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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1905)
BOY.TIME. fast for ft day In dear old boy-Hue Places. Back to the river's edge where willows Brew. Where shadow deep and sunbeam Inter laces, And water lilies In the bayous blew. The narrow path thro fragrant moa . dows stealing. That led to distant wood, dank, cool and sweet, Where ran the orook with silvery laugh ter pealing. And rippled softly at my bare, brown loot. I'd like to listen to the song birds calling Ana hear again the sad-volcod whlp poorwlll Whero 'round tho place the shadows gaunt wero falling Galling to Its mate beyond the hill. I'm sick of 'factory's frown and grimy city, The greod of man that everlasting lives; I want to go whero sacrifice and pity Are lost in what the dream of boy-time gives! New York Globe. ITON brought tho nutornobllo to n stop at tho crest of a bill. Below was a vista of greeu fields nnd winding white roads. Be yond, tho ragged line of bills stood out sharply against the sky. "Isn't It splendid, Dan?" said Alicia with appreciative enthusiasm. "I dldu' really know there were such bits of landscape about here." Alton settled back comfortably on the cushions. With studied delibera tion he lighted a cigar and puffed away several moments before he turn ed to the girl. "I thought I'd stop in the pleasant est spot I know of," he explained. "We'll probably stay here for Borne time." "Indeed?" she said. "We shall stay here until you de cide," he affirmed. "Decide what?" said she. "Decide to answer the question asked you a short time since; the one, In fact, I have asked you repeatedly during the last year." Alicia frowned. "You develop determination rather suddenly." she observed. "Exactly," he returned, stolidly. "Well," she said, "you may as -well go on. I'm not ready to answer you yet." "Alicia," he said, gravely, "It's not fair to treat me In this way. You should give me an answer, one way or the other." "And either answer would be quite welcome after this patient wait of yours," she mocked. "Did I say so?" he asked, quiet y. "It Is evident I'm not worth waiting (ir. Kill Klllll KHIKIIILT nPIISlVR V BPritHS lit Vll 1 1tlr 'You are worth waiting for or- V-A f UVtUll,U OLUUL1J. L U V Jl I H I I : I I I 1(1 i uiimiiiiii Hll 1 1 u u this. You know as well now as you ever will." "There are pros and cons to be weighed thoroughly before I decide,' she said. "A man always thinks a wo man can decide offhand a matter of the gravest Import. Alton's eyes twinkled. "Heaven forbid!" he muttered. Alicia flashed him an angry glance. "We may as well be going," she said with some constraint "It's grow ing late." - "I haven't my answer yet," Alton reminded her. "If you Intend to wait for that, I'll walk home," she said. Alton sat erect and knocked the ashes from his cigar. He drew a pen ny from his pocket and laid It on his knee with exaggerated care. "I've a proposition to make," be said, slowly. "It seems that you have no intention of definitely settling this mat ter. Therefore, suppose we let Fate de cide it with the turn of this coin. If It comes 'head,' you'll marry me In June; If 'talis,' I'll leave the field to other suitors. Is It agreed?" The girl turned her eyes and gazed at him silently. There was unuttera ble scorn In that look. "We'd better go back," she said, icily. Alton turned the automobile and they sped homeward over the hard white roads, Alicia sat silently beside him. Her head was turned away, but he could see the angry color in her cheek. Instead of being crushed, as it was meant he should have been, he seemed vastly amused. For some time he made no attempt to resume conver sation. "Alicia," be said at length, "have I blundered again? Are you angry?" "I didn't think you wero capable of such a thing," aho said, wrathfully. "You have said my answer meant ev erything In tho world to you; but how much do you caro u you are wining to leave it to tbe turn of a coin?" "Everything," he sold imperturba ble "You can't, or you'd never have sug gested such a hazard," she declared. "I was desperate," he said with be coming meekness. "Perhaps we'd best say nothing more about it," she said. "And, with all this I haven't my an swer," be complained. Alicia's face was calmly disdainful. "D," sbe said, "it seems to me you iitlgbt gM, after .what has Happened, THE BENNINGTON DISASTER. THE U. S. GUNBOAT BENNINGTON. The explosion on the United States gunboat Bennington at San Diego, In which one officer and more than fifty men were killed, has been attributed to a defect In the boiler. The discussion of tho disaster shows a tendency toward putting the blame on a bad system rather than upon mere acciden tal carelessness of individuals, says the San Francisco Argonaut