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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1920)
HEAVY SNOWSTORM IN PARIS GIVES TRACTOR WORK B e ts y ’s S to ry By LINCOLN ROTHBLUM (Copyright, 191 ». by the McClure News paper Syndicate.) Following d heavy snowstorm In Furls a "new snow plow drawn by a Renault truetor was put Into commission to clear the walks, with great success. tion of the secretary and chiefs of bureaus o f the department o f agricul ture, and after the signing o f the armistice the mailing list for these summaries was extended to Include other government officials and senators and members o f the house of represen tatives. Bimonthly foreign crop re ports were issued In the spring of 1919 and w ill be continued. A vast amount of information was compiled anil furnished in response to inquiries received by telephone, tele graph, letter, or personal call o f rep resentatives o f the food administra tion, the war trade board, the war In dustries board, the military intelli gence office o f the war department, the tariff commission, the federal trade commission, the council o f na tional defense, other departments o f the federal and state governments, congress, and private Individuals. More than 4,000.000 pieces o f mnll were handled by the division o f crop reports during the year, as compared with 3,200,000 by the same division for the preceding fiscal year, an increase o f 25 per cent. About the same rela tive Increase was noted In nil other branches of the bureau at Washington. In the state offices o f field agents the work more than doubled In the fiscal year 1919 as compared with the preceding year. The issuance by field agents of monthly state crop reports hearing their names which are gener ally reproduced in ail the state papers has made them widely known through out their stntes nnd has resulted In a heavy volume of correspondence. Crop Estimating Gigantic Task Government Bureau Collects and Publishes Much Important Information. AGENTS COVER WHOLE COUNTRY More Than 4,000,000 Pieces of Mail Handled by Division of Crop Re ports During Past Year— Re ports Are Issued Monthly. During the fiscal year ended June SO, 1919, the bureau o f crop esti mates o f the United States department o f agriculture issued the regular monthly crop reports, showing esti mated acreages planted, growing con ditions, yields per acre, and total pro duction, farm prices of different crops for each state and the United States, estimates of totar number of live stock o f different classes on farms and ranges, their condition, and losses from diseases and other causes. Com mercial estimates o f the apple and peach crops were made, and the weekly truck-crop news service which had previously been In force, was con tinued and extended, according to the annual report of the chief of the bu reau, an extract from which is given below. Many special inquiries were made during the year, including; Quantity o f commercial fertilizers nsed per ncre o f cotton and propor tion of fields upon which used. Perceblage o f various crops to which commercial fertilizer and ma nure was applied and quantity used. Binder twine requirements for the grain ordpf o f 1918 for the use of the Grain corporation. Emergency live stock survey, to de- tennine-.the number on farms July 1,. 1018. Uses ruadif,’Of Wheat crop, for the United S ta te s 'food administration. Quantities o f various crops fed to different classes o f live stock. L ive stock survey o f January, 1919. Fertilizer Inquiry o f January, 1919, to ascertain quantity o f commercial fertilizers and manure used for crops. Wages of farm help. Prices farmers pay for equipment, machinery, and supplies. Percentagç._of farm lajior require ments available. A gants Gather Facts. Field agents prepnred estimates of acreage, yield, production, and stocks on farms of wheat and corn by coun ties for the United Stntes Grain corpo ration, nnd they also prepared esti mates o f the value o f agricultural production by counties In ench of the principal states fo r the use o f the treasury department. Field agents co- 1919 Fashions Harmful Says Woman of 100 New York.— Catherine Tibball, who celebrated her one hun dredth birthday a few days ago at 964 Lafayette avenue, Brook lyn, does not see longevity for any woman who follows the max ims o f dress approved by Dr. Royal S. Copeland, health com missioner. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Thomas Tibball, sail}: ‘‘My mother-in-law and I are entirely against fashions of dress for women. I never wore any thing but the simplest kind of stays, and neither did she.” The centenarian was told about Doctor Copeland's state ment that women can wear silk stockings, high-heeled shoes, tight corsets and low-neck gowns with benefit rather than harm. " I hnvc never painted or pow dered my face,” she said, “ 1 never wore high-heeled shoes or low-neck gowns, yet I have lived to be a hundred years old and expect to celebrate another birthday next year. Woman's fashions today are more than bad; they are harmful.” operated with officials o f the depart ment o f agriculture, the treasury de partment, and the state extension serv ices In the states where seed-grain loans were mude to farmers In the drought-stricken regions o f the north west and the southwest in the fall of 1918 and spring o f 1919. The bureau compiled Innumerable statements showing the production, consumption, surplus nnd deficiency, exports nnd imports, nnd prices o f Im portant agricultural products for all tne prlneipnl countries before the war, and o f production nnd requirements during the war, fo r the infoimotion of administrative officials of the depart ment of agriculture, o f other federal departments, nnd various war-emer gency organizations. Many o f these statements were fo r the use o f the de partment committee on crop produc tion nnd were used ns a basis for the crop-production programs which were recommended. Other compilations were tnnde for the confidential use of the war trade board and for the com mittees on agriculture in congress. Much Information Compiled. Summaries o f weekly reports o f the state field agents o f the bureau were furnished for the confidential Informa M ore Energy and Zip in Germ any Writer Says There Is Less Lazi ness Than in Any Other European Country. it can, but the attitude o f the Pro sians in the business world Is: “ You have to give us credit befoi we can pay France and Belgium ar England! You're delaying to gli France and England a further Iiei | stnrt I” LOW EXCHANGE IS BIG AID I Gives Germany Advantage in Laying Her Commercial Lines in Little Nations About Her— Bitter at United States. «•By HAROLD E. BECHTOL. (In Chicago Post.) Berlin.— I have been tavellng in central Europe for months. I have visited farms nnd factories nnd stores nnd banks and government offices. A marked difference Is noticeable as soon as the German frontier is crossed. There Is more energy and zip in Germnny; there is less laziness; trains move regularly; clerks in stores ore well staffed; wagons nnd cars nnd freight trains (one o f the rarest sights in Europe) move briskly; smoke comes from the stacks o f at least some of the factories. German factory owners say “ Made in Germany” goods can never again depend on cheapness for sale abroad. They point out that her sources o f ma terial are cut nnd that the old long hours nnd cheap labor are gone. Yet Germany bid far lower than nnybody else on a contract for metal uniform buttons fo r the Czecho-Slo- vak army recently. I could cite sev eral other cases. Germany has a big advantage In lay ing her commercial lines in the little nations about her (sentiment aside of course) because o f the fact that her exchange Is very low, like theirs. From Germany alone, among the big nations, can the new nations get values approximating what their money represents to them. Germany's Bright Side. That is. for Germany, the bright side o f a bad situation. Her mark Is worth under a nickel, about a sixth o f par. She has got to have a credit before she cun buy cotta« and copper from Amer ica. She can't buy with marks. Government ofllcials urge a credit for the hope.-it. would give the Ger man people as 'they enter on a hard winter. The same picas, o f course, are made by the other nations o f central Eu rope, some of-^hom helped the allies to win the war.- Amerlcan observers here say the Bauer governtpeot .la doing the beat They hold Uncle Sam personally r sponsible; he’s hated fo r declining i rush humbly across with open mon< bags. There are several reasons why (t south o f Germany is leading the nort The Prussian worker had less 'r dom In the old days than the soul German worker. Now that he holt the whip hand, he hnsn't ns sane a iden of what to do with his liberty. Prussian capitalists, too. are, slowe They hate to “ get .to work fo r Franc nnd England.” ns they put it. British officers in the occupied arc tell me the big dye works In tli northern Rhine district are kept close by the Germans. The Germnns kno (he allies cannot yet equal their d.ves- espcclally a “ fixed" blue— nnd they ci not propose to start these pinnts an let the allies learn the secrets If the can avoid It. What She Can Export. Germnny can export some gins china, potash, cutlery, optical instri ments, surgical and scientific Instri ments nnd toys, without Importing rn' materials. She needs from Amerlc principally cotton nnd copper. French and British chocolate, son; toilet articles, etc., ore on sale i the stores everywhere In German: The only Am erican. goods found ger ernlly are prewar stocks. The French and British occuple zones are now commercial fronts. Ml