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TIIE SUNDAY ' OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 11, 1920
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LITTLE MOLE IS AMONG MOST POWERFUL
ANIMALS, CONSIDERING SIZE, IN WORLD
Burrowing Rodent Has Muscles That Are Remarkable and Performs Feats of Strength That Appear In
credible Animal Also Is Heavy Feeder, Eating Much More Than His Weight in. Day.
I I powerful animal for its sise , ' . s - S,-
- ; BT HOWARD M. WRIGHT,
Assistant Professor of Zoology, Oregon
Agricultural .College Experiment Station.
O you want to know the most
powerful animal for its size
In the world?"
' Tho question was asked just after
a'yenerable fisherman had landed a
fina. eastern brook trout. We were
standing on the. shore of one of the
l&kea well back In the Cascades.
' I had only a few moments before
unsiung my pack at his cabin and,
taking a trail that led to the lake,
had found him right In his glory. I
of course was interested In getting
all the data the old fellow had to ot
ter and we sat down on a log and as
be produced a Missouri meerschaum 1
handed out a box of tobacco. He pro
ceeded to fill up with what he called
bis favorite brand next to H. O.
That gave me a clew and I knew at
once - the ancient angler could tell
soma big ones. He fired up deliber
ately. -and crossed his legs In a leis
urely manner.
"Well, sir," he started out, "I reckon
according to what one of them scien
tists told me that happened In here a
while back that the mole has got 'em
all stopped. I had been telling some
stories about being towed around in
a. boat by a big fish off'n the New
foundland banks and after I got
through he waited a little while and
then said:
"Well, captain, I have never had
a lot of experience with big fish but
I certainly had my eyes opened one
day. I had accidentally caught a live
mole and for no particular reason I
brought it into the house and put It
on the floor. It began to wander
about the room and finally came up
against the leg of a chair which hap
pened to be up close to the wall.
The mole smelled It over a little,
backed up a little, sniffed some and
put his nose in between that chair
and the wall and pushed her aside
1.3 It she had been a puff ball.'
Little Mole 1 Wonder.
" That certainly got my interest, so
I aald to myself, "Looka here, Mr.
Mole, we'll try you out and see what
your limits are." I hunted around
until I found' a Webster's dictionary
and a big family Bible. I placed
these on the chair and piled other
bcoks on top of them until that chair
would hold no more and waited for
him to try it out.
"'Pretty soon up he came, keeping
close to the wall. This time he never
estopped to eniff but walked right
through.
" 'That got me, but I scratched my
head a- little and when I saw Mr. Molt
coming up for the third time I
Jumped on top of the pile of books.
But it was no use: he kept right on
going and slid the whole business of
us right to one side.
'"Well, I was somewhat amazed, but
suddenly a thought came to me and
I v ent out and called in my neighbor
a big fat man weighing a few pounds
under 300. He straddled aboard.
-, " 'On came the mole, this time his
muscles fairly standing out to get
into the fray. But he was no fool
hardy young mole. He took time to
size up the situation, sort of shrugged
bis shoulders and acted as if he was
spitting on his hands. Finally he
poked nis nose in oetween me legs
of that chair and the wall and raised
those mighty shoulders. The chair
creaked a little, moved slowly to one
side and the mole passed but the
chair broke and the fat man came.
down with a thud on the mole's back
And, do you know, that mole hesi
tated a moment only and then started
for the corner of the room, carrying
the rat man on his back.
: " Tale Not Yet Verified.
I 'had carried a pack about as far
as I could with comfort for one day
: but after hearing that story the pack
became at least 50 pounds lighter
probably because of the mental pic
ture I had of that little mole start
lng for the corner with a 300-pound
man on his back.
I have since been looking for th
scientist who would vouch for that
story; but as yet I have not been abl
to find him. . .
The blind fish which inhabit, the
black waters of caves and the mole
living beneath the surface of the
ground are the usual familiar exam
ples given to illustrate the loss of an
drgan which is not used. I once heard
an old gentleman say that eventually
the human race would become blind.
He probably forgot that there is still
enough deviltry alone left to keep us
fror.i losing our. eyesight.
' It Js true that the mole has very
email eyes, so small in fact that many
will be relished as much in fall as
they were in spring and incidentally
will help very much indeed in reduc
ing the cost of your food bills.
Tou will notice that subtracting
these eight fall vegetables yet leaves
us fifteen sgetables that may be
j planted now and will grow and ma
! ture right out in the open garden dur
1 ing our winter months.
