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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1920)
Lift off Corns! Where Wet and Dry Meet KEEP POULTRY HOUSE CLEAN Excrem ent H arb o rs Parasites, Con. tam inates A ir and Breeds Con- tanion of M a n y Kinds. Everything • about a poultry house should be kept reasonably clean. As a rule droppings should be removed dully, for the accumulation o f excre ment harbors parasites, contaminates the air, and breeds contagion. A fter the dropping hoards have been clean ed they should he sprinkled with road dust, coal ashes, or land plaster, to absorb the liquid excrement, the poul try division o f the United States de partment o f agriculture suggests. Nests In which straw or othpr similar material Is used should be cleaned ev- Food fo r the F am ily. For those who cannot eat the freak crisp cucumber they w ill enjoy then when cooked. C ucum ber Piquant. Pare large but not over-ripe cucum bers nnd slice In half-inch slices. Salt and pepper them and dip In beaten egg which has been diluted with two tablespoonfuls o f water, then roll In line crumbs nnd fry In deep hot fat until tender and brown. Lay on a serving dish and pour over the follow ing sauce at the last moment: To one cupful thick seasoned tomnto sauce add a teaspoonful o f prepared mus tard, a tablespoonful of lemon Juice and a tablespoonful of grated onion. Su m m e r Squ ash Soup. Two Million Dollar Fire in Brooklyn Handy for Spraying Interior of Hen House. ery three or four weeks, or oftener If it becomes damp or dirty. The quarters should be thoroughly whitewashed at least once a year, late lu summer or early In the fall. The whitewash can be made by slaking lime in boiling water and then thin A Are that started In the W. A. Starr lumber yards at Twenty-seventh street and Third avenue, Hrooklyn, swept ning to the proper consistency for ap the entire block, burning up eleven dwellings, several warehouses, u factory, nnd the lumber yard. Five alarms plying. The addition o f four ounces were turned In, and the firemen front nil purts of Brooklyn responded. It was only after a hard battle that the flames of carbolic acid to each gallon of were kept front spreading to near-by shipyards. Volunteers Joined the firemen In lighting the blaze. The loss Is es whitewash w ill increase its disinfect ing power. The runs should be plow timated at more than two million dollars. ed occasionally In order to bury the accumulated droppings and also to turn up fresh soil. “ C H E R O K E E B IL L ” Tiger of France Is Honored KILL ° a in t DEVITALIZING INSECTS R o o sts W ith Kerosene O il Get R id of M ites— U se Blue O in tm en t fo r Lice. to a AU silent she steals In among un quiet, dreamy August, following close on the footsteps of daisy-crowned July. The poppy blazes In the sunshine, the grain- fields sre ripening Into golden eplendor. and the butterflies and bummlng-blr€s seem to have gathered the gorgeousneas of Nature's loveliest hues and Impris oned them wlthtn their folded wings. Cut three or four squash into small pieces, mince two onions, add to the squash with two tablespoonfuls o f fat, cook until the fat is absorbed. Add a tablespoonful o f flour, two stalks of minced celery, two sprigs o f pnrsley, two cloves, two strips o f green pepper and enough water to cover. Simmer until all are tender, adding a teaspoon ful o f salt during the last cooking Rub all through a sieve, add milk, de pending upon the size o f the squnshes. thicken with two tablespoonfuls each of blitter and flour. Cook ten min utes, season highly, adding cayenne, a little ginger and sugar. Just before serving beat well with an egg beater. Serve with a spoonful o f whipped eream on each serving. Where the flag poles of Canada and Alaska meet, showing the L'nlted States custom house, mude necessary to enforce the prohibition luws, and to prevent the smuggling of anything over 2.75 per cent. Doesn’ t hurt a bit and Freezone costs only few cents. any hard corn, soft corn, or corn be tween the toes, and the hard skin calluses from bottom o f feoL A tiny bottle o f "Freezon e” ooats little at any drug store; apply a few drops upon the corn or callus. In stantly it stops hurting, then shortly you lift that bothersome corn or callua right off, root and all, without one bit of pain or soreness. Tru ly! N o hum bug! D a n g e ro u s A la r m W hat 9~ ~ = o CULLING POOR LAYERS W '- Newspaper Union. 