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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1913 5 No Old Goods Wo have a Complete Line of Fresh Groceries, (Vegetables, Fruits, Etc. Wejnvlte your Inspection Stile grocery FREE DELIVERY: East 9:30 a.m., West 8 a. m., 10 .. m, 4 p. UPPER VALLEY NOTICE List your places forjspecial attention with WARD IRELAND CORNELL Upper Valley Real Improved and Unimproved Orchard Land Mood River Connection Phone GUY Y. EDWARDS & CO. i'"' NURSERY STOCK In Standard Varieties to offer for the Season 1912-13. Also some Select PEONA BULBS C. D. THOMPSON Phone 3232-M R. R. No. 2 Hood.River, Ore. KAVING purchased the entire interest of E. Bray ford in the Rockford Store about three months ago, we are now in a position to serve you with all the highest class Groceries at reasonable prices. We invite your patronage and will serve you to the best "of our ability. C.IV1-: US A THIAL, MERCER & CO. PHONE NO.r5 Transfer and Livery Company Freight, Express and Baggage Transferred Furniture Moved, Stored or Packed for Shipment rurnuure movea, for Shipment HOOD RIVER, ... OREGON. F. B. SNYDER Hood River Plumbing company Phono eSX Sanitary Plumbing and Heating. Tinning and Sheet Metal Work. Repairing Promptly Attended. ESTIMATES FURNISHED CASCADE AVENUE r DRAYING Furniture and Tianos MosJcd All Kinds of Light and Heavy Work Wood Yard and Feed Store in Connection Office Phone 29 Residence 238K I TAFT For Lime, Cement and House Plaster See STRANAHAN & CLARK t . Ghat Is NO JOB TOO URGE OR NEWS JOB The NT Store Phone 231 3:30 p. m.; We j m. - nKj7i Estate I nsurance U. C. M. Ranch, Parkdale 77-Odell Upper Hood River Valley. Ore. WAREHOUSE. ON FIRST STREET oxoreu or racxea B. B. POWELL tana AND Baggace TRANSFER CO. i t Trinting TOO SMALL FOR DEPARTMENT on our Shelves NOTES BY C.M.DAEXITZ MYtBSIDE 1'A. O CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED ITIiese ai tides and Illustrations muit not tie reprinted without special permla- (ion.J THE BROKEN DOWN HEN. That lien. tlniKk'iiig her abdomen on the ground, Is neither an ornament to the flock nor a profit to her owner, and the customer pusses ber by, refus ing to pny u meat price for grease. he Is not broken down by overwork, but by lack of work. A study of our picture tells the sto ry. The great gob of fat on the abdo mentoo much bustle made this ben am; down. She Is a Wyandotte, but about us uear Dotte shape as a block is to a ball. Such liens are drones, are too fat for good flavor, are not generally '.yh?. V sir -, Vij rr- V - Photo by C. M. Barnlti. A BUOKEM DOWN EKN. bealthy. are prouo to benrt failure and apoplexy and ofteu have tumors. You often find such overfat hens where com Is fed exclusively. Corn Is mostly carbohydrates. Car bohydrates Is fattener. This fattener is not K food, but It plugs up a ben's ena machine with a great gob of grease. Some lions seem prone to fat Their feed seems to turn to fat In stead of eggs. While others get nor mally fat, they put on fat quick, get overfat and are profitless. This will be noticed where chickens are crated to fatten for market. Some get ripe sooner than others, and If not removed and sold they lose condition. The wise breeder watches bis flock and olimiuates those hens that have I'hoto by C. M. Barnlts, oviit.mzF.D i.ivek and oob of tat. tendency to fatten up to the detri ment of the egg record. lie keeps his bens Just so fat that they have enough laid buck for beat and needed surplus energy, but he mixes his feed so protein and carbo hydrates are mo balanced that the ben lays a maximum of eggs and keeps in good condition, and what grain she gets she must scratch for. The second cut shows the oversized soft liver from excess com feeding and the gob of fat covering abdomen, under which were found eighteen small tumors. DONTS. Don't lx a pessimist. There are too ninny now that ought to be obltuated. iHm't lie h fossil. To be n Hip Van Winkle Is ail unpopular wrinkle. Pon't grow weary In well doing and don't do the editor for what Is due. lon't cheat and then pretend to be pious. Remember Ananias. lin't be blinded by word dust. Those adjectives piled up so high, that blarney smeared n round so thick, that argument got off so sly, are wrap pings of a big gold brick. Don't make life a holiday. I.lfe Is too serious and too short to waste In frivolity nnd sHirt. I'se life' for work, use lire for piny, but don't forget the Judgment day. ' r THE OLD TIME CHRISTMAS. I'm thinking tonight of the old TulUd When C'hrUtrma was such a Joy, Looked forward to with fondest hopes liy the old time girl and boy. How early we went to bed that night To glvs good Santa time To squeeze through the high old chimney Before the bells would chime I He found our woolen stockings