OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1909
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BY
F.ETRIGG
REGISTER.
IROCKrORD.lA.
CORRESPONDENCE
SOLICITED
This matter must not be reprinted with
out special permission.
THE POOR MAN PROSCRIBED
It Is very likely superfluous to criti
cise the method by which Uncle Sam
disposes of his public lands, but some
phases of land drawings as ordinarily
conducted seem to show that a fairer
and more considerate policy might be
followed. This would bo along the
line of allowing registration for the
drawing without requiring the pres
ence of persons at the place where the
registration Is to take place, the one
desiring to register Instead- appearing
before a notary In his home town
This would be a boon to many poorer
people, who feel they can ill afford to
bear the expense of a trip hundreds
or "thousands of miles to the locality
where the drawing Is to take place
when there Is not one chance In a hun
dred that they will be successful.
Were such persons allowed to regis
ter at home and mall their applica
tions the registration would be in
creased many fold. Those who did
register would thus not be compelled
to make a trip unless they were
among the fortunate ones, in which
event they would feel that there was
enough at stake to justify an expendi
ture of their hard earned money suffi
cient to Inspect the land to be award
ed. Such an arrangement would cut
down passenger traffic, but Inasmuch
as land drawings are not held primari
ly for the profit of transportation
companies this would not be a vital
consideration. It would, on the other
hand, encourage many a poor mau to
register for land drawings who does
not now do so, because the chances of
success are so slim as not to warrant
the expense luvolved. If there is any
class which ought to benefit in the
distribution of public lands it is the
class just named..
PROPAGATING CURRANT8.
The currant, one of the highly prized
garden fruits, may be propagated by
taking hardwood cuttiugs some ten
Inches In length early In September.
If the leaves have not already fallen
they should be removed a week before
the job Is done. The cuttiugs should
be started in the nursery row at once
or tied In bundles and burled upside
down with two or three inches of soil
- over the butts. In case the planting
Is delayed It may be done just before
freezeup, or the bundles of cuttings
may be stored in moss or sand and
carried through the winter In the cel
lar or storeroom. In this case the
cuttings should be planted In the
spring just as soon as the soli is fit.
In warmer and drier sections the plant
ing is best done in the fall, which
usually marks the beginning of the wet
seasou, if the precipitation amounts to
anything at all. Another method of
propagation Is known as mound lay
erage, which consists in drawing the
soil up around the shoots of an estab
lished bush, when in the course of a
couple of seasons they take root in
this new upper soil and may be then
cut away and transplanted, the stubs
and roots of the parent bush being left
below. Gooseberries may be propagat
ed In the same manner.
ONLY A PATCH.
Nebraska and Colorado hare lately
passed stringent laws forbidding the
importation of dairy cattle of any kind
which do not show a clean bill of
health In the matter of freedom from
tuberculosis. This action may be call
ed radical by those who would suffer
from an enforcement of the law, but
from the standpoint of a decent regard
for the public health it is to be com
mended. Yet a matter that so vitally
concerns the public health should not
be left for the individual state to cope
with, but should be reached by an ef
fective federal law. Were such a
measure enacted and the Interstate
shipment of tuberculous animals pro
hibited the ax would be laid at the
root of the difficulty, and the individ
ual dairyman of no conscience, being
prohibited from selling diseased ani
mals, would quit business or reform.
Action by Individual states is a step
in the right direction, but it is at best
a patch where in truth a new gar
ment is uecded.
A VOLCANIC WONDER.
Travelers who have visited the Sa
moan Islands tell of a volcano In active
eruption on the Island of Savll, which
seems to surpass In magnitude of oper
ation any other volcano of historical
times. It broke loose four years ago,
and from the beginning there has been
a continuous and increasing flow of
lava, which now comes from a rent in
the mountain side In a stream eight
miles wide, the volume being placed
at 800,000 tons per minute; Already
sixty square miles of land have been
submerged by molten lava, hills 600
feet high being covered and valleys as
deip being tilled to the rim. The glare
of the molten stream by night, coupled
with the clouds of steam which rise
as it pluuges into the ocean, Is said to
be one of the most magnificent and
awe inspiring sights Imaginable.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
September 2Gtb., 1909.
Temperance Lesson. 1 Cor. 10 :23-38.
