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"" OREGON- CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, DECEMBER tt, 1918
WESTERN DAIRYMEN BUY
GUERNSEY STOCK HERE
(Continued from Last Week)
Bull Guarantee
I hereby guarantee the within de
scribed Guernsey bull
dropped .-, f to be a
breeder, for the period of nine
months from the date of purchase,
or if the bull is less than one year
old at the time of purchase, this
guarantee is to date from the time
he becomes one year old.
In case the buyer thinks he has
cause for complaint, he shall notify
the seller as soon as he has failed to
get not less than six cows with calf.
The seller shall then have the privi
lege of either personally or by proxy,
to investigate, with the privilege of
breeding cows selected by the seller.
If the seller succeeds in getting four
cows out of six -with calf, the bull
shall, be accepted by the buyer as a
proven breeder In case the seller
docs not prove the bull-a breeder, he
shall have the privilege of replacing
this bull with another bull of equal
value to his purchase price, or to re
fund the purchase price less the beef
value of said bull, or the seller may
have the bull returned to him insur
ed express, valuation to be the pur
chase price, buyer and seller to each
stand one-half of the return expense,
in this case to replace him with an
other of equal value or refund his
purchase price.
Signed:
Dated:
Open Heifer Guarantee
I hereby guarantee the within de
scribed open heifer
dropped , to breed.
Should this fail to breed after three
services, the buyer1 shall immediate
ly notify the seller, giving date of
each service. The seller shall have
the privilege of inspection either per
sonally or by proxy, said proxy to
be the county agent or gome quali
fied veterinarian; and if after ninety
days from date of this inspection this
heifer still fails to breed, the seller
shall have the privilege to replace
her with an animal of equal value
to her purchase price, or refund the
purchase price less the beef value of
said animal, or the seller may have
the heifer returned to him insured
express, valuation to be the purchase
price, buyer and seller to each stand
one-half of return expense, in this
case to replace her with another of
equal value or refund her purchase
price. But if this heifer breeds
within the said ninety days, the buy
er shall notify the seller of date of
last service, and if the heifer fails
to come in heat within ninety days
from last service. The seller is re
leased from ,all guarantee.
Signed:
Dated:
Bred Heifer Guarantee
I hereby guarantee the within de
scribed heifer or cow to be with calf
, dropped....:...
bred s...
to ....
She shall be considered with calf if
she does not come in heat within 30
days from date of this guarantee.
Should said animal prove to be not
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with calf, the buyer shall immedi
ately breed her, if after three servic
es said animal fails to get with calf,
the buyer shall notify the seller who
shall have the privilege of inspec
tion either personally or by proxy,
said proxy to be the county agent or
some qualified veterinarian, and if
after ninety days from date of this
inspection, said animal is determined
not with calf, the seller shall have
the privilege to replace her with a
bred animal of equal value or to re
fund the purchase price less' the beef
value, or the seller may have said
animal returned to him insured ex
press, valuation to be the, purchase
price, buyer and seller to each stand
one-half of return expense, in this
case to replace her with another of
equal value or refund her purchase
price.
However, if the buyer or seller
succeeds in getting said animal with
calf, the seller shall have the optirtn
to pay the buyer 25 of the purchase
price or to give him a heifer calf,
for the loss of the calf the animal
was supposed to carry.
Signed:
Dated: November
...... 1918.
A Coining Guernsey Island of
America
Island county, Washington, is com
posed of two islands, Camano and
Whidby. The islands are often spok
en of as Fuget Sounds Paradise, be
cause of the wonderful scenery, the
mild climate and the low rainfall of
21 inches per year.
The islands contain together 133,'
000 acres of some of the most fer
tile land in America. Thirty percent
of the islands are in farms, the rest
being in timber. There are 458
farms which contain an average of
85.1 acres each. The island is al
ready famous for its high yield of
wheat, as the largest wheat yield
ever produced in the United States
was produced on this island, the yield
being 117 bushels per acre, official
measure. The average yield of all
farms on, the island for 1918 was 32
bushels.
There are about 2500 dairy cows
in the county and about 85 of
these cows are grade guernseys. The
Oak Harbor Cooperative Creamery is
noted for its natural highly colored
butter. This creamery has 180 mem
bers and has an output of about 20,
000 pounds per month. This all be
ing sold jn Seattle as a fancy grade
of butter.
The following men on the island
purchased Guernseys: Messrs. J. M
Pratt, G. W. James, J. Erkes, H.
