have no
agent work »tar ted. The a g ric u ltu ra l: D on 't tie a miser. Hbroude
council assisted the county agent in IKX’keta.
la u n c h in g s campaign fo r more silos
TIm. Un, ted
|W)0W> „ un.
Thu readiTM w ill rc m .'ijib e r that* a and th is year 116 were b u ilt, and it is tay'schools,
yodr ngo at a ta x p ^ o rs * iniso ting th« safe to say th a t a t least a hundred o f
T*si often we mistake companions
a pp ro priatio n wrta voted out
Feullng | , bem werP ,)U„ t „ „ rM U ,t o t h i, llgi
fo r friends.
th a t th a t ih < l«lon wim retch.«! through , tation
JUSr IO RfMINI) YOU
FARMERS
a niH un'h r»1 .unllug and Unit ioug*ir j
us rii a regard tho d ire ct ben* fit* T he first electric
I n t e r e s t e d in f o r m in g a F e d e r a l L o a n
locomotive dates
t i i i i i i v i.;.i iH'i iIid to ro iiv lri'
t h e la x
of the «Hug.- hi increased production o f s fa r hack as 1851.
A s s o c ia t i o n h e r e a p p ly a t o u r o ffic e
in.yiTH that
expense w n . jM tlfle d . m itk ari(1 t ,„•!■.]fore b u tte r, cheese anti
It* Is easier to be good than great—
ir inula o f the work flnanced It liy a ti.i- o f akim m ilk which means more hogs
there Is less ol*|M*sltIon.
Mi-rift ion. I hua wua tho w ork tided . Hn(|
and le t u*t only figure the in-
over to r a year fo r the purp*»*e o f hold- d ire ct benefits from tie tte r fa rm in g due
'Die lel'M'it.v o f sound Increases w ith
mg th ing s together u n til un approp to the g ro w in g o f silage corn. I t w ill the rise o f temperature.
WAREHOUSE COMPANY
ria tio n could ho made. By thus tin- take between 7 and 8 acres o f corn to
Ho|>e
fo
r
the
best,
prepare
fo
r
the
, n o tin g tho work themselves, the farm - fill a silo o f average size in th is county.
worst and take what comes.
«SB ami business men o f Y a m h ill coun The largest silo in the county requires
ty erected u m onum ent to tiiem ae lvrs 6,i acres and the tw o next in aize re
When pride tu n ic a man's head be
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or w hich they w ill u lw a y t < oiumund q u lr,. th ir ty acres each. This corn Is sure to look the wrong way.
rospei't.
g io iin d is sown to wheat and i t iauaual-
in point o f geographical elevation
Bnt • u hscriptlon financing puts the ly easier to grow 30 bushels o f wheat M adrid is Hie highest city in Europe.
burden on a com parative few
and fo llo w in g corn than 20 bushels follow -
An Up-to-ddte Garage for Up-to-lhe-minute People
T w o th in ls o f tin- Inhabitants o f New
M|it<e the county agent tackles prob- * ’ ’’K ’ I” ' aiubbb , or an increase o f 10
South Wales I »clung to the Church of
1«» . th a t are county wide th is method bush* Is per acre
On the 700 or W-0 England.*
Z s u n fa ir.
W h ile ws appreciate to w re a required to g ro w corn fo r the
*
H istory spends h a lf Its tim e repeating
P A R R IS H B R O S . M A C H IN IS T S
the fu lle s t extent the lo y n lti and sup- ados I he increase w ill be 7<Mh) to 6000
bushel». Four and a h a lf bushels make ’’ self m id th e o th e r h a lf in getting it-
t«or) of thoae whose names are on the
Our repair department is complete and -our work is
a barrel o f Hour and here we have an S4*lf revised.
ro ll o f honor th a t ke pt the w ork going
I increase o f from i5(XI Io iKMXr barrels of
guaranteed. We make a specialty of Auto Springs.
Mica Is produced com m ercially in
<lurlng the c u rre n t year, we would not
flo ur to belt» lig h t the Kaiser.
eight
states.
N
orth
Carolina
leading
In
stand fo r a re p e titio n o f the act.
I We are asked to save every slice ol the industry.
