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Teamwork Between the Farmer and His Agent - By E, Bassett, Eurffi of Markets.- . , It Is doibtful whether any class f the comnnion merchanL aC such men offering service to the faraers times his iaability to get the same has been as .generally and as severe- price for low-grade products that oth ly condemned as has toe commission ers may secure for products of high merchant the middleman who ac- grade may be taken as an evidence of cepts the surplus products of the his lack of business ability or his mrut-va. consignment ana sells for'a commission charge. While many striking cases have proven 1 that, too often, there have been betrayals of trust on the part of city dealers to whom farm products have been con signed, it Is doubtful If It can be demonstrated that an theshortcom lngs of the commission business as now conducted are the fault of the commission merchant. , In commission transactions the farmer who makes the shipment is the principal ' and the commission merchant is his agent in an implied contract based apon the ordinary charges and practices of the com mission business. , In all contracts each party has certain rights and certain duties, and unless one of the parties performs all of his duties he , has no right to blame the other party for a failure to secure the best re sults. The failure on the part of their respective duties leads to most of the trouble in this regard. In his early farming experience the writer made frequent use 4t commls- - sion merchants as a medium for mar be disposed of to local buyers. Many of, these consignment deals were very disappointing, and it was easy to drop Into the ranks of those who con demn hefetrm thv fnvMtlra.te.V- ' Among the varieties of berries produced on pur farm were a few that were of ruch attractive appear ance and appetizing flavor that it was natural to bel!eve tha shipment -of such fruit to the city market ought to be profitable. Imagine our sur prise and Indignation when our first shipments of these home-tested and approved varieties brought, us small returns. Moreover, we were told on the account of sales that such berries were undesirable,' and 'soft and leaking. The feeling that the transaction was not a fair one led to an lnvestl ' gallon. Another fine shipment was made and the consignor arranged to be present, though unknown, when the sale was made, ' He was able to Identify his shipment in the city mar ket by the stencil' number of 'each crate, but was astonished to learn that however fine these berries might be when eaten fresh from the field, they were so soft and tender, that they 'Could "hot" teaih 'the mar ket in attractive condition under thr rough handling of .quick transporta tion. The lesson was to grow vari eties that npt only were good, but that would carry. .The fault in this case was our own, rather than that of the salesman, 'and what we saw on the city market opened the eyes of the writer to the; other side of. this method of marketing. jarmers generally oeueve mat it is, best to sell at home when a fair price can be obtained, and they draw that conclusion because they compare home sales with returns received for shipments made on consignment However sound the policy may be to sell at home when a fair price can be secured, no two plans of market ing are fairly compared unless they , are. pactlced upon exactly the same grade; of products, with other condi tions fairly equal. ... When the , farmer comes on his home market with a load of produce and meets a large number of eager bidders, he is inclined to sell. One of the reasons why there are so many bidders may be the attractive appear ance and high quality of the product, i but the Interest of the buyers is usu - ally a sure Indication that the mar ket is strong; that is, that the bid r ders have reasonable assurances that if they buy they' can sell again at a profit, j Under such a condition the farmer, is induced to sell. The next time the;' farmer appears on the mar ket with a load of produce, the local buyers may show no interest and re fuse to make any offer.. This may be because the produce is not. of good quality, but as a rule it is a very good indication that the city markets are "off and that the' local dealers know that they .would face a Joss if xney were to pay any price mat me farmer would consider.