Gold Hill news., August 04, 1927, Image 3

GOLD IIILT, NEWS, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON
"You tnluk he mu it, just 6 » '> u h
you can't find him. That's all he's
•lone, gone uwuy. You must be crasy.
W hat would he do It for? Don’t you
have to have a reuse»' to commit mur­
der?
“T hey weren’t good friends. I don’t
know why— I asked her, but she
wouldn't tell me. And what was It—
a quarrel, a grievance?
But that
MARY GRAliAM B(
wouldn't make him want to k ill her!"
"I've told them that, Anne.” Hassett
T he summer and fall seasons are
Im plored; "there's no use golnt
THROUGH THE W OODS
the ones In which the producer of mar­
over It."
ket eggs must be most particular
ltawaon leaned suddenly forward
Variations from one farm to an­
The boys, Sam and Peter, were oft about the quality of bis product I f he
and cunght her by the w ris t:
In search o f gold which they had expects to receive the top market other In the cost of producing pork
"W hat did you see last night la the
heard had been hidden long y e a ri be­ price. "A t that time of the year," are fa r wider than the market fluctu­
living riM tm r
fore In the part of the world near say» the poultry department of the ations in the prices which fanners
I t he had meant to surprise her be
get for th e ir pork when they send the
where they lived.
GERALDINE
state experiment station at New fattened hogs to market. It Is shown
fulled of his purpose. Hhe hung back
They had started off. not telling Brunswick, “the spread In price be­
BONNER
from hla grip and said with defiant
by figures gathered from Illinois farms
those at borne, however, that they tween the two top grades o f eggs may
ty n, eOSM -M tM tlU CQ
emphasis:
«
during the past three years by the
WNUSlRVKt
hoped
to
find
gold.
They
wanted
that
ho
as
high
as
12
to
15
cents
per
dozen
" I saw nothing I"
farm management o f the college of
to
be
a
surprise
and
slrnply
spoke
ol
as compared with a spread of 2 or 8 agriculture. University o f Illinois.
“Are you sure It was a book you
thought o f course he was. .A n d he
C H A PTER X— C ontinued
this
as
a
camping
trip.
cents In the spring, whleb Indicates
came down for?"
has, he's gone some other way."
— 18—
I t was found, for Instance, that on
"Before I started I hadn’t nearly the that the producer's net profit at the
"You're sure lie's gone?" Rawson's
“It was a book, as I told you."
••How did hs get o f f r
some 40 farms In the same general
belief
I'd
f
in
*
R
that
I
have
now,"
end
of
the
year
may
depend
to
a
very
"You
could
read
a
few
hours
after
emphasis
on
"you're"
was
heavy.
Hassett's vole» w ui raised In Ilia
community, the 1025 costa o f produc­
Hnm sold. “ In fact every step I take large extent upon the quality of bis
your friend was murdered T'
Hhe looked at him w ith startled
exasperation:
ing pork ranged from 86.82 on on»
summer
and
fall
eggs."
makes
me
feel
more
sure
we're
going
eyes:
“I
could
try
to
read—It
was
better
"Good Lord. Ilnwson, wo weren^
farm to 816.07 a hundred pounds on
to be successful.”
There are several factors entering
than thinking.”
•'Yea, aren’t you? Why. you don't
Jailed here then. He could have had
another farm . N aturally, such differ­
Into
the
cause
o
f
this
v
id
e
spread
In
So they stopped and had their swim,
• boat hidden In one o f the rovea. think he's here?"
■'You've got a pretty cool head. Mlse
ences as these make most of the d if­
they stopped and ate from time to price at the seasons mentioned, but ference between profit and loss In the
Thia place wasn't esespe-proof till you
Ituwson addressed Hassett:
Tracy,” he added, and relinquished
time, finding berries which would save probably the most Important Is the hog enterprise, R Is pointed out by IL
“D idn't you tell me he was to stop
turned up.