Riksen, F. R. Morgan, Arthur Case,
J. W. Donohue, J. Neill, John Iros
tad, Fred Morgan and Will Hold, all
of Oak Harbor, Washington. Mr.
Ralph Engle of Coupeville and P. A,
Hart of Longley, Washington.
An Outline of Guernsey History in
Clackamas County
(By A. I. Hughes, Sec'y.)
The writer wishes to add to the ex
cellent write-up, just sent in by Prof.
Westover, dairy specialist, at Cor-
vallis, something of the Guernsey
progress in Clackamas county.
The first pair of Guernseys was
purchased by F. S. Hutchins in 1910,
and were the only pure bred uuern
seys in the county, until 1912, when
A. I, & J. Hughes purchased a bull
and a bred heifer, Red Wing of the
ALL KINDS
Glen, no further additions were
made to the Guernsey numbers, un
til 1913 when others began to buy,
and there was a Guernsey female
here and there of which her owner
was intensely proud. .
The Guernseys of this county were
represented at the Clackamas and
Multnomah county fairs from 1912
to 1917 inclusive, winning their share
of the ribbons, and milking contest
honors.
At the county fair the Guernsey
cow, Sarah Van, won 1st in the milk
ing contest 1914, and 2d in 1916.
She also won third in the state fair
milking contest, 1913.
In 1917 Auricula s Hilda won 1st
in the Multnomah county fair milk
ing contest. She was the only
Guernsey entered and went against
breed.
The pedigrees of both of these
cows show olhcial records on their
ancestors.
In 1915 and 1916 every Guernsey
cow and heifer in milk in the county
was entered on official test, with the
result that creditable records were
made. .
From 1913 to 1916 inclusive Clack
amas county Guernseys were repre
sented at the Oregon state fair,
bringing home three grand cham
pions, "four champions, and their
share of the blues.
In 1916 a Guernsey club was talk
ed of among a few of the members
but nothing was done until August
18, 1917, when a general invitation to
Guernsey picnic was issued for
that date, with- the avowed purpose
of organizing a Guernsey Cattle
Club and of adding more Guernseys
to the herds and getting in new
breeders. Sufficient to say the club
was organized and a meeting called
for two weeks from that time in Ore
gon City to finance getting a car
load of Guernseys from the East.
The Bank of Commerce agreed to
finance the deal on such terms that
the breeders felt that they would be
lustined in investing in more pure
bred Guernseys. Enough breeders
signed up to justify a car load, and
E. LI Westover, dairy specialist, and
T. Whalley representing the
Clackamas County Guernsey club,
were chosen to go to the Guernsey
centers of the East, and select the
best animals their means would al
low.
They started on October 19, and
returned in the car with the cattle
November 20, 1918, bringing 29 head,
representing some of the best breed
ing of the East. Some of the prices
paid would almost make a new be
ginner hold his breath. The total cost
of the 29 head at Oregon City was
$12,500.00 The expenses on this
shipment were StfO.OO per head.
Many doubted the wisdom of such
an investment; and there have been
times that probably some of the
purchasers have wondered if they
had not made a foolish investment,
and have asked themselves could a
number of breeders selling co-oper
atively do better than one breeder
selling alone, or several breeders
each selling his stock individually,
The ' present shipment of 14 head
for $4150 is proof that selling coj
operativeiy js correct in prmciuie as
well as theory.
Why did the Washington dairymen
buy in Oregon instead of the East?
The main reason, .to be sure, was dis
tance and expense of shipment as
well as time taken to locate the stock
This carload arrived at its destina
tion within 24 hours from leaving
Oregon City, and the cattle were
immediately distributed to their fu
ture owners. The first pure bred
females ever brought to the island
The expense per head was compara
tively low for gathering and ship
ping.
Every animal sold was tuberculin
tested by the Bureau of Animal In
dustry and was entitled to be placed
on the government -accredited list,
In addition to this liberal guaran
tees were given with each animal
sold
The club has adooted and expects
to stand by the principle, of treating
the buyer as they would like to be
treated if they were the buyer in
stead of the seller.
Added to all this Clackamas coun
ty Guernseys stand for both "Type
and Production, and either have of
ficial records. Many of them having
both production and show ring rec
ords On both the sire and dam's side
for several generations. Nearly all
of the herds are headed by sires out
of advanced registry dams or with
official records on their sires and
dams.
The breeders expect to put their
cows on official test as soon as feed
and labor conditions permit, realiz
ing that the "acid test" for all dairy
cows is what they will produce when"
tried out by the Babcock test and
scales.
