•"■r—
President Flees
Goethals For Governor
FORTY-ONE LOST Haitien
AFRICAN
CRISIS
When Rebel Shells Fly
of Panama Canal Zone
ON SINKING SHIP
STIRS BRITAIN
Port Au Prince, Halt!.—Th» presi­
Washington, D. C. — Organization
dent of Haiti, Michel Create, fled from
of a permanent government for the
the capital Thursday and took refuge
Panama Canal zone to supersede the
aboard the Garman cruiser Vineta, ac­
Isthmian Canal commission on April 1
companied by his wife.
was authorized by President Wilson
Fighting began In tbe city at 1
with the announcement that the nomi­
o'clock In tbe afternoon.
An hour
nation of Colonel George W. Goethals
to be first governor of the Panama
later the president left the palace un­
Canal zone will be sent to the senate
der escort and was conveyed in a
in a few days.
Many Clamber Up Hide As Vessel launch to the warship lying In the har­ Botha Government Believed Itwlf
Colonel Goethals’ idea of a “one
bor. Almost Immediately detachments
Rolls Over — Dense Fug Is
in Peril - Explanation Will
man” government is carried out in the
of
bluejackets
were
landed
from
tbe
Cause of Mishap.
executive order, which was made pub­
Be Demanded by Crown.
United Htates armored cruiser Mon­
lic by Secretary Garrison after the
tana and the Vineta.
•
cabinet meeting.
The authority of
Firing continued throughout the af­
PRETORIA, Union of South Africa. the governor is to be supreme under
Norfolk, Va.- The story of how 43
the secretary of war.
persons went down to death in the ternoon and it was evident that the —Court proceedings against the Min­
Official notification of his selection
isters
of
Justice,
Defense
and
the
revolutionary
movement,
which
began
chill waters of the Atlantic when the
I
was cabled to Colonel Goethals at
liner Nantucket rammed and sank the in the north and spread to some of Interior, because of their action In
Panama.
Secretary Garrison said he
steamer Monroe was brought to port the southern towns, has gained suffi­ deporting the South African strike
leaders,
began
promptly
Thursday
was
confident
there would be no ques­
Saturday by the 99 survivors of the cient strength In the capital to threat­
morning.
tion about his acceptance. The change
sunken ship, who were rescued and
The Supreme Court Judge, Sir John in title will mean a loss of $6000 a
en not only the power, but the life of
brought to shore by the Nantucket.
W. Wessels, granted application for year to the bead of the zone, as the
It was a story of awful and sudden i’reeident Oreste.
leave to apply to attach the three governor’s salary will be $10,000, and
The new congress, which met In ex­
death, sweeping, out of the dark and
Ministers for contempt of court.
he now receives $16,000 as chairman
fog and taking unaware* the doomed traordinary session, failed to take ad»
The judge declared that if he had
half hundred with the heaviness of quato measures to check tho revolu­ possessed then the Information he of the commission.
Secretary Garrison announced that
sleep still on them. It told how the tion. It had been conceded for a long had now he would have granted an
stricken Monroe, with her side gored time, however, the position of the ex­ Injunction restraining the government it was proposed to resolve the mem­
bers of the commission with the ex­
deep by the knlfc-like steel prow of ecutive was weak. Opposed to him from deporting the men.
ception of Colonel Goethals into a new
the Nantucket, filled rapidly, rolled were Henator Davllmnr Theodore, in
command of the rebel troops at Cape
JOHANNESBURG, Union of South commission to arrange for and conduct
over on her side, and in a few minutes
Halt ten, and Gencrul Bcllard. both of Africa.—Strict precaution* were taken the ceremonies incident to the opening
turned over and plunged to the bottom, whom have a strong following.
by the government to keep secret the of the canal.
Congresa will be asked
carrying with her the passengers and
It was the Intention of Oreate to ab- i , deportation from South Africa of ten
members of the crew who had failed dicate several days ago, but later he of the principal labor leaders, and a to provide the necessary legislation.
