BORING-SANDY P. BERNHARDT STAGE LINE TAILOR Tailoring in all it’s branches Rcpalriuif of all klixl» ( 'li-suinit amt I’naaioK first-class livery and feed Stables at Borlnq and Sandy ■ Tran*|M>rtation of all kinds ol liaxizHK1' to Handy and interior point* .... All work guaranteed For further IhturrualUm phone or writ« ti. F. DONAHUE, Prop. Boring, • - Oregon AT WAITING ROOM Next door Thomas Bros. I (««* p-,«.* I <« I coligli* tirai r«« al ordimtry ramirilaa rttjulre Ixrth alternai ami in­ ternai treatment. Ifyoolriiv n dnllar botti* ol It il.I.Alti» ’• H0RKH01 NO BYKUI* you grt lite two remedie« yoti neod (or thè prlce of <>ne. Tirare i* a I1F.RHK K’H BRI» l'EI'l'KK l'olloUS i'I.ASTF.R lor lire dirsi, free Mltli each Urtile. Nold l>y tire l enta l'hartuacy. ® INIEW ® WEBSTER’S * NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY THE MERRIAM WEBSTER Th* Only New unabridfod dlo- tionary tn many yoar*. Coutaiu* th* pith and essencr of an anthoritativo library. Coverà ovary field of knowU edge. A b Enoyolnpodia in a single book. The Only Dictionary with the New Divided J*«4e. 400,000 Word*. ‘3700 Page*. OOOO Illustration*. Coet nearly half a million dollars. Lot u* toll you about this moat romarkabio single volume. M c K inley & son TABOR 96« HOME 3112 Farm and Poultry Notes NEVER SATISFIED. Rain, rain, rain drop. drip, drop! 1« It Noah's flood? Will II n«v«r atop? Wish It would **t dry onco mor«' M>. but rain's «n awful boro! lioo, hoo. hoo, thia awful rain! Hop« It nsvar ralna again! Dry, dry, dry! Oh. Iho cloud of dual! If It duran'l rain sorn.lhln* a auro to bust God. aeml down a watsrspout I’m dried up Inald* and out lat 'or fllckar! I*t 'or pour! Lot 'or rain for«v«rrnor»' Cold, cold, cold—way below aero! 1» thia awful winter navar going to got Wlali hot summer «lay« were her«' I ahall tree«» to dioith. I f«ar! Thunder, what a big coal bill! Ilurry. I've another chilli Hot, hot, hot! Ain't It awful hot? Where on earth 1« there a nice cool apol? Take me up to Cook « north |>iiltry asset 1« the furm flock, ami some government smart ule< k gives It u knoc k by say- lug thut the average turn, hen lays but sixty eggs |>er year. If nothing good runic* out of Nnz We handle only First Class nretii, bow about poultry statistics floods and our Prices are from Washington? 'The furm Biddy Right. does n better egg stunt accurate egg records from Lucie Hum's .'i.csst.issi furm flocks will prove It but if the Give us a chance to figure on furm hen on some farms does not rent'll her maximum II 1« not generally your winter’s feed and we because she Is a mongrel mutt, but be will save you money. cause of luck of system. By system we do not refer lo the* gold brick bonnuzn Irooks. by which one is able to Icecome rich quick from four hens on a lot <> by 10. but we speuk of scientific, sensible, natural methods, by the* application of which a flcM-k pays, and pays the maximum <>u many farm» them nre no «iH-i-Ial breeding fiens. where the best prculuc ers are peum*d to lieget their kind, but eggs for batching nre taken from the general flock. These flocks often cou «1st of old mid young, mature and I in BORING OREGON mature fowls By such a lilt or mi«« Photir 41* method a strain from best layer» can- Mill 1 I 4 mile* southeast of Kelso not I m * built up. With no selection CEDAR POSTS there can be no improvement. With a mixed up flock one cannot expect SHINGLES but their like. Stamina. egg produc­ MOULDINGS TURNED WORK tion. uniform bonton market carol« ecune front selected thoroughbred