(Er i lut nr 5 ay inn V DAYTON, OREGON V olume 1 No. 31 From The Pleasantdale | Progressive Spirit Marked Io Nile Add icon a ml gone Kenneth and Lawrence were Portland visit­ ors la»l week end. J. A. McFarlane and wife and Miss Eugenia Burch were Mc­ Minnville chopper* Saturday, G. H. Foster transacted business He's out with the dawn on bis rubber- tired wheel. in the connty seat Saturday. Or tils »kale-aud .oap box "«coot mo­ Mrs. 8. W. Sigler of Dayton and bile.” daughter Mrs. Etta Tailman of He take» lbe corner» with fiendish Beaverton were guests at the whoop. Like circa» cycltata who loop the loop. G. B. Foster home Sunday. He’s wholly callous to fear of car» Dale Hadley spent Sunday in ! That hortle along like .booUns Stan— Portland. He seem, to snatch al the slightest Louis Winger took a trip over ■ chance, River Highway, And lewis my bearl a prudigiou. dance' the Columbia Saturday and Sunday. And vet at dusk, when he «tagger, Miss Viola Bcwer of Portland huiue, And we "renne” In the evening’s giuam, spent Saturday with her sister We find that his leg. and arms are Mrs. Geo. Robinson. atili Mrs. Fay Robinson and little Intact, and yield to bi« boyish will! daughter Mario are visiting rela­ Ws find his head on hi. «boulder« tives iu Washington this week. light, The play, "A Texas Ranger,” Altlio from dawn 'til the fall ol night He'« braved a thousand and many produced by the Pleasantdale Im­ in ore . provement Club will be given in Of dangers that boys have braved be­ the Opera House in Day ton, Fri­ fore. day night, April 3rd. Then when be ha. »upped and i. put Fred Reich. Vein and family •pent Sunday al the We». Mor- At the end of an average boyhood day, We hold an invoice to make quite mire garidge hum* The McFarlane Orchestra play­ Each part of bis bah la »till secure; Ami, finding Id. jnarta are all intact— ed at Umouvale, Friday night. ilia «ufety a re»! bonrat tact— Arthur Robinson and family, We marvel : ‘It acema he'n as good as Berl McFarlane and wife, and Dale and Vernon Hadley of Willa­ But how on i family, Ralph Hud- choice by ballot. ley nnd family, and Mies Eugenia at Fruit Troos Hard Burch attended the program A good Unionvale, Friday night, Hit By Last Win­ program was given after which lunch was served and a i social ter Freeze Many of the 950 varieties cf hour spent. Miss Della Bower who is a fruits in the variety block of the student at Laurelwood school agricultural college and experi­ spent the week end at the home ment station were damaged by the of her sister Mrs. Geo. Robinson. freeze last winter. Most of the trees are in pairs and in son e cases both trees of a variety have beet, killed. Usually the varieties injured most are not of commer­ cial importance here, though they may be of value elsewhere. The trees were girdled by the fre zing of the cambium layers— the actively growing port! ms of the trunks. In many cases where the girdling was not complete, bridge grafting will he resorted to, Trees completely girdleu are often saved by bridge grafting when the importance of the tree warrants the expense. The fruit of the college orchards is used in the classes in system- atic pomology for the students to identify and become acquainted with. There are 225 varieties of apples, 115 of grapes, 75 of plums 50 of pears, 20 of filberts, 25 of cherries, 30 of walnuts, 300 straw­ berries at one time or another, and l(M) miscellaneous varieties of fruits. Old Scrap Book I The Dailj Miracle There will be a special meeting at the school house here, Monday evening, March 30, at 8;0() o clock, for the purpose of electing a a director in the place of George Hessler resigned. J, J. Denson aa I wif i of Carltin yisited friends here Friday. Fam WomeD> Clibs SUBSCRIPTION 1.50, PER YEAR march 26 1925.. St. Patricks Party Patricks Party given by the Young People laut Fridav night was well attended and every cue luol a good time. About an hour dur­ ing the evening was spent working croa»-word puzzle« which nearly every one took an intereat In. I.ncille Fisher and Edward Roseman received the first prize which was a green «atln covered box ot bon bone. Delicious refreshments ot cake, fruit salad, and punch were served at 10:30. The St. Associated A progressive spirit marks the undertaking. of one farm women's club in Clay Countv, Mo, This club, which wa« organized through the efforts of the county home demonstration agent, cooperative­ ly employed by the United Elates Department of Agriculture and the State Agricultural college, has adopted a two-year program of extension work and is meeting once a month to put it forward. The meetings are advertised on a The Oiaeia Club met at the bulletin board erected by the club borne of Mrs Joe Dorsey, March at the side of a well-traveled road. .Members present were: 19. A community house was recent- Mesdames D. A Webster, Amy ly completed through the effort. Parker, J Lorett, M. Palmer, of thia group ot farm women, Burkhart, O. Dower, 8. Anderson, The president of the club is a J. Enman. and L. Lorenzen. Vis­ member of the executive board of itors were Mrs. Gilkey and Mrs. the county farm bureau and has Gerth. A pleasant afternoon was assisted in the organization in two enjoyed by all A lovely lunch­ other communities of clubs ol eon was served by the hostess, farm women who wished to have after which the meeting adjourned the benefit of home demonstration to meet in two weeks with Mrs. work because of the achievements D A. Webster. of this community. During 1924 members of this University of Oregon, March 19, club made for themselves or their (Special)— Important