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I THE HOOD RIVER NEWS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1913 FARM -If ORCHARD GAK F.ETRIGG REGISTER. ROCKTgRD,IAJ CORRESPONDENCE 30LICITEO TO- Children are many time punished by their elder for faults of conduct or dlKMHtlon for wbleb the tatter are dl revtly renoii8lble themselves. It'a oor ntlcl. of a child Hint wouldn't be come Irrltaljle, If uot entirely unruly, under the constant migKlng and nerve racking faultfinding of some pa rent a. ITbla matter muit not b reprinted with out special permlMloa. Sheep are a good medium for Increas ing the fertility of the farm of the uiuu who bas limited means. If the bens are getting Into the habit of euting eggs It Is fulr to assume that they do uot have the lime they Deed for egg shell production. A strong polut In favor of silage aa a atnple farm feed la that when prop erly put up It will keep In good condl Hon not only one year, but for three or four yeara. The average weight of bogs la de creasing every yeur. Some markets will not take a heavy hog at all unless It be In the dead of winter, and then they dou't like to do It The booze habit will Dot only knock out of the box the man who works In mill, factory or store, but it will put a ra riner on the aownhiu suae quicker than any single agency we know of. When you And your cow chewing old bones and pieces of boot legs make up your mind thnt something Is wrong with the food you give her. She needs wheat bran, good bay and some well grouud bouemeal. If your farm Is devoid of pure bred poultry it would certainly pay you to get some, even if It is only a pure bred male to cross on your common hens. It would mid more flesh and more eggs to your next year's flock. Not only tne milk cow, but all other farm animals, should bnve salt where tliey can get it whenever they want It It serves to keep the system in good condition and thus increases capacity for digestion and assimilation. While the mule is by spells an ornery brute, lie has severul good points In bis favor toughness and endurance, easi ness and cheapness In keeping, less lia bility to disease than the horse. Last and not least, a mule will fetch about $10 more than a horse of correspond ing grade. Turpentine in milk at the rate of a teMpoouful of the medicine to each l(iO pounds of hog Is one of the simplest ns well hs most effective methods of getting rid of Intestinal worms in swine. Rest results are secured If the retitmcnt is repeated three of four days In succession. There Is lit tie doubt that one factor tending to make farm II f o uninterest ing and monotonous Is the enforced isolation so often caused by Impassable roads that prevail for considerable pe riods during wet seasons of the year, rendering wheeling on them practical ly Impossible for either business or pleasure. In this case inability both to get to or away from the farm makea It unattractive. When land prices advance In value from $75 to $150 per acre It Is but natural as well ns reasonable that rental rates for these same lands should advance from $2.50 to $5 per acre. In t lie locality In which the writer lives this Increase In land values has taken place within the past Ave or six years. Jet the average renter sort o' balks Mt the live dollar rate. Hut he will have to come to It. If one is located In a section where there Is danger of damage by spring rrosts It Is well to keep the strawberry bed covered uutll other vegetation gets a pretty good start. This will keep the plants back, delay the blossoming perl od and reduce the likelihood of the blossoms being nipped by a late freeze. A hog breeder who bad a sale the other day received $325 for a pure bred sow aud $.-40 for six of her spring pigs. Twenty -eight head. Including .the aer eu hogs mentioned, brought an aver age of $108 a head. In spite of sucb a showing as this, however, the great majority of farmera keep right on raising scrubs. Lousy poultry or stock la almost al ways lu an uutbrifty condition, bence a condition that doea not mean the largest measure of profit to the owner. Both lice and mites are parasites that sap the vitality of the anlmala or fowls on which they live, thus con sumlng that supply of nourishment which would otherwise be used In the production of flesh, tullk or eggs. Kgg laying contests are now being parried on in ninny states of the Union, and they are serving as an excellent stimulus to the utility side of the poul try Industry. While they never have and never will prove that one breed or variety Is superior to all others, they do prove conclusively that careful breed ing In certain strains or families of fowls Increases the egg production away above the average and thus boosts the returns In even larger pro IKirtlons tne of the elemental handicaps that wild fowl are sometimes subject ed to In their migratory flights In spring was shown In the severe storm whli h swept down the Missouri river valley some two weeks ago. Wild mallards that were bewildered by the blinding storm had their wings so conted with frozen sleet that they could no longer fly, and a considerable numlier were picked up In the streets of Council Itluffs. In., rendered help less In the manner mentioned The hoard of trade and grange of Hlllerlca. Mass.. are offering a prize of $I.