0REU0N CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY. OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1917
S
SAVING MAN POWER BIG
PROBLEM FOR FARMS NOW
Agricultural efficiency, in this na
tional emergency, is in considerable
measure a matter of efficiency in the
use of farm machinery. Man labor Is
scarce. The lack must be made up
largely by better utilization of men,
horses and tractors now on farms.
There are three important ways in
which our more efficient farmers lm
prove on traditional methods of using
labor for field operations, namely:
(1) They increase the horsepower
per man by increasing the size of
. teams.
(2) They increase the area cover
ed per man and per team by substi
tuting large-sized implements for
smaller ones.
'(3) They increase the area covered
in a given time by increasing the size
of fields.
To increase horsepower per man
the farmer merely drives a three
horse team where before he drove but
two horses, or a four-horse or five
horse team instead of a three-horse
team. This is perhaps the simplest
expedient for increasing labor effici
ciency on the farm, and one which is
already very generally practiced by
our farmers. Where horse labor is
abundant and man labor scarce doub
ling up teams effects a material sav
ing of labor, even without any in
crease in the size of implements used,
since naturally the large team works
more easily and more rapidly than a
smaller one.
When the doubling of teams is ac
companied by the introduction of
larger implements, a further saving
of man labor and of time is effected.
For example, one man with a two
row cultivator will cultivate twice the
crop area per day covered by the man
with a one-row cultivator. Thus, too,
under favorable conditions, an 8-foot
mower or binder will cover much more
ground in a day than will a 6-foot
machine. Similar economies may be
effected with other machines, such as
harrows, sulky plows, hayrakes and
the like, especially in the eastern
states, where small-sized implements
are the rule. In general, the larger
sized machines cost but little more
than the smaller ones; indeed the dif
ference is usually so small that one
season's saving in man labor through
the use of a big machine will often
pay the excess in its cost over that of
one of a smaller size. The farmei
should always buy the largest imple
ment that will be practical on his
land. It is false economy to buy a
smaller one.
Resort to the third expedient for
increasing labor efficiency in field op
erations, namely, enlarging fields, de
pends in great measure on the lay of
the land. Where the land is level or
rolling and two adjoining-fields to be
plowed as one if a fence between is
removed,, it is often worth while to
tear away the fence and throw the
two fields into one. Thus the
straightaway reaches in plowing and
other operations are lengthened and
much of the time is saved that other
wise would be lost in turning. Inci
dentally, this procedure brings under
cultivation the waste land in the fence
row.
Farm management studies have
shown that the size of the farm is a
controlling factor as regards effl
ciency in the use of man labor, horse
labor, and machinery on farms. That
is to say, other hings being equal,
the larger the farm the more crop
acres worked per man. It is not pos
sible, of course, for the average
farmer to increase the size of his
farm at will to meet an emergency,
but many will find it possible to gain
at once a measure of the advantage
of a large farm by making their fields
as large and as few in number as is
possible under the conditions of top
ography and rotation.
For the tractor owner there are
certain special expedients that may
be resorted to in this crisis. If work
offers and proficient operators are
available for two shifts, he should
work his outfit 24 hours a day. The
tractor that works all night as well
as all day is the equivalent of two
such tractors working 12 hours. The
average tractor owner is in position
to render effective aid in tho produc
tion campaign by helping those of his
neighbors who may be behindhand
with their spring work, and in many
instances, no doubt, a week of night
work by a tractor will go far toward
solving the immediate labor problem
of a neighborhood. At any rate it is
the obvious duty of the tractor owner
to do all the custom work he can without-neglecting
his own work.
It should be borne in mind in this
connection that experience has shown
that in working exceptionally long
hours with tractors it is generally the
best practice to have one man in full
charge of the outfit and responsible
for all adjustments and repairs.
GOODNEWS
SICK WOMAN HAD
CRYING SPELLS
Restored to Health by Lydia
LPinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Enhaut, Pa. "I was all run down and
weak inwardly. I had female troubles
I ana nervous ieeungs
and my head both
ered me. I would
often have crying
spells and feel as if
I was not safe. If
I heard anyone com
ing I would run and
lock the door so they
would not see me.
