THE LOCAL NEWS ITEMS : GRSXHAM LOCALS Miss Biniine Merrill will sat! for San Francis«'«! on tbe 9th on her vacation trip. Miss Inez Lusted visited ralativcs in Newberg over the Fourth. Word has been received of the mar- nag«- of Mrs. Grace Metzger to John Quick. Th,' ceremony took place at Seaside on June 2'tli. Mr and Mrs Dan Talbot are rejoic­ ing over the birth of a daughter on July 3d Mrs. S. T Crow of Sandy was a Her­ ald caller while in town on Tuesday. Miss Hop,- Anderson is attending th«' summer school tn Portland She w ill teach tn West Uortland the coming year. J. J. Lindquist has tuoveii his family into th«‘ Thompson cottage on Robert's avenue. Mr. Brown oi l’ortlan«i is moving into the Smith cottage in Thomps«'n'» addition. He is employed in Wm. Hockinson's market. J. N. Bramhall ami family of Port­ land »(x-nt th«- Fourth in Gresham. Mrs C. B Woodard pas»«-d through Gresham last Wednesday on her way to visit Miss Miriam Kol'crtson. Wilbur Thompson, who has been visiting his brother, Dr. Fred, at Frve- bridge. Ore., returning home tlius week Ben Math« ws was called to Pendleton this week by the illness of hie mother. E. E. Chipman. carrier on Route 1, is taking a short vacation ami Mrs. Ed Spath is substituting for him. O. W. Tarr was called to Michigan on account of tbe serious illness of his mother. Fred Schumacher of Portland has rented the building opposite Dan Metzger’s store ami has opened a shoe repair shop. The members of the Oregon Railroad Commission passed over the line of the O. W. P. last Tuesday, stopping all alongjthe line and inspecting the prop- artv. Miss Edna Hamlin left on Tuesday for Little Falls, Minn., for a two months' visit. Miss L*»?na Collins has taken her place as telephone operator. J. F. Roberts and F. C. Hodge spent a few days at Welches recently, and brought home some tine trout. C. J. Towner and wife of Portland ar,- visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davis. Mrs. Sarah Mognett of Phoenix. Arizona, is here for the summer visit­ ing her sister, Mrs. J. T. Roberta and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. Harsh were out from Portland spending the Fourth at Gresham and Elkhorn farm. Mrs. Marie Dinger and Norma Hund­ ley spent the Fourth at Hilleboro. Mrs. Hattie Allebach and son Ernest, of Portland, Chas. F. Browning of Yac­ olt, and Miss Leora Scbnieer of Canby, were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. 1. Thorpe. Road improvement on the Base Line are in progress between Ri> devil, grred didn’t fix th,' prie,' of f«'e«l But i-ounting eggs, flesh, feathers and fertilizer the Ainerlcmi hen Is a high perch profit pnalin-er. Eighty | mui nd» is th«' average per hen per year, though all Docks do not produ,'e tirsi grade. as it depends on age. constitution and fee«!, the Ix'st containing 3 |x-r eeni nitrogen. 2 |x'r <-enl phosphoric ncitl and 10 |u*r ,-ent («otasli plus water and waste to the fifty pounds. It is th«' richest of fertilizers tx>< nuse the urinary seeretioua are Involved In the soil«! matter, and if f,si right to fowls r kbti Ll/tMO tuk sort. the ground or mixed with a good litter or - absorbent the valuable properties may preserved; otherwise they are lost by evaporation. We believe best results are when fowls run right on the therefore in the range season them from the yards and house as much as possible and liave them run- niug on the soil. This serves several purposes. The soil in the yards does Dot become sick, the houses do not become foul, tbe fowls get air. ever else, insect and vegetable f<»xl; there are more and better fertilized egg«, and tbe birds spread the manure even- ly. so that splendid results are shown in increased crops Ou tbe great poultry farms in the United States. England and Australia colony houses ou wheels or runners are now useil and hauled all over the farms so that the ground is systemat­ ically enriched and bett«*r results oh tained front the flocks and tbe soil Fowls, being housed mostly in the win­ ter. during the day their droppings fall on the litter, and