Ila could have rowed
her hand. Hhe fell hack In her chair
the provisions they carried until fact that the Interior quality deteri­ H. Wilcox, o f the departm ent
aahore mid landed anywhere, and toidght In llangor und meet his us I f his hold upon her had been all
orate» very rapidly, and the eggs reach
later on.
friend r
that'a what he'» done."
that sustained her In an upright posi­
"O f course some farms may have an
•'Unless he's here."
"Yea—they wera to start out In the
For supper they went down to a the market very loose and watery. a n n u a lly bod year now and then, hot
tion. H e rose, looking down at her,
To
overcome
this
trouble,
the
produc­
mornlug."
•'Here on tha Island?” W illiam »
bench and secured enough clams
curious und unsatisfied:
the four farms having the lowest cost
“ Where were they staying?"
spoke with an a ir o f patient rem inder:
which they cooked on a little fire er should collect his eggs two or three o f production in 1925 kept their costs
" I guess w e ll cull a hart fo r a
“Some hotel, I don't know the name.
"A in 't we gone over It with a fine-
they made between the rocks. They times dally and keep them In a cool down to 86.85 a hundred, while the
while. We've other work to attend to.
tooth comb?”
Do you remember It. Anne?”
found a well nearby and boiled w ater place previous to shipment
Hut w ait here till we come bock; we
four farms having the highest costs
A cave or cellar makes a very good
Hhe shook her head: “No. I f he muy have to do some more talking."
lluwaon pointed to the celling:
In the kettle they had brought and
produced th eir pork a t 810.62 a hun­
place
to
bold
eggs,
but
care
must
be
“How about that top story?
A told me I've forgotten. I'r e no Idea
had some tea. and with more berries
He turned to W illiam s and gave a
dred.
person—we won't any who—could what It was."
for dessert they felt well fortified for taken to see that the place Is clean
Jerk of Ids head toward the hall.
" It was found that one o f the im­
and
sweet,
as
eggs
are
very
prone
to
have killed the woman, entered the
Hold on a minute," said W illiams,
more wulklng
“Come on. w e'll go up there now."
portant
reasons for differences In costs
absorb any foul or musty odors. Ship­
house while the rest of you were on stretching out his hand. "Shine spoke
The walk now took them Inland
He walked to the door, W illiam s
was In the number of pigs weaned by
ments should be made as soon as pos­
the beach, put bark the pistol, and to me about th a t
He was asking
following him. As It shut aftet them
more than It had.
How quiet the
each sow. Lgiw cost farm s weaned 7.4
sible a fte r the eggs are laid, and never
gone upstairs."
Hassett went to her und bent over her
woods were and how thoroughly the
pigs to the litter, while the farms hav­
should he less frequent than twice a
W illiam s made a motion to heave
boys enjoyed It.
chair. Hhe held him off w ith a hand
ing the high costs weaned only 3.2
week.
him self up from his chair,
on Ids breast and whispered:
pigs on the average. This means that
They knew the sounds they heard,
The
eggs
should
not
be
excessively
“ W ell, If that's how you feel about
"W here are they going T'
the cry of the loon, the fascinating, handled, since this aggravates the con­ the farms having high costs carried
It let'» go up and have a look for the
“Upstairs, to the top atory."
monotonous refrain of the owl. the dition, causing the egg so become ex­ along and fed for several months some
person."
She clutched the lapels of his cokt:
lonely beauty of the whip-poor-will,
tremely loose. The aim should be to sows that did not produce any pigs,
"W e needn't do that Just now.
" lie 's there, he's up there.”
and they knew by the rustling In the handle the eggs as a perishable prod­ and other sows that weaned only a
They're us sufe as I f they were be­
“H e — who?"
woods thnt the wild creatures were uct, which in reality they are. Speed few.
hind bars. There's something I want
"Joe I"
“A ll the blame, however, cannot be
making their evening plans for adven­ and care in handling are the two prime
to do down here first— have a talk
Hassett stared Into her eyes. Be
ture. for success or for final and com­ requisites where the producer Is be­ placed upon the sow, fo r It was found
w ith Mlaa Tracy.
