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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1920)
BEET PULLER IS LATE INVENTION «M W MAE MURRAY ssssesssssssssssssisssi (Copyright-) Stolid, pink-eyed, flaxen-haired John Hansen, crew o f the Mary H., had gone below to look fo r the skipper's pocket-knife. The skipper himself had stepped from the sloppy fishing-sloop to the ad joining wharf, while the lowered gaff on which he had been working lay In a disorder of canvas on the deck. H e walked along the wharf to the schooner In the next berth, and asked a man sitting In the shadow o f the forecastle fo r a bit o f spun yarn. "M y fore speak’s gl’n out on me,” he explained. The man on the schooner dropped his newspaper, stood up, sput over the rail, and remarked that It was Sun day. From the flshlng-sloop, the crew, John Hansen, now resting on his el bows half out of the cabin, grinned under his thin, com-sllk mustache. The man on the schooner dropped belowf to look In his stores, and the skipper waited, puffing on hts pipe. The man on the schooner came on deck again, shaking Ills head, and tossed the skipper a handful of tun- gled cord. "They got no spun yarn, John,” hailed the skipper. “ W ill marline do?" "E e— y a h !" returned John. "Thank ye,” grunted the skipper to the schooner's man. "Sorry ye ain’t got nny spun yarn.” "A ll right,” mumbled the other, re suming n colored supplement where he hod left off. The skipper returned to his sloop. John Hansen did the repairing, and the skipper assisted. Before long the Iron was rewound, the ropes strength ened, and the halyards rebent. “ Now,” said the skipper, “ ye can go nshore. We'll sail airly In the mornin’ so ye better sleep aboard. Ye goln’ up to see Christina this after noon ?" John grinned. “ Ee-—yah,” lie drawled. “ I tank I go see her.” "She’s a mighty stanch gal, Chris tian,” admired the skipper, "You nn’ she goln' ter git spliced soon?” The crew blushed. " I ain’t asked her yet, but I tank Toweling, Crash, Awning, Hammock Material and Denims Are Now Fashioned Into Dresses. INJURY »VOIDED BY WHEELS “ Fannie” — he spoke steadily— "you nil' me ban promised four years ago. When T came In from that trip an’ found you gone to New Y’ ork I didn’t follow.” « Fannie wns gazing nt him from un der half-shut eyelids, but made no re ply. John Hansen continued: "Y ear ago I know better, but I ’ll stow that now. I ban older than you, nnd I tank my place to stand between you nn’ the wind. Now I ban goin’ to pay.” "Y'ou mean,” she whispered*-",vnu mean—you’ll marry me now—after— In spite of everything?" He nodded silently, nnd for n few moments she gazed Into his eyes. "John Ilnnsen I" sho ejaculated Anally. "Y'ou’re a fool I You’re as Idg a baby ns you were four years ago I You need some one to take care of you. i'll marry you !" As he opened his mouth she cut off his words with a wave o f her hand. " I ’ll marry you, yes, on one condl- tlon. That Is, that you’re not In love with nny other girl. Are you?” she snapped. ” 1— 1---- ” hegnn the bewildered John. "You are! Then, John Ilnnsen, you can have her. I don’t love yon. I don’t want you or any other man. Yon were sent to me, an’ you’ve brought me home nu’ given me hnok this.” She waved her hand toward the town and the sen. "You’ve given me hack this. I’ll give you hack your girl. Now go to her.” Power of Sentiment. Without sentiment we shall reform In vain. We shall start to pile up a crass, utilitarian building, that makes no appeal to the soul o f man. We stall miss Immeasurably the finer side o f reconstruction. Blockheads deride sentiment They want something tangi ble. they tell you. They «a n t the "stu ff"— none o f your poetry and nam by-pamby nonsense." But blockheads miss the fact that sentiment ought to play a mighty part In the reconstruc tion of the country; we ought to have It In full measure, brimming over— pro’ Med It be o f the right kind.