COLD H ILI. NEWS, JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON +*+++»+*+*++**+++*+*+**4*4 F lo r e n c e V i d o r >++++++++++++++++++++++»++ CO-OI’EKATION IN MARKETING WOOL j } I hr the Ui,ll,-‘1 » te t-e nteftl uf Agriculture > Pepert- Approximately IK) cooperative wool- « Q F COUIIHK." Illllle Brownie marketing association* wore doing said, “I am not ueurty so fond bualbma In Hi« United Btaloa In 11)25, of a museum as I am of a soo or according in report* for tlint year re­ meuugerle where there are live uui- cently compiled by the United Hlates mn Is. Department of Agrlrulluro, The»« as- "In a museum they have atuffed •Delation« had an eatlniated member- animals ami old, old things. They alilp of 50,IKK) and Iniiutled business have old, old rocka and stones and sniounllng to $11),IKK),(NN), They were they have models of old Indian vil­ of live general types, namely, regional lages and such places.” pool«, Independent local aaaoclutlona, “ What are models?” asked one of aalea agencies, associations handling the other llrownles. wool u* a secondary coustduratlou, “A model nt an Indian village Is a and educational nskoclstlons. small Imitation of a real one. There The greater part of the wool mar­ keted co-operatively was handled by the regional pools. These pools oper­ ate over a large -area, receive wool graded and sell It to the mills or other purchasers, returning to their members the average pool pries for the grade of wool delivered. The sales agencies were located In the principal wool markets and received wool on consignment from producers In vari­ ous sections of the country. The old­ est wool association now operating was formed In 1KH5. The majority of the assoilatloos, however, have come Into existence since 11120, a year when the price of woo) dropped disastrously. Practically all of the early attempts nt co operative marketing of wool were local efforts. Home of the associations were very Informally organised and functioned only during the period of the yenr when wool wus marketed. The associations organised since 11)20 have, for the most part, been slate or regional associations, some of which have n number of units, other« of which deal directly with the member from the central association, Tim associations nre widely scattered, cov­ ering 28 states and extending from const to const. Kansas State College to Study About Feeds 4 ABOUT THE BIRDS The Kansas State Agricultural col­ lege Is co-operating with 25 other states In what probably Is the most thorough research problem dealing with meat ns s food that ever has been undertaken, college officials St Manhattan believe. The Knnsus ex­ periment stntlon has as Its pnrt of the research a study Into the effect of feed on color, texture and palutnblltty of meat. Com fed entile, the experiment shows, bring higher prices than grass- fed cattle although the two classes may be In the same condition. The rarrnsses of grass fed steers are dark er and will deteriorate more easily with age than will the carcasses of corn-fed animals. Steers used In the experiment are representative animals selected from a group of more than 600 Texas steers. They have been grurpd on the Aye rnnch southeast of Manhattan. The studies are still be- lug conducted. “There Was th * Rhinoceros Hornblll to See." are toy villages made of cardboard. They could he called model villages for they nre like the real ones. “O f course a museum teaches one a great deal and Is very, very Interest­ ing, only I don't like museums as well as I do soos. “However, they do help us to know of other places and creatures Hnd I've found my trips to museums most In­ teresting, Indeed. "I took another trip the other day, and these were some of the things 1 saw which I want to tell you about: “There was a chimney swallow and Ita nest The chimney swallow, you know, cannot perch so he clings. The nest Is always built In hollow trees or on the sides of a chlmnev f" - this reason. What Is commonly called the hip In a coW, horse or mule Is a projection of one of the pelvic bones and Is technically known ns the external an­ gle of the Ilium to which Is attached a muscle that runs from there down to the upper front part of the stifle Horses or cows mny he struck with a dub or pitchfork hnnille or the horse nr cow may run against the side of a door or post or stall or tree and hrenk off part of the bone. The muscle pulls this part downward and It can never he t>ull<*en our hand to give money but we close our tlst to grasp and retnln. Our expressions of "open-handedness" nnd "close-flstedness" are examples