Charles X . South
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1 PROF. DRYDEN EXPLAINS
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Prof. Dryden Hear From.
Takes pleasure in announcing that on Wednes­
day of each week he will he- in C ottage Grove to
teach the violin.
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Mr. South has had practical experience in teach­
ing in Boston and Vienna, and employs ideas
drawn from the leading methods. Continued as­
sociation with eminent teachers in hotli American
and European centers of music and frequent per­
sonal contact with the world’s greatest artists
has enabled him to mature his experience both as
teacher and player.
A ll who are interested in the study of the vio­
lin are cordially invited to call on M r. South, on
Wednesdays between 2 :3 0 and 4-:.50 in the after- ^
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The Weekly Oregonian
Cottage Grove Leader
The Feathered W orld
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Reply to Prof. Dryden.
Corvallis, Or., Oct. 22, T3.
In the preceding letter it will be
Editor, Cottage Grove Leader. noted that Prof. Dryden only
—A copy of your paper of Octo­ confirms all that the Leader al­
ber 14th, referring to the world’s leged that he stood for, and he
egg record made at the Agricul­ maintains his former position
tural College, has been handed and attitude toward pure-bred
to me. There may be honpst poultry, still stubbornly contend­
differences of opinion in regard ing, in the face of opposing facts
to the methods we are following and figures and the experience
in increasing egg-laying quali­ ! of all of the country’s best and
ties, but you seem to be misin­ , most successful poultry breeders,
formed in regard to our methods. ’ that the mongrels or mixed
You say we are not upholding breeds are the more hardy, less
“ highest ideals” nor maintaining subject to disease and better egg
noon at the Hotel Oregon.
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“ standards of excellence. ” Our 1 producers. In regard to his ref-
ideals are higher egg production ! erence to horses and cattle, we
and better meat chickens. If will say that certain types, colors
we are not “ upholding” those and characteristics are just as
ideals we are at any rate getting marked and just as much sought
better egg yields. If we are not for in these animal breeds as are
maintaining the “ standard of desired by the breeder of pure­
excellence” for egg laying we bred poultry. Take the Short-
are open to disinterested sug­ hort, Hereford, Holstein, Jersey,
gestions.
or any other breed of cattle, and
I have never advocated dung­ you can distinguish the breed at
hills. Is a fowl a dunghill that a glance by the color and mark­
lays over 200 eggs a year and ings and the individual type,
transmits that quality to her which does not in any way inter­
offspring? She may be a mongrel fere with their milk or meat pro­
when it comes to the show room; duction. Let Prof. Dryden en-
she may be a mongrel when it ! ter a Belgian horse in any fair or
comes to feather markings, but 1 show, which has a wry or de­
she is pure-bred when it comes formed tail or any other similar
to laying eggs.
physical defect, and see how
Speaking of the world’s egg quick it will be disqualified as a
record made by one of our hens, premium winner by the judges.
you say we selected a cross-bred Or, let him enter a “ black and
fowl to “ groom and feed to pro­ white spotted” Durham cow in
produce these results. ” I do not any exhibit and see how quick
understand why you should say she would be disqualified on
that. There was no grooming color, and the suspicion well
and there was no selecting of the formed that she was a mongrel
cross-bred.
This hen had the or cross-breed, Type, color and
same care and no more than four markings count for just as much
hundred others, some of which in the standard breeds of cattle,
were cross-breds and some pure- hogs and horses as they do in
breds o f different breeds. In poultry and can be and are main­
fact, in the same yard that this tained without in any way de­
hen was kept all year were a tracting from their other excel­
number of pure-breds. They all lent characteristics and qualifica­
ate out of the same trough, had tions. Cross-breeding of poultry
exactly the same feed and roost- with a view of creating some
| ed in the same house.
new or fixed breed or type is
A full report of our poultry permissible, but the permiscuous
breeding work will be published crossing o f standard breeds with
later, but I want to say this for the sole object of securing in­
your information, that the pur­ creased egg production is im­
pose of our poultry work at the practicable, from the fact that
College is to help the egg you cannot perpetuate such a
producers of the State get better conglomerate breed and maintain
profits from their flocks and to its excellence.