All hung In a long row Above the open fireplace In the light of the Tula log's glow. We scampered down the winding stair To And a wonderful tree All decked with stars and candles And gifts for you rod me. There were scarfs and mlta and pulse warmers. Copper toed boofs and skates, 3oose runner sleds and hoods and caps. Wool stockings and books and slates. And walnut taffy aad ginger cake birds And dogs and pigs and goats And crullers, chestnuts and hickory nuts And home spun pants and coats. How happy we were o'er our useful gifts. How glad to hear of the star That beckoned the wise men from the cast To Mary's child afart Christmas seems not the same today As In those old days when Mother made most of our Christmas gifts And told us of Bethlehem. C. M. BARKITZ. MODERN AGRICULTURE IN RURAL. SCHOOLS. A sign of the times that promises much for everybody Is the Introduction of courses of modern agriculture In the rural schools. This certainly Is a prac tical move and is only delayed Justice to the fanner's family, the mainstay of the nation. The boys have been leaving the farms, and one reason Is they had little chance to stJdy advanc ed agriculture. The Pennsylvania course Includes lessons on the nature of plants, farm crops, wheat, oats, grasses, legumes, vegetable gardens, to bacco, potatoes, soils, roads, chestnut blight trees, fruits, birds, bouse flies, mosquitoes, weeds, swine, dairying, horses, cattle, feeds and feeding, pool try, farm machinery and farm book keeping. It's about time the little red school- house In the country gets what's com ing to It The farmer's children are most prac tical, and Just Imagine how they will discuss these lessons In the long win ter evenings and apply them right away to the life and work around them. Poultry Is very popular with young people, and teaching It in the country schools means more modern methods and purer bred and better paying poul try on the farm and more and finer market poultry and eggs for the con sumer. FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS. T. W. Orcutt secretary St Louis (Mo.J show, notified fanciers that the entry this year would be limited to 4,0(10 birds. Think of that will you, in light of the fact that old time sports thought they were goln' some when they had BOO cooped 1 We advise our readers to go slow about taking up new American breeds or imported novelties. There are at tempts Just now to boom several breeds by extensive advertising, while another breed recently boomed Into the lime light is being discarded. Bee and poultry keepers desirous of obtaining full figures for the United States in these lines from the last cen sus are Informed that the figures in clude poultry and bees on farms only. This Is certainly a funny style of cen sus enumeration. There Isn't a more satisfactory feed on a very cold night than a fill up on whole corn. It bns the heating prop erties, doesn't grind so quick and Is relished by the flock. More of that old style mush and milk like mother used to make Is good for humans in cold weather also. The breeder who has rery large squabs to sell should cater to restau rants that are after something to take the place of canvnsnack ducks, grouse and partridge, where the fancy appe tites of big spenders are fed at large prices. That's where the big squab brings big money. Buckwheat Is cheaper this season tli an last Those who feed It should remember that it has much busk and contains much carbohydrates (fat tener). Fresh winter eggs laid by your own bens for your own table have a taste and charm that no guarantee can give to an outsider's hen fruit Too know what they are, and then, besides, didn't you help Biddy to lay that egg? We have visited pigeon lofts whose owners claim to be experts and found the lofts filthy beyond description and the squabs right In the dirt. Such conditions soon bring failure and ex plain why ninny become pigeon pessi mists. A Massachusetts fancier fired gun and bis wife fired a revolver at chicken thief, and the thief was killed. A Jiu-y held the fancier in f 1,000 ball, but Ignored the woman entirely, for no Jury would ever believe a woman could hit anything she fired at except when she shoots off ber mouth. Every producer is worthy of a fair profit nnd should figure to get a fair percentage on what he Invests, and this should Include his labor. The ninn who charges an exorbitant price )r bis product soon gets the name skinner. Customers soon find out his tricks. They shun him, and he loses much more in the end than be ever gained by his unjust exnctlons. Pigeons love ens, and when allowed to fly free they eertnlnty skin the vines in the neigh lor's garden. In such a ense the dove does not promote brotherly love. WENATCHEE PLANS NEW GRADING RULES New grading