Image provided by: Independence Public Library; Independence, OR
About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1920)
Minnesota Tomado Wreckage Seen From an Airplane Last Night's Dreams COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS ARE HELPFUL IN CREATING ADDED INTEREST IN GARDENING —W h a t T h e y Mean DANCING. O "T R E A D TH E M A ZY " In shad- owland; In other words to dream j f dancing Is, all the seers are agreed, a good sign. Just to dream that you are attending a dunce forfeits for you success in love and that you will have many friends if, iudeed. It does not mean as many think, that you have inuny now, even if you are not aware of It. You had better Join in the dream dance, however, and not be merely an onlooker; for to dream that you are lancing yourself Is un omen of many other good things to come. However if you dream that you simply watch the others doing the minuet, fox-trot, valse de court, two-step or other terpslehorean exercise. It Is not very had— It only means that you have gone to bed tired. IJut to dream that you, yourself, are dancing— then. Indeed, are things coming your way. To begin with, there is the success Uxtruunllmiry aerial view of tlie ruins of Everdell, Minn., which was devastated by a tornado recently. In love and friendship. I f you are unmarried, your sweetheart is kind, Exhibits of F ruit and Vegetables Stimulate Interest in Gardening and Foa true, and will make you an excellent ter Community Spirit. wife. I f you are married, the dance of dreamland means an increase in . . . . .. ,, . .. ... i An organized competition among products produced by larger gardens. the family Also all the authorities nplghbors he, create' addpd Intere8t A large number o f small exhibits In agree that for the dream dancer, there )n ve^ ab, frult. and flower stead o f a few large ones favor a suc Is a legacy impending. Some say a ' ing in a community. To aid those who cessful show. An important point ls legacy is “ probable,” but most say desire to have a horticultural show or to have the premium list made up that is sure, and many declare that I n tm but who do not early, preferably before seeds are or It will come from an unexpected knQW exactl how to conduct one< ls dered. Exhibits should be attractively source. T o those In trade, the dream th# of a clrcular recently staged, the entries for a class being dance means increased profits, andl by fhe (1 epartinent of agriculture, kept together. Both classes and Indi from the present cost o f things It Is Tht, methoda iven ln lt are Ol08e vidual entries should be plainly and quite evident that many tradesmen wh,ch experlence has proved t0 be appropriately labeled. have dreamed this dream o f late easle8t and be8t. Among the subjects Helpful Competition. To the sailor to dream of dancing are cla88,floatIon o f entrte8 the Vegetable, fruit, and flower gnrdens foretells a pleasant and successful arranf?enlPnt of the hall and of the voyage, and to one and all 11 / » " f i l s exhibits. the points observed In Judg. or the home grounds of a community good news from a long-absent friend. horticultural exhibits, and may be fairly classed and Judged. nM f x n m l le f n n t ooim tPir not nnu I These make most helpful community or from n a / distant country. I Just one the prizes offered. competitions. caution. Be cnreful how you dress Scope of the Exhibits. Token prizes Instead of those o f in yourself for your dance of dreams; for An organization already In exist- trinsic value are all that Is necessary it you wear dancing tights, while all the other good things may come to ence, such as a county or state fair, for successful competitions. When the time of the show ap you, you w ill be temporarily short of | a farmers’ club, a grange, a garden or horticultural club, or a boys’ and girls’ proaches the exet dnte must he fixed, money. (Copyright.) club, may father a horticultural ex and this should not be changed. I f it -------o ------- hibit or a group may be brought to Is done It may provoke a feeling o f un gether especially fo r the purpose. fairness. View of the all-metal “ air limousine,” built and owned by John Larson for pussengcr service on the Atiuntic Once organized, this circular suggests, coust. It carries four passengers and their luggage. Where competitions o f any of the tlie first step ls to outline the scope types discussed in the department’s | o f the exhibit. Competitions to be In Circular 62 have been held, they have HE IS PUDDLING AGAIN teresting must be fa ir and equitable. been