(NH) for nn authenticated yield of corn raised during the coming season that will surpass the present New England record, which Is 112 bushels n yield produced by a Connecticut farmer, f, S. White. If n New Enu land town of B.ihki people can find it Worth while to hang np such a prlw s tt-N It would seem as If most nn ..wn In the middle west and aonth ! might do aa srell or better. If your local banker thinks It dubloua for you to Invest your bard earned coin lu some distant speculative venture It Is fair to assume that It would be a good Idea to Investigate the merits of the proposition thoroughly before clos ing a deal The banker will likely err on the side of conservatism In giving bis advice, and wben one'a pulse baa been fired by the seculatlve microbe he Is In need of Just this kind of ad vice. A brief news dispatch the other day referred to the fact that a six year old boy got hold of some rat biscuit that bad been put In the cellar and that the funeral services were held the sec ond day following. Casual thought prompted by this incident would be to the effect that when parents put out poison of this kind, and especially within easy reach of little people, com mon sense would dictate that they warn the children of the deadly nature of the bait The average run of folks are alto gether too prone to scant their gift of flowers to the living and then put them in profusion on their caskets. This life would be a good deal brighter and happier for all of us if thla order were reversed In the case of these sweet messengers of kindly thoughts and were made to Include, besides, the cheery word and kindly Judgment that might be spoken when our friends and nelghlKirs are still living and can sense and be cheered by them. Some one who has noticed the tend' ency of hogs to scratch wben they get an Itchy spell has hit upon the plan of driving a hardwood stake four or Ave Inches In diameter Into the ground and deep enough so that it will stand solid This is wound closely with colls of a good sized rope and the rope saturated with crude petroleum. The pigs make use of these stakes often, and the oil Is automatically distributed on these itchy spots. The plan la a simple one aud ought to be worth try- lug. The silo Is not only the best means for the preserving of the corn plant cut and shredded green, but It gives an Ideal way for keeping alfalfa bay. It has been found that fresh cut bay, even though dripping wet as the result of a mln, makes the finest kind of food for stock In all sectious of the country where the likelihood of rains at cut ting time makes the curing problem a serious one the silo method of caring for the crop would seem to offer an easy as well as excellent method of getting around the dilllculty. There Is a quaint and Interesting communistic society one of the few that line survived to the present time -at South Annum, not far from Iowa City. In While their economic views and their Ileus touching courtship, marriage and domestic life are pecu liar, the way they do some other things might well he patterned after. One such Is the way they manage their slaughter house. This has cement Moors and Is in other respects neat and well kept. As soon as an animal Is allied and dressed all the offal Is burn ed lu a big stove Instead of being throw ii out for hogs to devour or to de cay and contaminate the neighboring atmosphere As soon as the meat Is hung up women come In and scrub and mop the cement floor, so that the room is clean and free from any odor. While a good deal of marital unbap pines Is doubtless due to failings of husbands. Just as much of It Is trace able to the fact that girls come to the time of their weddings with little or no knowledge of the fundamental re quirements of n competent and sensi ble housewife. Probably for all time to come the proper preparation of food for husbands and children to eat will continue to be one of the chief occu pations of married women. In view of this, good sense would seem to sug gest to every girl who some day ex pects to be mistress of n home of her own the wisdom of learning how to cook and to do the other things in the home that must be done If It Is to be a happy and well ordered household. Mothers who fall thus to train their daughters are storing np nil kinds of trouble and iinhapplncss for thein In tbelr later married life. GROWING ONIONS. A reader of these notea makes) in quiry in regard to the ralalng of onlona wanta some pointers that will be of tome assistance to him in the patch be plaua to grow the coming season. The first thing needed for a crop of onlona la good rich soil. If tbe patch chosen Isn't naturally so It should be enrich ed with finely pulverized manure, but even better than tbla la a commercial fertilizer consisting of tankage, 829 pounds: bonemeal. 