breed era bred straight. AND on some farms all the eggs are uot I.r|, Btnrlr ol I>imrn.lolt Lumber on baud Rough and Drwaod lumber tor *11 purpose« found on the day laid. Heu* lay in niiv old place; hen e the bad reputa­ .end order to Jt NHKI b HR««*. Holin* RD» tion of the haymow egg and the slan­ der that farmers by careless nesting Th* home merchant who solicite your mid handling cause the rots and spots. We are uot knocking the farmer here, patronage d***rvea it. but simply say that some farmers should control their liens Icetter, should have Icetter nesting facilities, for tons of eggs are lost in hidden nests, and many are s|welled for table mid batching because they lie In the heat. Some furtners still stick to corn the year around. This Is not egg food, but futteuer and not the best fntteiier lit that. There Is need for the study of con­ tent tables mid formulation of feeds to suit the* nec-ds of the fowl for the purpose In view, so that fowls may be finely finished for market or winter eggs may be* more plentiful on some PURITY fartua. As to bousing, there is general im­ is of prime importance in the provement In poultry house construc­ healthful iiiatanence of life. Pure tion. Some» farmers have .vet to learn HW<*et, wholrvotne. aatiafying bread that a henhouse is not Just for roost­ tug. tuit that it should be a light, dry. i* our output, «lay in. e eggs mid with the yards a comforta­ convinced of it« superiority. ble place of contincnieut for hens while crops are growing. SYSTEM Hay, Feed, Grain & Building Material We Deliver Any­ where JONSRUD BROS. LUMBER $6 UP THE HOUSEWIFE IS PLEASED WITH MT. SCOTT BREAD BREAD MADti IN LENTS BY THE MT. SCOTT BAKING CO. A. BRUOUBR. Prop. REMEMBER THE PLACE ON CARLINE O. A. C. SHORT COURSES Begin Jan. 3, Continue pOllf Weeks YOU ARE INVITED Every citizen of Oregon is cordially invited to attend the ahort courtes of the Oregon Agricultural College, beginning Jan. 3. Eleven distinctive courses will be offered in Agri­ culture, Mechanic Arts. Domestic Scienee and Art, Com­ merce, Forestry and Music. Every course is designed to HELP the atude-t in his daily work. Make this a pleasant nini profitable winter outing. No tuition. Reasonable ac­ commodait ms. For beautiful illustrated bulletin address II. M. TENNANT. Registrar. Corvallis, Ore. I armrr’» Hutlnrtt Cour»« *p C mtnnndriu.» INSURE NOW In Oregon’s Most Reliable Association Oregon Eire Relief, Oregon Merchants Mutual Eire, American Life and Accident In­ surance of Portland PROTECTION AND BENEFITS MODERATE RATES John Brow n, (iresham, Ore. Send a Copy of the CHRISTMAS HERALD to a Erlend. N Only 5c Per Copy DON’T». Don't fall to spray mother hotT# quarters often for crawlers Don't preserve eggs that are over a day old. and keep the water glass in a cool place Don’t ship eggs away when it costs less money and trouble to secure a higher priced private trade nt home Don’t neglect to flavor the mash with it reasonable amount of salt mid keep a block of rock salt In th«* pigeon loft Don't go crazy when n hen louse Joy Ades on your bald top. Think of p*«*«r Biddy wlii*ti John Bughouse is on the Job. Don't let the blood drip on the feath­ ers while dry picking mid always keep white feathers separate, as they coin­ maud the best price. Don't fall to dress poultry in the style your market demands. To get and hold good trade you must cater to Its whims and throw In some extra for good measure. Don't dress fowls in n place un screened from flies. One blowfly can spoil a whole