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ROCKFORD, IA
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*fhr»y In circulation tn the Unite!
One can hoM a penny or uiclel ao
Ftates on Feb. 1 tills year i% placed
nt $3,091.312.54d’which, divided among
the 88,328,0*0 population, gives a pee
capita circulation of $35.
«lose to hia'Vye that It will ot»scare
the distant dollar or golfi eagle. The
fellow who scrimps ou the price of bls
sued grain Is a vl,<im of this very
Illusion when he oagbt to know better
The denatured alcohol output of the
country for 1908 was 3,874.025 callous,
a gain of 15 per cent over the 1907
product, which amounted to 3304.590
gallon«. Prospects for the present
year are for a largely Increased pro
duction.
Wise parents should keep the title
of a good portion of their bard earned
property In their own uame as long as
they live. Considerate children should
not only acquiesce In this arrange
ment, but should In good faith see
that It is carried out.
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“SAVING THE GAME”
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A JUVENILE COMEDY WITH MUSICAL TRIMMINGS
10
To be Given by Bandon High School April 9
In all of the northern states where
the cold winters, with alternate thaw
Ing and freezing. give the orchardist
concern It is well to give the young
orchard tree a low bead, which will,
protect the trunk from intense beat In
summer and do much to dissipate the
rays of the sun in winter.
Experiments conducted by the ani
Lyrics, Book and Music by C. R Moore
mal husbandry department of the New
York experiment station at Corneil
give a value of 54 cents per hundred
weight of skimmilk fed to growing
SYNOPSIS
CORRESPONDENCE
Ever*rd Boyle
Billy
pigs. If these figures are correct, one
SOLICITED
Guy Frederick
Charley
F idly Stung by
of the common byproducts of the aver
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ACT L—-Session room in the new Bandon High Schoo! Building.
Centner (..allie,
Sieve
(Copyright, 1909, by American Prese Asso
age farm has l>een grievously under
Cupid
Morning.
Thomas Laird
ciation. This matter must not be re
Harry
estimated In past years.
Good
times
are
said
to
be
quite
ac
printed without special permission.)
ACT II.-—On the Beach. Night.
curately measured by the condition of
Before the small grain I b put Into the
the pig iron trade. This haa been given
Helen
Lena Langlois
STARTING a dairy .
still further illustration of late In the seeder it should be given a good blast
Pnuy
Rittie McNair
lust
aa
Badly
From this ou there is bound to be flgures of the iron trade for the past of air In the fanning mil) in the gran
Carrie
Zetlie Gibson
Stung
an increasing nuiulter of those who two years. In 1907 the output was the ary or taken to the elevator, where u
Iris
CHARACTERS
Erma Craine
will be going Into the dairy business, largest on record, being 25,181,301 tons, still more thorough Job < an be done.
and for such two or three suggestions while last year, following the financial This treatment will remove dirt and
Miss Penelope Peregrini Pinkham, a
in the order of their appearance.
as to the starting of the dairy herd ilepression, the production of pig iron dust, shrunken kernels and a great
teacher oí the a cient regime.
Dorothy Gibson
may not be out of place. Since buy fell to 15,930,018 tons, a slump of 38 majority of the weed seeds. This will
Miss Deborah Undistu’ ed Di«t, Penelope’s
Jennie
Anna Culver
ing a herd of-healthy, high grade or per cent.
insure a more even aland and will
proselyte and al -ttor, •
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-
Beulah Hesse
thoroughbred dairy cows is expensive
mean less weeds a;.il more satisfac
Isabel
Marguerite Haberly
Zvkiel
Simpson,
Penrl<
»e
’
s
beau,
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Carl
Bowman
and usually out of the question, it is
Missouri and Kansas horticulturists tion In every way from the growing
Josephine
Elsie Kinley
best to start with common cows of are beginning to realize the danger to crop.
Prof. A. B. Merryman. A. M., .