itary officers there apd military mb slon* In Germnny give the French an. British commercial travelers nnd bnni ers every assistance. All o f the Amei lean commercial men nnd bankers met In Germany told me they ha. fought their way through in spite o the American government, rather thai with its assistance. The Germans realize their oversea trade will be absolutely dependent oi the allies for years to come. German; now owns only 3*4 per cent o f her pr« war shipping. Catch Two Legged Whale. Victoria, B. C — A female humphnek whale havlpg two hind legs 50 inches In length has been caught at the Kytj- goV whaling station. Manager Ruck o f the Consolidated Whaling company says that in his 20 years o f whaling experience he has never heard o f whales having legs on the exterior. It was such a small hail bedroom-— way up near the top o f the house— so high above the ground It seemed suspended midway between heaven and earth, somewhat after the fashion of those luiuging gardens which ure said to have required neither under nor upper support. But though the room by its elevated location strove for a place in the sun. It received none, of Its rays at any time of the day, for the one window faced, in unceremonious fashion, against the bleak and bland stone wull of the building opposite. Now. If one were as dexterous us Betsy Bond, a very jood glimpse, albeit limited, could tie obtained not only of the sun casting a seemingly forgotten beum o f light clown the murky courtway, but also of the window in the other building one floor below. It is true the bit of light was only enjoyed on Sundays, when Betsy’s exacting and onerous duties as salesgirl at the notions counter of rilden's, Inc., did not call for her ex pert services for the somewhat start ling compensation of seven dollars the week— startling how little might be procured on that amount in the way of dally necessities And It is also true the window of the room ncross the court afforded little distraction, for up to the writing of tills— Betsy’s story— It had remained untenanted. For Betsy’s heart, starving for nf- fectlon nnd dying because there was none on whom to lavish the love pent lip within, hungered for romance; she looked for it everywhere, and found Its substitute only on the “ Fiction page” of the evening pnper. It was a very unsatisfactory substitute. The days of August had made a blistering advance, and It seemed to Betsy this day tiiat summer was ex erting every effort to lenve a scar nnd scorching memory of Its torrid pres ence. A hot, musty humidity pasted the ringlets about her perspiring fore head into fantastic forms ns she en tered the room breathless from the Interminable climb o f stairs. Up went the window, the courtyard send ing forth Its nightly quota o f onion and other odors from the quarters below. Betsy had no taste for the ar ticles of food on her table and list lessly adjusted herself In the oblique and uncomfortable position necessary to see the window in the building op posite. She leaned forward. Glar ingly It stood forth, and not even the dirty panes concealed the yellow jet of gaslight which illuminated the room and Its solitary occupant. Betsy laughed aloud. “A neighbor,” she mused, and reached for the pillow from the bed to make her cramped position comfort able. “ Romance!” her thought con tinued, and a smile exposed two pret ty rows of even white teeth. It was In spite of, nnd not because of, her clothes that Betsy was considered at tractive ; for the worn serge skirt loudly acclaimed Its age by a lustrous sheen and the white lawn waist no longer admitted further mending. But there was little In the man’s oc cupation to excite undue curiosity or romantic conjectures; laboriously lie wrote, stopping to press his temples with his fingertips or pass a hand kerchief over his forehead. Betsy slipped from the sill to the floor and protruded her hend through the win dow into the court until she could almost touch the opposite wall, for up through space came the voice o f the man faintly singing: “When your Ship o' Dreams comes In, dear, When Its cargo comes to shore. With gold so fine, It will all be thine. You alone I adore— ” nnd then abruptly stopped. Betsy climbed back onto the window ledge, and leaning far forward, peered down Into the room. A gasp o f consterna tion escaped her lips as she Jumped to the floor and tore down the steps, the ascent o f which had so taxed her strength. Out Into the street she ran and up to the door o f the next build ing. Mrs. Slattery appeared In answer to the imperative summons o f the bell, and Irritated because supper was in terrupted, eyed with, a landlady's sus picion the unhntted and disheveled I’.etsy. She did not make a likely looking roomer. “ I guess all the rooms be Ailed," was the curt and unsolicited Infor mation. Betsy Inserted