OREGON CITY ENTERPftllC, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1908. OUR FARMERS' PAGE. ENTERPRISE READERS ARE INVITED TO CON TRIBUTE AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, DAIRY OR "BIG CROP" ITEMS rOR THIS DEPARTMENT. POOR LANDS MAKE GOOD. Principal Question li One of How to Farm a Soil. flermany linn discovered a "sort of bacteriological growth which excel the nitrogen producing kind our De partment of AKrlrultur hai applied to tilitnt life an resultfiilly, It costs less and Krowi faster. The news calls attention again to a rather, notable feature of modern farming. Paradoxi cal an It may seem, the poorest land Is, In aome section, becoming tho most valuable, Hnndy soil la adnpted to frulla and vegetables, and these are crop which ll at Mich price. Handy land la tiaually Ililu and poor. Suitable fer tilising and cropping with pea and clover, ptanla peculiarly benefited hy nitrogen bacteria, result In these light Hands quickly becoming productive. Hence tho paradox that the poorest land sometimes give tho lariat money return. In pari of New Jersey and In moat of tli 11 Delaware, Maryland and Vlr Klnla peninsula the aandy lonma worn for a long period regarded aa bad property. Toilay there are farmer and truckers on tlw Innda who make II00, even aa high aa ftOQ ait acre In a single acaaon. Tho Nona are not regular, to be euro, but the average la remarkably high when traniiportatlon la available, Canta loupea, alrawberrlea, aweet potatoes, M'n, onlona and early rabbago are among the products which give ex traordinary returna. Philadelphia share with New York tho privilege of marketing the rropa, and far ex r"da New York In applying thla pro ductive buHlneag wl.h the gooda the money no earned buya for family ue. Since there la nothing to Indl rata that the product of these loama will Iraaen In quantity or value, and since they have a oertalo monopoly of early rrH for quick marketing, the wealth coming from tho poor landa la likely to prove an Important factor In the enlargement of the clty'a busliwsa Philadelphia ledger. Tht Bull. No man can afford to head hla herd with a arrub bull. The blood la an Important Item, though not the whole thing. Granted that you eeo the ad vlnablllty of a pure-bred aire, the next question la how to care for him. If you paid f ton to $300 for a bull you naturally want to give him auch care aa to keep hlrn In hla prime aa long aa noealble. It la beat to have a atall or ahed for a bull where he will be aeparated from the herd, (live Mm yard large enough ao that the confine ment will not be tew aevere, and be aure to have hla yard aurrounded by a. bull fence. It I aa Important to Veep people out of the hull pen aa It la to keep the bull In. If poaalble, It la an excellent thing to give him a pasture If you can turn him out with out having him run with the milkers. Often there la a pasture for the calves or young atock that can 1 used. Keep htm In good condition, but do not keep him fat enough for the show ring all the year round. It doean't pay. Alwaya give blm kind treatment, but do not let him become familiar with you. For Keeping Humus In Soil. The Nebraska Experiment Station defines their ayatem of rotation for tho keeping of the humus supply In the soil aa followa: "Corn la grown two years. The third year the land Is thoroughly disked early In the spring and sown to oats; The oat crop Is removed from the land and stacked as soon after harvest aa pos sible. If tho ground Is sufficiently wet It Is plowed at once. If very dry or cloddy the fond Is double disked. Thrice If necessary ,and then plowed deeply. Disking the land not only prevents a further loss of the water by evaporation, but It alo fines the surface so that fine earth Is turned under at the bottom of the furrow slice, Instead of clods and chunks. The plow Is followed on the same day with tho dlHk or subsurface pack tr, In order to thoroughly fill up all open spaces In the subsurface. The common drag harrow follows these tools to work the surface down Into shape, After every rnln the land Is harrowed, a soon as It Is fit to work. In order to brenk up any crust that may form and by keeping a loose surface prevent the loss of moisture by evaporation." ' To Check Swarming. ' If tho bees did not perslnt in divid ing their forces so frequently, much more surplus honey could bo obtained. Tho bee-keeper would feel more easy about his bees. In producing comb honey In one-pound loxes, It la nec essary to crowd tho bees into the sec tion boxes, for they seem loath to begin work In such small dlvlsona, and