STATU
NEW S
IN BRIEF.
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PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF FOREST
RESOURCES IMPORTANT TO ALL FARMERS
Household Budget System
Is an Instrument of Home
Economy and Aids Thrift
Every well regulated private busi
ness has some manner of a budget. In
Tillamook.—The influenza situation
come can not make prosperity uulesa
continues bad in all parts of the coun
outgo
is kept under control. The budg
ty several deaths having occurred. The
et
Is
a
system for the allotment of ex
city hall, which has been turned into
penditures. In commoD sense it can
an emergency hospital, has averaged
not aggregate a total above total reve
20 patients for the past two weeks.
nue, and it enables the executives to
make sure at least that both ends shall
Salem.—At a meeting of the Tri-
meet. The going business house that
County Medical society here Friday
does not have an item for surplus, or
night the physicians went on record
saving, In its budget. Is on a mad house
as favoring the construction of the
basis.
proposed new Salem hospital and
As an Instrument of home economy
the budget Is most useful. Any level
pledged their financial support In the
headed housekeeper can transform a
sum of 125,000.
small deficit Into a steady saving by
Medford.—The Medford school board
employing a budget, it puts a brake
on expenditure, discloses leuks and ex
announces a new schedule for teach
cesses, and ln general furnishes the
ers' salaries. Teachers in the first
opportunity to keep the business of
six grades will receive a minimum of
home-running always in hand. What
$1200, teachers in grades seven and
did you spend last month for this?
eight a minimum of $1250, and teach
Too much 1 Cut It down. What did
ers in the high school a minimum of
you spend for that? A little more
$1400.
might be worth while. ¡Something
new tries to get Into the budget. If
Medford.—The Radovan fruit dryer
you need It, perhaps you can shave
has resumed operation after being
elsewhere. If you merely want It, use
closed down for several weeks by a fire
common
sense. You know whether or
which destroyed machinery and equip
not
you
can
afford It. The budget tells
ment valued at $50,000. New ma Pastured Upland W oodlot in Tennessee— Stand of Eighteen C ords Per Acre. you.
chinery was installed a week ago and
If you have never worked out a
drying of apples is in full swing (P r e p a r e d by th e U n ited S ta te s D e p a r t “The preservation of forests in all household budget, do It now. One year
m e n t of A g ric u ltu re .)
again.
forest regions is of immediate concern hence you will wonder how you ever
“Timber
is an important farm crop.” and Importance to farmers. Timber la got on without it.
The Dalles.—The city council Thurs The average
probably has an Important farm crop. Farm wood
day appointed a board of three local never stopped to farmer
think about this fact. lands comprise nbout 20 per cent of Favorite Sites for “Paper
citizens to determine the cost of a At least, he apparently has never the farm area of the country. At the
Towns” Along Great Lakes
civic auditorium and American Legion taken it into account in his farm op last census the value of the products
memorial, the proposition to be placed erations. But the value of the prod from them was greater than that of
Were at Mouths of Rivers
upon the ballot and voted upon at the ucts from the farm woodlot was the potato crop and nearly double that
¡Sites of lake cities "located” ln the
next primary election which will be greater than the potato crop and near of the tobacco yield. Forestry, there days
of wild speculation, before the
ly double that of the tobacco crop in fore, must be assigned a place In farm
held in May.
the last census. Farmers also con management. Furiners also are vitally panic of 1837, were scattered here nnd
Fossil.—The ground was covered sume more wood than any other group. concerned with national forestry prob there along the shore of Lake Michi
with two inches of snow Tuesday morn These facts are brought out by lems. They consume more wood than gan and Luke Huron. Promoters, en
ing. It stayed on nearly all day. Farm David F. Houston, secretary of agri any other group and they are Interest couraged by the sale of lots, would
a little money ln making n small
ers and stockmen felt greatly relieved culture, In discussing the policies and ed in seeing that there is available, spend
clearing,
often many miles from the
at
reasonable
prices,
n
continuous
practices
which
should
be
followed
In
to have even that much moisture at
of lumber and other forest nearest actual settler, would mark out
this time. For several weeks the protecting and developing the forest supply
products. A sound forestry policy does some streets and put up, ln the midst
resources of the nation. In his an not
Bpringlike weather has caused general nual
with agricultural settle of burned stumps, a hotel and a bank.