It Is pointed out that tho act of 1899 amalgamated engineer officers with lino officers In response to a general demand, inspired by social considerations. Engineers didn't like to be called engineers, nnd so n law was pnssed trans forming them to ensigns, lieutenants, etc. But those line officers soon showed tendencies toward shouldering the more practical duties of their positions upon their subordinates, the warrant machinists, they themselves merely bossing the Job. But good warrant mnchlulsts nre scarce; trained engineers nre scarce. In six years the number of trained engineers has diminished from 181 to about 120. Fifty-seven of these nre on shore duty. Thus, it is said, the engine rooms of our vessels are under-manned. Eight years ago tho Bennington carried two trained engineer officers, one of whom had hnd twenty-three years' experience. The officer In chnrge of tho Benning ton's engines on the dnte of the explosion was n youth not yet 20, grad uated from Annapolis in 1902. It Is said, further, that there were no wnr rant machinists on the Bennington only machinists' mates, who get $40 to $70 a month. The Army nnd Navy Journal admits that the law of 1809 has "impaired engineer efficiency throughout the navy." what my answer will be. If you wero willing to leave It all to chance " "Chance?" he cried. "Certainly," she cried, "the chance of a coin's turn." Alton threw back his bead and laughed heartily. Alicia watched him In amazement Then bis face became grave. "Pardon, Alicia," he apologized, "but thoee remarks about chance are amus ing. Did you Imagine for a minute that I would trust to the turn of an ordinary penny?" Ho drew the penny again from his pocket and laid It in her hand. "It wasn't coined at a mint," he ex plained. "Kindly examine it carefully and tell me what you find." Alicia bent over the penny. "Why it's it's 'heads' on both sides, Dan," she said. "That's the chance I took," he said. Shall we leavo it to tho coin now?" Alicia was looking across tho fields. "If if you like, Dan," she said. New York Dally News. INDIAN BASKET-MAKING. How tho Bisr Demand Has Lowered the Quality of Supply. It Is becoming more and more difll cult it Is said, to secure finely woven Indian baskets, and consequently to form collections of the basketry of the aborlidnal American. Fewer of the fine baskets are being made and tbe number of those who desire to make collections Is increasing, pays tho New York Tribune. It Is estimated that baskets valued at $5,000,000 have been taken from California and Arizona within the last two years. Not all of tiiese. however, were of the kind ought by the most exacting collectors So heavy bos been the demand that the southwest has been well-nigh de nuded of the finer baskets. Most of the baskets now obtainable are made hurriedly and to fulfill the demands made by collectors. The Indians do not spend the same amount of time upon them as when they made baskets to bo handed down as heirlooms. In somo cases It is not possible for them to find tho durable grasses which they once used, for civilization has extinguished them. Some of the earlier baskets were the products of months of labor. Many of these cannot be bought for less than $25, and as high as $1,000 has been paid for specimens. Tbe kind of basket that can bo bought for $1.50 or $2 Is not the kind which the experienced col lector will accept. He wants a basket which Illustrates tho artistic taste and the skill of a tribe, not a "pot boiler." At one time basket-making was an art carried on by all tho tribes of Par clflc Coast Indians from Alaska to Mexico. At present tbe tribes of Ari zona mako most of tho baskets. Tbe Mokl, or Hopl, and tho Apaches make many baskets and plaques. The Plmas and Maricopas formerly made fine bas kets and some of tbe former do to-day, Tbe Pimas learned the art from tbe Maricopas when the lattor sought shel ter among them from the slaughter of tbe Yumas, about 100 years ago, Tbe Maricopas have allowed their basket weaving to cease, while tho Plmas are again taking it up. Tho cheap modern baskets have heavy fibers and coarse 'Stitches or strands. The choicest baskets and those sought by the connoisseur are delicately woven with mellow-colored markings and soft, flexible strands The latter are so well put together that they will hold water. It is said to bo almost out of the question to form a complete collection of baskets and to make a collection of fifty or sixty good ones showing tho different stages of development means hundreds of miles of travel to tho reservations and tho expenditure of much money and much speech in coaxing the remnants of the old tribes to part with their woven treasures. Clean Water for Hose, How to provldo clean wntor for the hog is ono of tho