As the legislative order 'not only
to get clear of the wreck.
declined to do so, hoping with the aid strict press censorship was Instituted.
terminates the existence of the Pana­
The revised lists prepared by Cap­ of congress to prevent the overthrow
It was only by accident that the
tain Johnson, who survived the sunken of hly administration.
action of the government became ma commission on April 1, but also
The
arrival
of
the
Montana
and
Vln-
known. The men were heard singing the present organization of the work­
vessel, showed:
IxxI — Passengers, 19; crew, 22; eta has relieved tho situation here ao labor songs aboard tbe train and an ing force of the zone, many of the
far as foreign residents are concern­ Investigation disclosed that they were army officers connected therewith will
total, 41.
Saved — Passengers, 39; crew, 60; ed. Tbe legations are now uuder under a strong guard. The labor men lose the increased pay which they have
guard.
themselves were Ignorant of their de» been receiving under the commission
total, 99.
tlnation.
form of government.
Under the thick bank of fog that
The government had chartered the
hid the hoavlly running sea, both big
entire passenger accommodation of
ships were making their way slowly
the steamer llmgenl. The vessel 's
and with difficulty in tho early morn­
without a wireless system and will
ing. The Monroe, with Captain John­
Washington, D. C.—Farm animals take several weeks to reach Ixmdon.
son on the bridge and a double lookout In the United State* January 1 were A large force of police and detectives
|>eering into the fog ahead, was edg­ valued at $5.891,229,000, the Depart­ alsfl was aboard.
Washington, D. C.—The New Year
When the I'mgenl crossed the bar
ing under half speed to the northward,
ment of Agriculture announced. This she anchored in the roadstead and the greeting flashed to the world from the
having left Norfolk for New York
naval radio tower at Arlington, Va.,
Friday night with a nerve-racking wai an Increase of $389.445,000, or 7.1 prisoners were told that she would re­ was received by the Eiffel tower in
main
there
for
an
hour
and
a
half
to
per
cent
over
tho
value
of
aplmal*
on
fog-bound voyage in prospect. The
enable them to write to their relatives Paris and by a shore station at New
Nantucket, heavily laden with freight farms and range* January 10 last year. and friend* ashore.
Brunswick, Canada. Reports to date
and with only two passenger* aboard,
Horse* number 20,962,000, an In­
show that the message was also picked
was nosing her way southward, bound crease of 395,000 over last year; were
IZJ.NDON.—The question of the le­ up as far west as Colorado.
gality of the deportation of the South
from Boston to Norfolk.
valued at $109.32 a head, a decrease
African labor leaders arouses serious
The crash came about 1:40 without
of $1.45 and had a total value of 12,- dlacussion here even among the pa­
warning. Out of the gray-black fog
pers which are most ready to applaud
that shut out even the waves from 291.638.000.
Mule* numbered 4.449,000, an In- Premier Botha's "vigorous and cour­
view, the gleam of the Nantucket's
Storrs, Utah—With a roar that
searchlight scarcely touched the side | crease of 63,000; were valued ;>• ageous action.”
The Dally Telegraph, In an edi­
of the Monroe before the high stoel $123.R5 a head, a decrease of 46 cents, torial which does not hesitate to ac­ could be heard for miles an avalanche,
the mountainside,
prow of the southward-bound vessel I nnd had a total value of $551,017,000. cuse Bain and bls colleagues of hav­ sweeping down
Wednesday instantly snuffed out three
cut Into the Monroe's side with a rip­
Milch cows numbered 20,737,000, an ing started a revolution and failed, lives and seriously
injured
three
ping and crashing of plates that threw
Increase of 240,000; were valued at seeks In common with the other other persons.