report
the
secretary
asserts
that
concern among Wheeler county resi the continued dissipation of privately ment. conflict
In
fact,
It facilitates the culti Favorite sites for “paper towns,” ac
dents.
of land suitable for agriculture, cording to John Bach McMaster’s “His
owned forests In every timber-produc vation
and also seeks to secure the proper tory of the People of the United
Eugene.—The Eugene Mill and Ele ing region of the country Is a rantter handling
of existing forests and the States,” were at the mouths of small
of
grave
concern,
and
that
the
public
vator company is working three eight-
reforestation of denuded regions. On streams. The buildings of one such
hour shifts on a $70,000 milling con does not fully realize its seriousness. the
hand, forest devastation re town. Port Sheldon, were of large
tract for the United States Grain cor- “If the area having little or no value tards other
frame construction and well finished
agricultural
development.”
for other than forest purposes Is not
portation in order to complete it before protected,”
without,
but the bank was empty and
F ire Protection Essential.
says the secretary, "much
April 1, according to E. D. Paine, man of It will become
the
hotel
practically
nonpro
Fire, the secretary points out, Is a Port of tenantless.
wns nnother such "pa
ager of the company. This flour, ductive. Millions of acres In the older great
menace not only on forested but per town” Havre
on
Lake
Erie, near the
which is all from Willamette valley parts of the country, where supplies also on
areas. “Adequate
of Maumee Bay. But tne site
wheat, is intended for the export trade. of timber are needed by the communi protection.” cut-over
he says, “should be re mouth
chosen was low and marshy, and a
have become almost valueless. quired of all owners. The public, score
Albany.—Albany school teachers will ties,
of abandoned cabins were all
Where the land is not valuable for through both the state and federal that marked
receive a material increase In salaries agriculture,
streets. Another was
lumbering op governments, should co-operate In or “White Rock Its City,”
believed to be on
for the next school-year. Because of erations are large-scale
followed
by
local
Indus
ganizing this service and should share the shore of Lake Huron,
the mouth
lack of funds the school board has been trial depression, the timber Industries the
of maintaining It. It should of a fine river. The maps at represented
unable to meet requests for a big migrate, population decreases, farm also cost
adopt such practical »measures a flourishing city on a wide river, with
raise this year, but a budget $11,500 ers lose their local market, taxable as may
be necessary to bring about
running out Into a harbor, but
greater is available for next year's values decline, schools and ronds de the discontinuance of all practices piers
one,
coasting
on a trip along Lake Hu
work and the board has decided to use teriorate, and the economic and social which result In turning the forests into ron who stopped
to see this city, found
wastes, and should nld private owners none.
all of this increase for the payment life of the community suffer.
to
perpetunte
their
forests
by
prope:’
Need Public Co-Operation and Direction
of larger salaries.
A well-balanced policy
“The problem presented Is very, dif management.
Hood River.—The W. H. Hicks Lum ficult.
requires a much larger program of
Public
forests
are
confined
to
ber company, which operates a plant
limited areas, except in the puhliely-owned forests than at pres
OF INTEREST TO
about seven miles from Underwood, relatively
West. These will by no means supply ent.
Wash., on the Little White Salmon the future needs of the country. At "Good forestry practice,” concludes
POULTRY GROWERS
river, will begin the season’s run about present the greater part of the lumber the secretary, “rests upon the posses
full and accurate data. Our The greatest food nnd medicine on
March 15. M. D. Hicks, superintend produced annually Is cut from private sion of knowledge
of the methods of
ent of the mill, who resides here, states lands on which the appenrance of new present
for baby chicks Is sour milk, ac
Is at best a matter of accident, securing the largest yields Is inade earth
that about 25 men will be employed. growth
cording to poultry grower. More
quate.
There
Is
need
of
further
infor
is
likely
to
be
long
delayed,
or
may
With lumber in keen demand, he ex never occur. Without concerted ac mation regarding the amount, quality chicks die during Infancy of white
pects a prosperous year.
distribution of existing timber diarrhea than perhaps all other dis
tion under public co-operation and di and
supplies.
A detailed inventory of our orders combined. The acid in sour
Baker.—J. M. Swaggardt, a Wash rection the problem will not be solved.
resources and a survey of milk Is a poison to the germs of this
ington Gulch farmer, living six miles Private Initiative can not be depended present
and prospective needs are es dreaded bowel trouble, while the sour
west of Baker, announced his stock is upon to secure the requisite conserva present
milk itself is relished by the young
sential
for
constructive planning.”
multiplying in fours. Swaggardt is tion.
birds, and It Is one of the most nour
the owner of a ewe that is the mother
ishing of all feeds.