Besides these, of course, we shall
have parsnips, salsify or vegetable
oysters, late potatoes and Swiss chard
which were planted early in spring
and require a long season's growth,
and asparagus, globe artichokes and
rhubarb in our permanent beds ready
to start very early in spring, making
22 varieties in all that may be used
from the winter garden here during
our winter or early spring when
everyone is living on "canned goods"
and longing for "something fresh."
(Late potatoes are usually gathered
and stored but can be left out in the
ground if desired.)
So even if you have not made a
garden this spring, cannot you get a
good piece of land (you- must be able
to water it now). and get in at least
part of these vegetables for your
winter and spring use? It was never
so desirable to do so as it is now
food is going to be "out of sight" in
price this winter. We will continue
our description of the planting or
these vegetables.
Oriental Cabbage la Very Fine.
We may how plant a new variety of
cabbage- called Chinese cabbage or
"celery cabbage," which some of us
have mistaken on the market for a
new and delicious variety of lettuce.
Various varieties of this oriental cab
bage were introduced and are grown
by our local Chinese and Japanese
gardeners, but it is practically un
known in eastern markets, as their
1 climate is not suited to it.
It is called pe-tsai. The seed is
very cheap at our seed stores. It is
I easy to grow and now is the time to
plant it.
Pe-tsai produces beautiful crisp
celery-like heads that blanch easily
and that resemble a giant cos-lettuce,
and it is used either as lettuce or
cooked like, cabbage. The culture is
the same as for winter cabbage. Seed
for success with corn in Oregon is
acclimated seed. You must remem
ber that the early corn sold by. east
ern seed housas will be late here.
Try raising some late fall sweet corn
this year.
String Beans Grown for Fall I'ae.
Many home gardeners do not make
a late sowing of bush or string beans
so that when their beans mature and
are all eaten within a few weeks
from now, they will have no more
until next .summer.
Yet by Judicious planting and culti
vation it ia possible here to have
string beans continuously all the fall
until frost, indeed, some of the very
best string beans our gardeners had
last year .were those sown during
early July and harvested in the fill.
They will make pods in seven
weeks from the time you sow the
seed, so if you plant them this week
you will have some fine string beans
again- early in September and they
will continue blossoming through the
cool wet weather of fall and produce
until killed by frost.
While these beans should be well
cultivated through the summer
remember that beans need especially
shallow cultivation and that ttrey
must never be cultivated while wet
with dew or rain or irrigation, as
doing so has a tendency to cause
them to "rust." A little nitrogen ap
plied to the soil at first is beneficial
in gjving them a start, but they
should not have a rich soil general
ly aa it causes them to "run to vines'
and not produce pods.
Head Lettuce Ia Another F1I Crop.
If you sow some good head lettuce
seed at once, you can have it ready
to use soon after the. middle of Sep
tember as it can be grown here in
ten weeks and through the dry
weather of summer.
The New York (or Los Angeles) is
the variety we have always recom
mended for late sowing and no finer
variety is grown anywhere at any
season, afl, under favorable condi
tions, it forms heads as large as a
small cabbage and as solid.
The seed should be sown in good
soil in a plaoe where the taller vege
tables now growing In your garden
will hade the ground from the sun
during the hottest part of the day
OREGON ABOUNDS IN SLOUGHS AND CREEKS;
NAVIGATION POSSIBLE FOR MANY MILES
Progressive Timber Men Resort to Dredging in Order to Float La(ge Numbers of Logs, and to Get Launches
Through Several of Best Streams Bear no Names.
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inexpedient for us to advance, we dug
in cn the side of a hill. My foxhole
was only a few inches -below the sur
face of the ground. I was watching
the airplanes sailing around a dis
tance of a mile to our rear, possibly
protecting some big sausage balloons
that hung back of the hill in the dis
tance. . .
One enemy plane swooped down
from out of the heavens, fired one of
our balloons and, after engaging in a
spirited fight, finally made a suc
cessful escape from several of our
planes.
Suddenly some dirt fell In upon
my face, and I succeeded in cleaning
it out of my eyes, only to receive a
second dose. I was slightly startled.