I tried several doc
tors and they did not
help me so I said to
my mother 'I guess
I will have to die as there is no help for
me.' She got me one of your little
books and my husband said I should try
one bottle. I stopped the doctor's
medicine and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. . It soon made a
change in me and now I am strong and
do all my work." Mrs. Augustus
Baughman, Box 86, Enhaut, Pa.
Why will women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy or living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
If you would like free confidential ad
vice address Lydia E. Pinkbam Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
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Many Oregon City Readers Have
Heard it and Profited Thereby
"Good news travels fast," and the
many bad back sufferers in Oregon
City are glad to learn where relief
may be found. Many a lame, weak
and aching back is bad no more,
thanks to Doan's Kidney Pills. Our
citizens are telling the good news of
their experience with this tested rem
ady. Here is an example worth read
ing: Mrs. A. M. White, 1310 Center St.,
Oregon City, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills are all that is claimed of them
and jyhen I can recommend them to
others for backache or kidney dis
orders I don't hesitate to do so. I
have been subject to backache and at
times my kidneys have been out of
order. After I have taken Doan's
Kidney Pills a few days I have felt
as well as ever."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. White uses. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
. THIEVES STRIP HOME
Take Furniture from Niely's House
While He is Away
Returning here Saturday after a
five months' visit in Washington,
Frank, Niely found every article of
furniture removed from his home at
16th and Division streets, the trunks
all ransacked and taken and his nat
uralization papers, the only things
left by the thieves, scattered about
the floor. Investigation disclosed
that a moving van had appeared at
the place several months ago and the
furniture was taken to a local second
hand store here and sold. The mer
chant who bought the goods has since
gone out of business; but it is known
who sold the articles.
Kelso School Closes
The followng named eighth grade
pupils received diplomas at the grad
uation exercises in Kelso Friday
night: Eunie Jonsrud, Hazel Dunn,
John Canny, Lester Irvin. Professor
Gregory, of Eugene, delivered the ad
dress and a program of interesting
numbers was given by the students.
Courier and Daily Journal $4.75.
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DIVORCE COMPLAINTS MORE
FREQUENT THAN MARRIAGES
Divorce actions' are becoming so
frequent in County Clerk Iva Har
rington's office here that the clerks
are tempted to write "versus be
tween the names of persons contract'
ing marriage instead of the conjunc
tion "to" when the certificates are
returned to the office. With only one
couple taking out a marriage license
Thursday, four women started suit
for divorce and one was granted her
request and the restoration of her
maiden name. Lilhe M. Trigg was
granted a divorce from Parker H.
Trigg by Judge Campbell and she
may resume her maiden name, Lillie
Morse.
Augustus S. Vehr, claiming that
Gerhard A. Vehr, whom she married
in Cincinnati, Ohio, abused her,
wants t'o part from him legally. She
asks that property rights be settled.
Lena P. Caldwell married William H.
Caldwell in Anadarko, Okla., May 31,
1906. He abused her and called her
names, her complaint alleges, and she
wants to be free. Mary Steinkamp
promised to love, honor and obey Ed
ward Steinkamp in French Licks, In
diana, June 4, 1899. Then he devel
oped an abnormal thirst. She asks
$40 a month alimony and the custody
of two children, George, 17, and El
wain, 13, years of age. Because B.
C. Kimbley called Hannah J. Kimbley
"devilish names," her complaint al
leges, she wants a divorce. The cou
ple were married in this city, August
23, 1896. She claims he had $7,000
recently and that he abuses' her to
get rid of her and save the money for
himself. She asks $3,000 and $250
attorney fees. They have a 10-acre
tract near Boring.
Anna Rogers was granted a di
vorce from Jack Rogers on recom
mendation of Referee E. B. Runyon
here Friday. Judge J. U. Campbell
also divorced Ethel Vinton and W. T.
Vinton.
Lena Walters Perlich, in a com
plaint filed Friday, charges Albert
Perlich with inhuman treatment.
They were married in Salem, May
22, 1910, and have no children.
NAVAL WARFARE.
Work of a Warship's Surgeons Whllt a
Battle Was Raging.
A dreadnatiglit In a modem naval
battle Is not only a marvelous engine
of war, but It Is n "field", hospital In
simultaneous operation.
