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WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARMER.
Where, in all the world, would
it be possible to find a man more
to be envied than the farmer in
the Willamette Valley who owns
a nice farm, either largre or small,
with sufficient means at hand to
stock it nicely and blessed with
health to look after it properly?
With present existing conditions
there is nothing he produces that
does not command a ready sale at
a profit and when he has spent
the day in the glorious sunshine
and breathed the pure air of this
salubrious climate he comes to
the table with an appetite thor
oughly developed to do justice to
the three "square meals" pre
pared by the good housewife.
While the balance of us poor
creatures, living in town, are lay
ing awake of nights studying
where the next meal is to come
from, he stretches his tired body
on the feather bed and wastes
no time in his sleep, knowing
full well that, the pigs and calves
are growing, .the cows will give
the usual amount of butter,
fat and that dollar wheat in the
in the sack is fully as satisfactory
as a clearing house check. He
puts in his crop knowing full
well that never, in the history of
the state, has a failure been re
corded and when comes the
harvest the doors of heaven
seems to be closed so that sacks
of golden grain can be piled in
the field without the fear of
rain. He can eat apple, mince,
cherry and gooseberry pie to his
liking and .have fried cakes and
ham and eggs for breakfast.
The eastern farmer pokes a
little fun at him occasionally on
account of the "rainy season
but note the contrast. In early
spring the eastern farmer takes
to the field at the earliest mo-
' ment when the ground is dry
enough and commences plowing
for corn, then harrows, then
plants, then plows the corn over
three times, and then usually
hoes for weeds and cuckleburrs,
hurrying late and early to lay
the corn by and. be ready for the
harvest of hay, oats and other
grain. He runs the machine in
the forenoon and shocks in the
afternoon for he knows not the
hour when the rain will descend
in torrents or a cyclone clean up
all his earthly possessions. He is
roasted with heat in the summer
and in the winter the keen
northwestern wind will play hide
and seek ud and down his spinal
column. He is called upon to
wade through ' the snow in the
field in husking corn for the cat
tle and hogs and cut through ice
anywhere from 4 to 24 inches
GIGA
now on with a rush and there never was such a crowd. Never such a sale. People are convinced that
slaughter in all lines. As all are to go to make room better come here at once and buy your supply
come at the great bargain event. Sale will continue until December.
S. L.
thick to water the stock. In an
off season like this one if he likes
fruit he is compelled to eat apples
dried in the presence of the flies
"in the good old "summer time"
andsearch the shelf in the pantry
for some stray can that may have
been overlooked by the good
housewife for ; a year or two.
This is no fancy picture painted
for effect, for from personal ob
servation of the writer
this fall I did not see five bushels
of apples on the trees, or fruit of
any kind, from the time I left
the state of Washington, travel
ing by way of St. Paul to Chica
go and back over the middle route
until I reached the State of Utah.
If you had taken from the mar
ket, on Water street in Chicago
in the month of October, the
fruit grown by Oregon, Washing-
ton and Idaho,
there would not
have been enough left to supply
a good meal for the city. Me
dium sized apples were sellingat5
ct each or 6 for 25 cts, while here
in the Valley the ground in many
orchards was covered with lusci
ous fruit which would have made
their mouths water could they
have looked over the fence and
viewed the promised land?
I never could see or explain
why an eastern farmer who has
passed through such an ex
perience should ever complain of
the "rainy season" in Oregon,
yet it is a fact that when he gets
homesick and goes back the first
time he tells stories that would
make an Oregon liar ashamed of
himself. Occasionally he gets so
bad that the weather regulator
sends a little cyclone to bring
him to his senses and in a case
recently reported the good old
brothor walked into the house
after the storm and picking up
the old trunk that had come to
see us the third time turned it
over and over and said "well
guess you can stand one more
trip," and then he picked up his
pen. and wrote a friend asking
"if he thought the boys would
make fun of of him if he came
back."
To the good brother on the
farm who occasionally finds fault
with his surroundings we would
most respectfully suggest that
you take up that good old book
from the table, wipe off the dust
and perhaps for the first time in
your life read that good old story
told of the children of Israel that
not withstanding the land "flow
ed with milk and honey" yet Git
tites and Amorites were fearful
to behold and hence they kept
poor old Moses and his followers
in the wilderness for forty years
on account of their murmurings,
so you can see what is likely to
happen to you.
LETTER LIST.
The following letters remain uncalled
for in the Corvallia postoffice, for the
week ending Nov. 16, 1907:
Harry Alcott, Miss Bertha Bade, J W
Buford , Mrs A B Clark. Ephraim Fin
ger, Correy UUson, V a Uoens, W C
Hammersley, B U Monett, JH Om al
Mies Jessie 'Smfrfa, Mra Gertrude Taylor,'
LC Williams.
B. W. Johnson, P M
NTIC UNTjOA
KLINE Large Blue Sign the Place
Fl Afi'lA LHISTOR Y.