Golden Text Let every one of us
please bis neighbor for his good to
ediflcalioD. Rom. 15:2.
Verse 23 If a man could lawfully
drink intoxicating liqnor, in modera
tion, would it be a good thing to do,
seeing so many thousands are being
mined yearly, by drinking, all of
whom commenced to drink in moder
ation? (.This question must be an-
Bumper crops of ( i ur wheat and
oats with lowered price will be viewed
with satisfaction by Hie poultryman,
who has hud as much us he could do
to keep his head above water with
grain prices out of sight and no com
mensurate advance in the prices re
ceived for his poultry products.
We read an account the other day of
a Nebraska ganger who tried to hold
up an express train to secure a lot of
the gold which It carried. In view of
the crop snowing which Nebraska is
making this year this attempted hold
up Is thj worst case of effrontery we
have run across. Had he lived in
Rhode Island it wouldn't have been so
bad. .
The value of the products of Alas
ka, a bleak tract bought of Russia in
1807 for $T,200,000, during the period
from 1880 to 1908 were: Gold, $140,
000,000; other minerals, $6,000,000;
flsh, $100,000,000; furs, .$.r0.000.000.
The present annual production In
cludes minerals, $20,000,000; flsh, $10,
000,000; furs, $500,000. When it
comes to conducting a pretty profita
ble real estate business Uncle Sam
should be Included with the rest.
The scarcity of farm help In the
great wheat belt during the season
just closed, coupled with the unsatis
factory character of much that was
available, is goittg to direct renewed
attention to the feasibility of the gaso
line tractor as a substitute for men and
horses. This machine can be used
not only to operate headers, but also in
plowing, narrowing and seeding the
land. The joint ownership of such a
machine by the proprietors of small
Individual tracts of land has much to
commend it.
A trip through the orange groves and
vineyards of southern California, the
prune, peach and apricot ranches of
the central and northern part of the
state and the apple growing sections
of Oregon' and Washington forces the
conclusion that in all of these places,
where the conditions are exceptionally
favorable, the most Important factor
of success, after all, Is not soil or cli
mate, but the individual landowner
and operator, whose energy, intelli
gence and skill determine whether he
reaps a generous reward or no, for in
all these sections are found ranches
that are 111 kept and therefore unprofit
able. It is not only the general appearance
of the neighborhood In which one
thinks of settling, but the appearance
of individual farms here and there, as
shown by clean fields and good crops
growing, that often influences the pro
spective buyer. If so, It follows that
the unkempt fields and slovenly prem
ises of a shiftless or lazy person will
tend to cast discredit on all his neigh
bors and the agricultural standing of
the district and by so doing nre likely
to result in a depreciation of land val
ues. This aspect of or reason for good
farming Is one that Is not often re
ferred to, but it is worth taking into
account now and then.
In spite of the fame which the Hood
river valley has achieved as a produ
cer of high grade apples the business is
but In its infancy. Rut little more
than a fourth of the laud in the valley
suitable for orchard purposes has been
utilized, and but a small per ceut of
the trees now set are In bearing. The
prices which the grower receives for
his crop run from $2 to $3.50 per
bushel box, which Is considerably
more than growers in Missouri, Mich
igan and New York receive for three
times as much. It is not surprising
therefore that the fellows who work
in sight of Mount Hood, snowcapped
the year around, are a contented and
prosperous lot.
The Missouri experiment station has
secured valuable data from some re
cent hog feeding experiments. Six
lots of six fifty-pound Poland-Chinas
were fed different rations for a period
of 102 days. In the windup it was
found that the most economical ration
was corn and skimmtlk, the average
dally gain per head being 1.G1 pounds,
while the cost per 100 pounds of gain
(figuring corn at 40 cents and the
milk at 15 cents per hundredweight)
was $2.83. The next best showing was
made by the bunch fed corn and alfal
fa, the average dally gain in this case
being .83 pound and the cost per 100
pounds of gain with corn and fresh
alfalfa at $3 per ton, $3. Corn and
clover gave .77 pound and $3.25 In
these two respects and green rape and
corn .58 pound gain and $3.34 as the
cost per 100 pounds gain.