this, crowding is one of the In- areful of Your Property One of the secrets of our success in the Baggage and Transfer Business Safes, Piano and Furniture Moving Williams Bros. Transfer Co. Phones, Office 1121, Residence centlves which creates tho swarming fever, When producing extracted hon ey, abundant room can be given, and the swarming Impulse ' la greatly checked, Therefore, If bees are to be kept far from the house, and can not bo given much attention, It Is ad visable to produce only extracted hon ey, which Is done by giving tho bees large combs and plenty of room, for It matters not whether the combs are entirely completed or not, as the hon ey Is taken from them and the combs retained to bo used. Condlmsnts For Hogs. Tho most valuable "condiments" for hogs are ashes, salt and copperas. A big breeder says he once a week rakes up the cobs In tho feeding yard and burns them, thus giving the swine some chsrcoal; occasionally ho hauls In a load of coal ashes, and salt and copperas are mixed with wood ashes and kept In a trough where tho hogs can get at them at any tliile. Work of Earthworms. Earthworms perform excellent aer vice In enriching the sail. According to Darwin, on meadow land earth worms eject sufficient digested ma terial to greatly change tho character istics of the soil, amounting to as much as eighteen tons per aero In some caes, and containing over one third of 1 per cent of nitrogen. They also open the soil to permit the bet ter access of water, air and warmth. Butter Making. !'r butler Is caused by overturn ing, oversaltlng, overworking. From the start the milk Is tainted. The cows should be well fed, the hands of the milker should be perfectly clean; the milk should never be set where there are bad odors to taint It, and If the cream Is kept too long the taints will bo Intensified. Coal Tar for French Roads. The French government has adopt ed a method of treating macadamised i roads with hot coal tar thinned with about 10 per cent of oil. The cost Is ssld to work out about 8 1 (Mis of cent per square, Postal Progress by Automobile. Automobile postofflce for rural de livery service will be one of tho next steps In the progress of public utilities If the Postal Progress League can ex ert sufficient Influence with Congress. The lesgue recently held a meeting In New York City. With the adoption of automobiles and a change In the postal regulations to permit of a rural parcels delivery with a weight limit of 11 pounds, It was said a profit could be had, calcu lating on a route of. 12 miles, cover ed twice a day, as against present loss. These trips would cost. Including car rier's salary, only 15 per day, which would be more than provided for If each of some 175 families along the route paid only 3 cents a day for par- jf eels from tho town Quarters for Fowls. When comfortable quarters are pro vided for fowls, says Prof. Watson, the nutritive ration of tho food should lit about one fifth; that Is, one part protein or muscle-producing com pounds to four parts of carbonhy drates or heat and fat-producing com pounds. Roof 8hlngles. Shingles are usually 1C Inches long, and a bundle of them is 20 Inches wide and contains 24 courses In the thickness at each end. A bundle of shingles will lay one course 80 feet long. When shingles are exposed 4 Inches to the weather 1000 will cover 107 square feet; 5 Inches, 132 square feet; C Inches, 1C0 square feet. Plenty of Work on Farms. tabor has gone to the cities and towns In such quantities that our farms and vineyards have been left to go uncared for, and tho farmer is compelled to do what he can and leavo the remainder undone. NOTES. The highest price ever received for any farm product, pound for pound, is butter. When sold It takes tho least fertility from the farm. - In planning farm work don't try to cover too many lines or your fate will be like the tramp who said when he climbed through a barbed wire fence, "I covered too many points for my own good." To uhb brine for salting butter Is not feasible except when very light salting Is wanted. It takes the salt Itself to make good, marketable but ter. Tho gixxl mllch cows are not the ones carrying a largo amount of flesh. They cannot produce, milk and flesh at the same time. Hut they need good feed, just tho same. A cow Is a fac- 1833 525 Main Street tory, where tho raw material In tho shape of hay and grain la taken In and converted Into milk. Remember that tho milk does not have to bo sour In order to be classed as poor milk. Whole wheat Is better for fowls than corn. It does not make them so fat