problems. It Is dim- cult to devise nny means by which water can bo kept boforo tho swlno nt nil times nnd yet bo so arranged that tho hogs will not wnllqw In It. If appears, however, as though a valu able suggestion looking to tho solution of this point has boon mndo In a Into lssuo of tho Iowa Homestead by n Kansas fnrmor who suggests n plan from which tho nccompnnylng cut has WATKll THOtUlI VOU HOOS. Merely a Parable It is regrettable but true that among our colored brethren of tho sunny South the stenllng of poultry Is not considered n heinous sin. Indeed, they seem to look upon tbe matter very much as did Huckleberry Finn, who said, if I remember rightly, that nls "pap" always took along a chicken when It didn't seem to bo "roosting comfortable," because even if he didn't need It himself It was an easy matter to find somebody who did. An amus ing story Is told of how a nogro preacher once took advantage of this weakness among bis parishioners. Just before the collection was taken up one Sunday morning be announced that he regretted to state that a cer tain brother had forgotten to lock the door of his chicken-bouse tbe nlgbt before, and as a result In tho morning he found that most of his fowls had disappeared. "I doan' want ter bo pussonal, bred- ren," he added, "but I hab my suspi cions as to who stole dem chickens. also hab reason fob bcllevin' dat if I am right In dese suspicions dat pusson won't put any money In de plate which will now bo passed around." The result was a fine collection, not n slnglo member of tho congregation feigning sleep. After It was counted the old parson came forward. "Now, bredren," ho said, "I doan' want your dlnnchs to bo spoilt by wonderln where dat brudder lives who doan' lock his chickens up at night. Dat brudder doan' exist, mah friends. He was a parable, gotten up fob pur pose of finances." Popular Magazine. No Tlmo for Athletic Japanese students and schoolboys twenty yeads ago had no appreciation of athletics. They took too sorloua a view of their duties to waste on games tho time that might be devoted to studies and they hnd to be driven by their oarly English professors and teachers into tho playgrounds as though to a disagreeable task, Now they tako a keen interest In rowing, lawn tennis nnd baseball, though crick et with its long periods of enforced inactivity does not appeal to them. Isn't this the way good advice goes the world over? To-day we saw one of our associates writing a piece about the folly of drinking ice wator. Then be went over to the tank and filled up on It been made. Writing to our contem porary this man says: "It is my opinion that ninny of tho maladies nnd much of tho fatalities among hogs Is due to carelessness on tho part of tho owner by which tho hog is compelled to tako into his sys tem largo quantities of filth In Ills drinking water. I know whero thcro are wallowing places It is Indeed n problem to prevent this, becnuso If there Is ono thing which a hog dollghis In inoro than another It Is to batho himself In mud nnd then try to dry It off In the drinking trough, and ho gen erally succeeds qulto well. And n bunch of them can usually put thrco or four Inches of mud In the bottom of n trough In n single week. I eucloso you a drawing Illustrating tho plnn that I have used for some ttmo In try ing to keep my troughs clean. Tho trough In tills case Is mado out of two planks, one 2x8 nnd tho other 2x0, n piece of eight-Inch plank 15 Inches long nailed on each end. To this Iti turn two other planks nre nailed, thus fur nishing an agency for scraping oft considerable mud from tho bogs while they nro drinking. I then nail on nn upright ns is Indicated In tho Illustra tion, mortised out so that n plank may bo raised or lowered directly above tho center of tho trough, tho height de pending upon tho slzo of tho hogs thnt have access to tho trough. I acknowl edge that it takes a little labor to mako troughs of this kind, but whero one has n big bunch of hogs I believe thnt ho can savo the price of his mate rial nnd labor almost every day." Corn Shock Hinder. I havo seen two articles of lato tell ing bow to tlo corn In tho shock. Will give my way, which I believe to bo more rapid than cither tho former arti cles teach. The accompanying cuts will give the idea at a glance. I tako n curved stick (the end of a buggy sbnft is best) about 30 Inches long. Bore n hnlf-luch hole 8 inches from the larger end and put through It a piece of roi? 12 inches long nnd tlo tho ends to gether, forming a ring or' loop. Into this loop tlo a pleeo of rope 3 feet long, or longer If very largo shocks nro to bo tied. To tho other end of this ropo tlo a 4-inch ring made of -lncli rod (I use nn old breeching ring). This makes the compressor complete ns shown