OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1908.
OUR FARMERS' PAGE.
ENTERPRISE READERS ARE INVITED TO CON
TRIBUTE AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL,
LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, DAIRY OR "BIO CROP"
ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT.
Effect of Drugi In Food.
Tho ri'MiiltH of exhaustive experi
ments conducted by thn Ilnromi of
ClmmlHfry of tho Department of Ag
riculture to dolermlno tho poisonous
effort of Much drugs iih borax, ben
wild arid, bonwmtn of itnilu, sulphato
of coppr, sulphur dioxide, , formalde
hyde iind salicylic acid when used ah
preservatives In foodstuffs have been
oiitllniMt before tho lloimn Committed
on Agriculture by Dr. !I, W. Wiley,
chief of tho bureau, Tho main conclu
Minn In that tho expulsion of theso and
kindred drug from thn body shorten
tho term of tho average man's Hfo In
tho United States, and that kidney dis
ease, bo prevalent among Americans,
la lamely tho result of constant Intro
duction Into tho system of mien sub
stances. Dr. Wiley told tho committee
ho had dlHcoverod that salt solution
wax a perfect MubHtltutn for Hulphur
In tho whitening and drying f fruit,
and ho exhibited samples of apples so
dried to prove bin Htutetnent.
Stable Disinfectant.
WhltewaMh la ono of thn cheapest
disinfectants and can ho easily and
raoldlv aoolled with a Moray pump. It
milk affects tho cream. If tho milk Ih
warm tho cream will bo thicker than
If It la cold.
Third Tho amount separated per
hour Ih another factor. TIiIh Ih espo
dally Important, for If tho milk la un
evenly fed Into tho bowl tho thickness
of tho cream Ih vaHlly Influenced.
Sterilized Wuh Water for Butter.
Thn Kansas Experiment Hlatlon con
siders It both practical and economi
cal to aterlll.o wiihIi water for butter If
It can bo cooled and used Immediately;
otherwlHo tho practlcu la useless CX
pOIIHL'. Process Butter,
Tho government Inspection of reno
vated butter lust year Mbownd a total
production of 63.000,000 pounds of
Much butter, an Increase of 15 per
cent over tho preceding year.
To Strengthen the Eyf.
UdIchm ono ban minimally strong
eyea ono tnuHt not rend when ono Ih
extremely weary. Exhaustion and fa
tigue affect all tho nerves of tho body,
and tho optic norvo Ih ho aenHlllvo
that It ahould receive particular at-
nuiHt bo carefully strained before using tentlon. Nor ahould ono over bo guilty
In tho pump, iih any lumpH will clog
tho spray nozzle.
Preparing Gold Powder.
Finely powdered gold may bo pre
pared by a IllOHt Hlmplo procoHH. Kill
a Hinall ungla.ed earthenware bowl
with common kitchen Halt, cover It
and expoHo It for aomo hour to heat.
Tho stovo oven la u good placo for It.
When tho water baa all been drU'd out,
put equal quantities of thin Malt powder
and honey on a glnaa grinding pinto
and mix In with It tho neceHHiiry quan
tity of gold leaf, (irlnd thla up very
gently, being careful not to pros hard
on thn maHH. Tho Halt acts a a dls
Integrator, nnd tho honey la lined bo
caiiHO It will not dissolve tho aalt.
When tho gold la reduced to tho fin
cm I posslblo powder It muMt bo thor
oughly and carefully wanhed with an
abundance of ptiro water to removo tho
Malt and honey.
Running the Separator.
Three polnta worthy of attention
when UHlng tho separator aro specified
by I'rofoMHor Oncar Krf, of Kansas:
First Tho speed of tho bowl haa
an Influenco on tho cream. A change
In Hpeed from ono separation to an
other changea tho percent of fat of tho
cream.
Hucond Tho temperature of the
ly thouHiinda of carloodH of vegetables
to tho North and Kant. Tho school
children have caught tho agricultural
enthuiiluHin and mado a display of the
products of their gardens at tho Ban
Antonio Kalr, closed recently, that was
astonishing. Tholr tomatoes, corn,
beets, peas, cabbage, beans and pep
pera of every variety were as fine as
those dlHplayed by any of the profes
sional gardeners. Buffalo Commercial.
A Cow's Gratitude.
When I lived on a ranch In Western
Colorado I saw a remarkable thing
done by a cow, writes C, Mitchell to
Our Dumb Animals.
