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6 THE SUXDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. AUGUST 2, 1914. 1 '"l 1 1" - Mr j KelhsPme Wmmr. WiiteIent Corn fir rxti&t SITUATED three miles southeast of apple, crabapple, plum and cherry tre the busy little city of Devil's Lake, planted. Hotbeds were installed, where N. D., is a model farm of 1000 acres all the flowers and garden stuffs are which only 12 or 14 years ago was con- propagated, in order to secure the earll. Eidered no more than a barren knoll, est results. Evergreens were tried on the shore of Devil's Lake itself, again and again, but without satlsfac- The old county turnpike ran through tory results. this bleak, undesirable land, close to seed in the heads, by way of variety, as chicken feed. She Loves the Sunflower. Mrs. Kelly's love for the stately sun flower Is not difficult to understand, since she was reared in the Sunflower State Kansas which explains, too, her wonderfully progressive nature, which bids her go ahead and do some thing worth while. At the Dry Farming Congress at Col orado Springs, Mrs. Kelly was elected vice-president of the International Con gress of Farm Women. She was chosen to represent the same gathering at the Congress of Farm Women held last year in Belgium. She served as presl- studies and efforts have been diligently dent of the Trl-State Farm Women's pursued and the results of these glad Association, covering North Dakota, ly Imparted to all Interested Id the Im South Dakota and Minnesota; then she provement of agriculture for the bet was honored by an appointment of the terment of the state. Country Life Commission, representing Mrs. Kelly's husband. Mr. Clark W. the Trl-State Grain Growers' Assocl- Kelly, Is a retired business man who atlon. At the Farm Congress held at owns several farms himself. He Is Tulsa, Okla., last Fall, her splendid president of the board of regents of work being recognized, she was elected president of the Farm Woman's Con gress of America, and re-elected vice president of the International Congross of Farm Women. And she well de serves all the honors these various bodies have betowed upon her, for her North Dakota Agricultural College, vice-president of the North Dakota Farming Association, member of exec utlve committee of the International Dry Congress, member of the Farm ers' Institute board and half a dosen other agricultural organisations j Ge ttirwJ&afyfir jr.o to $30 a season 54 a bushel. Rad- corner of the house by a modern air lshes. lettuce and neas are planted in pressure system. A gasoline lighting Now came the very first experiments four rotations throuarh the season, so nlant furnishes plenty of gas llffht that the lake. This was the established road wnn airaira ever maae so tar norm. that they may always be had fresh and is clear, soft, mellow and perfectly sat- and had been traveled many years by One acre was tried by this enterprising tender. As for onions, the Minnesota isfactory. A splendid asceptic tank the Sioux Indians, but this particular woman and three cuttings were ob- Red Gn,e will yield about 600 bushels has proved an adequate sewerage sys- atretch was dreaded by all teamsters, talned during the season, producing to the acre and are a splendid hardy tern. being Jieavy gumbo, filled with treach- seven tons of hay. This result was onion, ofttimes weighing from one to House Is Well Equipped, erous pot holes and always rough and certainly encouraging and was suffl- two poUnds apiece. Cabbage, caullflow- Tne house has eight large, airy muddy. Teams were constantly stalled C'B"- " nlcw w l er, Brussels sprouts, endive, turnips, rooma, bath and closets. There is OREGON SENATOR TELLS HIS LIFE STORY (COSTINUKD FROM KAI.K 4.) there and the traveler who succeeded IS ern coast of the state. I mined a bit. At all events I said I was a miner, though I was technically known as a roustabout. "Thus the Summer passed. In the autumn I worked for a boatman who acres would be a boon to the live- rutabagas, cucumbers, egg plant, beets, SDlendid basement walled with rocks was carrying supplies to" Isolated in- ' . , V . . ' L . I I 1 . . 