The bull, Mixter Westerner, was
the only animal sold out, of the car
load that came in a year ago. The
females being mostly calves and bred
heifers and one three-year-old cow,
Rena of Chicona, leaving the founda
tion stock of the club practically un
touched, Mixter Westerner is . an
excellent individual and .represents
some of the best blood lines. The
first five tested dams of his sire.
Langwater Demonstrator, average
14260 pounds of milk, and 712
pounds of butterfat. ."' ' ; ,
The bull, Mixter Doctor"; mentioned
in the previous article, has breeding
equal to this bull, and is a good in
dividual. His sire, Yeoman's ' King
of the May, whose first three dams
average- over 725 pounds fat, is out
pf Florham Daisy, a full : sister to
King of the May. Her, A. R. record
is 14876.6 pounds 'milk, and 747.08
pounds fat.
His dam, Picotty, has an' A; R,
record of 500 pounds fat. . Her best
day's milk was 58 pounds. Her best
month's milk, 1692 pounds, and her
best month's iat, 75.49 Bounds fat.
Mixter Doctors full sister, Yeoman :
hMixter Picotty, now on test as
three-year-old, has in 187 days giv
en 7934.1 pounds milk, and 371.27
pounds fat. over 42 pounds of milk
per day, and nearly 2 pounds of fat.
The price offered, $800 or the price
asked. $1000. are neither extreme
prices for a sire of good individual
ity and backed by these kind of rec
ords. A good sire is more than one-
half of an ordinary herd and must
be half of a good herd, or the breed
FREE IN CRITICISM
Marginal Notes Upon Books Are
Sometimes Severe.
Readers' Estimates of the Works In a
Circulating Library Apt to Be
Irritating to Author, If
He Saw Them.
Not only Is the battered condition of
certain works of Action In circulating
libraries a sure proof of their popular
ity, but one may even gather details
from the marginal notes made by
feminine readers. It Is not sufficient
for the commentatlve pencil to under
score admired passages, observes a
writer In the New Orleans Times-Picayune
; adjectives of praise also are
freely If not always discriminatingly
bestowed. '
On the closing page of some favorite
novel may often be read: '.'Fine!"
Splendid!" "Lovely I" or mgnest
commendation of all "Grand 1" One
notemaker undertook the large order,
"I would read every single word she
writes," and another avowed, with
more justice than she knew, -"You
don't often find a book like this." .
On the other hand, these unprofes
sional critics can be terribly severe. A
novel which takes them out of their
depth Is denounced as "A great big
bore," or, with rude terseness, "Rot!"
or even, in one case of evident exas
peration, "Tou think you know It all."
A vigorous commentator on one or
Mary Cholmondeley's novels did not
wait for the last, but on the first page
warned away possible readers with
the word, "Punk," and three exclama
tipn points. The sprawling, unformed
hand pursued the author with Invet
erate scorn throughout the book, mani
festing that strange sense of superi
ority which frequently characterizes
Ignorance.
A verse oti French poetry evoked
the Impatient query, "Why not write
Greek?" while above another was
scribbled, "Aw, piffle I We are not all
French, you know." Observe that no
Intellectual 'curiosity was kindled in
that thick brain to know what the
French words meant, nor any realiza
tion awakened that we enrich our
selves by knowledge of another lan
guage. The author's humorous touches were
clearly taken as serious by this out
raged reader who, after one passage,
wrote mockingly, "My hero 1" When a
masculine character says something
"hoarsely" It Is asked with biting sar
casm, "Did he have a cold?"
The hero conducts the heroine
through a dark room, "knocking her
carefully against pieces of furniture,"
as usually happens when one person
tries, to pilot another through obscuri
ty, but this merciless critic demands,
"Wasn't he chivalrous?". . x
Of a tastelessly arranged room the
author said, "The furniture was not of
the kind that expresses only one Idea,
and that a bad one," which calls forth
the comment. "Like this book." The
sun Is not permitted to shine "braved
ly" without the jeer,- "The sun ought
to have a medal."
Finally the cup of the author's In
iquities, so far as the captious reader
Is concerned, quite overflows, and on
the last page we tnd the verdict, "This
book Is the bugglest ever."
Gunner's Mate Wins Praise.