Four houses were
the stricken ship aback. The Nan­
conservative morning papert. to jus­
Every tree in
tucket, with her bow crushed in, ' $53.94 a head, an increase of $8.92, and tify General Botha on the ground that ; ground to splinters.
he faced the danger of a native upris­ the path of the icy mass was snapped
backed out of eight in the fog, as Cap­ had a total value of $118,487,000.
off at the roots.
Other cattle numbered 35,855.000, a ing.
tain Johnson, seeing that his vessel
The bodies of Mrs. Anna Packovich
At tho samo time the Telegraph
was fatally stricken, shouted an order decrease of 175,000; were valued at
$31.13 a head, an Increase of $4.77, and says that it Is a "new thing for British and two Greek miners were recovered
for the life-boats.
had n total value of $1,116,330,000.
subjects to be deported in this sum­ soon after they met their deaths. All
Meantime the Nantucket, herself
Sheep number 40,719,000, a decrease mary fashion of the dominion govern­ had been trapped in their homes,
badly damaged, had stood by and Cap­ ¡of 1,763,000; were valued at $4.04, an ments, and if, as alleged, the deporta­
tain Berry had aroused his sleeping Increase of 10 cents and had a total tion Is Illegal, it will be difficult for where they were crushed almost be­
yond recognition.
crew. As the ineffectual rays of the value of $200.803.000.
the Imperial government to acquiesce
An hour after the slide came, E. T.
searchlight failed to piercothe blanket
Swine numbered 58.933.000, a de­ without a request for an explanation
Thornlb was rescued six feet below the
of fog, Captain Berry ordered out his crease of 2.245,000; were valued at and for justification.”
surface of the snow.
The debris had
life-boats and one by one they slipped $10.40, an Increase of 54 cents, and
packed in such a way that he escaped
away into the fog to search for the had a total value of $612,951.000.
—
suffocation. He suffered internal in­
Monroe. They found only the strug- [
juries and a broken leg.
gling survivors afloat in the icy sea,
Shortly before his rescue two Greek
crying for help.
laborers were uncovered.
Both were
Many of those picked up were so
WASHINGTON. D. C. — Exports badly bruised and nearly suffocated.
exhausted as to be unable to help
Panamn.—News of the signing by from the T’nlted States during the cal­
When the avalanche started Mrs. A.
themselves. Several had to be hauled
up the aide of the Nantucket with President Wilson of an executive or­ endar year 1913 were more than 3.5 P. Webb was standing on her porch
der establishing a permanent govern­ per cent greater than in 1912, while with an infant in her arms and two
ropes.
They fled along
ment for the canal zone, with Colonel Imports were 1.4 per cent less, as children by her side.
shown by figures made public by the
Goethals as governor, reached here Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com­ the mountainside, and although show­
ered by flying particles of Bnow and
nnd brought with it a general feeling merce. The excess of exports over
ice as it swept by, they managed to
imports
in
*1913
was
$692.127,531,
of relief. Colonel Goethals expressed
flee from its path.
against
$.
‘
>81,144,938
in
the
year
pre
­
Medford, Or. — Holding that the pleasure when advised of the appoint­
The avalanche descended a distance
vious, This excess was larger than
state has the right to regulate travel ment, but declined to make comment In any previous calendar or
fiscal of only half mile from near the end of
upon its highways, and collect fees In the absence of official notification. year since 1908.
the canyon and stopped at the edge of
from vehicles, the same as for regis­
this coal mining camp.
It measured
It is believed in official circles here
tering deeds. Judge F. M. Calkins, of
300 feet in width.
that
the
plan
submitted
by
Colonel
the Circuit court, declared valid the
The inhabitants are in fear of fur­
state automobile tax, contested by the Goethals through the secretary of war
ther disaster, as an unusual thaw has
Jackson County Automobile Protective has been followed. This would give
loosened the snow.
