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Woman'sWorld MI m A le ó t e . " L i t t l . W omnn" Dramatit.il t>y Mi*. [)• Forest. é j : ■v v \ V ■ • 'S > Column METALLURGY TO BE CONSIDERED American Mining Congress to Take Up Important Subject. STORE YOUR P0TAT0S WITH ME “ In the case of moles, a sharp pointed stick may be flushed down into the uplifted earth around the tunnel and the bait dropped in. Then aimply slump on the- burrow to eut out the light from below. “ The other method for preparing the bait with poison is as follows Dis solve an ounce of strychnia sulphate in a pint of boiling water ; add a pint ol thick ayrup and stir thoroughly. Scent this with a few drops of oil of anise. I his mixture is aufficiont to poison a half-bushel of wheat or corn. Simply pour it over the grain and stir vigorously. This grain, of course, should not he acaltired in exposed places where birds and poultry would get at it. “ In the case of traps, I do not know that any particular make is to he ri com mended. All of them have certain things which make them, in the eye of their manufacturers, a little superior to other types." Olie of the moat important subjects to In- considered at the meeting of the American Mining Congress, which will he held in Spokane November 26-29, will he that of tin- propo cd metallurgi I have room in my brick store build cal investigations to In- carried on by ing for several carloads, tirade your the Federal iiureau of Mim s. potatoes and store them where they In almost every mining district in can lie shipped at any time, and I think the United States there arc large de before Spring you will he aide to "sell posits of ore carrying a number of val them ut a fair price. uable metals, hut not enough of any .1. W. Thornton has a good bussi sow one ini-tal to pay the cost of extraction by any known method. for sull.-. Five horse-power Fairbanks • Morse That cheap methods of extracting gus engine anddiagsaw fur sale cheap. these metals can he devised, if metal Fall '¿'l, Sentinel. lurgical investigations arc carried far Fisher's n ie n ti Ilnur Ht Spr -y's. enough, is Ihe belief of every metal I have one 10-acre tract and one IK- lurgist who has given the subject any acre tract yet unsold, two mil s east consideiation. of Collage (¡rove, under irrigation The time and expense necessary to diteli, also near city pipe line. If you ■ •arry these investigations to a success want something that w ill make a nice ful issue practically places the subject home, come nod see me. .1 F. Spray. beyond the reach of the individual, Curtis Veliteli has for sale Millie while if such a method should he de- Short History of the Pest and Its Works by 0. A. C. Expert. (inala and Cotswool rains. vised by an indivdual or corporation, F. M. (iibler has for sale India IItin the results would In- not available to the Because the alfalfa weevil is at pre ner and white I'ekin ducks; also hard small mine owner because of the royal sent the subject of no little inquiry in wooti ; Saginaw Oregon. ly which would he exacted for the use letters to the Oregon Agricultural Col Drain your laud with tile. It will of the method. lege, and because of the possible injury '1 hi' American Mining Congress, rec increase- the yield, make the land of which the pest is capable, A. L. caaier worked. Often one wet weather ognising these facts, early began a Lovett of the crop pest staff has spring will keep se-vcrul acres soaked campaign to have the government carry brought together the following facts nil winter when a few rods of tile on such metallurgical investigations as regarding tiie nuisance: would tuke care of it and make it Ihe would lea i to this desirable result. The alfalfa weevil occurs in Europe, The first step was in securing the best land on the farm. As a rule the Western Asia and Northern Africa but land in I his part is not Mat enough to rc at ion of a Iiureau of Mines, through is not generally considered a serious which the work could be carried on. uetd tiling all over, hut all low places pest there. It was lirst reported in the should he looked after. Try putting Two years ago the iiureau of Mines was United States near Salt Lake City in created, hut in it h passage through in u few rods and see how it works. 