CornerJ^ ENCOURAGING REFORESTATION
•P bunions
By H. S. NE WINS, Department of Forestry, Oregon Agricultural College
JUTFIT OF A “MIND READER”
During the fall of 1911 the United
States Forest Service purchased in
Electrician Tells What He Discovered Oregon
and Washington more than
in Repairing Communication
10,000 two-bushel sacks of Douglas
With Occult World.
Fir seed cones. The price paid was
average of 75 cents per sack. In
A Hindu mind reader found his out- an
some
the cones were pur
It In bad shape one day and was chased localities
for
50
cents
per sack while in
Jbliged to enlist the service of a tele other places the price
ranged as high
phone man to again place him on as $1, this being dependent upon local
■speaking terms” with the occult conditions, as much as upon abund
vorld. What the electrician found, ance and quality of the seed and the
lays a contemporary, was as follows: degree of competition with private
On the floor of the room where the collectors in making the purchase.
jonflding victim handed over the The cones were accepted at the near
‘necessary" in order to know the fu est railway point and shipped in carload
ture was an ordinary-looking rug To quantities to the government drying
the under side of the rug eighteen plant at Wyeth, Oregon. Here they
turns of copper wire in the form of a were properly stored, later placed in
?oil were carefully sewed, the two trays and subjected to a temperature
ends passing through the wall at the of 120 to 140 degress F., until the
floor and into the next room. Here cones opened and the seed fell out
i few dry cells and a telephone trans through the screened bottoms of the
mitter were connected with the cir- trays to canvas sheets below. The
:uit.
seeds were not subjected to a higher
The Hindu professor could never temperature than that necessary to
“concentrate his mind" without wear open the cones and as soon as freed
ing his turban, for concealed in this from the cone they were removed from
was an ordinary telephone head set the drying room, because a tempera
from which wires ran down in his ture of 140 degrees or more, if con
clothing and connected with a coil of tinued for any length of time, would
wire about the professor’s waist and reduce the vitality of the seed. The
held up by his suspenders.
work at the seed drying plant was
After money matters had been at continued until April 1, 1912, and
tended to the victim, in most cases a while in operation the plant required
woman, was asked to write her name, night and day shifts. The seed thus
age and questions she desired to have extracted is now being used to refor
answered upon a slip of paper, which est desolate and barren areas of the
government land which are valuable
only for the support of forests. The
reforestation is done in general by
two methods, either “direct seeding,”
or that of “planting.” Direct seed
ing is cheaper than the planting meth
od and with Douglas Fir produces
good results. The seed is sown either
in the fall or early spring, and some
times in the winter where the snow
conditions will permit. When sown
on the snow the seed are attractive to
birds and consequently this method is
only used to advantage upon soft or
melting snow where the seed may
quickly settle below the surface and
seem to disappear. The seed is oc
casionally sown in seed spots by which
method the ground is prepared in spots
Secured the Bag.
and the seed is sown and covered,
she deposited in a velvet bag on a much as in the seeding of corn.
near-by table, without having it read
This practice economizes on the
or touched by the Hindu.
amount of seed per acre, but the re
An assistant, who always managed sults show that for the direct seeding
to be busy near-by, secured the bag of Douglas Fir the method of distrib
retired to the next room and repeated uting the seed broadcast is preferable.
the name, age, questions, etc., into the
“Planting” infers the setting out
telephone transmitter and the profes of stock which has been developed in
sor, pacing about upon the rug, re the tree nursery.
Naturally it is
celved the information by induction mo»e expensive than the method of
and soon had his victim’s confidence “direct seeding, ” because of the add
to such an extent that any answers ed cost of germinating the seed in the
were satisfactory. The break with the nursery and the subsequent trans
occult world was due to a poor joint planting.
Nursery stock is about
ready to be planted when three years
In the wiring.
old, although some two-year-old seed
lings are planted to advantage. The
Justified by Size.
“
planting” method gives more certain
Two little girls had been invited tc results
than that of “direct seeding.”
take tea at the home of a third, and The federal
government is at present
their mother had told them If cookies carrying on extensive
opera
were served they should take but ons tions in Oregon. It is planting
expected
each. Sure enough, a plate of Hnj the planting of 1000 acres will that
be
fancy cakes was passed at the table completed this spring on the Siuslaw
Nettie, the older girl, looked at th<
forest. On the Oregon Na
diminutive "baby cakes" for a moment National
tional
forest
large area in Tp. 3 S.,
and then took two, whispering as she R. 6 E., has a recently
been planted.
did so to her little sister of four The area has been burned
over several
“You may take two, Clara. I'm surf times, the latest burn being
two years
mamma had no idea they would be sc ago. From 600 to 700 seedlings
were
small.”
planted per acre and the total cost
averaged $5 to $6 per acre.