WASHINGTON. D. C.—The ever re­
association through Henry E. Boyden. the governor control of all features of
Immediately after the avalanche
current
appeal
of
the
Mexican
consti
­
The court quotes numerous author­ the administration, the more impor­
had run its course the entire popula­
tutionalists
that
they
be
permitted
to
ities for his decision, including find­ tant officials being either navy or
buy arms in the United States on an tion turned out with picks, shovels and
ings in suits against the validity of nrmy officers experienced In the work even footing with the Huerta govern­ sounding poles to recover those buried
the tax on bicycles that also were as­ of the respective departments of which ; ment may soon be granted. Although beneath. The three dead and three
sessed as personal property, which thev will have charge.
President Wilson and Secretary Bryan injured were all located with the
Colonel Goethals Is understood to' have reached no final determination sounding poles and uncovered in less
was the chief contention of the auto­
have
selected
Captain
Hugh
Rodman.
ists, holding that the license made
on that point, the Washington gov­ than an hour.
of the navy, as superintendent tn ' ernment is strongly inclined to such
“double taxation.”
charge of the operation and navlga '__________
a course as the next step in Its Mexl-
Tariff Revision U rged in Canada.
tton of the cannl, and Naval Construe- can policy,
Bomb Thrower Weakens.
tor Dnnlel C. Nutting to he superin-
Informal inquiry
Montreal, Que.—That the American
Inquirv among prominent
New York — Angelo Sylvestre, a tendent of all the construction shops administration officials disclosed the
trade between the Canadian West and
young bomb thrower, reputed leader nt Balboa nnd elsewhere, succeeding fact that practically the entire cab­
Lleutennnt-Colonel Trncey C. Dickson. inet. many members of the Senate the United States and the application
of the black hand gang, lost all his
foreign relations committee and many of a new tariff bill will make for an
bravado and persuaded the court to
of the leaders in Congress are ready economic division between Eastern
postpone his sentence until he coud see
2000 in Collision Panic.
to support the President should he and Western Canada was predicted by
the district nttorney.
Although Syl­
New* York.—Two thousand ferry­ raise the embargo on arms by procla­ E. M. MacDonald, M. P., of Canso, N.
vestre, after hie conviction, went back boat passengers were bndly shaken up mation.
S. Mr. MacDonald said that the situa­
to his cell snarling and threatening Thursday night when. In tho thick fog
The recent defalcation by the tion in Canada was similar to that in
vengeance, it was reported later that which held this city In it» grip all dny, Huerta government of the interest on the United States during and after the
he wanted to make a confession. the two municipal ferryboats Brooklyn Its bonds, the growing anxiety of Civil war, and argued that a revision
Judge Rosalsky had signified his inten­ and Manhattan collided. The boats European nations about the financial of the Canadian tariff in favor of the
tion of giving tho youth a maximum lost parts of their superstructures, affairs of Mexico and the declared West must be made immediately if a
penalty, six and a half years in prison, many of the pnssengers were thrown intention of the constitutionalists to crisis is to be avoided.
from their seats and slightly Injured. carry the fighting Into the thickly
and a $1000 fine.
The presence of mind of the men pas­ populated cities of Central Mexico
Tong War Again Brewing.
sengers nnd the crew averted a panic. are said to be underlying reasons for
One-Man Senate Meets.
Late another ferryboat, the Scandina­ some further development of the
San Francisco — Mutterings of an
Albany, N. Y.—Only one member— via. collided with a I^tckawanna rail­ American policy.
impending tong war are heard in the
Senator Thomas H. Bussey, of Perry, road float. None of the 150 passen­
Chinese quarter here. It was learned
N. Y.—was present in the state sen­ gers was hurt, however.
that the Suey Sing Tong has made
Wilson Pardons Soldier.
ate Saturday.
He called himself to
formal demand on the Bing Kong Tong
WASHINGTON. D. *C.—"Pardoned
order, introduced several bills, made a
Jerusalem Gets Trolley.
for an explanation of the disappear­
with
pay.
—
W.
