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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1912)
.t . in anticipate vour wants for the hot weather. Wc have iust received M." "c "f GINGHAMS, JEPHYRS, PERCALES, LAWNS ETC., l(e most wanted colors, patterns and designs and were never better prepared to supply you. Our Prices Considering Quality are the Same as in The Big City of Portland DO NOT FAIL TO SEE THEM : WIND-BREAK HELPS PRESERVE MOISTURE W. L. Powers Talk of Methods to Prevent Evaporation From Soils MENS' GOLF and NEGLIGEE SHIRTS bsvc just arnvcci i.vi.ijf unv u mww w ..ww . , . . .. ..vm w f is. w YOU CAN KEEP COOL AND SAVE MONEY BY TRADING HERE 'j Central OrRffMI Mfirna ntile Company ack Belgian Draft Stallion FISTON D' AVERNAS No. 4455 t t m 1 T AHA III'! I A mi" I TV I kilt. I A. MAX INo, I IU5UJ UMIV1, rLLLrtiic no. COPY Stallion Registration Board STATE OF OREGON inje die: 01 ( PURE BRED Stallion or Jack, No 896 Dated nt CorvalU-.IOrcgon, January 16, 1912. Thatjedlnee of the Stallion Flston d'Avcrnas. No. 4455 Vol. XVI K5. reriatered in the studbook of Tho American ABsn. of Importers Brwdwof Belgian Draft Horaes. Owned by Jerry C. Southman, ru..i.riMi IjIiiiiii.v. i iri'uiin. nii'ii u v vliuubl.u m u i- a j , a w ffdigree: ' - f Rint- np Kmc f!nrfniifnn rKAR21 Max 11050 ' ' k - j Sire op Dam, Poladin 100C0 Dam OF Dam, Rosscttc d' Avernas 13555 Breed: Belgian. Foaled in the year 1907. has been examined by tho IAD Keffiltrnttnn Hnnni nf fimtmn nn1 if m hnrnlm nnrfifinri Ihiit ihn ilwhoaor iack is of Pure Itrcudlntr. is rccistereu in the Btudbook LI TC07TllZri hv lh nuonftlnttnna nnmnrl In anntinn ninn nf fin flpf. nf - w ... ...... u u -J blltb J v.w. . . w v..w DI BLAllinnR PTf lllrtll in rhnnll fin t thnVnii.ntnnrn Slflfn 4 r.tll-11 II tr Wl. and that tho ubnvn nnmp1 sfnlliin nr inrU hns hnnn nxnminotl ueyeiennanan appointed by tho Stallion Registration Board and is usUUnunPRfl. nnil 111 hnrnhlf ninnni f unil rttiKlt anvtinn in 4hn ol Oregon. EDWARD L. POTTER Scc'y Stallion Registration Board. Will make the Season of 1 9 1 2 as foil ows : Stan ton's Livery Barn MADRAS OREGON ma i r$10.00 SINGLE SERVICE 15.00 SEASON 20.00 TO INSURE COLT ON FOOT JERRY G. SOUTHMAN, Owner MADRAS, OREGON ISSMBI I VVVVal VERY FEED 9 Ot OttLE MADRAS, OREGON a STABLE i G. V. STANTON GIVE ? Orders Promnt Attention , S1 nniftHi ni iiiMniii 'fnni win uiUUfV Diver Best Of Feed And Care I !) At . . Ul M '-iiiAlVa AND "INSPECT LINE OF MY NEW "1 M AND SUMMER LLINERY MRS. CROSBY The Cloth of Billiard Tables. In the county of Gloucestershire, England, thero lives n family of weay ctb who for generations have manu factured a cloth known as the west of England cloth, whoso fineness of texture nnd evenness of surface have never been equaled despite thousands of dollars used for machinery njm attempt to duplicate this product JTh secret of this Gloucestershire family has been well kept, and thoy are the buyers of the finest grade of yool that tho market Is ablo to produce. Months of hard labor and energy Is spent in tho manufacture of 100 yards of the material, and compensation for Its ownership Is rife among tho buyers, owing to tho limited qunntlty availa ble. All professional billiard players, both In Great Britain, where their gamo demands n higher degreo of ac curacy than that of the United States. and tho American players usually car ry along their own cloth, which Is placed on the tables before every Im portant game. Now York Sun. Bomo Secret Burials. Alarlc, king of tho Visigoths and their victorious leader, was burled about 1.500 years ago by hls-soldlers In . pfer cent 0f manure uSe(j. iuu ueu ul luu river duhuuiu, iu auuiu em Italy. They first turned tho wa ters Into another channel and, after burying their chief nnd his treasures, let them flow back again. Ills grave wns dug by prisoners, who were nil aftorward put to death, so that tho Ro mans might never find his grave. Attlla, king of the