T hut th e re should be sonic who are
bread possible o f which it takes m il
opposed to county agent .p rk Is hut
Zinc w ill tie given a fine luster i f pol
F R A N K L O U IS
lions o f pieces to make up the equal of
ished w ith one p art sulphuric acid to
H atural. Every progressive movement
I the amount o f Hour added by th is cam
tw elve o f water.
D E A LE R IN
has its opponents, home oppose o«--
paign. Mil o f which ia b ut an indirect
(UU'.n o f th e ir fa liu ru to see the ad ' p art o f the year's work
Gasoline,
Oil,
Tires
and
all kinds of Auto Accessories
N otw ithstanding its many high moun
vant ges u n it others oppose fo r the
ta
in
ranges
Asia
has
fewer
large
wa
I have never heard o f & y other
Kips Furnished on Short Notice
mere g lo ry o f opposing. C iv ilis a tio n ¡ county where the farm ers have no r« c te rfa lls than any other continent.
from the e arlie st dawn to trie present i ognized the value o f the work that
’/ , í í « 5 « Í K ;
A Swedish method o f producing sleep
ay Is but u history o f breaking down
beat down opposition by him ii lug is to w rin g out a handkerchief in ice
opposition to progress. It can lie saM 1 the Work by subscription as they cid w ater and lay i t across the eyes.
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fo r county agent w ork ti nt it has here a year ago. They dt<l tin s wt h
r
Oysters
can
only
liv
e
in
w'ater
th
a
t
grbw'n in fa vor more ru p ld iy than any |
in te n tio n ot repeating i t i n n u iiy ,
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eontalna at least thirty-seven parts o f
o th e r branch o f a g ric u ltu ra l demon but fo r the sole puipose o f keeping n
r
salt to every 1,000 parts o f water.
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stratton o r in s tru c tio n a l w ork. In 1 9 il going u n til the money could be raised
In many countries tho belief Is held ■ tJ
Iht- first county agent in th e U nited by ta xatio n, and the mernb-n* o f ih.
States was appointed.
W ith in six a g ric u ltu ra l council keenly teel the at- th a t babies born a t precisely 12 m id ©
Dealer In
vehrs from th u t dale 30 per < cut o f the fro n t now th ru s t upon them by .he de- night are endowed w ith occult j lowers.
agr c u ltu ra l counties In the U nited fe a t o f th e ir purpose.
Mantelpieces are so called because
Flour, Feed, Seed and Poultry supplies.
S tilt*'- had taken tit* the w ork. No
Last year the individual farm , ra dug o rig in a lly hunters re tu rn in g from the
other line o f w ork lias been so unnni up a ll the way fro m |2.50 to as high a.- chase hung th e ir m antles on them to L
* I do all kinds of Seed Cleaning also Chopping and Rolling at
•nhu lv supported by e to ry progressive 350.UP «sch—a t least five p u ttin g up , dry.
the
la
tte
r
amount.
By
ta
xatio
n
th
e
!
F
$1. 60 Der ton.
element.
average fa rm e r w ith a 160 i ere fa u n ! T iie firs t electric ear in Am erica was ‘
.
run
in
Menlo
Park
by
Thomas
A.
Ed-
We feel tSat Y a m h ill county w ill
snd the usual equipm ent would have io )g(>n ,n 188O. T he tra c k was eighty v Try our Graham Flour always a supply of fresh stock on
not perm anently do w ith o u t u county
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pay about 66c tow ard the fl* 0 0 asked ! rods lung.
hand made on the old style stone mill.
• 'Y mt. The tim e w ill come when the fo r by the a g ric u ltu ra l council
people w ill see more cle a rly th e need
Women are p roverbially curious. In J
The w ar has th ru s t upon u« many ad
Also Buyer and Shipper of Grain and Seeds of All Kinds.
•it Xirgunlzed effo rt.
Personally we
ded duties
Realizing the value ol hav fact, the most curious th ing in the ©
have enjoyed the acquaintance and ing a man located in each codntv whu w orld Is n woman who Isn’t.—P hiladel
Our motto is to please. Small profit and quick sales. Fair
phia Record.
associations o f its p**ople and we fe e f
, could be milled upon a t any t m e to
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and Courteous Treatment to All.
b i t we liave been Im m ensely beneflV g a tb ,.r „to lis n c » re la tiv e to tood sup
The entire p la n t o f the leek Is edible I
ted thereby.