I presume my rather highly strung
nerves permitted me to imagine most
anything, and I had really begun to
xpect most anything. I investigated
o see If by any chance "jerry" was
attacking from below. I turned over
carefully, just in time to see another
load of dirt shoved into my foxhole,
and then I beheld the culprit a star-
led mole. I remember I called him a
little "hun" devil-; for he wastrying
to bury me alive but I never thought
of bayonet or Enfield, because he
mmediately got my interest. 1
thought of him as 1 learned to think
of the "hun" soldier. He may have
been fighting . with Germany and
would have buried me alive if he
could, but he didn't know why he
was doing it, so how could he be
blamed? -
The shells were striking in fast and
close and I had- a fine opportunity to
watch his response. He would al
ways give a quick jump when the
explosion came, but I could not de
termine whether his fright was due
to the sound or the jar which always
accompanied the bursting shell.
Just as I was getting ready to
make a rather detailed study of the
mole's method of using those big
frot claws and his slender nose in
the process of excavating I was
called out of my foxhole and upon
my return I found that a shell had
destroyed all my hopes for further
study. - .
Muscles Are Remarkable.
The spaae-like - claws of the mole
are assisted when in operation . by
powerful shoulders equipped with re
markably developed! muscles, which
readily capture the honors from San-
dow.
If our draft horses were owners of
muscles equally powerful in compari
son it is safe to say that the danger
of their being replaced by the tractor
would still be very . rem." te.
It is a fact that none of the larger
animals are- so powerful in, their
shoulders, speaking comparatively. It
takes a great deal of fuel to keep
sucn an active machine in operation
and the .mole daily consumes a large
quantity or animal food.
During the last two weeks I hav
been watching a young mole thriv
lng on a specially selected diet, Un
doubtedly his mother, who only a few
weeks ago- sept him out into life
for himself, " would be very unhappy
if she knew of his sudden departure
from her early dietetical teachings,
and that he no longer partakes of the
family staff of life not- bread and
butter, but fine, crawly earthworms
and big fat insect larvae. , ,
Probably it would have been much
better for his general welfare had I
been -able Xo keep up with the pace he
set, but after about the third tobacco
can of earthworms had
umed and all the insect larvae I
was able to locate I decided that he
had become sufficiently human to be
at least a good cannibal. So I fed
him a brother mole from which the
skin had been taken. In the morning
found only a network of the con
nective tissue left.
Since then I have given him another
mole, three mice, several pieces of
rabbit and at times liver and beef
Bteak. He has been well supplied
with vegetable foods and a few other
things which rriight be considered
delicacies. Apparently he cared neither
for my vegetables nor my delicacies.
Mole's Appetite Marvel.
There are some other cases on rec
can be sown any time during July, I
August or early September, just as Irrigate the bed well and let It stand
soon as some early vegetable matures over night, as previously described.
and you have room lor it. Make the I berore planting the seed in it. Plant
rows about two feet apart and sow I very thinly in-single rows that it may
the seed thinly, about one-half an I nave enough room to grow so that
inch deep. When the plants have I only one thinning will be necessary
grown to be five or six Inches high later, ir the plants come up so thick-
thin them to Btand ten Inches apart, I ly they crowd each other. Take them
keeping the best plants and pulling out carefully and set In a moist bed
out the others. These discarded aDOUt two inches apart, each way.
plants may be set out in another place I where you can leave them until the
if desired. Cultivate well and blanch I leaves touch and the plants cover the
when large enough by earthing up ground, when they should be trans-
and tying closely with burlap. They 1 Planted again to any part of the
will grow in any soil but like rich garaen wnere they will have a soft.
black abode soil best. Seed in July rich soil and some shade in the heat
u .--. or august ana iran&ymiii. luw nuic
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plants in oepiemoer. i f.i.iiia must nuw HLaim in
Varloua V.rletle. of Pe-Tal. ,c"" p"1 ,as the n8, neel "fat
I much room to develope fully. The
Pe-Tsal Chokurel rrom noKurei, rows should be a foot or over apart
one of the provinces of China, where jf vou Bet jt jn rows but it will be
it is grown is more like a cabbage more economical of space to put rows
than other varieties are. It has large along the north side of some other
Btnpea outsiae leaves, very lenuer. n. plants where there is a little extra
delicate pure white heart ana is line roor
for salad. It is very hardy, like win- These plants in the seed bed and
ter cabbage it will keep until spring. in the garden will all need water in
Pe-Tsal Chosen originally or Ko
rean "chosen" production is a stan
dard variety. It is early, mild and
sweet and grows like American drum
head savoy.