11 . . ..1,. nlng this year, running.' I said, Of the bunch who are longs to the whole world of medicine. In eettinB- throua-h that two or three stock on the farm. peppers, spinach, parsnips, carrots, rrom th lk nhnr Everv known habitants. I wasn't an, Indian, exactly. mile section without the assistance of Nearly every thrifty farmer in North paraley, salsify, gourd and hubbard convenience is found in the basement but I was out of doors. Next I signed some fellow teamster considered him- aaoia nas proniea oy jnr. xvcuy SqUaSh, pumpkins, pomegranates, clt- laundry drying room, mangles and up with the captain of a steamboat, self lucky Indeed. experiment In alfalfa, , , . . rona ttI1 mature with wonderful rapid- washlng machine, operated by a gaso- My father had reached Coos Bay in the Now this once dreaded stretch of 11 w8 found necessary to introduce lty and are crlsp julcy .j firm- No I think I am the best. It was a good, square analysis of the situation, and here I am." Doctors and the Reporters. "Why do physicians," I asked, "pre tend to dislike publicity?" "There Is no pretense about It," Dr. Lane answered. 'They are taught In the medical schools to keep their names out of print. Older physicians so counsel students and young prar- But your question," Dr. Lane contin ued, "Is suppositional. 1 will not sdmlt that quacks ever contribute to the sum of medical knowledge." "Is every human being more or less Insane?" I Inquired. "That absurd and ancient saying should be turned end for end so as to read that every Insane person Is more or less sans. Some of the wisest men I beve ever known were Inmates of the ir.i Thr.. ,.. narimia vap. meantime and was bu!!4infir a steam highway has been transformed Into a rT. 7T better vegetables grow anywnere on andas, wnere th-coollng breexes from boat of his own. It was inconsistent titloners. The competent doctor doesn't Oregon asylum. 1 tore down the walls beautiful and picturesque drive, that is jj ..7., ,T 7 7 " 77 ,7.,. s'OD! lnan ,n wul "" a-1- the great blue sky may be enjoyed, in me, ne saia, to consort wnn ms com- need advertising. He can pitch his tent Inclosing the buildings, after I took delight to behold and has an especial " . i rihr worm uajtota. front lawn slopes to the water's petitor. We debatea tnat matter, aiso, ,n the bush an(J the peopIe wlu Wear the office of superintendent, and turned experiments wun cantaloupe nave edg.e ln a sort of double terrace effect and I departed, noonng my way oacs. a path ,n the gTaSB to hg door The the grounds Into lawns and flower gar proven quite satisfactory; but the sea- Here MrB KeUy has preserved the over the mountains to Portland. incompetent doctor hires a big showy " Soon there was a beautiful plc son Is too short and brisk for good re- naturai beauties God has so bountiful- AUb, Makes Him a Doctor. office and makes a noise. That is the to delight the eyes and sweeten suits with watermelons. They develop ly bestowed on North Dakota's rolling T had been peater8d a good deal by only way he has of letting the peo- the minds of the patients, to some size, but do not ripen. virgin prairies, though cultivation is my father who argued that I ought to pie know be Is in town. "The gardener thought be was a mll . rVr a,W ietrs . d-velopmen fast effacing them. Bitter wild cherry, stud ,aw or medlcln. Tne professions "No man of good taste will wear a llonalre and that the ground was filled ln the chicken department was so June berrIe and hawthorn clumps , . . , ,,,, n-wi. . ,i. .. . ., with o-,,m h. i were teetering up ujiu uvnu in j , j c . . 1 -1' u - . - - - uw n i ousiness. when the attorney for the accused ln a shirt. He keeps his colors down. A u" or tne patients directed the deoo fascination for motorists, who use It as a speedway. This was the first step undertaken by Mrs. Clara W. Kelly to- ind timothy and medium red clover den of Nortn Dakota. were sowed for this purpose. Other roads or lanes were laid out between the plots or fields; the place was fully ward carrying out her "cherished ldpa j h t A .