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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1920)
INCREASbS YIELD OF WHEAT la p e rlim n t e f Treating I m I Blae- i «.ally M h I i W ith I u k i m In England. An Intsreatlng eiparlmont a* to ilia off«<l o f olocirlially Uniting Savtl w hrut heforo »on i«ig h n boou car* rl#»l nut al Itodshuiu Hrarn. Klmstaafl. K n it. iJurtng l lila «muon, by W. F. I'ln lu r o f ihr Victoria flour milla. Ash- ford. Ihr Iruulnn Tlm ra stales. Thr varlvly of *lic a t i hoarn for thr experi ment mbs “ rad alaiidard” and two ad lolnlng plota were sown on November l.'l nnd 14 laat at Ilia ratr o f thrrr bualirla to thr acr*. thr *e«*d on on# plot bring electrically trvatad and that on thr other not. T h r land waa treat ed exactly alike all through thr year. Iteerntly the growing rropa w rrr In apn-teil hy a party, Including It. L. Ilohli. lecturer on agricultura at the Nouthraatrru Agricultural collagv, Wye, Kent. A marked difference between the two plota waa nollerable, the wheat on the treated porllon being much thr more rigorous in growth and habit, and promising, so far as thr ri|terla pres ent were able to Judge, a yield at least 'JO per cent higher than that of the untreutrd plot There were evi dent «tgo» o f ruat. too, lu the untreated crop, and It was slgnlthaiit fact thut the other plot waa, at any rate at the present stage, entirely free from this disease. It waa the general opinion o f those present that electricity Is likely to become a very Important fac tor In the cultivation o f agricultural crops and that great developments s o n g that line may be confldently an tlclpafrd In the near future. HEART OF THE DOUGHBOY ■ ipertencee o f W ar Taught Him te Tackle Avery Problem Prom Reck Bottom Up. Moat o f our aoldlera went te the other side young boys. They rente heck men hard'-ned by fire and ex perience. They will tell you that they have ‘'figured out a new hum R of dope,” or that they have “ learned a rule nr two about the little game of life.” What they mean la that they have gone down to fundamentals sod tackled every problem from rock hot tom up. It waa with the understanding that the doughboy Is a new man aud a prob lem In himself that t'ol. Arthur Woods, assistant to the secretary o f war, laid out hie plan of campaign for the war rpartmeiit'a gigantic effort to get Joba for returned service men. "This,” be told hie assistants, “ la uof merely an employment Idea. It la a new experi ment In psychology. W e must under stand the soldier, the sailor, the ma rine. right down to the ground, learn their problem minutely nnd take In Anile pi,Ins lo restore them to civilian life with as little friction kitd as much Celerity as itosslhle. “ These boys are coming home eager ly, tint also a little fenrfully. W e must bridge the gup ltint they have cross»*! »luring 11*17 ninl HUH. America's fu ture Ih-e In her youth. The s«ildler who fouulit In Km tire, the sailor who plle»l the dark waters, amt the men who drilhst faithfully and putt» ally at home, must not hi* I»• fl In the lurch after what they have »lone for us.” New Photo Ditrk “ Room.“ Th» »lark rnnin, tie»-» '««a ry evil, hits always been tin otte righi *ib«taolc to the perfect flexibility o f the photo graphic art. N ow . however, the operator can enrry a complete »lurk clinmber n.'nn/ with hint,entri develop his expos ures when and where he plea see. Tin* "room ” d<*-cilhe<l and Illustratili In IVpttlitr Mechanics magazine packs In a cnae l»'**s than two feet long, about a foot w Id»*, unit four Ini'lii's thick, It opens to n height. In the larger size, o f 18 Inches In front and 13 Inches In buck, with walls o f light-proof fabric. Elastic ruffs ut the aide admit the op erator's battila, while he lo»ika through a hood In front, equipped with two shutters that arc opened by pressure on the hood, and Instantly doses on re lease. Trays and plates are Inserted thmugh a ruby glassed door In the top. Laborer Solida Organ. That workingmen who are earning big wages poaeesa a grand piano or even