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10 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10. 1911 ORG GAM EEJRICG CEKTRAL POIHT ROGUE RIVER VALLEY OREGON CCRRCSPONDC 30UCITE Thla matter mut not b reprinted with out special permission. It took vne-balf million Christmas Jrwa to met't the demands of the boll day season just passed in New York city. The amount of butter frit a cow rro-dui-es depends on the amount of milk s well aa upou the quality of the milk. A horse is often given a tonic to Im prove its condition when what is need ed vastly more is to have the teeth filed so that the food can be properly masticated. Corncobs not only make first class klndllnjj material, but at $1.C5 for a triple wagon tox full compare favor ably in fuel value with coal at fo a ton or wood at fO er cord. England is smaller than many of our own states, yet the past year she pro duced Cl.GOT.rS bushels of wheat which was an Increase of 10 per cent over the yield of the year preceding. During the winter months, when eggs are not needed for hatching purposes, the roosters are best kept by them selves. Hens will not only lay more eggs but the eggs will keep longer If the hens are kept by themselves. If soot bothers in stove or furnace pipe it cau be readily burned out by throwing a little metallic sine dust ou the fire when it Is hottest. If there Is considerable sool in the pipe the safest way, however, is to take it down and rap it out From the standpoint of the average dairyman it la poor policy to use a thirty dollar sire and equally inadvis able to use cue that costs fj.000. but many a mau has realized handsome re turns on an investment of $300 In a bull of good breeding to bead bis herd. Many folks who bite on the great va riety of baits put out In the hope of getting rich quick show not a bit more sense and are not half as excusable as the Englishman who weut to Missouri and loaded up with a lot of mules with the idea of propagatiug this hybrid species. The record price for the sale of real estate was established the other day In New York city when a parcel of land at the corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth street, containing 1,154 square feet of soil, sold for $1,000,000. This was at the rate of $S00.55 per square foot. It Is an Interesting fact In connection with the habits of domestic animals that horses and sheep will paw through snow to get at the grass beneath, but that cows will not do so. Another is that In case of a storm sheep will go into the teeth of the wind, while cattle will turn tail and run with It. For the first time in fifteen years apples nre being shlped from points In western Pennsylvania and Ohio by boat down to New Orleans and other points on the Mississippi. The fruit being shipped Is Al stuff, and the cheap river transportation used in get ting them in market should Insure a good return. While hogs will eat corn silage with Indifferent relish, experiments which have been made in feeding It do not indicate that it Is advisable to substi tute It for any of the standard feeds that are commonly used In a ration for hogs. In homes where electric lights are not a possibility and where it Is nec essary to keep a light burning at night a candle Is preferable to a smoky ker osene lamp, which when turneJ low will smell a room up and spoil the air in a short time. That American farmers are slowly waking up to the need of using com mercial fertilizers to take the place of the elements of which the soil has been robbed by continuous cropping and selling products in the raw stage Is Indicated in the fact that last year there were used In the United States 324.000 tons more phosphate than In the year before. Milk paint is cheap and does well for old buildings. It is made by adding three pounds of best portland cement to each gallon of whole milk and enough Venetian red or other dry palut to give the color desired. The paint should be thoroughly mixed and stirred frequently while using, as the cement is heavy and tends to settle to the bot tom of the contaiuer. According to the annual report Is- sued a short time ago by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. Egyptian cotton is j now grown with entire su' cess In j southern California, while the finest j dates from the Sahara desert thrive j In several of the southwestern states, i What is said to be the largest meas ured yield of potatoes for any consid erable area was secured the past sea son