- - With no lo cal market, the farmer may be forced to consign his produce to a city com mission house. ! Sis possibly unat tractive goods plaeed on an already over-stocked and weak market may bring unsatisfactory returns, no mat ter how faithfully the commission merchant may -work to secure top prices and render an accurate and honest return for the 'consignment. It is often upon such experiences as these that the gTOweMhlpper bases the conclusion that there are no hon est dealers in cities, or that, if there be such, they are hard to find. j Too often the commission consign ment business Is used as a last resort, and products, undesirable either be cause of their low grade or. because of the weak market, are dumped on general dishonesty, or both. A fair test of the relative merits of the two ways of marketing can be obtained only by giving to both the home deal er and the commission .merchant equal .amounts of products of the same grade at the same time. Most of the farm produce sent to market on consignment is shipped without any previous notice to the commission merchant and he has no opportunity to prepare for it3 recep tion and sale Nor are shipments made regularly, so as to enable the agent to build up a profitable demand for the products of the shipper. Bus iness like this, which Is spasmodic, careless, , or otherwise not depend able, is not profitable. One grower who took a great deal of care with his pack had created a sharp demand for his products and his brand was sought by discrimin ating buyers. Since he feared that one commission merchant would not be able to dispose of his entire ship ment to advantage, he divided his daily shipment among four commis sion men in the same town. Not be ing satisfied with the returns, he vis ited the city and discovered that the four 'dealers to whom he was ship ping were located not only on the same' street, but in the, same "block, and two of them in the same store room.' The shipper's fancy-packed products were on sale at four plaees. and buyers were forcing the four dealers to compete, with a resultant cut in prices. The farmer changed his method, shipped all of this to one agent who could fix a fancy price for this fancy pack, and there was no competition to destroy his market. For those who contemplate the use of commission men as marketing agents, the following suggestions are offered: 1. Know your agent. Select one who has a reputation backed by ex perience, an advantageous location. and competent help. A personal vis It will, help the farmer In deciding these points. Have a clear under standing as to charges to be made for services, selling, eartasre, storage, re packing. etc Avoid unknown firms that make, unreasonable promises as to what they will do with shipments. Among so many dealers it Is not sur prising that some get Into, the busi ness who secure trade through fraud ulent representations and who drop Jout of sight as soon as a "clean-up" bis been effected. ,j .2. Know your market. . - From your carefully selected agent learn the needs of the market, the most desirable varieties to raise, proper containers in which to pack and ship, style of pack most desired, the use of labels or brands, proper amounts and time of shipment, and local prefer ences. Try to cater to existing mar ket demands, rather than to force your own ideas as to what the trade ought to consume. 3. Make regular shipments. In stead of making the city commission district the dumping ground for what' your local dealers will not buy,' keep your city agent regularly supplied with what his trade will take, there by helping him stabilize the business In which you are both concerned. 4. -Keep each other ' Informed. Early in the shipping" season the farmer should give his agent a care ful estimate of what may be expected, and no material changes in the quan tity of the regular shipment should be made unless a prompt notice is given the agent, in order that he may secure purchasers in case of increase or arrange to care for' his regular customers If shipments will not meet requirements. Successful shippers make frequent use of the telegraph or long-distance telephone to keep agents posted as to changes in ship ments. The agent should also be ex pected to keep the shipper informed as to any changes in the requirements of the market. - 5. Avoid frequent changes in agents. Some shippers prefer to di-1 viae meir snipments each day among numerous commission merchants In the same market. While it may be wise under certain conditions to check one agent by the sales of an other, the most successful consignor seems to be the one who selects an agent with great care and then sticks to him,, co-operating with ' him In every possible way and carefully scrutinizing all settlements. The honest agent la glad to do his part in such "teamwork" and welcomes the most exacting examination of his methods. - - ' - .