Hhe may be uble
thought her senses were giving w ayi
plete defeat
that the methods of handling and feed­
ing paid on a quality basis.
to give ua a little light."
"Anne, darling, what's the matter?
ing her during gestation and the san­
Now and again a deer led her young
"She cun’t help you," said Itnasett.
Joe's not here—you've Just said so
itary conditions under which she fa r­
along the road, to be startled Into a
"They weren't on confidential terms.
yourself."
rowed and suckled her pigs greatly ln-
frightened, graceful leap Into the
Rhe'd be the Inst person he'd tell any­
" I said what wasn’t true— he’s woods.
thing to."
there.”
I 'l l be a seaman and I'll be a fisher­
Faulty rations cause vast numbers
H e believed w hat he »aid, hut his
H e caught her arms and drew her to
man.” Sam said, “but I never could o f chicks to die every year. A pullet found to show itself In the number of
heart sank.
Anne to be dragged
her feet:
pigs saved.
j
through another Interrogation, an I n ­
once stunted w ith Improper or spoiled
“W hat do you mean?"
“Death losses a fte r farrow ing pulled
feed
will
never
get
back
to
success­
terrogation with a hideous suspicion
“ I know It, I've seen him.”
down the size o f the Utter and was
fully compete w ith those who were
behind It )
"Seen Joe himself?"
one of the important factors in mak­
Rawson rose;
healthy
from
the
start.
"Lust night wheu I came down for
ing costs o f production high. On
The feed the chicks get from the
"Perhaps so, hut It’s worth trying.
the book.
H e ’s hiding up there— I
these Illino is farms 28 per cent of
Rhe may know more than you th in k ;
beginning should be directed toward
thought be wua safe. Aud now they'li
the pigs were lost before weaning.
slaters sometimes do. And she cer.
the eggs the pullets are expected to
find him.”
Yet when one knows that this loss
talnly must have more knowledge of
lay
when
they
mature,
says
an
Ohio
" I saw the launch go without him
o f 28 per cent Is about 5 per cent be­
specialist.
hltu than any of ua. W e'll soon see.
and I wua going to apeak to you. but
low the average In the corn belt, the
He moved toward the door.
The all-mash method of feeding
Shine was there and I couldn't Then
Influence of sanitation and care of
“I'll go up and get her now."
chicks that has been perfected by the
she was killed and I didn't know what
young pigs upon costs is a t once ap­
Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin agricul­
to think, where he'd gone, anything!
parent. Individual farms practicing
tural experiment stations makes It
C H A PTER XI
Hut that night 1 heard them say there
careful sanitary measures saved more
possible
to
feed
the
flock
with
more
was a man on guard at the causeway,
than 90 per cent of their pigs. The
exactness.
I
t
also
takes
less
time
to
8ha
Opened
the
Door.
When Anne went up to her room
and 1 came down to tell him in case
four farms In the low cost group In
care
for
them.
it
does
not
differ
she took a seat by the window where
he was here and would try to get
1925 w ith costs o f 86.85 a hundred
about a hotel In llangor young Tracy
greatly from the scratch grain and
across. Aud then I saw him.”
she could see the channel. It was an
saved 10 per cent more pigs than the
recommended — the
Algonquin Inn.
mash method of feeding. The grain
"Where?”
undecipherable blackness. Its farther
T hai may he It."
A Deer Led H e r Young Along the that Is ordinarily fed whole or cracked four farms having a cost of 810.62."
lim it defined by the shore lights. Hut
“In the living room. H e came from
ltawaon swung the desk chair round
Road.
Is ground and mixed with the mush.
the night was very still, the angglng
the door Into the kitchen wing and I
aud drew the telephone to him :
whispered I t "
weight of cloud hung low, pressing
k ill one of those pretty things. Their
“ We can And out In u minute.”
down sounds.
“Did he say anything?”
Tliey sat without moving while Raw-
eyes, even In that second they look
She Closed the door and decided
“No—Just ran the way he’d com«
nt us, are too begging for pity.”
son made the connection.