by a grower at Montrose. Colo., who secured an average yield of C21 bushels per acre. About J12.0M) was realized for the crop, the price receiv ed being $1.50 per hundredweight. According to statistics lately publish ed by the department of agriculture, the farmers of the country have suf fered a loss the past year of approxi mately $3.f"X.u through marketing eggs that were dirty or stained. In view of this it would seem that a little exercise with a wet ra would give good interest on the investment of time and trouble to clean such eggs up. The pen of White Leghorns belong ing to an Englishman, Thomas Barron, still beads by a god margin in the in ternational egg laying contest which is being conducted at the Storrs Agri cultural college In Connecticut. Two New Jersey breeders hold second and third places, while an Illinois breeder conies fourth The other day the writer noticed a placard in a bushel basket of small and uudercolored Kings that bore the legend, "Five cents , a pound." This would make a barrel cost in the neigh borhood of $S. It is a safe guess that the New York orchardist who packed this fruit did not get more than $1.50 for the three bushels of. apples which the barrel contained. No wonder living la high! It is estimated that in the state of Feunsjlvanla al"ne the damage to the chestnut growing interest as a result of the chestnut blight has up to the present time amounted to $13.Ou0,O00. The state legislature recently appro priated $275.i"0 with which to fight the pest, and at present some fifty llallsU are engaged in a campaign to check Its spread Many a good piece of roast beef Is practically sioiled so far as Juiciness nnd toothsouieness go by not starting it in a hot oven. The reason for this Is that the Juices largely escape Into the pan before the outside of the meat U seared. The same principle applies to a boiling piece of beef that is not In tended for soup stock, as boiling water cooks the outside quickly and causes the meat to retain its Juices. A deceptive as well as treacherous I feature of bovine tuberculosis that i thoe striving to combat It encounter I is that the presence of the disease Is : not Indicated by outward physical ema- i elation. Instances are on record not a j few where dairy cows have had the disease from three to five yeurs, jet j have In a general way maintained a I plump and sleek looking condition I Some folks have a natural aversion to eating rabbits, but notwithstanding this prejudi'-e against them they are remarkably clean and strictly herbiv orous animals, and their flesh is sweet and good They make a fine dish stewed as one would prepare veal or mutton, with dumplings, and are good stuffed and roasted, while If they are cut lu pieces, parboiled a few minutes and fried they are very toothsome. A Canadian business man of promi nence ran down and killed a pedestrian not long ago as a result of careless and too rapid driving. This man was ar rested, tried and convicted of man slaughter and sentenced to life Impris onment It Is a stiff deme. but be got what he deserved. If a few speed mad autoists were given the same medi cine in the United States the slaugh ter of innocent people would be preat y reduced. II the Tldnlty of Hutchinson. Kan., they tr) hating some great times kill Jng Jack rabbits It Is estimated that luce the carnage legan in the fall 50, 00 Jack rabbits bare been shipped from the trrrltory within a radius of forty or fifty tulles of Hutchinson Tbey kill "em for fun. to eat. to raise money for the 'iiflt of the rhun be, and or 700 jacks a day Is said to be do unusual bag for four or five good hott The Jacks fetch from B to 10 ceuti apiece and are shipped by the carload lo eastern markets, where they re worked up Into spring chicken Untton stew tod aerved plain i ro Jack rabbit Rome grocers are beginning to see the wisdom of classifying the eggs they sell at retail, marking those strictly fresh that are such and labeling as storage eggs those that have been kept for a considerable time. This Is sim ple honesty to the consumer, enabling him to know what he Is getting and to get Just whnt he nyu for. while it recognizes the superior value of fresh eggs and enables the producer to real ize for them what they are fairly worth. Reports have been frequent lately of Instances In which small grain has mildewed when put In granaries with olid cement floors built directly on the ground The trouble seems to le eaused by the cement gathering