850 and muriate of potash. 825 pounds. This should be applied with a drill close to tbe seed rows. The soil should be made One and compact by either tolling or floating before tbe aeed la sown. Tbe seeder should be adjusted so as to scatter about three and one half pounds per acre. Some growers use more seed and some less, but the Important point la to get a good stand. If too thick, the young onlona can be thinned at the time of tbe first weed ing. It Is quite, Important that the piece of land chosen for tbe onion patch should be aa free aa possible from weed seeds On clean ground two weedlngs should be sufficient, but cul tivation should be continued through the growing season, and this holds es pecially true If rains are frequent and the soli shows a tendency to bake. In selecting a variety of onlona to grow, one should write to his nearest market and find the variety thnt la usually most In demand. Tbe writer Is partial to the red globe, but some other va riety might sell better In another sec tion. Only the best seed and from re liable seedsmen should be nsed, and In the end this will be found by all odds the cheapest. It never pays to mon key with two-year-old bargain counter onion seed. Many truckers make a practice of giving a second application of commercial fertilizer, and thla la done when tbe onlona are about alx Inches high, being scattered with a drill close to the rows. For an early crop the seed Is often sown thickly in botlied and transplanted tbe desired distance apart when three or four inch es high If tbe seed la sown In tbe former way It should be put In as soon as the soil can be worked. A SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATIVE LAUNDRY. Some weeks ago reference waa made In these notes to a laundry that had been established in connection with a co-operative creamery at ChatfJeld, Minn Farm women wbo have this washing bugbear on their bands will be Interested In the report of thla en terprise for the first three months. It has paid from the start and over and above the cost of operation, including help and supplies, It has cleared $203. The washings of seventy -Ave farm families living near by and sixty -Ave town families bave been done at a cost per washing of 07.0 cents for the former and 00.7 for the latter. The laundry addition to tbe creamery ad joins the boiler, engine and coal room. but is on a side opposite tbe cream ery. Tbe one boiler supplies neat. power and steam, while the exhaust from the engine Is sufficient to warm the drying room In the laundry. The building used for the laundry cost $2,- 000. and the laundry equipment which Is up to date In every particular, cost $2,500 Some interesting things In con nection witb this co-operative laundry are that the officers of the creamery association are also the officers of the laundry association, that both town and country people own stock in the laundry, that Its patrons are Increas ing steadily and that the addition of the laundry to the plant baa Increased the number of creamery patrons. In view of the above results It Is fair to assume that Just such a laundry might be profitably established In connec tion with any successful co-operative creamery The plan bas much to com mend It, and many communities need Just sucb a laundry. BALANCE THE RATION. Many a farmer who bas a herd of so called dairy cows too frequently over looks the fact that corn fodder, tlmo- hy or wild hay and corn do not consti tute a ration that Is at all suited to milk production. Such feeds must be supplemented by clover or alfalfa bay and. If these are not available, then by cottonseed or Unseed meal. These concentrates are high In price, but a ration balanced with them will not only be cheaper, but give better results hail the combination of feeds outlined above, from which they are omitted. Take nn unbalanced ration that so many farmers are feeding and a bunch of cows that would barely pay their xiard bill on a good ration, and tbe dairy business Is made about as unsat isfactory h proposition as a fellow rould well go Into. THE VIOLET. . Of many desirable flowers that are suitable for outdoor bedding purposes there Is no variety that aurpasses tbe violets. They are remarkably hardy lu withstanding extremes of temperature and not only blooms well Into winter, but are among the flrst flowers to blos som In the spring The blossoms and leaves are attractive, and the fragrance of the bloom Is not surpassed by any cultivated flower. An enstern violet specialist classes the California and Princess of Wales as the best among the single blue varieties, tbe Lady Hume Campbell aud tbe Marie Louise as the best double varieties, while tbe Swnnlcy White Is the standard for tbe white violets, and the Mine. Millet la the standard pink. 8llvtrton Girl Stabbed by Assassin. Sllverton. An - attempt at murder waa made upon tbe person of Miss Jennie Rose, a young Italian girl, by aa unknown assassin in