According to statistics gathered from
now she might rest, not go to bed yet,
In.
And
then
I
knew—
"
ahe
stopped
"k
“ M r' T racy there—Joe
"I'm with you there." Peter agreed.
stockyards companies and packers. It
but lie down und try to get back to
It
has
become
common
practice
for
Tracy?" And then a period of listen­ aud closed her eyes. "Oh, I didn't
“I don't suppose there's much differ­
Is a fact that farmers are paid approx­
courage and control. She took off her ing, punctuated with grunts of assent
the m ajority of chick mashes to con­
know It but 1 thought It. Can It be
ence between eating a chicken and
imately a dollar more for each docked
dress and put on her negligee, and from Ituwson.
true—-could he have done It? One
Then, "M r. Travers
partridge, either, but when a creature tain some charcoal. Experiments show and castrated lamb they put on the
w ith hands raised to loosen her hair bus gone— left ou the six-fifteen thia
that It Is beneficial as a preventive of
minute I'm sure und then I can’t be­
hns the sense to live In the woods In
m arket than they receive for th eir
heard a step ou the stairs. It struck
lieve I t ; and I don't know, I don’t
evening— I see." A silent stretch and
stead o f a dirty barnyard it ought to trouble. I t does not have any par­ untrimmed lambs.
R. S. Matheson,
upon her ear, heavy and quick,
ticular
food
know.”
a final "Thanks— that's nil I wanted.
be allowed to live.”
man’s step, and she remained as ahe Much obliged.” The receiver clicked
D raw ing away from him she ran to
" I don't suppose a chicken has much
was, her arms lifted, her eyes staring Into Its hook, nnd Ituwson swung the
ess product and does not go Into so-
the door, and opening I t stood listen­
lambs at 14 cents are better bought-
say in the matter,” Sam grinned.
Into her redacted eyes In the mirror. chair toward th e m :
luctloD In water. Its value Res In Its
ing. H e followed her and w ith pauses
"Maybe not. hut there’s something ability to absorb gases of Indigestion than mixed lots of equal quality at
Rhe stood thus till It stopped at her
for that tense listening, ahe told him
"Travers has been there waiting
about a partridge that's kind of or dyspepsia. Some people claim that 13 cents.
door. Wheu the knock came and Haw
since last night. Trucy never showed of her visit to the top ttoor.
T he Job of docking and castrating Is
rustling and pretty and nice and ought It w ill even absorb toxins or other
son’s voice spoke her name, the hands
up. Truvera hud no message from
"W ill you help me?" she whispered
to be left alone. Then the way hunt- poisonous substances, that are some­ a simple one. and It Is easily mastered
dropped and ahe moved to the door.
him und left thia evening for ilooae-
"W ill you help me whatever happens?”
ere get the moose I I f » wrong. C all­ times generated In the Intestine. It with a small amount of practice.
“Can you come downstulrs for
head lake.”
H e nodded, there was no time now
Farm boys quickly acquire the knack
ing for them as though they were their ibe’a a n d ^ t ^ ^ t r ^ b . 8^
minute?" the voice said, low und
H
c V e ^ J S ^
For a moment there was no com­ for words. H e motioned her to sit
mates. That's not even sporting. And d tesU on
guarded.
"I'm sorry to ask you to ment. Anne rnleed her eyes, the sides
’
*“
■
,
f ,hey nre S’ ™
Pr°Per instruction:
down, and moved back from her, lis­ they call It sport T ricking the poor
get up."
of the room looked a long wuy off and
tening to steps which were crossing
The fact that such a large propor­
creatures when they think some one
She opened the door. ”1 hadn’t gone the light seemed to have Intensified to the living room, euterlng the hull.
tion o f all lambs received a t central
who cares for them Is calling."
to bed. Yes, of course I'll come. You a violent glare as If she were sitting
W ere they louder than they had been
markets each year consists o f un-
want to— ”
W hat are you going to do with all
In the midst of a dnxxllng Illum ina­ going up. were there three p air of feet
trlmmed lambs Is dne purely to neg­
“Just ask you a few more questions. tion.
yonr wealth?” Sam asked, a fter a mo­
where there had been two?