1904. hut had been introduced, probably If I sell you $10 00 worth this year I Congress, the hill creating the bureau some time before as it was then in was so amended as to virlully limit the w ill sell you $loo 00 worth next year. work of the bureau to the coal mining “ullicent numbers to injure the crop Iluy a fanning mill. It is a money materially. The manner of introduc industry. * saver. All the crushed and small grain During the past session of Congress, tion is wholly theoretical. The habits is only a detriment to sow, hut it is all a hill was introduced, broadening the of the weevil are such that it could right to feed. Every weed takes up scope of the bureau, thus making It have come in the clothing or packs oi room and lessens your gram yield. IMissihle to extend the work into the immigrants, in the hole of nursery Then why h o w them when you eun lield of metal mining, while the Sec- stock, or any similar material. buy a good fanning mill of Spray for In infested districts the pest is prov \ relary of the Interior was induced to $30.00. iisl. for an appropriation of $100,000 ing a Bi-rioiiB menace. It seems capa Vetch seed at Spray’s to he used by the bureau for metal ble of easily cutting the ) leld material ly by its depredations, and later of Wanted. One good Angora HiPie lurgical investigation. rendering the crop entirely unprofita goat. C. II. Haight. The first hill is now u|xin the Senate ble. Even in well established fields Archie ’I homspon I as nire sandy loam calendar for third reading and hh no dirt to sell at 7.r><- per yard delivered opposition has developed, it is believed the crop is more or less delayed and any place in town. Just the thing for that it will puss the Senate in the early does not make the growth it should. parking, lawns and garden. Alfalfa is without question the favorite days of the coming session. Charles McFar’and has good Cots- host plant. There seems to be a g ight The appropriation of $100,000, asked wool Ram lamb for sale. preference in favor of the more stocky, for by the Secretary of the Interior Walter (iaroutte has good work horse was lost in the Huuse by a tie vote hut low-growing type. In addition to al for sale. Weight 1300 pounds. falfa the weevil has been obsirved to Seventy-five goats, mostly nannies, J was put Lqjck in the hill by a Senate will sei or trade for sheep or cattle. amendment, and finally during the fe d upon sweet peas, Utah milk vetch, " Two yearling buck sheep for Halt , last days of the past session, the Con white clover, red clover, alsike clover, i crosso! Cotswool and Datone Moreno. ference Committee compromised u|sin burr clover, yellow sweet clover, white I’hoiie 162. an spproprialion of $50,000, and it was sweet clover, black locust, etc. F. M. Webster thus describes the I passed. adult weevil: “ The fully developed t It is hoped thst the work done under PAGE : alfalfa weevil is a small, rather insig this and such other appropriations as : . ! ; nifu-ant appearing beetle, slightly under j may he hereafter secured for this work one-fourth of an inch long, of a brown ¿P a g e field fence is a spring steel, will be so serviceable to the metallifer color, mixed witii gray and black hairs best by every test. I'hone 162. ous mining industry of the West that arranged in indistinct spots and stripes Lime and cement at Spray's. ore bodies now unavailable may be on the back. Rubbed individuals may John Deere and Oliver plows at treated with profit anil that an impetus be very dark verging on black.” .Spray's. will lie given the mining industry simi- E. G. Titus thus describes the im Hood River Niagara Sprays, the best j |ar to that which followed the investi- mature stages: The egg is oval, by every test at Spiay s. gation of »he Agricultural Depaitmenl rounded at the ends and when first de Iluy your feed and I'our of Spray. inte lield of agriculture. 1‘hone 162. posited lemon yellow in color. Three of them laid end to end would about Shingles and posts. I'hone 162. reach across an ordinary pin-head. I deliver free to sll parts of town. Spray, phone 162. When first hatched the larva is a little Pest Expert Lovett of 0. A. C. Says laiger in diameter than a coarse thread When you buy Hour of Spray you buy Problem Not Simple. it straight from the car to the consum and about as long across as an ordinary er. pin-head. It is a pale, dirty yellow- at That it is no simple task to get rid of Second-hand light wagon for sale at first, with a head somewhat darker and gophers and moles and other rodents is Spray’s. with very minute black spots showing Tell Spray what you need to buy, the opinion of A. I.. Lovett, pest ex on the body. also what you have for sale, (let