Huns, was burled A. D. -153 on n wide plain in three cof fins one of gold, one of silver nnd tho third of iron. In his case, too, all tho prisoners who were compelled to dig his grave were Immediately killed. Another secret burial in later history was that of Fernando de Soto, the dis coverer of the Mississippi, whose cof fin wns sunk at midnight in the middle of the broad stream to conceal his death from tho natives, who had been told that he was an Immortal child of the sun. The Lovers' Leap. Sappho killed herself by Jumping from tho Lovers' leap, a Leucadiaa cliff. This leap was often taken by lovesick persons, who believed that if they survived tho fall they would bo effectually cured of a hopeless passloi). Tho leaps were always witnessed by crowds of spectators, and tho would be suicides were in no way interfered with by tho state. Boats ward In at tendance bolow to pick up tho loaperja if they enmo to tho surface of the sea after tho plunge. Sappho had a pas sion for a young mnn who did not re turn her love and lenped from the cliff in order to bo cured. Sho perished in tho fall. So also did Artlmcsla and mnny oiuur ceieui iwua. l'lluy tells a curious story of an old Athenian miser who was In love with' UIS COOK uiiu, uuHiruiK 'i u. wbui iu. -Jihrof,,--- J tt. .i. , have n look nt-tbe cliff. He peeped J . . ,f 1L P "ut) iU cnat over, shook his head, went homo nnd muse De understood and control married tho cook. ed. Evanoration consists ?r fV i tl( VttV n norvrnf iin vf urnfnw 4-i t Old World Armorers. v , tUe iurm In olden times the armorer's work "J- vujjur, uy tne air. ine capao- was not of a rough and ready doscrip- ity' of the air for, vapor depends llOIl, UUI. KUUUIUIIjr uuiu luu ni(,uo ul highly wrought workmnuship. Tho va. rlous pieces of a suit fit info their po- sltlona to n nicety, tnero A.1..nl rtrwl na a tllln rftfV uukvo .-.w -v.rf mjHong evaporation from watpr Ion und reputation huvo left their, sarfacd- is a.jjpod. indicator of the hall mark on tho armor of each period, mean eff ect'of aH weath fir prnHi and. UJco most otuer iniustriess ii una ,orig ut,6n ovhrjomtinn cn Its distinguished masters. Tho name r-f. .y of Jacob Topf is, for exumpie, still fa- moisture. Measurement of evap-. nrouB In Englnud. ana sucn names nB yrucion is us lmnortant as .mens thoso of Lorenzo-uouuan or AugsDerg. urement 6f rainfa . Tho annnnl 'The recent period of abundant rainfall has left the soil unusual ly well supplied with moisture, and with the tremenduous possi bilities of our growing season just begun, it seems desirable to direct attention to the most ap proved methods of conserving this supply of moisture for the use of crops throughout the dry months. The efficiency of soil water may be measured by the actual useful work performed by a given quantity of water. To increase the efficiency and main- tian and operate a supply of water during our growing season requires a careful consideration of the reasons for the loss o water, and of the means o maintaining a suitable supply. A greater average moisture content may be maintained (1) by direct addition of water in ir rigation; (2) by increasing the water capacity; (3) or by check ing the losses of water. Omitting the first method, the water capacity of .soil may b'e in creased by changing the texture and structure. Any treatment such as liming or tillage which will increase the mellowness of the soil and introduce more pore space, makes it possible for the soil to absorb more of the late spring rams. The only way of modifying the texture of soil is -to increase the organic matter content as the per cent of sand and clay is mixed. By experiments con ducted by the writer, it was found that the water capacity of a sou was increased on an average of 8 per cent' for each After applying manure to the field there was a gam in moisture about the manured strata, even before any irrigation or rain water was.received. The soils supply of moisture is lost