at night they should be caught on a board platform under tbe roost aud then be mixed with a proper absorbent and stored. It is wasted on an earth rt<»ir. and tbe mois­ ture from It creates damp. Straw is the best litter. Not much is required. It is a fertilizer itself. It quickly absorbs tbe dropplugs. They rot quickly together ami become tbe best manure. Sawdust is a |xx,r fertilizer and ah sorbent. It rots slowly. Mixed with ben manure in heaps the virtues of tbe latter quickly eva|».rate, and when plowed under it rots so slowly as to do little good. When droppings are stored alone or with sawdust. 50 |«er cent is lost; with land plaster alone. 33 1 3 per cent; but when mixed with plaster aud loamy soli or acid prospbate. tbe gmxl quad ties are preserved. For the health of your hens and th<* good of the garden remove and store tbe droppings. Hen manure makes things jump. For strawberries, which require much nitrogen, it Ls particular­ ly good, while florists tell us that pi­ geon lime is espe< tally fine for flower.» DCN’TS. Don't feed eggshells stufT<»l with soft soap to egg ■•aterx. It'» part lye and the cure Is all lie. Itou’t use a whole drug store on a fifty «-ent hen. Prevention is better than dope. Don’t put strong disinfectant lu the water vessel. It spoils the flavor and digestibility of food. Don't try every remedy recommend e»ter 1« «l< -k His bill might make you III. Don’t go round town doctoring other people'» chicken». If vour presc tlon kills you will got the di- kens. Don’t let your hens oat snow nor wade In tiie slush, You'll bsve no eggs when prices rush. Don’t let your white faced Black Spanish hens get frost bitten cheeks, It will spoil them for show and eggs will come slow. Very much, of course, depends upon tbe point of view, which Is saying nothing at all since points of view are not to be had at department stores or any other establishment catering to the general wants of humanity. nnro your watch o UU lo keep time : work guaranteed, No hasty, job leaves our shop. Our are skilled ami conscientious, not grumble at the prices, CUTS Fred D. Flora FIRST «so AMKINY STS.. PORTLAND. ORE 191)4 Morrison Ht. PORTLAND, - ORE(iON (Near Pap’s Restaurant) DESIGNING ILLUSTRATING MAI» «>•• Going Round th» World, In sailing around the world east ward tbe days are each a little lews than twenty four hour», according to the »pesi of the »hip »» the »UU Is met a little «urlici every iui truing These little dlffereme» added löget llei will uiuouni to twenty tour hours Lili» give» (tie »allots mi extra day mu in imagination, tint as an actual tact They will have done an extra day’s work, eaten mi extra day's ration vf f'»sl and ItnbllHxl au extra day'» al lowam-e of grog Du tile other hand. In sailing west ward ihe suu is overtaken a little each day. and »0 each day la rather longer Uimi twenty-four hour», and disks and wat, bee are found to be too fust This also will amount Iti »ailing around the world to the |x>int of departure to one whole day by which tin* reckoning has fallen In arrears. The eastern bound ship. then, has gnintxt a day mid the westeni bound ship ha» lost 011«' This strang,' fact, clearly work is! out. lends to the apparent paradox that th«' first named ship tin» a gmu of lev whole «lays over th«' latter If we suppose th,'tn to have departed from and return,si together — Phils,lei Record Want Column A New Line WANTED Butter, Egg» »»‘I Farm Pnxluie at \Vo»iell'» »lore, tntr tn th»- public that I hn\«’ <>|»«’| i « h | an up hedtttv Plumb­ It R < hi I moii ' n furnitun* Mtorr All kind* «»I plumbing in ally done I iuwari- ami other ut«*iiMilM m«*ndt*> ii I'hitl Mtr.