Not Satisfied.
However, the government work of
Harry, aged five, was taking hit reforestation
is by no means restricted
first ride on the cars, and was curiom to the Coast states.
During the fall
to know the meaning of certain sign of 1911 there was collected
at Fraser,
posts along the track. “Papa,” hf Col., on the Arapaho National
asked, "what does W and R mean?” 2833 bushels of lodge pole pine Forest,
coner
"It means for the engineer to rinj at an average cost of 40 cents
per
and whistle.” was the reply.
bushel
delivered
at
the
mill.
These
"Well,” said the little traveler,
were treated in the mill in much
can see that W stands for wring, bm cones
the
same
as those of Douglas
I can't see how R stands for whistle.’ Fir were manner
treated in the plant at
Wyeth, Oregon. However, the plant
•
What Mamma Would Do.
at Fraser, Col., is small and suited
"Mamma, what would you do if that only to the local demands of an indi
nig vase in the parlor should get vidual forest rather than large and
broken?" said Tommy. “I should spank on an extensive scale. At this small
whoever did it,” said Mrs. Bangs, eaz plant 2439 bushels of clean seed were
ing severely at her little son. “Well extracted. Each bushel of cones aver
then, you'd better begin to get uj aged 3.32 pounds of seed. The cones
vour muscle.” said Tommy, gleefully were found to average 29.4 individual
“coz papa's broken it"—Harper's Ba seeds. The cost per pound of clean
zar.
seed totaled $1.99. This figure in
cludes labor, collecting, freight,
Feed for Cows.
equipment and supplies. The seed is
"Grandpa." said the small boy from being used to reforest certain areas of
the city, pointing to a wayside plant the Arapaho National Forest.
"what Is that?”
The officers on the forest expect to
"That's a milkweed,” was the reply collect as much as 3000 bushels of
"Oh, I know.” exclaimed the lift!« | cones during the fall of 1912, and they
fellow, "that's what you feed the cowi predict that during a favorable season
so they will give milk.”
a maximum of not to exceed 5000
bushels can be reached. They also
Wasp Was Too Heavy.
predict that the cost can be reduced
Small Dorothy had just been stunj from $1.99 to $1.75 per pound.
by a wasp. ”1 wouldn’t 'a' minded iti
Halsey, Neb., is also a center for
walking all over my band,” she said activities in reforestation. The prob
between sobs, "If—If it hadn t aa lem here is not one of re-establirtiing
down so bard."
growth upon desolate and barren
mountain burns, but is rather to re
Strictly Obedient.
forest the non-productive sand hills of
Teacher— ny would not Job cure« the state. Yellow pine is the tree
bls maker and die?"
Tommy—"Be best adapted to such conditions and it
cause his wile told him to.”
is us«d extensively. The planting sea
son this year opened at Halsey, Neb.,
two weeks later than usual, due to the
hard winter which preceded. During
the month of April 15(J acres were
planted in the sand hills and one mil
lion seedlings were transplanted at the
nursery.
In connection with this
work certain interesting experiments
were carried on. A forest officer with
crews of from three to seven men in
stalled silvical plots in the hills, using
various species, and ages of stock
which had been subjected to certain
treatments in the nurseries, such as
shading, watering, acid treatment to
prevent blight, or different species
were tried on different sites. The
greatest care was taken with each
plot, the trees being spaced exactly
4 feet by 4 feet, 2 feet by 2 feet, etc.,
and planted by the cone method. This
is a German method; a hole is dug one
foot square and one foot deep, a
mound of earth shaped like a cone is
formed at the bottom of the hole, and
the roots of the plant are then care
fully arranged over this mound so
that they occupy their natural position
in the ground. Then the ground is
packed very firmly around the roots.
A planter can plant only about 200
trees per day by this method, so that
it is not used in all silvical experi
ments. Also transplanting and seed
sowing is experimented with under
different silvical conditions.
The movement toward reforestation
is universal. The several states which
have efficient boards of forestry are
planting up denuded and exploited
state lands, and the large tree seed
and nursery companies are each year
making extensive collections of fresh
seed with which to supply their cus
tomers.
The following is a table showing the
average quantity of seed per bushel of
cones of the most important Western
species:
Douglas Fir, 1.25 pounds; Western
Yellow Pine, 1.50; Engleman Spruce,
.80; Sugar Pine, 1.60; Western
Birch, .50; Sitka Spruce, 1.25; West
ern White Pine, 1.00; Western Red
Cedar, .75; Lodgepole Pine, .25.
The collecting season for the seeds
of the above species comes at a time
when such industries as hop picking
and harvesting call most men into the
fields, but when the market is good
the man who turns his attention to
ward collecting Douglas Fir cones will
earn high wages.
A certain co-operative company in
Iowa is typical of many similar cases.
