the advantage o f a more pigs become thin In flesh if compelled favorable growing season, makes to exist on pasture alone. Their greater gains during the first four growth Is stopped. And when this months o f Its life than the late- hnppens they do not finish satisfac hatched chick. During the early spring torily fo r the fnll trade. Those which months when the temperature Is not are to be marketed In the spring so-varied the growth o f chicks is more when a year old get along very well uniform and constant thnn It Is dur on pasture alone during the grazing ing the summer. I f fo r no other rea season nnd fatten well during the son chicks should be hatched early so winter. From 1 to 3 per cent o f the their growth w ill not be interrupted by hog’s weight In grain along with the the presence o f lice, which are much pasture gives the most satisfactory more plentiful and destructive in hot results In the m ajority o f cases. weather than In the cooler days of spring. Many farmers and poultrymen real ize considerable money each spring from the sale o f broilers, the price o f which Is usually governed by their size when sold and the time marketed. Thus It would seem that In order to Increase the amount o f money from the sale o f broilers and fryers early hatching would be employed so as to have a marketable-sized fow l early In the spring when prices are highest. WASHING W IL L HELP DECAY M any Eggs A re Spoiled Each Y e a r Be cause T h e y Have Become W e t Before Reaching Market. Crimson Clover, Showing Most Ad vanced Stage of Ripening Which la Allowable to Use for Hay, pllng as much us permanent blue grnss sod. Crimson clover Is not as likely to cause bloating as other clo vers, but cattle, und especially young cnttle, should not be allowed to graze when the clover Is covered with frost. TIME TO SPADE IN GARDENS DEFECTS IN BUTTER MAKING W o rk M ay Be Done Much Ea rlie r on Sandy Soils Th a n on Heavy or Clayey Kinds. Spading may be done much earlier on sandy soils than on heavy or clayey soils. When the soil adheres together In a heavy lump It Is too wet fo r work ing. Allow such a garden to dry a lit tle more, because if too wet the clods that form w ill often remain unbroken throughout the whole summer. Wheni manure and leaves have been spread over the surface o f the garden It w ill be an advantage to get this material down Into the soli. Cooling Too Quickly o r W orking a t T o o Lo w Tem perature Makea Butter Brittle. Butter that possesses a perfect tex ture hns a flinty appearance. I f the grain Is destroyed It Is usually the result o f overworking or o f too high temperatures. Such butter has a wenk, grensy body. Cooling too quick ly or working at too low temperatures, mnkes butter brittle and crumbly. I f milky brine Is present, It shows the lack o f thorough washing. Leaky but ter results from luck o f thorough In corporation o f wash water through washing In a fine granular form with cold water, then working Insufficient ly. A dry body Is due to excessive churning or high churning tempéra ture. It Is estimated that more than 5,000,- WOOD ASHES OF MUCH VALUE 000 eggs are spoiled every year because they have been washed or In some wny Average Composition Derived From have become wet before reaching m ar Mixed Tim b e r le Equivalent to 70 ket. The shell o f an egg contains a Per Cent Carbonate. gelatinous substance which prevents air and germs from entering the eggs Wood ashes have a much larger PROVIDE CALF W ITH SALT Washing destroys this substance and value than coal ashes. Their value promotes decay. lies In their content o f potash, phos 8upply of Clean, Fresh W ater, A lw ays phoric acid and lime. The average Available la Another Simpla Requisite. . f composition o f wood ashes derived from mixed hard and soft wood timber B y the time the dairy calf Is old and produced In the household fires Is about 5 per cent potash, 2% per cent enough to eat roughage It should have phosphoric acid and 35 per cent lime, either access to or small dnlly offer Plenty o f clean, fresh equivalent to 70 per cent lime carbon ings o f salt. water, constantly available, Is another A system o f cleanliness In poultry ate. simple nnd Inexpensive requisite o f raising Is desirable. good calf care that Is too often neglect • * * CULL ALL WEAK SPECIMENS ed. Because a calf receives milk to Hens must have things to eat that drink Is no reason why It does not contain egg-making elements. Fow ls T h a t Do Not Give Promise of require wnter. A fte r the c a lf Is two , • * « Being Profitable Should Be Dis weeks old It needs wnter In small The hen as a rule Is a better sitter posed of at Once. amounts at a time, though often. than the pullet fo r the Incubation of eggs. I f there are any culls, wenk speci • • • mens or any birds that do not give NEW MILK FOR YOUNG CALVES When mites, lice, ticks, fleas, etc., promise o f being profitable they should once get a start they are very trou be disposed o f Immediately before they T h e y Should Hgve It for First T w o W eek« and G radually Be Weaned eat any more grain than Is necessary blesome. to Skim M ilk. • • * to get them In proper condition to sell. E g g testers are to be easily had Young calves ought to have new from manufacturers and dealers In VENTILATION IS NECESSARY milk fo r the first two weeks o f their poultry supplies. • • • lives, then they con gradually he Essential for Preservation of Health weaned from new milk to skim milk, T o successfully hatch chleka great of Fowla— Direct D ra ft 8hOUld and at three or four weeks o f age you care should be exercised In the selec Be Prevented, can take the skim milk away from tion o f the' sitting hen. Arty old hen them by substituting a combination seldom does In these matters. W hile good ventilation Is absolutely • • • o f grains and hay, or nny other dry necessary in preserving the health o f Th ere nre four common breeds o f the fow ls through winter, a direct forage that they w ill consume. Then gradually teach them to eat whole geese, the Toulouse, African, Embden draft should not be allowed to reach grain, like oats and corn, and give and the W hite China. O f these the the birds, especially when they are o d this to them extra besides their por Toulouse Is the most popular and most their roosts. ridge. generally raised.