THE OREGON STATESMAN: THURSDAY. APRIL 15, 1B20.
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MOBS LEGUMES AND MOEE LITE FOB THE SALEM DISTRICT
DO YOU STUDY?
Constant study is a strain on the
eyes, and in most cases an un
comfortable duty. We can make
It easier for you.
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Eyesight . Specialist .
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Phone 239
' Legume cAmes down to'ns from a Greek word which meant to
speak, or to gather. Legumes are the pod plants, like peas, beans,
etc., that may be gathered. We have from the same root word the
word legend, a thing spoken, gathered.
' Legumes are very important for the Salem district, for a number
of ..reasons, the most important being these:
They -mysteriously extract that vital thing, nitrogen, from the
air and place it in the soil, to give life to plants. Notrogen makes
the. leaves green. There is no plant life without nitrogen.
, They ut humus in the soil, making it friable, workable, fruitful.
-They make a cover or green manure crop for the small fruits
and the' tree fruits and nuts. -
-They make a feed as a soiling crop that is invaluable for live
stock.
... They make the richest hay crop known.
They make excellent silo crops, when properly mixed with other
The sweet; clovers make a bee pasture that is beyond estimate
in value to the orchardist ,
For the orchardist must have bees to polleuize his fruit blos
soms -.' ' ." V , ' ;l '.::V
And bees must have bee pasture. ' . ;
Chapters are written by the observing men of the United States
Department of .Agriculture and of the Agricultural College Experi
ment Stations, and others, on the nodules on the rootlets of the le
guminous plants; the diminutive animal forms, the bacteria that
mysteriously gather from its inexhaustible sources in the air the life
giving nitrogen and fix it in the soil for the benefit of plant life;
withnnt Iwhieh trier wmilri b no tlant life.
- For a long, long time, in the memory of men yet young, the
farmers of hr Willamette valley though! they ;eouldvnot;successfully
raise clover; thought the summers were too dry, etc.
It has been. proved that this is a great clover country;
1 -jThat we can raise all kinds of clovers;
. And, in favored localities, alfalfa; i ' -
And that we can raise the vetches and field peas, literally, "till
the cows come home."
Two things ought to be Especially dwelt upon and accentuated
and hammered, in and harped upon till the very welkin rings with
the jazz and the zip and the zest of it, right now:
First, the orchardists must have cover crops; al the orchard-
ists.' See what Sam II. Brown, the greatest loganberry man in the
world, says about vetches as a cover crop in his loganberry plantatibn
near Oervais. He has used vetches, and he has found that this treat
ment of his soil makes it rich and friable. The vetches put" the bloom
on the berrv bushes and the royal purple into the fruit. It is no
experiment with him. Sam Brown knows. .
iV Second, and once more, there must be more of the sweet clovers
grown for the bees, For bee pasture. And there must be more bdes.
' f ., . ,
i The sweet clover is a good crop for all the other uses f clover,
too; and bee keeping is profitable in itself, and interesting and in
structive work.
V So there are several profits and several pleasures, directly and
indirectly, in sweet ciover raising ana uce Keeping.
r : jWhat our people need is rotation, co-operation and team work,
'till nlnno ilnu-n the line. The farmers must have it on their farms,
and they must have it in connection with the factories in the city.
1 'If complete co-operation, team work, intelligent and intensive
cultivation of the soil and entire co-operation with the manufac-
turers and market men can be had nere, mere win oe uuuaeci arouna
nitv life in the United States and the wide world. The natural
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resources are here. Tne Knowieage is aireaay ai nanu.
on, where khe was supposed to havs
been condemned by a soviet local
rouncil and stabbed to death.. '
But it now comes out that a
daughter of a peasant, who served
in the royal household, exchanged
tlotlng with he grand duchess
and took her place inthe prison,
and the . royal prisoner was permit
ted to depart on the supposition that
she was the maid. The peasant girl
(with a devotion dear to the heart
of a Shakespeare or a Cornielle)
suffered the Indignities that the Bol
shevlkl took a malignant delight in
inflicting on royalty and went hero
ically to her death without rey eat
ing her secret.