--' As already Indicated, marketing farm-products through the commis sion house Is a partnership affair, and no partnership can be a complete success unless each partner does his best and Is willing to make ft possible for the other to work to the best ad vantage. - Teamwork f always counts. and never more than in the relation of, principal and agent, as. It exists between the farmer and Ills commis sion man. . Tnn SAVE i THE DEAN'S. More and more we are getting the! feeing that all food belongs to a com mon store to be distributed to meet the needs cf the hour. Just now more meat is needed abroad and we bare a surplus of beans at home. Beans are a good meat substitute and common sense says eat more beans ar d less meat. The needs of the army and nary from the 1917 bean crop have been protected and now our sur plus must be utilized. If these beans are allowed to be come Infested with weevils, just so much of the common store of food will be wasted? Once such a waste in warehouse or grocery store meant only that somebody had lost money on beans, , but now with millions In Europe dying of starvation such a waste is a sin that may be paid for in the blood of our sons. This unseasonable surplus of beans, the Food Administration declares, is not due to over-production but to lack of transportation and distribu tion when beans we're most needed. ' Bean growers are confronted this coming season with the problem of meeting the demands of the army and navy and the Allies and of sup plying the American market with beans. The high price of meat and the call for meat conservation has in creased the demand for beans. Many people got fully acquainted with beans in the winter of 1917-18 and the winter of 1918-19 will no doubt show Increased consumption. Where farmers have on hand only a small supply of beans, the best con servatlon Is to eat them now. It the supply is big enough to carry over, these beans can be stored, if free rrom weevils, in paper sacks or "seamless" cloth sacks. Beans-that have any weevils should be treated as recommended by the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, In Farmers' Bulletin 799, obtainable from the de partment at Washington, D. C. SUGAR BEETS. Growers of sugar beets are urged by the United States Department of Agriculture to give special care to their beets during the growing seas on. In order that the yields may be increased, and In this way add to the nation's supply of sugar. There is every indication that a normal crop has been planted this year in nearly all . sugar-beet states. In the past the average yield of beets per acre In the United States has been approxl mately ten tons, yet yields of fifteen to twenty tons are not uncommon If the 800,000 acres of beets which were planted last year all had been carried to maturity and an Increase of but one ton per acre' had been produced by more careful methods, we would have had 800,000 tons of beets in excess of the normal crop. which would have added 100,000 tons to our supply of sugar. As soon as the beets hare from four to six leaves they should be blocked and thinned, so that the plants stand singly at intervals of eight to twelve inches in a1 row, the rows being twenty Inches apart. Care less blocking and thinning is respon sible in part for low yields. This is readily preventable. Likewise, care less cultivation reduces the number of plants and thereby cuts down the tonnage. This is also preventable. When the beets are harvested there is frequently unnecessary loss due to the breaking of the roots when the beets are lifted, and by Improper top ping. If the beets are not delivered Immediately after they are removed from the ground, further loss can be prevented by covering them to pre vent drying, ,If the weather fs cold they should be sufficiently protected so that the roots will not be frosted. Labor is one of the principal fact ors Influencing acreage, as more la bor is required In the growing of su gar beets than most other farm crops. From all reports, labor' conditions are more favorable for sugar beets than they were a year ago. The de partment of agriculture is endeavor ing to meet the labor situation not only by encouraging the shifting of labor to the centers where needed, but also by encouraging the develop ment and production of labor-saving machinery. This year there will be several beet harvesting machines on the market, some of which have been thoroughly tried out and are capable of doing satisfactory work; These implements. which likely will be in general use In the near future, will do much to relieve the labor situation and there by, lend encouragement to the beet