Pe-Tsai Kinshiu best anfl most
popular variety. Grows like head cab-
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aDunaance during tne heat of sum
mer, irrigation Is absolutely essential
to summer grown lettuce.
If you wait until thn fall rains
Degin to transplant some or your
plants to their permanent place, this
crop will come along in October
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bage. Heart snowy white, very sweet which Is "one of the very best months
ord which will assist in making my and tender and it is not affected by
mole seem not an unusual glutton at frost. It is said that "it can be grown
least. In one instance two moles in anywhere at any season."
nine days ate 341 white grubs. 193 Pe-Tsai Shantung (from tne snarl
earthworms, 25 caterpillars and a tung province. China) has a distinc-
moiiBfi. tive Ilavomna is a very tine viricij.
Mr. Brooks- has given an interest- It forms large, round neaos. nas a
lng account of the mole's appetite, snowy white heart, is very nrm ana
A mni, w at Intorval riuriAa: I hitrhlv recommended generally
the day a third of a pint of worms. China Cabbage Santosal is not liKe
At 8 in the evening another third of cabbage at ail, but grows nae toe
a oint was fed him. In the morning lettuoe and is highly recommenaea in
it was found that he had eaten everylall ways for winter use. Seed should onions seeded until very late on our
worm. He soon died, and an inves-lbe sown in July or August ior w inter i southern Oregon ranch, and it came
tigatlon was .made of his stomach, use, but this variety can be sown at off so hot and dry that they did not
which was found entirely empty, any time. oo anytning until tne fall rains began
Probably he had died of starvation The seed of all the above very pe- when they came on with a rush and
rather than of overfeeding. culiar and delicious vegetables is in- grew finely. At holiday time they
Anotber mole ate in a period of 24 expensive and for sale at our seed
hours 50 large white grubs, one stores. As they are all such novel
"chestnut" worm, one wireworm. one ties and so very rare in the United
cicada nymph, 4 5 larvae of "rosebugs" States, besides being so desirable of
in the year to grow fine New York
lettuce." It is best to try to keep
lettuce coming on In succession by
forcing part of the crop with nitrogen
fertilizer and much water and hold
ing part back a little so that it may
mature along as we want it all
through the fall. With a little cover-
ng on frosty nights it may be kent
well on to Thanksgiving.
Plan for Green Onions In Winter.
One spring we did not get
liAGLK CHEEK, OXB OF OREGON'S PUKTTIEST STHKA.MS.
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were just ready for table use as the
finest kind of green onions, and they
kept this way all winter. As we had
a lot of them planted we gathered
end 13 earthworms.
The insects weighed 42 grams and grow at least one variety of them.
themselves, it seems to me we should I and bunched them and sold them to
the earthworms 24 grams, making
total of 66 grams. The mole Itself
weighed only four-fiths as much as
the food taken. This apparently was
only the average of the mole's daily
diet, as he had. been well supplied
with food up to the time these data
were taken. It was reckoned from
this experiment that one mole in a
years time eats 40,000 Insects and
worms, which would weigh more than
50 pounds.
The mole is a consistent and hard
drinker and apparently cannot endure
a dry state. Ha will usually begin
to search for a drink as soon as it
is placed before him.
Animals Solve Problem.
the city markets all winter and made
much -more out of our onions than we
had ever anticipated.
1 can not see any reason why sow
ing onion seed before the fall rains.
to produce green onions for winter, is
not entirely possible and desirable for
all home gardeners. Here is a timely
letter from a prudent housewife I
wish more of you would write me.
Portland, Or., July 3, 1920.
Dear Garden Neighbor:
lou have given us some very use
ful and practical directions for can
ning and I only wish you had rocJm
for more of them as the usual rules
do not do us much good this year
Very respectfully.
MRS. - K. T. S.
Planting Fall Kohl Rabl.
Kohl rabi Is another "Kohl crop"
that Is as different from cabbage and
cauliflower as Brussels spruts is. It
is more like the latter in having a
single stalk that grows up i;uite high
with leaves on top. but insteaa oi
baby cabbages" all down the stalk
as Brussels sprouts has, the stalk of
kohl rabi swells out above the
ground, making a turnip-shaped vege
table which is very rine navorea, pe
ing between a turnip and cabbage In
flavor, but superior to either when
voung and tender.