damp ness. This trouble can be overcome by laying the cement ou forms wbl'b can le removed when the cement has bardened. or a plan recommended and eemlug to have much In Its favor Is the laying of aeversl tiers of tile borl tontally on the area to be used as a floor and lay the cement on this, which would give ample circulation of air and would make the floor aa complete ly vermin proof aa would a bed of solid cement REBUKEDAN EMPEROR. Cluck Didn't Like the Way Joseph II. 8ang Hia Music. Gluck, the composer, was not of the eort of men of whom courtlera are made. One day be attended at the court at Vienna a concert at which the K.niperor Joseph 11. and one of bis nrvbdukea saug a fragment from oue of U luck's compositions. Naturally euougb, the Imperiul artists glanced at the composer to see bow be was im pressed by the honor tbey were doing him. Tbey were shocked to observe that he was making a aeries of ex traordinary and significant grimaces. The emperor stopped and Inquired whether be and tbe archduke were not singing the bit according to Gluck's Idea of bow It should be done. "My Ideal" exclaimed Gluck. "Why, aire, 1 am tbe poorest walker In the world, but I would vastly rather take a walk of six leagues than be forced to hear a composition of my own Inter preted In such a way as that" Joseph II. was brave enough to take uo notice of the criticism, but the court was quite convinced that If such a reproach bad been addressed to the Czar Nicholas the composer would have prosecuted his musical atudlea from that time forth under the unfa vorable surroundings of tbe Siberian mines. It was the co"mposer Welgl. a man of very different temperament from Gluck. who when tbe Emperor Fran els Joseph played the first violin In the performance of one of his overtures threw himself at tbe monarch's feet and exclaimed, "Ah. aire, will your majesty benlgnantly condescend to grant my prayer and favor me once more with a most gracious F sharp?" New York Tress. -r By Proftssor ROBERT J. SPRAGL'E of the Massachusetts Agricultural College a. V Yankee Race Will Have Soon Become Extinct EL "CS53 GUARDING A SECRET. May The Number of Persons Who Share It With Safety. In tbe realm of the multiplication table, where, for example, two and two can be relied on to make exactly four, reckoning Is easy, but when you leave tbe field of abstract numbers and deal with persons Bt range results some times appear. Such a case is describ ed In Lady Dorothy Nevill's book, "Un der Five Kelgns." With regard to the number of per sons who may safely be trusted with a secret, there Is no proverbial author ity for believing It to exceed two. We are told In several languages that "the secret of two la God's secret, the secret of three is all the world's," and the Spaniards say, "What three know all tbe world knows." A gentleman who had gained pos session of a valuable commercial se cret confided It to a friend who ap preclaated Its value. A short time afterward this friend came to ask per mission to communicate It, under oath of eternal secrecy, to a friend of his who would be likely to assist In utiliz ing tbe secret to tbe best advantage. "Let me see." said tbe original pos sessor of the secret, making a chalk mark on a board at band. "I know the particulars. That makes one." "One." agreed his friend. "You know them," continued he, making another mark by the side of the one already made. 'That makes" "TwoT" cried tbe other. "Well, and If you tell your friend. that will be"-maklng a third mark. "Three." said the other. No." was the reply-"lll."-Llfe. The First Society of Authors. A society for the protection of au thors was founded as long ago as 1735. Authors themselves were not mem bers of tbe society, which was Insti tuted for their benefit by noblemen and gentlemen, who subscribed 2 guin eas annually In addition to an en trance fee of 10 guineas. Their purKse. as defined by them selves, was "to assist authors In the publication and to secure to them the entire profits of their own works" that Is to say. they published books. but took no fees for doing so. They were amateurs, however, engaged In trade In competition with profession als, and their enterprise was unsuc cessful. The society was wound up in 1749. and the balance In hand (20 12s.) was presented to the Foundling hospi tal. London Author. Fled From Death. We questioned the applicant for position us laundress. "Are you married?" we asked. -No. suh; I s a wldduh." "Ah and