W.
”
speech and then offered a motion for
Jerusalem. Palestine.—A concession
ance of Sung Yue, a 17-year-old girl,
With those words written In pencil with $1600 worth of jewelry.
adjournment, which was unanimously for the construction of a streetcar line
carried. Among the bills introduced running from Jerusalem to Rethlehem, on a memorandum. President Wilson
The Suey Sings say she went away
were several prepared by Mayor and also for the lighting of Jerusalem gave freedom to Private Clarence I* with Wong Song, a Bing Kong fighter.
Mitchel, of New York City, to effect by electricity has been granted by the George, of the Army Signal Corps, The Bing Kongs, replying to the Suey
changes in police regulations said to Turkish government. The concession who had served four months of a Sings, deny aay knowledge of the
have
been demanded by Colonel went to the French bank which recent­ year's sentence at Fort leaven worth, affair.
ly supplied Turkey with the money to Kan., for writing letters about his su­
Goethals.
purchase the Brazilian dreadnought periors to Secretary Tumulty. The
Phone Train Orders Opposed.
Rio Janfero.
letters Private George wrote never
Taft h Guest of Duke.
Washington, D. C.—Forty per cent
reached the secretary, but went back
Ottawa, Ont.—William H. Taft, ex-
to his commanding officers, who of the railroads are permitting train­
president of the United States, ar- Alabama Jap Sends Real Radish. court-martialed him for breach of dis­ men to take orders by telephone when
Mobile, Ala.—S. Imorn, n Japanese cipline.
rived in Ottawa from Toronto, where
they should not do so, H. B. Perham,
he passed ‘‘two of the happiest days gardener here, sent to William Jen­
president of the Order of Railroad
Senate Sanctions Bridge.
nings Rryan, secretary of state, two
of my life,” he said.
He was the radishes weighing 30 and 28 pounds,
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Senate Telegraphers, told the house commit­
gueat of the Duke and Duchess of respectively. His action was prompt­ has passed Senator Chamberlain's bill tee on commerce at a hearing on bills
Connaught
at Government House. ed by the report thift \ California authorizing the construction of the to limit the trainmen to 16 consecutive
He was greeted on arrival by Sir farmer sent Secretary Bryan a radish Portland-Vancouver bridge across the hours a day and telegraph and tele­
Charlea Fitzpatrick, chiefjjuatice.
weighing 12 pounds.
Columbia River.
phone operators to eight.
Vessel Plunges to Bottom Ten
Minutes After Collision.
Deportation of Strike Leaders
Arouses Criticism.
American Farms Raise
Stock Worth Billions
RADIO STATION SIGNALS
FROM ARLINGTON TO PARIS
Avalanche Kills Three;
Many Narrow Escapes
Goethals Greatly Pleased;
Future Plans Outlined
TRADE BALANCE GROWS IN
FAVOR OF UNITED STATES
■Oregon Auto Tax I^aw
Held Valid By Court
Government About to
Lift Embargo on Arms
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Importance of Pure Bred
milk so clean and free from bacteria
Bulb in Dairy Herds that ranks above even the high-priced
certified milk, produced especially for
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­ invalids and infants.
Tbe college
vallis-Continued success of the dairy dairy product contains from 2000 to
industry demands that pure-bred bulls
6000 bacteria per cubic centimeter,
with dairy-transmitting qualities be
while the number permitted in certi­
placed at the head of tbe dairy herd.
fied milk may run as high as 60,000
But it io not always possible, finan­ per c. e.
cially, for the small dairyman to own
“ We made counts on three consecu­
a well-bred bull.
