OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1908.
OUR FARMERS' PAGE.
ENTERPRISE READERS ARE INVITED TO CON
TRIBUTE AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL,
LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, DAIRY OR "BIG CROP"
ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT.
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Source of Rain. .
Every year a layer of the entire sea,
14 feet thick. In taken up into the
clouds, the winds bear their burden
into the land and water comes down
in rain upon the fields, to How back
through rivers.
Wild Boar a Hard Fighter.
For sheer deviltry and Insane feroc
lty the boar stands pre-eminent, and
for courage he has no equal among an
imals, says Recreation. A wild boar
charging has been known to bring an
elephant down on its knees, and one
well authenticated fight is recorded
between a boar and a full-grown tiger
in which the boar more than held its
own. Tigers have the greatest respect
for wild boars and treat them accord'
ingly.
In matter of speed the horse has
not yet been foaled which can catch a
boar in its first burst. I have seen a
man on a thoroughbred Arab try to
cut on a boar in breaking back to
cover, and the boar literally walked
around him.
Mixed Manure.
Cow manure, although the least
concentrated and most watery of all
farm manure, is the backbone of all
farm fertility on acount of its quality.
hen mixed with horse manure it
makes what is commonly called barn
yard manure, which is well adapted
for most crops. When kept by itself
without plenty of litter there is danger
that the liquid part of the cow manure
will leach away. A common practice
is to throw the two kinds of manure
together In the gutter behind the cows,
thus absorbing the liquid at once.
Where many cows and but few horses
are kept, leaves and other refuse must
be used quite freely under the cows
to secure manure easily managed,
abundant and of good quality. The
liquid part is half the farm fertility.
Value of Poultry Manure.
The value of the hen manure is sel
dom taken account of in the poultry
yards, and yet it is quite an item of
profit Scientists have long ago sound
ed loud praises for the fertilizing pow
er, proving that in quality it exceeded
any of the commercial fertilizers on
the market.
It is claimed that an adult fowl is
capable of producing nearly 100 pounds
of highly concentrated dung in a
year, but the bulk of this manure is,
on many of the farms, allowed to go
to waste. Much of this is lost by fowls
being allowed to roost in the farm
yards, the wagon shed, or some other
outside building.
E. T. Brown says that all successful
farmers and market gardeners realize
that before they can get anything out
of the soil they must first of all put
It there, and thus in the keeping of
and she packs It away carefully In tho
wee baskets on her hind legs, first
moistening it with a drop of honey.
When she has as much as she can car
ry she flies back to the hive and stores
away her load for futuro use. Tho
bread made from this Hour requires
neither raising nor baking.
The pollen grains are crushed, soak
ed and kneaded with honeand tho
bread Is ready for tho baby bees, who
are the only ones that eat It.
Men
Cleanliness in Milking.
Experiments prove that milking In
a stable where the circulation of air
carries out the dust, wiping the udder
with a damp eloth, and scalding the
utensils with live steam from boiling
water, will not only reduce the bacter
ial content of the milk, but largely in
crease its keeping qualities as well
as that of the finished product.
Apple Tree Canker.
Treatment recommended for canker
of apple trees by one of the experi
ment stations is to paint the affected
trunk with a combination of one pint
whale oil soap, three pints slacked
lime and four gallons of water; thick
en to right consistency with wood ash
es or with Bordeaux mixture thicken
ed with lime until like whitewash.
Location of Beehives.
Beehives should never be faced to
ward the north. In a northern lati
tude exposure m winter is almost sure
to cause the loss of the colony, by the
rigorous north winds blowing in at the
entrance, and the confinement of the
bees, caused by the entrances being
shaded on mild, sunny days when the
bees in the hives facing southward
fly freely.
Cows Exposed to Cold Rain.
The1 Arizona Station has recorded
the results of a cold rain on the flow
of milk of the station herd. The cows
were exposed for three days to a cold
rain. During this time the herd de
creased 37 per cent in milk yield and
continued it until it reached 50 per
cent, and it was a month until the
cows gave as much milk as before the
storm. This is what might be called
a cash illustration of the value of
sheltering cows from cold rains.
In Every Home
where there are children,
there ought to be a
Columbia Graphophone'
And also in every home
where there are no chil
drenonly more so.
See and hear this "BQ" model the
new tone-arm cylinder Graphophone.
Compact, convenient.
No horn crane.
No horn stand.
No rubber tube. ,
Horn swings in any
direction.
Work of the Bureau of Soil.