Estimates which have been made
by careful students of crop conditions
for the present season place the yield
of wheat at the highest figure save
one in the history of the country and
the corn and oats crops as the largest
which the country has ever produced.
This has a tremendous significance in
the minds of all who appreciate the
connection between bumper crops and
good times. Never before have these
three great staples reached so high a
figure in the same season. The result is
in part due to exceptionally favorable
weather conditions, Including abun
dant moisture and freedom from
blight, but also to a more Intelligent
and careful type of agriculture, about
which much is being said these later
days. This latter factor is one of the
most hopeful signs of the present, as
the possibilities of the American ranch
and farm wlse'y handled are only Just
beginning to be realized.
swered in writing by members of the
clnb. ) .-
Is a man honest, either in money or
morals, who always goes as far as the
law will allow him and do 'nrtherr
If the general influence of anything
we do, which may be lawfnl in itself,
is injurious to ourselves or otners,
what is our doty?
What is the. general influence of
the drink traffic?
Verse 24 Why is not all onr duty
to onr neighbor fulfi'led when we
have succeeded in doing him no
harm?
Does Paul mean that we are to de-
THE CHANGE
Conducted by
J. W. DARROW, Ch.th.m. N. V..
Press Comevondenl New York State
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It Is Owned by Lindenwald
Grange of Kinderhook, N. Y.
Formerly an Academy Building Which
Was Constructed Nearly a Century
Ago School Was Attended by Martin
Van Buren and Samuel J. Tildsn.
Writing of their new-old grange hall
recently dedicated by Lindenwald
grange at Kinderhook, Mr. Edward
Van Alstyne has this to say In the
Tribune-Farmer:
Although Columbia is one of the
counties in New York in which the
grange is of recent origin it having
had a foothold there only In the last
decade yet we have today between
5,000 and 0,000 Patrons. Doubtless
few counties nre better orgaulzed or
have a more really active membership.
Lindenwald grange at Kinderhook
which takes Its name from the home
of the lalf ex-President Martin Van
Buren, Just south of the village, and
numbers some of that name among
Its members on Friday, June 18, dedi
cated Its new home and gave Its sixth
annual banquet. Shortly after thn
grange was started a centrally located
store in the village was purchased,
and the upper story was fitted up as a
hall, the store below being rented.
This property cost, with needed re
pairs, about $3,000. Of this all ex
cept $950 had been paid. On April
1 we had expected to pay $350 or $400
more, but the building caught fire last
winter, the dealer's goods were dam
aged and our hall was partially de
stroyed. After some discussion It was
decided to sell the lot and building, or
what was left of It, and purchase the
old Kinderhook academy, this school,
like most of the old line academies,
having bad to give place to the public
school.
It had been devoted to several base
uses and for the last two years had
stood vacant, with none so poor to do
It reverence. It was built In the days
of cheap and abundant lumber, and. the
builders must have been men of good
repute, for it stands as true und strong
today as when it was erected nearly a
century ago, for It was organized in
1824 by those of Holland ancestry, who
were ever zealous In the cause of edu
cation. Many bearing the same names
are in the membership of the grange
today: The funds were raised by pri
vate subscription, and it became one of
the famous schools of the state. Here
Martin Van Buren, the eighth presi
dent of the United States, was edu
cated. ' Later students were Samuel J.
Tilden, who received the popular vote
to the same office, and scores of others
who have occupied places of promi
nence in vnrious walks of life, both in
the state and the nation.
The old chapel has been fitted into a
lodge room of light and beauty, with
rooms below as a kltcben, a dining ball
and a committee room. State Master
Godfrey dedicated the building.
Novel Way to Earn Funds.
One grange early In the season gave
out, through the provision of the mas
ter and lecturer, one good sized potato
to every member who would take one,
The seeretury recorded where every
potato went and the number of eyes It
possessed and will keep the account
open until reckoning time next fall.
The persons taking the potatoes are to
cultivate them carefully, and at an ap
pointed meeting next fall they will ren
der an account of the potatoes they
ralsea and "produce the goods" in the
grange hall. After the harvests have
all been credited to each raiser the
total yield of potatoes will be sold and
the proceeds turned over to the grange
treasury. This is a plan worth pasting
In the scrap book, ready for use next
spring. National Grange Organ.