— Ex change. That Didn’ t Suit Her. Either. The Bride—Oh, Dick, you shouldn’t kiss me before all those girls. The Groom— I ’m glad my little w ife Is so unselfish, and Just to please yon I'll kiss all those gtrla first. — Boston Transcript This charming little “ movie” star has been featured in à number of large productions. She it a native of Nor folk, Va. She went on the stage at the age of fifteen. Her success as a dancer resulted in her being starred, follow ing which she entered the motion pic ture field. -------- O-------- Beauty Chats By EDNA KENT FORBES SLENDER LINES W OM AN who lived on a farm who claims that her diet is neces sarily limited to farm products, wrote me recently, asking how she might re duce. The things which I particular ly stated were to be avoided, were things she said formed the chief dishes on the table. Fork, potatoes, wheat bread, butter, milk, eggs— all fatten ing, but all raised on the farm. Now, of course, the woman who lives near some large market can pick and choose from a great variety for her table. But the farm woman can follow the reduction diet more easily than she thinks. She can cut out the milk and cream atid butter from her diet, she need not eat pork products, and she can stop eating the rich home- baked cakes and pastries. This means A ’ » I v FIGURING CAPACITY OF SILO In Estimating Diameter and Height Allow Each Cow Four to Five Square Feet of Surface. I f your cows are fed 40 pounds sil age daily for six months they will need nearly 7,500 pounds or n silo capacity of four tons each. In esti mating diameter and height, allow each cow four to five square feet of feed ing surface In the silo. Ten cows would require a feeding surface of 50 feet. A silo eight feet in diameter would have a cross section or feeding surface o f 50 square feet. For ten cows therefore, n silo should he eight feet In diameter. Fifteen cows should have a silo 10 feet in diameter (if 20 feet high It has a capacity of 2(5 tons and If 32 feet high, 51 tons) ; 20 cows should have a silo 12 feet in diameter. Forty cows will need a silo 10 or 18 feet In diameter and about 80 feet high. TREATMENT OF ARMY WORMS Pests Can Be Kept Out of Field by Plowing Up a Furrow in Front of Them. A fter army worms once get into a field there Is nothing practical which can be done to stop them. They can he kept out of a field, however, by plowing a deep furrow In front of them. Plow a furrqw about eight Inches deep and square up one side o f the furrow with a spade. Every ten or fifteen feet In the furrow dig a shallow posthole. As fast as the army worms accumulate In the fu rrow j and especially In the postholes, sprinkle them with kerosene. Army worms move fast and It Is necessary to ap ply this treatment promptly or they will have moved into the threatened field and there Is nothing whatever which can be done. I f the trench treatment is applied promptly It proves very satisfactory. GRAIN FOR EWES AND LAMBS Unless Animals Are Being Condi tioned for Market Pasture and Forage Are Sufficient I f the ewes nnd lambs have good pasture and forage crops it will sel dom pay to feed any grain feed, unless the lambs are being conditioned for the summer market. Pumpkins plant ed In the corn field make an ideal sup plement for the fall pastures. STRONG FOR HIPS Midsummer Fashion Makers Cite Styles Now in Favor. Machine Designed by Californian for Doing This Hard and Expensive Task. ««««««««* “ That’s right," approved the skip- per. “ Don’t ask her till ye’re sure, right an’ tight.” "Ke-yiih,” corrected John. “ I tank one ting can break It. Suppose the girl go awny?” “ What d'ye mean?” " I tank I got promised to mnrry n girl once myself. 1 went on a fishing trip, and when I come buck the girl bnn gone away." “ A gal at home?” "No, a girl named Fannie, here, when 1 first came to Ilurdyport. She went «w ay. I tank 1 ain’t promised to her longer, eh?" The skipper thought rapidly. For two years John Hansen bad served ns lope bnnd on the shore fishing-boat. Working on shares, bis portion o f the proceeds bail given him a good bal ance In the savings bank up-town, but the (tklpper knew that the balance should have been many dollars more. John linil trusted the skipper's arithmetic and without question taken what was given him each settling day. A watchful wife would end this, lie would encourage anything that might delay this marriage. “ Yu snrtnin got ter mnrry Fannie If ye said ye would," be began. John looked perplexed. "1 don’t tank so,” he considered slowly. "She ban gone to New York her cousins they told me. Wlmt make It she don't write me n letter If she want me?" "Oh. ye never can tell about wom en folks,” generalized the skipper easily. "She may be breakln' her lit tle heart waitin’, fur ull ye know." With troubled face, John washed Ids hands nnd face and changed his clothes in the cabin. Then, going on deck, he combed his hair before a fragit cut of mirror stuck In a must- hoop "1 tank," he announced Dually, " I go up an’ see the parson at the Bethel 1 got to be honest, an’ If I bnn fool to get promised to little Fannie long time