SUGAR-BEET SE E D PRODUCED
of four lambs, all in excellent health. BRIGHT FUTURE FOR
Under apparently the most sanitary
conditions chicks from the Incubator
Two of the youngsters are bucks and
Revised
Estim ates Sh o w A p p ro x i or from hatchings by hens will con
two are ewes. With lambs selling at
tract serious bowel troubles. Clean
m ately 6,700,000 Pou n d s on
BEEKEEPING IS SEEN
$10 each at weaning time, the lucky
Total Acreage of 11,100.
conditions
and careful disinfecting will
owner has to smile while he figures
often check this trouble nnd lessen
his resources for his income tax state
Revised estimates of sugar-beet danger, but they will not always act
ment.
Enlarged American Consumption seed produced in the United Stntes In as a cure preventive.
1019 show a total production of ap Many careful scientific and practical
Salem.—More than 300 annual re
of Honey to Continue.
proximately 6,700,000 pounds on a tests have proved beyond doubt that
ports of insurance companies operat
total acreage of 11,100 acres, with an sour milk fed to baby chicks Is one
ing in Oregon have been received at
average yield of 600 pounds an acre. of the very best preventives, and
the offices of the state insurance com E x p o rts of Product D u rin g W a r to A l Earlier
based on reports of even cures, for bowel troubles. It Is
missioner. There are about 50 more lied C ountries Increased at Least growers, estimates,
Indicated
a total production important to begin feeding the sour
of these reports to be received before
of 7,500,000 pounds, ft developed, milk to the chicks as soon ns they
Ten T im e s— T w o Destructive
the commissioner can make up his
however, that the average yield per will drink anything. It Is even recom
Brood Diseases.
final statement showing the number of
acre In Idaho and Michigan was mended to pour a few drops of the
insurance companies operating in the I f American beekeepers are able to much smaller than wns anticipated by sour milk down the throat of each
state, together with the amount of meet Increasing demand, the enlarged the growers. Considerable acreage in chick as soon ns it Is plnced In the
was reported to be a total brooder and before It Is old enough to
their resources and their annual busi American consumption of honey will Idaho
drink or eat. The sour milk acts Im
ness.
continue, says the annual report of failure.
mediately as a bowel disinfectant,
The
1919
production
still
Is
800,000
chief of the bureau of entomology, pounds greater than the total produc thoroughly
cleansing the digestive
Eugene.—The new office of district the
United States department of agricul tion in 1918, 1,620,000 pounds greater tract and starting
young bird out
freight and passenger agent, with head- ture.
During the war our exports of than in 1917, and 1,160,000 pounds In life free from the
bowel disease and
quarters at Eugene, has just been boney f0 the allied countries increased
vigorous ln every way. Chicks In the
created by the Southern Pacific com- Bt leagt ten times, and the domestic greater than in 1916.
brooder or with the hen may have sour
pany and has been announced by Presi- use also went much higher. The in
before them all the time to their
dent Sproule in connection with the creased export demand has continued SAM E BREED IN COMMUNITY milk
benefit,
the milk serving both as a
naming of the new officers who will since the end of hostilities, and the
medicine
a food.
sees reason to expect that this One of M a n y Advantages to Be Gained Not only and should
have jurisdiction on the Pacific system bureau
baby chicks be giv
market
will
continue
to
be
an
Impor
by Stock R a ise rs Is U niform
of the Southern Pacific. The office tant factor in American beekeeping.
en
all
the
sour
milk
they will drink
Product.
daily, but it Is well to use It In mix
will be filled by H. D. Morse, who dur
ing the period of government owner Local sales of honey near the points There are many advantages to be ing their mash feeds. It Is as valuable
production have Increased more gained when the stock raisers of one as sweet milk as a food, and much
ship has held the position of traveling of
than sales In the larger mar community raise the same breed. Bet safer to use with chicks. And there
freight and passenger agent with head rapidly
kets,
but
this can readily be remedied, ter prices may be secured from the Is no better food and medicine for
quarters at Salem.
according to the report, by the further sale
a uniform product, and suit growing chicks and laying hens.
Albany.—The safety deposit boxes development of the business of bot- able of breeding
stock can be secured
ln the vault of the Sclo State bank tllng honey.