The greatest fear of the American
soil tillers, exhaustion and unproduc
tiveness of land, is rapidly being dis
pelled by the experiments and investi
gations of the Bureau of Soils at
Washington. This branch of the De
partment of Agriculture has received
little advertising; it does its work
quietly and the cities hear little of It,
but to the great and small farming
districts, to the hesitating planter and
to the dependent settler it is a great
boon and a daily counselor. It has
fowls on the land an oDDortunltv is! shown the way to scientific farming;
afforded to such man of obtaining a'11 has made briar patches into grassy,
first-class manure already distributed fertile plains, swamps into blooming
at practically no cost. It Is some- cornfields, sandy prairies Into acres of
times stated by those who use any I production. In short, a man can learn
argument they can against poultry 'In an hour from the Bureau of Soils
keeping that other classes of stock j'hat his father spent years in ascer
will not follow fowls in a meadow, talning, and he can learn it with great
but never has this proved to be the'er accuracy. From a map or a report
case unless, probably, the land was too
heavily stocked, when the manure
would speedily cause foulness,
he can see what crop his land will
best produce, what It will not yield
and perhaps, that it will bring him un
complete outfit, with 6
gold-moulded Columbia Re
cords, your own selection
65
$34!
On Easy Terms
Other outfits from $20 to $200.
HUNTLEY BROS. CO.
COLUMBIAS-VICTORS-EDISONS
PAPER MILLS IN
EAST SHUT DOWN
GENERAL STRIKE IN PAPER AND
PULP FACTORIES OF INTER
NATIONAL COMPANY.
In cases where poultry are confined I dreamed of produce and wealth. The
in runs the gravel or earth around the
house over which the fowls are con
stantly running should be swept at
least once a week, the manure colect
ed, and stored until there is sufficient
quantity to sell. Not only does such
a plan represent greater profit by rea
son of the sale of the manure, but the
land can be more heavily stocked, as
the danger of tainted ground is thus
largely overcome.
Bureau of soils has made many farm
ers rich, and the number that make
use of the bureau is increasing dally.
According to a Washington corres
pondent of the New York Tribune, the
authorities of the bureau, under the
direction of Prof. Milton Whitney,
have asked for $500,000 for the fiscal
year 1909, and they have some assur
ance that this amount will be appro
priated by Congress. What will be ac
complished with the $500,000, if It is
granted, can best be gauged by a con
sideration of what has been done with
the $200,000 spent in 1907.
In the main the Bureau of Soils de
votes a large portion of Its attention to
Cultivation of Oats .
At Cornell University oats were
sown broadcast, in the usual manner,
the yield per acre being 37. bushels.
On nnnthpr nlrtf tho ngtu mora Hi-illaH
in, 15 inches apart, the handwheel hoe surveying, mapping and classifying
being used to work between the rows. the land ot tne United States and de
This may appea to some as giving a ; termining the constituents of soil In
large share of labor in that manner, !Buch a precise manner that a farmer
but as the yield on the drilled and wishing to plant a certain crop can
worked plot was CI bushels per acre, I determine In advance the advisability
the method Is worthy of attention. A j of such a curBe by a moment's refer
man with a wheel hoe can go over a ence to the reP',rt of the bureau. Ir
large piece of ground In a day, and it ; rigation and Its success must be large
is possible that the method will pay. I lv redlted to this department. Reclam-
lation owes its Inception to the bureau;
A Rhinoceros Mummy. fertilization and erosion are studied In
The Illustrated London News re- their most technical phases and re
cently reproduced a photograph of a ported in simple language, while the
mummified rhinoceros presumably transplanting of seed and the adapta
the wooly Siberian species discover- bility of still complete the main use
ed in the oil strata of Austrian Poland, of the bureau.
The skin of the head, of one fore limb The maps Issued are used not only
and of a considerable portion of the by farmers and agriculturists, but by
body is preserved, and appears to be landowners of all classes, Including
in a wonderfully good condition. The real estate and railroad men. From
preservation of the soft parts is due, every part of the country comes re
of course to the oil in the stratum, uests asking that particular portions
which has probably converted much of land be surveyed; thousands of
of the tissue into a kind of adipocere. maps and reports are asked for, and
Although horns of the aurochs have many letters of appreciation and
been discovered in peat, says a writ- thanks are on file at the bureau. To
er in Knowledge, this is the first in- chart every necessary portion of land
stance that has come under my notice in the country Is the ultimate aim, but
of the preservation of the skin of an at pesent the bureau Is ten years be
extinct animal in oil. J hind, even In those regions where sur-
,vey will mean a certain and lromedi-
Bee Bread.' ate Increase in the value of soil. More
Do you know that the bees get than 40,000 requests come to the bu
bread as well as honey from the flow- reau In a year from strugllng farm
ers? ers, from cattle raisers, from import
" Watch closely some time, and you ant Chambers of Commerce, from
will see the whole performance. You Boards of Trade and from various state
NEW YORK, Aug. 3. General Man
ager Whltcomb, of the International
Paper Company, made a statement
late today, embodying the attitude to
ward the strike which now, it Is said,
Is in force in all Its paper mills. Te
said:
"A strike Btarted at all the paper
mills of the International Paper Com
pany this morning, practically clos
ing all the mills operated by the cor
poration that were manufacturing pa
per. Only a few of the ground wood
mills and sulphite mills are as yet af
fected, although It Is possible that, if
the strike continues, all of the plants
of the company will be closed In due
time, as It Is not practicable for tho
company to run Its pulp mills for any
great period while the paper mills are
not in operation. The company em
ployes approximately 1000 expert paper-machine
operators and about 6500
other mill employes, not taking Into
consideration wood operators."