If seed or It is sown in late Juiy or i wnen sugar is so expensive. v.an you
in August it will mature for winter j tell us of any fruit besides rhubarb,
use and mav be left out or stored like I gooseberries and cranberries that can
w hit7 hriiovf, tht th mnic tiirnim. Thev are olanted and tilled ne put up wunout sugar; i iouna
... mi.t cr.il hinh in li,,t i i u . turniDs. Whch thinned the mat recipe you gave us very gooa
hurrnw mr rwr. rpusnns ihn h miv Lint should stand from 6 to 10 Thanking you in advance for this
extend his burrows more "rapidly andl inches apart and they require from and your other help to us I am
that he. may be better supplied with I two and one-half to nree montns to
plenty of earthworms. After noting mature. Turnips for winter use -are
the raDiditv with which moles die on not sown in the ground until August
being placed in quarters where water or September, when tney can oe lerr.
in the ground alt winter ana usea as
desired.
How to Grow Sweet Corn In Fall,
Planting sweet corn after June is
more or less or an experiment, dui il
you plant it in a good rich a-nd damp thin syrup takes no part whatever
seed bed and cultivate 11 careiuny i jn .the preservation of the fruits,
the corn you plant now is liable to Canned fruits must be sterile, and
give you some spienaia late green this is best and most easily accom
corn, just coming to its prime after I pllahed by heat. Canning is easily
your eariy-piantea corn is hu ma- i oone it tne nousewiie can ue m&ae 1.0
tureri and disDosed or. it is wen worm understand surgical cleanliness,
trvine If you have the room. A fa-1 : "One recipe will answer for all
vorlte variety like Golden Bantam I small fruits and one for large fruits.
may be planted in succession of two To ( an gmaU Frulta Without Suarar.
.weeks or so. or early meaium ana iate -pick over, wash the fruits if they
varieties may all be planted early to are gandy,.. pack them in perfectly
mature at different times. rerson- ciean jars; adjust the rubbers fill
ally I would much prefer the former tho jars wjth cold water, lay on the
nniPG,tui flnlden Bantam grows as 1 una ha rm u r. a ... r ctn k
problem when they can't find what -rn anv time, it does I nnw'n s,nj r hii..
they want when they -want it, they nrif tak. un nearly so much room bottom of which has been nrnte'oteri
(This Is the 18th of a series of articles
by Mr, Bennett on Oregon waterways. The
luth will tollow at an early dale, presum
ably the Sunday following this article.
Readers of The Oregonian would 00 well
to save these articles, for when concluded
they will present the first authentic tabu
lation of our rivers, lakes and creeks.)
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
MILE east of Isthmus slough.
Catching slough flows into coos
bay. This slough runs out a !
little east of south to the town of
Sumner, about six miles. This is an
other important water.way. It flows
into the southeastern point of Coos
bay, very close to where Coos river
comes in from '.he northeast. But I
will pas by the river and mention
the other sloughs and creeks flowing
into Coos bay on the east side, oppo
site Marshfleld and North Bend.
Willauch creek, about five miles
long, flows In about 2',i miles north
of Coos river. ' About a mile north
of that creek is Kentuck slough, run
ning up a couple of miles northeast.
where Kentuck creek, eight miles
long, rubs into it. I think a lot of
dredging and dyking was done on this
creek and slough, but Just how many
miles boats go up it I cannot posi
tively state. I think at least seven
miles.
A couole of miles north of Kentuck
slough is Miller slough, navigable for
several miles, probably as far as Ken
tuck, for there are two unnamed
streams, each about three miles long,
running into :t, three miles up. And
"Cappy Kicks," 1 getting logs to his
mills at North Bend, never overlooked
the opening of a waterway of that
character if by a little" dredging he
could get his logs down.
Miller slough Hoes not really flow
into the bay, bu'. into Haynes slough,
near the bay, and Haynes slough is
navigable for five or six miles. I
have been up this slough and know j
the Simpson ("Cappy Ricks") people
dredged it so they could get their
logs down and launches through.
Haynes is formed by Palouse creek,
which is about six miles long.
About two miles of the north end
of what one wojld consider by the
map as a part of Coos bay is North
slough. It is nearly a mile in width
at the widest places. Into this come
the waters, of Miller. Haynes and
Komane's sloughs. The last-named
comes in from -.he north and paral
lels the ocean, being from one to two
miles inland. The new Southern Pa
cific railroad follows this slough for
eight miles, up to Ten Mile creek. The
slough Itself is formed, of numerous
small lakes and a connecting stream,
much of it form-jd by dredging and
diking. 1 have been along this
etresm all of ts length. The lakes
are from half a mile to a mile in
length, of various shapes, and 1
should say of an average size of 160
acres. All told, of the streams and
adjacent lakes, there are, between
North siough and Ten Mile creek, ten
of these lakes, four of which are
named, as follows, beginning at the
south: August, Beales, Butterfield
and Saunders.