two pianos la evidence Ihet a lave e f music la one e f the first pi ess area Indulged In when a man beglna te have more money than he wanta for aeeeaairtes. . I could tell yea e f a workingman la a Midland town. who. being o f a musical and mechanical beet, has hn»H htmaetf a amali organ la his > » mg room. 1 \ * loetrument possesses a reed atop and sovoral pedsi notes, and la a m srveleaa piece e f Ingenuity. Aa the fam ily la a large eae ami the room shout 11 feet sanare. It ecu he Imagined what ln»*oavenlenre the fam ily Is w illing to undergo In order te Indulge Its love e f music. The or gan Alls shout one-third o f their only living room.— London Chronicle. W hy Net? Olymer ,l»*ffrles. Jr., o f Williams. Ari*., four inni »me-hnlf years o f age. recently acquired a smull dog and a few ilnys later the follow ing conversa tion occurred between him and Ida next door neighbor: "Mrs, M „ I want you f»> keep your chickens out o f our yard.” ••Why, Olyiner, what do yon menti by 11 nit?” "W ell. I hnve n dog over here, nnd If your ehlekena r»ime over here I inn « f r a lil that he will get th»* chicken pot.” An epidemie o f chicken pox waa on at tin* time. BACK TO NATURE OLD ORDER PASSES _ _ _ _ _ _ j _ _ _ _ _ _ Agricultural Department Renews j Today It ttie Twilight of the Faith in Old Maxima. Belted EarL FLAT ROOFS FOR HOT LANDS American Indian Osasrt Dwellers Knew tec ret o f Ham « Building We Ite m la Hava Fergotton. We dwell with Colonel Roosevelt up»»n the historic and ru ltrral vain« o f the ancient Indian towns o f Arl- ■ sp trls Mave Ceove te the Ceneluslao •rttlsh Arletocraey. fo r t o Many Cen xona which, had they bean In Europe, Thal Thar# Ra Mu«h Mora Than would doubtless have been preserved turies flacura in Ita High Place, unchanged ns living records o f success •uperstltian In “ Blgns" Our Is Feeling the Ground Slip ful communistic forma o f government, Farafathare Noted. Under Its Feet. whose social and <-erei»<mlal life o f The prohlem o f iiakln g agrlm ltnraj In one o f the old IMantagenet houses fered a study o f the greatest possible superstltlona Iitlo agricultural data la of England the belted earl and her importance to our knowledge o f man- And we asked: heilig aludled hy experta o f the »lepart ladyship live In one corner o f the can- klnd as a whole. What right have we In “ free Am eri ment of ugrlculturr, who derlsre thut tie. The rest o f the flue old mansion tunny old maxima hunde»! down from j i, closed. William Alli-n W hite writes ca" to stretch forth an autocratic father to son for gnneniltons ure not In Collier's. The servants needed to hand arbitrarily to change the village life o f this ancient and peaceful folk? r<*ally auperstltliius at al*. hut helpful run the house are no longer available. We spoke o f the characteristic Information discovered by keenly ob Money will nut hire litem. Th eir men serva ut persona. architecture o f the pueblos, by many have been commissioned In the army Everybody baa heard «orne o f the because the earl’s son— wh*» ha«l s centuries the oldest Inhabited towns In old maxima. They deul with every right lo sit at the foot of the throne America, whose flat-roofed, terra»-»*! housea are not only In utter harmony variety o f iigrlru lftirai operation. Bean and who had also the blessed privilege with natural surroundings, hut consrt- pin tiling, for Instance, never whs done \ »,f hearing (lie king by undent right ttife, from a practical stand|>olnt, the hy the forefathers o f the present gen s d d n - s s him as cousin— the earl's son enitlon at the time o f lit»- blossoming lighted one cigarette too many on the most successful type o f bnllding for o f the blackberry hushes. When the i parapet, and when he and hla kind , desert cities. High above the sands, rutkins had formed on maple trees ! from Elon and Harrow went out. com fit*» flat roof forma a porch fo r the It was a sign from nature that eurly missions in the army fell to the cook’s open-air Indian, whereon at certain gardening might commence. And to- son uud the housekeeper’s