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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1920)
mOOK OOUKTT JOURlf AI, P 11 I EYES AND yoicE fly R. RAY BAKER ti0, 110. Ir MoClare Naiir rJIi.) Itnscoe lliiti'l one of the point of 111 queerest love triangle on rvc or J. At least Itoscoe lmd never heard of Its equal. He wn lu love with two young women, Nothing remarkable about tlrnt, you will suyj It'a more often that way than tint. There' no din puling Unit. The fact Hint lis wi lu lova Willi two girl ur thought he -n not tha remarkuhle thing about ItiMcoe' romance. Here' the thing admit It: One of tha glrli KoiciM Inn) never seen mil tho oilier he hnil never heard speak; mid he could not tell which of the two win the more dralruhle. Ae for that, though, tt looked hopeless for hi in In either case. Itoscoe wa better acquainted wltb "Voire" than wllh "Kyes." In fact, he did not know Kye at ell. Voire, of course, wan the one he talked with t over the ihoiie, and Kye was the one that worked In the sumo hullillng with hi in. lie hud tried In various way to meet her, hut unfortunately the girl was employed In an otllre entirely en rate from the one In whleh he hud desk, end he had not been hl to nnd one among hli fellow worker who knew any of the girl' assoclatee. Kye hnil smiled at him when he met her on the alalrway for Ilia flint time aome ten month ago; and subse quently when he met her, whleh was frequently, die had greeted him the nine way. Hut It wu Jun a friend ly, comradely smile not the invlta tlon to-a fllrtiiilon kind and he wai gratllled It wai that way. Itoscoe bad liked the girl from the atart, and dur ing the month he now her mine and go from the building he became con vinced that he loved her or would love her If be had half a chance. How ever, bo wa quite the opposite of forwardness not exactly timid or handful, but rather reserved, you might HAT. Itoiroe'g acquaintanceship with Voice started a year bark. It. wo rase of "wrong number.'' The girl wa calling up a newspaper oftlre to get the baseball core for It developed be waa a "fan" and had become con nected with Itoaroe' desk Instead. He wa "fan" himself, and bad the score at bl tongue' end, o he fur nished her with the desired Informa tion. Then he took one of the holdout atep of bin Ufa. lie told her he would give her the core every day If he would cull him up; In fart, he offered to rnll her, hut ahe refused to give her number. She accepted hi Invitation, and noun they became quite friendly In their telephone associations, which at Brut dealt mainly wllh baseball "dope," but later widened their scope to oilier subject, although never de cenilltig to the piano commonly known as "kidding." Itoscoe fell In love with the voice, not In a "Illy way, but seriously. He wa sentimental youth and the nov elty of the altuutlnn appealed to him. Still, he was handicapped by hi re servo and could not muster the cour age, or whatever the missing Ingredi ent might be, to ak the girl' name or seek to meet her. Thus mailer stood when two mm) l In Inter he begun meeting Eyes; nnd he went up In the air, so to apeak. Eyes' eyes were an beautiful to look upon as Voice's voice waa to hear, and be felt that either of the girls would fit In with his Ideas of the Ideal. Roscoe was not a particularly hand sftmo young man; still, he had his at tractive features, one of which was bis Immaculate appearance, while bis features were clean-out, and he had a couple of dimples that stamped him - as having a genial disposition. Yes, It w'as entirely possible for a girl to get In love with Itoscoe at first sight, although he did not flatter himself on that score nnd did not suppose tbnt Eyes gave him more than a passing thought. As to Roscoe' voice, It had tones that were pleasing enough; at least, there was no harshness connected with his speech. lie realized, how ever, that It possessed no enticing qualities, and he labored under no de lusions that Voice had fallen In love , with him or was more Interested than ' one enthusiastic baseball fan might be Interested In another. About the time Itoscoe had decided he cared the most for Eyes, possibly because she was more tangible than Voice, and perhaps because of his fenr that Voice might be quite the op pnslte of beautiful to look upon, and mnybe because Eyes seemed the more elusive, one of his fellow workers came to hlra with this discouraging Information : "I found out who that girl In the red coat Is. Her name's Pearl DIxson and she' In Dearborn's office up stairs. But you haven't a chance, Ros. She's already In love with a fellow. I met ber chum, last night, and she told me so. Itoscoe was disheartened, , but brightened -up when he learned that the next afternoon was to be a half holiday and he would have big first opportunity of the