That ought to be sloughs 'pro
nounce it "slew" and not "sluff")
enough for one day, so we will go
bvck now' to Coos river, as the next
important river north of the Coquille,
and Its forks.
Going back to Allegheny, at the
mouth of the west fork, we will go
up on the right-hand side of that
stream, only to find that there is
but one named stream, and that is
far up toward the headwaters, where
the fork flows in from the east. Us
principal direction being nearly due
south. I did not give the lengths of
the Coos branches or forks. 1 will do
that now, but it is a pretty hard job
to measure the crooks and turns of
such winding streams.
I estimated the length of the main
river at 40 miles. The west fork is
about 33 miles long and the east fork
about 17 miles.
The principal feeder of the Coos is
the Milllcoma river, which has two
forks, east and west fork.
We will now go up the east fork
from Allegheny, on the left. The first
named stream is Marlow. three-quarters
of a mile up. Ii Is six miles
long. Nert. five miles above Marlow,
is Glenn creek, nine miles long.. Jt
has two named branches, Darius
creek, two, miles long, and Silver
creek, three miles long.
That is all on the left on the oppo
site side. The first is Packard creek,
two miles long, then Hodson creek,
three miles long. The latter is a half
mile below Allegheny. Kodine creek,
a mile long, is about four miles above
the confluence of the east and west
forks.
utes, bottle while hot. cork and seal
(or can in glass cans).'
By surgical cleanliness we mean
I am glad some of the friends have wa&hlng cans, tops and rubbers thor
is not accessible, I am inclined to 1
believe that their usual presence in
damp- regions may in part at least
be due to the ready supply of water I
there.
It would be interesting to know
just how the mole living on high
ground where - there Is no surface
water meets the problem presented.
It has been suggested that he digs I
deep wells Into which the water seeps
and that it is a part of his engineer
ing problem to keep these properly
open and in the right place to guar
antee a sufficient supply. .Some of 1
his associates, lick the "water from
the grass blades.
It is probably true that their prob
lem is many times overcome in the
same way that men overcome the
been interested in my canning sug
gestlons. Mrs. Sarah Rorer, in her
i new cook book says, "Sugar is not
preservative, unless the syrup is suf
f iciently dense to prevent the entrance
of bacteria. All fruits may be canned
either with or without sugar, aa a
oughly in hot, clean suds, letting
them stand in strong soda water 11
they have had acid or spoiled fruit"
in them or do not smell sweet ana
putting them' over the stove, sub
merged in a Dig pan 01 water, wincn
must really boil for a few moments
not just simmer. This applies to cans
and tops, rubbers must be bought
new each year and tops should De
also nowadays. Bubbers are washed
thoroughly and then dipped In rapid
ly boiling water just as usea wnen
you can as usual. In the above
methods they are sterilized by the
steam.
tion with the company's state con
vention. Attending the banquet from the
New York headquarters of the com
pany will be Haley Fiske. president;
T O. Ayers, second vice-president,
arid Lee C. Frankel and James K
Kavanaugh, third vice-presidents.
The San' Francisco office will be
represented by George B. Scott, Pa
cific coast manager and third vice
president: E. G. Gait, superintendent
of agencies, and Dr. A. S. Knight,
national medical director of the com
pany. .
A. T. Bonney, manager of the local
Metropolitan Insurance company of
fice, has been placed in charge of
arrangements and he states that ap
proximately 275 persons are expected
I would clean my bottles and corks to attend the banquet, this number
go in search of it.
EAR Friends: -Last week we dis.
cussed the planting of what we
poule believe he has no eyes at all.' , ,Ki . ;!.,, ...v.l. .
This. Is only one of the adaptations?""' w ""-c--
t hi natural environment that r ""
' CiictsWMHome Crarcleneisi
D
remarkable. His underground life
does not require keen eyesight, but it
does require a keen sense of touch;
arid nature has given him a long,
sletiuer nose- so pliable and sensitive
that it can work its-way in among
the , particles of dirt, and search out
little white grubs with remarkable
speed.
r The mole Is very sensitive on other
parts of its body also. I saw a fly
light on a mole's back a few days
ago. It was at once thrown into a
apaum and turned up on its side, as
suming its fighting attitude.