Lecturers' Meetings.
State Lecturer S. J. Lowell Is mak
Ing an effort to reach by lecturers' con
ferences every county In the state and
to this end has organized the state into
districts of from three to half a dozen
counties. Beginning Aug. 23, the con
ferences will be held in each of these
districts with the Pomona and sub
ordinate lecturers. The conferences
will end Sept. 8, probably at Syracuse.
In the counties In which these meet
ings are to be held the Pomona lec
turers are expected to wake arrange
ments and notify Mr. Lowell as soon
as a location has been made. It Is ex
pected that the state master will at
tend all these meetings. Deputies are
urged to be present so as to unify the
work of the grange.
A Wise Lecturer.
A method of setting many people at
work is being tried by one lecturer
this year and is working well so far,
says the national grange organ. There
were 200 members at the beginning of
the year, and he figured out that a lec
ture hour program would be needed
for twenty meetings. Accordingly be
divided the membership into squads of
ten persons each, named a chairman
and assigned the, respective evenings
one to each squad and so printed the
program. The full year's results will
be worth watching.
The Pomona ideals should be higher
and a model for other granges to work
by. They were intended for this pur
pose originally and to be a help to the
subordinate granges.
vote more time and thought to adding
to our neighbor's weath, than we do
to onr own, and if not, what does he
mean?
To how much of onr respect is a
man entitled who cares nothing for
the success ot others, but Is devoted
wholly to his own?
Verse 25 In those days meat was
offered to idols and afterward sold in
the market for food, and some consci
entious people objected to eating it
for that reason. What did Paul ad
vise in the circumstances, and why
aia ne aavise it? ;
Should we always pay the price de
manded.without question, or should
Within reasonable limits those chick
ins will pay the hur si percentage of
profit which are marketed the soonest,
is the most rapid as well as the cheap
est gain In weight is made during the
first three or four months.
In the recent land drawing which
took place at Spokane there were more
than 3,000 applications for every piece
of land to be disposed of. if one 0f tUo
lucky ones, It Is still a gamble wheth
er a fellow's number Is low enough to
give him the choice of a piece of land
which is worth proving up on.
Putter makers of an Inquiring turn
of mind have found through careful
tests that the water coutcut of a dozen
tubs of butter taken from the same
churning may vary from one-half to 1
per cent. This would seem to suggest
that the fellow who makes a practice
of working up close to (he 10 per cent
limit should see to It that his water Is
pretty evenly mixed.
A part of the old Lee estate In Vir
ginia has been set nside as a drug gar
den by the federal department of agri
culturethat Is, It Is belug used for the
culture of new and valuable plants
that may have a commercial value.
Where success attends the growing of
any varieties they will be recommend
ed for other sections where soli and
climatic conditions are right.
Last season Canadian orchurdlsts
shipped 5,000 barrels of apples to Cope
Town, South Africa. The cost of
transportation, storage, etc., was $3.05
per barrel and the price received $9.75,
leaving the grower In the neighbor
hood of $2.25 per bushel net. This
Instance can be taken us still further
proof that American fruit growers
don't propose to lie still and lose mon
ey when foreign markets are more
than glad to get their fine fruit.
Some investigations which the Iowa
experiment station has made Into a
fungous disease of millet which has
appeared at several places in the state
this year Indicate that the disease Is
millet smut, which Is quite common
in sections of Europe and which seems
to have been brought Into this country
In seed imported from Germany. The
smut in question is much like that
which affects outs, aud It can be pre
vented by soaking the seed for two
hours lu a solution of one pound of
formalin to forty-five gallons of water.
The owner of a garden tract of three
or four acres near Omalm has laid tile
through the tract and Is sublnigatlug
it. In this case there Is simply a re
versal of the use of the ordinary sys
tem -of draintlllug, the water belug
pumped through the main lines Into
the laterals and drawn thence to the
surface by capillary attraction as rap
idly as needed. In sections where a
water supply is handy aud where pe
riods of short rainfall are likely to oc
cur at critical times such a system
would seem to have a very definite
and practical value.