and, considering the greater num ber of egg that can ho secured by using It, It Is a more economical fixd. Tho value and usefulness of tho farm snlmal depends as much upon Its mental as upon Its physical con dition. (let tho best bull you can to breed I to tho dairy cows. To make tho busi ness permanent as wen as proniawo, animals which will make good at tho milk pall, must be kept. Make the hogs grow all over and all tho time. Variety of feed and plen ty of It will keep tho hog's system In tho best condition for gain, Tho creamery patron has his month ly cream checks while tho other fel low has the store bill, Turkey raisers claim that lice cause tho death of more half grown fowls than any other cause. There Is practically no difference in food value between tho egg with a brown shell and tho one with a white shell. This Is the conclusion arrived at In tests made at the Cali fornia experiment station. When hatching duck eggs under hens, tho young should be removed as soon as dry, as they become rest less, and the hen often In her excite ment treads on them. As a usual thing the farmer does not know enough about poultry. He has It on his farm and allows his wife to take care of it on the limited time she has at her disposal, and that Is alKiut all the attention he ever gives tho matter. lie sure to provide some plan for exercising tho fowls during the win ter months. Unless you do this they will become weak and sluggish stid win take disease much quicker. Scat ter tho feed on tho floor amidst straw or lltu-r, so they will Lave to scratch for It. Keep a good, big jar of vaseline among your emergency remedies for the winter.' It Is of value applied to tho frosted comb and wattles of a bird, drawing the frost out thoroughly. Keep the eggs stored In a clean room till ready to take them to mar ket. Eirg shells are porous and It Is known that they will absorb odors. Tho. absorption may not be sufficient 'o make the eggs taste, but It will bo enough to start tho eggs to spoiling. A Spelling Reform. One of the witnesses In a lawsuit, who had Juki been sworn, waa asked to give bis name. He replied that It was Hinckley. Then the attorney for tho prosecution requested him to give his name In full. "Jeffrey Alias Hinckley." "I am not aklng you for your alias," said tho lawyer, Impatiently.. "What Is your real name?" "Jeffrey Alias Hinckley." "No trifling In this court, sir," sternly spoke the Judge. "Which Is your right name Jeffrey or Hinck ley T" "Doth of era, your honor." "Both of thejn? Which Is your sur name?" "Hinckley." "And Jeffrey Is your given name?" "Yes, your honor." "Then, what business havo you with an alias?" "I wish I knew, your honor," said the witness, ruefully. "It Isn't my fault" "Whst do you mean, sir?" demand ed the Judge, who was fast losing bis temper. "I mean, your honor, that Alias Is my middle name, for some reason which my parents never explained to me. I supioe they saw it In print somewhere, and rather liked the looks of it. I'd get rid of it it I could do so without the newspapers finding It out and joshing ma about It." "The court suggests that hereafter witness begin his middle name with 13 Instead of an A. Counsel will pro ceed with the examination," said the Judge, coughing behind his handker chief. Youth's Companion. Preacher to 8ubdue Tippler. Rev. Dr. Maurice F. Flkes, pastor of the Franklin First Baptist Church. Franklin, Pa., and formerly of Balti more, declares that It Is his intention to drop from the rolls of the church every man who goes Into a saloon, hotel or drugstore to buy a drink of liquor. Australia Is going to astonish the world with Its new lssuo of stamps They aro to bo of such a superlatively artistic character that, according to the departmental board that has been cons'derlng the subject. It is esti mated that 40,000 worth will be sold to philatelists alone during the first year and after that tho sale to the enthusiasts will average 20,000 per annum. The stamps, which are to be a world-wide advertisement tor ;he commonwealth, are to be printed from steel plates, and their designs will Illustrate the characteristic fea tures of Australia. Spokane Church Element Enraged. , Spokane, Wash., Dec. 30. Since Mayor Moore has come out flatly in favor of repealing the Sunday closing ordinance and has gone on record to that effect In a plain letter as a re ply to the petition signed by business men who represent fully B0 per cent of the taxable property, requesting the repeal of the ordinance, church people are horrified and havo stated that tho Mayor will "get his" as soon as