'T'hcroke« Hill," an lndlnu-ncgro, who la reputed to ho worth $80,000, A monument to tho beloved tiger of France, former Premier Clemenceau nini haa boon twice llsft>«l In tho rooavia will be unveiled nt Vendee, the “ home town" of the grout patriot. It Is the iih tho oldest Hum In America, has Just work o f 81 card, noted sculptor, nnd shows Clemenceau In the trenches sur colob rat oil his Iliad birthday on his rounded by his poilus. Turin In tirami Junction, Colo., accord ing to telegraphic reports. Ho served In tho war of 18111 and later settled down In Colorado, where ho had a Claim. In 1011 at the age of 114. "Itili" announced to tho world that ho was retiring. It wns rumored at tho time that thero was 800 pounds of gold, worth between $75,000 and $80,000, se creted about the shuck he calls home, “Bulldogging” a Steer Cull all hens that show: 1. W ell along In the molt with combs and wattles dried up. 2. A ll that hnve lay hones leas than two fingers apart and smnll capacity. 3. Abdomen and vent dry and puckered. 4. Yellow shank and beak. r>. Apply all the test; don't apply Just a part o f it— do It right. > ---------------- - ■ DRY MASH FEED FOR CHICKS A n im a l Food in Som e Form , P refer a b ly Butterm ilk, Sh ou ld Be K e p t Before Fow ls. A dry mash feed should be kept be fore the chicks continuously— a mash feed containing animal protein In some form, preferably buttermilk, meat scraps or fish scraps. These elements o f animal protein In prepared mash fowls are scientifically dried and do not easily decompose. N E W V IC T O R Y M E D A L GET EGGS FROM TURKEY HENS Increased Production C an Be O btained by Feeding G round Oats, Corn and O ther Cereals. Increase o f egg production In tur key hens can he done the same ns with chickens, by feeding ground oats, ground corn, kailr meal, barley meal, wheat middlings, linseed meal, and sunflower seed, lu equal quantities. This can bs fed dry In hoppers, or mixed with milk or water. MITE IS ENEMY OF CHICKEN Vlew o f the Obverse of the new vic tory medal, designed by James Karl Fraser, and o f which nearly 5,000.000 i will be distributed to soldiers, sailors "Oklahoma Curry" "bulldogging” a steer durlng thè Wtchlta Falla re and marines, nurses and doctors, who nerved In the world war. I'hoto- up. Thls la a favorite etuut auiong cowboya. It consista o f leaplng l gruphed from the original plaster rust tlictr borse and grahblug thè steer by thè homo, wreatliug wlth hliu unti falla. <if clay model,___ \ Insect D oes N o t Bother Other F o w ls to A n y E x te n t— C arried About In E m p ty Crates. Chicken mites do not feed to any great extent upon other hosts when chickens are at hand. They are car ried about chiefly by the Interchange o f poultry and in crates and boxes I d which fowls are shipped. a W om an Can Do. It is not only wicked to swear; but Buttered Beets. it is so needless, and a woman can put Cook beets until tender, remove the all the rage and contempt that any skins and chop. Reheat, adding a little possible circumstances could call for butter, a teaspoonful o f sugar and a into the simple and perfectly moral dash o f vinegar. Serve hot. Olive oil exclamation: O, you !— Ohio State may be used In place o f butter. Journal. S a v o ry Potatoes. Cook potatoes with a beef stew, enough to have some left over fo r fry ing or fo r potato salad. The seasoned potatoes mnke a much nicer salad and if fried with a little butter are a most savory dish. S h a v e W it h C u tic u ra S o ap And double your razor efficiency as well as promote skin purity, skin com fo rt and skin health. No mug, no slimy soap, no germs, no waste, no Irritation even when shaved twice daily. One soap fo r all uses— shaving, bathing and shampooing.— Adv. ( © , 1920, W e stern N ew sp a p er U n ion .) -------- o -------- W h a t M o th e r Forgot. Jirét Folks One day I was overtired and spoke crossly and really without much rea son to my small son. “ There,” he ex claimed, “ I bet you forgot you was a mother that time and thought you was just a child.”