her foot be tween door and panel to prevent it being shut in her face. “ I am not looking for a room, hut, but— ” she stammered as the unusual- ness o f the situation presented itself. “One o f your tenants seems In trou ble,” Betsy gulped hard, “ and I be lieve he has fainted. I —we can help—” Mrs. Slattery made unsympathetic Interruption. “ Oh. It be that singing man. N ever pays his rent and he do seem to live on air. He'll come ’round— ” In a manner Mrs. Slnttery after ward dubbed “ fresh," Betsy brushed her aside and deliberately walked lip the steps, Intuition directing her to the proper room. There lay the man as she had seen him from above, hend flat on the table, arms hanging limply at his aide. With unconsci-.ua command she turned to Mrs. Slattery, who had followed In her wake. “Help me lift him over to the bed,” I and hypnotically Mrs. Slattery obeyed, awkwardly assisting us they loosened ills collar and undid his worn shoes. “Get some water,” was ttie ; parting order, and Betsy flew out of tlie room,3down the steps, out of the | house into her own, and thence up the ' jstairs to the room where mutely re- l»osed t{ie untouched food. Gutherng the articles in her arms site rapidly retraced her steps, and as tlie young man came to consciousness he saw a not unbeautiful girl standing on a chair holding a tiny pot above the gas Jet. She siiiil->d down at him a genu ine. comforting smile. "Hot milk in a minute. Tousled crackers and a mite o f cheese. How does that sound?” Her voice sound ed merrily In the room and the man answered the smile with a wan ef fort. "It smells better," came the whis per from the bed. And it tasted equally good as Bet sy held his hend ami fed him tlie browned biscuit dipped In the warm milk. Tlie man slept and Betsy tip toed from tlie room. Mrs. Slattery mounted guard in tlie hall with a Dame Grundy vigilance. "H is room reut he behind.” Evi dently in Mrs. Slattery’s makeup there was no trace of that Impelling force which hnd governed Betsy’s spontaneous act of loving kindness. She looked into her meager parse, wearing out at the corners. “ W ill a dollar on account be satis factory?” she asked. The hill was tendered and accepted In silence nnd Betsy returned to her room, supper less and happy As she crept into bed she shifted the alarm clock. It registered nwnkenluc at half past five. The hour thus gained next morn ing was devoted to assisting her new ly acquired ward. With a promise to the man who lay weak and Inert to stop in on tier way home from worl( in the evening, she turned to go. “ Why are you so good to me?” he questioned her. “ Why doubt tlie motive?” by in terrogation she answered. Preoccupied with her thoughts, Bet sy failed to be annoyed ns she was jostled about on street and car by throngs hastening to work. Morning duties were fulfilled In like subcon scious fashion, for mind was helping the lad lying ill nnd helpless In tlie hot bedroom. Noon was sounded by sirens over the weltering city ns Bet sy passed tlie music counter of Til- den’s, Inc., on her tvny out of the store for luncheon. In raucous tones sang the song-booster through his bril- Ilnntly colored megaphone, which tie turned alternately lo right nnd left so that all might hear: LARGE CAPACITY FOR DAIRY COWS To Develop This Characteristic Calf Must Be Kept Growing From Beginning. SUPPLY ABUNDANCE OF HAY Hoiatein Heifers Should Not Be Bred to Frethen Before Twenty-Four Months Old— Work Up to Full Capacity Gradually. It is a well-known fact that capacity is one o f the essentials o f a good dairy cow and in order to develop this characteristic the calf must be kept growing from tlie very beginning. A stunted calf w ill never recover from the handicap. The calf should be in duced to begin eating grain and hay at as early a date as possible and there should always be an abundance o f the hay accessible. Itoughage de velops cupaclty In the digestive or gans— an item o f Importance— as the amount o f feed that a cow w ill con sume depends lurgely upon the devel opment o f these organs. Age to Breed Heifer. H eifers should not be bred too young, the age depending upon the breed to which they belong as well as the development o f the individual. Holstein heifers should not be bred to freshen before they are 24 months old, as a rule, and a great many would do better if given 26 or 28 months. Heifers should be in good condition at time o f freshening, although not fat from an Splendid Type for Dairy. excessive carbohydrate ration. A fter freshening, they should be worked up to full feed very gradually, receiving all the roughage they care to consume “ When our Ship o’ Dreams comes in, without waste; alfalfa or clover hay dear, fed In connection with silage or roots being a very good combination. When Its enrgo comes to shore, With gold so fine, it will all be