in three ways, viz., per colation, transpiration and evap oration. The former two of these can be little controlled, (a) Per colation can be lessened in irri gation by using only moderate amounts of water, and this should be much less for cultivat ed crops than for meadow's. A loose, cultivated surface will prevent percolation - of spring rains over the surface. (b) Transpiration is the passage of water up "through the plant and out. through the pores' in leaves and will vary somewhat with the drough resistance and water re quirements of "different plants. The loss is greater in proportion I to tne amount ot energy used in securing the .water. Lifting w.ater, from depths, poor cultiva tjoni I?oor fertility, arid weather n i . . a au navo some ertect on. the wafer cost of drv .matter. (c).vaporation is responsible greatest waste of soil for tfte i . on temperature, percentage sat uration df the ajr, wind! move- tro nro no rough ment and other atmospheric con ditio.'Evaporatippfrom wate, German armorer of tho sixteenth century; Luclo I'luclnino, a Mlinncse, and tho Wolfs of Lnndshut, n .family of armorers that nro' Hu'pposed 'fo Hjife worked for Philip II. of Spain, aro celebrated In their own countries. Ar- gouuut. "DIbblo doesn't scorn to know much about busluess matters." "No?" "Whori told him to look mo up In Bradstrcet ho uskod ma what number." Birming ham Ago-IIorald. rT77r " . i i evaporation nere lrom a water surfaces is something like four feet. ; We find by epxeriment that wind movement has more effect on evaporation than tem perature and humidity combined. The mean increase in evanora- tion per mile wind movement was found to bo 1 per cent, and a three foot windbreak saved 21 per cent of the loss of an exposed water surface. Evaporation from a soil surface depends on the above and condition and wetness of surface and character of soil Experiments conducted through out the west show that a wet soi surface may lose more than water surface, but where Ihe top layer of soil becomes dry there is a saving by storing water m the soil tank. If we call the loss from a water surface 1UU per cent then the unmulched soil tank loss is 56.7 per cent of the losso the water surface; a 1 inch mulch 31.1 ner cent: 3linch, 22 per cent; 6 inch 15.5 per cen and a 9 inch mulch only 13.3 per cent of the loss of the water free surface. Mulceing is at present the most practical means of checking evap oration, but-its importance is no fully appreciated and made use of. Mulches absorb rainfall and lessen run off; lessen capillary rise and evaporation : aid venti lation; encouraged deep rooting and make plants more drought resistant. The mulch must be provided promptly to be most effective, and the aim should be to stir the upper strata which is to form the mulch so that it will dry out rapidly and it will then interrupt upward capillarity from below. The kind of mulch which is most effective is one that contains a good proportion of crumbs from the size of a pea to the size of a walnut, and is kept dry by cul tivation throughout its entire depth. To. provide such a mulch it is necessary to cultivate when the soil is yet moist enough to hold together in small lumps. In cultivating, the soil should be turned biit.not pulverized to a dust. The time to cultivate must beodified for each particular soil, but in general, level cultiva tion every tweve or fifteen days to a depth of 2 or 3 inches gives the most effective and economi cal mulch. Cultivation must b most frequent early in the season and should be given after heavy rains to prevent crusting. The depth of cultivation should be varied slightly and a sandy soil that is naturally mulched will lose more moisture if the mulch is inverted so as to expose moist soil unnecessarily. In daces where the grain was put in early and the ground has been com pacted by the spring rains, it is desirable to use such a tool as the hallock weeder. Potato ground and cultivated fields