season to witness a baseball game. Itoscoe owned a small roadster which, had not yet passed the crank ing stage, and In this he motored to the ball grounds. The game was so " exciting that he. forgot about hi love affair, and after It termination he lingered to discus with an umpire with whom ha wa acquainted tech nical point on a ruling that had arisen during the diamond conflict When Itoscoe left the ground the crowds bad vanished, all except a girl In a red coat, who stood outside the gale looking about a though In search of smile one, Khe was Kye, and she smiled with them when she auw Itos coe, Itoscoe' heart beat violently aa he approached her, amazed at bl own temerity, lifted bl tint and Inquired: "fun I be of service T" "I don't know," tdia replied. "I'm looking for my nuut. We got separat ed In the crowd and I'm afraid she' taken the trolley car thinking I also was on It, and there Isn't another csr for lialf n hour." Itoscoe stepped Into the breach. "I'll be glad to escort you home In my my alleged automobile." "I'll be equally glad to ride In It, 1 assure you," she told hi in sweetly. Boon they were buzzing along the road not too fust, for Itoscoe wanted to prolong the trip, eieclnl!y after he discovered there waa no ring on the third finger of her left hand. "Wasn't It glorious game!" ahe exclaimed, starting slightly a Rocoe narrowly missed hitting another car, due to the fact that he wa looking Into Eyes' eye. They discussed the game In detail. "Do you know," she observed, a they whisked Into tha residential dis trict, heading for an address she fur tilshed, "you remind me a lot of a friend of mine another baseball fanr Itoscne'l heart sank. "That must be the fellow she's In love with," be thought "He talk Just like you, using the snine Idioms, and ha the same favor He players," she went on. This gave Itoscoe a new lease on hope. If she loved this other man, and the other man wa like him, he felt that he had some chance of beat ing him In a matrimonii duel. "You should meet him," Eye con tinued. The next cdrner I where 1 live, please. Yes, you should meet him, but I could never bring It about." "And why not?" he Inquired, alow lug down. "Ilecause I never met him myself. Probably you'll think I'm a foolish lit tle girl; but for a year I've been In love with a man I've never seen. He give me the baseball scores over the telephone every day, and but of course, It' all useless. I'll never meet him." The roadster came to a stop In front of her home with such violence that their heads struck the top. "Thank you so much," she said, as he helped her out "Maybe I can do something for you some day." Itoscoe gulped and groped for words. Anally managing to tay: "You can do something right now. Let me come np and see you tonight and I'll bring this telephone man of yours along. I'm well acquainted with him." And Eyes' eyes smiled at him and answered In advance of her lips. ZUNI INDIANS FLEET-FOOTED Remarkable Racing Tournament In Whleh Runners Usually Defeat Mounted Competitors. The Zunl Indians of Northwestern New Mexico occasionally hold a rac ing tournament In which a number of the fleetest runners of the tribe coa test for prizes to be given those who first complete on foot a circuit fully 23 miles In length, after a week of severe preparatory practice. The con testants Bre compelled to kick a small stick the entire distance of the race. Sometimes they bare the right foot and grasp the stick between their toes so that In taking a step they can fling It a surprising dlstunce In front of them as they run. The rule of the race Is that this stick Is never to be touched by any part of the body other than the foot The contestants may get Into severe difficulties when the nomadic piece of wood happens to full Into the midst of one of the large thorny clumps of cacti which abounds In that country, or If the river has to be crossed In the race. So extraordinary are the en durance and speed of these runners that tlicy often cover the entire 25 miles in a little more than two hours, Sometimes Indians mounted on swift ponies enter the race against the foot runners. At the end of ten mile the horses begin to show signs of fa tigue, and when 15 or 20 miles have been traveled they have often to be withdrawn from the race. The foot runners are almost always able to win the race over their mounted competi tors, and seem to suffer no serious effects from the great muscular strain to which they have been subjected. Annoying Both Ways. Miss Elsie De Wolfe suid at the club; "Servants and not necessarily good servants now get $15 a wee and at that they ore hard to And. "A young girl about to marry said to a middle-aged matron the other day: " 'I suppose housekeeping has Its an noyances?' " 'It certainly has I' the matron aa swered. 