Angelina
Gace Disher
STUDENTS
good milking capacity, at the same their orchards from a spread of the
Superintendent < f the School,
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Elisha Wilson
Della
Dilla Loomis
time getting a sire from recognized , dreaded San Jose scale and have
The secret of the prosperiti' and
1
Overture.
Agnes
Jessie Wood
dairy breeds. For this purpose it Joined in a petition to the legislatures contentment to be found in sections of
Ada
Ensa Perkins
MUSICAL NUMBERS
makes little difference whether the of the two states for laws which will the country largely devoted to dairy
Sally Smart, a star pupil.
bree<1 chosen be Jersey, Guernsey, provide for nursery inspection as well Ing Iles In the fact that in the market
Amelia Chaneay
ACT FIRST
Ayrshire or Holstein, as each of the as the location and isolation of infest- ing of a ton of butter but 2« cents'
Nonna, a small visitor,
Pearl Craine
Opening Chorus.
2.
breeds in question has produced indi «d orchards and the taking of such worth of soli fertility Is removed from
Elsie, the school knocker and tattler,
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Maud Lowe
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Nell and Chorus
3 *1 Love to Play 1 skit Ball.’
viduals of large milking ability and (»recautions as will prevent a spread the farm premises. .More fertility is
The Imp, an irritation.
Tom Ostien
Spooners and Chorus
4 "Won’t You Be I 'y Best Girl?"
marketed in the sba|>e of live stock
with pro(M»r care will give excellent ‘ of the scourge.
Tom, a self-made sport.
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Bob Blackerby
5 *1 Want It Under ood*
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Miss Pinkham and Chorus
and still more when the raw cereal
results. When grade cows of good
The Lamb, his trusty disciple.
Victor Breuer
6
’So Long, Teach ’
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Chorus
products
are
sold,
which
makes
the
milking capacity of the bre«*d chosen
A reason which will account for
Cynthia, who has a nevi dress,
- Sylvia Rackleff
7 Finale.
can be secured it is well to do so, young orchard trees not bearing soon last named the most spendthrift type
Milton Pythagoras Bump, the quintessence
while one or two thoroughbreds may er than they do after being set may of agriculture which can be followed.
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ACT SECOND
of youthful intelligence.
- Ernest Wilkins
be added as ttie dairyman finds him lie In the soil being too rich in nitro
8. Introduction.
self able. For one who has had no gen as compared with the other chief
Ella Wheeler Cox, who revels in Bertha M.
It Is hard to understand why so
9 ’Everything is Lo ly,’
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Spooners
previous experience it is wise to take elements, (»otash and phosphorus many sections of the country which
Clay and Mrs. E. D. M. Southworth
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Ebba Wiren
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Sophronia and Chorus
10 ’In Oskaloosa,*
up the business on a modest scale at To correct this condition manure are already well einbarked In a dairy
Nell, good fellow and confidante -
Hazel Stephenson
II
’Lulu from Langloii,
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Tom and Chorus
first and grow Into It, increasing the should be kept from the trees and the and stock raising type of agriculture
Jack, exponent of school spirit -
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Arthur Walker
12 "A Quiet Little Ci .mbake,’
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■ Nell and Chorus
size of the herd as be gets experience. vigorous growth checked by putting should be so slow in adopting the silo
Sophronia Seraphina Slocum, lately from the
13 ’ There's a Few 1 hat is Wiser Than Me,’
There are several advantages accruing the trees In grass for a couple of as one of the best possible means of
exalted intellectual plane of Oska
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Zekiel and Chorus
to the dairymen in a locality In having years. It is possible to be too kind to utilizing economically one of the most
loosa, Iowa,
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Nora Gibson
(Lyric by C. R. Wade)
the same breed of dairy cows, as tn young fruit trees, and overmanuring Important home grown products of the
Ed, just strayed in from the tall timber, -
- Clark Waldvogel
farm. • It would seem that a silo and
such cases sires of known merit may them Is one of thr\easiest.