your husband Is dead?" Tassuh he's sho" dald." "now did he meet bis death?" "Meet It? Una, man, he didn't meet It! Dey bad ter chase blm two mile fo' dey all could ketch him an' put de rope roun bis neck. Cleveland nam Dealer. Had Foresight. "That man Mebitable married has a lot of foresight." said Farmer Corn tossel. "He looked kind of worried and scar ed at tbe weddln'." replied his wife. "That's what makes me think be has )reslght"-WashIngton filar. Routine Resumed. Masfer-So you have friendly doings with your brother's people once more? Fat-Yls. air. His family and our'n lo be serailn' agnln aa If they'd nlver bin parted -Harper's Bazar. His Part Little Hazel-rapa. what did you soy to mamma when you made up your mind you wanted to marry ber? Mr. Meek-I aald. "Tes. dear."-Cas sell's Journal. Home Is the seminary of all th 'j tltutlons -Cbsplo. HE YANKEE RACE IS THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION. RUGS AND AUTOMOBILES ARE IN PART TO BLAME FOR THE FALLING OFF OF THE BIRTH RATE. We conceal our lovemaking. Romance should be frank and open. We make it morbid. Many of our young men woulj be getting along better after five years if tbey asked their friends to find their wives, for the present basis of choice is often blind infatuation. A woman may work like a slave indoors, get indigestion and have nervous prostration, but must NOT EXERCISE IN THE OPEN AIR FOR ECONOMIC ENDS lest alio LOSE HER SOCIAL STANDING and ber husband loso his as well. This is race suicide, for the Almighty has declared that any race that endures must breathe air. Our trouble is not that we lovo children less, but that wo LOVE ORIENTAL RCGS AND AUTOMOBILES MORE. Factory regulations to compel better ventilation and healthful conditions in general are essential. Oct HEALTH, VITALITY AND EARNING TOWER and race suicide will not be a pertinent question. URBAN CONDITIONS, THE STEAM HEATED HOUSE, THE WEARY YEARS IN UNHEALTHY CROWDED SCHOOLROOMS, THE LACK OF WHOLESOME, FREE EXERCISE IN THE OPEN AIR, ALL REDUCE THE VITALITY OF WOULD BE PARENTS. M OB MRCLIB Panby Punt. G. A R.-MhtU at the K. of P. hall the second a.Hi fourth Saturdaya of tha month at 2 p. m. lieu. P. Crowed, commander; 8. F. blythe, adjutant. ranby W. R. C. No. 16-Moets second and fourth Saturdays of each month in K. of P. hall at 2 p. in. Mm. Abbie linker, preaaient; Mm. Kath ryn Gill, secretary. Pourt Hood River. No. 42. F. of A., meets every '-'Thursday evening in K. of P. hall. Visiting Foresters alwava wnliunw F. C. llroaiua, F. S. Win Fleinniirujr, C.H.; True-To-Namc Nursery Wishes to announce that they have only a few thousand of those guaranteed trees left Better order now before it's too late. Address, TRUE-TO-NAME NURSERY, Phone 2002-K Hood River, Ore. Au ihent"? nd vlu tl .of otmaboaf . oKuul bcwiuig, hitchiof. nwif, a$S I ceding and houl ng poultry it he contained im th Llr diho of Lilly Poultry Boo.. jail Delated. C.J1 L Tana i or oopr nm. rucwH iiiiTCo..Sr Coughs that keep you awake at night also disturb the sleep of the rest of the family. They can be stopped In a few minutes with Ballard's Horehound Syrup It Is a Remedy of Great Relieving Power in AH Lung and Throat Troubles. Callard's Horehound Syrup convey a warming and relaxing In fluence to the congested lungs. Heals soreness, quiets tickling sensation In the throat, strengthens tha voice, loosens phlegm and relieves all Irritated conditions In the throat and lungs. Keep a bottle In the house. It is handy to have when needed and save a world of misery to the person affected. Put Up in Three Sizes, 20c 50c and $1.00 per Bottle. Buy the $1-00 size. It contains five times as much as the 25c size, and you get with each bottle a Hcrrlck's Red Pepper Porous Plaster for the chest. rr. lows, m& JAMES F. BALLARD For Weak aisrkt r Bora Krea mam tepkeaa Kys Salr. ISOt-OANO RlCOMMINDtD BvTT It CI IAS. N. CI.AKKK TJnod Hiver l-odga No. 106, A. F. A A. M.- Meets Saturday awninir on or tx-fore each full moon. Geo. Slocom, W. M.; 1). McDonald, secre tary. flood River Camp. No. 7702. M. W. A. -Meets in K. of P- hall first and third Wednesday nights. C. 8. Jones, V. C; C. U. Uakin. clerk. flood River Camp. No. 770. W. O. W.-Meets at AiK. ofP. hall the second and fourth Wednesday nights of each month. W. E. Shay. C. C; Floyd Sperling, clerk. IJuod River Valley Hjmane Society -Phone 2. H. llartwig. pn.aident; Harold Hershner. secretary; Leslie ilutler, treasurer. Tdlewilda Lodge. No. 107. I. O. O. F.