of how natural Is the association In the mind between these manual gestures nnd the mental characteristics with which we connect them. The asso­ ciation, being natural. Is also primi­ tive In conception, nnd while we owt.v use the expressions of open-hunded- ness and closetlstedness In a meta­ phorical wny, to the ancients they were more thnn metaphor. For with them whnt wns nssoelnted In thought «•as associated In reality. We any In a vague «-ay that, “In the child Is the future man,” but to the ancients In the child wns the future mnn In a very llternl sense, and, applying their doctrine of cause nnd effect, their Idea that what was associated In thought was connected In reality, when the bah.v doubled up his little fist beenuse of the pains of wind col­ lie they saw a prognostic of Ills fu­ ture— he would be an avnrlclous man. And thnt Is whnt many thousands of people of other«-lse ordinary Intelli­ gence see today In the same gesture. (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) --------- O--------- oooooooooooooooooooooooooo bridges before reaching them Is a universal habit. When nothing else cnti he found to worry about we wor­ ry about the «eather. Worry Is an American disease created for the most part by our speed and artificial life. It Is a serious matter. Special­ ists Inform us that work never- killed anybody but that worry has slnln Its thousands. Worry Is like Iron filings. When It gets Into the machinery of dally toll It blocks the «heels of progress. No mnn enn be his normal and best self when exposed to the ravaging results caused by worry. Worry plays havoc with the nerve centers, creates high blood pressure, and Impedes activity of the brain. Most of the things people worry about never happen. We overesti­ mate the value of an Issue and our relation to It. He Is a very wise man who has learned early In life thnt no person's «ork Is so Important but thnt some one else can doubtless do It much faster and more efficiently. When we find ourselves Indispensable to any task It Is time to quit. The hill In the distance seems almost tin- siirniountnhle from the spot where you are driving your automobile. As you near the bnse of the hill It seems less difficult to climb, and when you reach It, It is almost Imperceptible. T oil are over It before you know It—thnt Is, If you have a good car. Issues «•hen met face to face lose half of their seriousness. They seem (insur­ mountable only from a dlstnnce. I f worry Is n dlsen.se It calls for a diagnosis. The cause for It seems to he In one’s point of view. The dom­ inating objectives In life, purposes, ambitions, etc., control and shape the point of view. If crass materialism Is the directing philosophy of life, worry Is Inevitable. John Howard Payne saw beauty In the world and wrote "Home Sweet Home.” Scho­ penhauer saw only the ugly nnd wrote Ills philosophy of pessimism. What you want to see determines your point of view. (©. 1917, by « ’extern Ncwxpeper Union.) ---------- O----------- (® by McClure Nswapapar syndicate.) A tornado never goes so far hut that Its toll follows It. Do You Know S A baby generally keeps Its hands UMAN nnture Is a I strnnge mix­ WORRY I F open It Is a sign that It will grow ture. We refuse to live In the H up to be a generous man; but If It present. The tendency to cross Methods of Shearing There will ho an endless argument ns to the merits of hand shenrlng against the machine. Hut machine shearing lenves n smoother sheep after the operation Is over and will get off n little more wool. However, II n fnrmer has a smnll flock nnd can get his sheep clipped nt a fair price— around 15 cents a head—he need not worry what method Is used. The main thing Is to see that the sheep orc handled carefully and not clipped when full of grass. (Copyrlf ht.) ifk. IW 0 0C 000000000C K H 3 CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B, Hipped Horse and Cow Are Always Unsightly “ He wears black feathers and they make their nest out of little sticks which are broken up Into small pieces. “Then I suw the weaver hlril. There are many kinds of these birds In A f­ rica. They like the hottest parts of thnt country, too. Also some are to he found In lurge flocks and the nests, which are of gruss, are woven neatly and often tuke up a whole tree. "This bird Is black and something like a sparrow. He wears yellow feathers on tils head. "He likes to spread over a great deal of tree space Just ns some folks like to have more room thun others. “Ah, yes, there are many different things to he seen In a museum and I learn a lot every time I