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About The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1909)
THt ECHO REGISTER, ECHO, OREGON PAGE THREE FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1909 Ladies Get Busy 200 new and up-to-date Linen Jackets Suits in all shades ranging in price from $7.50 to $20. 500 house, street and party dresses from $1.50 to $30. The most beauti ful garments this store has ever shown. F. E. Livengood & Co., Pendleton, Ore. ' Teutsch's Old Stand .KM f,&.U EXPERIENCE fJr Traoc Marks Copyright Ac Anrna.aMi1tnf s akHrh and dra-rlttlnfi ma? quickly iiaftiii our tMiinni rr not tier a liirsiiilnn la pnhallf W"""" lloii.ttictlTr.iUJnlliL HANDBOOK on I'alruu Wilt frM. nMert Htenrf tot tccumi DstwMh Patent, taken thnHiB tluitn A Co. noalf tpn-Ul Htie4, Htioutclinit:., lutti. Scientific Jlmrim. A bnlannil iltntrat4 wrtlT. IjwwI (rtf. culaiuw of miT rricmiuo Journal, Trnia. W a tow: furrmnlua.fL SoUbjaJl r.a.lolora. MUNH&Co.30"5 New York Branch i'llko, CS r BU Waatlwlun, U. U Farm Garden PROTECTION FOR SQUASH. E.W. GATES, Contractor ind Builder F.stlmates Furnished Jobbing ami At the Hotel Echo Echo, Oregon PITTX TOOFTHFR ""R KPHO The World's Best Two Practical and Intxpantiv Plana to Prevent Ravages of Borers. The most ditllcult matter about growing stjuashca U to protect the vines from the various Insects that prey upon them. This I esiccInUy true In the home garden mill small plots ueur building or near where squashes or other vine crop were growu the previous year. because the Insects hilK-miite In the buildings nnd In the ground near the vine they fed upon for the winter. For the airletl cucumber beetle there In no mlsnn or repellent that will prove effective and satisfactory nt oil time. The liox plant protector showu In the cut la VZ by 12 Inches and nix Inches high, cover- ed with wire screen, which Is set over the hill when the seeds are planted nud left on until the plants get too large. Protector of this type may be made of old pine boxes or other odds and ends, nud they need not cost over 5 cents u piece, even if the lumber must be purchased. Another style, In the 7 Chickering, Weber, Kimball, Hobart M. Cable, Lester and the Genuine Pianola Piano Victor, Edison, and Columbia Talking Machines and Records. Eiler's Piano 813 Main St., Pendleton House Dispensers of Pianoreliability DOS PLANT WUTMTOK. seceiid tut, Is made eutlrcly of wire screen. The one shown was uindu by cuttlns n circular piece of wire screen twenty-four Inches In diameter nnd then folding over a section, nmnuutlng to one-fourth to one-third of the cir cumference, and fastening with short ple.es of small wire pushed through the meshes nnd the ends twisted t gether. It gives a good Idea us to bow these protectors nre made. At re tail priceti the protectors inado this way will cost 8 cents each, but they have this ndvautage over the box style the light aud nlr have full ac cess to the plants, as a glance at the ink buttle In "the wire plant protector will prove, the bottle being placed In the tvutcr of the protector. These pictures were takeu early In April, nnd t!io Ink bottle hud to do duty In place of the plants. Another advantage of this style Is that the protectors may be nested together aud stored easily PAYS TO RAISE WEEDS. Thoso "Planta Out of Place" Have) a Fixed Market Value. Money In weeds? To te sure. The national department of ngrlculturo tins been for many years telling tho fann ers of ttie large money vnlue going to waste each year l:t this country In the shax of x'rnliitus weeds nud hits been Issuing bulletins with directions for collecting, curing nud selling the weeds. A tpiarter of a century ngo lr. George B. I.orlng. the commission er of agriculture, called atteutlon to the fact that In Ueruiany many of the commonest nnd most jiernlclous weeds that the American farmer has to con tend with were successfully aud prof itably cultivated, lturdock. dandelion, witch pram, foxglove, mullein, hore hound, Jltr.sou. mustard nnd water hemlock are among our commonest weeds and grow In grcnt profusion al most everywhere In the 1'nlted Slates. Ordinarily they are regarded merely us troublesome weeds. The trouble, of course. Is In the lazy habit of attempt ing to grow weeds nud cultlvatl crops on the same laud lit tne same time. So It often