- of establishing a model scientific farm. nv- .,,'.---- mui.r. ra.ure spreaders in fact, all new methods .Since then her energy and perseverance have never for a moment wavered. Her tnat haye proved pracUcal were appHed motto nas always Deen. vvni is wurm doing is worth studying and doing right," and nothing has been done In a shlpshod manner unaer ner aDie bu- aecordlng to the special needs of the several fields. Soil conditions, regulations, the vari ous systems not for one instant did pervlslon. tvery tree, duid, piant nu Mrs KaUy cease studying, so as to seed on the entire 1000 acres must be keep pace wlth tho rapid atrldes made of the best pedigree stock. There Is no ln agriculture. At the present time this more work involved In raising and car- iooo-acre farm yields abundantly Ing for good grain than ln cultivating wheat, oats, flax, barley, buckwheat. Inferior crops, and with other growing winter rye. Winter wheat, timothy and things the same holds good. clover seed and Is rapidly developing At first the road ran too near tne into a pedigree seed producing farm. rapid and satisfactory that It was ae- adorn the green stretch to the lake elded to give a little more attention to With red and white dogwood peeping poultry and swine. Additional chicken through here and there. Scattered in houses were provided, including a reckless profusion are wild currants, brooder house large enough to accom- gooseberries and strawberries, with modate five hundred chicks. With all myra(j8 of wii,i r0SeB that bloom no modern equipment installed. Mrs. Kelly wnere on earth as they do in North then changed her Flymoutn KOOK Dakota Wild columbine. Black-eved murder case hijed a witness and estab- physician separates himself from the rations inside the buildings. Artists llshed an alibi for his client. Everyone quacks by the modesty of his lan- said that his taste and skill were re knew or felt that a swindle had been guuge and demeanor. He lets his pa- markable. The manager of our swine worked on the community and the tlents do the talking for him. Phy- herd was so crasy and Incoherent that court. Personally, I charged the out- slclans school themselves in silence, no one could understand a word that rage to the wnoie legal proression, rney unaerstana that tney cannot en- ne saia. iie washed the hogs, curried brood for full blooded Wbite Orping- Su8an three varieties "of wl Id asters from Blackstone and John Marshall gage i bedside stunt, of oratory. The them, scrubbed their pen. and got suoh tons, and became a fancier of white tSAMtm, VLiSE wktto d0wn- So 1 StUdIed med'clne- w" patlefl on h" bck watch" the ood re8uIt th" .r. cam. and poultry. She added White Holland ff? ZS? IS m. ' h graduated at the age of 20 and looked presslon on the doctor's face and took lesson, by watching h.m. I have poultry. She added White Holland the wU(1 nop8 and woodblne climb tnplfAVB PnUin r- A 1 1 o r a Rncs Cnmhpil U: - j i L A ...j - o uver iua iuw ouuao 0.11a uisouu i"hd a.n , , . , ,.j.. j.j e-w "wU .uuut-.uo T . w..t-. . i ,. .i.. .... . - Doay wsuia uirc aim uuuu.j Ilttle square house that was the home- Tons of valuable wild and tame hay are ZJZLZ T hire me during the next five years. stead: but Mrs. Kelly obtained consent also put up annually. Last but not least Y . ' T . ' ' , T iCa0Ou ui men from the county to move the road back of this woman's efforts to improve the tnen J? harmonize with the pure they ,mUe down on the wonderful 200 feet. The ground between the agriculture of this section Is person who so young and was so young tnat no- cimenes at every word that is said, never seen sn Insane So do the relatives standing around, couldn't be made uwful in n. '"Each human being Is a separate ma- another." "One of the three foremost surgeons chine, which works ln Its own way and "Isn't egotism a form of insanity?" ,.