ber home about midnight She was out during the t-venlng and returned home about 10 o'clock. On retiring, a lamp waa left burning la the room. A noise aroused ber, and about that time the Huh .,.,. a t. V I brothers, wben she waa set upon by an assassin, who stabbed her. Leap ing from the bed and eluding her as sailant, aha ran to the street, where she fell, suffering from II cuts. EXCHANGES OFFERED Town Property for Valley Ranches: Beautiful home on State street for small ranch. Modern bungalow and large lot on Prospect avenue for small ranch. Up-to-date cottage with lot 100x200 ft on Columbia street, lot planted to trees and small fruits. Modern house and two lots on Eu gene street for small ranch, or raw land in quantity. Vailey Property to Exchange for Oc ti er Land 20 acres In Dukes Valley, 10 acres creek bottom, 10 acres fruit land, improvements. 10 acres on the macadam road, two miles from town, first class improve ments, all in high state of cultivation. Ideal country home. Wants Hood Riv er city property or Portland income bearing property. Four and one-balf acres of 8-year- old standards, 2 miles from town, wants house and lot In Hood River or Portland. 35 acres In Upper Valley, 14 acres cleared, 10 ready for plow, balance in timber; will trade for Portland in come bearing property. 40 acres just outside of town, east side of Hood River, about 20 acres In cultivation, wants residence property In town. 80 acres of fine land at Underwood, some Improvements. Want unim proved land In Hood River Valley, or residence property In Hood River. For Sale House and let on Cascade, In ex cellent condition. Will sell on easy monthly payments. If you pay $30.00 a month rent, you can buy thl8 place, and save that much every month. See L. A. HENDERSON about the above propositions. Care of REED & HENDERSON, City. I FOR LEASE RENT FREE Small Orchard in Dukes Valley to responsible i party for keeping up the I place, caring for trees. I 8 acres cleared -5 bear ing; spring, no buildings Will frive for 2 or 3 I years lease. Address, "F. H." Care of Hood River News. NOTICE OF FILING OF REPORT BY CITY SURVEYOR Pursuant to Chapter 9 of the Chart er of the City of Hood River, notice is hereby given that the City Survey or has heretofore on the 7th day of April, 1913, filed with the undersign ed City Recorder, his report and plat of the proposed change In Sherman Avenue in front of and extending along Lot 4, Block 1, Waucoma Addi tion to the City of Hood River, con taining a plat of the survey and change appropriated for such change, and of said street and the portion of each lot, part of lot or tract required to be that the same will be presented to the Common Council of the City of Hood River, along with proof of pub lication of this Notice at Its next reg ular meeting after the completion thereof, and all persons having any interest in said matter, or objections to file thereto, are required to present the same at said meeting of the Com mon Council, to-wit: At Us meeting on the 5th day of May. 1913. This notice is dated and flrst pub lished this 16th day of April, 1913. II. L. HOWE, 1618 City Recorder. NEW SCHEDULE fHount Mcoft Haifrcad We Will Start a Savings Account at the Bank for Your Child. We have secured the exclusive use of The Tads System for Hood River and Vicinity and its operation and benefits may be briefly explained as follows"; 'PON procuring the name and date of birth of any "tad" born since Januarv 1. 1910. a DKPOSIT nf Onp Dnllnr will ,be made in the HOOD RIVER RANKTNf, g, trttst rn and regularly entered to the credit of the Tad m the Tad's Pass- DOOK. The Pass-book with a Miniature Bank will be delivered to the Parents in the name of the Tad, and thereafter the DEPOSITOR will receive discount checks on all cash purchases made from the BRAGG MERCANTILE CO., by the parents, relatives and friends of the Tad. The funds so accumulated will assure the Tad, when it ar rives at the age of sixteen years, a competence which will enable it to enter into business life, or better still, secure an EDUCA TION. These deposits belong absolutely to the TAD, and in case of death may be withdrawn by the parents or legal guardian. In addition to the Discount Checks from the Merchant, you also use the Miniature Bank for pennies, nickels, dimes, etc., all of which is deposited to the Tad's account. The regular interest as allowed on other Savings Accounts will be paid by the Bank. The Tad's System is not limited to children born since Jan. 1st, 1910, but ANY child under sixteen years of age may have the same opportunity by Depositing the initial $1.XK) The educational feature commends the idea to every good citizen, and where in use it is strongly endorsed as an important factor in the upbuilding of the community. That a large per centage of the growing generation of children will be provided with sufficient funds to enter into business, or for educational pur poses, seems like a fairy tale, but the Tad's System will surely accomplish this result. Friday and Saturday, May 2nd and 3rd Will be Tad's Day at Our Store Bring the babies, that we may properly register names and open the Savings Account for them. Remember the dates. May 2nd and 3rd Bragg Mercantile Co. Allies' Quarrels Are Hope of Turks. Vienna. Peace in the Balkans is apparently as far away as ever. Bulgaria and Greece are quarreling over Salonika, which means that the allies are neglecting their war wits Turkey. In the meantime, the Moslem empire is reported to be preparing i desperate resistance of any assault on the Tchatalja forts. Washington. It is said that the Wilson-Marshall administration will be a "white-ribbon" affair, with no wines or liquors served at any entertainment. Not only do the president and Mrs. Wilson and their daughters bar the sparkling cup, but so also do vice President and Mrs. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and other members of the cabinet. FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS A Reverent Moving Picture Life Story of JESUS OF NAZARETH REPRODUCED IN AUTHENTIC LOCATIONS IN PALISTINE AND EGYPT 5 Reels KALEM'S BIBLICAL MASTERPIECE 5000 Feet A If W'r rv V A 17 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Notice is hereby given that the County Court of Hood River County, Oregon, will receive sealed bids for the construction and erection of a wooden wagon bridge, complete, the same to be constructed and erected ov er and across the stream of Hood River at a point near Winans, about one-eighth of a mile below the present bridge. A profile of the ground, show ing length and height of the proposed bridge, is now on file with the Clerk of Hood River County where tie same may be inspected and examined. Bids will be received up to 12 o'clock noon, or. the 7th day of May, 1913. All bids to be addressed in care of the County Clerk of Hood River County, and must be accompanied with a deposit of five per cent of the bid. The County Court reserves the right to reject any and all bids. G. R. CASTNER, County Judge. Hood River, Oregon, April 3, 1913. 1517c i r.l A.n. 8 00 H 0ft S 15 8 8ft 8 40. OA. 1ft 20 t 4ft 10 1ft 10 IK 10 40 10 4ft F.ITwtiv 12:01 A. M. Sunday. Srpt. Dili STATIONS Lt. Hood Rivrr Ar. t'nwerdal . . - .Switchback ... Van Horn ... ... Mhr (Mel! Summit Hlourher Winana - 1), Trout Crwk . . . .. Wondworlh . ... Ar. I'arkdal Lv. f No. 1 . i ftft - I NO .2 80 - t 10 . I Oft . t Oil . 1 50 . 1 4.1 . 1 83 1 80 . I 1ft . 1 Oft . 1 00 A. WILSON, Agnt. In presenting to the public this wonderful representation of the life of Christ, we wish to point out a few interesting facts in con Miction wilh its .production. The tremendous undertaking entered upon by the producers of this great film, containing about eighty thousand photographs, has required eight months of artistic industry, the employment of specialists in authoritative research, forty actors, hundreds of supernumeraries, droves of sheep and a caravan of cam elsa kaleidoscope processionno effort nor expenditure has been spared to achieve the realization of a high ideal. For the pictures representing the (light into Egypt the company journeyed to the land of the Pharoahs and these early scenes were actually pictured under the shadow of the sphinx and pyramids. One notes particularly in these pictures the wonderful grouping of the crowd. This success is entirely due to the religious effect which the play had upon the dwellers In the Holy Land. G E M T II E A T R E Wednesday and Thursday, April 23 and 24 Admission 1Tc and M7 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Hood River County. In the matter of the Estate of Eu gene H. Swinburne, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned was on the 10th day of Aiil, ls13. duly appointed, by the County Court of Hood River County, Executor of the Uist Will and Testa ment of Eugene R. Swinburne, De ceased, and that all persons having claims against said estate aro hereby required to present the same.duly veri fied according to law, at the otlice of John Itaker, Attorney at Law, in tho City of Hood River, Oregon, within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice. Dated and date of first publication this 10t h day of April, l'j 13. lSl'D UALl'll C. SWIN'llfRNE. ! EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Jj Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned, executor of the will of f5- Nannie E. Clark, deceased, has filed I his final account as such executor lu ,i the County Court of the Slate of Ore f (ton for Hood River County and thut i ; said court has fixed and appointed the ! hour of M o'clock in the forenoon of the 24-h day of April. Iil3. as the : time for hearing said final account and the settlement thereof. All heirs, rred t ltors or other persons interested In said estate are hereby required te ap pear on or before the day fii'd for said hearing and to file their objec tions to said account or any partic ular Item thereof, specifying thu par ticulars of such objections. 444444 - - -- j 13-17 . W. A. MERCER.