They
le c t I f five minutes’ work on a lamb
I'm glad I didn't wake you."
m en t “I don't know that I want to
"I don't know what to make of stopped at the door. It opened and
w ill add a dollar to Its market value,
leave
these
parts
for
very
long.
I
Hhe followed him ulong the passage that, she said, the words dropping
ltawaon and W illiam s entered.
Heavy hens bring 8 to 10 cent» a time spent In this work w ill be paid
might like to get a wonderful sailing
and down the stairs. When she en
slowly w ith spucea between.
ltawaon spoke to A n n e :
pound
more than the light breeds on lo r at a very high rate. Docking and
vessel
nnd
take
trips
to
see
other
tered the library her glance fell on
N either do we. Miss Tracy,” said
castrating the lambs should be an an­
"You can go upstairs, Mlaa Tracy.
the
m
a
rk e t
parts o f the world, and maybe take
Hassett facing her across the room, ltawaon, and leaning buck, has hands
nual Job on all farms where sheep are
We ll put off the rest o f our talk till
s e e
Ills brows drawn low over the dark clasped over hla stomach, he gazed
some of those with me who've gone to
tomorrow. You better try to get some
Watch the young poultry for signs raised, and one which Is always done
sen all their lives but seldom seen
trouble of Ills eyes. Ills look told her intently at her through hla horn­
rest. And kindly remember to stay In
of lice. It Is amazing how suddenly w ith painstaking care.
much besides fog and fish.”
of anxiety, npprebenalon und u pue- rimmed glasses.
your room.
I don’t wnnt any mis­
an entire brood can become Infested.
slonate concern for her.
Yes, you do," ahe said and henrd
“Your
Idea's
pretty
good,"
Peter
an­
takes made about that tonight.”
• • •
W illiam s Indicated an arm chair her voice hoarse and changed. "You've
swered.
“I can't think of anything
She murmured words of compliance
Because
a
coal-burning brooder
near the desk:
made something of It ulreudy. And
much better myself though I would
aud rising w ith pale composure left
“T ake a seat, Miss Tracy. Sorry whnt you've made la lie»—wicked
like to spend awhile In a city nnd see stove keeps a colony house very dry,
the library.
there is a tendency for some poultry-
w e’ve hud to call you down.”
lies.”
whnt It's like. I never could quite
Wheu the door shut on her Bassett
She fell Into It and, ns the men set­
Then ahe had seen I t Hassett made
picture It even though I've read men to neglect sanitation until the
Not all balanced rations w ill yield
said: "You got nothing up there at
conditions are very bad.
tled themselves In theirs, ran her a step forw ard, but she leaped to her
enough nnd seen enough pictures of
equal profits.
• • •
all?”
tongue along her dry lipa und took u feet, oblivious o f him :
• • •
crowds and buildings and theaters
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
Usually chicks should be three
deep breuth of nlr into her lungs,
and lots o f lights.”
Sheep can use profitably a lot of
weeks
old
before
giving
them
freedom
‘‘We've been making some In­
I t was getting quite dark now. Here
waste feed around the farm.
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to mash all day.
quiries about your brother, Mlaa
s e e
It would be so wonderful to sleep.
• • •
Tracy," Itnwson begun.
"About his N o teb o o k, in
P o c k e t. H a v e Banished S trin g They could get branches o f spruce
Cholera
killed
one and a h a lf mil­
Let the sun In the brooder house,
leaving here. You told us, ua I
trees nnd arrange them for their beds
haring It shine directly on the chicks lion hogs In the United States during
member, that you knew he went.”
It was the first night either of them
the past year.
without going through ordinary win
"W hy, yes, he Went."