, The cause which led up to th e
financial disorder approaching
and during the first week .of the
disorder in New York is civet? in
a financial review .7,ha situation
by an observer or ' ,t:f Jr con
cisely stated as follows:
'Waning of con S. fence cul
minating in fear and financial
disorder has produced a 'week's
record "which will go down as br.e
of the most notable in the history
of the United States. The his
tory is one of stirring events,
succeeding each oth ar ; in rapid
succession. Briefly, an attempt
and failure to corner a copper
stock on the Curb, and a collapse
in this stock, called forcible at
tention to the banking affiliation
of those interested on stock. " To
prevent undue fear and its re
sults, the Clearing House com
mittee took the banks affected
in hand, found them sound, reor
ganized them and guaranteed
them. . These events concentrat
ed attention on similar situations
where banks were controlled or
connected witn porpositions in
the nature of promotions. These
new situations were treated sim-
llarly and all within the Clearing
House was well. .
Then loomed up the weak side
.ftLoNow Ywlr hanHno- sifna.
tion. The Clearing House banks
were absolutely solvent, strong
in reserve, and not to be disturb
ed. But there had grown up
within the last twenty years a
banking interest outside of the
Clearing House, in the shape of
numerous trust companies and
individual banks, standing each
one alone, and representing in the
aggregate about one thousand
millions of banking obligations,
Each one of the institutions
was isolated in its responsibilities
and backing, and the reserves
held under the law were much
below the percentage maintained
in the Clearing House. It was
known that -the same situation,
which had been effectually treat
ed by the Clearing House, of
affiliation between personal busi
ness interests and control of de
posited funds, existed in one of
the large trust companies. The
imminent danger to all financial
institutions became startlingly
apparent, and the strongest fi
nanciers a- d banks, with the
Clearing House committee, join
ed also by Secretary Cortelyou
and all headed by J. P. Morgan,
combined to avert further disas
ter.
This has been successfully
done so far, and the story of
splendid hourly acheivementmay
be read in column after column
of the daily papers all over the
land. But one conclusion stands
out clearly. . This is a panic with
sound conditions prevailing
throughout the country, and is
the result of the gradual, un
necessary, unwarranted and la
mentable undermining of confidence,
S. L. KLINE'S
CIVILIZATION AND PAPER.
,., Our supremacy in civilization is
established, and it is France, ' the
mother of enlightenment, that has
established it for us. :
" The Keyue. Scientifique of Paris
applies a very simple formula by
way. of civilization test. ;- Every nation-
is- sized up according to
the amount of paper it uses.
In the matter of paper production
this country leads with an annual
output of 639,734 tons. Germany
follows with 393,683 tons; England,
246,051 tons; France, 196,942 tons;
Austria, 147,706 tons, ' and Italy.
123,026 tons. Naturally the mere
production of paper cannot be taken
as a correct standard, although it is
suggestive, lor every country ex
ports more or less paper.
The amount of paper used in this
country every year for each inhab
itant is 38.6 pounds; in England,
34.3 pounds ; Germany, 29.9 pounds ;
France, 20.5 pounds; Austria, 19
pounds; Italy, 15.4; pounds. The
lowest European consumption is
found in Servia, with 1.1 pounds
per capita. China uses the same
amount. The lowest paer con
sumption in the world is in India,
with only .22 pound per inhabitant.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Earth as a Bell.
Studies of the violent earthquake
which occurred in the Balkan pe
ninsula April 4, 1904, made by
Dr. Emilio Oddone, professor in the
. shocks were transmitted through the
j entire body of the earth and were
reflected from the antipodes back
i to their place of origin in about
thirty-three minutes. Comparing
the records of other great earth
quakes, Dr. Oddone concludes that
the average time required for a vi
bration to traverse the globe and
return by reflection is from thirty
two to thirty-three minutes. The
earth thus appears to be not alto
gether unlike a great bell suspended
in space and vibrating throughout
its whole mass under strokes, which,
comparatively speaking, are no more
than the tapping of a finger nail.
Dr. Oddone calls attention to the
interesting coincidence between the
time taken for a vibration to trav
erse the globe and that required
for light to cross the diameter of
the earth's orbit. Youth's Com
panion. RlPENINS FALL HOGS.
Success of the "Lazy Man Who Sits
on the Fence." .
There is no work on the' farm that
affords such genuine satisfaction as
that of ripening up a good bunch of
hogs in the fall. Too many pigs are
kept on squealing rations all summer,
but when the time comes to ripen them
up they are suddenly changed to all the
new corn they will eat. They try to
satisfy their unnatural appetites by
gorging themselves to the utmost. The
result is that the digestion Is so Im
paired that. they are about worthless
for profitable feeding. The change
from grass and slops to full feeding on
corn should be so gradual that neither
the pigs nor the feeder could tell just
where the 'one ended and the other,
began.