James J. Hill, president of the
Great Northern, Is long heuded
enough to appreciate the vital rela
tion between intelligent farming and
big crops aud Increase in railroad
traffic. In order to encourage a bet
ter type of farming he has put up
prizes aggregating $2,500, to be award
ed at the time of the Omaha corn
show In December to exhibitors of
small gralus and grasses living lu ter
ritory tributary to the Great North
ern road. A plan of this kind Is not
philanthropy, but Just good business
policy, and might well be adopted by
the officials of other roads.
Could some Influence but be brought
to bear to cause a partition of all ag
ricultural land In parcels of a quarter
section or more Into forty or eighty
acre tracts aud the working of these
areas lu us Intensive a way as Is carried
out on like ureas in the Irrigation dis
tricts of the western states a transfor
mation would be brought about in crop
yields and financial returns that could
hardly be estimated. It goes without
saying that the western Irrigated tract
possesses a marvelous and unimpaired
fertility, while In many Instances land
in older sections of the country has
been run down but notwithstanding
this handicap results that might be
secured by a careful handling of this
same old land would, to say the least,
be surprising. The material welfare
of coming generations is going to de
pend upon this more than upon any
other single factor.
Bulletlu No. 82, recently issued from
the bureau of entomology of the de
partment of agriculture, contains the
results of u series of experiments
which have recently been conducted
with a view to finding effective meth
ods of fighting the Colorado potato
beetle. The Information presented is
primarily for the truc,k gardeners liv
ing in southeastern Virginia on either
side of Chesapeake bay, who annually
raise about $0,000,000 worth of early
potatoes. Of late serious loss has re
sulted from the attacks of the mature
potato beetles uud the grubs or larvae.
Heretofore the vines have been dusted
In rather slipshod fashion with a mix
ture of paris green and land plaster,
which In many cases, In addition to
killing some of the bugs, has material
ly Injured the vines. As a result of
Its experiments the departmeut sug
gests that the poison, either in the
form of parls green or arsenate of
lead, be mixed with a bordeaux solu
tion and npplied with a power sprayer,
making possible the spraying of large
fields several times during the season.
While the bulletin referred to Is Is
sued to help a particular group of
growers, It might well be In the hands
of' all who are raising potatoes on a
commercial scale.
we endeavor to' bny for the lowest pos
sible prioe?
Verse 20 If the earth is the Lord's,
why should not all real estate be
pn
blic property?
How mnch of onr property should
we
consider we own in oar own relit?
Verse 27 Is it right for a Chris-
nn in ha inti'nAfA with u-nilrllv
people, to attend thoir parties and to
coniorm iu meir usages, wnen sucn
isges are not actually sinful?
If wine is used at any party which
Christian attends, would it be right
wrong for him to drink it, and
why?
Is it a Christian'! right to do i he
FAfcFRf
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BY
F.ETRIGG
REGISTER
rockfqrd.ia:
CORRESPONDENCE
SOLICITED
IThls matter roust not be reprinted with;
out special permission.
THE TIME FOR ACTION.
The most appropriate time to talk
about good seed corn is not March 1,
when the time for testing it is at
hand, but the few weeks preceding
Oct. 15, during which time the choicest
and earliest maturing ears can be se
cured and thoroughly dried and cured
before heavy freezes tnke place. While
at the Job It is well to Becure more
than one needs for himself, for some
hapless fellow In all probability will
not take the necessary precautions aud
next spring will be anxious to get the
surplus seed and pay a good price for
it. The seed ears should be hung in a
well ventilated open shed, southern
exposure preferable. When thoroughly
dry it may be stored In a dry place, a
conventional arrangement being to tie
the ears in strings of about twenty
ears, each being fastened at the mid
dle aud crisscrossing the one above It.
The strings of ears should then be
hung up where the mice cannot get at
them and where 'they will not draw
moisture during the winter . months.
To be on the safe side It is well to
store the ears where they will not be
subject to severe cold. In the fall se
lection of seed ears not only should the
time of maturity of the ear be consid
ered, but Its shape, outward appear
ance of kernels and general thriftlness.
It should be even rowed, and the ker
nels should cover the tip as completely
as possible. A detailed study of the
kernels is best delayed until next
spring at testing time, when ears hav
ing kernels which are not plump to the
germ end may be discarded along with
those which do not show enough vital
ity. Professor Holden, the great corn
expert, holds that if all seed ears were
picked and hung up to dry by Oct. 15
more would be done to Increase the
yield of corn than would be possible In
any other way.