Each seamin our hay, on being
mowed, was stacked In a field about
200 yarda from tho house. We had a
milch cow named Turvy. Ono winter
Turvy'a calf, which had not been
weunod, was kept tied a part of the
tlmo to a poHt near the hay,
Ono morning my attention was at
tracted by tho peralHtent cries of the
cow. I looked out ana saw n7
standing at tho bars. Bhe was calling
mo and was almost frantic. I snatched
up a shawl, threw It around mo and
ran to see what the matter was.
Quick as sho saw me coming she
turned and ran back to tho stacks.
When J reached the place I found
her calf almoHt choked to death. He
had wound the ropo with which ho was
tier round and round the pont, and
twisted It so tight that his tongue was
lolling out and bloody foam dripping
from his mouth and noso. I quickly
untied him, and his mother, by her
every action, showed her Joy as the
rescue.
of tho carclesHneHM of reading or writ
ing facing a window. This, too, Is a
cruel strain on the sight. Washing
tho eyes morning and night In water
as hot as It can be borno Is a wonder- appreciated.
ful tonic ror inoso tiKcrui servants,
which aro so easily Injured. When
wo consider how wo neglect their wel
fare by using them by fading daylight
and insufficient artificial light, by forc
ing them to do work when they aro
weary and by denying them tho rest
for which they long, wo have cauHO to
wonder not that they sometimes be
come mutinous and refiiHo to fulfill our
demands, but that they are ever faith
ful In our service. They will, as a
rule, bo aa good to us as wo aro to
them.
Garden and Farm Schools.
An agent of tho Department of Ag
rlculturo at Washington has lately
nimlo the statement thut tho City of
Ban Antonio, Tex., hus developed In ' keep the roadbeds In condition
Novel Road Making.
(Uunl Roads" Is a subject of such
absorbing Interest In all parta of our
country that any Information leading
to tho betterment of our highways Is
Here Is a method oi
r,,u,i Improvement which Has ueen
tried out at the Pope-Toleda factory
with good results. This Ih said to add
a high degree of efficiency to speed
and driveways, boulevards, etc., as
well as beneficial to heavy roads:
Tho Pope-Toledo Company covers a
large area. At the rear of the factory
buildings Is a circular speedway,
while between tho buildings are drive
ways. These roads aro subjected to
very acvere use from testing cars con
stantly, passing over them, going out
and returning to the factory, generally
at great speed; heavy traffic of large
trucks, heavily- loaded touring cars,
etc. Naturally, these drives and speed
ways were auito dust nuisances, to say
nothing of tho constant repair work to
much
' Tha Profit ot Packing Meat. '
Tho Fulton (Mo.) Gazette says: "A
200-pound hog when killed and dressed
loses 40 pounds, which would leave
1C0 pounds of meat. Say the two bams ;
weighing 30 pounds, sell at 15 cents a
pound and bring $4.50; sides, 40
pounds, at 12 cents, $4.80; shoulders,'
20 pounds, at 10 cents, $2. CO; sausage,'
20 pounds, at 10 cents, $2.00; lard, 20 :
pounds, at 10 cents, $2.00; bead and I
Jowls, 15 pounds, at 4 cents, CO cents, j
ribs, 8 pounds, at 5 cents, 40 cents j
$1C35 in all counting the value of j
the meat which It all sells today for j
In Fulton. So you sec, In place Of get-,
ting Just $8 for this hog, tho feeder!
gets $10.35. The general Impression,!
however, Is that a 200-pound hog on ,
foot, after being dressed and cured, i
would leave 140 pounds, Including lard, j
backbone, ribs, Jowls, etc.
Taking these figures, the average
price per pound for dressed meat is
about 10 cents but make It 10 cents
per pound and the cured hog would
bring. $14, against $10 for the 200
pound hog on foot.' We believe the
farmer would get more money out of
his hogs to pack his meat If be could
readily dispose of tho bacboncs, ribs
and sauHago, but the difference In
profits would not be as great as this,
unless the prices In cured meats were
higher than the figures given.
, Dairying That Pays.
A few farmers make a handsome In
come from their dairy many achieve
a moderate success some, do not be
gin to make as much money out of
their cows as they should.
There Is a good profit In milk, but
the farmer must know, first of all,
what this profit Is, and second, how to
get the profit out of the milk, ice
man who wants to have his cows pay
a good profit, and pay this profit all
the year round, can not study the
problem too carefully. k
Its public school a system of school
gnrdens that Ih one of tho finest In
tho country. Tho expert, who mado
tho tour of InHpectlon through the
South, flnda great Interest In tho
movement to ninko gardening and agri
culture a part of public education. Soil
and climatic conditions have combined
to develop thousands of acres of gar
dens in that section, that ship annual-
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KEEP BRIGHT AND YOU
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i'fiiritnentlne haa been done, and the
Pope-Toledo people say they have final
ly hit upon a road treatment which
gives excellent results and Is very eco
nomical. The Popes have already been
prominent In "good roads" move
ments, and these experiments have
been as much In behalf of good roads
generally aa for the preservation of
their own roads. The Pope-Toledo
factory has its own steel-treating fur
naces, some oil-heated. They take tho
sediment from the oil used In the heat
ers, which Is crude oil, and with an or
dinary sprinkling can, such as Is found
around any flower garden, sprinkle
this oil over the surface of the road.