Mr. Whitcomb continued:
'It happened that a few foremen
belonged to the Papermakers' union
The salaries of the foremen were for
the time being 'reduced approximately
seven per cent, this reduction being
the only change that has become ef
fective."
COMPANY G LEAVES
FOR AMERICAN LAKE
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN GO INTO
CAMP FOR TEN DAY8 NEAR
TACOMA, WASH.
Spiritualist Officers.
The New Era Camnmeetincr Assoc!
ation held its business meeting last
baturoay and the officers reported the
camp to be a success this year finan
daily, as well as In all other ways
jne omcers for the ensuing year are
President, W. L. Dutton,. Liberal;
vice-president, Mrs. u L. Irwin, Bar
low; secretary, p. E. Dunton, Liber
al; treasurer, John Burgoyne, New
Era.
must keep your eyes very wide open, departments of agriculture and geo-
though, or it will be over before you graphical surveys.
know it. j
First, Miss Bee sucks up the pr'ecl- Excellent Health Advice,
ous drop of honey which the flower' Mrs. M. M. Davison, of No. 379 Gif
has stored away for her. She always ford Ave., San Jose, Cal., says: "The
knows just where to find it, too, worth of Electric Bitters as a general
though each blossom has its own par- family remedy, for headache, bilious
tlcular kind of pantry. Then she gath- ness and torpor of the liver and bow.
ers her flour. This, says the Brooklyn els is so pronounced that I am prompt-
Eagle, . Is generally packed In tiny ed to say a word in its favor, for the
boxes, with slits In the side, and Miss
Bee has only to put In her funny, lit
tle feet and scrape out the precious
flour.
We call it pollen, but the name does
not matter. To Miss Bee it is flour,
benefit of those seeking relief from
such afflictions. There Is more health
for the digestive organs In a bottle
of Electric Bitters than in any other
remedy I know of." Sold under guar
antee at Jones' Drug Store. 50c.
ALL TIRED OUT.
Hundred! More In Oregon City in the
Same Plight.
Tired all, the time;
Weary and worn out night and day;
Back aches; side aches;
All on acount of the kidneys.
Must help them at their work.
L. W. Hill, of 328 Front St., Salem
Or.,- says: "Doan's Kidney pills are
not a new remedy to me, as I have
used them on different occasions when
ever the necessity has arisen. I have
enjoyed the best of health all my life
except for a touch of kidney trouble at
times. Back aches bothered me then,
and .when this has been the case, I
hav6 gotten Doan's Kidney Pills at a
drug store and a few doses have eradi
cated the trouble. I am a firm believ
er in this remedy and know of several
other people who have used it with
good results. I am only too pleased
to recommend Doan's Kidney PIUh
whenever the opportunity occurs."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
In command of Captain Franklin A.
Loomis, First Lieutenant William R.
Logus and Second Lieutenant Charles
E. Burns, Jr., the members of Com
pany O, Third Regiment of Infantry,
Oregon National Guard, 45 men strong,
Monday morning departed for a ten
days' stay at American Lake, near Ta-
coma, where they go Into camp with
the regulars and national guardsmen.
They left on the second section of
the Southern Pacific overland, and
had a special car. The boys were garb
ed in fighting kahkl and a large crowd
of their friends wer at the Station to
bid them farewell. In addition to the
commissioned officers the members
who left were:
First Sergeant Charles Hldy, Quar
termaster-sergeant J. C. Spagle, Ser
geants A. L. Kuuhl. W. E. Kuehl, Gay-
lord Godfrey, L. C. Miller; Corporals
Carl S. Moore, E. Illanchard, R. C.
Woodward, I P. Barnes; 7'rlvates
Andrews, Berry, Bowen, Brown, Bruce,
Crandall, Crletser, Farnell, Green,
GUIett, Harris. Ketchem. King. Kel
logg, Nelson, Meed, McDonald, Mc
Loughlln, Ream, Rettlnger, Shupe,
Scripture, Shaw, Sumner, Shannon,
Sinnott, White, Wink, Truscott, Music
ians Blanchard and Young, Cook J. C.