Dugouts in Colombia.
near
home.
were looted Thursday night by bur-1 The tendency to collect the bees of
glars, who dug their way through a j the country in the hands of commer-
The natives In the Interior of Colom
brick wall at the rear of the building. | dal beekeepers is viewed as a whole- EGG M ATERIALS FOR LAYERS bia, South America, still use the plo
turesque dugout, carved from a single
The wall also formed one side of the ; ,ome s,gn f°r t*1« development of the
vault. A large quantity of liberty ' ^ > 7 . Prevalence of two destnic- H ens M u tt H ave Green Food Such at log, to convey their produce to market.
Mangels, Cabbage, Clover, Etc.,
—Popular Mechanics Magazine,
•
. . . other
. securities
... were , taken.
. tlve
brood J diseases,
the
bonds
and
necegslty
carefu, and
8tudy especially
of beeUeep.
for Good Health,
The bank has no list of the contents of lnjf problem8 ln order to obtain
Ostrich Farms.
the boxes, so no accurate estimate of | maximum crops, make it almost In* The hens cannot obtain any green
the amount lost can be made until j possible for the person having only a grass or other green growths In the Soutn Africa Is a great ostrich,
each holder of the safety deposit boxes few colonies to give the care essential fields during the winter, but must have growing country, particularly the dlw
reports his individual loss. It is be- for good beekeeping. Only the man green food like mangels, cabbage, trlct near the Cape of Good Hope,
llveed however, that the loss may who makes beekeeping his chief work clover, alfalfa, etc., In order to keep In from whence tremendous shipments at
may expect to get proper returns, says good health nnd have the materials to feathers are constantly being made.
reach $30,006.
make eggs.
the bureau.
W orld’s Diamond G op W orth
Billions
Statistical Expert Estimates Value of Gems el
Approximately $ 13,906,642.000
If all the diamonds mined in history and existing today as cut and
polished gems were gathered from the ends of the earth, they would form
a pile about as large as a wagon load of coal dumped on the sidewalk, says
a Chicago statistical expert
The pile would contain 46,355,474 carats and the gems would weigh
ten and one-half tons. If the pile were in the form of a cone, it would have
a base diameter of eight feet and a height of five feet Reckoning the
diamonds at $300 a carat, it would have a value of $13,906,642,200. It
would contain 710 1-3 gallons worth $5,539,023 a gallon; or 76 1-3 bushels
valued at $51,570,729 a bushel. All the world’s diamonds could be packed
in an ordinary clothes closet or a kitchen pantry.
This estimate is based on an approximation of the total output of
rough diamonds in the world’s entire history. India, it is estimated, has
produced, all told, 50,000,000 carats; Brazil, 15,000,000; South Africa,
170,574,000; Borneo, 1,000,000; British Guiana, 50,000; Australia, 150,-
000; China, 2,000; Siberia, 500; United States, 500. This is a total rough
output of 236,777,374 carats, or 55 3-5 tons avoirdupois.
Only about fifty per cent of rough diamonds are cut into gems and
lose about sixty per cent of their weight in being cut and polished. Dia
monds are practically indestructible and the first diamond ever mined may
possibly still be in existence. But the estimate allows for the loss of at
least 1,000,000 carats by flood, fire, shipwreck and other disasters. These
reductions and losses leave the total of cut and polished diamonds at 46,-
355,474 carats.
The estimate of $300 a carat is the minimum price at which diamonds
can be bought today. The popular demand for diamonds was never so
great and they have become the gem of the working people as well as the
wealthy classes. They are worth three times as much now as before the
war and sell at from $300 to $1,000 a carat.
TIME TO LAUGH
Invisible.
“Yes, they have Invisible ink.”
“I must have gotten hold of some of
It by mistake.”
“How so?”
“The magazine people can’t seem to
see the poetry 1 write.”
H is Heroic Act.
Mrs. Henpeck—To think that I once
considered you a hero! Oh, la-la-la I
Mr. Henpeck—I suppose the thought
struck you on the evening I performed
the death-defying and foolhardy feat
of proposing marriage to you.
Between Friends.
“Why are you
pawing over the
library?”
“I’m lookin' up
the term, con
genital idiot.”
“W h a t ’s the
matter ? Has
somebody called
you one?”
Considerate.
Her Father—I hear you’ve been look
ing up my rntlng. What for?
Her Suitor—I wanted to see If I
should be the ri»r.t sort of son-ln-Inw
for you.