In those parts of tive weeks,” said Professor T. D.
the state in which tbe herds of dairy
Beckwith, of the Bacteriological de­
cattle are small and close together,
partment, “and the results were 2000,
from ten to fifteen cows, to tbe herd,
3000 and 6000 bacteria per c. c., res­
associated ownership of a well-bred
pectively. Tbe first two counts were
bull is the plan that is recommended made from samples taken at the dairy
by Professor R. R. Graves, bead of barn, and the last one from tbe bottled
the Oregon Agricultural college dairy
product, just as it goes to market.
department. The value of a good sire This is a very high rank, even in com­
and the methods of forming and oper­ parison with the certified milk. In
ating bull associations are explained
comparison with the average product
by Professor Graves somewhat as fol­ it is simply ‘way up.*
lows :
“While not all bacteria in milk are
To retain and improve the milking
harmful, a surplus number is positive
qualities of a dairy herd it is neces­ proof that the milk has been subjected
sary to use a bull that is better bred
to unsanitary handling.
Not more
in dairy qualities than the cows. The than 600 per c. c. are ordinarily found
grade and tbe scrub bulls are no more in udder milk, and any excess must
prepotent than the cows, so that as have entered after the milk was
long as such are used there will be no drawn, usually in dust, manure, mud
improvement in the herd. No pro­ and hairs, or have bred in milk that
gressive dairyman will have a bull
was kept at too high temperature.
whose dam and paternal dam were not
During the first hour that milk is
capable of producing at least 800 drawn there can be no increase from
pounds of butter fat in 366 days. It
development of bacteria in the milk,
would be better if this minimum were and if the milk is reduced to a temper­
raised to 850 or even 400 pounds.
ature not above 60 degress, the natural
A few years ago we thought that if increase is very slow afterwards.”
the bull were a good looking individ-
The high-grade product at the col­
ua land had a pedigree, be filled all tbe lege was obtained simply by keeping
neeessary requirements. Both of these the milk “clean, cool and covered.”
points are important, but good produc­ It is kept clean by having the barn,
tion records of his ancestors sboud be the cow, the vessels and the milker,
an absolute requirement. Laying too clean. It is kept cool by putting it
much stress on his pedgree and ap­ into cans that stand in cold water, and
pearance, and too little on the dairy occasionally stirring both milk and
qualities of his ancestors, has been a water with a clean rod.
It is kept
pitfall to many dairymen.
covered by milking it into pails that
Pedigree may be helpful or harmful, have small cloth-covered tops, taking
according to the ancestry. If the an­ it from the bam as soon as milked,
imal has many high-producing ances­ and emptying it into cans that are im­
tors reaching to his own dam, he is mediately covered.
quite likely to have the power to
Milk ao handled is good and whole­
transmit high-producing qualities to some, keeps much longer and will
his offspring. If he has a line of non­ eventually bring a higher price. And
productive ancestry, or the productive the dairyman who follows these sim­
ancestry are several generations back, ple rules will never fear tbe visit of
he is more than likely to lack the tbe State dairy and food commission­
power to transmit dairy qualities. The er.
wise purchaser will give little consid­
eration to pedigree unless it is accom­ Poultry Keepers’ Don't*
panied by records of good production.
Ao Seen at O. A. C. Show
Pure breeding is not sufficient reason
for putting a bull at the head of the
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­
herd, even though accompanied by a vallis. — “Don’t use mongrel stock,”
fine conformation.
He must bave was one of the signs encountered on
heavy milk-producing ancestors close entering the Utility Poultry Show
held by the Poultry department of the
up-
Although the animal with advanced Oregon Agricultural college recently.
registry backing costs more than tbe Professor James Dryden thus ex­
animal without it, his additional worth pressed his estimate of the value of
He has resorted to a
is far more than the additional cost. mongrel fowls.
When such an animal is put at the limited and scientific use of cross­
head of the herd he many times gets breeding in his work of developing a
daughters that increase the yield of new variety, but the mongrels are
their dams. It is advisable when pos­ different considerations.
sible, to select bulls old enough to
“Don’t use immature stock,” was
have produced daughters whose merits the next sign displayed at the show.
are known.