before I saw Christina, maybe I hnvs to pay for It. Only I hope," he added brokenly— "I hope Christina she don't care— much I" "T h at’s right." approved the skip per. That afternoon, when the meeting at the Fishermen’s Bethel was over, John Hansen did go to the parson, nnd the parson, having untangled from John’s broken English what seemed to be n straight version of the story, did tell the tall, Ilght-huIrcO flsherman to wait. Jol n did not go to see Christina that evening. Instead, he mnde his wny hack to the v liarf. “ I tank I don’t fish nny more," he announced to the astonished skipper. “ Why not?” was the demand, t “ I tank I go to And Fannie. “ But, ye tow-headed sculpin’ ye can’t find her In New York!” D oef to expostulation. John stead ily packed his dunnage hag, w hile the skipper swore the oaths o f a man who bad overreached himself. II Three evenings John Hansen spent under the glare o f the electric lights In Coney Island's Bowery before he found her. He recognized Fannie In spite of the bleaching of her hair, the rouge on her cheeks, and the exaggerated outlines o f her silk clothes. Troubled, he followed her down a dimly lighted street Into a cheap wooden building with a bar In the front room. Bussing through this apartment, they sat down at a small table In an alcove beyond. “ Well,” she ejaculated Anally, “ bow’s old Hurdyport? What brought you down here, John?" "T came to bring you back,” he an swered soberly. "Quit yer kidding,” slie broke out angrily. “ You don’t like this place. I don’ As Beet It Pulled From Ground Knives on Each Side Cut Off Tops of tank It very good place. You come Leaves— Easy to Harvest home to Hardyport.” Profitable Crop. “ L o rd !” she cried. "Don't I want to? Ain’t I tired nnd sick of tills hole? Wouldn't I swap this cologne Pulling sugar beets Is one o f the an' musk fo r a whiff o’ the wild roses big Jobs which confront the grower an’ the barberry? Don't I want to see o f this very profitable crop. It Is a lot the sun set behind the West Parish o f work, and work that takes time and bills and the water all red at high energy nt least, and often costs money tide across the marshes? Ain’t I as well. A man in the beet fields of choked for n breath o f air from the California has designed a machine real ocean, for a gust of the east which he thinks Is a wonder for doing wind, all sharp nnd salt? this hard and expensive task. Instead " I can't go, John. I can't g o !” of using Inclined roils, on the principle “ I tank you can go,” he persisted o f the gathering points o f a corn bind placidly. “ What make It you can’t?" er, for pulling the beets, this man uses “ I owe money here, to the boss. Y'ou padded wheels fo r this purpose. don’t understand about It. He wouldn’t Cross Sectional View. let me go If I tried." The upright V-shaped portion o f the "H ow much money?” Inquired John. accompanying Illustration Is a cross “ A lot. It’s Dearly a hundred dol sectional view through the padded lars now.” wheel pullers. The axles o f these John Hunsen took from his pocket wheeled pullers extend down to the n slim roil of bills, divided It, nnd Inner hubs o f the main driving wheels harmed her the larger part. As If o f the machine, nnd are here driven dazed, the girl look the money and or revolved by these main wheels. slipped It Into her dress. Grouters or diggers go along ahead “ You be at the big station In Neiy o f tUe pulling wheels, on each side York for train nt ten (¿'clock tomor of the Pew or beets, nnd loosen the row mornln’,” John said rising. ground around them so that they will When the next afternoon boat from be easier to pull when the pulling Boston had made fast at her Hardy wheels o f the machine engage them. port wharf John Hansen and Fannie From the drawing It will he noticed crossed the gangplank together and that the pulling wheels are set so the lower portions are much closer to walked slowly up Harbor street. "You don't know how good It seems gether than are the upper portions. to get hack,” murmured the girl. As the machine p isses forward over "Speed up, Beau,” she babbled, "I'm the beets In n row, these pulling that empty I could get away with a raw selling-plater. Let's chase our selves to n Joint where we can feed our faces.” They ate supper nt a little restau rant nnd then wandered out over the avenue that skirts the harbor. The two stood leaning on the bridge- rail, Fannie watching the bathers nnd the slow flash o i the revolving lamp In the lighthouse tower on the Point, hut