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BUSINESS
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enterod at Cottage Grove
Tuesday, July 20, 1915
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SOUTH
A muu '» own opinion o f himself is
fully as reliuble as the forecasts of the
party vote made by the party leader
just before the vote begins to come in.
Not ts Expected, but Surely
Here on Time.
T h in gs W e T h in k
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER WITH PLENTY OP BACKBONE
A
Tkiggs others think, and what wa
think s i tha thing* other* think.
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A revolutionist is usually aouiebod
who is too cowardly to risk his own life
to get something he desires, so he be
comes a leader o f the downtrodden an
should receive due credit by having his
AHBOOB B I L B R YA N .
sicks them on from the rear.
name attached thereto. That seems
Ah boob Bil Bryan (may his jaw have the only fair way to do. It seems as
N o longer do we give the horse
rest! )
if that would stir individual effort laugh to the man who talks of flying
Awoke one midnight from a dreaming
that knowing that the public would
feat
A uiau who is tender hearted is often
And in the alcove where he kept his kuow who wrote the story or editorial
would cause the writer to take greater one who isn’t a f fee tad by anyone
thinks—
Likewise his grape juice and some other pains in its preparation and to striv
troubles but his own.
drinks—
more earnestly to keep out errors.
He saw an Angel
in a
nighty
i ’ eople who knock the place they liv
It is probably true that the writer
clad,
in
would better be satisfied for the
Who banged a battered Remington would be put more upon his mettle
like mad,
and it is also true that he would get are not wanted anywhere else.
Excessive speech had made Bil Bryan (
re»1 it sometimes that he does
bold,
It seems us if the weuther man hit
not
now
get,
but there the good that
So in his deep chautauqua voice he
it ofteuer when he predicts rain tha
might be done ends and impracticability
trolled:
when he predicts fair weather. May In
“ What typest t h o u f’ ’ The Vision starts.
that's the reason he predicts ram so
snarled, “ Go hence!’ ’
A newspaper is like any other busi
often— there's not so much of a ilium-
I write the names o f future presi­
ness o f equal size. ¡Signed editorials
dents.’ ’
of beiug mistaken.
‘ 'A n d is mine o n e f ’ ’ asked Ahboob. and signed news stories would mean di
“ Nope, not y e t,’ ’
Harry Thaw has made a travesty o
vided responsibility and a newspaper
Replied the writing Angel. You should can not be made a success under such justice— yet there ure few people who
fr e t.’ ’
And Ahboob, though his inmost soul conditions any more than a department care u tinker's darn whether he is in
store can. «
jail or out.
was vext,
Just swallowed hard and muttered
It would be just as practical to ad
Boon after a person is ' found out
“ Put me next.'
The Angel wrote and beat it. The vertise the names o f the manager of he is put “ in. ’ '
every department o f a department
next night
He came illumined by a tungsten store as to advertise the uame o f the
Oue thing about good base bull
light,
writer o f every item that appears in
weather tkr.t mi Ins it worth arbil
And gave to Ahboob, with a loud
newspaper.
praying for is that it is also just what
tee hee
A newspaper’s influence in a com the crops need.
A carbon copy o f his screed, and—
Gee!
rnunity could not be nearly as great if
Somehow or other we can't dovclo)
Bil Bryan's name stood first o f any it depended upon the individual repu
much sympathy for the fellow who is
man’s
tation of its contributors as when the
Among the list o f famous Also-rans.
selling at a loss something for which hi
— Chicago Tribune. work o f each is combined in the per
once refused a fabulous price.
sonality and reputation of the news
The Sentinel has received a copy of paper. There is a personality in every
I f you are not particularly auxiou
The Pioneer Sun, published at Drewsv, newspaper o f any pretentions. It is about when a thing gets done turn i
Oregon, by E. L. Beede. The copy of tne personality o f the guiding spirit of over to someone else.
the Sun was probably sent us because the newspaper and it would not be well
I f every man were accepted at th<
of the similarity o f the name of its nor wise to substitute the personality
editor with that of Elbert Bede, editor of reporters and writers who come apd value which he honestly places upon
of The Sentinel. Until this occasion
the only person the editor of The Sen
tinel had ever heard o f with a name at
all similar to his was a woman named
Mrs. Elbert Bede.