Dollar.
The military train from the South
rolled In a few minutes later and thera
were 10 cars with national guardsmen.
with five cars filled with baggage. The
Roseburg company left their lunch
behind and filed a wire Into Portland
for a supply of eatables while making
a brief stop here. The boys were not
Issued rations until their arrival at
American Lake and had a march of
two miles into camp after leaving the
train.
Teacher at Mount Pleasant.
The Board of Directors of tne Mt.
Pleasant School Monday night elected
Miss Mabel Smith, of Eugene, teacher
of the primary grades. The position
of principal has not yet been filled,
though the board has made an offer to
a teacher, who has not signified her
Intention of accepting It. The Mount
Pleasant people may add the ninth
grade to the course this year, as sev
eral eighth grade graduates would like
to return. Last year there was only
one teacher employed at Mount Pleas
ant, but the place Is growing rapidly
and now has about 70 pupils, with ex
cellent prospect of an Increase In this
number. New Individual desks will
be purchased and Installed In the ad
vanced room. Seven applications have
been received for the primary work.
The taxpayers held a meeting last
week and made a special levy of three
mills, which upon a valuation of
$192,000, will produce a revenue of
570.
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The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which lin boon
In umo for over 30 yearn, lias borao tho tilffiiaturo of
and bait boon miulo under bin per-
fj-f-t1-. tonal uporvlitiou uliioe Itn InfUnoy.
f-CucAMi, Allow no ono to deceive you In thin.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-un-food" uro but
KxperliiuMiU that trlllo with and ondanjror tho health of
Infants and ChildrenExperience ngatiiNt Kiporlmout
What is CASTOR I A
Cantorlu In a harmless nubntltute for Cantor Oil, Pare
gorle. Drops and Hoothlntr Syrup. It lit l'leanant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its afro Is Its guarantee It destroy Worms
and allays Foverishneiin. It cures Dlurrlnva and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething1 Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It OMHlmlhttes the Food, regulates tho
Btomuch and Dowels, riving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. .
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Havo Always Bought
In Use For Oyer 30 Years.
i ttiMiir, rt mu
tm von arrv.
CLACKAMAS TAVERN
WOULD RETAIL BEER
ARTHUR ERICK80N PETITIONS
FOR A LICENSE BUT WILL
RUN INTO A REMONSTRANCE.
tire loving public, hut Just plain beer
from I ho bottle,
ll Is certain however, that a vliw
ouri rcmotiNtrniu'i! will tin flltid RKulnsl
the aspirations of Mr. Krlckson, who
Ik rather well known In tho North
Kml circles ut Portland. ItHldntn of
(iliulHtono and I'arkplace, who live In
tho Abernethy pivrlnrt, ntnti emphat
ically that no license will bo Rrantea
for the sale of lbjuor If they can help
It.
Arthur Krlckmm, proprietor of
Clackamas Tavern, Intends to n-quent
tho County Court to pant him a 11-
8ha Like Good Things.
Mrs. Chun. H. Smith, of West Frank
lin. Maine, nny: "I llko good thinits
eeiiHo to hoII beer, lie 1ms. ihroiiKh nnd have adopted nr. KMk h New uro
Arthur Erlrkson, announced his In- IMIIh an our family laxative medicine,
tentlon of Minn a petition at tho Sep- because they are kooi! nnd do their
tember term. It la not whiskey and work without maklntr. fus nboul It.
other Htronir heverai;en that Mr. Brick- These painless purifiers nold at Jones'
son desires to unload upon the pleaM- Drug More. 25c.
We have a buyer for timber lands and for two ten
acre tracts.
We have for sale some fine river front properties.
Have made some nice additions to our list in last few
days.
W. F. SCHOOLEY & CO.
606 WAIN STREET
OREGON CITY.
D. C. LATOUHETTE President.
P. J. MEYER, Cashier
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of OREGON CITY , OREGON
CAPITAL, $50,000.00.
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Open from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
I Pioneer Transfer Express&StorageCo. j
Cascasweet Ih for babies and child
ren, and Is especially good for the Ills
so common In hot weather. Look for
for the InRredlents on the bottle. Con
tains no harmful drugs. Sold by Jones
Drug Co.
Furniture, Pianos and Machinery
moved by experienced men :: :
Sandfand -gravel in any quantity de
livered on short notice. Try us once
and you will be sure to come again.
Phone'Mafn 22
Office in Postofflce Bldg. :
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One of the secrets of our success
in the Baggage and Transfer Business
Safes, Pianos and Furnitue Moving
Williams Bros. Transfer Co.
Phones, Office 1121, Residence 1833 525 Main Street
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