Frederick Peterson Tost, chief gun
ner's mate, United States navy,, has
received a letter commending him for
the excellent work of the armed guard
of which he was In charge on a cargo
ehlD attacked by a submarine. The
promptness with which the submarine
was picked up and' fired upon and the
accuracy of aim proved the efficiency
of the gun crew. Yost enlisted in the
navy at Philadelphia, Pa., October 8,
1907, and gave as his next of kin his
father, Albert John Yost, Centervllle,
R. L Here . Is a characteristic report
from this gunner: "Night and fog
when a sub was sighted, port bow,
Ship started to swing when enemy
crossed port bow, giving the appear
ance of craft from 200 to 800 feet.
Showed one gun astern. We fired
three shots, one striking conning tower
and exploding, while the third, shot,
fired as the sub got broad off the ship's
beam, hit abaft conning tower. Crew
of sub taken by surprise, as there were
no return shots. We fired still an
other shot while sub was going under.
Btrlklng near conning tower. Firing
was heard following this attack from
a distance, It being le.arned later that
another ship bad been attacked and
sunk."
Rather Risky Proceeding.
The government's efforts to cure the
mule of the braying habit reminds the
Liberty Tribune that the same prob
lem was up during the Civil war,
Then, says the Tribune, a Colonel Gar
land of the Confederate army, after
ward attorney general of the United
States asserted that the mule could
be made brayless by tying a brick to
Its tall, as it was impossible for a mui
to bray unless It rnlsed its tail and re
leased the clutch on Its vocal cord,
But wouldn't It be far less dangerous
to operate on a mule than so to attach
a brick? Kansas City Times.
Spinach Puff.
With all the other things which the
reserve man power of the nation has to
worry about at this very peak and
crisis, why should the household editor
devise an alleged comestible known as
spinach puff and spread the plans and
specifications Just where the noble
L womankind of the nation will be sure
to see them and pounce eagerly upon
them? Ohio State Journal
er will be- going backward instead of
forward. .
This sale has given the breeders
much courage to continue in th
business Some are wishing to add
a few females to their herds, whil
there are others that have a few
heifers and cows to sell. It would
be srood business for those wanting
stock to take these up, and niH let
them eet out of the county. Thi
would strengthen the club and-help
them to be ready to meet a future
market.
Breeders are often tempted to sell
down too close when they have good
Ulmj All
May the
3oy
Da 4 a a in the satisfaction of being right with the world, true with
I vWVV your friends and kindly with your enemies.
cTVlay every little thing that comes to brighten the day reveal anew
that friendliness and kindliness which, on this one great day of the
year, opens our hearts to one another in the broad spirit of good fellow
ship freed from every consideration save that of creating happiness
between us all.
iUajj
offers. However, they should not do
this, but keep a strong foundation
herd, not necessarily great in num
bers, but good individuals.
Since organizing August 18, 1917,
the members have sold 32 head of
pure bred Guernseys. We have pric
es on 30 head which sold for $7625.
Thirteen bulls sold for $28Q0, seven
teen heifers and cows. Three, which
were over two years old, sold for
4825.
We hope to see the dairymen and
farmers co-operate in more ways
than buying and selling pure bred
Guernseys. The dairymen of Whidby
Island. Couneville, Washington, are
strong on co-operation, not only buy
ing stock co-operatively, but also
have a large co-operative store, and
a strong co-operative creamery.
R. M. Turner, their county agent,
says they have received as much as
72c for butterfat this year, besides
paying dividends on the stock. Each
stock holder has but one vote, there
by insuring the stock holders entire
control of their own plant.
ARMY EXPENSES CURTAIL-
ED-SAVE $408,900,818
The Secretary of War is apparent-
lv making drastic reductions in the
expenditures of his department,
judging from a recent letter received
from him by Senator Martin of Vir
ginia. From statements made in
that letter, it appears that the war
Department, by stopping work un
der progress, has effected a saving
of expense aggregating $408,900,818,
and that, by cancelling contracts for
work not yet started, there has been
a further saving of about $700,000,-
000. The Secretary also states, in his
letter to Senator Martin, that, by
cutting out overtime and Sunday
work he has accomplished an addition
al saving of $2,900,000 per day on
war work, and that, in order to ac
complish a further reduction of ex
penses, the Bureau of Aircraft Pro
duction has stopped work on a large
number of items, including various
types of airplanes, engines, parts, and
special instruments, the resultant
saving being estimated at $225,000,-
000. The statement is also made by
the Secretary of War that the demo
bilization of forces under arms in
this country will proceed as rapidly
as possible and that he, hopes to be
able to release at least two hundred
thousand of these soldiers within the
next two weeks.