'You've either got a servant or you haven't " .'. Its Natural End. "There Is one occupation which no matter how well a man succeeds In It is bound In the end to go down hill." "What's thatr "Mountain climbing," IMA RIDDING HOUSES OF VERMIN Outline of Method Recommended by Poultry Specialist of Depart ment of Agriculture, The following method of ridding ben houses of miles and lice, when tha weather condition are such as to permit of the bird belnr kept outside the house for five or six hours, I rec ommended by poultry specialist In the United State department of agri culture. Close all the doors and window and tee that there are no crack or any other opening to admit air. Set an Iron vessel on gravel or sand near the center of the house. Place In the vessel a handful of shaving or straw saturated with kerosene and on these sprinkle sulphur at the rate of about one pound to every HO or 100 square feet of floor space. Instead of using the shavings and kerosene, the sulphur may be saturated with wood alcohoL When everything else Is In readi ness, light the material and hastily leave the house. In case any anxiety I felt about Are, a glance through a window will show whether everything la all right There Is very little dan ger of Are when proper precautions have been taken to have plenty of soil beneath the vessel. After 'three or four hours, throw all the door and the window wide open to drive out the sulphur fumes thoroughly. Then let the fowl In one by one. A each en ters, catch It and dust It well with In sect powder, which will destroy the lice on the bird. Tobacco dust 1 alio good to use Instead of insect powder. The birds and house have now been freed from vermin for the present, but the eggs of the Insects have not been destroyed, and In a week another warm will be batched out There- Fumigating Hen House to Get Rid of Mite and Lice. fore It wlU be necessary to repeat the operation once or twice before the pts re exterminated. After this care should be used to see that no strange fowl Is, admitted to the bouse or yard without having been thor oughly rid of lice, for one lousy ben will contaminate all the rest GIVE GROWING CHICKS MILK Where Supply Can Be Obtained It Should Be Kept Before Them In Open Dish or Pan. Nothing Is better for growing chick than a liberal supply of sour milk. If it can be obtained It always should be kept before them In an open dish, or pan where they can eat and drink It freely. Where sour milk Is fed, the amount of beef scrap in the dry mash may be reduced one-half. Plenty of fresh, clean water Is abso lutely necessary for all growing chicks. In hot weather It should be given twice dully and put Into fountains or dishes and placed In the shade so as to keep as coul as possible. Clean the water dish thoroughly each day before fill ing. SURPLUS FOWLS PROFITABLE Males and Females That Have Out grown Their Usefulness Pro vide Additional Income. . Most farmers find the profit In the commercial part of the poultry busl ness in market eggs, but the surplus males and the females that have out grown their usefulness provide an ad ditional Income which is worth while. GEESE MAKE GOOD FORAGERS Fowls Pick Up Large Portion of Their Ration If Allowed Free Range on Farm. All geese are good foragers and even when young will pick up a large part of their ration if allowed free range on the farm. They eat grass and fresh vegetable growths of all kinds, aa well as bugs and worms. mi1 ALFALFA ENEMY IS DRIVEN BACK Effective and Cheap Method of Stopping Injury by Pest Has Been Found. CROP TREATED BY SPRAYING Net 8avlng on Demonstration Field of 4,263 Acre Totaled $41,371 at Cost of $1.50 Per Acre Power Pumps Used. (Prepared br the United fltntes Depart ment of Agriculture.) Tlie alfalfa weevil In some sections not only causes financial loss but even threaten actual ruin. Heretofore the control methods were only partially successful. Flooding the alfalfa Aelds, cultivating them when dry, and drag ging them with a brush harrow seemed to check till pest only In a measure. Also, the growth of a second cutting w so delayed and often so short that the crop as a whole was much reduced. Stop Deetructlvenees of Peat Work by the Fait Lake City offlce of the bureau of entomology showed that best results came from spraying the al falfa Aelds with a solution of arsenate of lead when the larvae of the weevil were doing the greatest amount of damage on the first crop. Demonstra tions were held In various sections of the Great Salt Lake valley In co operation with the county agricultural agents. During 1919 this work was ex tended and the demonstrations carried forward by the county agents Indicate that so effective and cheap method of stopping the destructiveness of this pest has been found. Save by Spraying. During the past year ,2G3 acres of alfalfa