HOW HE 8AVED HIS CROP.
Last spring at blossom time, when
growers In many sections of the west
were having the time of their lives try
lug to save the prospective crop of
fruit by making smudges and burning
fire pots aud pitch pots and what not
in their orchards, a fruit ranch owner
near Medford, in the Rogue river valley,
in southern Oregon, having tried all
of these plans and failed, decided that
what was needed most in his orchard
to keep the blossoms from freez
ing was just plain heat, so he built
some fifty smull fires of fir cord wood
lu about nine acres nights when the
thermometer dropped to the danger
polut aud by this menus succeeded in
keeping the temperature up some 12
degrees. The fuel and labor cost per
ulght of this protection was $5, or
about 55 cents per acre. An Interest
ing feature of this case Is the fact
that the fires which were kept burn
ing in this orchard saved the blossoms
In orchnrds on three adjoining sides
from three to five rows back from the
fence. That the ranchman lu question
was paid for his pains Is shown in the
fact that there arc now hanging on his
trees from 3,500 to 4,000 boxes of
choice Newtowus, Spitz and Ben Da
vis, which will net him from $2 to $3
a box. So well did this simple plan
work that others should kuow of It.
SOME FEEDING EXPERIMENTS.
The Illinois experiment station has
been making some exhaustive tests In
the feeding of steers. While the full
details, of the experiments have not
been made public, some general results
have been unnouiiced. One conclusion
arrived at Is that the quantity of the
feed given affects materially the pro
portion of the feed digested by the ani
malsthat Is, the more feed given the
less proportionately was digested, one
lot, receiving 20 per cent less of tho
same food than another, making 2 per
cent larger gain In flesh. Another fact
demonstrated was that beeves can be
fatteued upon a relatively low protein
ration, which means economical meat
production. This ouo point of econom
ical use of feed In fattening operations
Is ouo that should be given attention
by every feeder, who without much
extra trouble could curry out much
the same tests as those Indicated above
aud prove the value of them from his
own experience.
POOR SCHOOLS AND BIG BARNS.
it ought not to bo so, but In all too
many instances the country school
bouse aud grounds are the most HI
kept and slovenly In appearance and
the teacher the most 111 prepared for
her work and poorly paid In districts
where one sees the biggest barns, the
most hogs In lot and cattle In pasture.
It might be added, too, that It is usual
ly In districts of this description where
the boys and girls are kept from school
on almost any pretext und from which
hoy dig out for more congenial sur
roundings Just as soon as they can
earu their own way. This condition
referred to is a wretched and short
sighted perversion of the relative Im
portance of things and ought to be
righted.
is "disposed" in any matter, or has
God got a specific plan for him for all
matters great or small?
Verses 28-80 Was the meat in itself
any Iops good for having been offered
to an idol?
Why does Paul hore advise not to
eat meat that has been offered to an
idol, if any person calls attention to
it who thought it wrong to do so?
Is it necessarily h ypocrisy to do
a thing'lbehind a person's back that
yon would not do before his face?
If no person ever got urunn. auu u
drinking was doing nn harm, would
it be right or wise for db to drink in
toxicating liqnor as a beverage?
,
Did he but realize It the farm or
ranch owner living along main traveled
roads Is Interested financially in keep
ing them In the best possible condition
in a far greater degree than the rural
carrier, the auto owuer or any one else
who uses them. .
The annual loss to live stock In the
United States from the ravages of
predatory animals is placed at $130,
000,000. In the face of these figures
It Is not surprising that a campaign of
extermination Is being organized by
state and federal authorities.
An orchard plow has recently been
devised with which It Is possible to
run close to the trunks of the trees,
yet allows horses to work two or three
feet farther from the tree. It is souie
tl 'g that has been needed and is high
ly prized by those who have used it.
Secretary Coburu of the Kansas
state board of agriculture refers In his
book on alfalfa to fields of this legume
In Mexico which have reached an age
of 200 years, to fields In France that
aro 100 years old and to some lu New
York ' Mjhlcb have 60 years to their
credit." In the face of such figures al
falfa well deserves its designation,
"perennial." '
The Montana experiment station has
been making some investigations with
a view to learning Just' how great Is
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XM euuii ui m&uii lu lue sun uyuu
different kinds of cement work.