it pert at the Oregon Agricultural Col “ With the third molt, or casting of into Spray's column and do business. lege. He believes it is necessary to the skin, the larva becomes still darker Remember this column is free don't use a combination of treatments rather cost you anything. green, the line on the back almost pure than any one system. white, and there is a faint indication S h II hy the carload, Salt your hay “ In most cases one will have very when you think salt. Come nnd see of a white l>ne on either side. The good succoss during the early part of Spray. face shows the characteristic black the tight with the ¡»olsoned bait. Fum that so readily distinguishes this igation with carbon-si-sultid gives very species from any other larva in the good success in newly formed burrows alfalfa fields. The largest larvae are of the pocket gopher. This method is but a trifle over a quarter of an inch used extensively through the middle long and one-third as wide. west on a commercial scale and over "When full grown the larvae either a large fields. Where the application crawl or drop to the ground and spin fails it is usually due to the very e x cocoons in the dead leaves or other rub tended underground burrows which oc bish present. The cocoon is globular, cur in fields long infested. The carbon- composed of a rather coarse network si-sultid is used at the rate of three to of pure white threads large enough for six ounces to each fiocket. Saturating the larva to lie in in a slightly curved dry horse manure and working this position. The pupa or resting stage down into the burrow is a very good is at first pale green. As it advances method of application. The material toward the beetle stage it becomes may be poured slowly in to the hole darker and the legs and other parts direct. After treating the hole, cover of the body are more readily recog it thoroughly to hold in the fumes. nized. “ Always bear in mind that carbon-si- The New Way gas engine goes and The remedial measures are as yet in sultid is as inflamaUe as gasoline. Do goes right. the expel ¡mental stage. The pest is If you need an engine see our engine not open it near a hot stove, nor smoke sufficiently important to warrant care while niHking the application. nnd get our price before you buy. ful watch being kept for it and in case “ When the numbers pf pests are con Good second hand roller feed mill for suspicious individuals arc found they sale. siderable lessened they seem to become should be sent at once to the college Ohi growth tir.'alao oak grub wood wary of such methods, Hnd then pos for identitication. at Spray's. sibly the trap will he about the only The weevil passes the winter as an Wagons, buggies, plow?, harrows, way that you can catch them. After cultivators, discs, binders, mowers and the traps cease to be effective, a small adult, hibernating in sheltered nooks about the field. Matted grass in fence rakes at the big hole in the wall. boy with a rifle will usually keep them corners, rubbish and clods and even the down pretty well. This pest usually crowns of alfalfa plants furnish excel appears above ground at certain hours lent quarters. In early spring they of the day and can be shot very readily. emerge and spread over the fields, and “ There arc two methods of preparing commence feeding on the earlier buds the poisoned bait. One consists of and shoots. *About this time they simply using pieces of carrot or potato begin paring, and the females are ready or even raisins. Make an incision in to deposit eggs soon. In Utah this is each piece and slip in a crystal of usually early in March, but depends Remember the goat. He will kill strychnia sulphate. The burrow should largely on the season, sometimes being the brush and make the grass grow not be left uncovered in the case of the delayed until April. The eggs are usu while you sleep. pocket gopher; simply scrape away the I pay cash for chickens, eggs, h'des, surface soil to expose the tunnel; the ally laid on alfalfa stems. grain. bait may then be dropped into the hole Proof of Annual Labor blanks for sale at the Sentinel office. Wedding invitations-The Sentinel. and the soil replaced. WHAT IS THE ALFALFA WEEVIL? MXIIIAN liK KlIIIKMT ill as Marian l»o !