happens that the witch grass between the potato rows Is more valuable than the tubers In tho hills. When you raise weed you must make a business of it. I-iuid that will raise nothing else will raise weeds. The jlmson grows In rank profusion nlsiut the feed lot. the front yard Is yellow with dandelion Bowers, nud the flow ers of the mullein bedeck the pastures. The burdock grow In the roadside fence corners, nnd the waste lot pro duces nn abundance of witch grass and comfrcy. yet n majority of the drug weeds used In medicine In this coun try nre still Imported nud paid for nt a high rate. Without counting wormwood, tnnsy nud rhubarb, nil of which nre weeds lu favored places, nn 1 without including catnip or pennyroyal or any of the mints, the American people nre pay ing out more than $300.0110 a year In hard earned money for Imported weeds w hich nro growing wild lu near ly every part of tho country. The Im ports for tlie year 1007-8 wero as fol lows: Pounds rrlco Import- per Total ed. pound, value. Burdock K 7 M.3 Dandelion 11S.K3 I 6.778 Dock ir:..ex t.mo witch anus ao.eo ir.ono Foxglove U.0 7 I.S50 Mullein 6.IW 0 Son) Ilorchnunii 30.000 l.WS Jlmiton weed 15o.oi 6 7.C00 Water liomloc 20.01.0 6 l.0 Mualard C.OJU.0U) B SO.000 The knowledge that there U money DRAYAGE Wc Haul Anything Protr.jt Attention Given to All Orders Two Wagons Constantly at Work 0. G. THORNTON The Echo Drayman I GEO. KNAGGS a Wagon Maker Blacksmith llorslislioeiiijr and General Itepnir Work ..Satisfaction (iiiaranteeil.. Solicit a Share of your patronage Ituckley Street, lklio, Or. Echo Livery Stable IABKEB CUNtJA. Props. Under new management First class livery rigs, Host of care taken of horses left in our charge. Good rigs, good horses. Hay and grain for tale. Come and see me. ECHO. OREGON ammer Elates East 1 i During the Season 1909 via the Oregon Railway & Navigaton Go. OREGON SHORT LINE AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD for Portland, Seattle, Spokane, Tnconm. Walla Wnlla ami nil point on Th; O. It. & N. line To OMAHA and return - - $60.00 To KANSAS CITY and return $60.00 To ST. LOUIS and return - $67.50 To CHICAGO and return - - $72.50 and to other principal cities in the East, Middle West and .Sout. Correspond ingly low fares. On Sale June 2, 3, July 2, 3; August 11, 12 To DENVER and return - - $55.00 On Sale May 17, July 1, August 11 Going transit limit 10 days from date of sale, final limit October 21st. These tickets present some very attractive features in tlte way of stopover privileges, and choice of routes; thereby enabling passengers to make side trips to many Interesting points en route. Routing ou the return trip through California may be lad at a slight advattce over the rates quoted. Full particulars, sleeping car reservations and tickets will be furnished by any O. Ii. It X. local agent, or WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon WIt:E 1'LAKT rntiTECTOU. when no longer needed. If given a coating of coal tar or some weather proof paint occasionally these protect ors should last fur years. Some of the smallest Iteetlcs chii crawl through the meshes of wire screen, but one can eaMiy till the very few that get Inside. The bush or slimmer squashes If tukeu when tender nud cooked like egrplnnt nro much suiierlur to that well known vegetable. Of course where the bush siUt:shes are about mature and before the borers leave the stem to hliicrtinte In the "ll the vines should le pulled nnd destroyed to kill the Isirer. This should be duo about Aug. 1; the time varies with tbf latitude. Spraying the first four or five Joints of the sqtinHU vine (not tho leaves) with kerosene emulsion Is a rood plnn. as also nre catching and kill Ins; the adult moth, which ta very con spicuous and eislly found when once known. However, the trap crop plan will Ink fourd to tie the most practical and satisfactory method of dealing with th squash borer. In using the above described screen protectors It is well to remember that the soil should be drawn tip al:ut the edges of the box or wire screen and Armed down so as to lie sure that none of the bugs can crawl under the fides. In tho very common and much de spised weeds Is spreading every year, nnd a very considerable Industry In medicinal weeds has arisen, but It is far short of what It should be. The average farmer cannot bring himself to regard as other than a hereby the declaration that a weed Is simply a useful plant out of place. The price paid by big jobbing drug houses for leaves. Mowers or roots of the commoner weeds which n 111 let the farmer with their presence when he lets them get out of place nro us fol lows: Dandelion roots, dried; Jiuison weed, leaves nnd seeds, poison hem lock, freshly plucked, arid dried How era nnd le.ives ami dried and cleaned seed of black nud white muslard, ! cents a pound; burdock root, sliced aud dried. 