Case's have come to the notice of the
stutlon officials where cemeut founda
tions In moist alkali soil have almost
entirely disintegrated. While the tests
have not been completed, enough has
been learned to moke out a pretty bad
case for cement work set In alkali soil.
There are today lu the United States
about 42,000 rural mall routes, served
by some 40.000 carriers, who receive
on the average a salary of $000 per an
num. Many of the routes are not self
sustalulug and ure largely responsible
for the annual deficit which has exist
ed for the past two or three years.
Patrons on such unprofitable routes
ought to realize more fully than they
do that after being given a fulr trial a
good uiuny of such routes will be dis
continued. It Is up to the patrons
whether the service they have shall be
kept up.
An old codger we read an account of
the other day got his name into the
newspapers by swallowing the claims
of a smooth stranger without so much
as winking and paying $10 for three
little bottles of dope which it was
claimed would cure any ailment of
man or beast of however serious char
acter. The Item did not go on to say
whether tho stuff in the bottles later
turned out to be plain water, vinegar
or machine oil. The important thing
Is that the fool was parted from his
money. This klud ought to take the
next dollar or dollar and a half they
get and subscribe for and also read
their local, paper, In which skin games
and swindles of this and other brands
are exposed every day.
A leaflet recently published by the
Wisconsin experiment station places
the annual loss of phosphoric acid In
that state at 15,000,000 pounds, worth
$750,000, aud attributes the loss chiefly
to the sale of animals and grain and
the improper handling of barnyard
njanures, two-thirds of the loss being
traceable to the last named cause. It
is estimated that on an average 100
acre dairy farm there Is an annual
loss of thirty pounds of phosphoric
acid, while on a 100 acre graiu furni
the loss is C15 pounds. In fifty years'
cultivation It Is estimated that one
third of the available soil phosphates
are removed. Experiments with phos
phate fertilizers showed that the ap
plication of 300 pounds per acre great
ly increased the crop yields.
It would seem reasonable to assume
that much might lie douc along the
line of keeping boys and girls on the
farm If more pains were taken to make
the rural neighborhood more attrac
tive. In ono respect particularly do we
believe a great Improvement might be
made that Is, In the building of more
attractive and commodious school
bouses aud the keeping of the grounds
In better shape. There Is little reason
to wonder that the young peoplo of a
community aren't particularly impress
ed with the educational aud social life
of the district when the school facili
ties aro so meager and so poorly main
tained. They argue, whether rightly
or not, that this state of things points
to a vlrtuul disregard for education
on the part of putrous and directors
and that a development of the bead
Isn't worth while when it comes to
achieving success lu agriculture. The
net result of this nttltude Is that those
who have got the brightest minds and
most energy light out when occasion
offers for some place and type of work
where their capacities will be given
opportunity to develop. We do not
hold that their action is wise. There
Is great provocation for It. It Is be
coming more evident every day that
there is no field of effort where bruins
eiiorgr-il ully d'recled will bring unl
for::il; 1: f." r r purer rewards than In
agl'-u.iu; .'. i lie ;;reat need of tho day
Im lo ;.-t f . !;.. a:.'d girls to apprc
i I:iti-till ' : !. A :: to wholesome and
w!( ; ' .:( on Hie part of the
old foil. - v i'iv taxpayers would help
to .ri:r' t'.l- It hi time agri
cultural 1 1 ' i-u-ril-1'"' appreciated the
opporti'olii- :' 'n" i and put on a bet
ter froni.
Verse 81 Are all onr actions taken
by Ood as worship if they are done
to his glory?
How is it possible for a Christian to
do literally, everything he does to
the glory of Ood?
Versos 82-83 What should be our
supreme desire in all our dealings
with onr fellow men'
Lesson for Sunday, October 3, 1909
Paul a prisoner The Arrest. Aots
21:17 to 22:29.
II II Is bom's oity council is after the
electrin road for passing through
their town at a dangerous speed.
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Future Trouble
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The discharges not excessive or in
frequent ;
Contain no brick-like sediment,
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them when they're sick.