-. .. . in Ban rranciaco Kave mo euipiuj- uucii mysieriuusiy. man may snow "IMO: It Is lust Hirn.H fnn ,.h-... ill Kaieiaoscopic view oencam mem, uniu . , , M - - Ive . , . . ' m,nt fnr a while. I helned him In od- the svmDtoms of one disease and actu- hnva nv. -v. house and the road was broken up and years' work In developing corn suitable a wm.o M rro.tseaIs upon them ana gives - - benefited by ally be suffering from something else. Town fVw. tV." ", J. .u..! pulverized Into a garden spot, where to the northern latitude, experiment. fP .r" c"'a""V?Ln", the exoerience. By and by I returned The hair-trigger doctor, blurting out head, -nrf h.. Y . .1 . nt ttnnvnq hn, ftMers. wll- belntr carried nn with whit- Ant vl- Alter much studv and scientific ex- Diusn a raoiani glow oi crimoun timi. . - . - ... . . " ,.K : ' : : , , " "7 . 7. m tk.Vn, m,,.. it reml, throua-hout the balmy days of 10 W. Penea " 8Ul Ilr" impressions, may nave to over the fence and even the lows, e.ms a.m " - "r Z-l'lZSlZZZ ZZTJIZ.'. i "Z 7,.a' tt tin hlk Tie. rled and settled down. Sylvester i-en- change his statement later on. attractive order. Tnen a little nur- srees. i-iots nave Deen scicntincaiiy otiuwnumu turn. iur wu uuim- Doubt. house If they were not afraid of tearing or soll- . . ..... . nnver while Governor. aDDOlnted me then wnnlrt itlnnlncA pnnflrfpnr. In thA I ,W .1 .,..w. t iu... i ,, wis ta-ted to replace the weak- conducted and produced great Improve- ern section the Improved Yorkshire of cemoer claims every leaiiev mi m . , , T.. ., . T 1 ,L . ., ,7. e-""r lings as they died out ments over the original .tock. Mrs. the bacon type is the most profitable own and adorn, all nature with a soft 'SSSLiliJmlJSi 2l? Wl convolutlon 'n their brain, which make. V?eradas were added to the plain lit- Kelly Is now able to give the farmer, to raise. A start was made with one mantle of fluffy white. fh y'V titHon with ,T food anf f ,ne,8hbrhod' Doc- tem braggart, about themselves. Or- tl. hoMO and vines planted Soon the an absolutely sati.factory corn, for seed young sow-Mary Ann. a blue ribbon Mrs. Kelly', second motto has always STj"? JFLt?? x ' mKSt e'thelr mou'hB hut' " 1'narIIy the convolution straighten, deooiau puce beM to take on a as well as for fodder, her corn having winner at the State fair, when a young been "Make use of what is nearest to ddythdtW" cle!ned them out !Z , Unrelated t0 the out " tBe m-' 'rom "" V.Z ,JZ?,IZ .nnlrlnc, won the blue ribbon prizes at the Coun- pig. In three years her offspring hand," so in clearing and cleaning the with them and cleaned them out sIck person. Likewise, they sre cau- into young manhood. . j , - liuiivu IVI gilUl, llunJiaiicl lUyvllVIB OllU raent and thus I was cleaned out ln interviewers." Ydeanwhile the fields were being ploughed deep, disced and harrowed; obnoxious weeds killed; the sloughs thousand-acre farm. Looks Into Chicken Industry. ty and 8tate Agricultural Fairs. And. netted more than 600: then she sold flelds from stone it was all brought not unimportant, a handsome Income Is for $63, weighing 7S0 pounds at the into the yard and utilised ln fences, derived from these various fields, or same time of her disposal. Her gate pillars and borders round the turn. plots, by this thoroughly Informed farm woman nf North Dakota through her own able management Fine Garden Worked TJp. All up-to-date farms must have a descendants raised equally valuable flower beds. famines, with a very small outlay for feed. They consume great quantities of roughage, ln the form of alfalfa and pasture hay, and tbey are hardy, The graveled driveways fine garden, so this was the next step very prolific and develop rapidly, taken. The garden plot was worked Having thoroughly established her Then a man with an adequate flow he is going to die?" are about 15 feet wide, and are edged of language and sand enough to put "Yes. when the man is brave and with bowlders from the lake shore. his convictions into words or writing philosophical; no. when the man is To Improve the main drive through was wanted as Mayor of Portland, cowardly and collapsible. A person who this Ideal farm one