The mnn who tied a string around
convenient scraps o f paper and not
s e e
had ever been off alone. They hnd
dow glass.
finger to remind him of errands to
"Did you see him go?”
always pen nnd Ink or a pencil. Rut
gone on fishing-camping trips but al
The farm er who buys live-stock
be
done
for
his
w
ife
has
forever
de­
“No— I didn’t see the boat go, I was
always In one of these pockets was a ways with others older than they.
herds before growing feeds for them
More Incubator chicks die f
parted. The string has been baulshed
upstairs, but of course he went.”
bit of string. The men of my days
This was a real adventure. They bowel trouble due to chilling than per
Is putting the cart before the horse.
“We've found out that he didn't," by the notebook so effectually that If
grew up w ith string In their pockets
• • •
ate a little , they fixed their bed, they haps any other cause. Chicks with
said Ituwson.
ten men were chulleuged to account
People carry peuclls nowadays In­ pulled their blanket over them.
As a slop for young pigs, what about
hen mothers are seldom affected, and
"M r. Rawson's seen G abriel." Bas­ for their good memories nine would
stead.”
I can Just see the stars through thrive In severe weather. If they can this feed: Equal parts ground corn,
sett spoke very gently. "And he says display notebooks nnd the tenth would
the trees. Gee, they're pretty things " run to their mother when cool.
ground oats, wheat bran and wheat
he didn't take Joe over.”
confess that he made memoranda of
Europe in A m erica
Sam exclaimed.
middlings?
"Hut I don't understand. He was hla errands on the bark o f a letter.
France owns French Guiana and
• • •
W hat fun nil this was!
Turkeys do better on free range
all ready. 1 said good-by to him. It
Even the farm er no longer drives
severnl West Indies Islnnds. Holland
More pigs raised by each sow, few­
than In confinement as if Is their na-
was his holiday, he'd been looking to town wMh his finger tied around
has Dutch Guiana and severnl Islnnds.
ture to roam.
er runts, cheaper gains nnd quicker
forw ard to It, he was crazy to go."
with a string. He may not have the
Dog Split in H a lf
while the British also hare a slice of
• e •
market weights, and less Infestation
"And he told you he was going, businesslike notebook, but somewhere
“Don’t quarrel about the dog," the
Gulnna, British Hondurns, Canada and
Hens need plenty of water. During
by round worms, are some o f the main
wanted to go. Was he Jolly and good-
a pocket there Is a letter he In­ numerous West Indian Islands. Spnln father of flve-.vear-old twin daughters
periods of heavy production they can- benefits derived last year by farmer«
humored like a person starting on n tends to answer some time, or a bill
lost Its West India Islnnds in 1808 nnd advised. " I bought him for both of sume more wnter than during the win­
who practiced sanitary swine produc­
holiday?”
of sale, or a notice from the road over­ Denmark sold the Danish West Indies you. Each one of yon owns h a lf"
ter. Eggs contain 70 per cent of tion.
"Yes— why shouldn't he be? It was seer, nnd on the back of one of these
to the United States before the United
Later one of the little girls com
water.
• • •
whnt he'd been longing to do for he writes down the errands he Is to
• « •
Staten entered the World war.
plnlned to her fath er: "Louise went
Corn by Itself Is about the most un­
years. A fte r I left him I went to my do for his wife. There hasn't been a
Three very fundamental things nec­ satisfactory feed known for fattening
wlth'her'.'” Ce,'y " nd S" e ,O° k U‘y * *
room and dressed and when I went string Jogger o f memory In Ills gen­
IVouM H u rt P o liticia n i
essary for you to furnish your chicks and growing hogs. When used In con­
downs!airs I saw that his hag and eration.
•I didn’t." defended the accused
Whn? a pity that there isn’t a so­
to make chick raising highly success­ junction w ith concentrates high In
llshlng rod. which he told me he’d left
"In the old days," explains an elder­ ciety for the prevention of the waste ci lLl. ’ I Just called my half, and he:
ful nre proper feeding, necessary
protein and mineral matter, or In con­
by the entrunce, were gone, nnd I ly mun, "there were few pockets, no of discussion I— Des Moines Register.
half followed.”
warmth, and healthful sanitation.
nection with green pastures, corn is
about the best feed obtainable.
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