take a trip to one. “There was the rhinoceros hornblll to see, from the Malay peninsula. He Is black and yellow underueath. His beak Is yellow, too. “The horn Is on top of bis beak. “These birds nest in hollow trees. While they are nesting Mrs. Hornblll Is kept Inside by Hr. Hornblll. • He seals up the entrance to the nest with mud and other soft substances. “He leaves only a small opening, through which Mrs. Hornblll can put her beak, and he feeds her. “He wauls to make sure, and so does she, that the eggs will hatch out quite safely. “On account of tlielr weight thpy like to get on heavy branches and they're fond of fru it; oh, yes, they're very fond of fruit. “So you see," Illllle Brownie con­ tinued, “I snw different kinds of birds and learned what they did and of the kinds of nests they built and of some of their ways. “And there were many children vis­ iting the museum (his time, too. They did not see me, of course, because 1 wore my Invisible brown suit, but 1 enjoyed seeing them. “One pnrt of the museum, or, rath­ er, oue of the buildings, wns entirely for children and everything was ar­ ranged so that one didn’t have to be so very tall to see perfectly. “In fact It wns better, much better, not to be too tall. “It ’s fun to travel.” said Illllle Brownie, after he hnd paused for a moment and looked about him, "but It's nice to stay at borne, too. “In fact I haven’t made up my mind whether It wus more fun to see new sights or the old fam iliar loved ones. “And I'm not sure," he went on, “whether I « III ever make up my mind about this question I "I don't believe 1 ever will," he, ended laughingly. r-L «-eqr< (Proper«,) U A POUND of Flesh" Is a phrase Kxused In "The Merchant of Ven­ ice.” The allusion Is to Shylock, the Jew, who bargained with Antonio for n "pound of flesh." He was foiled In his suit by Portia, who snld the bond «-ns expressly a pound of flesh, and therefore the Jew must carry out the expressed terms of the agreement. He must cut the exact quantity, neith­ er more nor less than a Just pound; nnd In so doing he must not shed a drop of blood. "A Pound of Flesh” has now come to mean the exact terms of an agree­ ment, the whole bargain, the bond Just ns expressed.—Anna S. TurnqulsL T im e to P a r t N o th in g to F la g H e r D o w n Phillips and his wife had always been reputed to be the happiest of married couples, so when Mrs. Jones heard that her friend was suing for divorce she was astonished. “You say his chief fault Is Ms ab­ sent-mindedness?” she asked Mrs. Phillips. “You should try and endure that, dear." “1 did as long as possible," replbd the latter. “But when he «hook down the player-piano and threw a piuslc roll Into the furnace, that was going loo far.”— Hardware Age. Ardath.- age five, was being taught some of the rudiments of reading by her mother, who explained that com­ ing to a period at thè end of a sen- tepee meant for her to stop. A few nights later, at the dMrier table, 'aha wns chattering away with no notice­ able likelihood of there being any pauses, when her mother asked- her why In the world she didn't stop talk­ ing. She replied : “1 guess, mother, I don't see any periods.” H ie P re d ic a m e n t Mrs. Donning— Why are you bath­ ing yotir head In cold water? Her Husband—To keep awake. I'va called the doctor for my Insomnia and I'll feel like a fool If I'm asleep when he gets here. On« a p p lica tio n o f R om an E y e B a lsa m w ill prove how g ood It la for wore eyes. Costa only 16 cen ts. 17 3 P ea rl fit.. N. Y. A dr. People who make fools of them­ selves never fall to attract attention. I (©. 1927. «-extern Newepeper Union.) --------- O--------- * « Indian Peace Sign When used to mean “friend," the Indian sign of the pipe or of smoking Is made as-follows: (1) Tips of tlie two first finger» of the right hand plnced against or nt right angles to the mouth; (2, suddenly elevated up­ ward and outward to Imitate smoke expelled. A ceremonial sign for peace or friendship Is the extended fingers, separated. Interlocked In front of the breast, hands horizontal, backs out­ ward. When the Idea conveyed Is peace or friendship with the whites, the handshaking of the latter is adopted. i. A few friends drop inon Pa Buzz . LIT spray d e a n your home o f mosquitoes and flies. It also kills bed bug«, roaches, ants, and their eggs. Fatal to insects hut harmless to mankind. W ill not stain. Get Flit today. F DESTROYS Flies Mosquitoes Moths Ants Bed Bugs Roaches ”Thg ttHtw tww uritb tbt bUcb A W O IM » ava»esse sa M. («.I.) 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