sugar industry; .7.'" PRUNES IS 1018. The dried prune crop of the Pa cine worth west for 1917 has been determined through packers at about 26,000.000 pounds. -This Includes 3.000.000 pounds in Clark county, Washington, and abont 1.000.000 in Eastern Washington and Western Idaho. The 1917 Oregon crop, there fore, was about 22.000,000 pounds. Present Indications are that the 1918 crop will be about the same as that of 1917. Southern Oregon districts suffered materially from frost la Jury, but the Willamette ralley crop Is con siderably better than last year. onrcov statesman-. Wednesday, WHAT TO COOK AND HOW. Molasses Gingerbread. One cup ful of molasses, two tablespoonfuls of butter subsUtute. two cupfuls of fine oatmeaL one cupful of flour, one-half teaspponful of talt. three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one teaspoon! ul of ground ginger, one teaspoonfui of mixed spices, one-half cupful of brown sugar. Melt the but ter substitute and add to the molas ses. Add these to the dry Ingredi ents, which have been mixed in a bowl. Then add the milk or water. Pour into a greased baking pan and bake in a slow oven. Colonial Pudding. Two table- spoonfuls of pearl tapioca, two cup fuls of . milk, two tablespoonfuls of corn meal, one-halt cupful of molas ses, one-iourth tafciespooniui 01 sail. one-half cupful of raisins, one-half cupful of milk. -Soak the tapioca over night in, cold water. 'Mix the two cupfuls of milk with the. corn meal, molasxes and salt, and cook in a double boiler .until the mixture thick ens. Drain the tapioca and stir it In to the other mixture. Add the rais ins and pour into a greased baking dish; add the half cupful of milk and bake for one hour In a slow oven. Prune Cake. One level cupful of light brown sugar, one-half cupful butter and lard, two "eggs, three tablespoonfuls sour milk, one level cupful well-cooked prunes' cut in small plcees, one level teaspoonfui of cinnamon, one level teaspoonfui of nutmeg, one and three-fourths cup fuls flour, two level teaspoonfuls of soda. Cream sugar and shortening add eggs well beaten, milk and cut prunes, cinnamon and nutmeg, then four and soda which have been sifted together. Bake as loaf cake. Suffi cient for one medium-sized cake. Maple Muffins. Two cupfuls of rye flour, two. cupfuls of, white flour, four teaspoonfuls of baking powder. one-half teaspoonfui of salt, one ta blespoon of melted butter substitute, one egg added to milk to make two cupfuls, small quantity of butter sub stitute and grated maple or brown sugar for spreading in sandwich fashion. Sift together the rye flour. white flour, baking powder and salt. Add the butter substitute and mix. Beat up the egg and add sufficient milk to make two cupfuls in all. Work the dough until smooth, place on a floured kneading board, divide Into four portions and, handling each part lightly, roll out quickly and cut Into rounds two rounds for each biscuit. Spread with butter substl tute and grated maple . sugar or I brown sugar. Put together sandwich r m f m. " a 1 union, piace in a greasea pan ana leave in a warm place to rise for ten minutes. , Bake-In a quick oven for twenty minutes. . . ? JUST FOR FUN. Heredity ' -Failed. "Father, did you'evei- lie when you were a boy? . "No. my eon," said the father, who evidently did not recall the past with any distinctness. "Nor mother, either?" persisted the young lawyer. , "No. Why?" "Oh. because I don't see how two people who never told a lie could have a boy who told as many as did. Where could I have got it from?" More Familiar to Him. Patrick lately over, was working in the yards of a railroad. One day he happened to be in the yard office when the force was out The telephone rang very vigorously several times, and he at last decided it ought to be ans wered. He walked over to the lnstru ment, took down the receiver, and put his mouth to the transmitter. Just as he had seen others do. "Hillo!" he called. Hello!" answered the voice at the other end of the line. "Is this eight- slx-one-f ive-nine ?" "Aw. gwan! Phat d'ye think Oi am a box car?"" Pictures Tell the Truth. The reading lesson was on and the word "furlough" occurred. Miss Jones. the teacher, asked if any little girl or boy knew tho meaning of the word. One small hand was raised. "Furlough means a mule." said the child. "Oh. no; it doesn't." said the teacher. "Yes, ma'am." Insisted the little girL "X have- a book at home that says so." Miss Jones told the child to bring the book to school.) The next mora ine the child came armed wtlh book, and triumphantly showed picture of an American soldier rid ing a .mule. Under which was the title: "Going home on his furlough." - 4 , Too Many jLegs. ''Dad." (began the son of a physician, the other day. "I want to askJ you something." The doctor j laid down his paper and said: "What -do yon want to know, my son?" ' "Which hasf more legs, one pig or no pig?" , . The father browned and picked up his paper agata. 