at Fig. 1. In tying the shock take tho stick In your right hand and throw tho ropo and -ring around tho shock. Catch ring In left hnnd and slip stick through It ns far as you can, then bring stick to tho right until oth er end passos through tho ring, ns shown at Fig. 2, when tho shock is rendy for tying nnd the compressor moisture. Such a tree can be relieved ' oyy by digging out the grass and giv ing its roots tbe retire use of the ground. Goats or Bhssp, The Angora gont certainly has not yet become very popular In New Eng land. There are a few small flocks, but those who have them seem less enthusiastic than thoy wero two or three years ago, and their neighbors do not seem anxious to Invest in thorn. In Toxns and soma other Statos of the South and Northwest thoy appear to flvo better satisfaction. Itoports from many soctlons in the Eastern States Bhow an Increased interest In shoop and many fine flocks can be found, es pecially of tho largor English mutton broods. Vermont seoms to stand by bor Merinos, as slio proporly should, for thoy havo nttnlnod a high reputa tion and havo sold at high prlcos, but ovon in thnt Stnto tuny bo found good flocks of Oxford, Shropshire and Ilnmpshlro, nnd thoso Room to be th? favorltos with thoso who aro stnrtlnn new flocks or thpso who have flocks of mixed broods that they wish to im provo by crossing with a puro-brod ram of a largor breed. Lot the good work go on, until Now England has as many sheep In proportion to popu lntion as wore horo a century ago. Doesn't Vay to Coddle A 1 fulfil. If an alfalfa field Is In bnd condl tlon It Is usually best to plow up nnd re-sccd. It senrcoly over pays, nt loast whero irrigation Is practiced, to cod die a poor stand of nlfalfa. Many growers recommend disking every spring, oven when tho stand In good. and somo hnvo ovon found It a pay Ing practlco to disk after each cut ting. Such disking will often provent tho encroachment of weed. In the Eastern States alfalfa Holds sometimes suffer a check In their growth, tend to turn yellow nnd otherwlso Bhow a sick ly condition. Oftentimes this condl tlon Is accompanied by an attack of alfalfa rust or spot disease. Tho best remedy for hucIi a condition Is to mow the field. Tho vigorous growth thus Induced may overcomo tbo diseased condition. Way to Pull Posts. S. W. Leonard says In Fnrm nnd Ranch: "I will glvo a plnn for pulling up old fenco posts. Tako a chain and put It around pout close to tho ground James n, Dill, one corporation lawyers of a! S appointed by Governor i'i .Tna vourt ai i ilor n Inc. TV.VVU ft " act ' UlXUMh.. . n A TEXAS rOST-l'UIXKH. CQB.T SHOCK IJINDKH. can be turned loose, as it will stay In place. This implement can be used for two-fold purpose. In husking corn I use n shorter ono like this for tying stover. Untie tho shock nd lay It down, then as you pullfjhe ears off gather the stalks In your havo tho binder lying straight outfit your side, and when you get an armful lay tho stover across tho ropo, pick up tho ring In ono hand nnd tho stick In the other, slip ring ovor end of stick and slip down until entire stick has passed through the ring tho same as In tying shocks. Tlo twlno around tho bundle. which can then be reshocked if not reudy to haul. This way takes n Httlo more tlmo at first, but saves tlmo and trouble when you como to haul, and tho stover will tako less room in tho shed. J. II. Freeman. 8od-IJotuid Fruit Trees. Sod-bound trees nro not very com mon, but thoy aro to bo met with. When a treo has mado a good growth and lifts spread out its top to cover its feet there Is llttlo dangor of Its bo- coming sod-bound, for tho branches of the treo catch most of tbo sunshine and the grass growth below Is meagor. Tho sod-bound condition comes when the treo is either very young or so old that the leaves are thin and few, The young tree that Is set in grass ground and has never obtained a very good bold of tho ground is the one most likely to become sod-bound, which means that tbe roots of the grass have possession of we soli and am taking most of the plant food and Take a piece of plank, say 2 feet long. 2 Inches thick and 8 inches wide; nut bottom end about 1 foot from post; let chain como up over plank and -lean plank toward post Fasten slnglo-treo to cud of chain and when horses pull tho post will como straight up." The Htiab Fntl, Tho Inflated boom for squab rais ing ban nearly passed off, and yet the legitimate squab plants contlnuo in business. It is with this branch of the poultry Industry just exactly as It Is with other branches, tho ogg busi ness, the duck Industry, tho Bel gian hare, etc. Every llttlo while thcro Is a big stir mado about ono of these enterprises, creating quite a fever for a tlmo. This gradually sub sides, and thnt