— Exchange. By EDGAR A. GUEST T H E O LD DAYS. The protection from mites means simply to paint the roosts about once each week with kerosene oil and the Uce can he killed off for the summer by giving each bird the blue ointment treatment nt the beginning o f hot weather. This has been told many times by poultry-men and probnbly there Is no poultry fact that needs more frequent repetition than the best method o f killing these devitalizing pests. C lo ck. T o prevent oversleeping, and thus risking the loss o f their employment, the mail carriers of Morocco resort to a unique and perilous scheme. Th ey tie a string to one foot, and, as they know how long a yard or two w ill burn, they regulate the length o f the string by the time they have to sleep. They light the string, which burns slowly, and, when the fire comes to their foot, they are painfully remind ed that it is time to arise. O p tim istic T h o u gh t. Rule your temper and temper your Time was that life was partly play and tongue. man could rest a little while, Could find the time along the way to visit with his friends and smile. And he could go on fishing trips and never miss the coin he’d lose. But that was in the days before his w ife wore fifteen-dollar shoes. ASPIRIN Name “Bayer” on Genuine Tim e was the evening brought repose unto the weary soul o f man. He dropped his work at close o f day, untroubled till the next began. And he could play an hour or tw o ; the boosts he loved he could peruse; But that was in the days before his w ife wore fifteen-dollar shoes. Great riches were not needed then, in those glad days of long a g o ; A man could find contentment then with what wns given him to know. And there were Joys on every hand from which his soul could pick and choose; But that was In the days before his w ife wore fifteen-dollar shoes. Ine Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for over twen ty years. Accept only an unbroken "Bayer package” which contains proper directions to relieve Headache, Tooth ache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes of There Is no rest for man today, he’s 12 tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger "B ayer packages.” As forced to serve the gods o f go ld ; pirin Is trade mark Bayer Manufacture He dare not linger by the way, as once Monoacetlcacidester o f Sallcylicacid.— he did In times o f old. Adv. n e must forego his fishing trip and shun all things that may amuse “C o w b o y.” Because the women folks today are The term “ cowboy,” first used dur wearing fifteen-dollar shoes. ing the American revolution, applied (C op yrigh t by E dgar' A Guest.) -------- O-------- to a band of tories who Infested the L ift in g Oneself Aloft. neutral ground of W estchester county, An Interesting scientific problem Is N. Y., stealing cattle from both par Involved In building a steel mast 300 ties and doing other mischief. feet in height. The erection o f high powered, long-distance wireless tele HAVE YOU A SW EETHEART graph stations hns led to many inter or Brother in camp or training for defense! esting experiments In such construc Son I f eo. mall him a package o f Allen’a Foot Ease, tion. T o build such a funst on the the antiaeptic Powder for Tired. Aching. Swol len Feet, and proventa bliaten and aore apota. ground and then raise It to a per- Makes walking easy. Sold everywhere, ¿be. pendleular position would Involve an Immense amount o f work. A common D a ily T h o u g h t plan Is to construct the mast o f a One o f the best methods of render series o f hollow cylinders about twen ing study agreeable is to live with ty feet in length. A steel rod is fast able men, and to suffer all those pangs ened Inside a cylinder from which Is suspended a platform on which the of inferiority which the want o f workmen stand to fasten the cylinders knowledge always inflicts. — Sydney together. When a Joint Is completed Smith. the rod Is raised about twenty feet and the platform pulled upward to the desired height A single mast may consist o f as many as fifty such cylinders. When the last one is put -------- S H A V E S ---------- In position the workmen find them selves swinging some 300 feet In sir.— Boys' Life. Cuticura Soap W ithout M ug CMtteim Soap ia the favorite fo r safety rm errehavr^ Jap En glish . Japanese laundry circular: “ Contra ry to the opposite company, we must cleanly and carefully wash our eus tomers with possible cheap prices, as fo llow s: Ladles 2 dots per hundred; gentlemen 1H dolt per hundred."— Boston Transcript ! i la tho b im a t most perfectly equlnpe Bualaeas Tral.ilng School In tho North | WWA- Fit yourself for s higher poolUo j with moro mono/. Permanent position assured cur Graduates. W rits f o r catalog—Fourth and TamhU Portland P. N. U. No. 34, 1920