Many stories have been told of the
part the' warship plays in sea fighting,
but It remained for two siirgeous at
tached to tho Itritlsli wnrsulp Lion dur
ing the engagement off Jutland to do
scribe the relief work carried on amid
itnoke and flumes. Briefly, their ac
count follows:
The medical staff, working continu
ously from 8:45 o'clock In the morning
of one day until 12:15-in the afternoon
of I he next, made the mess deck a
stivh lier room, where parts of It be
came dressing stations automatically
Turnnghi'iit the ship ventilating funs
were run while the buttle raged. to
carry awu.v the stuuke aud fumes and
bring In fresh air for the wounded, ex
cept during the heaviest fljjhllug. Res
pirators of gauze and waste were pro
vided by the surgeons when the smoke
became too thick I or the gunners, and
nut u case of one overcome by gas
ftfmes was reported.
Nearly all the casualties occurred In
the Hrst half hour. During the lulls
the wounded were carried from the tur
rets aud Isolated compartments where
they had fallen Morphia lu two-lhird
grain doses wns given hypodermlcally
to all. instantly relieving pain and
checking hemorrhage, (ieneral hums,
due to cordite lire, were severe and
often fatal. Almost 50 per cent of the
wounded, however, suffered hums on
the hands and face alone, resulting
from Bashes from high explosives In
confined space, which were so momen
tary that the clothing protected the rest
of the body, and the eyes, closing in
voluntarily, escaped Injury. Picric add
dressing was found to be a sntisfac
tory first aid application in these cases.
-Kansas City Star.
TIN PLATE SHORTAGE CAUSES
USE OF FIBER CONTAINERS
EATING AND CHEWING.
Importance of Long and Thorough Mai-
tication of rood.
"Th idea nrevalls In most minds,"
says a prominent physician, "that the
purpose or chewing roou luuruugui; it.
to break it up Into small particles, with
the main Iden In mind that small par
ticles are easily digestible, while large
nartlcles are Impossible or uimcnir. to
digest. That Idea Is Incorrect.
"It has been shown In the laboratory
that a cube of meat which measures
an inch will digest almost as quickly
as one which measures one-fourth of
an inch. A dog will swallow a piece of
meat three inches or four inches long,
and almost as thick, without chewing
it at all. Vet a dos seldom has Indl
wstlou. excent when some food fad
dist or fanatic tries to make the brute
less brutal by turning a naturally car
nivorous canine Into a vegetarian ani
mal.
"The nolnt Is that thorough mastica
tion makes digestion more easy not
because the food Is broken u; Into finer
particles, but because food held in the
mouth a ercat length of time and more
carefully masticated has usually mixed
with It a greater amount of saliva and
Its ntvnlln ferment for the digestion of
starchy elements. To hold food in the
mouth until It Is thoroughly masticated
requires a certain amount or attentlou.
which, by the way, is the all Important
thing in the digestion of foods. This
attention people do not always give.
Saliva dues not flow well when your
mind is not on your catins." Cincin
nati Commercial Tribune.
The Department of Commerce in
cooperation with he Department of
Agriculture has long been earnestly
striving to increase the output of tin
cans for food containers'. To this end
it has endeavored to increase the sup
ply of tin, to secure the continuous
movement of the materials entering
into tin cans from the place of pro
duction to the place of use, and to fa
cilitate the supply and movement of
machinery for producing cans. The
department desires in every practica
ble way to promote the present and
permanent prosperity of the tin-can
industry. There is no possible doubt
of the steady and growing demand for
its products.
Tin plate is 98 per cent steel and
2 per cent tin. Steel is the backbone
of war, and the mills have not been
able to keep all their customers fully
supplied at all times. Moreover, ab
normal freight demands have made
prompt deliveries uncertain. There
have also been decreased imports of
pig tin, due to decreased production
and reduced shipping facilities. It is
not surprising, therefore, that the tin
plate makers can not provide the can
manufacturers with sufficient plate to
enable them to meet the increase in
the demand for cans, which is 25 to
40 per cent greater than it was last
year.
It is therefore imperative that the
available supply of cans be utilized,
in so far as possible, for packing pro
ducts that can be preserved only in
tin, and that substitutes be used for'
other products wherever practicable.
Such containers should be cheaper
than tin, so that the ultimate benefit
from lower costs may offset the initial
expense of the substitution. .