'I didn't k3aow you. wanted to ask me a silly question of that kind," he jtne 10. ioi. said. Irritably. "One plf. of coarse. No. he hasn't," U youngster chuckled. "A pig has lour legs, ana no pig has six legs. See?" - Absent Minded. 'Don't you pat ronize the' hotel barber any more?" No. He's too absent-minded. Last time I went in for a suave ne pinned a newspaper around my neck and handed me a towel to read.. BLACK WALNUTS WANTED. The tremendous forest resources of the United States will undoubtedly be a very Important factor In , the winning or the war for the allies. One of the most essential timbers for war purposes Is the black walnut. With the exception of mahogany, which has to be imported and thus bur dens the shipping facilities of the country, no other wood is so well adapted for airplane propellers. Since four or five propellers are re quired for each airplane and since black walnut is scarce and only the best grade can be utilized for this purpose, it is important for the gov ernment to know immediately the lo cation of all available supplies. Wal nut is also the chief wood used for gunstocks. WHY CREAM TESTS VARY. The farmer who sella cream It sometimes surprised at the variation In the test reported by the creamery. In the early part of the summer the tests tend downward. The farmer should not assume that a variation In theests means either carelessness or dishonesty on the part' of the cream buyer. I. W. Money, of tht University of Missouri College of Ag: riculture. mentions several factors which affect the richness of cream, and which make a variation In ths test from time to time. . First of all, the richness of the cream varies with the richness of the milk. In early spring and summer there are more fresh cows which re sults in a lower testing milk and as a result of , this the cream goes down In proportion. A herd of cows may pro duce milk averaging 4 per cent in the fall and in the early spring and sum mer the average will run as low as 3.6 per cent. This much difference in the richness of the milk will cause a variation from S to 8 per cen. in the cream test. The next most important cause for variation is the speed of the separat or. The faster the separator is run the larger the proportion of skim- milk and the smaller the proportion of cream. Consequently the high speed yields a richer cream. . If a ma chine that is supposed to be turned 60 revolutions a minute, la reduced to 40 the cream will be considerably ower in test. . . , , Another important cause of varia tion in cream tests, and sometimes the most important, is the amount of water or skim milk used in flji&hlng out the bowL The difference of 1 pint used will make a noticeable dif ference in the test of the cream. A difference In the temperature of the milk separated will also have some effect. Some sparators are more sen sitive to temperature than others. With some a difference of 20 degrees in the temperature of the milk when separated will make a difference of several per cent in the test without affecting the thoroughness of the separation to any marked extent. It should be understood that these var iations occur not as a result of more or less' loss of fat In the skim milk but as a result of a larger proportion being taken out In the form of cream. DOES FARM BUTTERMAKING PAYT Shall the farmer make butter or sell his cream to the creamery? Ac cording to L. G. Rlnkle, University of Missouri College of Agriculture, the price received for farm butter will not, in. most cases. Justify the labor required to make the cream into but ter. Butter is becoming more plen tiful and prices are changing at this season of the year. Farm-made but ter is now becoming more plentiful and In some cases sella to grocers for a very low price. It is also becoming Increasingly difficult to make and deliver a good grade of butter be cause of hot weather. One poundj of butterfat in cream when churned will make approxi mately 1.16 pounds of butter. Whea butterfat is worth 40 cents a pound at the creamery, the farmer could realize about 46 cents a pound for fat prbvidedThe "churned fliat cream 1 , r and sold his butter for 40 cents. However, he usually gets only 30 to 35 cents a" pound in trade at the grocery store, when butterfat is sell ing to the creamery for 40 cents. In this case the