14 Finale.
ensilage gospel needs preaching In a
be kept In the neighborlnstd and used
as long as they prove serviceable. Be
An Oklahoma lady reader of these good many benighted sections of the
fore the old sire Is dls|x>sed of another notes reports that u Held of alfalfa country which agriculturally at least
Bananas and Sugar.
should be reared to take his place. which is located near her poultry are not living up to their opportunities
A delicious sweetmeat is made in
The Babcock test should be us«>d from yard Is frequented by her flock dur-
the start to show which cows are Ing all the winter months when the
Where a locality is especially favor Santo Domingo from ripe bananas cut
making a desirable showing in butter weather will permit, and in that lati able to a growing of apples or other into slices about a quarter of an inch
production. If a silo is not on the tude this Is virtually the whole win kinds of fruit It is well for several to thick. These are sprinkled with sug
premises when the herd is Btarted it ter season. The field with its plants unite in the growing of the same well ar and placed in the sun several days,
should be built at an early date, as rich lu protein makes an Ideal pasture, known standard varieties. This makes being turned occasionally, and each
the largest financial return is only furnishing not only needed exercise, it possible to handle fruit of one kind time dusted again with sugar.
DEALER IN
possible with a dairy herd when a but a most valuable ration of nourish In car lots, while buyers will come
Before Forks.
maximum amount of the feed con ing green food. In the north these ad from a distance if a considerable quan
Until the reign of Henry VIII. Eng
sumed is produced on the home fu rm. vantages can be but poorly imitated tity «of given varieties may be had.
and the silo makes this possible.
More than this, the spraying, pruning lish sovereigns uh well as their sub
I with the scratching shed and clover
I
and cultivation of similar types of jects ate with their fingers.
hay.
THREE ESSENTIALS.
fruit in the sajne neighborhood would
The Chemist’s Balance.
Among several Important conditions
The farmer who would make any be much the same, and one fruit grow
The range of impressions which we
to be given attention tn the growing headway in either stock rulslng or er could learn from his neighbors and
of a good crop of corn or Hinall grain dairying Is taking a very long and perhaps tn turn help those of less ex get frbm lifting an object is exceed
ingly small
Au ordinary chemist’s
and of nenrly equal Importance with hazardous chance when he picks out a perience.
balance is some million times as sensi
that of soli fertility are the selection, sire for his herd from a bunch of non
About the only argument which we tive and weighs down the two-hun
cleaning and testing of the seed to be descript bovlnes at the local atock-
used, the proper physical preparation yards and tenders in pay for him the have heard urged against the growing dredth part of a milligram.
of the seed bed and the sowing of the princely sum of $25. The purchaser of alfalfa is that this responsive
Night Light and Daylight.
seed I d the best manner. When one may not know any more about the i legume produces so many crops In one
The light Intensity of a moonless
has attended as well 11s be may to the pedigree or merit of a sire selected in season—sometimes five or six—that it
matter of good seed he has taken but such fashion than he does of the char keeps a fellow at bom» cutting and night Is estimated at one-thousandth of
the first precaution, and unless the acter or qualifications as a son In-law curing it almost as closely as If he a candle foot, of 'moonlight at fourteen-
sol) which Is to receive this seed Is put of the hobo who asks a hand-out at his were a widower and had a family of tbousandths of a candle foot and
In the proper condition but m<*ager back door. In l»oth cases he would be eight kkls and a weekly washing on of full daylight at from 2,000 to 8.000
and unsatisfactory results can be ob going It blind and could hardly escape his hands. A feature that makes the candle feet, dejjending upon the clouds.
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matter somewhat worse is that alfalfa
tained, no matter lu»w vigorous It mtfy being dubbed a fool.
Pekel and Pickle.
requires more attention in the curing
be. Neglect In this regard Is much like
The word “pickle” Is not derived
giving thoroughbred stock scrub care,
An interesting fact was brought to than do most other kinds of hay. A
In which event only half results can be the writer’s attention the other day In thought that may give general consola from the name of William Benkels of
secured. A proper preparation of the showing the contrast in the type of tion, however. Is that the closer most Bierfleet, Holland, the inventor of
seed bed means thoroughbred care for farm help which is to be found In Wis follows stay at home the more circum pickled herrings, as sonic believe. The
real origin Is the Dutch word “pekel,”
good seed, nnd therfe two things going consin, Michigan and other north cen spect citizens they usually are.