The sister of the czar was found
by Red tross workers in a hovel in
southern Russia, lirlng the life of
a peasant and devoting her whole
time to relieving the suffering of
those about her.: Her identity was
accidentally discovered, much to
her regret. She declined to leave
Russia and seek safety in a more
civilised. country, asserting that she
owed her life to "her people." She
Is still In territory occupied by the
Bolshevik!, where she Is working to
relieve the distress which the Bol
shevik regime has caused. Knowing
that her life hangs on the whim of
the slayers of the rest of her family,
she Insists on staying and accepting
the common lot.
Such devotion may serve to alter
the verdict of other peoples concern
ing the personality of the Roman
offs. The empress refused a safe
conduct to Germany at the time the
B rest-Li toTsk treaty was signed, pre
ferring prison and death with her
husband to freedom in exile. The
czar himself refused to be a party
to a plot for his escape, holding that
It would be beneath his dignity to
violate the laws of his country, even
though those laws were enforced
more often violated by a govern
ment composed of thieves, criminals
and murderers.
"East is east and west Is west.
Tradition was stronger in the Ro
manoffs than love of life. Seventeen
members of the royal family have
been slain by the Bolshevlkl. Trot
zky is reported by one of his former
aides, whose 'disgust was . greater
than his lust for power, to have
boasted that he had stifled the royal
breed, that none of the blood of the
Romanoffs would be left to head a
monarchical revolt. And Trotxky
has now in his power one who es
caped ' the general massacre.
The Grand Duchess Olga apparent
ly courts martyrdom. Mysticism is
strong in the Russian character. She
may be sustained by the belief that
a Divine power will not permit her
family to become extinct. But,
whatever the motive, the influence
of her example will not be lost on
the world outside of Russia, perhaps
i- 1AST OF T1IE R03IAXOFFS.
Despite the efforts of the Bolshe-:
frlki to exterminate the breed of the
-Romanoffs, It appears that the
Grand Duchess Olga, through the
devotion of a peasant maid, has es
caped the general slaughter. Sister
of the cxr. she was sent with the
other Romanoffs to a Russian pris-
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"BALANCED RATIONS"
flHEN such a thing was first proposed in
regard to feeding livestock, the' theory
was considered absurd. Still some were ven
turesome enonghi to "try anything once," as
they said. i
Now to know what and when to feed cattle,
hogs, chickens, etc, has become a science which
most farmers practice. .
The United States National Bank, has also
helped along that line-fas its Pig Club results
prove.
Sal
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not on the Russian people them
selves. A rerolt against Bolshevist
atrocities is already sweeping' Rus
sia. There are deeds' which even
tyrants cannot commit with Impun
ity. Yill Trotsky dare again to
strike? ,
FUTURE DATES.
i tiumtnt octexjr.
ference of Interchurcb World More-
uirnL
Anril IT. f(attipl. irTUk.t. k.t...
Willamette univeraitr and Collec of
Pujtet Sound.
April IS. Sunday Baseball, Salem
Senators vs. Moosejaw.
April is. Monday Lads and Dads
m..ilfi a lLt r
April 19. Monday Moving; pictures
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Lew in. Alaskan traveltr
Anrit 2ft TullllV.PrtaletUst M
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VOtri riAMa .
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bouse.
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April toursoay tiaoy clinic at
Commrril ploh
April IS. Friday Howard Krarta
n era, isnupemp arcniiect or fort land
io aaareaa baletn Art learue at public
library. .
April 23. Friday Debate between
wuiaraeiu university and Pacific unt
veraity.
tertainment at armory tinder auspices
Willamette university and McMinnville
CAtl.BT.
ApriSO and May 1 "Awakenlnr Of
paaicani upcra uouae. noapltal
benefit.
Mf s"twpdJr May day and junior
eng m. nismriie univeraity.
May X to May Second annual Ore
son Jeraer jubilee.
May . Thursday Banquet of Jersey
cattle breeders at Marion hotel.
May it. Friday Debate between
iiiioifut university and Ureron Ac
ricultural cnllr
JL"T 11 to 1' Mf r' conference
In Kalem
. IyJ.;iTu,,jr,,,trco,,:1t
Mar II a nrl ISVl..ik i
convention of Oreron State Association
Of Mar Plumbers. Ii 8a tern
May Is. Tuesday Pacific Coumt A4
i. n'Miii exruraion parse a
a . M.tuMa William Howard
i mil apeaaa at armory.