OUR SACRED RELIC.
Today, when the liberty o f the Amer
iean people is threatened abroad, it is
quite appropriate that the old Liberty
Bell, that first proclaimed liberty to
a handful o f colonists, should be sent
across the continent to what were
trackless wilds when its clapper sent
forth the message that has made it a
part of our history. Prince nor poten­
tate ever was acclaimed like the old
Bell upon its triumphal tour.
At a time when patriotism is needed
to back our president in whatever he
may do in the present trying situation,
it is appropriate that the old bell
whose message o f liberty stirred the
bloods o f patriots 139 years ago should
be sent to stir the patriotism o f the
unnumbered thousands who eagerly
sought to see or touch the sacred relic.
It was little less than prophetic that
the lettering placed upon the old bell
years before a breach before the mo­
ther country was thought o f should
have been those from Lev. xxv., U):
“ Proclaim liberty throughout all the
land unto all the inhabitants thereof.’ ’
When the liberty o f American citi­
zens is endangered, even upon our own
continent, when war with Mexico is
not an improbability; when liberty of
American citizens in peaceful pursuits
abroad iB endangered, when a severance
of friendly relations with Germany is
not an improbability; when an exhibi­
tion of patriotism upon the part of
those who are opposed to war may be
necessary, the trip o f the bell that
called our forefathers to arms in de­
fense of the new nation may yet prove
to have been as providential as the let­
tering upon the bell.
EDITORS A N D T H E I R 8 IO N A T U R E 8
T IH probably merely a coinci­
dence that William Jennings
Bryan should have advocated
signed news stories and signed edi­
torials in his address at the Interna­
tional Peace Congress and that K.
Hugimurn, a Japanese delegate to the
International Press Congress, should
have advocated the same idea. The fact
that a leading Japanese newspuper man
and our own William Jennings have
brought this idea so prominently before
the public makes it worthy o f consider­
ation.
The idea sounds as plausible as did
16 to 1 and it is just as impractical up­
on second thought.
At first thought it seems that the
person who writes a good news story
X
Tbs
M assage
of
tha
Pa n a m a -P a o iflo
E x p o s i t i o n — E v i d e n c e s T h a t t ho D a y
Bagan
Forty
Y oara
A g o — H andicapa
of F a a r a n d S u p a r a t i t i o n C o n s t r i c t e d
Our M i n d a — T h a
A lm o st
Gone— T h a
N igh t
of
W oapin g
Praeant
D arken­
in g C l o u d tho L a s t E a r t h S h a l l Sea.
O h kin tul. C a l. ,
June tt. — I'nalor
Bussell, here In
attemlanc* u p o u
the 1. B. 8. A. Con­
vention, delivered
n notiilile address
today at the City
Auditorium, from
the text, “ He thnt
n a t u p o n th e
Throne said. Be­
hold. I make nil
thing* new.” (llev-
elation 21:5.) T o ­
morrow will lie !. B. 8. A. Day at tho
Exposition, mid the Pastor will lie one
of the s|ieukers.
Referring to the marvels o f the Ex-
[sisltloii. the sis-aker declared that he
haa seen the various Kxixmltloua from
the Centennial on. and haa noticed the
great progresa marked by each, all of
which have eorn»l>orated what he wlah
ca to polut out from the B ib le- that wo
are living tu a most wonderful timo,
ltlhle chronology shows us thnt In 1875
the world entered U| hiii a great Sab­
bath o f a thousand year*, which was
preceded by six great Days of a thou
aatid year* each. Thl* great Week of
seven thousand year* will wttueaa the
completion o f man's creation. By the
end o f that time the earth will tie a
world wide Paradise, the htimun race
brought to perfection will have filled
the earth, and propagation will have
ceased.—Genesis 1 28; Luke 20:34-36.
IM P R O V IN U T H E L A W N
URGES FIGHT ON FOREST
FIRES THIS YEAR
Tltnsly litu i» un Caie and Management
of Old Lawus. Treatment of
Weeds.
Improving mi old I h w ii la a vrry
linieli more d iff id ili prolilcm tinnì ea
ttihlialiiag u new ime. la inany eases
it la imprartivabli* tu attempi thè ini
proveilient of ali old luwu thut la ili
bini condii ioli, a al thè apeciuliaf a of
thè depurimeli!. Ilowevur, if u renana
ttbly good t «irf obtuilia, tt in poaalldc
lo better it materittlly by reaeeding,
fsrtili/ing ami wntering. Ili thè ani
jority o f eliaca iluproi ciucili ia ,lenirci
ili thè apring, »ilice ut thl» sellami Ulitny
bare »nota are in evideuce na thè re
aiilt o f thè preci'iling willter. I f thè
arcua lo he improved are »muli, they
cini be Iniiiilworked inni reaeedcd with
little diffieulty. Il they are largo, it
ia tiamilly advienble tu apiule tlicni up.
work thoroughly, nini accd, uà in thè
cane o f atartiiig n new I h w i i . la uny
event reaeeding »houli! be dune early
ili thè »pring with a liberal qiiuatity
o f n good aasd misture
W lidi thè »tinnì o f grua» i» timi over
thè eutire luwa or a grester portimi o f
it. a spot*itiI »ceder equìpped with »muli
disk# ha» bocn foli ad vcry ani lafnrtury
for cutting thè aeed lato thè ami nini
therebv prmlining favornlile emnlitiona
for germinatimi and aiihaequcnt g r u » ih
III thè early apring, however, thè aoil
ia mainiIIv limai* Ha ii restili o f thè free/
mg and thawing and in in sufficienti«
Open conditioa to p e n ili! thè aeeil tu
In* c o v e r e i with little d iffie u lty . A f
ter acciliag, if thè griminl haa bcemiii
• luite dry, rolling ia uaually beneficiai
Care ahoulil In* tukcn »lieti niuwiiig or
watering thè newly accd ed arena ti
avnid diaturliiag thè yooog gru»» Thia
cantina nlwiiva applica in a mcnaure lo
t ali aeed ia g, alt limigli Ihcrc ia aot ai
laudi ilnnger o f damagli in thia wny
al thia aeaaon.
FsrtllUlng.
Lack of Smoke Would Mak* Visit* of
Tourist* Mure Agreeable, With
Profit to th* State
The Port Iliad Chamber of Commerce
is conducting a campaign to keep Ore
gon free from smoke this year for the
pleasure of tourists anil profit tu the
state.
The f o lio » tag circular letter has been
issued:
Dry weather will soon lie here.
Ho will thousands of tourists enroiite
to or from the Panama Pacific Fxposi
t ion
We want them to enjoy our
scenery and come again becauae Oregon
altracta them
Only one thing can prevent their en
joy me lit mtiok* from Forest Fires
Last season those who came to see
the natural wondera o f the state went
away disgusted, for the air wna filled
with smoke whleh completely allot out
our wonderful neeuery.
We are spending thousands of dol
tars in building roads and pushing this
w oi k so this y e a r ’s visitors may enjoy
them; so that trips to points of scenic
Interest can lie made quickly and coin
furtaldy and so thnt onr wonderful tun
Iter resources nild power poaaibllltiea
may be realized.
If, however, we allow the atmosphere
to become smoky, plana made and
money expended with a view to an
pressing tourists will be largely lost
We cau pr*v*nt th* suiuk* uulaaur*
If w* will, tu do this, however, requires
th* h*st kind uf ruup«ratiuu ou th* part
uf every Rancher. Fisherman. Hunter.
Autotnoblllst, Logger, and iu fact any
one going Into tlie timber land or brush
covered areas.
By preventing it for the sake of our
visitors we b il l lit the same time naaiat
ill prev eating the destruction ,,f »ne of
oiir chief assets limber
Trom now un every public spirited
citizen *1 ould preach Prevention of
Forest Pir*.
Those hitv mg alaahinga to burn,
»hould get them out o f the w,«y now
if safety permits, or if not, leave them
until fall
Public officials state, county and
inutlieipal, ahould cheerfully help in
eradicating the smoke nuisance Every
•me should exert a real effort to pr*
vent tl * starting of Purest fires
Our fire protection service has been
aticeeaaful the past four year# in pre
venting |o»» of timber
Rut they ran
not without the beat kind of roopera
tlon from all resident* of the state to
prevent fires from starting
We » lion 1*1 nil work together in milk
ing O r e g o n free from smoke this »urn
■Her. I f thin is not done we will nilas
a real opportunity to impress upon
thouaniidn of people the fart thnt Ore
gon la a good atate III which to live
Follow these simple rules and see that
others do the same and few fires will
occur.
Don't toes away burning matches or
tobacco.
Don't make a camp fire In leaves,
rotten wood, or against logs, where It
may spread or where you cannot be
sure It Is out.
Never leave a fire until it 1s out.
Don't burn slashings in tbs dry seas
on wtthout a penult, and without car*
to confine the fire
Put out any fire you find if you ran.
If you can’ t, notify a Plre Warden
some other Public Officer, or the Laud
Owner, and don't tie afraid to tell the
other fellow he must also be careful
The management o f thè I i i m i i a fter it
i» miei* eatabliaheil la all extrem elv un
portimi mailer, and there are a few
generili prnetieea thnt ahould be fol
l o » ed eurefully.
Begiiining in I bi
early apring, thè firat thing tu ilo N
tu re move with 11 rnkc thè top drcaaing
thnt haa been apptied thè fall before
Vfter remo« ing thia it ia tiauully ad
v isable to apply amne fertib/er, evali
flnmgli thè ami ia nlrenily renannabl)
fertile. One o f thè very beat fertllirera
for thè In » a in thè apring ia nìtrnte
o f amln, bui un arrouat o f ita quirk
action unii ita rauatie r i f e r ì estremi
cantimi ahmild |»e uscii in ita apptira
timi.
F u e potimi* (>f nitrato o f soda
Th# T u r n in g P oin t— D iv in a M sro y.
ure suffirient for l.lMHl aquare feet o f
The Pastor then gave the Bible ex­ lavili, and i f applied in aolution with
planation of huuniiilly's mental, moral thè watering pot and thè grnar the'n
and physical decrepitude. Put her Adam thoroughly watered with a boa*, there
was originally perftM't and pleuslng to i» little ilnnger o f aealiling. Boni* meni
God; but Id* dlsotM-dleuce In Kdeu re­ i» prulml.lv thè beat r.mnmorrinl fer
tilizer to use on a lawn, eonaideriug
sulted In lit* rejection by God and hla
thè dnnger froni thè niiauae o f nitrnte
subjection to death ami all It* concoui
o f soda. Bone meni ran be uscii with
Bant* of Korrow, pain ami weak lie»*. mit taking any » p e i . i l cantimi in il»
The first manifestation o f God's pur­ application, ifa it i» no way mjuriou»
pose for man's recovery from sin und to thè grana. Fighi poti mia to I.IMH)
death wns the birth of Je*iis, to be our »qunro feet la a liberal applirntmn. Any
commerciai
fe rtilixer
thnt
ia uscii
Redeemer from sin and death.
A fter Jesus' death as our Redeemer »hmild be applied early in thè apring.
»h e n thi* gran» b i g i n a to grow. In
and lila sub*equent resurrection and
flirt, bone meni enti he usci! to mlvun
himself, some o f us modest ones would exultation to the Divine nature, the
g‘>-
tngc e v r r y month during thè growing
next step In the Divine Program wna aeaaon, exrept pcrhnps Jaly ami Aug
As a further example o f how imprac be crowded out entirely.
the selection und development o f the u»t. F ertilixing through thè aeaaon ia
tical the signing o f every item would
I f the truth were known probably Church to Is- the Body o f Christ. Thl* rnperiallr beneficiai in keepm g thè
be we ask our friends how they would
bus been the work o f the entire Go*|iel gru»* »timulated ut lim e» when it would
divide credit for a story furnished by more than half the good people are good
Age. Many Bible students agree that ut ber w ine he more or le »» inactive
for
other
reasons
than
because
they
a country correspondent, rewritten by
the Church Is almost'completed, and l ’ulverized limestone a» a top dressmg
a member of the newspaper staff, blue- want to be.
i» very helpful, uml un applirntion o f
will si sin lie made like her l e n t apir
penciled by the managing editor o f that
It tielng* of the highest order In the tln» aubatnace ran be matte either in
Hating a person doesn't do the o!
thè fall, winter or »pring. Limi* ror
department, and headed by still anoth ject o f the hate half as much harm as First Resurrection Bom. 8:17; etc.
rcct» thè aeidity o f thè aurfuee aoil
Then
will
come
the
third
step
o
f
the
er member o f the staff. Also, where
and ia use fui in cherking thè growth o f
it does the person doing the hating.
Divine Program the Inauguration of mona and «ariotin other pianta thnt are
would typesetters and proofreaders, and
recommend« d is
Wonder i f a bride gauges the lov ■ the Messianic Kingdom, with* lirlst and ■ letrimentnl to thè grana.
make-ups and pressmen and circulation
men and business men, ete., get their of the beaus who got left by the quality
credit!
of their wedding presents!
Col. Brvan would also have editors
When you pretend to know all about
state their financial interest in any
anything you place yourself in a posi
proposition advocated or disapproved
ion o f not wanting to learn and wil
Col. Bryan will get a reputation as a
soon be a back number.
humorist i f he keeps on talking about
editors having a financial interest in
anything.
A M E R I C A N S NO LO N O E R LO V E TO
BE HUMBUGGED
T H E P R IC E OP NE O LECT.
They Want Value Received In Things
(Editorial in Eugene Register.)
Advertised; Doctors Will "Com e
t o ’ ’ Publicity, Says Dana.
At the west end o f the Hpringfield
bridge there is a chuck hole that an
noys every person who passes. I t com­
pels automobilists to alow up and shift
gears to climb the bridge approach and
it wrenches the shoulders o f every team
that pulls a load over the bridge. It
would take only a few minutes to re
pair it, but it has gone unrepaired all
summer.
W h y ! For the simple reason that
under our present system o f road main­
tenance there is no one whose business
it is to repair these small faults in the
road when they first appear. There­
fore they go unrepaired for an indefi­
nite peroid o f time and the public puts
up with the annoyance.
This chuck hole is only one o f thous­
ands on the main roads of Lane Coun­
ty. In itself each one is insignificant,
but taken all together they detract ma­
terially from the condition o f the roads.
More important still, they are the
points at which the road begins to un
ravel and go to pieces, for with neglect
a small bole soon becomes a big one.
But as long as we follow the policy
o f building good roads and fhen per­
mitting them to go to ruin for want of
little attention at the right time
these things will continue and the cost
of road replacement will pile up.
A good man never knows how un­
appreciative the people are until some
lying windjammer skins him out o f the
office he has filled faithfully and well.
We often think that it is better to
be moderately hardup all the time than
to enjoy wealth for a short time and
then have to get back to the old grind.
Long life consists largely in finding the
pleasant features o f your own condi­
tion.
His Church Bride associated with Him
In power and great glory for the bless
ing of all mankind. The a|H-aker then
quoted many Scriptures to eatahllah
bis views, and demonstrated conclu­
sively that the (inst six thousand years
have witnessed the Divine preparation*
for blessing the world. He cmphnslxed
the (Klim that the Millennial blessing*
lire not the result o f hii evolutionary
process, but are the operation o f Di­
vine providence. Our greut Invention*
have sprung Into existence during the
one Inin(ltd and fifteen years dating
from 17!»!», a |*-rlod Herlpturally styled
the Day o f God’s Preparation.
The Pastor attributes humanity's
gross Ignorance o f the true tneaulng
o f Scripture to two causes: (1) The
demon doctrines foisted upon our fore­
fathers during the Dark Ages; (2) The
unacrlptural theory that God ei|>ected
the C k w c b to convert the world and
establish the Millennium. As a result
of these misunderstandings o f the Dl
vine I ’ lan, Inquisitions and persecu­
tions were employed to force i»eople
Into church membership.
H ow sue
essful this met boil has tree» Is wit­
nessed by the conditions In Europe to­
day. The majority o f the lielllgerent
nations claim that Ito per cent o f their
population are Chrlstluna; Italy claims
100 per cent. They have attempted to
convert the world by calling |n*ople
Christians and including their names
on church records. The truth Is thnt
heathendom has actually doubled dur
Ing the last century.
University o f Oregon, Eugene, June
5.— The dollars and cents value of truth
in advertising was hammered home to
State University audience by Mur
shall N. Dana, o f the sta ff of the Ore
gon Journal, Portland, in a lecture on
‘ Advertising Ethics’ ’ that closed the
advertising course at the University for
this college year.
“ The ideal of today refutes the say
ing of Barnum that the American pub
lie wants to be buncoed,’ ’ said Mr.
Dana.
“ The alert American mind
seeks that which stirs the imagination
and attracts the fancy, but it wants
value received.’ ’
Mr. Dana, in addition to believing in
rigid accuracy in advertising, is an ar
dent apostle of the value of advertis
ng for all commodities and services.
Th* 8 * v * n t h T r u m p t t — T h * Last.
He thinks even the ethical physician
The remainder o f the discourse was
should not be above advertising.
devoted to the discussion o f the Last
“ The time will come when the h igh Trump and the events to occur during
er standard of truth in advertising will Its sounding. The speaker showed that
destroy the so called ethieal position of while once we thought o f the Trump
of God ns though It wpre the Devil's
physicians in respect to publicity,’ ’ he
Trumiiet, Klnle students now clearly
said. “ For generations the language discern that this Trumpet, like the Bre­
of medicine has been unintelligible to eding six, Is symbolical and stands re­
the lay intelligence. Aloofness from lated to Messiah's Kingdom and to the
explanation o f sanitary ami enrative world’s release from the tmndage o f
methods has been a cloak to prudery Bln arid Death.
The I’aator then showed that Israel’s
and has fostered the quack, who talked
Jubilee arrangement was typical of
the language o f the deceived, yet used
the Millennium, and pictured humani­
words to deceive. The value o f the
ty’s full release from sin, suiierstltlon
physician to the world has thereby and death. The antltyplcal Jubilee will
been decreased.
lie a tin• usnml years long; and accord­
Fortunately, just as some advertisers ing to Hcrlpture it began in 1875. It
and some publications have been brave Is now time for all members o f the
ntltyplcnl priesthood to blow the sil­
enough to stand for cleanliness in ad
vertising, so some physicians have been ver trumiiet o f Truth, and announce
the Message o f the hour—that the pres­
courageous enough to brave the dis
ent greHt European war Is the prelude
pleasure o f more conservative brethren
to Armageddon, ns Armageddon will
and step down and mingle with the he the prelude to Messiah's Kingdom.
public. ”
Mowlng. Kolllug, and Bprlnkllug.
There in no hard and flint rule to be
follovved in connection » i t h tnowing thè
lawn, hut rlipping twiee a week ia not
apt to injure i>. ami » i l i induce thè
formntion o f ■« gm.d turi. T o o frequent
elippiug, however, ia u drnin on tbe
v ita lity uf thè grana and frripiently re
nuli* in pcrmaaent injury.
There i» nome differenc* of opinion
to whether elippmga ahould he re
moved nfter inowing, hut in generai
their removai ia adviaed, eapecially dur
mg wet wenthor, ainro if left to Ite on
thè nurfnre they are condurive to thè
growth o f molila, wbieh in seedinga,
however, or whcrr thè grana ia thia,
dipping» din frequenti«’ be nllowed to
remain with benefit.
New seedinga ahould not be rlipped
eloaely and during thè hot weather of
midaummer and early fall thè mower
ahould he set high for old und new
gran» ah In*. The roller nhoulil be ti»cd
discreetly
New gru»» in frequently
benefited by ii light rolling after the
first cutting. Old nod »hould he rolled
ia the Npring to firm the surface thnt
ha» been loosened by freezing and
thawing, but during midsenson it ia
very doubtful i f the lawn should be
rolled even lightly, especially where the
noil is o f a heavy nature.
There arc probably more miHtnkea
made in connection with the watering
o f the lawn than in any other plume of
I it»
management.
The practice of
Hpriakling a* it is nlmoat universally
followed ia fundamentally wrong, not
that the sprinkler does not fnrninh
enough water to the grn»a during the
season but that it docs not furni»h it
in
properly
dintributed
quantities.
Sprinkling for a short period iniiy up
pear to wet the »od thoroughly, but in
reality the water does not penetrate
much below the surface. This en
courage* the formation of surface roots
and makes the grass less resistant to
the severe conditions of weather and
usage.
Except in rare cases, .the lawn should
not be watered oftener than two or
three times a week, provided watering
is done properly. A thorough soaking is
necessary and should be given in the
lute afternoon or early morning. The
ordinary type o f revolving sprny is
quite satisfactory, but the amount of
water applied by it is usually much less
than appears. The point to be borne
in mind ia that the ground should be
thoroughly saturated nt each npplica
tion to at least 3 inches in depth.
Eradication of W**da.
While weed enemies o f the lawn arc
troublesome throughout the growing
season, they are particularly so from
the latter part o f June uniil frost. Dur
ing this period crab grass is by far the
worst weed present. There is no really
satisfactory method o f checking its
growth, and the only treatment to be
uh
to cut or pull the
pluuts before they have formed huge
mats. This is a very tedious nnd e i
pensive practice, but where a -good
la « n is involved the results justify th«
e l pen**. But lounl fertilizing and rare
fill watering during the summer help
to overcome the effect
o f weeds
Chemical sprays or tfentmenta have
proved to be of very little assistance.
Much difficulty is experienced in cut
ting crab grim# with the ordinary mow
er ou account of it# acini prostrate char
nrter. Thia difficulty cun In* overcome
to a certain extent if a rake is used in
conjunct ion with the mower. By means
of the rake the branches of the grnaa
may be lifted so thnt they can be clip
ped reasonably close. It is almost mi
possible, however, to rut crab gras*
sufficiently rlose to prevent the for
luntion of aee«l.
There nre many other weed* that are
troublesome in the lawn not only in the
spring but also in the summer and
autumn.
Among the mont important
ones arc dandelion, plantain, chick weed,
oxeye daisy, und yarrow. While chrmi
cal sprays are most effective in the
erndication of these weeds than in the
case of crab grass, the lo-st method of
preventing their development is to re
move them with a spndc or similar un
plement.
The weed problem run perhaps best
be solved by making the conditions us
favorable iis possible for the lawn
grasses und by mnintnining a strict
watch at all times to check the growth
of the troublesome weeds at the begin
ning. At th<* end o f the growing so*
»«in before the severe weather of winter
arrives the lawn »hould be given ii good
top dressing o f well rotted burnyaril
manure. I f the manure is not well rot
ted, it is likely to intordiire an is Dun
lance o f w«*ed seeds, which will ulti­
mately cause considerable trouble. Top
Iressing not only m^ls fertility to the
soil, but give* the grass protection dur
ing the s«*v«*re weather of winter and
he fre/.ing and thawing o f early spring.
Farmers' Bulletin 494, on Lawn Moil*
and l.nwns, may lie proeuri'd on nppli-
cation to the Hecretnry o f Agriculture,
Washington, I), C.
Presa Flgbta for tbe Taxpayera.
The faci thnt in Oregon $2,131,(NI le»*
nxes is collectcd thi» yeur thnn Inst i*
lue to th<* fnet thnt thè stnte prese
stand* by thè tnxpayer*.
Officiai*, board*, commissions and
lureaus, stnte unti federai, are en-
gngcd in expnnding their functions unii
heaping up new tax hurdona.
The puidieity miittcr *«Tlt out by
state ami federai department* is well
cnleiilnted to increti*«* emolument nnd
expenditures.
The stnte press battici! for new in­
dustrie* and development, lower ta le*
and lesa legislntion and reguliition of
business.