found not only to stimulate In In order to make them so, competitors terest in gardening and home adorn By GEORGE M ATTHEW ADAMS with similar opportunities should be ment, but even more to get neighbors matched against one another. The ex- acquainted with one another and de E R IT does find Its true reward. I dibits should be divided into ns small velop community spirit. An exhibition requires considerable In the final summing up, people un,ts «s possible, so that the person pass fo r what they actually are. The wItI‘ only a tew square feet of ground effort, but lt is usually felt to be well gauge o f Merit works straight and may show such products as he may | worth while, even by those upon whom sound. Luck and Chance are the grow, in even competition with like j the heaviest burden falls. mere teasers o f Fate. M erit nothing beneath you. MARKET STATIONS OF VALUE Do more than is expected o f you. Do each task better than people think Branches Reach Out in Every Direc you can. Believe all things are pos tion and Constantly Circulate sible with you and you cannot fail to News of Importance. Merit big. It is better to aim for Per T All-Metal A ir Limousine Carries Four Passengers Merit Polish Liberty Bonds Distributed M PLANS OF WORK FOR CONTROL OF BEETLE fection and miss it. than to aim at | Quarantine Against Insect Will Imperfection and hit It, Be Rigidly Enforced. Merit nothing beneath you. Be not troubled over the accidents o f Destiny. Tlie rule o f Merit will safely guide you into the wide way Poisoning With Sodium Cyanid in W a ter Will Be Practiced on Soils Bad-* o f Winning. True Merit is the rule ly Infested With Larvae or and not exception. Thousands of pages o f History Illustrate this truth. Grubs— Nets to Be Used. Merit nothing beneath you. Whatever you Merit and nre worthy A t a recent conference of officials of to receive, you will get. Concentrate the United States department of agri- your thoughts in eievuting your Aims I culture and the New Jersey depart- and Ideals, for these ore they that ment o f agriculture, held at Riverton, lead you on and up. plans of work for the control and sup Scrgt. !,. Dairy tuple, Washington ------------ O - pression o f tlie Japanese beetle were policeman for 29 years, most of the thoroughly gone into. Provision lias time on guard at the While House been made thoroughly to Inspect and executive offices, Is spending a pari certify products found free from the of Ills vacation at Ills old Job o f “ pud insect, including greenhouse and dllng" In a steel mill, lie wanted to nursery stocks, fruits, vegetables and sec how easy It would be to earn the furm crops. While the quarantine big wages steel men get today com By EDGAR A. GUEST will be rigidly enforced, it is believed pared to what lie received back In the that no serious interruption will result last generation. Ills friends, however L E M O N P IE. to the movement o f most farm and do not believe lie will he lured uivwy other products from the Infested ter from his dally occupation of *entm|pg The world is full o f gladness. ritory. In control o f tlie beetle, sev (lie faces of White House vlsltiws i There nre Joys o f many kinds. eral methods o f attack will be fol He probably knows more public men j There’s a cure for every sadness, lowed. Poisoning with sodium cyanid than any other Individual In the coun That each troubled mortal finds. In water of such soils as are badly In try, and has dealt with more cranks And my little cares grow lighter fested with the larvae or grubs will be than has any other person. And I cense to fret and sigh. practiced. Several million beetles, it And my eyes with Joy grow brightei ls believed, can be captured by sweep “MY MAN’S GOT IT” When she makes a lemon pie. ing infested plants with nets. A band Ullght million dollars lu Polish Liberty bonds being removed from tlie of vegetation from one-half to one When the bronze ls on the filling Union Liberty State bank, New York city, for broadcast distribution mile wide surrounding the infested •That’s one mass o f shining gold area will be kept thoroughly poisoned And Its molten Joy Is spilling with insecticides sprayed or dusted on On the plate, my heart grows bold the plants. T o prevent accidental And the kids and I In chorus carriage o f the beetles on automobiles Raise one glad exultant cry and other vehicles and on pedestrians, And we cheer the treat before us— tlie roadways have been cleared, by Which Is mother’s lemon pie. grubbing and burning o f food plants of the beetle. The weed food plants