son and tha seasons he works, rests, receives his ward llie cinse o f the season warning parlormaid's brother and diuinber- , guests, eats, nnd alecp*. o f frost wus given Ly Ihe maturing of | maid's sweetheart, who. being com In North Africa, In Spain. In Asia eocklchura. missioned. promptly took their women- j Minor, where climatic conditions are Now the department of agriculture 1 kind out o f service. They are feeling similar to those In Hopl Land, the dec lares Unit there la a liest time for > what they never felt before, tlieae do- j same flat roof may be found. Hut we every farm und gulden operation, and mestlc servants o f the nobility— the think we know better! In a land of burning sun. the slanting, hot. tin roofs that some tree or shrub or plant Indi- spur o f ambition. cates that time more accurately Ilian Ho they have left the castle, and ! o f the government dwellings clinging all the sdentine Instrumenta can reg- ! such «if the servants as stay have be In an Inherited architecture o f rain- soaked central Europe. <*tH their Incon- later It. It la Ilio#« signs which were gun to assert their rights, to manifest noted hy the plomera who laid Ihe their self-resp**ct. "W h atever you do." , gru«i"s outline against a rainless sky. Impotent In their longing to shed wa foundation o f this country and re- said her ladyship to her guest, "don't cortb'»l lu the simple sayings hamk*»l ring a b e ll!” T o the question In the ter! And the sun streamed Into their big European wlndowa. Inviting myr down lo posi»*rlty. Soon they will be visitor's face the hoatraa replied: " K iads o f flies, and forming a contrast dlgnllted with Ihe aelentlflc lutine of you ring a Iteli the servants will leave. "phenology." which Is Ihe science of I have only lhr«-e. They have an- lnde»sl to the shadowed cool o f tba plienotto-na. nounced that they will do their work, j thick-walled Indian house*, whose forbid Interruptions by I open fireplaces insure») at all seasons Co.lcctlon o f natural signs Into the | hut they science o f phenology probably was be h ells!” The hot w ater ap\>eiired on i whnlefwme ventilation, in spite o f gun with a campaign ugulnst the Hew scbe»|iile; the service flowed Into the high, narrow windows. »Ian fly. Experts were cnd»*avoting to guestroom in Its regular channel, ex And yet the white man's unpractical determine the best time fo r planting cept that flres a ere ao low that Ihe 1 transplanted house, brought from far wheat so that the sowing would be Inte visitors feet were frostbitten; the other dim es. Is urged upon the Indians enough to prevent tttln by lb<* pest and meals were served am time end were as "elvlllxed." With no eye to elth»»r yet eurly enough for the grulli lo g»*t well rooked. But the servants were beauty or fitness, our arbitrary stand a sturt before cold weather. efficient shop assistants, no longer ards (rarely. In the Indians' case, put to Ihe test o f experimentation first) It was easy euough to work out the feudal serfs. And the earl chopped general rule thut the s»-aMin vuliea the trees In hla own forest with his are forced upon a people who through The »■enturles o f experien»-e have learned four days for euch »me ib-gree o f luti- own hands for his own flres. how to »-onquer conditions foreign te tilde, five degrees of longltmle and 40U meager household allowance o f coal feet »if altitude, hut us no two seasons that the fuel controller gave to tha us. Improvements there might certain are Just the same Ihe rule could tell earl from the mines under the earl’s ly be In the Indian's manner o f life, »■lily approximately when the fanner own lands was har».-ly enough to heat hut why not along th«>se lines which the servants' rooms. »isfure ha« taught as most appropri *>honld do hla sowing. ate?— Natalie Curt!«. In the Oatlook. Aud as for th«* hrwad estate over In seeking for a more exact guide, !