If the bare tail of our native Town
ee nd mole is only touched the mole
aulckly responds. It undoubtedly
functions to a certain extent as a rear
guard to the moles during the busy
hours tney pass in satisiying tneir
ravenous appetites.
Mole Seea at Work..
I once had an excellent opportunity
to watch a mole at work and observe
its rtsponse to sound.
IC was -during the Argonne offen
sive. -We -were -undergoing a severe
beUtagand-tt Jeing for good reasons
It is very important that every
neighbor who may' be reading my
"chats"' for tne ty-st time understands
that the -big spring drive for garden
making, -which is the one time that
gardens are mide all over the coun
try, is supplemented In our peculiarly
favored climate . in" the .Willamette
valley and the Puget Sound country
by another season for garden making,
which is almost equally as important
as" the spring gardens.
In or climate we can have many
vegetables out in the garden to be
gathered and used just as we need
them during, the late .fall, all through
the winter (or.what is called '"winter"
in Oregon) and away into spring until
our new spring vegetables are ready
for use. 1 . "
These peculiar vegetables, which
will endure and grow in our winter
climate, we call the vegetables or our
"winter garden." ... Many of them
later in July. Others during August,
or early in September.
Vegetables in the Winter Garden.
Here are those which should be set
out now if ' you have not already
done so as plants transplanted into
a well-prepared bed: .Late cauliflower,
celery, Brussels sprouts, broccoli and
winter cabbage. Also the seed of the
following Vegetables may yet be sown
in the ground: - Winter beets, winter
carrots, fall sweet corn, Chinese cab
bage, winter kale, fail kohl-rabl, ruta
bagas (if you care, for them), string
beans, lettuce and onions. Later than
this fair peas, winter turnips, late
parsley, fall radish and Japanese rad
ish seed should be sown In August;
fall lettuce from August 15 to Septem
ber 15, endive and winter spinach in
September and corn salad in August,
September or October. v
Count them and you will find here
a list of 23 different-vegetables which
can yet be grown, as we might say,
"out of season." Is not that surpris
ing? . - . -
Of course not all of these live
through, the winter months. Cauli
flower, celery, late sweet corn, late
kohl-rabi, fall string beans and peas,
fall radish and fall lettuce must all be
gathered in the late fall, but by plant
ing tnem again now you will have an
being dwarf and no other corn can 1 by a rack, surround the Jars half way
compare with it in flavor as green I up with cold water, cover the boiler,
corn for the table. I bring to boiling point and boil rapid-
Corn needs fertilizer, but nitrate I ly 5 minutes. Uncover the boiler, lift
should be used early in its growth I one jar at a time and fasten each lid
only as they force growth or lear and I without removing
stalk and so retard me iunnaiiuu ui 1 au
the seed. Potash and phosphoric acid lay
should nredominate in fertilizer for adhere to them and the fruit spoil)
corn so wood ashes is good to use. LTo Can Large Frulta Without Sugar.
Five to six kernals should be planted "Put them in a wire basket or
in hills three feet apart each way I colander and plunge them down into
and thinned to three plants in eacn boiling water. Peel off the skins, re
hill. Always plant in a square ratner move the stones or not. as you wish.
than in a row, to help pollenlzatlon. I Have ready plain boiled and cooled
Cultivation should be frequent ana 1 clean water. Put the fruit In the
for fruit juice in the same way.
Your Garden NelgnDor,
INEZ GAGE CHAFEL.
BRIDGE CONTRACT IS LET
Pickle Butte Structure in Idaho to
Cost $115,270.
BOISE. Idaho, July 10. tspeciai.j
-'DTnfiftorthe Udes inrd The department of Pf-f!
them on the table (germs will awarded the contract for the con
struction of the Pickle uutie DnuSc
to the Union Bridge company. The
estimated cost of the work is 115.270.