Whenever fattening hogs are fed, j
they should be watched for a few min
utes to see how they act. If each one
comes quickly to his feed and bites off
the corn with a vigorous downward
and forward motion of the head, all is
well. But if they come to their feed
slowly and smell around before taking
hold, and especially If they take a few
bites and then leave, there is some
thing wrong that needs attention. The
trouble Is usually from overfeeding.
But It may be for want of something
to aid or regulate digestion, as salt,
ashes and charcoal. ' This watching
and supplying every want Is the secret
of success of "the lazy man who sits on
the fence to see them eat" J. Al Do
bie In National Stockman.
DING
CONDENSED STORIES.
Kaiser Wllhelm Outwitted by
a Fat
-Major of the Guards. ;
4 For once the German 'war lord
was disobeyed ' on - the ' maneuver
field, and the soldier who dared defy
him has the laugh on his majesty
into the bargain. The First guards
harbor in their ranks a-400 pound
major, who is as bad a horseman as
President Eoosevelt declares certain
American staff officers to be. How
ever, when ho has once climbed on
his "elephant" he cannot be dis
lodged. The kaiser was informed some
time ago that the major used a step-
I HAVE MOUNTED MY EESEBVE HORSE.
ladder to mount and needed the
same to dismount; hence during re
cent maneuvers he concocted a
scheme to see him get oil his horse
without the auxiliary.
When the sham battle was at its
worst the kaiser sent word to the
major that he must dismount "since
all horses had been shot by the ene
my." The major received the mes
sage with a broad smile, but con
tinued on "his elephant." - That
made the kaiser furious, and he rode
j up to the disobedient officer, shout
ing from afar :
"I sent word to you that your
horse was presumed to be dead.
What in thunder do you mean by
continuing on the carcass?"
"Your majesty," expostulated the
major, "I presume that I have
mounted my reserve horse."
, Cold Water Cure.
Tell the man with bloated cattle
that to dash a bucket of cold water
from head to tail will take out the
bloat as fast as done. It will also
take the cramp out of hpcses' limbs
equally well, writes a corraspondent
to an exchange.
",!
'100 Cents on the Doilar
We take Portland
Clear! n 9 House
Certificates at One
Hundred Cents on
on the Dollar. 75
Cents in Merchan
dise, 25cts Cash.
J.M. Nolan & Sou
-Great Show Team of Grays.
The Armour gray team is ret
a a notiMk lnr.il -nrlta ,
haps the most successful visit to
p horses. Prom the , time they landed
HUSSMOIIE FUCHSIA.
Champion Shire female at the Royal,
' : 1903. '
in Liverpool in May their reception in
Albion has been attended by continu
ous enthusiasm. ' From king to peas
ant the populace has seen them aud
applauded.
With the horses which left Chicago
are two gray Shires for which long
prices were paid. Armour & Co.'s
London manager advertised for the
best of the color in England, and we
are informed that the two geldings ob
tained are of the highest class, says
me .Breeders Gazette, Chicago, from
which the cut is also reproduced.
Iowa After Good Grays.
The Iowa State college at Ames Is
co-operating with the United States
government In a breeding experiment
to establish a breed of gray draft
horses. An importation of gray Shires
and Clydesdales arrived at Ames re
cently, and they are to be used as the
foundation stock In this work. Pro
fessor W. J. Kennedy Is said to have
picked them from the cream of Euro
pean studs.
Polo Ponies Wanted.
Consul General "W. H. Michael, writ
ing from Calcutta, says that If Ore
gon and Texas can supply stout limbed
and well ribbed ponies in shipload
POLO PONY GELDING MABQCISB.
lots, as those localities once were able
to do, they, could dispose of several
shiploads at good prices In Burma,
where the native pony is becoming
very scarce. He particularizes: "The
ponies or small horses should be suffi
ciently active to be trained for the
polo field and suited to work In single
harness to a low hung two wheeled
vehicle in general use throughout In
dia." Breeder's Gazette, Chicago.
The Thin Rind Hog.
According to Professor Plumb In his
book on farm animals, the thin rind
hog finds a place among the breeds
of medium size. The boar attains a
weight of 500 pounds, andOthe sows In
ordinary condition weigh about 300
pounds. The sows of this breed far
row litters varying from ten to twelve
pigs, and they are reputed to be excel
lent mothers. The' cross of a pure
bred thin rind male on other breeds
results in the production of a more
prolific strain and In the fixing of a
leaner type. Thin rind boars cross ex
cellently on sows of other breeds of
the chunky type.
Price Extraordinary.
After a test of the production of win
ter lambs the Wisconsin experiment
station expresses the opinion that "the
most disappointing feature of this trial
was the failure to get more ewes to
breed early enough to produce winter
lambs.
"The price received for the Iambs
was extraordinary, but it emphasizes
the fact that it pays to produce some
thing of special value tnd cater to a
high class trade which demands, only
xae pest" j-
this is a genuine
for six months to
R A T i"F!