• < >i •• ,t . w h o ilruiii Uttlc W o m e n . " Is tlir rtriin.iitli- tic for tin' II ii IT ii I o ICxprcMii Kin- a coinddei ulili- rt<| mi tn 1 1<>n its a dra itlc critic, lint n ever la-fore trleil tier ml at play w riling Sin- Is an entlm latic lover o f Miss Ah n il's w ork s <1 lu*r d r a m a il/iitloii w as m o l e o i l It t reremllliK the hook Mias lie Tor on t ex plain s Unit sla- illil not want to lied down lij llielilellts, as Is oltcli » ease when the ilrainallst consults i book In coiijiiiic ilon with (lie work baud. \s a plujr » L i l l i e W o m e n " lias I m - cii -II received. mill till- fa m o u s story Is leiidldly and neeiirately |iortrayed, is role of Men Is taken liy Miss Alice inly, the d a u g liler of William A ady. Who piodueis l (lie play We \V> or X- IN THE OLDEN DAYS. ual Suftr.i (js Obta in .(I A m ong t h . Noraam.n In t h . Viking A y . lauy of tin- woiiien o f todiiy w ho lie thetuselves upon helliK 'm o d e l'll' 1 "advanced" and w h o are milking h a brave struggle to otitaln rights I privilege w hich certainly should theirs without any c ontention would surprised to know h ow far euual fra ire obtnlned a m on g the old Norse It lu th- ate o f the vikings igh and violent a s they w ere In se days, they had a respect for luali, anil their la w s w ere m ade to tect her and to g ive her an In ndenoe she hail not possessed ollgll the m l ll„' l ent Util'S At wll the Woman o f the viking period auie o f legal age and was allow ed transact tier o w n affairs o f laisl '« She o w n e d property lu her o w n it. which, after her iiuirr'age, still tallied her o w n . A fter o n e year o f 'rlaife a man and tils w if e lier-nme l nor«, and w lu ite ie i w a s aeipilred lie way o f lands, stock and oth er pertjr was o w n e d Jointly, and the jhand could not sell nor m o v e It to liter towii or coun try withou t the p's consent Th is w ould seem n Mile state to those w om en o f ling J whose husbands, lerrallv entitled In so. tnk-' fr o m th eir scanty earn .1? and dismise o f them w ithout a your lea v e” or "thank y o u ." tnnriittgi- tin- viking maid could he co«rci«l Although the men o f family coititi offer their ad rice, was not Isaind to take It Mar e wna a civil c o m p a c t only, and. le even Iti those f a r o f f times the e had a d o w r y , the g ro o m had to against this a eou nterg lft. After wedding the w if e liccatue her him I s compii nlon. and I mi II i ill home m th « c o m m u n ity her counsel? wn 3 1 cured nufact wns. rtumty irtment* togotner of e rv icca i the position o f w o m e n In tlaya o f the sagas w a s decid edly •ct. T ’Hor' _ la y . ^ I t*a.‘ w h s t ■ w i t . N e.i*. • ie need* a good temper, a cheerful ' osltlun and a k n ow led g e o f how het land should lie treated a n d p ie needs a capa bility o f lookin g on ¡ti. Up, bright side <>r life and r efu s in g to voriied by hiiiii II things. ‘ i i ^ t h »te net-da a secure g rasp o f such suh a ns are o f Interest to men and ■Id not he a b o v e stu d yin g even poi • In order to understand should her 01 N6tft>nn<1 "l>*‘nk ,,f ,f ie needs a sym p ath etic nature In Is ill _ 1 1)¡’ ,P that should sor r ow fnII upon n abe ma.v lie able to g iv e co m fo rt ter husband le needs to understand som eth in g ^ - ^ Irk nnralng. A w ife with no notion vhnl to d o In eases o f Illness Is hut aelesa thing he needs considerable tact and p a te»- the one to enable her to k n o w »11 to remain silent, and v ice versn. I lite ottici to put up with him when temper Is nulled c tr The Length of 8kirte. temi out everal Inclu-s longer .way with chopped ones. 'wo Inches and two and a hnlf * the proper height from the ground 'he aboe top will now go Into re- imtnt I trota’ iklrta may not he any wider. tut they nre longer, which helps na. tome folks mny drop their hnmtnern m. ro\ lauallj there is another up their eve for the next change of fnahlon. lelgh-bo. hut hunyltodlcn cannot be verted to neglect their John! ! i ! ! HOW TO KILL GOPHERS AND MOLES Majority Rule Amendment. Among the thirty-eight measures, which will appear ori the official ballot to he voted on by the electorate of Ore gon at the coming election on Novem ber 5th, will be the Majority Rule Amendment, ‘this ia an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Oregon so as to require a majority of all electors voting at any election to adopt constitutional amendment and pass initiative mcasurea. This meaaure is proposed for the ex press purpose of preserving the Initia tive I.aw for the people of Oregon by preventing ita over-uae by its friends, and hy preventing its abuse and [<oa- sihly its repeal hy its enemies. It scarcely admtis of argument that the Initiative Law as originally in tended by its sponsors, is a most worthy measure. Hut we find it today “ work ing overtime” in Oregon. We find it being grossly abused and preverted turned from the purpose for which it was originally intended, namely, to be a powerful weafjon in the hands of the people with which to get important and necessary legislation after the same had been neglected or refused by the State Legislature. Governor Woodrow Wilson sOys: It is to he regarded as “ a gun behind the door" to be used only when the people's representatives fail to represent them. After its eight years of use and abuse we find that it is fast pushing the Legislature into a subordinate and secondary place. Beginning with a few measure and a comparatively small official pamphlet, it has grown until today there are 38 measures to be voted upon, and an official »pamphlet containing over 250 pages for the voters of Oregon to grope through in order to arrive at anything like an in telligent conclusion in regard to the projKised measures. What percentage of the voters will take the trouble to give these 38 meas ures the requisite time and attention in order to vole intelligently thereon? And yet, it is the bounden duty of every voter to do so, because in this conglomerate mass there may be im portant measures affecting vitally all of the people of the state. A large majority of these 38 measures are or dinary matters of legislation which should have gone to the Legislature where members elected by all of the people are paid for the purpose of pas sing upon the merits or deuierits of such measures, and who are at least supposed to be competent to render an intelligent decision thereon. And yet, we cannot expect any change in the number of measures on the ballot so long as we have an unbridled and un protected initiative law that allows every paid propagandist, every faddist and fanatic who may be able to raise the price with which to hire an army of professional petition circulators to go forth and solicit signatures to a pe tition at so much per name. What is there to prevent special in terests from initiating measures con taining jokers which if let pass may work untold injustice to the people of Oregon? Will the electorate of Oregon take the time and trouble to study this official pamphlet sufficiently to select the good measures from the vicious ones—the wheat from the chaff, so to speak, and pass favorably on the good ones and reject the bad ones? We say no, and to substantiate our claim we need only call attention to the fact that you may go forth today - less than a month before election, and consult 10 business and professional men whose business and tirofessional training has taught them to look carefully into im- portant matters before rendering a de cision thereon, and ask them if they have looked carefully into the 38 measures proposed and if they have read the 250 pages of the official pamph let. We make the statement without fear of successful contradiction, that at least seven out of the ten will admit they have not read the pamphlet at all, and if so, have only given it a super ficial glance. If such be the case with the man who is supposed to give these matters close attention, what can be expected of the busy mechanic and laboring man whose attention ia cen tered in other directions and whose environment is all along other lines? The remedy suggested at the present moment by some of the moat promi nent newspapers of the state ia, "V ote ‘ No’ on all measures unless you are sure." Not having studied the merits of the 38 measures, how can the voter be sure? If he votes “ N o" on all or most all the measure and all are turned down, how about the one, two or per haps three or four meritorious meas ures for which there is a genuine need or demand by the people? Are they to meet the same fate as the dozens of ordinary measures which should have gone to the Legislature in the first place, or the vicious or fanatic meas ures which should be turned down with a vengeance? If we are to preserve the initiative law for the,people of Oregon, both present and future, we must protect it by surrounding it with a safeguard which will prevent ita misuse and abuse by those who wouki use it to further selfish interests to the det> riment of the greater number o f the people of the state. The Majority Rule amendment will do thia by driving all ordinaty meas ures o f legislation into the Legislature where they belong, and by driving the selfish and pernicous measures Into oblivion where they also belong. The Majority Rule amendment, if passed, will reduce the number of measures on the ballot to a sane basis hy giving notice to all that a measure in order to stand a chance of passing must have real merit and that there must be an actual demand for the same, in which case there wll he no difficulty at all in getting a majority to vote in favor of it. Take the time and pains to look into the Majority Rule amendment and if you do. you will vote for it and pre serve the initiative law for the people of Oregon. Vote 322 X yea. Vote 323 X no. MAJORITY RULE LEAGUE. The Value of a Discount Rate. On September 4 the Hank of England raised its discount rat» to 4 per cent Business in the world is brisk and money commands good rates. The Hank of England knows that it will be called on for gold and it raised its dis count rate to attract gold from coun tries that have it to spare. The Hank of England never refuses to pay out gold. It raises its discount rate to in crease its supply of the basic meal, and the raising or lowering of its dis count rate has not failed in half a century to attract or repel gold. It is a scientific system. It enables England to finance the world on a supply of gold which is less than one-quarter the quan tity in the United States. In this country there is no discount rate. When we want gold we have to throw on the market the best securities we have at bargain prices. It is time our archaic banking system was reformed. There are ninety-two million reasons why the country’s banking system should be reformed, with one addit'onal reason fur each individual in the popu lation above that figure. JOKER IN GRADUATED TAX Personal Property, Whether Private or Corporate, Affected by Pro posed Tax Amendment. Under the guise of placing a gradu ated tax on the value of corporate property in Oregon, promoters of the single tax theory have concealed a joker in a long constitutional amend ment, which will go before the people through the theory 'o f single tax be coming a practical reality in the Etate. This concealing of a joker in sweep ing amendments has become a habit in attempting to advance single tax legis lation as demonstrated by the so-called county tax amendment which was passed in 1910. In that amendment abolition of poll and head tax was made the catch ph’-ase to lurs the voter, when in reality the amendment as a whole allowed each county to provide its own system of taxation or exemp tion. This year an attempt is made to se duce the voter through a series of graduated assessments on properties valued at $10,000 or over. The joker is concealed in the seventh section of the proposed amendment, labeled secion (1) and is as follow s; “ The people of any county may at any time by a county law assess and tax personal property and improvements on, in and under land in their county, but except as such property may he assessed and taxed by and under such county laws the same is exempt from taxation in Oregon." By the provision included in this sen tence, as the proposed amendment is made self-executing, automatically all personal property and all buildings and improvements upon land would be ex empt from taxation. This would even exempt all buildings and improvements upon lands of the corporations which arc mentioned as falling under the provisions of the graduated tax secion. Some of the most valuable properties of such corporations would be entirely exempt from taxation, even to the graduated tax. LEGISLATIVE TAX COMMITTEE. Cha». V. Galloway, Chairman. Notice to Grangers. Next grange meeting will be on Nov. 2 at 1 o ’clock. All members are re quested to be present, as there is im portant business to be settled G. W. McFARLAND, Master. Hard on Housewives. With ranch eggs selling at 45 and 50 cents a dozen in local markets and case eggs at 40 cents a dozen, the housewife in Klamath Falls is hard hit by the high cost of living. Incidentally a large percentage of the old hens in Klamath are on a “ strike.” The hens are molting and at such a time they are not inclined to produce their usual amount of eggs, regardless of the price the groceryman offers.—Klamath Falla Northwestern. Notice. During my absence, and until further notice, all matters pertaining to Fire Insurance for my attention should be referred to Orville St^ar at Powell A Co’ .a store, where it will receive prompt attention. D. T. Awbrey. *26tf If it’s in The Sentinel it'a newz- if it’a news it’s in The Sentinel.