The price of glass has steadily ris
en and has reached a point at which
any large extension of its use for food
containers is impracticable. At pres
ent fiber or paper containers of good
quality are being produced in consid
erable and increasing quantities, arid
for many purposes are supplanting
glass and tin plate. The price of the
fiber containers depends upon the size,
the quality of the paper-pulp mater
ial, the . number of treatments with
paraffin, and the amount of printed
matter on the outside. The common
er types may be obtained at 1.25 to
1:5 cents for the half -pint size, 1.25
to 1.6 cents for the pint size and 1.5
cents to 1.65 cents for the quart size.
Fiber containers are made in var
ious shapes and sizes adapted to dif
ferent purposes and may or may not
be coated with paraffin, which is
chemically inert and is sometimes
baked into the paper material. Some
of these containers are claimed to be
air-tight, proof against leakage, and
protected from contamination by the
paraffin. Some containers appear to
be more nearly air-tight than others
of the same style, probably because
of better fitting covers. These con
tainers are light in weight, pack read
ily for shipment, are easily opened,
and are used but once.
The demand for "ready-to-eat"
foods, such as baked pork and beans,
spaghetti, etc., with the simple di
rection "heat and serve,' represents
the largest factor in the increased use
of tin cans. These foods must be
processed in the containers at or
above the temperature of boiling wa
ter, and no substitute for tin has been
found that satisfactorily meets these
conditions. However, a great econ
omy in tin can be effected by home
cooking of such products during the
present shortage.
Fiber containers are recommended
for the distribution by the retailer of
many foodstuffs, including milk,
cream, buttermilk, ice cream, oysters,
sirups, marshmallow- creams, dried
fruits, preserves, jollies, mincemeat,
horseradish, relishes, pickles, deviled
ham and chicken, vinegar, dry and
prepared mustard, soda water, salads,
sauerkraut, and olives.
It is claimed that dry food products
such as coffee, tea, alum, baking pow
der, spices, raisins and prunes may
be succesfully packed by producers
and manufacturers in paper or fiber
containers. For some of those pro
ducts, bags lined with tinfoil have
been in suocessful use for 10 years or
more and they form an attractive
package that is said to be moisture
proof.
Other commodities usually packed
in tin could be marketed as well in
paper or fiber, with the advantage of
lower cost. Among these tobacco oc
cupies a conspicuous position, and
other articles are lye, cleansers, soap
powders, shoe polishes, metal pol
ishes, soaps and shaving preparations,
toilet articles, such as talcum powder,
and various dry drugs and chemicals.
Paper containers are also suggested
for preserved fruits and jellies made
at home. Cloth sacks for tobacco and
wood for sirups and molasses are rec
ommended where retail sales can be
made in bulk.
COSTS $25 TO TEST CAR
Mechanician Fined for Speeding New
Car Over Highway
John Kahl, a mechanic of Portland,
was fined $25 by Justice of the Peace
John Sievers Saturday, following his
arrest by Motorcycle Officer Meades,
for speeding in a new car owned by
C. Cebovitch. Kahl said he was test
ing the car and that the owner prob
ably would have objected had he
known of it
Just What She Needed
When women complain of weari
ness, los of strength and vitality,
backache, pains in sides and hips, dull
headaches, dizziness, floating specks,
and similar ailments, they too often
accept these troubles as their lot be
cause they are women, when the ail
ments may be tho results of disor
dered kidneys. Mrs. Mary V. Bunk
er, Milton-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.,
writes: "I am now on my second bot
tle of Foley Kidney Pills. They seem
to be just what I needed." Try them.
Jones Drug Co.
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New Pathe Records, for Your Approval .
L. Oswald; girls of '61 knitting song,
in charge of Mrs. Meads; playlet,
"Maids All Forlorn," the cast being
composed of Mrs. Pearl Park, Mrs.
William Rivers, Mrs. George Dun
mire, Mrs. Arthur Paddock, Mrs. T.
E. Gault and Miss Laura Purcell.
The Red Cross auxiliary was re
cently organized at Gladstone and has
40 members with prospects of many
more Gladstone residents joining this
week. F. A. Burdon is chairman. The
social and instructing committee is
composed of the following named per
sons: Mrs. H. Dixon, Mrs. Harry Pad
dock and Mrs. Thomas Burke. The
secretary and treasurer is Mrs. Geo.
Tracy.