need harrowinc and con- inued, level cultivation to con serve moisture and keep weeds down. Alfalfa fields go through the dry months in better mois ture condition and make growth with lower per cent foreign mat ter where they have been thoroughly cultivated in early spring with the alfalfa weeder uiiu tnc luust: eartn rouea or harrowed down, making a valu able mucin. Early spring plow ing and plowing for fallow should be harrowed promptly after plowing and after heavy rains to kill weeds and maintain a mulch. Providing windbreaks and main taining a cultivated ' soil mulch should increase the yields in the dry farming sections, while ir rigation of moderate amounts ap plied in deep furrows where pos sible and followed promptly by cultivation will save water, which would otherwise injure soil, to be used in enlarging the irri gated areas. VV. L. Powers, Supt. Crook Co. Demonstration Farms. ITEMS OF INTEREST Wanted A job on a ranch for a year. Can do anything on a farm O. L. Stone, jl3-2t-p. Hay creek, Oregon. Wanted A competent girl for general house work. Apply to Mrs. Harry Key, Madras Ore. For Sale Hack in good con dition, large roll top desk and good cider mill. M. F. King, 690 Portland Oregon. Appjy to Mrs. Rodhey Ave., jl3-2t-. For Sale. Separator and en- gme, at a oargam. rnae oi Washington separator, practical ly new, having been run only thirty days, wind stacker and self feeder. Advance engine. For further information write Cooke Bros., Condon, Oregon. NOTICE. I have taken the agency for the John Deere Implement line and Hodges Headers and Binders, and have full line of repairs for them. For special orders call early to avoid delay. B. "S. Lark in. NOTICE. Any one who has borrowed any of my carpenter tools, will pleas return them at once. M30-tf. Fred Davis. For good residence and business lots in Madras, call on O. A. Pearce, selling agent for the holdings of the Inland Empire Company. Over 300 . lots to choose from. Prices very low. tf Money to Loan, On good improved ranches, on either three or five years time Inquire at this office. For residence and business lots see O. A. Pierce. tf Thoroughbred . Jersey Bull. Service at the Madras Hotel barns. Terms S2.50. W. C. Moore, owner. 'or Sale. Small black team. The price will be made right. See Ashley & Ashley. Madras, Oregon. Send For mis Seed Annual-Free by iu lulnt die, Wo qiutti, J,0w UttVeryhithtASMcUtii. OufuB quipped Uboutonr undti lh (fiicAtoQ of . KicaUs. muI ciptit t?'t?er " U sue wwk. WhmkuyingLfflr iMed .youbuy bcteuedeocx. Sul lot cttelos. 1 1 vjm. M. Lilly Co., S4ttfa AdvertUe la tho Madrti pUmecr NOTICE FOR BIDS. The undersigned will receive sealed bids for the material and erection, either separately or both together, of a school house. according to plans and specifica- 10ns for same which, may be seen at the store of Smith & Sroufe, at Vanora, Oregon. baid bids may be handed in until 10 oclock, A. M. June 12th. 912. Each bid to be accompanied oy a bond for $500 for th urnishing of material and n. bond for S500 for the workmar ship. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Building to be completed not later than September 1st, 1912. J. E. Campbell, chairman. FARM LOANS!! Madras Slate Bant FOR SALE At the Pioneer Office Lpgttl Wanks of all kinds; Carbon and Typewriter" paper, lnstallojeat 8ale contracts, Notes and Receipts. MONEY TO LOAN ON Muriras State Bank. FABUS. See ?JRLfNr;$50'00Q'00on n iands. See Brenton Jpnea, Metolius, Ore. Whooping cough is not dangerous when the cough is kept loos and ex pectoration easy by giving Chamber lain s Cough Remedv. It h used in many epidemics of this diseass w.w. HceCt success. For sale by M. E. Snook. UK A Tool mm i "M- v mm m i wm-Tm--mmtmmmmmmmmmi SUpi;' k'!, JWw ad Bowels. obi., pwsa It la worse than useless to take n medicines nternnliu . ? ny chronie riianm.Vi. T"' V.i . or is a fre nn fi" needed Wnimant. rV'V?. nBbrlaJn m v sate u v ru sj-. -r a kJHUUK. S A 'J. r "i rm