Besides buying 400,000 bushels of
grain, this organization has in a year
sold to the farmers 100,000 pounds of
oil meal, 40,000 pounds of barbed
wire and nails, 44,000 pounds binder
twine, 2500 tons coal, 2400 sacks flour,
1500 sacks salt, 400,000 feet lumber
and 1000 grain sacks, besides handling
$17,000 worth of clothing, shoes and
miscellaneous merchandise.
Yet in
this town also competitive dealers in
all these commodities are still doing
business and unquestionably are mak
ing a reasonable profit.—Farm and
Home.
FASHION HINTS
SHOES
W. L. Douglas makes and sells more
$3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 shoes than
any other manufacturer in the world
•2.50 *3.00 <3.50 <4.00 <4.50**5.00
FOR MEN, WOMEN ANO BOYS
W.L. Douglas $3.00 A $3.00 shoes are worn by millions
of men, because they are the best iu the world for the price
W. L. Douglas $4.00. M.5O& $5.00 shoes equal Custom
Uench Work costing $0.00 to $8.00
Why does W. L. Douglas make and sell more $3.00, $3.50
and $4.00 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world ?
BECAUSE : he stamps his name and price on the bottom and
guarantees the value, which protects the wearer against high
prices and inferior shoes of other makes. BECAUSE : they
are the most economical and satisfactory ; you can save money
by wearing W. L. Douglas shoes. BECAUSE: they have no
equal for style, fit and wear. DON'T TAKE A SUBSTITUTE FOR W.L
If your dealer cannot supply W. L. Douglas shoes, write W. I.. Douglas. Brockton. Mass., tor catalog.
Shues scut everywhere delivery charges prepaid.
Zwl Coler Eyrlrt» «'wA
A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR.
Willamette Valiev Chautauqua Plana
for Largest Crowd in 18 Years.
“The Chicago Operatic Co.,” Lou
J. Beauchamp,” “Rev. Wm. Spur
geon,” “S. Flatt Jones,” “Mexican
Troubadours,” “Judge F. P. Sadler,”
“Fred Emerson Brooks,” “Lee Emer
son Bassett,” “John Mitchell” are
among the well known names noted on
the program of the Willamette Val'ey
Chautauqua to convene at Gladstone
Park, Oregon City, Or., July 9 to 21,
1912. These are only a few of the
features their booklet tells us about,
and it looks as if the 19th year of the
Chautauqua would be the best yet
Extensive improvemens are being
made in the beautiful Gladstone Park,
the directors eviiently expecting a
record breaking crowd. Even the P.
R. L. & P. Co. has caught the spirit
and is reballasting its branch line
which leads into the park and thereby
facilitate and improve its half hour
car service from Portland and Oiegon
City.______________
A Confession.
"Well,” he said, “it is—let
—three years since we met
he ocean, isn't it? Are y u
yet?” "No,” she sweetly
“again.’
*
me ree?
crossing
married
replied,
Be thrifty on little things like bhiin». Don’t ne«
cept water for bluing. Ask for Rid Clvaa D.-J
Blue, the extra »<>«»<1 value blue.
Ready.
The Rev. Mr. Gude—“Isn't thorn
some one here who will hclo us keep
up interest in the church?’ Deacon
Tightwad (suddenly awakening—“1 for
one am prepared to raise the rates
to eight per cent, on chattel mort
gages if the other money lenders in
the congregation will co-operate.’
Automobile Eye Insurance needed utter
Exposure to Sun. Winds end Dust. Murine Lye
Remedy freely applied Affords Reliable Reh-'f.
No Smarting—Just Ey« Comfort- Try Murine.
Br’er Fox Again.
"A fox which was hard pressed by
the Essex Union Hounds entered a
house in High street, BUlericay, and
bolted upstairs into a bedroom. When
found,” says Punch, “he pretended to
be a wolf rehears!..g ‘Red Riding
Hood’ for a cinematograph show, but
his tale wo-
' ‘ ”
'Foriland. Oregon
/
„
Resident and Day ¿chocI for Oirls
charge of Staterà of 8t. John Baptist (Episcopal?
C«li•fiats, Academic and Elementary Drpirta»oU,
Msaie, Art, Flotation. Gymnasium.
For eatalotf addn^x THE SISTER SUPERIOR
Office3C. St. Helens Hall
A Tonic, Alterative and Resolvent. The
best remedy for Kidneys, Elver and Bowels.
Eradicates Pimples, Eruptions ami Disorders
of the Skin. Purities the Blood ami gives
Tune, Strcu, th ami Vigor to the entire system.
Advocates Leaves of Soap.