they get around to It, which means that his political future will be re tarded by the churchmen's efforts. There is some talk of Impeaching the Mayor and Police Chief. To stop that pain In the back, that stiffness of tho Joints and muscles, take Pinnies. They are guaranteed. Don't suffer from rheumatism, back ache, kidney troublo, when you get 30 days treatment for $1.00. A Blnglo doso at bed time proves their merit. Get them today. Sold by Huntley Bros. TRAMPS FLOOD NEW YORK. City Overrun By Hundreds of Unem ployedCharitable Institutions Art Swamptd. Bands of migratory mendicants and hundreds of unemployed workmen from other cities are pouring Into New York and tho Inrush of dependents on the municipality has developed a sit uation which the charitable Institutions are unable to meet. Hundreds of ap plicants for clothing, food and lodg ing are being turned away dally by philanthropic Institutions, and to con sider these extraordinary conditions an informal meeting was held today by representatives of 20 charitable or ganizations. Tho records showed that hundreds of applications for aid came from those who had come hero from other cities, and plans were discussed to stem tbo rush of mendicants. While no decisive action was taken. It was tho sense of the meeting that the De-1 partment of Charities should provide an adequate work test In connection with Its treatment of lodgers. It was suggested that each person who de sires a night's lodging should spend a short time at the stone quarry on Ulack well's Island. Officers of the municipal lodging-house report that between December 1 and December 23, 23C3 persons were refused lodging because of the Inability to accommo date tho applicants. Bacon Would you call blm a good talker. Egbert No, I would not. "How many time have you heard him talk?" "Only once." "And when was that?" "When he was trying to open a car window." Yonkers States man. Weather Bureau Report The following data, covering a per iod of 30 y-isrs, has been compiled from the Weather Bureau records at Portland. They are Isiued to show tho conditions that have prevailed, during the month In question, for the above period of years, but must not bo construed as a forecast of the weather conditions for the coming month. Month, January, for 3G years: Mean or normal temperature, 39.2 degrees. The warmest month was that of 1873, with an average of 44.4 degrees. The coldest month was that of 1888, with an average of 29.2 degrees. The highest temperature was 62 de grees on tho 25th, 1888. Tho lowest temperature was 2 de grees, on the 15th, 1883. Average precipitation for the month CDC Inches. Average number of days with .01 of an Inch or more, 20. Tho greatet monthly precipitation waa 13.71 inches in 1883. The least monthly precipitation was 2.12 Inches In 1893. Tho greatest amount of precipita tion recorded In any 24 consecutive hours was 6.86 Inches on 5th-6tb. 1883. Tbo greatest amount of snowfall recorded In any 24 consecutive hours (record extending to winter of 1884 86 only) was 15.0 Inches on the 2nd, 1895. Average number of clear days, 4; partly cloudy days, 7; cloudy days, 20. Tho prevailing winds are from the south. Tho average hourly velocity of tho wind Is 6.3 miles. Tho highest velocity of the wind was from the south on the 9th, 1880. Blue Sundays in New York. By enforcing two blue Sundays in succession In New York City, Police Commissioner Bingham la entitled to be ranked henceforth as among the saints. Never before has there been such a riot of piety among the "unco guld" of the metropolis; never before has the Pharisee been so unctuously In evidence at the street corners thanking God that be is not as other men. The more thoughtful among them, a pitiful minority, have some uneasy presentments of reaction and of a disastrous return of the penda Inm V,.., tiA m n 4-.. Knlla that the reformation of a city has length been accomplished by a police man with a bludgeon, and that the kingdom of heaven on earth has been ,;,!.. ... , ( . c, Court Is sim plicity personified. The Sunday Clos ing Act forbids anything whatever In the nature of public amusement or entertainment upon the seventh day of the week, and, that being so, what else remained for the law-abiding and law-enforcing commissioner but to enforco the law and defy Its conse quences? Not his to reason vhy. His but to do and die. An enthusiasm for the law Is, It is true, a little unusual on the part of the New York police, but even death bed repentances have not wholly lost their efficacy. The commissioner's instructions to his subordinates were