rules, which the board of directors of the Wenatchee Valley Kruit Growers' Association has sub mitted to the committee of ten from the soft fruit growers, embrace some noticeable departures. A minimum weight for boxes of soft fruit has been fixed, for one thing, and will be an important feature of the new grading rules if they are finally adopted. It is likely that cherries will be packed next season in crates Instead of boxes, though if the old style box he used it must not weigh less than 11 Mi pounds. A crate containing 24 cups is recommended for Royal Anns, and for the smaller varieties of black cherries. It is pointed out that it takes from 7 to 14 days for peaches to reach the market and that they should be pick ed with this fact in remembrance. On ly one grade, "fancy," is provided for peaches. No Elberta or other varie ties of yellow peach will be received smaller than 80 to the box, except Crawfords, Globes and Fosters. No Alexanders, Hales Early and Triumph shall be smaller than 90 to the box. The diagonal pack must be used for all peaches. Two Grades of Soft Fruits Two grades of plums, apricots and prunes are allowed. "Fancy" will be packed 6x5 and larger, three tiers to the basket. "Choice" will be 5x6 or 6x6, four tiers to the basket Crates must not weigh less than 27 pounds gross. No cots, plums or prunes will be accepted less than 6x6. Pears will be "extra fancy" and "C" grade. Bartlett, Buerre, D'Anjou, Co- mice, Flemish Beauty and Buerre Clair- geau must not be smaller than 2 inches in diameter. Winter Nellis must not be less than 1 Inches In diameter. Fifty pounds must be the gross weight of the box. The associa tion is endeavoring to induce manu facturers to turn out a pear box a quarter inch longer at top than at bottom. One Grade Summer Apples Only one grade, the orchard run, is allowed in summer apples, which must be wrapped in paper and the boxes lined. Boxes with more than 175 ap ples will not be accepted, with the ex ception of Red June, Yellow Transpar ent and Jeffries, which may be as small as 200 to the box. There are many more rules, looking to the proper picking and packing of apples, which are to be considered by the soft fruit growers of the Wenatch ee Valley at another mass meeting, at w hich the committee of ten will make is report. W. J. BAKER Real Estate Loans Insurance APPLE AND STRAWBERRY LAND A SPECIALTY Correspondence Solicited WE FURNISH FRUIT PICKERS AND PACKERS And All Kinds of Employees... NIGUMA & CO. Phone 160 14 llast Oak Street Hood River, Or. Ilent & Garrabrant Confectionery, Cigars Fishing Tackle Spaulding's Sporting 6oods All Kinds of Soft Drinks Oak 8treet. opposite Smith Block. Hood River NEW SCHEDULE ITlount Hccci Railroad Effective 12111 A. M. Sunday. Sept. Kth l'.U2 r UNITED .fSs?' DIVIDED WE l ttM WE STAND FALL No . I A. M. g 00. K 116 8 15. f K S 411 06 IS 20 4S 10 10 10 U 10 40 Il0 4S No. 2 1 n : STATIONS Lv. Hid Kivrr Ar. i '. I ,V . rowerdulf I Ml Swilrhhsrk V n Horn Mohr IKMI Summit Hlourhr ....... Wtnftne Trout l iwk Wood worth Ar. TarktUle Lv. . I ... . .'..2 10 J 2 06 . . 2 00 . . I HI , . 1 4.1 .!. I xi . .1. I so . .... 1 IS .. 1 OR i .. I oo A. WILSON. Agtnt. DON'T OVERCROWD CHICKENS Overcrowding is the father of peck of troubles. Overcrowing makes over-fat bens, and over-fat hens lay soft-shelled eggs and the egg eating habit follows. Overcrowded flocks roost closely together at night and sweat, leaving them In a weakened condition resulting in sickness. Over crowding also produces idleness. Idle hens become mischievous hens, and the disgusting vice of feather pulling is the result. Better results in both health and egg production come from flocks that have plenty of "elbow room." NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Hood River County, Oregon. In the matter of the estate of Ke zlah S. Walton, deceased. Notice Is hereby given In compli ance with law- that the undersigned have been appointed Executors of the Will of Keziah S. Walton, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present the same, duly verified as required by law, to the undersigned at the office of George R. Wilbur, Esq., 14 and 15 Hall block, Hood River, Oregon, with in six months from the date hereof, to-wit, January 8, 1913. WALTER H. WALTON, TRUMAN BUTLER, 2-6 Executors. SUMMONS In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Hood River. Manning L. Howard, Plaintiff, YB. Adolph Grodt, Bertha Grodt, Chris tian Frederick Grodt, Doris Grodt Kahl, Dora Grodt, Dorothy Grodt, Emma Grodt, Frederick Grodt, Frederick Grodt, Gustave Grodt,, John Grodt, John Ditlef Grodth, Johann Detlef Frederick Grodt, Jo hanna Dorethea Grodt (insane), W. Wulf, guardian of Johanna Dor ethea Grodt, Kela Grodt, William Grodt, William Grodt, John