While this disposition on the part
of the war department to reduce ex
penditures as rapidly as possible will
doubtless be gratifying to a great
many people because of the fact that
it should eventually result in a reduc
tion of taxes, the question may well
be raised as to whether the Secre
tary of War, in his haste to cut ex
penses, may not bring about unfor
tunate labor conditions 'which will
more than offset any possible bene
fits resulting from the future reduc
tion of taxes.
While no doubt the conditions with
referenne to the termination of hos
tilities should result in a material re
duction of governmental expenditures
in the near future, it would seem
that there should be no ill-advised or
precipitate action on the p'art of the
head of any department of the gov
ernment but that a complete program
of readjustment should be formulat-
Cljrtetmas Merriment
Dawn of This Day Bring
Both Joy and Peace
in the knowledge of accomplishment and service well received
and graciously given.
(Pynatmaa iStarrittmtt
ed and carried out by concerted ac
tion of all such departments m order
to avoid any unnecessary hardship to
contractors and their employes, ana
also in order properly to protect the
interests of the government by cut
ting off unnecessary expenses as soon
as practicable.
DREADED ENEMY OF AVIATOR
Most Expert Airman, Caught In Fog,
la Practically at Mercy of .
Circumstances.
Nothing connected with the history
of aviation, Is more remarkable than
the way In which the' weather difficul
ties and dangers of a few years ago
have been reduced to the level of
minor Inconveniences by the Increased
kill of aviators and especially, by im
provements In airplanes. It Is hardly
an exaggeration to say that at the
present time the only serious outstand
ing meteorological problem of the avi
ator Is fog.
There la no means of keeping one's
bearings when flying in or over a
fog, and the same Is, of course, true
of low-lying clouds. The compass
tells which way the machine . Is point
ing at.' any moment, but not the di
rection In which It Is flying,' except
when traveling exactly with or
against the wind. There are no land
marks In the air. Even more serious
Is the problem of landing In- a fog.
The chances are always considerable
of striking dangerous obstacles, such
as trees, buildings, or telegraph wires,
or of alighting In bodies of water,
swamps, etc. Moreover, as one vet-
eran flyer has stated, "what Is dla-
(TMwInir in tha airmen In foe Is the
Impossibility of knowing whether he
be slightly climbing or slightly de
scending full tilt into bills, trees or
houses without time to save the situ
ation." .
PUT "BAD LUCK" IN DISCARD
When the Gam of Life It Analyzed,
Thar Is No 8uch Thing to
, . Be Found,
There Is no such thing as "bad
Inck ." The belief In It Is a gross su
perstition. It Is claimed that there Is
a lot of luck In poker. My observa
tion has been that the man who wins
at poker consistently Is merely the
best player of poker. There are some
who have a "run of luck." But it
the "run" lasts three minutes the op
posite "run" generally lasts equally
long. If the good luck holds up for n
year, the bad luck appears during the
next year. Any habitual curd-player,
unless he Is a very poor player or
an unusually good one, will tell you
that his winnings and looses Just
about counterbalance.
In poker, as In life, the final deter
mining factor Is skill, knowledge of
the game, patience, taking advantage
of opportunities. If you hav a pre
monition that you are going to fall
In an undertaking -you are promising
yourself disaster In advancer you are
merely saying to yourself: "I know
I am not equal to that I'll fall down
on It, sure." Dismiss the premonition.
Throw away the ."charms" and talis
mans, Get on the job. James Hay,
Jr, In McClure's Magazine.
Results of Barberry Campaign
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stem-rust of wheat through the erad
ication of tfce common barberry has
aroused a widespread and . effective
sentiment against the shrub. This
has resulted in the actual removal
of the following estimated percentag
es of the plants located by a survey
conducted by the United States De
partment of Agriculture: Northern
Illinois, 60 per cent; Wisconsin, 90
per cent; Minnesota, 80 per cent;,
North Dakota, 90 per cent; South Da
kota, 80 per cent; Nebraska, 75 per
cent; and Iowa, 75 per cent. Ihe
work has been well begun in the stat
es adjoining those named. Safety
from stem-rust of wheat lies only in
the complete eradication of the com
mon barberry plant, specialists of the
department say.
East Paradise '
In last week's correspondence from
East Paradise, an inquiry was made
as to the number of socialist votes
cast in Clackamas county at the last
election. In the vote for United
States senator, 667 socialist votes
were cast, and in the state and local
vote, 1387 socialist votes were re
corded. Editor.
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