shipment. Ont- maggot may chase away your best und mint sensible customer. COSTLY CARELESSNESS lu the raising of hogs all too often the value of an excellent ration Is largely or entirely offset by improper quarters. Especially is this true as re­ gards the winter care of brood sows A fanner with whom th«» writer was talking the other day in speaking of his past season's o|M*ratlons mentioned losing practically all his little pigs last spring, and In discussing this loss it developed that the trouble was not due to feeding the sows an improperly bal a need (largely corm ration, but to the fact that the shelter provided for the sows left them exposed to the damp fees« and cold, caused them to pile up. and dead little pigs were the result | I i I ’ AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. Governor Want of Oregon ia sponsor for an experiment In the employment of convicts In ¡«•rmauent road build Ing In the state that Is out only unique, but c«*juieiiduble. both from th« «tuud|«oli>t of the welfare of the lumli tk employed an* the building of permanent highway* at * minimum cost Th« men—there are some thirty of them in the group referred lo—are what tbe governor - call« bls “honor •quad" am) have been hired out to the contractor having In charge the building of tbe state highway to tbe famous Crater lake, in the southern part of tbe state Their camp ha« been placed th a picturesque spot on the Rogue river, and here the men are today laboring contentedly and health- fully, with no one to look after them but Hie overseer who ia MUperlbtendiug the work 1'he men are comfortably housed, well fed and receive 2S cents a day beside- fur the labor. The plan M-ems to offer a happy solution of the "bad man good road* problem" and 1» deserving of the cnrefulest Investiga­ tion by ti>o»e who are Interested uot only In building permanent highways nt p minimum co«t. but. what Is even more Important, redeeming and fitting fur citizenship the myriads at present confined in prison*, at once a source of heavy expense arid usually a men ace to society when released. 80ME CORNHUSKING. Each fall a* corn picking time rolls around much interest I* shown In the busking record* made in different part* of the corn belt. Within tbe past few week* all previous records bare gone « glimmering Tbe last week in No­ vember a grueling busking contest was [lulled off near Percival. In Pre­ mont. tbe southwest county of Iowa The contestants were Bert Van Hou ten. a resident of tbe county, and Earl Neely of Nebraska City. Neb. Spice was added to tbe contest owing to tbe fuct that Van Ilouten had a short time before defeated Neely in a busking match and the further fact that each bad wagered $500 that he could defeat At tbe end of ten bours ! the other J Neely bad to bis credit 'J31 bushels and fifty iiounds of corn, while Van Hou ten had busked In tbe same period 230 bushel* and thirty pounds. But if re­ ports are correct these performances were put In the shade by Claude Wil son of Silver City, in Fremont county, who. without a pacemaker, husked 251 bushels and thirty-nine pound* of corn in ten hours, all ear* thrown over tbe wagon l«elng picked up and the’ corn being as tree from husks as average coni When one takes Into account that seventy-five or eighty bushels is considered a very good day's work it cau be tbe better appreciated what the above records mean. : MARKETING FRUIT IN OHIO. Th« maikatlng end to Just as impor­ tant a part of tbe fruit growing busi­ ness as any step which pre. edes