Both size and vitality are affected un­
The effect of the bead bull on the favorably by mating too young chick­
production of the herd Was shown by ens. Vitality is an important factor
experiments at the University of Mis­ in egg-laying.
souri to be very great A herd of cows
“Dont’ start too big,” came next.
whose average yield was 6380 pounds No amount of knowledge and enthusi­
of milk testing 234 pounds of butter asm can make up for lack of experi­
fat, was bred to a pure-bred sire ence, and mistakes are sure to be
whose ancestors' milking qualities made in the beginning. If the begin­
were unknown.
The daughters fell ning is on a large scale, some of these
1009 pounds of milk and 18 pounds of mistakes will prove very serious.
butter fat below the record of the Therefore, they should be made with
dams. Another herd was bred to Mis­ only a few fowls. When the business
souri Rioter 3rd, out of the best cow has grown
the mistakes can be
in the herd, and the daughters showed avoided.
an increased average yield of more
than 3000 pounds of milk, yielding 146 Corn Growing Succeeds
pounds of butter fat — almost double
With Acclimated Seed
the yield of their mothers. The ex­
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­
periments proved conclusivelly that in
dairying as in everyhing else, “like vallis—Corn-growing in the Northwest
succeeds wherever acclimated seed
produces like.”
The question is not, can the owner corn is used and proper cultural meth­
of dairy herds afford to have a pure­ ods are observed.
“I tried a small sample of your field
bred bull with high producing ances­
tors, but how to place one at the head corn grown Last year, and although the
of his herd most economically. Dairy­ growing season was unusually short, I
men with large herds will of course had such success with it that I am en­
practice individual ownership.
But couraged to try it this year to the ex­
owners of small herds of ten to fifteen ■ tent of one or more acres.” The corn
cows often cannot afford to invest in a referred to by the writer, A. K. Dick­
high-class bull, and several such own­ inson, of the Dickinson Fruit and Veg­
ers may, when they are not too widely atable company, Oswego, Oregon, is
scattered, form a bull ownership asso­ college bred com furnished him by
ciation, and secure the services of a Professor H. D. Scudder of the Ore­
high-priced bull at a minimum cost to gon Agricultural college. It is known
as Minnesota No. 13, and has been
each member.
Constitution and by-laws for organ­ made the subject of special adaption
izing these associations, together with to Willamette valley conditions during
Many samples
instruction* and the services of an the last seven years.
expert organizer, will be furnished by of this com have been distributed
the Agricultural College upon applica­ widely throughout Western Oregon,
tion of any responsible group of dairy­ Washington and Central Oregon, and
have been the largest single factor in
men.
the demonstration of successful cora­
growing in the sections indicated.
Pure Milk Produced
By Practical Methods
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­
vallis—By methods so simple and in­
expensive that they easily may be fol­
lowed by farmers and practical dairy­
men everywhere, the Dairy depart­
ment of the OregonAgricultural college
has succeeded in producing a grade of
March of Progress.
“How long must I wait for this pres­
cription?"
“About thirty minutes,” answered
the druggist, “but you can occupy
your time pleasantly. Here is a coup­
on which entitles you to admission to
our moving picture show.”
Short Way.
His Didn’t Stick.
“There's too much in this article ca
"Robert,” asked the teacher, “did
Mrs. De Style about her glgrious
you throw any of those paper wads
tresses.”
sticking on the blackboard?”
"All right. We’ll give her a hair
"No,” replied Robert. "Mine didn’t
cut.”
stick.”—Judge.
No Fear.
Her Ways.
"Doctor, I am afraid I am losing my
"Nature has a queer way of doing.”
mind.”
"How so?”
“Well, don't mention it and nobody
“It you notice it Is after night falls
will notice the difference.”—Josh that day breaks.”
Wink.
Labrador has an area of 200,000
Last April's frosts In France affect­ square miles, but the population I»
ed the walnut crop.
only 4000.