farmer Is losing money by making butter. If he can sell his butter to a regular customer who will pay creamery butter prices, or even prices as high as those paid for but terfat at the creamery, then be may realize a little more money by mak ing butter. . , Buttermaklng on the average farm Is left to the housewife. With her many other hard tasks to do. It Is un fair to add to her labors by thrusting Mutton Sheep Now in the Lead Sheep raising primarily for mut ton production and seeotidarllx for wool Is steadily ad fan dag In the United States. At the present time 5 per cent of the sheep belong to those of the mutton blood, 35 per cent" to those of fine wool, and 20 r cent to the cross-breeds. VTea yeari ago, the mutton sheep were IS per cent of all sheep, fine-wool sheep 41 per cent, and cross-breeds 24 per cent, and consequently, during this period., one-tenth of the national flock has changed from wool to mut ton as the chief purpose. While mut ton sheep have thus Increased their percentage of all sheep by 10 during as many years, nue-wooi sneep lost 6V4 from this percentage and the cross-breeds J. - - This Information Is supplied by a recent Investigation By ine vniw States Department of Agriculture and accords with the advice and propa ganda of the department In recent years In favor of meat production. The tendency In this direction In the sheep Industry I doubtess economic, and is not the result of a concerted purpose by sheep keeper to prefer mutton and lamb production to wool regardless of relatlre profit The revolution of recent yeara In the sheep Industry, which Is now pre sumably continuing, is largely char acterized in the national average by the Western and Pacific states. In which more 'than one-half of the sheep are found -mostly on ranges. The fine-wool sheep are 46 per cent of all sheep In that group of states, loss of 7 In the percentage In 10 . . years; the crossnrea sneep are per.cenL. a.lossof .2; and .these losses have gone to the mutton sheep which are 32 per cent of all sheep, a this unprofitable labor upon her. In most, cases the .extra money made by making' butter will not pay for the time and trouble required. Ex cept in cases where a fancy price la obtained for the butter, a farmer will be better off If be hauls bis cream to the creamery and buys from It the butter he uses on bis own table. , NOS AMIS. Here is one of the finest things to come out of the war so far. Secre tary Baker told about It In Cleve land . recently. . Baker. , the , intel lectual, the student, the dreamer. who put "fist" in pacifist as socra as he realized that the Germans under stood only force, caught It at its full meaning, and. tells it smilingly, but with tears in bis eyes. Perhaps. God arranged it. It Is for all of us Amer icans to understand it- We call them Sammies. The French' people call them Noe Amis (pronounced nozameej. When our soldiers began to arrive In France, the French people, hearing the 'ex- pressioa Sammies, at once decided that we were trying to say Nos Amis, but rendered it Sammie. - Now, Nos Amis Is French for Our Friends and w are beginning to learn that when the French people announce friendship such friendships are as lasting as the Rock of Gibral tar. Their sincerity Is proved by the fact that they ar taking our boys In to their HOMES and the French home circle is the most difficult of access in the world. You may do business with a Frenchman many years, yet never enter his home. If this means that the rest of the world shall finally call America's sol diers Nos Amis; It will. In all seri ousness, be one of the finest things that can come out of the war, and a thing we can be most proud of. Imagine a nation whose soldiers will be universally known aa OUR FRIENDS! ' Shall we live np to the mark Nos Amis have set for us? Artisan. ABOUT SHEEP. The mutton breeds of sheep are numerous, and among them the Shropshire, Southdown, Oxford. Lin coln. Cotswold, Leicester, Dorset and Hampshire bare all proved hearty and profitable In this country. The mutton breeds are very profit able, the ewes frequently having twins and triplets, and with ordinary care fifty ewes will bring forth more than that number of lambs. Indigestion Is a very common ail ment among sheep' during the win ter months, aad attacks are frequent while the flock Is confined to drr feed. The' aliment may be character ized as a failure of the natural chang es wblchJTeed undergoes in the Intes tines. 