John with his eyes on the girl. Once more he dully studied the Beet Topper and Puller. showy dress, the too abundant frizzed nnd curled yellow hair, the powder- wheels are rotated backward nnd up blotched cheeks, the hard lips, and the ward, and in so rotating they lift beets bold, brilliant e.ies. out of the ground. Then he thought o f Christina, nnd Cuts Off Leaves. his heart rose slowly in protest. So located between the pulling This alnted, young-old, made-up wheels that they pass Just over the creature— what had she In common top of the beet are two knives, one with him? W hy should he give up for on each side. Thus, ns the machine her the clear-eyed, clean-skinned girl Is drawn forward and the beet is lift he wanted— the only girl he wanted nn the shores of the seven seas? ed up, these knives cut off the top or leaves o f the beet; thus it Is pulled Wlmt claim had this brnss-tongued afltl topped nt one nnd the snme time woman upon him? h.v the one machine these being two “ Aye,” he added aloud. "But I ban separate operations In the ordinary fool and I have to pay." band method of hni vesting beets. “ What say?” querlisl Fan. Gotham midsummer fashion makers declare fo r hips, says a . New York fashion writer. Manufacturers and retailers both say that the hips are now In popular favor all because Puree got angry about that paradise finned hat that was thrown Into the boudoir of France’s ludy of the land and Just as promptly bounced out again, while the Parisian milliners handed over the fourteen points that made It a hat thrown into the big ring of International fuslilon squabbling. They say that Itue was angry once too often and that American women will not buy the toothpick or chemise dresses thut Paris launched io r the new season. W hatever the cause may be, hips Is hips, as FIf11 avenue windows all too well display. ~ ’Tis the fashion season of the bouffant, the billowy, the exag gerated, the puffed and pouched. Nat urally, this craze fo r a distended skirt has launched cnrlonds o f coorse stiff fabrics upon the cloth market. Bath room toweling, crash, awning, ham- i mock material and denims are In full bloom as fashioned Into dresses of every ty'fifi. Although many r,* the midsummer gowns use natura': colored toweling, there Is n tendency to dip these sturdy fabrics into dyes o f every hue and em blazon them with weird, conventional. Intricate patterns, ltegulnr upholster er’s cretonne In .'olor combinations \ that fight or purr are frequent, and j To appear cool and fe e , coo) not even old paisley shawls are found j alway8 pos8ib|e> but the wearer of this made up Into new hustled dresses. | charming frock of white crepe dt A lead! *------ ------- | chine w|th pipir,g8 and sash ot navy ousj shows a street dress fas j of heavy dull blue and i blue grosgrain ribbon achieves this rose cretonne. Although nn occasion- j happy result nl rose can be defined In the maze o f j ' Intricate patterning, the general ef ! the summer’s skirts. Most o f them so fect Is like n dark-fir —ered cotton j distend that they add several feet to foulard. The material is Inset with a j the hip circumference. Over panniers panel of sheer white organdie upon | or hips drapes are wired so that there which are scattered girly-glrly bows of | Is no danger they w ill fall Into »oft French blue metallic ribbon nnd pale lines. T ie r skirts o f ns many ns eight pink rosebuds. A hustle distends the i skirt through the hips, while the rows o f ruffles are running amuck up- i on the avenue, and the top three tiers bodice is snugly Alsatian-laced. O f pouch pockets there is no end on » » " ,to f hn(1el Bn'' cl*nn’ _______________________ ;_______________ ! deller effects. I larlng bottoms of ; skirts have completely supplanted the | old three-Iuch-around model, nnd a | hoydentsh, mnsculit.e stride Is rapidly | killing off mincing footsteps. Lowly ironing board covering Is be- | ing mnde into dresses that .