7 tents a Miund: dried leaves nnd blossoms of hcrchouud and wild foxglove, 0 to 7 cents ik pound: dried blossoms of the tall pasture mullein, CO cents n pound If ponied In tljrlit jars. In addition to the above stand ard drugs the dried leaves of poke weed ami trillium, gold thread and Jack-ln-tbe-pulpit are marketed, ns well as the leaves nnd flowers of tnnsy, lo'.tclln. boiiesct. catnip and a dozen other very common plants, nit of whl it aro In demand at the market prices. Sanitary Poultry Nest. The prorctit day tendency to employ sanitary measures lu the dairy, the stable, the dog house, etc.. Ims at Inst extended to the noultrv ynrd. The In- ' du frloiis hen Is to be provided with a snnpary nest which can be readily j washed and scrubbed, ns occasion de mnuds. This re cnt development Is A New Hotel In PENDLETON Hotel Bowman Judd Fish, Manager. Rooms 50c to $1.50 (With Bath) U. D. HOLMES Contractor, and Builder Estimates Furnished On Application HOTEL HOSKINS - i jEcho.Ore j 1 WCHliJUJUJLi C5IJS LA FONT A 1 N K, Prop. Itcstniiriiiit and Oyster House iMeuls nt all Hours 25c Open nil Night OYSTKIWT CRACK I'D CKAIt, CU.VWFISII, clams, HTC. i:rc. aa j Hverylhliiff Kew iiml Up-to-dut l tilM Main Street, Lafoiilulne Itlork. For your next menl, try A. C. CHAW FOR I) U. S. Lund Commissioner HiTini.ston, Or"nou W. E. TIIRRSIIKU LAWYKU KCllo, okkoon w4 Mora Appl.i Ntcdcd. riafltfal i,. n rt iiM'Mmnrr In til I .......... . UU..K. . culture of apples on this continent or the United States, and Canada will b forced In a few years to Import nrples Instead of exporting them. If it had not been for the enormous crops In the orchards of the I'nolnV and north western stales and protinces lust year an apple famine would hare n-sultcd. Many of the middle western and eastern states rcjK.rtod small yields in 1008 due to failures lu iiumcrous In stances, but generally because of nts. I.any orchards were neglected, and In scores of places the trees were per mitted to die Iwennse of Inattention. la 1800 tbe total product of the enp of the country was G,070.0i0 barrels, or 177,C73,CM) bushels. Since then hun dreds of thousands of acres bare been added, and method of fruit groaing hare Improved, yet tbe government , re porta show that tbe aggregate crop j in all tbe states la tbe Union was not 'more than 2S.000.onO barrels, or O. 600O0 buabela. In 19091 ! I ' Li. ECHO I r. it. iMntx. m. d. I'liyslclan ami Surgeon. OftKGON int. am:xam)KK it i I l'liysiclwii & Surgeon j K ho IMione Itlack 74 j J. FltAXK KIIKLTOV. Attorney al Law. KCIIO OREtJOM It. It. JOII.NMIN, AiUrH-y al Ijiw. a'HO OltEOON KtaiLT tXCAStJ. ibown In the accompanying Illustra tion. The nest Is made of wire and Is mj-ported In a suitable bousing, both of which can be removed from tin chl'-ken bouse w hen denning Is neces sary. When thus removed ihey can be conveniently placed In n .ultable re ceptacle containing Udllnr water and thoroughly cleansed of all Impurities and undesirable Inserts. Money In Henty. Three Lund red billion bees made enough boney last year to All a trnlo of cars long enough to reach from New York to Buffalo. At tbe low wholesale rate of 10 cents a pound it was worth $23,000,000. IAHMK DIHMTOItY. Overland Islge .No. 33, 1. O. O. V vleels every Saturday evening In tbe )dd Fellows' hall on Dupont street. Henrietta Itehekali LNlgo No. 34, I. O. ). I'Meets second and fourth Wednesdaya of each month In OiM Fellows' hall. I niatllU Lodge No. so, A. F. A A. t. Meets first and third Hatur Jar if each month In tbe Masonic hall on Onpolnt street Fort llenrietla Camp No. 772. W. O. WMeeU first and third Wrdiws. daya of each month In Odd Feiiowe hall. CIU'IICII DIKKCTOKT. . . Mrtliodlat Charrlt Sunday srheal at 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m. 7 p. m., every Sunday.