Room 3 over Vienna Cafe
meaning brine.
hand In hand make for large crop tral states and some of the more re
yields. The disking nnd harrowing of cently settled portions of states far
A conception that is quite general
ra
A 8trong Cement.
land for email grain can hardly be car ther west. This was tn the attitude among people of eastern states Is that
By kneading together ten parts of
rled too far. In nine cnses out of ten which was to l»e observed in the two the horse raising business of the
the mistake is in the other extreme. communities of hired men who were Rocky mountain and Pacific slope finely sifted unoxldlzed iron filings
Tlie New, Elegantly Fitted nnd Speedy Steamer
Coupled with a proper pulverizing of irresponsible in keeping their wora stntes is still in the broncho stage. The with five of perfectly dry pulverized
the seed bed goes the sowing of the with their employers, in the older sec picture of the proverbial cowboy clay In vinegar spirit a cement is
seed. The old sllpshorl method of tion such men being comparatively mounted on bls mustang, so common formed that Is both fire and water
broadcast seeding Is going out of vogue rare and held In public acorn, while in In the newspaper and magazine illus [•roof.
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with the most progressive farmers, the newer they were so common and trations of the day, is doubtless lu
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7 his steamer is new, is strongly built and fitted with the latest improvements and will
Waterloo.
who find the seed-drill is both more the reliable kind of help bo scarce that large measure responsible for the mis
X
At the battle of Waterloo 51,000 men X
give a regular 8 day service, lor passengersand freight, between the Coquille river, Oregon,
economical of seed and also gives a they bad to be accorded a treatment conception referred to, but a very dif
better stand nnd a more uniform ma that was much more courteous than ferent status of the horse raising busi wore killed or disabled. There were
turity of the grain. These are not all they deserved. This difference is due ness of the west in the case. Many of 145,000 soldiers in that great struggle.
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the points of Importance In the grow fundamentally to difference in charac the large farm and ranch owners have
Cannel Coal.
ing of bumper crops, but If all farmers ter and Ideals, which in a way are a l>een buying and shipping in the best
*
Cannel coal was once used as a sub
gave them the attention they deserve matter of development and evolution tyiiea of speed and draft horses which
they would Ite able to increase their so far as community life is concerned. could be secured, with the result that stitute for candles because it can be •Ì
»J. E. WALSTROM, Agent, Bandon, Oregon.
present average yields from 20 to BO
some of the finest horses which the cut into blocks or strips and burns
with a clear yellow flame. Its real
per cent
country
produces
are
raised
west
of
E. T. Kruse, managing agent, 24 California^ St., San Francisco.
A thoughtful article in a recent iasue
the Missouri river, and a number of name Is candle coal.
of
a
leading
farm
paper
points
out
the
DO THEY KNOW ITT
western cities are already taking a
Tuscany Customs.
A contributor to a Wlaconsln agri- fact thnt the value of many of the ex high rank as horse markets, which are
it Is strange to notice how many old
cultural paper undertakes to defend periments conducted by state agricul frequented by big eastern buyers.
classical expressions still survive in
the much maligned quack grasa in an tural exi>eriment stations is greatly
Tuscany. The people still swear "By
article in which he states that if be lessened I »ecause so many of the testa
The
success
of
many
a
farmers*
co-
bed land which was run down he are carried out on a very limited scale o|>erative enterprise Is Jeopardized if Bacchus!” and "By Diana!” Just as we
would consider the presence of the and under conditions which it would not made entirely imitosslble because do “By Jove!" but when they talk of
matted roots of the grass in the earth be Impossible for the average farmer of an undue closeness or economy on "Tom, Dick nnd Hnrry” they say “Ti
as worth at least $10 per acre, in a to duplicate because of lack of help the part of directors or stockholders, tua, Calus and Sempronius.”