It and to receiving much attention Just now. It» way uf solving this problem tbe plsu thst has been wolved by tbe peach growers In tbe district adjacent to Port Clinton. U.. to interesting and tnuy be of value to fruit growers else where. Briefly, the plan referred to to a disposal of tbe fruit at auction •ales, which are held In tbe home market*. While two successful co-op eratlve marketing companies bad t»«?eD in operation for atsmt twenty years, tbe auction plan was not inaugurate') until *ix years ago. At that time noy [«each growi-r not a uii-mlwr of either company was likely to fall a victim to the commiMHion men who often got these growers to consign tbeir fruit Since the auction plan has become es tabllshed the buyers have been com pelted to buy outright As fast as the fruit is picked It I* sorted Into three grade* and taken in baskets tu the aiK-tion station and sold to tbe highest bidder. Thereupon tbe grower is giv en a slip stating the number of bushels of each graut has a guod sound. A HERD OF WILD HORSES. in tbe rugg«*d and forbidding valleys of Okanogan at of trace tbeir steps or put on their oxy­ linse«»d oil or white lead and tying on a poultice of moist clay or cow ma gen helmets. nure. if the tree is entirely or almost girdled it will be advisable in the long HOME CURED BACON. Those who relish home cured bacon run to take it out in the spring or nt will be intereste«! in the following once If nditions permit and set a recipe After the butchering all of the new one in Its place. With apple trees animal beat should be allowed to get bridge or strip grafting may be done out of tbe meat, and for best results In cases where the girdling to ut eight poatids of salt, accounting f«»r this Increase Dairy Coin two |H>un«ls of sugar and one ounce ot misaioner Barney attributes uo small saltpeter This should be dissolved In part of the gain to th«* work done by four gallons of water and poured over lectures and demonstrations on the the meat cold The meat should then dairy specials that wen» run over the be welgliteil with a st on«» to keep It main railroad lines of the state last in these lectures emphasis under the brine. In from five to seven winter. weeks, depending upon th«» size of the was laid upon the need of testing each pieces, the meat may he hung up and tuemlx’r of the herd for butter fat pro­ duction. the importance of ami what smoked. constitutes a proper ration and th«» There may be some readers of these necessity of grading up the dairy herd notes thnt do not know how to best by the use of a first class sire. Much prepare th«» grapefruit for the table of this better dairy gospel work has While the fruit may be cut In halves been done in several of the states, and lhe seeds removed and served nt one«* th«» practical goo«l that has resulted it with plenty of sugar, a much more sat would be difficult to measure. isfactory way Is to prepare them the night before After cutting them at ABOUT CROWN GALL. right angles to th«» «wed axl«» the cen Crown gall is a disease of fruit trees tral s«»cd core should be removed by that In some sections Is causing a snipping the tough membranes or wall- good deal of trouble. It is a fungous with a sharp pair of scissors The disease that makes its appearance in membranes should also be cut when» an enlargement and fibrous or balry they jo|n the rind Two or three ta- growth at the crown of the root. Iilespounfllls of sugar should then be While many trees affwted with the put In the center and scattere«! over disense do not die. many others are the cut surface. Ry morning the fruit practically ruined The damage from will be properly sweetened nud most crown gall may t>e reduced somewhat appetising. by a drenching of the base of the tree and ndjacent roots with bordeaux THISTLE EXPERT WANTED. mixture, but this only help« and does Directors of the Kansas experiment not repair damages It has been found station are looking for some one to that the disea.