unequivocal. They were advised to use a little "horse sense," but beyond that there was to be no discretion. Carnegie Hall, with Its highly moral and up lifting program, must be closed. So must the 5-cent vaudeville with Its program neither moral nor uplifting. So must all Intermediary shows. Neither character nor motive must be considered by, the stern guardians of pubrlc virtue, who must surely have thought that visions were about and that ascension robes would soon be the order of the day Instead of hel mets and uniforms. The Y. M. C. A. entertainments were just as much under the ban of the law as vaude ville and roller-skating. The Educa tional Alliance must take a day off on Sunday as well as the theatre. The public sports at Celtic Park must stop In spite of their beniflcent work, and Justice, with her eyes blindfolded, must discriminate In no way at all between lectures on the Holy Land and the dancing halls of the Bowery. "Put your men by tho theatres," said th Inexorable commissioner. "Let it bo understood that there will bo no show. Tell people there will be no Ben Franklin who used to run a newspaper down East years ago, also edited an almanac which contained some wise sayings. Here Is one of them: "The way to wealth, If you desire It, Is as plain a tho way to market. H depends chiefly on two words Industry and frugality. Ho that gets all ho can honestly and saves all he gets (necessary expenses excepted) will certainly become rich." What Ben said was not only true at that time, but it still holds good at the present day. There Is no better way to save than to have a bank account We will be glad to have you start an account at this bank. you are not tempted to spend It. The Bank of stow; don't try to stop them from go - Ing inside, for you have no authority to do that. You will arrest the first j uunca vi wiuri uiai appear uer me curtain rises; and if they keep it up you will arrest tbo next bunch, and the tlcket-seller, and anybody else you can get bold of in the office, Including the manager and proprietor." And it was so. The law was en forced to tbo letter on Sunday, De cember 8, and again the following Sunday. The giddy and frivolous world was represented by seventeen Sunday evening dance balls which had taken the precaution to obtain in junction against police Interference. With these Insignificant exceptions New York suddenly became a city of the dead, and there were no signs of the "revelry by night" which is said to be one of the great attractions of the metropolis. There were practically no arrests. Every one obeyed the law, because obedience was the most effective of all possible protests. Deserted Broad way had something almost bodeful about It, while the placards on opera houses, theatres, music halls, dancing academies, skating rinks, and penny r. m A r. 11 1 .. . I . V . 1 1 1 . . . I - . . 1 : .:.,r"; f. ."rrUB.v ji.atra uu iH.ru ckjbcu lor mo uj. ,11 iLr-mi-.a-tr SfiAnd if one would be successful ous piety had been placed finally in the small corner belonging to it Greeks, Russians, the Scandinavians, not to mention the Chinese, turned disconsolately away from their ac customed haunts, woefully perplexed as to what to make of It all, while Coney Island was shut up so tight that its frequenters found nothing more exciting to do than to walk quietly up and down the nearly de serted beach. The restaurants every where were, of course, crowded, sim ply because people had nowhere else to go; but the churches found no difficulty whatever In accommodating their congregations, in no way sensi bly swelled by the occasion. Perhaps It may yet be necessary to close the restaurants and parks; and re-establish the pllory for those who obstin ately neglect the "means of grace" and the contribution plate. It would be rash to predict, as many are doing, that there will be no third Sunday of this amazing experience. Tho churches themselves are fright ened and the Federation, learning that the declson has been enforced by the police "in extreme terms," has hasten ed to ask that there shall be a s De dal committee of the Board of Alder-! men with instructions to license such Sunday concerts as shall be "free from immorality and financial gain;" that is to say, such concerts as they themselves shall approve. Tho State Legislature has fully empowered the Board of Aldermen to do this and any thing else that seems good to them In the way of Sunday regulation, and there Is no doubt that the board will hasten to do something to allay a state of stupefied Indignation that Is not far from dangerous. Personally, I hope that the Blue Sunday will con trJ::':X" - 7i nJ. ed lesson so thoroughly that It will never again dawn on the horizon of . -... 