Three treatments a season, It Is said,
makfs tho roadbeds waterproof, lays
J l the dust and prevents ruts, breaking
or emuanamenis, eic. lucy unicic
that the average road, first given the
proper surface make-ready, and then
given this oil treatment, will soon
show decided Improvement In wearing
qualities, easier riding, absence of
dust, etc.
Electric light is the magnet that draws trade.
The bright store is the "hypnotic eye" of business.
People can no more resist the attraction of a bril
liant, Electrically lighted store than they can resist
the clarion call of a brass band.'
Is your competitor with the Electrically illum
inated show windows, bright interior and sparkling
Electric Sign getting an advantage over you?
The moth never flutters around the unlighted
candlel Up-to-date stores nowadays consider shop
window lighting a necessity, whether they remain
open after dark or not. Competition forces modern
methods.
A show window brilliantly illuminated with
Electric light will make many a sale "the night
before." Electric light compels attention, makes
easy the examination of your display, shows goods
in detail and fabrics in their true colors.
And don't neglect the Electric Sign. It is
soliciting "tomorrow's" business every moment it is
lighted burning you name in the public mind. It
is a solicitor that never becomes weary never stops
work costs little.
PORTLAND RAILWAY,
LIGHT & POWER COMPANY
C. G. MILLER, Agent
OREGON CITY, - , - OREGON
Red Glass and Blue.
Red glass hastens vegetation, while
blue glass suppresses It Sensitive
plants, like the mimosa, grow fifteen
times higher under red glass than un
der blue.
Hints From the Hired Man.
It Is as good practice to grease the
ax as the saw. Ever try It?
As soon as tho garden stuff Is out
of tho way, turn the chickens loose.
A bone-cutter will pay for Its cost
In a BeaBon In Increased egg produc
tion. Do not sow alfalfa In the fall. This
rule holds good everywhere except
In the extreme South.
Saw a vinegar barrel In two. Cover
tho outside with coal tar, and you
have two durable water tubs for the
horses or cows.
If you are making a fine grade of
butter or you have fresh eggs for sale,
printers' ink In the local paper will
help wonderfully. Home and Farm.
Industry of Bees.-
When you eat a spoonful of honey
you have little notion as to the amount
of work and travel necessary to pro
duce it. To make 1 pound of clover
honoy bees must deprive 62,000 clover
blossoms of their nectar, and to do tins
requires 2,750,000 visits to the blos
soms by the bees. In other words, one
bee to collect enough nectar to make
1 pound of honey must go from hive
to flower and back 2,750,000 times.
Then, when you think how far these
bees sometimes fly In search of these
clover fields, often than not ono or
two miles from the hive, you will
begin to get a small Idea of the num
ber of miles one of the Industrious
little creatures must travel In order
that you may have the pound of honey.
"Parsifal" at Portland.
A play as broal In its Interests as
humanity Itself; elaborate and spectac
ular In production, weird iu Its por
trayal of the elemental passions, .l
sorblng as a dream of the highest
good, yet keen and Intense In Its ap
peal to the Individual; such is the
description of the Wagner wonder
drama which Portland Is to see in Its
new English dress at the Marquam for
one we-ik, starting February 1C.
It Is generally conceded to be a
condition of dramatic art that human
Interests must be paramount, and this
condition has been complied with In
the translation of "Parsifal." Abstract
Ideas and poetic fancies are made real
In the characters and experiences of
living persons. Tho faith that good
shall be the final goal of ill, forms the
legend wrought out to certitude In
the action of the play. The futility of
low cunning, craft, duplicity and all
the unlovely brood of the nether world,
when opposed by the nobler Intelli
gence which comprehends but disre
gards them all, Is demonstrated in this
thrilling drama, which centers around
the personality of the son of many
generations of soldier sires, whom his
mother would have made a sheperd of
but whom destiny made a king. There
is sound philosophy and true art in
the final description of thff personality
of Parsifal.
A guileless fool In the eyes of the
foolish not by wrath, nor by cheap
worldly wisdom, but by pity enlight
ened. As a spectacle, "Parsifal" is a tre
mendous enterprise; the scenery is on
a lavish scale and the illuminations
and electrical effects form a striking
feature of the production. An aug
mented orchestra of 20 musicians will
render the soul-stirring strains of
"Parsifal" as an accompaniment to the
wondrous text.