A chemical friend,of the Scientlflo
American suggests that a campaign be
started against the common cake of
soap. About 50 years ago there was
sold a form of soap r trave’ers, con-
slsilug of a booklet, about two inchea
by four inches, in which small leaven
of soap paper saturated with soap
were bound. Each leaf contained
enough soap for one washing of the
hayds. It is suggested that one might
profitably dispense, through a penny-
In-the-slot machine, a paper towel In
which is folded a sheet of soap paper,
for convenient use iu, public laviv
tories.
Bod C tors Ball Blue rive ■ double value for your
money, goes twice us fur us any other. Ask j out
grocer.
S'w Nothing of Value In Perris.
When tlie army of Gtierlus sacked
the camp of the routed Persians a bag
of shining leather ti led with pearls
fell in:o the hands of a p.ivatd sol-
flier, but the laittr, , while carefully
preserving the big, threw away its
content« under th« impression that
anything that could not be used for
useful purposes had no
i other value
Whcn Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy. No Smarting—Feel«
Uno—Acta Quickly. Try it for Red, Wt-nk,
Watery Eye® and Granulated Eyelid*. lllu»*-
trat«*<l Book in each Package.
Murine is
compounded by our OnillMt* nut a “Patent MoA*
Irino“ — but used In successful Physicians* Pmo
the for in any years. Now dudiculud to the rub-
lic. find Rohl by DruyglM w nt 26c and 60c per Bottles
Murine Kyo Salve In Aseptic Tubes, a.a and 60o
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Learn Him Something.
"Poets are born and not made,” said
Mother« will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing the young man with the pale, interest
Syrup the best remedy to use fur thcll tUUdrea ing face and the long hair. “Are they?”
luring the teetblug jieriod.
replied his wife. "Well. I'll show you
that they are made sometimes. I’ll
Hard Luck Feared.
make you watch the baby while I go
"You should lay aside something fa, shopping this morning or you shall
a rainy day.” “And have the rooi never have another dollar that my
leak and spoil it.”
father sends to me”
To Brea* In New Shoes.
Always «hake hi Allen'r Foot Eaxe, r powder,
(t cun - hot, sweating, aching, swollen feet.
urea cone, ingrowing nail, and bnnIona. At
»11 <lniggl»ta and shoe aterea, 2 >e. Do nt accept
iny (Qbktitute. Sample mailed FREE. AddreM
Allen 8. Olmsted, I.e Roy. N. Y.
Some Proof.
Hunt Secretary (to Inexperience«,
assistant, who is telling him, after run.
about some poultry claim)—“But how
do jmu know they ever had the fowlsl
Difl they show you the corpses?” As
■istant—"No. not exactly; but It’s all
right, don’t you know, they showed
me the emntv »ww« »—Punch.
Mexican
'./• J
.
' » 'N
Mustang -
Liniment
FOR RHEUMATISM.
Mrs. Olive Huntington, Norton«, Ore., «ay«:
“T consider ymtr Mrxkufi Muatnng Un
imrnt the best of Hninienta. I have
it f«»r different ailment* and it alway»
gave «atiafiH tory rcRuIla. Iti* enjiccially
good in chw * of IndMmmatnry Rhcuma
tiam and all forms of lameness.''
25c. 5Oc. $1 a bottle at Drug & Gen’! Store«
Destroys
Dandruff
If
on your mind to have « pannier
Îown, here i. one timt is very attractive,
t may be «ieveloped iu a'tn<r>t any light
weight mat* rial.
Ayer’s Hair Vigor keeps the
scalp clean and healthy,
destroys all dandruff, and
greatly promotes the growth
of the har. You will cer
tainly be pleased with it as
a dressing for your hair. It
keeps the hair soft and
smooth and promptly checks
any failing of the hair. It
does not color the hair, and
cannot injure the hair or
scalp. Consult your doctor
about these hair problems.
Ask him what he thinks of
Ayer's Hair Vigor.
Mad« */ tha 4 O. ATI* CO . Uvtll, Mete.
Painless Dentistry
I* our pride our hobby—our «tudy for years and
Sow aur ewe«*«, and our* la the •> at palnle«e work
to la» fowad anywh^r»», no matter how much yua
< ompare <»ur
own patron« !u
d«y If df«aired.
•d, C*a**h«tias Iraa.
MolarC rawa • S5.Q9
Q.W
1,0B
Enun.I FJIùif. 1. H 0
8
Filling,
.60
G..4 Rubb.r
_ - _
ri.t.i
B.i' R.d Rubb«r _ _ _
pi.'..
7.50
5.03
h ion r».«’wB««T MKVMOOB
All worh fullr guarnntWHi tnr f.ftwn jraiw.
Wise Dental Co., me.
Painless Dentists
FWI'r.g BulMIng, I Mid 1M WMhlrtfM PORTIANO, 0*
OmM«.w.i I1M. telEM «u4*>u«b.X
». M. U.
N« 25—’»«.