June II to 17 Officers -hoo!s
iregon national Guard
ana rort Stevens.
tnw
at Vancouver
June It and ?A v.tl.i
tour motorcycle event im Salem.
jiuiy s to SO Annual encampment of
vrrron national uuard. Infantry and
Kinra at camp lewis. artillery at
Fort Stevens. .
June 12. 13 and tt-Mmperial conclave
ot Myatle Snrine in Portland.
June tt. Wednesday imperial con
clave of Mystic Shrfne to viait
June U. 25 and ZS Portland Hose
.t!!'-2;i2i M-tate Elks con
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8EMOR WRANGLERS.
t
Some day some able-bodied candi
date will run for president on
platform which includes a demand
for a constitutional amendment abol
ishing the United States senate and
he will get about all the votes there
are. t
With Borah. Reed and some oth
ers advertising it, (the, senate has
oecome to tne popular mina tne
greatest collection of common
scolds 'ever assembled since the
witches of Odonto had their fiery
festival. Exchange.
i OlTl COSTLY CENSUS.
It shouli be possible to contrive
more economical method ot taking
the United States census during the
next ten years. That Is one ot the
things effete Europe, certainly Great
Britain, France, Germany and even
Russia, do better than the United
States.
In Great Britain they get it all
over in one day. with full responsi
bility on the citizen.
And It costs them vastly leas per
capita than our hectic system. The
forms are delivered by mall a full
week prior to the set date and must
be filled in by the responsible house
holder of every building and resi
dence enumerating every human be
ing sleeping on the premises on the
given night. Few souls are over
looked and the forms are collected
by a comparatively small staff of
people, frequently the mall carriers
In scattered districts. This plan also
catches the transient, for, no mat
ter where the traveler sleeps, he is
counted in that household for that
particular" night. All the returns
have to be la during the next two
days and enumerators are' able to
record the resulting figure within
a week.
Our own system Is unsatisfactory.
as well as expensive, and call tor
altogether too much argent appeal.
and the delay Is against all our
vaunted American' celerity.
COUXTINOTIfE COST.
The Britons, too,' are counting the
cost ot peace. The British entourge
at the Paris conference consisted ot
24 deegates, diplomats and clerks.
They -occupied five hotels and the
total bill exceeded I2.SOO.000. Yet
it was argued in London that the
American delegation, although fill
ing but one hot ll. had spent more
money. The Americana never were
pikers when traveling, especially in
Paris. But the price of peace is
almost as distressing as war and
have we got it when we get it?
bETTLIXG UIV
Congress will have to appropriate
$120,000,000 to, cover the final de
ficit in the government operation of
the railroads incidental to turning
the lines back to the owners. Some
thing over S30u.000.000 has aready
been paid to cover former shortage.
These sums relate only to the de
ficit in operating expenses. They
take no account of the obligation ot
the government to return the prop
erties in as good physical condition
as When taken. That may require
years of time and billions of dol
lars to adjust. t if the government
had continued in the business in an
other generation we would have
neither a government nor a railroad.
Neither could have withstood the
strain ot the other.
THH CLEAN-UP MAN.
Surgeon General Gorgas. who made
Panama safe for democracy and
swatted the fy out ot Cnba, has made
a five-year engagement with the
government ot Peru at $15,000 a
year and expenses and will put In
execution a sanitary program to fu
migate and purify that Latin repub
lic. The Peruvians couldn't do better
than to make blm dictator for . a
while. ,
They would have a country that
would shine like pollshel silver and
even the Chileans would be forced
to admire. As a clean-up man Gen
eral Gorgas is America's best.
WHITE HOUSE LAUV.
The suffragists are willing to fur
nish the nation with a president, but
the material suggested uoesn't cre
ate much enthusiasm. Just like th
men folks. The wrong ones are
after the Jobs.
Judge The police say that, yon
and your wife had some words.
Prisoner 1 had some but didn't
get a chance to use them.
MOTHER!
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only look for the name California
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jour rntia is havlnc the best and
most harmless physic for the little
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automatic stove.
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at the end of a long trip to piping
hot dinner readv to serve, can only
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experienced it.
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