recent farmers' Institute which the and time. In a measure this criticism shown In an unwillingness to pay a
The Hands and Feat.
writer attended a somewhat similar la well founded in that experiments reasonable price for competent super
The palms of the bands and tbesolea
view was expressed, the speaker con may b<> conducted on a small scale intendents and managers It Is a dead
Rates $i.oo to $2.00 per day. Special rates by
tending he had bud no difficulty in rid with remarkable results which would sure thing that such enterprises win of the feet are cotnjiosed of cushions
ding his fields of the pest by ordinary not produce any such results were not manage themselves or succeed of fat in order that no Injury may be
week or month. Sample Room in [Connection.
cultural methods. It Is quite patent that they carried out extensively with the financially without close and thought done to the muscles underneath by
amount
of
land
which
the
average
the breed of quack grass which these
ful supervision. In view of this It sudden Jolts or violent blows.
two gentlemen refer to is a very meek farmer undertakes. At the same time seems plain, since any individual stock
Vanilla.
and InotTeualve type, different from It is well to take Into account the fact holder or director cannot give the su
that one of the truths which the ex
Vanilla grows on a sort of climbing
that to be found in moat sections of
pervision
required,
that
some
one
uniat
stations are trying to drive
orchid which is very • plentiful In the
the country, or else the grass they i pertinent
home
to
the
minds of the tillers of be hired who will be able to do it If tropics.
have suppose«! was quack grass was
the
business
Is
to
succeed.
There
is
no
not quack grass at all. Suffice it to the aoi) Is that they are working type of undertakh x which has to en
from two to three times as much
Divlns Right of Kings.
aay that it will be well for the Inex
land
as they can handle to advantage counter more serlo..i obstacles from
The divine right of kings to a doc
perienced and uninitiated to paint this
tlir economic point of view than those
agricultural scourge in the blackest and that If an amount were kept un which are co-operative, where no one trine promulgated In England to the
der
cultivation
which
could
tie
given
seventeenth century, which naaerta
colors possible and In no sense view it
the attention that it ought to receive has a paramount but mnny a comps na that kings held their authority by Di-
as an evil that can be trifi«*d with.
some of these same Invaluable inten tively slight and equal interest, and vine appointment and as earthly rep
baxdox
ORKUON
There are many Instances where the
sive exj»erltnents—so viewed by some— none of the obstacles referred to Is resentatives of the Deity.
value of land has been cut In two aa a
more
serious
or
worthy
of
more
care
would lie considered of a much more
Capitnl, >‘25,000.
result of Its becoming infested with
practical nature than now. Perhaps ful attention than the one mentioned.
IN CATTLB CAN ■■ FaBVBNTBO
this relentless peat. Were one to take
the ex]»erlinenters should Increase by
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
J. L. Kronenberg. President. J. Denholm, Vice
CUTTKR’S BLACK LEO V ACCIMl
the above suggestion of qaack grass
President; F. J. Fahy, Cashier; Frank Flam, T. P- Hanly.
CaliforniAS favorite, the moat suc
threefold the land which they de
roots aa a fertilizer seriously he would
cessful easiest used and lowest
vote to grain raising tests, while it Is
A general banking business transacted and customers given every accommodation con
priced reliable vaccine made.
find that Instead of having a value of
Powder, ethnic or pill form Write
ust ns plain that the farmer should In
sistent with safe and conaervativ* banking
|10 an acre aa fertilizer he would tunny cases decrease his plow land by
for free Black Let Booklet.
CORRESPONDENTS: The American National Bank, of San Francisco, Calif,
have to pay more than twice thia
THE CUTTER LABORATORY
the
same
threefold
ratio
te
handle
It
in
B
srxblbv , C al .
Merchants
National Bank, Portland, Oregon; The Chase National Bank, of New York.
amount to remove the “fertiliser"
If your druggist does not stock our
an effective and satisfactory manner.
—> order direct from ua.
fraa tlx aoU.
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Notary Public
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