Then the little troubles vanish. will be kept down by tlie use o f large And the sorrows disappear, quantities of wood-killing chemicals. Then we find the grit to banish Attention Is being given to tlie Intro A ll tlie eares that hovered near, duction o f parasites o f the beetle from And we smack our lips ln pleasure Japan. An agent o f tlie bureau ot O’er n Joy no coin can buy. entomology Is already ln Japan, en And we down the golden treasure gaged upon the work. Which Is known as lemon pie. The officials connected with this (Copyright by E<)gar A. Quest.) project believe that the operations of 1920 w ill pretty definitely Indicate Lion Heart at Nerve Tonic. Sly lady of Zululund Is not whisked what can be expected from large-scale off to n seaside resort or a mountain operations In suppression o f the beetle. J u ét F o lk s Where Sinn Feiners A re Locked Up No I ter Harding celebra Ilei il) thè city of W ii could b< lagt on tl the Sunday follnwlng thè Ol mina flou tinnì Ines MeWhlr nn‘* non (st the i righ i), thè llurding mahl i housekec •cper, and ber hosom frle Hattie .leffrlc*, who eouks ut thè arnese legatlon In the sanie blc Hattie Is frnnkly figurini on Inei's fluence lo promote her frolli thè dl| malic servlce to the Whlte IL kitchen View o f Mount Joy Jail, near Dublin, In which many Feiner» are Incarcerated. retreat to restore her shattered nerves; she Is witch doctored with a prescrip tion containing these Ingredients: The heart and eye of a lio n ; the fat and flesh o f an elephant; the hide o f a rhinoceros; the second layer o f skin o f a hippopotamus; these mixed with the harks o f tunny klmls of trees and soaked In the blood o f a cow or sheep. This prescription Is burned, made Into a powder and taken Inter nally. These and many “ religious an tidotes" oi a like nature have been unearthed by the Interehurch world movement In Its economic, religious aud social survey of the world. PROTECT TREES FROM SWINE Damage Can Be Reduced by Providing Rubbing Posts for Hogs Infected With Lice. Very young trees can he protected from damage by hots by providing rub bing posts and keeping the hogs free ftom lice. The animals will not rub against the trees so ns to In jure them -If they are free from ver min. A good hog oiler Is a great help In this case. Market stntions maintained by the bureau o f markets. United States de partment of agriculture, In several of the leading cities, are well termed “ branches.” They reach out in every direction from the central office. Con nected by w ire and mail service, there is constant circulation o f vital news, out and returning, between them and the office in Washington. The raw materials, so to speak, are gathered and worked over to make the market reports, reviews, and press articles which are distributed for tlie benefit o f the public. The market station man works from the early stir o f activity in tlie market section until the day’s stint Is finished. Usually lie is a man with considerable technical training and experience In production or mar keting. TIMOTHY IS LOW IN PROTEIN One of the Poorest Live Stock Feeds Farmer Can Grow— Cannot Be Compared With Alfalfa. More timothy hay is grown in the United States than all other hays com bined and yet timothy is one o f the poorest live-stock feeds that the farm er can raise. Its value for feeding purposes cannot be compared with clover or alfalfa. It Is low in protein, the nutrient upon which farmers and more especially dairymen must to a large extent rely for the best' returns from their herds; it ls not very pala table to live stock, except, perhaps, to horses, and lt has an undesirable constipating effect upon all clnsses of animals. Furthermore, it yields less than clover or nlfalfa, and it Is a fer tility destroyer Instead <tf a soil build er. Ail things considered, it 1ms very little to commend IL SAVE OLD FARM MACHINERY Carefully Inspect Discarded Imple- ments and Lay Apart Useful Gears, Braces, Etc. Farm machinery, when discarded should he carefully gone over with a view of saving the parts which have not been worn and which may be available for future use on other ma chines, or for other purposes. There are always many braces, gear wheels, bolts and nuts that can be used again. When the machine Is discarded In stead of hauling it to an obscure place to rust away, why not take it npart and place the usable pieces or pans in the machine shed, or work shop? It takes only a little time to take the machinery apart before It becomes rusty and many pieces thus secured will come ln handy.