particular business net tles down to Its proper basin, nnd many who keep on In their usual way, raising squabs, pullets for laying, ducks, etc., continue to secure, not un told' wealth, but fair profits from their operations. Burnt Attacks Late Bows Oraln. Early sowing of cereals when the soil temperature Is low gavo In expe riments with barley, oats and spring JTAUira ii ... tv davn M,. nn, ...C'Cr'. Ilhl, banv hU "Z . Ad. nlnoty-ono companies 0"th?K Now York. i v. 100 A "1 C0W 3a... rw w tS I withdrawn from nmny ,nn7 tlons. Ho i... .. .'; Wor (oi ...... nuuiii'i c end can no longer serve 2 forth his dutv i. . account th n ' Z "' Oi tlio steel trust ami tho Cornornt on iin.i UU"C Sen .nent Mr. Dl, fee, Corporation filed written Z? tho aovon.orndom.oX C n went. Mr. Dlli'n fees ..1tP mous. The career of tl U tZ T poratlon lawyer ! ,,' William A. Day, who ha, w pointed acting cnn,,,.. ' Equitable Life, succeeding ThoL1 Jordnn. who wn. mm ousted, has been special assistant to tbo Attorney Gen eral t)f tho United States sovornl years, and since 1003 has been In chnrgo of tho prone cutlon of tronl eanus. For a time bo also was nn nudltopin tho trcan-l ury uennruncut ww.ia a. mi Mr. Day formerly lived t Dm in. Ho was a delecnto to th era tic Nntlonal Convention of nnd Is credited with having disco at unit tlmo tho plot between many and Oonoml Hcnjamln F. Bi to ntampodo tho convention for d ricks. Mr. Day gavo timel; Ing of the scheme to William a noy nnd Dnnlel Manning, and U rewarded with a government offlti -: Oonornl James It. Cnmabaa, i general of tho Uniform Hank, Ktl of Py thins, died recently at hit 1 1 n Indian Jamci It. I linn wai Itnj ton, lad, J 18, 1SI1, the OlrlM broke out he ed tbe late ( e r n 1 Lew 1 Inec's EoatTal a prirnte. ho JolnedtJ KlRhty-tliti ana Keglmestl ter tbe wl studied law and practiced a ntiulxi years ot Lafayette. Ho Joteli Knights of Pythlns In 1871 it I otto and was elected grand chius of Indiana In 18S0. lie was rfgu ns tho founder of the unlfcra i and wns elected ltn first major t In 188-1, which position he belditfl tlmo of bis death. Ho was pit4 pnrtment commander of tho 0. A3 (ienernl Cnrnnhnn was nppolnWl ttintiihrtr nt the vlsltlni! couiultt West Point military academy bull by President Hoonovelt and an address there. it-Ji. LAlLNAllAM. Why Strawberry Plants Die. Many strawberry plants die bocause thoy are kept too long nfter being dug beforo transplanting. Some die be causo set too deep and tho crown or center of tho plant Is covered. But In a dry tlmo more plants dlo from a lack of pressuro on tho noli about tbe roots than from all other causes. In a wot season thoy will live If loft on top of tbo soli with no earth to cover the roots. Plants out of tbo ground aro llko fish out of water. Therefore tho sooner they are in their natural element the lower tho death rate. Keeplngthe Boll Fertile. Prof. Hopkins suggests; If the son Is odd or sour, apply lime to it to make it sweet If the soil is poor in nitrogen only, grow clover or some oth er legume which has tbe power to se cure nitrogen from tbe air. If the soli is poor in phosphorus only, apply bone- meal or some other form of phos phorus. If the soli Is poor In potassi um only, apply potassium chloride or some other form of potassium . nbrlcottt's mullnery ahop In Lon notlfl!,1 .TamftH Van Aleil. tb ex AmArfran. Is said to bare exMbi Inva far Invldll elllfllllltUre Of DM wheat less smut than lato sowings. In buying forty hnts for soma of.hli a similar manner, lens smut will bo found on those cereals grown on a cold clay soli than on a loamy noil, and, as a rule, the greatest amount of dlseaso will le found in cereals grown on sandy humus noils. A high tempera ture of tho soil during tho first week after sowing favors tho germination of tho smut pores, and consequently tho infection of the cereals. Cereals will germinate and begin their growth at a temperaturo below that at which tho fungus can develop. Now Eng land Homestead. JWCI William Woodvllle ItockhlH tor to China, who !ms Pokln government thnt It nerve treaty stipu lations and frown on the boycott on American goods, Is a diplomat of wide experience. II nits served as sec retary of legation at Pekln, was charge d'affaires In Korea, has been minister to Greece, Itoumanln vu, w a 0n-..i.. ntan first assistant Secretary of W the congress at Pekin, "TV Uoxor uprising, ho wns Dnltea plenipotentiary nnd W protocol, Mt. 1, ,vfniotr in tho far E8. other official positions that ; JJ was that of director of the vm American republics, n.miiin Flsmmnrlon'i n P r:tk o thirty-one 4 " . , , , Tfll would msuo - i.u would occur on tli? ,,, liit I wmV and oue csienui n- time. t,. a t Wllklnao.n U, w? . I .i I ii r. rill liv niKiun, nr .atA t,a it. w.s rraduated in wv "