««» Is contagious, may be establish n thistle scholarship-that Is. cnrrie«l from one tree to nnother with an endowment snttieietit to pay the ex hoe or cultivator shovel and that it Is peases of a student who shall devote a not safe to set new trees tn soil from goo«! share of hl« lime to n study of which diseased trees have been re­ the Russian thistle nnd. If possible move«! breed tbe spines off tbe plant. CHURCH DIRECTORY (All churebe« ar« re Commun­ ion service,on second Bunday of each month. br V*n Water and Rev. Oswald W. Taylor. LEXTS KArrirr CHI RCH rim Avenue, near Foster Road Rev. J N. Nelson pastor Sun­ day Acnool lo a m Preaching 11 a in . and 7 p. m. B Y P. U meets a* Pray«r- meetinv Thursday evening at 7:». • WIDlflH LUniEKAN MEETINfi Held every Bunday at lo.joa. m aud in ibe evening at the Chapel at corner of Woodbine street and Firland avenue. Rev. B H Nystrom pastor. BWEDIHH BETHANIA CHAPEL. ANABEL Seandtnavian Sunday School at II a. m., Bible study «nd prayer mertinir Friday at H P m Scandinavian people cordially invited and welcome GRA< E EVANGELH AL CHURCH LENT»- Preaching Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7;gOp. in. Sunday S c I mm /' every Bunday at lu a. m. Young Peoples’ Alliance every Hunday at 6:10 n nj. Prayer meeting and Bible utudy each Wednesday evening. Special music AU cordially welcome. Rev.Conklin, paetoa. LENT« FKJENDB CHURCH Routh Main Sabbath School 10:'*»« m. Service ll:oOa rn. < hrl»tian Endeavor «>:» p. m , Evangelistic service 7uO. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:46 p. rn. Myra B. Smith, pastor LENTS .M E. CHURCH— Corner of 7lh Ave. and Gorden St Sun »lay School Khon a in., Ser­ vices at II :W a. m. and 7^9 p rn , Epworth league « .go. Prayer meeting Thursday even ing of each week. All most cordially invited. Bev. W. Boyd Moore paator. TREMONT UNITED BRETHERN CHIRCH- f<2nd Ave 69th St 8 E Sunday School at WJJOa. m. Preaching 11:00 a m. Christian Endeavor • p m Preaching 7:30 p m Prayer meeting Thursday .7» p m Mrs * Lynn, pastor MILLARD AVE PRE8BYTERIAN CHUKCH — One block east of 72nd St You will be wel­ come at oor services Sunday School at 10:00 a rn.. Worship at 11.00 a m Evening ser­ vice at 7:45 Charles T Rooaa pastor, 4»4O 72nd St S. E. Tabor 2320 SEVENTH DAY AbVENTI8T CHTRCH - Satur­ day Sabbath Schoo! JO A M Saturday Preach­ ing 11 A M . Sunday Missionary Meeting 6^0 PM Sunday Preaching 7:30 PM, Wednesday I Prayer Meeting 7:30 P M. All welcome to these meetings. C. J. Cummings, Pastor, residence I* East Kdh St Phone Tabor 3621. GRANGE DIRECTORY [Granges are requested to send loThe Herald I infomation so that a brief card can be run , fre« under this heading Send place, day and hour of meeting.) PLEASANT VALLEY GRANGE N o 34» Meets second Saturday at " 30 p. m , and fourth I Saturday at 10 30 a. m. every month. ROCKWOOD GRANGE-Meets lhe first Wed­ nesday of each month at 8 p m. and third Sat­ urday at lo a. m. MULTNOMAH GRANGE, NO. 71 Meets the ! fourth Saturday In every month at 10:30 a. m., ( in Grange hall, Orient. FAIRVIEW <>RANGE—Meets first Saturday and the third Friday of each month. RU88EI.LVH.I-E GRANGE, NO »4-.Meets in the schoolhouse the third Saturday of each month. « EVENING STAR GRANGE—Meets in their hall at South Mount Tabor <»n the first Satur­ day of each month at 10 a. m All visitors are welcome. GRESHAM (jRANGE—Meets second Sator day in each month at 10 :31) a. m. DAMASCUS «»RANGE, NO. 280.