>r. A. I*. Hopkins o f the d»-|»artiuent w hich the earl ruled as an agricultural j forsook the cold r»*alni of aelentlflc for overlord six yea r« ngo— an agrlcul- ; The Attractive City. mulile for "bnck-UMiature” Informa turn I overlord and Industrial entrepre- In a word. then, ao far as I am per- tion. As plants ri-spmid to rilmutlc near through his coal mines— the es- s»»nnlly concerned, you will not make »xmdillont and not to duly*, it was do- fate Is all crumbling. The land Is pass your city more attractive to me by cl<!»-il that some natural Indication Ing Into the banila o f small fanners; buildings, parks or inonunu-nta— what wotilil give the information desired. the old ye»iman farmer, falrty well-to- It is now cluiun-ri Mint observation fln, e f good old \••»»man stock, going other city has not these things? But If you can show the heart liiat I know has prove») Mint the best lim»- for sow back to the Conqueror— he and hi« Is In your breast. If you »-an forget lo kind are taking the ownerahlp o f tb<* ing wh»*ut Is Mint |n*rto»l between the look straight ahead In oriler to cast a full hliMiming o f tall lute golrienro<l and land o f the belted »*arl In 100-acre lots, look o f frlem lly interest on a passing the Mine when tin- white, common Jup- and the nation, having taken < barge stranger. If you »-an <*euse t»> f»*or be o f the earl’* c»ial mtn»-s. may now re anese » lemntls flowers are nearly all ing "done” and become Inspired hy the gntn* or the leave* nr»* illstin.-tiv col- lieve hltn of the burden o f min»' own erslilp as well. F or the |>!irllunii-ntary ilcslre once In n while to show that you ored on th»* »logwooil anil hickories. are a human being amidst your bricks What lias been done for wh«*at will committee hy » targe m ajority has re and stones. Just to that extent will you lie done for other »*r»ips. but the work (xirted In favor o f the government do your part In making your city at ing onl o f the signs wilt lx- a slow nwiiershlp o f all mines o f every »le- tractive. Oil may draw money to proves*. Mi*tinwltlle «-very fanner nnd serlptbin. Tulsa : s»wlal exclusiveness will always And because th<* e a rls son sleeps even lit»' city eiinlciicr hnve tin*»r own make Newport and I ’nlm Bench desir guides nt hand. If they hnve e y e s to under the poppies o f Flanders and his able to a limit»*»! number: the palaces daughters ure married and gone, the see. Thus lias the superstition nnd of rnsndena will attract other million folklore o f days rull«*»l prim itive been earl Is a weary, confused <»l«l man. Justili<*»l hy the •tlvuliceri science of chopping wood in the forest to keep aires there. But you’ll prefer smoky old Pittsburgh or noisy Kansas City, his old w ife warm. He cannot tight the twentieth »»-ntury. the new order. No leadership Is call or St. Joseph, or any other city that shows Its heart hen»*nth the grime and ing him. He knows that the end is Dangers e f City Streets. takes the lid off Its stnile.— J. Bri'oken- coming for him and Ills kind. He real Apparently the time is not ripe for rblge Ellis In the Tw ilight Hour Mag izes quite definitely ttiat in a few years th<* solution o f the problem created by azine. the castle o f the I ’ lantagenels, who excess've sp»*»*»l in «Irlvliig motor »-ur«. although tile mortullly »« truly-termed were royal In the last Henry's days, Removing W arts From the Face. terrifying. The annual toll In the city probably will fall into the hands o f a One o f the »litlicult disfiguring o f New York alone of dead nnd wountl- brewer or a draper or a stock broker, things to get rid o f Is the emptiou ed fur surpasses some of the ensuuity who will put In a central beating plant o f many snuill wnrts on the face. totals o f the C ivil war. In Cincinnati to defile It. debase the privacy o f every The British Mislical Journal tells how slur»* January 1 Miera hnve lieen for bedroom with hot and cold water, anil Dr. Charles Ind has succeeded in ty-eight fatalities. Satirical humorists degrade the place with a wilderness erndicating them. He paints the warts have laughingly xnld that ti city r»*sl- o f bathrooms, «o that four servants three times in one »lay with a satu dent who su'-i'eeds in safely »Tosslug cun run the place on two eight-hour rated solution o f salicylic a»ld !n al a car crowdcil thoroughfare shnulii not shifts where 100 retainers once served cohol and the follow ing morning he thereby become unduly <-xalt»*<l, he- j '*'• *',ron tinder Kllcabeth. cause he has gained only • reprieve. The million* the old earl received cuts them off with a flat sharp steel and In the end surely will be ran from the yeoman farm ers for hla land Instrument, beveled on one aide only. down. It Is appalling to think that the have been divided with the state In Thl* la painless, but it leaves u tiny bleeding point st the sire o f the wart. mere Journev from ooe side o f a street yearly Income taxes; ami now on the to another In munleKmlltles la really I Imrlxon he seee a parliamentary bill This he immediately paints again with the salicylic acid solution, which Is dangerous and that a rink o f life and gradually approach which provide# lltub la taken hy the pedestrian.— Cin Mint capital aa well aa Income shall be | applied twice again the same day. On heavily taxed. 8o the old man In the i the second morning the altes o f tbe cinnati Enquirer. forest eeea oven hla capital unsafe, warts have small brown scabs, which aari be wonder« curiously how the lit are bathed once a »lay with pure al Fútale Ovar Musk'e L e e « e f Been! tle gray man at Windsor feels about cohol till they drop off. leaving a For many yeara Dow, the remark • Frn*P*<'t* o f succession fo r tba j healthy skin. bag pone the rounds a m o n g flower __ genial yonag-prlnoe o f Welea. lovera that It I* next to Impossible to N ew Blectria Lamp. get a aweet-aceated mask. More than An electrical lamp has been devel ewe grumble at the uuroerymen for •iah Runa Away With Bpe*n. oped lo Europe which virtually con mining (h r larger flowered and «rea t A chain e f rascauranta lo tbla city sists o f a metallic arc Inside e f a seal ina* variety, but new It turae out that has ta purchaa* more than a million the nurserymen are blaw ele«* In the «peons, forks and knlvaa every year, ed bulb containing attanuated helium and neon gases. The wire anode ter matter. The musk has deliberately last j other# fall tba name story. Roma e f minates so closely te the edge e f the Ita scent; that la the plain fa it, and dm kelp, according to the management nobody knows tbe wherefore o f this | n f a W all afreet restaurant, must ha hemispherical Iron cathode that the current discharges across the gap strange mvurrenoe. The Field calls at- 1 reckoned oa aa furnishing their homes spontaneously. T h e rays have an or tentlon to the fact, and says that no | „ u p “ borrowed" tableware and many other case o f the kind has been record- patrons taka It fo r souvenirs as un- ange hue and are only slightly actinic, e»l. It nilds that old colonies nf tbe : bltishlngly as (hey would appropriate j making the lamp useful I d photo graphic dark rooms. It Is also rei-oto- musk plant which were ixiwerfully an umbrella on n rainy day. mended for ti«e In mines, and other fragrant have now heroine quite «tdor- A Wall street mnii was Invited to a less. Kcw. It appears. Is as puzzled as illnner at the house o f a rich client not i places where inflammable gases may be present, because breaking o f the anyone over It. i long ago ami during the evening It'« bulb Inatnntly extinguishes the lig h t ho«tess proudly showed him hundred* He Knew Who Hired Him. o f spoons, forks and knives beatili, Its Advantage. The Jury wns evidently getting on the names o f hotels and restaurants "T h e automobile has one hlg ad th** Judge's nerves, ami at laat he an- both o f this country and Europe, “ ti vantage over a horse.” aouneed: took me ten years to get Mils »siileetlon “ What Is that?" "1 discharge the Jury!” fogi'fher,” said the lady, “ ami I dldnt "It can he tlre*l without wanting to A tall, lenii member o f tin* VJ then pay for one o f them.” rone. stop.” "And Mn* disli mn nwny with th. j Largest Dental Practice in the World R e g i s t e r e d Dentists using E. R. P a r k e r System b s v e Oka largest denial practice In the world. T h era are twenty-four com plete offices, which are fully e q u ip p e d with a p p lia n c e s and sup plies for d o i n g line w o rk at moderate prices and with no fe a r of pain. O u t-of-tow n patients ara given esp ecia l attention, so that fe w e r visit* a rr r*«|uirrii to have dental w o rk fu lly com p leted . T h is 1» v e ry im p ortan t lo p eo p le w h o w ant to return hom e as soon as possible. N o th in g but fine w o rk is done, but Ihe p r ic e * arp m »»derate, n ever t h e l e s s . f o r I h e E. R- P a r k e r S\ stem saves a lot o f m oney b u yin g su pplies fo r tw e n ty -fo u r » » « i» r * and in m any oth er w avs, and this sa vin g is »h a red w ith patients. E x a m in a tio n s and advi»*c ure fre e . T h e r e is an E. K. P a rk e r System oflice at State and Commercial Streets Salem Oregon Painless Parker Dentist : í i S M M i Save Today fo r Tom orrow's Needs Doyou live “ from hand to mouth?” There ia a system of living whereby Today may be made to provide for Tomorrow— this year for next year— the prime of manhood for old age. ■ SAVE ■ This one word tells the story. Just a little regu larly deposited in our savings department makes a pleasently sur prising showing in the yeais to come Capital $50,000.00 Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stay ton,Ore || THE STAYT0N BAKERY HOME MADE BREAD, CAKES AND COOKIES NO ORDER TOO LARGE C E. KRAMER, Proprietor STAYTON OREG O N GEM CONFECTIONERY First Class Confections. H igh Grade Pure Candies Fine Cigars and Tobacco Hot and Cold Fountain Drinks A ll Prices and Style Box Candy J. «A* H EN D ERSH O TT, Proprietor Stayton, i “ Siiy. Ju«1j5«\ you can’t (litharge tp«>* n ” Vi s. In tli#* days o f 01*1 M >:ln 1 Home Brew. *U" 1” Hubbard, hut in inixlcm times the p.. “ Can’t discharge you? Why not?” tm ii» and the help. And the cosi1 T o m e on up p» the house for dinner t)vitnil»*ro»\ the judge, and we II give you some good home <)!t, tb it's passed on to Mn* hung.* “ Waal,” replied the juryman, point 1 patrons who go to the rest.in runt no! made bread.” ing to counsel f»»r the defense, “ I was 'o purloin, hut to eat.— Wall S’ reet I "You hnve s»>me good homemade hired by (hut guy over there 1” 1 Tournal. I beer, too, 1 suppose?" n ns» is »»»• im - m mathori off ! S «oundly sleeping perse* 7” la a Mon finite a few mltliaaa o f would like to have answered, there be ing few who have not or do aal « »'«- tlnue to exhaaat «vary schaasa a«-'* method known to then to rauaa so row heavy-landed members o f chair fam ine* In lima to e *t breakfast and g«rii te ihe oflhe or aekool on tlma. "With" an odor, undoubtedly,'* tC » e ll known physician replied to t f a question. “ Tha sent« o f smell la tha roust esslly aroused e f any o f tha flve. Ws have trained ourselves to disregard noises or else ws would get no sleep • t all In a city. In the country th * «ama sounds which ws utterly rilare- gard In town woold awaken oa In stantly,” snya the Kanaaa C ity Star. “T o shake a person Is more or las* n c - ceeaful, as a rule, hut often It serve* to <»nly half rouse the sleeper, and h# turns over and goes to sle«»p again, or. If he does wake. I»e la apt to be In » hml humor. Any really unusual noise t« effective, hat «me can’t think *»f a new nolse-niaking method every morn ing. “ When an od»>r la used, however, thr» si«-eper wakes at on«-e— I* wide awake. Almost any »trior will answer. If not tow faint. Perfume o f any kind Is eape- »•lally good. Ammonia, camphor— In fact anything with a decided odor, w ill do. but it should not he too powerful, or the awakening will be violent.” Oregon W © M P L E X IO N Y OUR COMPLEXION i* muddy. You look hag gard and yellow. Your eyes are losing their lustre. The trouble is with your liver. Take Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will correct that. Then avoid meats, hot bread and hot cakes, tike frequent baths tmd a lent; wnlh e -.;y day, and you will soon be a: v d l t d beautiful as ever. Price 2? pc” b v 1 Chamberí* m m m m . > j