From the num erous p|je, lih well as to organiz« counties fo i and the whole p la nt may be boiled and
H indi’ ’ exp-essinns o f g ra titu d e wo g re a te r production, th e D epartm ent ol served as a vegetable and also used fo r
feel
th a t
our
e ffo rts
have
not A g ric u ltu re K m sent out urgent appeals flavoring soui » h .
H id
The Farmer’s Union Cooperative
PARRISH BROS. GARAGE
FEED and SEED STORE
.a n in vain and our best wishes w ill
ulv uya be w ith good old Y a m hill r.nd
its man) w holehearted people, whose
itcqu m taoce we have enjoyed.
th a t county »gents be provided in every
county. They hope to have lOupercent
o f the a g ric u ltu ra l coutitie» provid, d
w ith county agents by Feb I, 1918
B u t II w ill not be pm per c n t w th on-
a re s u lt o f Uie tw o years’ w o r k .
.
10 carloads o f llvoa tock have
•« ’ Ort-kon a best : g n c r ttu ra l countie
tu rn in g sla ker.
shipped cooperatively nt *a caving io
Y am .nil county I as been very loyal
tho ...tille r;, o f about J45 per cur, one
n every o th e r demand made upon ua in
hundred end sixty nine silos have heed
the- g re a t crisis. Can we Milord io be
b u ilt na agulnst CO fo r a ll th e lliu e pre
ess loyal m .»us? Every fu rm o r should
vious. and corn g row ing has Increased
go to see the county cou i
nd insist
five hundred per cent
Through the
h at they p u t th is item in in
budget.
organization of tho A g ric u ltu ra l Coun
L B U R N E R . President
cil th e fa rm e rs havo w orkod In closer
YumhUI County A g ric u ltu ra l • out cil.
touch w ith each other, tw o new F arm
F.
R sale ; St lid oak D ining Room
ers' Union locals, one new grange, and
ono livesto ck association have been 1< le, good as new; I 14-inch new plow
1 .ju in o f O. J Shirle
organised. At lc.- .st a dozen registered 62—2
hull»- < -Il he credited to county ngent
Provincetow n’» Soil,
w ork, n carload o f lim e has rece ntly
C hildren who firat see the lig h t at
he i o r.icrcd. ta fa rm e rs are keeping Provincetow n, Muss., are said to have
fa rm accounts. I i p ru nin g dem onstra been Iw n i on South Am erican soil,
tlons iia .c keen 1 eld intended by 228 T hia la due to the fa ct th a t in itH early
people. I ' mole dem onstrations attend days the tow n |s>ssesscd u bottom con
ed by l l l ! i peopb rcsultod In 1498mole slstlng e n tire ly o f sand, und It was
pelt-, being sold through a pool fo r a necessary to Im port rich soil, w hich
good m argin nbovo re g u la r price, and " n!* brought home by the local fleet
last hut not least lau nd ry routes have fllcu ®nKR6e(l iu 1,10 ,r u il trade.—Ex-
change.
been extended out over 60 m iles of
Condemned to Slavary.
co u n try roads, re lie vin g the fa rm worn
T w o hundred years ago, when men
en o. one had day a week.
and women were condemned to death
A.I o f th is ye s w ork Is set fo rth
r tr iv ia l offenses. It was the custom
In gre i t detail in th e aflnual rep ort fo
In Scotland to comm ute the death sen
w hich is on llle 'n th is office. E ve ry tence in to perpetual servitude to spec
body Is welcome to call and Inspect ’t kled masters. In other words, the con-
Much o f the w ork is illu s tra te d w ith detuned person became a slave. I t was
photographs and maps.
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fu rth e r ordained th u t he should wear
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a m etal co lla r round his neck record-
.
big Ids sentence a n il punishm ent. The
PRESIDENT
Society o f Scottish A ntiquaries owns
one o f these collars, fished out o f the
Just w h a t p a rtic u la r brand o f m ath- F orth above Alloa. I t Is brass, w ith
ematics was used in fig u rin g o u t the this In scrip tion : "A lexa nd er Stewart,
short-sighted economy o f doing w ith o u t fo»»«’ KHllty o f death fo r th e ft at
a county agent next year I am unable P«r th - r’th Decemlier, 1701. and gifted
hy the Justiciara ns n perpetual serv
to te ll, b ut tin; fa c t remains th a t in
ant to Sir John Aresken o f Alva.'