- Meets first Saturday each month. LENTS GRANGE—Meets second Saturday of each month at 10:30 a m. CLACKAMAS (.RANGE, NO. 29» Meets the first Saturday in the month at 10 30 a m. and the third Saturday at 7:30 p. m SANDY GRANGE, N o . 392. Meets second Saturday of each month at 10 o'clock a. m. COLUMBIA GRANtiE NO. 307 -Meetsin all day session first Saturday in each month in grange hall near Corbett at 10 a. m. CLACKAMAS GRANGE meets firat Saturday of each month at 10:30 a. m.. and third Satur day at 7:30 p. m. RAILROAD TIME CARD UNION DEPOT. NORTHERN PACIFIC Phone A 6541. Main 6681 Leaves 7:1J a. m , lvulOa. m. 3:30 p. in.. 11:15p.m. Arrives 7:00 a. m.,3mo p. m., 7:00 p. m., 10:»p.m. OR E< ; ON W ASH INGT» >N SEATTLE Phone A 6121, Private ex. 1 : Leaves x:30 a. m.. 1:4" p. m., 4:00 p. m.. 11:00p.m. Arrives 6:45 a. m., 2:3op. m., >:30 p. m..6:30 p.m. PENDLETON LOCAL Leaves 7:50 a iu . arrives 5:45 a. m. DALLAS LOCAL Leaves 4:0u p. iu., arrives 10:15 a. m. O\ERLAND Leaves 10:(M> a. m., F:<>0 p. in., arrive* 12:4’> a. in., p. m. SPoKANE Leaves 9:0) p m., arrives 11:30 a. aa. SOI THERN PACIFIC EUGENE PASSENGER Leaves 6:30 p. m.. arrives 11:00 a lm ASHLAND Leaves 8:30 a. m., arrives 10:00 p. m ROSEBURG Leaves 3:5o p. m., arrives 5: AÇp. m. CALIFORNIA TRAINS Leave at 1:30 a. m.. 6 p. m., 7:4f» p. m. Arrive at 7:30 a. in . 7:40 a m.. 11:00 a m , 2:30 ' p. m., 4.60 p. m. W E8T SIDE Corvallis, leave 7:20 a. m.. arrive 6:25 p. m. Hillsboro, leaves 11:0u a. n»., I : *p. m.. 5:40 p. m Arrive8:00a. in.. lo:0l:lu p.m. JEFFERSON STREET Dallas. 4 g a. in . 1:40 p. m., arrive 10:15 a. m. 5:55 p. m. 8HEKIDEN—EAST SIDE a Leaves at 4:00 p. in . arrives 10:20 a. in. TILLAMOOK Leaves 7:20, Hillsboro. i*:50, Tillanoxik 3:26; leaves Tillamook 7:55a. m., Hillsboro^ 1:25 p. m.. arrives in Portland 4:10. north hank Phone A 6251. Marshall 920 ASTORIA Leaves s:,:**• p. ni , arrives 10:25 p. m., 12:30 noon. RANIER LOCAL Leave* 1:00 p. m.,5:43 p. m., arrives v:40 a m^ p. m LYLE GOLDEN DA I.E Leaves b:?' a. m., arrives6:»)0 p. m. SPOKANE EXPRESS Leaves 9:56 a. in.. 7:00 p. m. arrives 8.00 a. m., 7:46 p. m. COLUMBIA UM'A I. Leaves 5:»» p in., arrives 9:.¥* a. m. ELECTRIC 1 INES OREGON EI.ECTRK Salem abd \>ay point« Leasing at 7:35. 8 4ft.*lo;45. 2:C0. 3:4b,6:10,64A Arrives8:45. 11:15; 1:30,4:15, 5:25, 6:15, 8:20,11.00 Hillsboro and Forest Grove Leaveao:», 6:1», 10:35,1:60,3:15,6:45.6:15 11:25 Arrive« 7:bo. 10:00, 12:06. a m , 2:40, 4:V, 7:40 9:35. 11:00 p. m. UNITED RAILWAYS Third and Stark, phone A 6691 Marshall 920 Leaving hourly from 6:15a. in. to5:If» p. m. Arriving ** T’Ain a. m. to 5:56 p. m. PORTLAND RAILWAY LIGHT 4 POWER Alder St. station, A 6131, 660» Main Oregon City, arrives and leaves each half hour from 6:30 a. m. to midnight. Cazadero, arrives and leaves 6:55, 8:45. 10:45 a. m., 12:45, 2:45, 4:46, 6:46 p. m., stopping at Troutdale, and Gresham, way pointa. Gresham. Troutdale, leaves at 7:40,9:46,11:45 a. m., 1:45. 3:45, 6:4f>, 11:35 p m. Vancouver, station Washington and Second, 6:15, 6:30, 7:16, 8:0o, 8:». 9:10, 9:60, 10:30, 11:50a m., 12:00, 1:10, 1:50, 2:30, 3:10, SÆ0, 4:30. 5:10, 5:50. 6;», 7:«6, 7:40. 6:16, 9:25, 103f» 1 11:46.