-Meeta in Fraternal hall every Thursday evenimr at 7:im. ' at the comer of Fourth and Oak atreeta. Visiting I 1 Ifo ntlirnnff Cn brothers welcomed. A. K. Jrump. N. C: G. W Insurance 10. l nompson. secretary. lemp 1-odg. No. 1X1. I. O. O. F.-Meeta In xvthe Odd Fellows hall at O. ell every Saturday night. Visiting brothers cordially welcomed. O. 11. Road.a. N. G.; F. U Kelso, secretary. T aurel Reheka Ilge No. 87. I. O. O. F.-Meet a lirut and third Mondays in each month. F-dith Wilson. N. Ii.; Nettie Muaea. secretary. fount Hood Lodge. No. 205, I. O. O. F., meets A,Aevery Saturday evening in Cribble'a hall. Mt. Hood. M.W. Shearer. N.U.: G. W. Dimmnk. secretary. fountain Home Camp. No. Mi9. R. N. A. A'1 Meets at K. of P. hall on the second and fourth Fridays of each month. Mrs. Lulu Cary. O.; Mrs. Ella Dakin. recorder. Qreron Grape Rebekah Lodire No. 181. I. O. O. F. W Meet every second and fourth Wednesdays in each month in Gribble'a hall, Mt. lluul. Or. Mrs. Mammie Dimmick, N. G.; Mr. Nettie Gribble. secretary. Qleta Assembly, No. 106. U. A. -Meets in their nall the Unit and third Wednesdays, work; uid fourth Wednesdays, social. i. M. A.; W. Ii. Austin, secretary. secoi.d i Henriihi Riverside Ludite, No. C8, A. O. V. W.-Mwts in K. of P. hall the first and thin) Wednesday uurhtaof the month. Viaitina brothers cordially welcomed. Newton Clark. M. W.: Chester Shut. recorder. Lodire. No. 3o. K. of P.-Mli in '.aaile Hail every Tuesday nurht. when vis'tipir brothers are fraternally welcomed. S. W. Stark. C, C; Lou. 3. Isenberv. K. of R. k a. !eets the ay of cacr. month at h.. of I . halt Bell TN.Uu.n. M. K. C; Gertrude Stark. M. of R. C. Thirty Per Cent of the new business written by the Northwestern Mutual of Wis consin in 1910 was received from old policy holders. Its i enviable record for large div idend savings produces its ! exceptional low cost insur- surance. John Goldsbury, Hood River, Oregon. A Barrel Taucnfn You'll get a bk'l Vauna Ter pie Pythian Sister. No. d-Mo first and ih.rd Tuesday of each month a . t ,'..v V . sv'-, - . , ' V xvy W; v. v . HOOD RIVER POULTRY YARDS J. K. MULLStN, rroprlutur Brssder ol S. C. W. ttqhorn, W P. Racks and S. C. Rhode Wind Rtd(. Indian Hiinnsr Ducks Firirn and Day Old Chicks after Jan. lt. Or dera booked now. Poultry yards IS milea west of city, at Frankton. Phone 32C-X. bunch of lautrhs out of the jolly coon songs, the bright minstrel jokes, the humorous specialties, and all the other varieties of fun, on the Victor. Come in today and hear the Victor and Km i nnrurnin M lltinS) V" III a I I LUILII'V " wsw tnAUUtiitn ohouse L HEILBRONNER BUILDIN6 5 Victors $10 to il A Vic U -r V ir t rolaa . io$ . i trms to suit Victor We sell liDISON'S too. LIGHT I N G TA Number 4 In last week's issue we told you about the amount of our investment and earnings, and we wish to impress upon you the fact that our finances have always been, and are today, man aged conservatively and economically. This Company is not over-capitalized, and our customers are not called upon to foot the bills for returns on "watered" stock. It is the purpose of this company to build up and maintain a successful electric light and power business. We be lieve that there is only one way to do that, namely: By providing the best service that can pos sibly be given at the lowest possible price commensurate with such service a price that is fair and square to both the public and the company. When you buy electricity for light or power purposes, you want'to'be sure that you can de pend upon it that the current will not fail at anv hour, day or night, when you want it. Light Insurance is just as essential to Hood River's homes aspire insurance."; In building up busi ness we have never lost sight of this fact. Our constant endeavor has been and is to maintain at all times reserve machinery enough at our Hood River and White River plants to make a shut down from accidents practically an impossibility, so that in the event of an accident to one of these plants, service may be supplied by the other to tin entire Hood River-Dalles district. Light insurance is one of the things we yriAe ourselves on maintaining. . It cannot be guaranteed except by operating or having in readiness a reserve or duplicate generating plant! Our duplicate plants are proofs that we are building for the future and that we are doing business upon a broad constructive basis. PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY