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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1914)
PUPILS INCREASE SCHOOL GARDEN PROFITS; POPCORN LATE SUCCESS Agricultural Work Replaces Old Habit of Roaming Streets and Heaviest Yield and Greatest Area in History of Portland Conrse Are Resnlts of Efforts Dnring Present Year. Ml JUJ 1 BY EDITH KNIGHT HOLMES. THE school children who have been spending the Summer in town have not all been running the streets or hunting; for something to occupy their time The gardens In many neighborhoods have afforded occupa tion, exercise, a source of entertain ment and Income for the boys and girls who have dug. hoed, watered and weeded them. A a;reat deal more produce from their home and school gardens have been sold by Portland public school pupils this season than ever before. Sales have been made much easier by the public markets now In operation. More attention has also been paid to dis posing of vegetables in each district. The marketing end of the school gar den work is considered Important by 1 BWBfejHgX w assK. ftnHyjSM GOAT RAISING GOOD WAY TO TURN OREGON'S BRUSH LAND INTO MONEY Profit on Mohair Alone Big Item, Says Dennis Stovall, Who Gives Valuable Pointers on Handling Flock, Point ing Out Dangers of Poisonous Growths Hardy Animals Are Bound to Eat. BY DENNIS STOVALL. GOATS are a dependable method of turning the otherwise useless growth of Oregon brush lands into money. Goats are hardy. They require less attention than sheep or cattle less feeding than any other an imal. A goat will pick his living, and even keep fat on range that would starve a "scrub cow." Our flock of mountain goats pays us a clean profit of $1.10 each annually from mohair alone. The kids, being of good blood, are worth $2.50 to $3.50 when 6 months old. There should be "quality" in goats as In anything else. Inferior stock will not do. It pays at the beginning to have a good buck or two animals that will clip . from six to eight pounds a year each. These can be bought for $40 to $60, and they will pay good interest on the invest ment the first year. Angoras are the supreme breed for brush and moun tain range. We keep from 350 to 450 of these on our Coast Mountain ranch, and they never fail to bring good re turns. As to the worth of goats merely for "land clearing" purposes, the writer ventures the opinion that stump and brush-pullers can be better used. Goata do not "clear" land. They will de nude It of small undergrowth If kept closely confined, and eat all the lower limbs and small boughs of bigger trees; but If so closely confined as this, they will fail in their clip. Goats, to do well, must have ample range. Their habits demand It. noai lana is me cheapest land obtainable. Logged-off lands, hill lands, shallow, and even nvkv lands are well adapted to goat raising. Out here In the West the so-called "mineral lands, wnicn m most instances are placer and quartz claims "that failed for mining purposes, are hlnr- used for goat range. A number 3t the owners or nyarauuc piacer min nrith vast ransre at tneir com- TPl J I1W "aia h mining, and add materially to tne Much "Goat Land" Available. !fi inA" of the sort described Mrins slimi luiiLiira ....... t least one acre of range for every ivp or six noais ia liio a few cres or tlliaDie lana are nceue'i to grow the hay required for Winter feeding. Localities will vary as to this, depending, of course, on the length and severity of the Winter. Here we need feed for only six weeks or two months; in truth, the goats can run out the entire year. We have found it best to have the goats at the home corral every night. For one reason we find this necessary on account of the number of cougars and wildcats that still infest the Coast mountain. These animals are partic ularly destructive at kidding time, but - - r 55 TZ 7 :--- M. O. Evans, supervisor of school gar dens. Of the public markets the Carroll, on Yamhill street, on the West Side, has proved the most popular with the children, a school pupils' section hav ing been reserved for them, beginning June 24. From that date until a few days ago, many young gardeners have disposed of their produce. Nearly all the early vegetables are now gone. Some 60 different pupils availed them selves of this chance to earn money, and about $100 worth of vegetables and cherries were sold. Among the pupils selling the largest quantities were Emery Ingham, Woodstock school, $10.25; Homer Bowder. Woodstock school, $5; Gordon Wiltshire, Hoffman school, $4.50; Earl Rosser, Peninsula school, $6, cherries $27. Among the most interesting to visit now Is the Stephens school popcorn garden, at East Ninth and East Mar- seldom come into a closed corral, and nearly always make their attacks at night. If there was no varmints we should bring them In nightly. It pre vents them from getting the wandering habit. Losses or diseases in the flock are more quickly detected and checked. Goats easily acquire the habit of home coming. We have a well-trained dog that teaches them this. They leave the corral early In the morning and return about 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon. If they are not back by that time the dog goes after them. As an additional Inducement to get them to come in we keep plenty of salt in shallow log troughs inside the corrals and do all feeding from racks under the sheds. Though a hardy animal, the goat gets sick now and then, and a sick goat, like a sick hog, is a "dying animal." Quick measures are necessary to save its life. The goat's trouble, like many of those that Inflict man. Is often caused by eating things not good for him. For instance, there Is the mush room a most tempting morsel for a goat, as well as for a man. But the goat, like the man. does not always know the difference between a mush room and a toadstool. He eats all varieties of fungus, and In a short time is ready for the hospital. Unless given, immediate attention he will die. Toad Stool Antidote Lacking-. We have found efficient antidotes for almost every kind of "goat poisoning" except toadstools. When a goat gets these into his system about the only thing that can be done for him is to give a big dose of castor oil or salts anything to quickly remove the poison. We have found it best to keep the goats confined during the ten daya or two weeks of the first Fall rains, when the mushrooms and the toadstools ap pear; just as we keep the milk cows housed when wild parsnips first appear in the Spring. This means a little extra feeding when the range is good, but it prevents loss. The rancher, like any other business man. must keep his losses reduced to the lowest possible figure. The nature of gftats to browse causes them to eat poisonous shrubs. Wild azalea is one of these. It is a blooming bush, resembling rhododendron, and when first in flower, usually in May and June, the big, fragrant blossoms are very tempting. It appears to be these, rather than the leaves or buds, that cause trouble. Anyhow, the goats, shortly after eating them, are seized with fits of vomiting and grinding of the teeth. The stricken animals are easily cured, however, by giving them two or three doses of lard and soda. These are mixed and warmed, so as to melt the lard, and given from a long necked bottle. The ratio of the con coction is a teaspoonful of soda to two tablespoonfuls of lard. Still another shrub that causes trouble is chaparral. Nothing but a goat would tackle such a thorny, un attractive bush. Yet he does eat It sometimes, usually in the kite Summer vAt ttrU(-tK This erarden covers an area 100 feet square. The seed was grown last year In this county and gave almost a 100 per cent rate in the germination test. The patch has been well cared for, and promises to produce a fine crop. Smaller patches of very fine corn may be seen at Ockley Green and Montavllla gardens; potatoes at Mount Tabor and Highland; and to matoes at Ockley Green. Among the most successful vege tables grown this year were beans. Large quantities of these were grown at sever-al gardens, and nearly all had some. Large quantities of lettuce which have gone to seed are being used by the youngsters as chicken feed. Forty per cent more pupils par ticipated In garden work this year than in 1913. Prior to 1913, when Mr. Evans first took charge of the work, there was only one garden Woodlawn. Last year there were 28, and this year 43. when the range is getting thin. Chap arral Is much like sagebrush and mes quite of the plains. When a goat eats it, he is taken with severe pains, and runs aimlessly to and fro, bawling loudly, and acting much like a "locoed" horse. The cure for him is a teaspoon of spirits of nitre in two tablespoons of water. Several doses, given a half or three-quarters of an hour apart, may be required. It seems to be the sharp spines of the chaparral that cause the trouble. The bucks alone bite it, and they never repeat the ex perience. As both azalea and chaparral grow in segregated cLimps, the one on low and the other on high ground, it is not difficult to cut out and clean the range of the obnoxious shrubs. Goiter Dangerous Disease. The few cases of goitre we have known were brought in by new mem bers added to the flock. This is a con tagious and a very dangerous disease. Affected animals must be at once re Goats car Sa Ts-dissreaf 7b Cor?e , IN T . St?MBKB.: llennBBBBBBBBBKaiil rwi ; -miA moved from the main flock. Where this appears, being manifest by an en largement and severe swelling of the glands of the neck, it is best to- call a veterinarian. Foot-rot gives trouble sometimes in the Winter and early Spring, when there is much mud and muck. It is readily identified by one or more red spots between the animal's toes. If not given immediate treatment the goat becomes quite lame. An easy and quick way to cure It Is to take a pall and put into it a mixture of water and bluestone four parts of the former to one of the latter. Dip the goat's foot into this a time or two and the disease disappears. A number of goats can be treated with the same mixture. If there was no mud in which to stand the goats would not have foot rot. So it Is well to have dry floors of wood or gravel for their sheds and corrals. A goat's foot, despite the natural hardiness of the animal and Its ability to climb with ease over rough and uneven ground, soon be comes affected if kept for a continued time in the mire. Angoras Yield Return. The goat is much like any other ani mal with which the farmer or rancher has to deal. Keep him healthy and he will prove profitable. Nothing else, unless it be poultry, will bring as great returns on the investment. As to the initial cost and the first profits to be expected; A flock of 100 Angoras will cost approximately $500 in most sec tions of the country. This means, of course, good stock. The first year's clip from 100 will average, two and one half pounds to the eoat. which at 30 cents a pound, brings returns of $75. In addition to this there will be at least 60 kids; there ought to be more, but this number should be raised. These are worth $3 at six months, or a total of $235 for mohair and kids. Deduct ing all expenses, a flock of 100 Angoras will yield a clean profit of $200 the first year. By careful selection, the placing of good bucks in the flock and the weeding out of the scrub or poor clip nannies from year to year, the herd can be bred ud to a yearly pro duction of three pounds each. The writer has given these facts and figures, not from the experience or viewpoint of the man who follows goat raising as a sole business, but as one who knows of it as a "side Issue," as one of several features of a modern business farm or ranch. If there are from four to 25 acres of brush land on the place, they could be profitably herded to goats. Under confinement of this sort, of course, a good wire fence is needed, for a goat can almost climb a tree. Nor has the raising of goats been here considered as a means of meat production. In most states there is a law prohibiting the sale of goat meat as "mutton." This is a good law. Goat meat should be so branded, and being such it cannot bring a very sat isfactory price. Goat meat is not "mut ton." The coat is not fed as the sheep Is fed. The supreme purpose of the goat, and by this is meant the "brush land" or range goat, is the production of mohair. BAT HOMES BEING BUILT Illinois Communities Adopting Xevv Method of Fighting Mosquitoes. CHICAGO, July 27. Two more com munities recently were added to the list of those co-operating in Illinois to eradicate the mosquito nuisance. They are Wheaton, 1111., and the Arden Shore Association, of Lake Bluff. Both communities desire to erect the "batteries" designed by Dr. Charles A. R. Campbell, of San Antonio, Tex., for the preservation of bats, which are na tural enemies of mosquitoes and which eat millions of them during a night. The "batteries" designed by Dr. Campbell can be erected and filled with out heavy expense. The "battery" Is a frame structure which sits on poles about 10 feet from the ground. The one at Mitchell Lake and which has destroyed all the mosquitoes there, is 20 feet above the poles. It has a base 12 feet square and an apex six feet square. There are shutterlike en trances for the bats. Guano is used to make the roost attractive to the crea tures. Wire netting is stretched in the Interior to form roosting places. The bats are used only -to exterminate the full-grown mosquitoes. The bat is a carnlverous mammal and the female mosquito, which subsists largely upon human blood, is an ideal diet for him. But the bats do not destroy the mos quito larvae. FIVE WIVES ARE ADMITTED Xew Yorker Pleads Guilty to Two Uess Than Mother's Count. NEW YORK, July 26. George Cha pin pleaded guilty to too many wives. Detective Russo says when Chapin was arrested his mother cried: "Another! Why, that Is seven wives you have." But In court Chapin said to Assistant District Attorney Smith; "I admit five, but I'll tell the judge only about three." HEART IS ON WRONG SIDE New York Man Dies From What He Thought Was Rheumatism. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., July 26. James McLaughlin, aged 58, is dead of dextra cardla. He was stricken with severe pains in his right chest, which he blamed to rheumatism, but found out his heart was on the wrong side. Tibt&e Jver-y 7Wc?i IRRIGATION DISTRICT IS NOW BEING PLANNED BY GRANTS PASS FARMER Citizens, Not Daunted hy Long Litigation Over Dam, Decide on New Method-Petitions Circulated Have Re quired Numher of Signatures 60,000 Acres of Fruit and Farm Land in Section. i - . - , ... 9 " V v aaaaaalpaaaaaaa-a'nBBiK -Jl! I laaaalaaaaaaaaaaaaatt iffiferMaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Jji BY C. H. CLEMENTS. GRANTS PASS. Aug. Aug. 1. (Spe cial.) Grants Pass and vicinity are not to be daunted by the long drawn-out suit over the dam from which source the water for irrigation purposes would have been put Into the ditches. For more than, four years the Aments and other parties have been in litigation over this part of the 'Rogue River, but now the public is demanding quick action, for the citizens realize the possibilities of the Rogue River Valley with water to be used on the farms. Many of the farms own their pri vate irrigation system and pumps are used to bring the water from the river, but not all the farms may be reached in this way without great expense. The people have set about to have an Irrigation district. The petitions have been circulated during the last three or four weeks. More than the required number of signatures have been ob tained. The publication of the petitions yet remains to be made, and then the sub ject will be placed before the County Court for a complete determination of the boundary lines. Tract Has Fruit and Farm Land. The district as proposed will cover more than 60,000 acres of the finest fruit and farm land situated in Jose CLUB WOMEN ACTIVE IN PREPARING FOR NATIONAL FLAG CELEBRATION Oregon Will Be BonauM t Awml KMmt of W-hinston TWoloK A..ociation TU 1M1 Ml ltnd Woman Has Been Choeen to MaKe Andreas at National Meetlnj of Orpuuaation in Seattle Neat Year. BY SARAH A. EVANS. President Oregon State Federation of Wom en's CIub. EVERYBODY remembers that it was Betsy Ross who made the first flag but how many remember the name of' Mary Young Pickergill. the woman who made the historic flag that has been sung in song and story "The Star-Spangled Banner." Mrs. Pickergill was a resident of Baltimore and had attained no little fame as a designer of flags and ships pennants, and Commodore Barney, with the approval of his two ranking offi cers, placed the order with her. The lived at "House No. 60, Albe marle street, Old Town," which still stands. The flag was composed of 1 alter nating stripes of red and white, with the 15 white stars in the blue field. It measured 36 by 29 feet, and owing to its dimensions, was taken to a near by brewerv, stretched on the floor and sewed together by Mrs. Pickergill, as sisted by her two nieces. Beginning on September 6, the Na tional Star-Spangled centennial will be celebrated with great pomp and lavish display at Baltimore. Among the resolutions adopted at the Chicago convention was one "pledging support to a National celebration at Baltimore in commemoration of the composition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner." " Already delegations of clubwomen are planning to go In great numbers from nearby states, while the club women of Maryland are taking an ac tive part in the preparation of the programme, which promises to be one of the most gorgeous ever seen In America. Opening will be a "Patriotic day, when a great musical festival will be given by a massed orchestra and cho rus of 5000 voices. Industrial day will be celebrated by the arrival of the "Constellation," the oldest vessel In the Navv and a fleet of American and for eign ' warships. September 8 will be Francis Scott Key day, and will be given over to social functions, recep tions on men-of-war, lawn fetes, with night carnival and merry masquerade and brilliant illuminations. On Fraternal Orders day 60,000 men will be in the line of parade, with 50 bands and 60 allegorical floats, with a $75,000 equipment. On Baltimore day every department of the municipality will participate in the parade, with an electrical histori cal pageant illustrating the incidents and events of the War of 1812. the battle of North Point and the happen ing which led up to the morning when Francis Scott Key, inspired by the fluttering flag on Fort McHenry, wrote his immortal hymn. Army and Navy day will see a won derful review of countless military or ganizations, ending with a grand ball In honor of the President of the United States, his cabinet officers, the Gov ernors of many states and other dig nitaries who have promised to be there. Saturday, September 12, which is the exact centennial anniversary, will be the crowning glory of the week. A convoy, composed of President Wilson the Governors of the various states and a picked guard of 100 men phine County, near Grunts Puss and surrounding territory. Many of these farms have reached a high stnte of cul tivation under the dry farming system and are more than ready for the water. The past six years have meant much for Grants Pass and the vicinity, as the farmers have been using the most up-to-date methods of farming and have brought their farms and country homes up to a high standard. Already the Rogue River Valley ap ples and pears have become known throughout the United States and as far as Liverpool, England, for their excellent quality. To the fruit raiser who makes this a business excellent financial returns have been received. Dnlry Farms Possible. Such lands as may not be utilized for the raising of fruit may be planted to alfalfa and with plenty of water made into dairy farms. The dairy has long been established in Rogue River Val ley, but during the last two or three years has received an Impetus that has crowded It far forward among the in dustries. During this time a creamery has been established in Granti) 1'uss and much cream is brought here !n au tomobiles from the outlying districts. It Is the purpose of the land owners to create a district on the basis -it an Indebtedness of not to exceed $6' per acre, which will be represented br $0- from each of the 18 states forming tho Union In 1814. will escort the original "Star-Spangled Banner" through the city. Fort McHenry will be dedicated as a public park, President Wilson making the dedicatory speech. The National anthem will be sung by 10,000 school children, formed Into a human flag, accompanied by a massed band of 1500 musicians. At night will be shown the bombard ment of Fort McHenry, py rotechnical ly produced from floating craft and nearbv fortifications; the Star-Spangled Banner of 1314 with its 48 stars will float from a steel staff erected on the rampart, on the orlgjnal site of the flag of 1814. The management has not overlooked the fuct that parades and brass bands do not make a festival, and that some thing must be offered the visitors to fill up the Intervals, so they have crowded every hour of every day with games, sports on land and water, fire works In the evenings and music all the time, so that none need drag the streets waiting for the next thing to happen. . On Sunday, "Peace" will be the theme of all religious services. Surely, a wonderful week, arranged In a big. broad way. All clubwomen cannot participate in the support of this historic celebra tion personally, but If they want to make good the pledge, each club In Oregon, though removed 3000 miles from the actual scenes, can come to gether and at least read the history of the event and have the school chil dren pledge their loyalty to the flag by singing The Star-Spangled Banner, and make the following Sunday. Sep tember 13, a great peace day in all the churches. One of the most interesting delega tions at the recent convention at Chi cago was from the Womun's Century Club, of Dayton. O. It consisted of Misses Clara Heeter. Minnie Stouffe-. Anna Hilber and Catherine Wenner, who represented the 600 women em ployes of the Dayton Cash Register Company. The club has been in exist ence 20 years. The delegates' conversation. It Is said, shed glowing Illumination on a corporation's chance for making em ployes comfortable. Besides the club, the company sup ports a Summer cottage, where the girls may go and stay as long as they like, with meals at 15 cents and bed at 5 cents. It is not such a small cottage, either, for 75 girls can stay there at one time. All kinds of outdoor pleasures are connected with It, and there is a gym nasium, where everything from the in structor to the suits is furnished by the company. Last Summer girls were allowed to go to Battle Creek, Mich., for two weeks, with all expenses paid, and 154 took advantage of the oppor tunity. Besides this Summer establishment for the girls there is a country club for the employes and their families, with every kind of pleasurable device In activity, from baseball ;3-ames for the men to sandplles for the babies. Both these Institutions have been care fully located within the 5-cent car fare limit. This Woman's Century Club is a vital vour iinmlH wliii Inten-ft at the rate of 6 per NUt per annum. The prlmlpsJ on these bonds Is not to bo called in until the end of the V'lst year. By this method ample opportunity Is given to the land owner to develop hi lands and to pay the principal out f the profits after the land owner has had 20 years' benefirlal use of tlM water. Interest Onlj barer at First. By doing this the only charges the land owner would M lln upon to pay during the first '- years ar' the In terest on the bonds, which will not ex ceed $8.60 per acre, and the main tenance charge, whicli will be approx imated 50 cents to $3 per acre, ac cording to whether the water Is used through a gravity ditch or Is to bo lifted by electrical power to higher lands. During this month a corps of survey ors will be placed In the field to make an accurate survey of the proposed dis trict so that the board of directors of the district, when It Is finally organ ized, will know accurately what the cost will be per acre before entering upon tho duty of Installing the com pute system. It Is reported probable that the old ditches und Irrigation system will he taken over by the new company pro vided they may be purchased at a rea sonable figure. power, not only among the employes of the company, but In the city of Dayton' and In the state: Indeed. It Is even more far-reaching than that, for at every National convention tho club has Its representation, and they ara ml. ways well-chosen young women, load ers In the club, who cmn go before these great concourses of people and present the vexed problems that arlss between employor and employes, and from their own experience demon strate the social and economic value or humane and Just treatment. The annual meeting of the "Wash ington Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis" will con vene at Tacoma. Tuesday. July 28. This will be a meeting of special Interest, owing to the fact that word has Just been received that Seattle haa been selected for the National convention next year. Several cities, both In the East and on thlc Coast, sent Invita tions, and considerable rivalry devel oped before It was finally settled In favor of Seattle, through the efficient work of Miss B. I. Beals. secretary of the Washington Association. At tho convention this week In Ta coma plans will bo discussed and com mittees appointed to make ready for the entertainment of the guests next Summer, who. It Is believed, will come In great numbers. The Washington Sorlety extended a marked courtesy to the Oragon Federa tion of Women's Clubs by asking It to respond at the opening session for the delegates and guests. ' Accepting the Invitation. Mrs. had le Orr-Dunbar. chairman of the public health committee of the federation, has been appointed to represent the Oregon women at Tacoma. and will leave to morrow for that city. Mrs. Dunbar has had charge of the Red Cross seals for the state for sev eral years and has had a personal su pervision over all the anti tuberculosis work for the federation mince It warn made one of Its activities, and Is emi nently qualified to represent the state In a most Intelligent and efficient man ner She will also bring back much that will be of value In her futtirm work. "Those college students ought to make good cavalrymen. "What makes you think so?" "Why, they even de pend on a horse In preparing for their recitations." Simple Home Remedy for Wrinkled Facet , fnrtiinaa In frantic efforts to remove the signs of premature age from their faces, bueh women willingly pay almost any amount of money for worthless wrinkle remov ers, of which there are many. If they only knew It. the most effec tive remedy imaginable Is a simple, harmless face wash which can be ma.le up at homo In less than a minute. They have only to get an ounce of powdered saxollte and half a pint of witch hael at the drug store and mix the two. Apply this dally as a refreshing lotion. The effect Is almost magical V.vsn after tho first treatment a marked Im provement Is noticed and the faoe has a smug, firm feeling that la momt pleasing. Adv.