1 rm... kl,.n 1 ... BWn..U mi autuia. iuti uiuo m.o duuuiu enforcement. But there remains one question to be asked of Commissioner Bingham. We should more easily believe In his real for law enforcement If it rfere a little more inclusive. It needed a Supreme Court judgment to show him his duty In the matter of Sunday amusements, but how about the sa loons? No oneiuestions, or has ever questioned, that the ordinary saloon at which no meals are served remains open on Sunday In contravention of the law. What " has Commissioner Bingham to say about this, and how does he explain the evident fact that what Is sauce for the goose Is not also sauce for the gander? Or are we to understand that the sacred sa loon, as one of the great vote-getting Institutions of the country, Is above all law and outside all control? The commissioner has been pointedly asked this question and he refuses to discuss It. He may well be excused Inasmuch as there Is no possible room for discussion about a law that Is as clear as the sun at noonday and wholly without ambiguity. But the question ought to be pushed right home in the hope of discovering what are actually Oregon City the motives that bare led to a state of affairs likely to earn for New York the derision of the world. FLANEUR. New York, December 16, 1907. "JU8T KEEP SMILING.' When the sun Is brightly smiling. And the sky Is always blue; When your friends are fondly smiling; And you're nothing troubling you; Then Is when you're lots of courage And your friends all say "What pluck," And you keep on smiling, smiling. For you're in the best of luck. But when things look "topsy-turrey," And you don't know where to turn; And your clothes are getting thread bare And you haven't cash to "burn;" That's the time it takes real courage. Or, what's sometimes called "real pluck;" Just to keep on smiling, smiling. When you're down and out luck. of But the road to real contentment iih wlhM wav .hfi .... Just keep smiling every day; Smile when things don't go to salt you. Keep on smiling when they do, And before you're through your smil ing The world will smile right back at you. ELSIE BRAYTON BLOOD. liilumor THROUGH WITH RUM. Time to Quit When Stuff Atoala Away Man's Senses. Tm through with the drink thing forever," remarked the smooth faced man with the little nub of a cigar In that same tone that the hero uses down at the Cleveland theater when says, "Yea, I'm goln' away from hyah for erahr The amooth faced man waa Just that positive about It "Nope," be said as be brushed the ashes off bit coat lapel, "the rum propo sition leads only to mortification and rnln. When a man gets so he pushes the button and doesnt know It, when It comes to a situation, like that. It's time" "Waltr broke in the little chap with tne flat top sort hat "Just pause and slip back np the track about a car length! When you tell anything kindly begin at the table of contents, then go to chapter L and so on, will yuh? You talk like a busted down phono graph." "Aa I was about to Bay," went on the man with the nub of a cigar, just as If no one had stopped him, "when we got through settling the street rail way question and a few other mat ters of moment that had to be disposed of before the bunch broke. away last night It was lacking just a few min utes of being 2:30 o'clock. . When I got home I says to myself, 'Why wake up little wlfey when she needs the sleep? "Acting on that suggestion, I took off ray shoes Just before I started to climb up the steps to our front porch, wouderlng to myself all the time how much of a discount I'd be able to do duct from the time I came home when I spoke of It at the breakfast table next morning. "1 walked up to the door Just as quietly as a cat and then rang the doorbell! Yep. I Just pressed the dinky little electric button, and then I came In. I hnd my key In my pock et all the time! It wasn't more 'n a minute till my wife opened the door and saw me standing there, shoes In hand. "Without going Into any more de tails, Is It any wonder I'm sore on the stuff that steals away men's senses?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. A SMOOTH ARTICLE Is turned out by the basketful In this laundry shirts, collars, cuffs and all else requiring starching and stiff fin ishing. Our latest improved appli ances, coupled with skill born of long experience, enable us to turn out first- ciass worn quicaiy ana cneapiy. CASCADE LAUNDRY Oregon City, ... .... -Oregon