This bridge, which crosses the
Snake river between Canyon and
Owyhee counties, was submitted to
h hnrmu of nublic roada as a fed
eral aid project. The bureau disap-
thorough and especially alter tne jars and fill the cans nip with the ,.e project on the grounds
.nrinir n n have stoppea. enouia oe cooiea Doiiea water, adjust tne ruD- 1 r. . .. . . th nn
shallow, as corn roots are very near 1 bers, lay on the lids, and finish th
the surface and you are liable to cut I same as small, fruits.
into them, besides lossenlng up the "This recipe answers equally well
mil o rfeenlv that it will dry out. I for peaches, plums, cherries, straw
Cultivate only 2 or 3 Inches deep berries, raspberries, blackberries and
1. keen iin the dust mulch. In varie- I huckleberries.
ties it Is said of Golden Bantam: "It I "To can pears Pare, cut the fruit
matures quickly and is suitable not into halves, remove the cores and
onlv for earlv planting, but a sue-: P"t mem a-i inoo iuui m pre
cession of sowings may be made
which will give a continuous supply
until in the fall."
Howling Mob is a great favorite
with many. It Is a large, white
eared, vigorous growing, second early
corn. "It is now considered to be
the best corn for late use through
this section and can be planted in
succession so as to have corn until
frost" The sweetest flavored of the
white corn. Stowell'-s Evergreen is
the old standard late corn, but locally
it must be planted early to mature.
It remains longer in the green state
than any other.
should -ba planted now and others entirely new late crop of each which I It isvsaid that the first - requisite
vent discoloration. When you have
eleven good-sized pears ready, put
them in a porcelain kettle, cover with
hot water and cook slowly until they
can be easily pierced with a straw.
Lift each piece carefully, arrange
them in a jar, cover with cold, boiled
water, adjust the rubbers, put them
In the boiler and follow directions as
above, except to boir ten minutes
after they begin to boil.
Fruit Juicea Without Sugar.
"Wash and hull the berries, etc.,
mash, strain them first through a
fine sieve, then through a clean
jelly-bag. Put the syrup in a porcelain-lined
kettle, boil rapidly 10 min-
that the bridge was too near the one
at Homedale. for which the govern
ment L furnishing 50 per cent of the
construction cost, and that it is not
on a state nignway.
The work will proceed rapidly and
It is expected that the bridge will
be well under way before next winter.
INSURANCE MEN TO MEET
Metropolitan Xatloaal Officers to
Be Entertained at Banrjuet
Employes and officials of Jrie Met
ropolitan Life Insurance company
from territory embracing southern
Washington and all of the state of
Oregon, at a banquet at the Multno
mah hotel next Thursday evening.
will discuss plans for welfare activ
ity National officers of the com
pany will be entertained at the ban
quet, whlcn .will, oe ueiu in tuuucu'
being made up of company employes
and their. families.
Mexico Lifts Cable lAd.
WASHINGTON. June 24 Removal
of all government censorship on
cables was announced yesterday .by
the Mexican Telegraph company, the
state department was advised today
by the American embassy at Mexico
City. 1
Tho Gnav
of Dyspepsia
so common after eating is
best relieved by the alkaline
effect from
Stuart7
Dyspepsia
Tablets
They help the stomach,
sweeten it, prevent es and
sour risings and help to over
come intestinal indigestion in
starchy diet.
A host of people rely upon these
tablets for relief in dyspepsia.
j 1 nev are sola oy au druggists at
60c a. box.
DISCOVERS CAUSE
OF FALLING HAIR
Chicago Specialist Says Great
est Percentage of Baldness
Due to Alopecia Pityrodes.
Prof. Jolin H.' Austin, over 40 years
a bacteriologist, hair and scalp spe
cialist, who now has offices at The
Owl Drug Co., says this scalp disorder
is often mistaken for common "dan
druff." Alopecia pityrodes starts with a
scaling of the scalp, sometimes slight,
commonly called "dandruff," some
times ' abundant producing thick.
grayish-white, dry or greasy scales
which leads to falling of the hair. This
stage lasts from two to seven years
as a rule. At first, when the hair
starts to fall. It Is hardly noticeable.
bur-aSj this ailment, "Alopecia Pity
rodes," becomes more deeply seated,
and the mlcrobacilli multiply, as they
always do. the falling of the hair in
creases rapidly and in time the top of
the head becomes entirely bald.
Prof. Austin has found that only
the most powerful microscope can de
termine the exact trouble with which
the hair and scalp are afflicted and
has proved that the use of mange
cures, dandruff cures, hair tonics,
vaseline and elixirs is like taking
medicine without knowing what you
are trying to cure.
FREE MICROSCOPIC EXAMINA
TION of the hair and scalp both men
and women invited. Private offices at
The Owl Drug Co.. Broadway an
Washington. Hours, 10 to 13 and 2 to
4. Adv.