‘arry a i price tag in three figures. This henvl- I est, cheapest kind of crash Is embel- | Ushed with scallops and embroideries in Chinese red or Algerian blue, nnd flnunts wired pouch pockets or side j skirt drapes. Occasionally heavy j strips o f white kid or ordinary liar- j ness leather are stitched Into ninm- moth side pockets for the hip width j effect. Midsummer evening gowns are most j elaborate nnd are ns heavy with vel vet, plush and fur ns nt Christmas time. Many o f these heavy satin or velvet skirts are bustled nnd hand- : painted In gorgeoua eccentric patterns, such ns with a red pitcher plant, a screaming parrot, or a clump of ferns. But “ the lilps— the hips the thing.” PARIS HAIR DRESSING STYLE Ü Confetti Trimming. A French trimming which bids fair to prove popular In known In Paris ns ’ironfetti" trimming. This Is used ; generally on a foundation o f sheer i silk, chiffon or georgette, the latter 1 more frequently seen here. In Paris, | according to recent arrivals front that i market, it Is popular In the many | colors characteristic o f the real con- This is one of the latest in Parisian i fettl, the trimming being fabric, felt coiffures; it is enhanced through the ! or leather, cut up into the tiniest of use of a wreath of silk roses. spots. Black With White on Hats jk._____________________________________________________________ Combination Is Great Favorite and A l ' the same arm. There are colorful ways Affords Bit of Smartness | bracelets o f Imitation Jude or o f am- The stout girl should eat f.sh and That Is Desired. i her with narrow -rands o f imitation oysters and such non-fattening foods. topnz. A pair o f bracelets may vary Women never lire of black and ; a certain self-sncrlflce on her part, for greatly In size, one helng large white. In summer hats this combina- i the fatter the body the greater the ap enough to slip up „n the upper arm, tion Is a great favorite. The all-white petite. But no fat woman will starve, the other small enough to clasp the hat Is rnther dead looking, nnd while a no matter how little she eats, for the wrist. The Parisians are wearing white hat with colored trimming ran; • body Immediately starts feeding it he very pretty there Is a likelihood of smart sets of ivory bracelets handed self from Its own accumulated flesh, its appearing somewhat Insipid unless with narrow strips of elephants’ l.nlr, and reduces Itself while keeping up created by nn artist. A touch of black and to complete them there are little the proper supply o f nourishment. matching finger rings. on a white hat always brings a bit of The farm woman really has many smartness. advantages over the city woman In Straw Trims Taffeta Frocks. White organdie lints, much like the | planning a reduction diet. She can old-fashioned lingerie hat that women i One o f the newest and smartest raise lier own green vegetables, and affected for many summers because It I trimming touches used on taffeta put up many o f them to last out the brought eternal youth, are trimmed frocks consists o f handings o f narrow winter. She Can eat fow l as much with puffy flowers o f organdie. Then straw braid In vividly contrasting as she wants, without adding flesh, color. It Is not a stiff hat braid, hut they are swathed with hlack tulle. and Incurring expense. She can do Equally effective are hats of pale 1 ■omcthlng very soft, nnd It is often without water at meals, since this yellow organdie veiled with brown net. j nDD**e,Y ln odd-shaped motifs ns well adds flesh, she can get about in the Taffeta flowers— big puffy ones of dnrk B* ln l,Bnf'- effect. The tnllored air, and have the real benefits of colors— are sometimes applied to street frock, whether o f taffeta or wool work and exercise. drooping mushroom shapes o f white fabric. Is often shown with n matching (Copyright.) organdie with long, loose stitches o f I cape or mantle, cut short nnd fanciful -------- O-------- hlack and a wispy transparent scarf ly trimmed. What the Sphinx Says. By N E W TO N N E W K IR K . "The loafer looks lazy who too much at the clock is soon looking for another Job.” Details o f the deaths of 361.354 French soldiers are unknown. draped over all. Sometimes white or gandie blossoms are scattered over black horsehair hats. The versatile organdie plays many roles, it Is not unusual to see It ornamenting oilcloth hats in the form o f scarfs or appliqued flowers, and In turn oilcloth may be ap- ptlqued to hat o f organdie. Lace Stockings. For evening wear Paris Is taking to lace stockings, not only because these are new nnd effective, but because silk stockings are extremely high priced, and very difficult to procure in colors ns wanted. Paris Bracelets. May Take Place of Sweater. The vogue for the very short sleeve ! The wool jersey cloth Mouse Is very ,u d the transparent sleeve has brought | practical and smart and may take In the bracelet with a rush. Nor does the place o f a sweater. Y am eni- mllady always content herself with broidery and deep yam fringe are one bracelet. She often wears several l popular decorative touches.