spite o f the wishes o f the A g ric u ltu ra l
Council representing a ll the organized
farm er« o f the county and which w ish
FAM E.
es were ex pressi <1 to the co urt in prop
er fo rm , the co urt has refused to in
It ia an indiacraet and tro u b le
clude in the budvet as published in the
some am bition th a t cares so
papers last week, any money fo r coun
much about fame, about w hat
ty agent w ork.
the w orld says of us; to be a l
I t is d iffic u lt to realize how fa r reach
ways looking in the faces of o th
ing are tfi'e benefits o f county agent
ers fo r approval; to be always
w ork. L e t us take the silo fo r instance,
anxious about the effect of w hat
an th is is one ot th è 11 d iffe re n t lines
wo do or say; to bo always
o f w ork undertaken by the county
shouting to hear the echoes of
agent thia year. There were very few
our own voices.— Longfellow.
ailos in Y u m h ill county when county |
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of council gives opinion
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When a person fa in ts place th e per 4
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J. J. DENSON
son In a lying position, w ith head low er
than the body. I n th is w ay conscious
ness returns quickly.
The average woman Is a t least tw o
years older than she looks and a t least
fifteen years older than slje th in k s she
looks.—Philadelphia Record.
MORRIS B R O T H E R S INC.
E s ta b lis h e d 2 5 y e a rs
Vinegar w ill sometimes revive colors
^r-one tablespoonful o f common vine
gar to a q ua rt o f rinsing w ater. Satu
rate well, w rin g tig h tly , d ry quickly.
R A IL W A Y
SHORT-TERM FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL NOTES
Yeilding From 7 percent to 10.50 percent
Take a w alk every m orning a fte r
breakfast. It Is better fo r you than any
medicine a chemist can compound. Take
your health w alk and you live in a new
world.
A nglo F rench C onvertible , 5 s
A merican F oreign S ecurities C ompany 5s
U ited K ingdom of G reat B ritain &
I reland 5 s
U nited K ingdom of G reat B ritain &
I reland 5 l-2s
U nited K ingdom of G reat B ritain &
I reland 5 l-2s
D omi ion of C anad v 5 s
C ity Or x ^ dmonton , C anada 6 s
Wise men p ro fit more by fools than
foots by wise men. fo r wise men avoid
the fa u lts of fools, but fools w ill not
im ita te the good examples o f Wise men.
—Cato.
The phrksc " I was taken aback»'
meaning "taken by surprise." Is a nau
tical term. A ship Is "taken ubnek"
when the sails are suddenly carried
hack by the wind.
Due 1918
Due 1919
Telegraph or Telephone Orders at our Expense
He—Here I ’ve spent fo u r years c o u rt
ing you and you throw me over fo r an
other fellow . Slie—W ell, he spent less
tim e and more money, th at's w hy.—
Boston T ranscript.
For women to take th e ir husbands'
names on the m arriage day was a Ro
man custom. F or example, we have
Octavln o f Cicero, menning Octavia,
w ife o f Cicero. Now we sim ply om it
the of.
Due 1920
Due ^919
Due 1921
Due 1919
Due 1918
We fill erders at New York Exchange quotations and
will bv pleased to furnish you. upon request, with daily
quotations on the above securities. No one can do bet
te r—you may do worse.
Apricots, derived from praecox. mean
ing “ early ripe," were introduced from
Asin M inor. They were first planted
In England about 1540 by the ganleuer
o f H enry V III.
The brown rat. erroneously called
the N orw ay rat, was o rig in a lly a na
tive o f India and Persia. It entered
Europe through Russia about 1727 and
was brought to Am erica about the year
1776.
B U IL D IN G
PORTLAND, OREGON
Wnen a k n ife becomes rusty let it
stand in kerosene o il a few hours anil
then thrust the blade, into the ground
several times and see the rust disap
pear.
Bomba—Iron shells filled w ith gun
powder—are said to have l»een Invent
ed nt Venice In 1405 and used by the
T u rk s at the siege o f Rhodes In 1522.
They came Into general use in the year
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EXCHANGE
v — OPERA HOUSE
Dayton, Ore., Dec. 24
“The Trail of the
Lonesome Pine”
Dramatized from the Book
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Vaudeville Acts
In Addition to Play
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