<-t, Roofing and Gutters Furnished and Placed (Mimâtes furnished lor Sdnltdtv I’lumblnq C. McLaren Easily. Water which Is bot of course cannot freeze until It has parted with Its heat, but water that has been boiled will, other things being equal, freeze sooner than water which has not been boiled A slight disturbance of water disposes It to freeze more rapidly, and this Is the cause which accelerates the freez­ ing of boiled water The water that bus been boiled has lost the air natu rally contained In It. which on ex­ posure to the atmosphere It begins again to attract and absorb. During th!» process of absorption a motion is necessarily produced among Its parti­ cles. slight certainly and ln>[>ereeptl- tile. yet probably sufficient to accel­ erate Its congelation. In unboiled wa­ ter this disturbance d'»-s nut exist Indeed, water when kept perfectly still cau be reduced several degrees below the freezing point without Its becom- ing ice. E. E. Marshall Agent for Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Port land l'A I v’X I JX. I ACI 11 JStCI < Y I’IIONE .503, GREXIIA.M, OKEGON WHIS Gardens In the Ice. sails away over tbe Arctic ocean never In the wake of every travels alone largo one floats a line of similar corn- paulons. The Eskimos cull this ptie norueuou "the duck and duckling».’’ and any one who has watched the pr< gross of the wild duck follow«»! by her brood will appreciate the aptitude of the name Strange a» It may seem, plants grow anppy does not bloom during the brief north orn summer A A Timely Warning. “Your dog seems a very Intelligent animal." remarked an Inexperience«! sportsman to a gamekeeper “Yessir.” was the ready response. “Wonderful Intelligent 'e Is! Yes. t'other day 'e bit a gent aa only give me a 'arf sovereign after 1 a day’» shoot!”—London Scraps. YOU WANT Ihe Best in the Meat Line Notice of l inai Account A glacier w hen It dislodges Itself anil A Bumarck Incident. It use«! to be the privilege of Aus- tria’s representative lit any conference of representatives of the German states to »moke, the others refraining This was sup[»>sed to be an ncknowl edgment of .Austria's supremacy At the first conference that Bismarck fittemi ed as Prussia's representative tic be gati to purr smoke across tbe confer ence table as soon as tbe Austrian dip lotnat lit up. That set every!»,dy pre» ent to smoking ou equal terms, and Austria's supremacy got >1 blow STOCK GRESHAM MILLINERY Modern Gold Mining. until atsnit 1X50 only placer or WW I’EI' \ll kinds J milch <-"W» surface gold w.i» mltied that is. free Cash lumi W Ellison, Ch’oli,■ plum«- gold, deposited in the beds of strenius lsxl tf in Bauds and In the crevices of r<» ks Placer mining, mainly in new and re­ mote regions, still furnishes a material though not a large |>erventiige of the world s output Formerly the alluvial gold was separated from the «and» and gravels containing it by washing them in pans, cradles, nxkers ami sluices. In 1X52 the hydraulh met hod whs first employ«»! iti California By to \\ \N I I I' this means a "giant" stream of water w lami. turned against the sld«* of a mountain dear tf Metcalf, tire wnshes everything before It i he gold settles to th«> bottom of the tunnel or sluice through which the gravel. »11 ml and water flow In 1XX1I dredges or excavators were first usml lii Auatm Ila Today steam and electric dnslges produce a considerable portion of the world’s output.-Byron W. Holt in Ev ery body’s. Why KABO FORM REDUCING CORSETS I’ASI’l RE llor»ea or Una» pasturisi (or auminer Webb Farai. Plume l.’«s [tí You Can I iml the Best that f.xpcrienccd Buy cm Can Secure AI vs ays on Hand in Our Shop GRESHAM MEAT CO. "" "‘tt!»,,», Prices Right—Quality Considered E. A. Fleming H h . Thompson TRANSFER AND LIVERY BARN l.ivery. Boarding and Sales Stable» BULL RUN SI AOI I.IM: l«n.. .>ur burn daily nt If ¡,. m trriv.R Hull Run lit ihmui leaves Bull Run at I :in p m arrive» o and ,11 only Thl« price 1« for «iellvery by mat. . _ N hum right If wo Jo»’ wait long enough «inly when remlttanc«, Is m»<- R'-nt to se|««-rat<’ ««IdreMes. Hub •crlptlons msy begin st any tin««- I have just received and unpacked a large assortment oi Trunks and Valises which are the product oi one of the largest trunk factories in Wisconsin. I have many styles and sizes and can furnish you with anytning in this line that you may desire. Prices Exceedingly Low R. R. Carlson, f (ìresha m Herald and Weekly Oregonian $2 per year.