MEADES THINKS JUNE WILL
BE BANNER MONTH FOR HIM
Motorcycle Officer H. E. Meades,
who, since he began working for the
county May 10th has been making
wholesale arrests for speeding, looks
for a banner month in June. He
made 15 arrests Sunday and Monday,
bringing his total for this month up
to that time to 25 and his grand to
tal since May 10 to 78. He says all
sorts of excuses are offered by the
speeding motorists who are caught in
his net. One man will declare he was
hurrying to the bed side of a sick
wife or child; another has urgent bus
iness; and still others are merely try
ing out new cars and want to learn if
the dealers' representations were
truthful. The 15 men arrested Sun
day and Monday were fined $10 each
by Justice of the Peace Kelso, of Mil
waukie. They were N. U. Carpenter,
W. F. Greer, J. A. Schiedel, J. G.
Schmid, V. A. Montgomery, J. G.
Jenland, O. F. Heisley, E. G. Swag-
gard, W. Hiatt, Earl Dakin, Geo.
Bronson, F. E. Fruigh, F. W. De-
Temple, M. Ward, O. V. Hallett. All
of them were exceeding 30 miles an
hour.
of seeding has begun. The paper com
pany has had the tract at West Linn
fenced, plowed and harrowed. There
are 15 acres which are to be turned
over to the employes. Prizes rang
ing from $25 to $15 for the best gar
dens are to be awarded in the fall.
An entertainment was given at the
Gladstone' school house, Wednesday
evening, June G, by the Gladstone
auxiliary of the Portland Red Cross
society to raise funds for the auxil
iary. Mrs. T. E. Gault, Mrs. Clinton
Rutherford and Miss Eva Moulton are
the committee on arrangements. The
following numbers appeared on" the
program: Mr. Galatia, formerly of
the Chicago orchestra, who is making
his home in Gladstone; Mrs. T. A.
Burke; reading, Mrs. Mayme Bennett;
illustrated songs in charge of Mra. F.
SHERIFF SAVES MONEY
Instructs War Census Marshals to
Bring Returns in Cheaply
Sheriff W. J. Wilson, of Clackamas
county, sent instructions to the war
marshals, who were also election om
cers, to hold the war census returns
until the election returns were ready
to be sent to the county seat and
bring the war census in at the same
time. As there are 81 precincts in
this county, Sheriff Wilson figured by
having both returns brought in at one
time there would be saving to the
federal government of several hund
red dollars, as the state will pay for
moving the election returns and the
warcensus will cost nothing.
DRAW FOR GARDEN TRACTS
Twenty-Four Applications Received
for Crown-Willamette Plats
Drawings for the selection of lots
in the competitive gardening contest
of the Crown-Willamette Paper com
pany were held Friday. Twenty-four
i applications were received and work
WM. HOWELL IS CONFIRMED
William Lettenmeier Promoted In Or
egon City Postofllce
The postoffice department has con
firmed the promotion of William B.
Howell to asistant postmaster of Or
egon City, it was stated in a com
munication to Postmaster John J.
Cooke, which was received from . the
department last week. Mr. Howell
took the position made vacant by the
resignation of Mrs. C. A. Nash, who
left for the East some time ago. Wil
liam Lettenmeier, who has been em
ployed as auxiliary clerk and carrier,
has been appointed regular clerk and
is in charge of the general delivery
department.
CAUFIELD IS LIEUTENANT
Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Caufield
Wins Reserve Commission
Lee Caufield, son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Caufield, of Oregon City, has
successfully passed the examination
for a first lieutenancy in the reserve
engineering corps and has resigned
his position as a corporal in the
Mt. Vernon, Wash, company of the
National Guard. Mr. Caufield was
city engineer of Mount Vernon before
joining the colors.
For Victory and Peace
Your government has called upon you
to do your share towards making the
"Liberty Loan of 1917" a rousing suc
cessand without delay. Have you
given the matter serious thought? Do
you fully realize the importance of
immediate action ? - '
Soldiers must be clothed, housed, fed,
trained, armed and transported; and it
takes cVIONEY cTWONEY
cTWONEY to canyon the gigantic
undertaking.
Your Duty as a Citizen is to
Buy Liberty Loan Bonds
Our Allies are doing their full duty
towards the cause of . justice and
freedom. You must not found want
ing. You should give freely of your
cTWONEY to the great cause.
We will count it a privilege to enter
your subscription to the "Liberty Loan
of 1917." We make no charge for
this service.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OREGON CITY, OREGON