courses for social neighbors 25 dress forms as aids in ' workers will be offered bv the Portland efficient home sewing. Two local of °f lbe Un.ver.ity leaders took training in remodel- arks, will give a course in the history In connection with their nutri­ and meaning of the play movement and tion work these women succeeded present day trends in recreation. Miss in having a hot lunch established Elizabeth Bealer, director of the Port­ in their community school. The land Council of Girl Scouts, will give a children attending it were measur­ three weeki' course in leadership foi girls, with special attention to the ed and weighed and the last rec­ psychuiogv, background, and conduct ords show that 75 per cent of the technique of girls’ clubs. children are now of normal A study of the principles and practice weight. Every club member who of community organization is a course undertook the learning of improv­ offered by Earl Kirkpatrick, dean of the extension division. Dr. Phillip A. ed methods of home canning com­ Parsons, director of the Portland pleted her year’s work. Accem- School of Social A’ork, will give ccuises plishments tnrough the home in the introduction to the socii 1 management program include im- problem and in social unrest. A iss provement of 19 kitchens a nd Margaret D. Creech, assistant director, offers a course in the study of social 16 agencies, helpful particularly to Ameri­ improvements which made homes more attractive and com- canization workers, parent-teacher leaders, and teachers. fortable. Oissia Club Keeping the Skin Healthy Farm Reminders The care of th*’kin is simple If the Thorough cleaning of seed wheal fact« ar- realiz>-d and attention is paid to cleanlineM and general health. seed oats, or need barlev to get rid Neutral soap and water are the e.»en- of wild oats and other weed seed t>als that make for cleaaiineM. The gives a cleaner and better Oregon general health rules are th'iw of com- crop, more bushels to the acre and Avoid con.ti|»ation in on Beware of too lees dockage when the grain ia through proper diet. much tea, coffee, alcohol, rich, fatty sold, the experiment station points ar.d sweet foods as they are bad for the out. complexion. Pimples, known as acne, Ie a curable That general purpose Oregon condition but the cure reete with skill­ bens should be mated one male to ful treatment and is rarely cured by 15 hens and leghorns or egg types patent medicines or salves. If you bave a skin disease, seek competent mated one male to twenty hens is recommended by the experiment medical advice. Moles should not Ire irritated. Irri­ station. These figures are about tating them often leads to cancer. If S right for individual matings, but mole grows in size, or if a brown one if a large flock is to be mated, the grows darker, it should be removed. number of hens to one male bird There are several wavs of doing this) onlv a physician will know the right may be increased 20 per cent. one. DON’T USE CAUSTICS, For early Oregon potatoes, while IRRITATI NO AND STYPTICS , OINTMENTS OR SQUEEZE OR the ground ia still cold, the plant­ SCRATCH A MOLE. You may lose ing ol whole seed is the t-est prac­ vour life if you do. tice, reports the experiment sta­ More persons die from cancer in the tion. Such seed does not rot if State of Cregon than from tuberculosis. the germination is slow. Il is the third greatest cause of death in this state At about forty, ekin cancer Berry bushes are much less mav develop. It often starts as a damaged if all pruning and trellis- slight scaling »pot that look* like nothing in particular. The same pre­ ing ia complete before young buds caution« should le used, and the same are large enough to be broken off rule» followed as for lOolec. If they in the work. It will soon be too are treated properly and promptly, late in Oregon to prevent such cancers of the ekin can lie kept quite breaking, so all incomplete treliis- harmless in most cases. ing ehouid be rushed, think, the If people would use as much judg­ ment in taking care of their health, in­ experiment station. cluding their skin and skin diseases, Sweetcorn m»y be hoi through­ as thev woull in selecting their clothes, their food or .their#mus«menta, they i out the Oregon reason by planting would 1« far better off in the long run varieties which mature al different and even rave a great deal of money times, the experiment station re­ It can be done bv seeking the advice of those who know what they are talking ports, Gool ga.dner- in many about. and following it when it baa section- are using Portland Mark­ been found. Let common sense be et and Golden Bantam, and very your guide. often a variety for all use called When you see two white shoes drying on a window s:ll, and a girl banging out of the si.me win­ dow drying her hair, you can bet that she isn’t going to tatany raw onions for supper. the Howling Mob, Much better yields are to be had by havirg the t corn plot as nearly square as possible. This provides belter pollination and consequent better yields. CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 16 The only time yon ever get Alexander Busy has sufficiently recovered, fiom his recent fall, to something for nothing is when you are hunting trouble. be able to walk down town. All Set Vertical. Horizontal, rho bulM. al (abbr.) 20—Conjunction 21—Prefix Mi«nlf y In« wrong 22—Brld«e 31—Before ppearance (poetic) 27—Absorbed 32—Boy’i 33- 47—Additional* different bamboolike 4H—One who Irritates playfully 53—To «ratify 59—Bump no—near.nd raplAIv • I—Note of mualcal arala •Triple Unte« loathe