were treated by spraying, aad It Is estimated that the net saving on these demonstration fields totals $41,- 371. By this method the first crop of hay Is saved. The cost Is only about $1.50 an acre, as but two pounds of arsenate of lead are mixed with 100 gallons of water and applied at this rate to an acre of alfalfa. Power pumps which force the spray through extension nozzles make It possible to apply a fine, driving spray over a wide atrip quickly and effectively. The demonstrations proved a constd erable Increase In the production of hay to the acre. This sometimes Drawings Showing Complete Life His tory of Alfalfa Weevil and the Man ner in Which It Attacks the Plant. amounted to from 1,500 to 2,000 pounds. In Sevier county, Utah, demonstrations conducted on 1,700 acres showed an average increase of 800 pounds an acre. At the prevailing price of alfalfa hay, $20 a ton, the resulting saving should total $13,600 In that county alone. County agents and farmers In other counties in Utah also report that when normal conditions prevailed Inst year the spraying of alfalfa proved to be cheap, practical and effective. FARMER IS MORE EFFICIENT Average Corn Yield In Last Half Cen tury la 14, Bushels Per Farm er' Workday. Corn production averaged little more than two bushels per farmer's Workday of ten hours In the middle of the last century, when he husked and shelled by hand nnd turned the crnnk of a fodder cutter. The average rose to 14M bushels half a century later when he used a gang plow, disk har row, corn planter, self-binder for cut ting, husker and fodder cutter, and a shelling mnchlne,' says the United States department of agriculture. Be sides, there has been Improvement In agriculture. If the corn was husked from standing stalks nnd these left In the field, and the corn was not shelled, the gnln In production per day of farmer's labor was from 10 bushels In the earlier time to 20 bushels in the later. PROPER FEED AT FARROWING Thick Slop of Ground Oats and Little Ollmeal la Preferred by Many Hog Raiser. Many hog raisers who use corn as the main part of their feed most of the time, do not feed corn just before or just after farrowing. "The last two months before farrowing I don't feed nny corn, but give a thick slop of ground oats and a little ollmeal," says one mnn. "I cut down the feed just before farrowing and do not feed any more until the pigs are about a day old." mm t CLUB GIRL'S HENS PAY WELL Valerie Hennlng of Mississippi I Pay ing Her Way Through College on Profit From Flock. "I am a poultry club member, and my record show that thl year the net profit from my chicken were $523.35." Thl 1 the retiort of Valerie Hennlng of Panola county, Mississippi, who at sixteen hold the championship of ber state In poultry-club work. She, with six other Mississippi girls and two chaperons, recently visited Washing ton. The flve-day trip was prize of fered by Mississippi bankers and busi ness men to the girl In each district of the state who made the largest prof- It in ber club work. Miss Hennlng has been a member for two year of one of the poultrv P4 Mi Prize-Winner of Mississippi Girls' Club Witnessing Demonstration In Us of Egg Tetter at BelUville Gov ernment Farm. club supervised by the United States department of agriculture and the state colleges. To obtain her start In club work she borrowed $13.50 from a local bank. With tbla money a pen of Barred Plymouth Rocks, consisting of four hen and one cockerel, was bought The profits from ber chickens last year, her first In poultry work, were $374, and ber flock for 1919 consisted of two cockerels and nineteen hens. By the use of trap nests and leg bands the record as a layer of each hen bad been observed, and only the good egg pro ducers were kept Prom January 1 to October 13 the 19 biddies laid 2.840 eggs. Miss Hennlng sells nearly all the eggs for hatching purposes; but tbe birds she raises, aside from tbe culls, bring from $15 to $20 a pen. The money this club girl has made through her poultry work Is being used to pay her way through an agricultural high school. DESIRABLE HENS TO RETAIN On Most Farms Size of Flock Could Well Be Increased Range I Very Important The average farmer might find tt desirable to Increase the size of tbe flock of bens. While most farmers have little time to devote to poultry raising, yet their families may attend to the fowls and see that they are well cared for and protected. The usual "advice" to poultry raisers to begin with a few hens is sound. But on most farms the women and girls have bad the responsibility of the flock for years and most of them could well afford to increase the number of lay ing bens. . Range Is very Important for poultry. But range alone Is not enough. The fowls must have feed and shelter when they need them. When one is about to Increase the number of hens it Is well to see that those kept are worth keeping. Poor hens are not an asset; they are gen erally a liability. Cull out weak or slow-growing chicks, Eggs being taken to market should be protected from the sun's ays. If the hen house Is damp, It Is safe to say fewer eggs will be laid. Infertile eggs will withstand market ing conditions much better than fertile eggs. A chicken can stand any amount of cold, but very little moisture, when housed. v Rapid growth nnd no bowel trouble are essential In developing profitable Bocks of chicks.