The hour of commencement will dif
fer from that of the former custom,
the long dinner Intermission having
been eliminated now permits of giv
ing the play at one sitting. The cur
tain for the evening performance will
rise promptly at 7: 45. Auditors shoul 1
be In their seats when the perform
ance begins, as none will be seated
during the action of the play.
Seats ordered by mail will be for
warded on receipt of remittance and
self-addressed, stamped envelope di
rected to C. N. Ryan, manager Mar
quam Grand, Portland.
BOOTH HELPS STUDENTS.
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 aa plain as the way
Xt market. It depends chiefly on two words Industry and
frugality. He that gets all he can honestly and saves all he
gets (necessary expenses excepted) will certainly become
rich."
What lien said was not only true at that tlmo, 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 Oregon City
YOUR BILL FOR GROCERIES
will show a comfortable saving if you
do your buying here. And our lower
prices In no case mean lower quali
ties. It Is the saving on standard
groceries that makes buying here
truly economical. We have too much
faith In your discernment to offer you
Inferior qualities at any price. Daily
arrival of new season goods in Dia
mond W or Preferred 8tock Canned
Fruits and Vegetables, Xmaa Candles,
Nuts, Dates, Raisins, etc.
A. ROBERTSON
7th Street Grocer
C
areful of Your Property
One of ihe secrets of our success
in the Baggage and Transfer Business
Safes, Piano and Furniture Moving
Williams Bros. Transfer Co.
Phones, Office Il2f, Residence 1833
525 Main Street
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
class work quickly and cheaply.
CASCADE LAUNDRY
Oregon City, ... .. ... -Oregon
How Animals Perspire.
Prof. E. L. Trouessart of, the Paris
Museum of Natural History, In a re
cent lecture on animal heat, remarked
that the dog, whose respirations In
repose number only 25 to 30 a min
ute, may in running acquire a rate of
respiration as high as 350 a minute,
says the Youth's Companion. The ef
fect of this acceleration favors the dis
sipation of animal heat by evaporation
from the pulmonary vesicles.
The dog perspires very little, orjnot
at all, by the skin, pulmonary tatting
the place of cutaneous transpiration.
It is this fact which enables the dog
to pursue its game so long and per
sistently. , .
Animals of the cat family, on the
other hand, do not possess this pecu
liarity, and for that reason tigers, pan
thers and lions He in wait for their
prey, but do not pursue it over long
distances. . The bird possesses pul
monary transpiration In a very high
degree.
Gives $500 to Loan Fund of the Uni
versity of Oregon.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Feb. 10.
Hon. R. A. Booth, of Eugene, has
Just given the student loan fund of the
University of Oregon a check for $300
to be used as an irreducible educa
tional loan fund for students. The fund
will be known as the "Booth Loan
Fund" and will be kept separate
from the general loan fund, which lit
present is distributed in loans rang
ing In amounts from $15 to $80 among
ten students of the university. Since
Ihe establishment of the general fund
five years ago, more than 30 students
have been enabled to complete their
college course who could not otherwise
have done so.
The university hopes to establish
during the present year a loan fund of
at least $5,000, to be loaned under tho
direction of President Campbell, or
seme one designated by him, to boys
and girls all over Oregon who wish to
complete their education, but w ho can
not do so without assistance. It is
believed that a loan of approximately
$100 a year, at a low rate of interest,
to be repaid In two years after gradu
ation, is much more preferable than
an outright gift In the form of a schol
arship. The fund will be guaranteed
by ten men against loss. Two signa
tures will be required on each note
and a small amount of life insurance
will be taken out to insure against loss
by death.
The present loan fund amounts to
approximately $1000.
Fine Cattle From Molalla.
William Stennlnger and Major Hun
gate, of Molalla, came in from that
place Monday with four head of cattle
that they sold to Farr Bros. The cat
tle averaged 1350 pounds each, and the
price paid was 4 cents. The huge
beeves were the cause of much curi
osity along the road from Molalla to
Oregon City and elicited a great deal
of favorable comment on their size
and general prime condlton.
Oregon City Royal Bakery
J. E. SCHAFFER, Prop.
Formerly 7th street Bakery
Best Quality Royal Table
Queen Bread
FOR SALE BY ALL GROCERS AND AT BAKERY GIVE IT A
TRIAL.
Shop remodeled and reopened by February 15 for inspection.
Book and
Job Pointing
Ail Hinds
Low Prices
Prompt Service
Stat Press Job Room
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