The Situation.
Parent (from the adjoining room)—
Edith, aren’t you going to light the
gas ln there?
Edith—Yes, mamma! Charlie and
I were just spenklng of—er—striking
a match.
Doorrfed to Dumbness.
“Money talks,”
said the political
grafter.
“Well, if this
does any talk
ing,” said the
bribe giver, hand
ing It over, "it
will be the last
you will ever
get”
Advance Two Theories in
Origin of West Indies
The origin of the West Indies Is to
be studied by a naturalist who recent
ly sailed from New York City for Ja
maica. Scientist» hold two support
able theories ln this matter The first
theory mokes Cuhn, Jamaica, Haiti
and Pnrio Rico mere fragments of the
American continent It supposes that
they were Isolated by depression be
low sea level of the surrounding areas.
The second theory sees the Island* as
Independent uprisings from the ocean
bed, caused by a combination of vol
canic upheavals, foldings In the earth's
crust, nnd core’ growth.
RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS
Doing something for others.
Doing It without expecting a
return.
Always took on the bright
er side.
Keeping eternnlly busy at
something.
Never taking too much of any
thing.
Contentment with your lot.
Reverence for older folks.
Making your middle name
"Cheerfulness.”
Companionship of a good dog.
1
World’s Debt Has Increased
From $40,000,000,000 in 1914
to $200,000,000,000 in 1920
The world’s debt has been estimated
at $200,000,000,000 compared with $40,-
000,000,000 in 1014.
Paper currency throughout the world
has Increased 600 per cent since 1914,
while the gold reserve behind It has In
creased only 40 per cent, according to
statistics. The face value of papei
currency of thirty principal countries,
which totaled $7,250,000,000 In 1914,
has Increased to $40,000,000,000 at the
time of the armistice and to $50,000,-
000,000 ln December, 1919, exclusive of
$34,000,000,000 Issued by the Russian
soviet government.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey
and Bulgarin show and advance In note
circulation from $1,200,000,000 In 1914
to $12,300,000,000 at the close of the
war, nnd $18,770,(XX),000 ln December,
1919, the gold reserve fnlllng from
$600,000,000 ln 1914 to $327,000,000 in
1919, the ratio of gold to notes declin
ing from 49.7 per cent In 1914 to 0.5
per cent ln December, 1919.
In the plght principal countries of
the allies, paper notes Increased from
$1,160,000,000 ln 1914 to $2,420,000,000
In 1919, while the gold reserve In
creased from $510,000,000 to $1,450,000,-
000, a ratio of 44.3 In 1914 nnd 59.9 In
1919.
“Gallery of Mirrors” Named
From Glasses Which Were
More Precious Than Rubies
“Galerle Des Glares," or the “Gal
lery of Mirrors” at the Palace of Ver
sailles, gets Its name from 17 beveled
mirrors, which were more precious
than rubles before glassmaking was
reduced to n science. Opposite each
mirror Is a window, these windows
overlooking the famous gardens which
were scenes of royal revelries and
regal pomp.
In these gardens nil the sculptors
of standing ln Frnnce were com
mandeered for Innumerable pieces.
Piped waters spout from mouths of
glided frogs and lizards, fauns piny
flutes, nnd dragons kidnap cupIds,
while stately old trees give one touch
of nature against this supremely
artificial setting In these gardens.
The mirrors are framed In works
s>f art and surmounted by pnlnUngs.
One series of these pnlntlngs depicts
ln flnmboynnt scenes the career of
Louis XIV. Originally tables nnd
chairs In this hall were of solid sil
ver. The ensemble was typical of the
emptiness of the yoke from which
France freed herself.
Man Must Be Busy— Have
Hobby or Be Entertained
Man enn rise only as he grows out
of limiting habits. This Is the high
est test of worth. Habits become so
much a part of the Individual that It
Is hard to throw them off. They aro
the builders of character. Let alone,
habits determine our conduct nnd set
the limits of our possibilities. The
wholesome habits—habits of Industry
nnd balance—we want to cultivate nnd
develop. Habits that create appetites,
set limitation and resultant weakening
of the powers wc want to grow out of.
Man must be busy. If he has surplus
unengaged time he must have n hobby
or be entertnlned. He must grow out
of Idleness Into Industry.
Highest Village.
The little village of Karzok, In Kash
mir, India, Is believed to bo the high
est In the world. Its altitude Is 14,946
feet