N. S. Williams, carpenter of 239
LiDerty Btreet, baleui, Ure.. says: 'A
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I came west on account of the trouble,
thinking the change of climate would
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Oregon Oily people. Gail at Huntley
Bios. Drug Btoro and ask what their
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New Voru, bole agents for the United
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Real Estate Transfers
Etta aud E. L. Chase to E. Flngar
son, 5 acres o section 4, T4S, HIE;
$2200.
Oregon Realty & Trust Company to
Noah Henry Toates aud Edua Cor
nelius Toates, all of lots 25, 20, 27,
28, 29, 30, 31, 32, block 45, Minthoru
Addition to Portland; $200.
Fred Allluger to Jessie Sampson,
lot 8, block 99, Second Subdivision oi
a portion of Oak Grove; $150.
Emma Welch to Emma R. Welch,
45 acies of section 4, T2S, K2E; $1.
C. W. and Olive Swallow to Emma
R. Davis, south half of northeast quar
ter and west half of southeast quarter
of section 30, T 3 S, H2E; $1000.
High S. and Emma Keeves to Vic
tor Erickson, 3 acres of Peter Rinear
son and wile D L. C, T2S, R2E; $3,
700. C. VV. aud Lillie M. Acock, 20 acres
of section 33, T1S, R3E; $1500.
Oregon & Calilornia Railroad Com
pany & Anion Trust Company to
Kathriue Riom, 40 acres of Bection 29,
T2S, R5E; If 240.
Joseph and Bertha Deardorff to C.
E. and Signe A. Alexander, 3 acres of
section 0, T2S, R3E; $309.
Vilmer S. Moak to Grace Loder, lot
3, block 34, first Addition to Esta
cada; $1.
John F. and Ruth Roberts to H.
E. Davis, 6 acres of section 9, T3S,
R7E; $50.
James K. Obsen aud Anua Obsen
to J. A. and M. L. Orchard, 9.25 acres
of section 32, T2S, R4E; $2700.
Peter Molr Cochrane and Lois J.
Cochrane to F. S. and D. J. Thorne,
34 acres of Bection 3, T3S, R2E; $1,
150. Herman and Lola May Nass to
Wright B. Reynolds, lots 3, 4, block
17, Tolbert's Addition to Marshnold;
$175.
Henry Hoffmelster and Dora Hoff
melster to George W. Judd, tract of
land In section 30, T2S, R4E; 60. 4
John B. Bowman to George W.
Lockerby, 2 acres of section 28, T33,
R1E; $200.
William and May Yonce to H. W.
Blood, lot 1, block 20, Estacada; $450.
J. T. and Winifred M. Mclntyre to
A. E. Bolhlnch, 5 acres of section 24,
T2S, RCE; $10.
Cora Shepherd to Cora Sprague,
part of William Arthur and wife D.
L. C, T2S, R3E; $1.
Joseph N. aud Bessie M. Teal to
Fred Peterson and J. J. Edgren, land
In sections 14, 23, T2S, R2E; $3190.
Sylveuus L. anl B. Ward to Warner
D. Roberts and Sam Martin 11 Mi acres
of Bectlous 16, 21, T2S, R3E; $1.
H. C. aud Mattle Harris to II. A.
Gist half acre of section 25, T1S, R3E;
$125.
Hosen Ballon to Eunice P. Ballon,
6Mi acres, Eagle Creek; $500.
Eva T. and George A. Steel to
John Zobrlst, G9 acres of section 28,
township 3 South, Range 4 East ; $1.
Frang T. and Gertrude M. Parry to
Olof Oss ,5 acres of Atkinson; $1100.
Oglesby and Mary Young to M. E.
Freeman, 6 acres, Atkinson; $1500.
Olaf Oss and Culla Oss to M. E.
Freeman, 6 acres, Atkinson; $1500.
T2S, R2E; $500.
Ella Butler and IRchard Butler to
John W. Ider, part of D. L. C. of
Hezeklah Johnson, T2S, R 2B; $10.
Harry L. Ward and Sarah P. Ward
to Huns P. Larsen, 40 acres of sec
tion 15, township 2 eouth, range 3
east; $1.
Harry Shelley to Henry Henrlcl and
Eflle Henrlcl, section 14, 15, township
3 south, range 2 east; $2000.
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