1 Sheep confined to a dry, nar row ration, without any form of suc culent food, are more apt to suffer attacks of Indigestion than when on pasture. Ordinary the ailment Is not serious, but If permitted, to run Its course, takes a more acute stags and frequently results fatally. Sheep can stand any amount and all manner of -dry cold winter, but they will soon be injured by mud and rains. Let them out on free, open pasture when the Jground is frozen hard, but quickly dtlve them to shel ter when it rains. gain of nearly 10 la the aame a sa ber of years. The greatest advance in this mov. meat baa been made la the North it Untie states. In which farmers mar kets are sear aad the people kin an active taste for mat ton and laa. In these states C2 per cent of tl sheep are of the mutton bloods, a gain of 20 In the per cents re la 19 years; only 17 per cent are flae-woo! sheep, a loss of 17: and 21 per test are cross-breeds, a loss of tr The least change la percentages baa occurred in the South Atlas tie states, where the mutton sheep were formerly a high fraction and are now 68 per cent of all sheep In that re gion, a gain of 2H 1 19 years; U cross-breeds are 24 per cent, or a bait the same aa 10 years ago, while la lU other groups of states they have rel atively diminished; aad the fIae-wol sheep are only 7 per cent, a loss cf nearlr 2 durinr the nerlod. At tne present ume me south At .. .. ..... . - lantic states have the lowest fractloa of fine-wool sheep. 7 per cent, aai the North Atlantic states are aext with 17 per cent; the highest frac tion. 46 per cent. Is In the Western and. Pacific group, aad next below are the Souh Central states with 29 per. cent. Mutton sheep are as high as 68 per cent of the sheep In the South Atlan tic and West North Central states, and as low as 32 peri cent la tit Western and Pacific States, and 4 per cent In the South Central. Ohio Is by far-the leadlag thee? state outside of the ..Western ail Pacific group, and has 2,I00.C:3 sheep, about one-half of which, art now mutton bloods, while, 10 years ago the fraction was. nearly' tws flfths. FanveU Reception IT''' Given ML Angel Ycstfc. MOUNT ANGEL, Or.. June IS. A spirited farewell reception In honor of nine boys of ML Angel Council. Knights of Columbus, who are tear ing for Benson Polytechalcal-sebok on June 14 and Camp Lewis on Jut' 24. was given in the Moose Hall, it Woodbura last night, . about slit? Knights participating. Heart-to-heart talks were given by Father Dominic. O. S. B. Rev. C A. Maker and Chaplain M. J. Deaneaf of Cac? Fremont, Calif. After the speaklsj program refreshments and smol.es were enjoyed. The boys In wto honor the occasion was arranged are E. L. Fennimore, Lawrence Miner. George N. Morten. T. A. Windiskar, John Freshen. Ben K. Kuenstrtcz. Phllp E. Wolf Edward Uarer arl John V. Bart wick. .... WEAK, RUNDOWN W0IIA:; Telia How Vlnol Made Her Ktron So. Kaukauaa. Wis. "I va weak, all ran down, tired all tl time, and bad asthma so that I cosli hardly keep around and do hoci work. .After everythlnc else Ul failed to help me, Vinol built ms ? and made me well aad stroir." Mrs. J. Parker. ' The reatoa that Vinol was cesaful in Mrs. Parker's case, la te canse it contains the necessary ele ments to create an appetite, aid i - ' gestioiij make pure blood aad ere -stren;Ji. It Is the beef and co . liver peptones Iron and glyeero- pnospnates In Vinol that does It you, will not be disappointed If 703 try It. Emll A. Schaefer and drur glsts elsewhere. LEGATION TO BE IX. TALICE AMSTERDAM, April 30. In order to accomodate its largely iacreased staff of the American legation offices at The Hague have mored Into a former palace of oae'of the Prlaci of Orange. It has latterly beea oc cupied by the Russian legation waka vacated it as a result of the Bolshe vik regime. . j RADIO STATION IN OPERATION. TOCKHOLM, March 31. Sweden's most powerful radio station, situate at Karlsborg. has been put Into op eration. Regular communication ti now being conducted with Deutch Al ttenburg in Austria, and also wlxa Tsarskoe-Selo. Wireless messages hare also been exchanged with Spaa ish stations and with Constantlaopia. Word has been received that the Karlsborg station's messages hart been read by a little station la D; mascus. Palestine, although the V mascas station's plant is too we to reach Karlsborg. ADVERTISED LETTERS June 11. 191S Beckly. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Campbell. Mr. ThosJ. Collins. Mrs. Lucy Flnley. Mrs. E.B, t r Gordon. Mr. Harry Graves. Wasnles Jones. Mrs. Nelli Leigh. Mr. J. F. litleton. Mr. F. G. B. Livingston. Joba Mickey. Mr. John J. Minute. Mrs. O. Sehofleld. Miss Irene Shoies. Alice E. Thompson. Miss Mary" Townsend, Miss Mary August HaekesUin. Postmaster. CASTOR IA . , For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of