mile of elms was Gamblers were paying a license for the j8 slowly dying ought to get ready for planted, the trees being set far enough privilege of skinning youths and sijck- the event. But to tell some men that apart to permit the passerby to obtain ers and I denounced the arrangement they are hopelessly ill would kill them 'Sometimes, however. It doesn't, and In that case the person so afflicted 'Should a physician tell a man that shows off so long a. he Uvea He may become a political orator, a lecturer, a reformer, an explorer, or an setor. Ap plause Is what he wants." (Copyright, 1914, by James B. Morrow.) Then Mrs. Kelly decided to look into up onced 4 planted with nearly self ln the swine breeding Industry, glimpses of the lake. The road is com- saying it was immoral and ridiculous rlg.ht off No doctor wants to be re the chicken Industry. Up-to-date v.r. vind r.t .ni,hi, hf .-n-. M p TTAilv'a irDt omhttinn im tn nlataiv outlined with white clover, and to cheat part or tne people mat cue chicken houses were built and well Karlv six weeks nntatoes mised from add a nerfect herd of white shorthorn on the north side there are five rows of taxes of the rest or tne people migni filled with barred Plymouth Rock pedigreed seed and actually ready for cattle to complete her scientific white gigantlo sunflowers, one mile long and be reduced. I could have been Mayor appropriate anything the 'Irregular' chicks. From the first year It was a the table in six weeks from the time farm, which must eventually prove of 1000 plants to the row. Think of drlv- three terms, but two terms were doct0r8 discover and keep within the paying investment as freshly-laid eggs of planting; red and white Murphy and great benefit to the state. ing by there ln depressed spirits; lm- enough. always bring a high price even out beauty Hedron potatoes, and early Ohio, An up-to-date farmhouse and yard possible with those 5000 lifting their "The suggestion that I be a candi- there in the country. which has proved the most desirable, i'o replace the old-fashioned homestead brilliant heads, throwing their golden date for the United States Senate was But the owner's chief attention was producing about 400 bushels to the acre. Is one of the latest efforts. Mrs. smiles at you, their every rustle a not obnoxious. I said so. Indeed, I jrlven to her perennial fruits, to her At the rear of the garden there are 15 Kelly decided that her home must be song of Joy, just that they are allowed went further and observed that I flowers, shrubs and vegetables. Cur- rows of early sweet squaw corn, which thoroughly modern in every detail to the privilege of growing and looking would be delighted to serve my state in rant blackberry and gooseberry bushes yields, over and above home consume- be ln keeping with the rest. A deep up at God's blue sky. Late ln the Fall Congress. 'There are plenty of men were set out sage, rhubarb and aspara- Uon. about $500 at the Devil's Lake well 150 feet supplies an abundance they are cut down with a corn binder, better qualified for the office than sponsible for such a tragedy. "A 'regular' physician." I said, "can ethics of the medical profession?" Why Some Men Are Egotists. "Of course; why not? I have a right to use any means on earth to save or prolong life. It Is not only a right but an obligation. If a quack comes upon a remedy or a method that is helpful ln aTua beds made, and a little orchard of market Tie white beans brtnt; In from of soft water that la carried to every, the Ittlk used for kindling and the myself,' I eald, 'but. they are not run- curia or nreventlnj; a disease it fee- ' I I Ml. "Tour society started out to decide a number of questions of great scien tific Importance." "Yes. "e arranged to consider the manifestation of the psychlo Impulse ln protoplasmic life and the molecular energy developed by the prismatic transmutation of light waves and kin dred topes." "And have you done so?" "No. We've ouly been In session a week. We haven't yet decided the question of who's boss." Topska Jour- mala