thine, Amount o f Grain to Feed. You alone I ndore— ” The grain should be light in char acter to begin with and gradually Betsy smiled as she recalled tha changed to a mixture o f grains that first occasion when she had heard the w ill supplement the roughage; 300 words and sacrificed the precious min pounds ground oats, 300 pounds ground utes o f her luncheon period to hear corn, 100 pounds whent bran and 100 the end o f flie lyric. pounds gluten feed being a good com “ When our vessel comes sailing back, bination to go with the roughage men tioned above. The grain can be in dear, creased a fraction o f n pound a dny so Laden with wealth all for you, long as there is an Increase in the Then we’ll m arry; no need to tarry, When our Ship, our Ship o' Dream» milk flow, but as soon as there is no response to the Increase It must be cut comes true.” down until there is a falling off in the She caught up the lilting, catchy milk flow nnd then the Increase may melody and the easy, rolling words, be begun again. When on full feed and ate her luncheon with the tun* they will be consuming about one In her hend. Anxious for six o’clock, pound o f grain to every 3*4 pounds o f the afternoon Hew quickly by and milk produced. closing time found her hurrying to In the absence o f silage or roots, ward her boarding house with thou dried beet pulp may be used, but i f sands o f other souls, all closeted up In none o f these are available or are too their own little worlds o f personal In high In price, ollmeul can be used in terest. Mechanically she bought the the grain mixture to advantage. In evening paper and mechanically read the absence o f silage nnd roots, the the usual run o f news, nnd equally cows will consume a large quantity o f mechanically turned toward the classi alfalfa. Sometimes It is advisable to fied section In search for the nlwnys chaff nnd mosten a portion o f it when possible, but never probable, "better fed under these conditions. Job." Her eye drifted to the adjoin ing column o f “ Personals," attracted possibly by the words, “ Ship o* FERTILITY IN DEAD LEAVES Dretfms.” They seemed to pursue her this dny. The man seated to her right Contain Large Amount of Potash and A r* Useful as Mulch or Fertil hummed with heavy breath, “ When izer fo r Garden. our Ship o’ Dreams comes sailing in, dear.” Because leaves contain relatively Betsy read: “ Royalties awaiting Leonard Sut large amounts o f potash, chemists at cliffe. Information wanted as to pres the Ohio Experiment Station point out ent whereabouts of composer o f the economy o f using leaves as a 'Ship o' Dreams.' Phone Popular mulch or fertilizer fo r the garden, rather than burning them in the Music Co.” Betsy gasped. Could It really he streets or gutters. They show that so wonderfully romantic? It wa» 100 pounds o f leaves are worth about 56 cents for their fertilizing value. more than food she brought him. “ Are you Leonard Sutcliffe?” she When leaves are burnt the ash still asked as she entered the room and contains a considerable amount o f fer smiled to see him seated in the chair. tilizing materials; but as the ashes He nodded with surprise and looked are generally swept awny by the wind or washed away by the water, their at the newspaper she laid in his lap. "Then your Ship o' Dreams has value is lost. T o secure the best re come to port, Captain Singing-Man,” sults from leaves as fertilizer, it Is Betsy announced and picked out the best to pile them In the garden and stopper o f the milk bottle with the let them furnish a mulch fo r the ground during th* w inter; then they tine o f a fork. A wonderful light danced In hi* may be spaded in the spring and In eye*. "Good Samaritnn, It’» our Ship corporated with the soil. o’ Dreams, Isn’t It?” And over the toasted crackers Bet sy nodded assent. Another Matter. "Pa, what 1» meant by a 3)10« sky* law?" " R ’s a measure designed to prevent the sale o f fraudulent stock, m ; son.” “ Yes, pa.” “ You should not confuse the term with aerial traffic regulations which will soon he on all our atatute hooka.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. Asked and Answered. “ Can a man lift himself hy his boot straps?” “ I dnnno.” "Why, the question answers Itself." “ Well, teach*r, that lets me onL” COW CONSUMES BULKY FEEDS Most Economical Method fo r Market ing Different Crops— Much Fer tility It Saved. When It comes to marketing grain, hay, silage, green crops, etc., the dairy cow Is almost Indispensable for economy. She consumes these bulky feeds, converta them into finished products easily and economically marketed and at the same time saves much o f the fertility In the manure. Where hay, corn, fodder, etc., must be hauled to market there is considera ble expense. I f most o f this expense can be saved there Is a wider margin fo r profit on the farm.