Kahl, the unknown heirs of Charles Grodt deceased, and also all other persons or parties un known, claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real estate described In the Complaint herein. Defendant. To Adolph Grodt, Bertha Grodt, Christian Frederick Grodt, Doris Grodt Kahl, Dora Grodt, Dorothy Grodt, Emma Grodt, Frederick Grodt, Frederick Grodt, Gustave Grodt, John Grodt, John Ditlef Grodth, Johann Det lef Frederick Grodt, Johanna Dorethea Grodt (insane), W. Wulf, guardian of Johanna Dorethea Grodt, Neta Grodt, William Grodt, William Grodt, John Kahl, the unknown heirs of Charles Grodt, deceased, and also all other persons or parties unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, Hen or Interest in the real estate described in the Complaint herein: In the name of the State of Oregon, you and each of you are hereby re quired to appear and answer to the complaint filed against you in the above entitled suit on or before the ex' piratlon of six weeks from the date of the first publication of this summons which date is hereinafter stated, and if you fail so to answer or appear for want thereof, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief prayed for in his Complaint, to-wit: For a decree determining all claims adverse to Plaintiff which you or either, or any of you may have or claim to have in any right, title, es tate, lien or interest in that land situ ated in the County of Hood River, State of Oregon, described as follows to-wit: The Northeast quarter (NE) of the Southeast quarter (SEVi) of the Southwest quarter (SWU) of Section 11, Township 2 North of Range 10 Kast of the Willamette Meridian. That by said Decree it may be de clared and adjudged that you or eith er, or any of you have no right, title, estate, lien or interest whatever In or to said land, or any part thereof, and that the Plaintiff is the owner of the title to said land, and to every part thereof, In fee simple; that you and each of you be forever enjoined and debarred from asserting any claim whatever in or to said land adverse to Plaintiff; and that Plaintiff may have such other relief as to the Court may seem equitable. You and each of you are hereby ser ved by the publication of this sum mons in accordance with an order made by the Hon. G. R. Castner, Coun ty Judge of Hood River County, Ore gon, duly made and entered in the above entitled cause, on the 2;lrd day of December, 1912, which order pre scribes that you and eucu of you shall appear and answer said Complaint on or before the expiration of six weeks from the date of the first publication of this summons; that the dutu of the first publication of this summons was fixed In and by said order as the 23th day of December, 1912, and the date of the first publication hereof is De cember 23th, 1912. ERNEST C. SMITH. 61 57 Attorney for Plalniff. T. I. IHF.KIIY Mutual limumnre st Kfl Per Ot-t nf Old Line Kat. r'irv Inmlrmnre on Huil.ltnff in Courw of Conatrucfon, I'rw. NOTARY rl'HI It? ON TM PC HriilHTM AVOID THE BIG RUSH FOR Day-Old Chicks By placing your orders early. Day-Old Chicks Breeding; Stock EGGS FOR HATCHING FROM S. C. W hite Leghorns W. P. Rocks S. C. Rhode Island Reds and Indian Runner Ducks We are arranging to furnish our custom' ers with exceptionally Ene Baby Chicks and Ducklings. HOOD RIVER POULTRY YARDS J. I. NICKEUEH, Proprietor See Poultry Yards at FriBkton. Pbooe 32S2-I J. C. Johnsen Home of GOOD SHOES Where the Best Values ComeFrom KELLY BROS. HAY and OATS Rolled Barley, Bran, Shorts and Straw Phone 23T-M Fourth Street between Oak and Stat ROBT. T. NEWHALL Telephone 277-M Hood River, Oregoo REPRESENTING MILTON NURSERY CO. THIRTY-THREE YEARS OF RELIABLE TREES COAL! Rock Springs COAL TRANSFER & LIVERY COMPANY Cottage Hospital Hood River's Medical In- : stitution. Open to the . public for the treatment of Medical and Surreal cases. Rates on applica tion. Address, COTTAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Ilooa lliver County. In the mutter of the estate of Jeeslo Grace WooJworth, deceased. Tlia undersigned having been ap pointed ty the County Court of tho State of Oregon, for Hood River Comi ty, Administrator of the estate of Jessie Grace Woodwortli, deceased, and having qualltled, notlou Is kuruby given to lhj creditors of, aad all persons having claims against said deceased, to preselit them, verified as required by law, within sis mouths after thj dato of thla notice which aid date will bo the date of the first publication of tho same to said Ad minlstrutor at the oflic of L. A. It. A. P. Reed, his attorneys, at No. ISO Second Street in thj City of Jlood Kiver, Hood River County, Oregon. ROY N. WOOUWORTI1, As AdmlnlHtrittor of th cflatfl of Ja kI" (iraco Woodvtorth, duceaiied. Duted January 8th. Vjli. 2 9