- .' Make hens take exercise by feeding their grain In litter, where they will have to scratch for it , .' Begin marketing the cockerels as soon as they weigh 1 pounds or at tain a marketable weight Bran and charcoal are two valuable feeds for young chicks. They can be placed in hoppers before the chicks at all times. i r ". f w HARLEQUIN CABBAGE BUG INJURES CROPS Attacks Cauliflower and Various Other Vegetables. First Appearing Insect Should Be Killed Before They Have Chance to Breed Clean Up Old SUlk and Rubbish. (Prepared by the United BUtes Depart ment of Ag liculture.) The cabbage crop of many state suffer severe losses from the ravages of the harlequin cabbage bug. The affected planta wilt and die soon after attack as though swept by fire, hence the name "fire bug." This bug, which also Is called "calico back" and "ter rapin bug," also Injures cauliflower, kale, turnip, radish, and other cole crops, and after destroying Aelds of these, attacks various other vege tables. Several generations are pro duced each year. Cleaning up the cabbage (talk and other remnants as soon as thfl crop la off. preventing the growth of weeds Brunei 8prouts, Showing Charac:r. Istlo Feeding Areas, White Spots on Leaves, Due to Attack of the Harlequin Cabbage Bug. and the accumulation of rnbblsh, us ing trap crop of mustard, rape, or other early crop, burning over in fested patches and fields, and destroy ing the bisects by means of a hand torch and other mechanical measures, are the best methods of control, ac cording to Farmers' Bulletin 1061, "Harlequin Cabbage Bog and Its Con trol," recently Issued by the United States department of agriculture. The first appearing bugs should be killed before they have a chance to breed, or if the fields become Infested later the bugs should be destroyed late In the season so as to leave fewer to survive the winter. r Co-operation with others who grow cole crops Is an absolute necessity In dealing successfully with this pest Tbe new bulletin may be obtained free, as long aa the supply lasts, on application to the department RIGHT TIME TO APPLY LIME If Badly Needed It May Be Spread ' on Winter Wheat in Spring and Lightly Harrowed. The best time to apply lime Is when land Is being prepared for wheat In fall. It should be spread on the plowed ground and harrowed in. Liming corn land that Is to be followed by a grain crop with clover Is also good practice. If lime is badly needed It may be spread on the winter wheat In the spring and lightly harrowed In. It will not be as effective as If tt had been put on last full but It will help some. If clover Is to be seeded with a spring grain crop, lime can be applied when preparing the land for this crop, Tbe precise amount of lime to use in each case can be determined only by chemical means, and the various methods for determining the lime re quirement of soils do not always yield uniform results, says the United States department of agriculture. For the farmer the response of the clover crop is the best test By liming a field at two or three rates and leaving a strip unllmed the farmer can get clover to tell the story itself. As a general rule, which is useful as a starting point, two tons of ground limestone or one ton of burnt lime an acre will put most land in shape to grow clover. DEVELOPMENT OF MARKETING Improvement Must Continue to Come Through Better Methods and Procedure. Marketing machinery Is a product of evolution; nny Improvement must continue to come gradually through better mthods nnd procedure nnd not through setting up Instantly a perfect ly efficient and automatically operated new marketing machine. Market ex perts In the United States department of agriculture point out that the work er in the field of marketing can assist in the development of better market ing practices just as the worker In tha field of production has assisted, and is now assisting, in the Improvement of . general practices. GET HONEY FROM DANDELION Not Considered Strong Enough Argu ment to Continue Growing Plant Too Freely. . Beekeepers have found that the dandelion furnished the bees some honey in 1919. But in general this would not be a strong enough argu ment to continue growing the plant as freely as some do grow it