increase the production o f eggs
Therefore, in our opinion, Prof.
and chickens,- not to bolster up Dryden is impracticable, out of
| any trade in fancy poultry.
harmony with the country’s best
You speak of pure breeding. and most successful poultry
Is it not a fact that when you breeders,
is discouraging the
seek to define the pure-bred great and growing poultry indus­
O W H E R E in C o t t a g e G rov e can y o u g e t a n y th in g in chicken you think o f it as a
try of the Btate and is therefore
the h a rd w are line cheaper o r b etter th a n from us.
chicken with so many points in out of place at the head of the
Stiletto and Zenith Carpenter Tools both fully warranted by us. its comb, and with certain
department of Poultry Husban­
Builders’ Hardware, Hinges, Locks, fine door and window sets.
markings
on
each
feather,
dry in our great educational and
Large stock of Guns and Ammunition for the hunters.
rather than a fowl that pro­ experimental institution, the Or­
duces a large number of eggs? egon Agricultural College. We
It is not enough in this day and would suggest, in conclusion,
age to say that a chicken cannot that he tender his resignation.
be pure-bred in one characteris­
Letter From Judge Dixon.
tic and impure in another. We
want pure-bred egg layers.
Oregon City. Or., Oct. 27, T3.
That’s what the farmer wants;
that’s what the public wants.and
Editor Cottage Grove Leader:
they care very little what color I received a copy of the Leader
of feather the chicken may have containing an editorial with
reference to Bulletin No. 10 and
if she is a pure-bred egg layer.
Prof. Dryden, “ the man behind
You speak of cattle and horses. the gun” at the O. A. C. I am
What would the horse breeder do glad that you took notice of said
if as a judge you threw out of Bulletin, and took a shot at it
i the show ring a horse perfect in and the author. Every poultry-
other respects hut carrying its man in Oregon ought to have
tail a little to one side? W’ hat done so long, long ago.
The
would the shorthorn breeder say
I see the Oregon Agriculturist
if the judge should insist that has comment upon it in the last
the prize-winningshorthorn must issue. The Northwest Poultry
M odel
have a certain color of coat? Journal has t ho taken the mat­
1897
Shoots all .22 short, .22 long and
Why then is it a crime to disre­ ter up and is fighting for the
22 lo n g n ils cartridges; ex­
gard
the angle of the hen’s tail Oregon poult) y industry. I may
cellent for rabbits, squir­
in breeding for eggs. Why should have something to say regarding
rels, hawks, crows, foxes
and all small game
our ideals be so high when it Bulletin No. 10 before long my­
a n d target work
comes
to chickens that a hen to self.
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up to 200 yards.
Here’s the best-made
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be a pure-bred must be a pure: You ought to send your article
•22 rifle in the world! ^
blonde without a mixture of red to the Poultry Life Pub. Co., 308
J It’s a take-down, convenient to carry and clean.** The tool steel
working parts esnnot wesr out. Its Ivory Head and Rocky Mountain
or roan, or a pure African with­ Spaulding Bldg., Portland, Ore­
tights srr the best *<*t ever furnished on any .88. Hat lever action— like a big
ame ride; has solid top and side ejection tor safety and rapid accurate firing.
out a suspicion of the bnmette? gon. Get it before all the poul­
f Irautiful
case-hardened finish and superb huiUl and balance. Trice, round barrel,
If you would take a lesson from try fanciers and breeders possi­
(14.40; octagon, $16.00. Q Model lNVl, similar, but not take-down, prices. $18.14 up.
the
“ standards of excellence” ble. I believe they will appreci­
Learn more about all Marlin rapeatera. Send 3
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Stamp« postene for tb« 128 peg« Marlin caíalo«.
42 W illow St., New H a rrs, Conn.
followed by cattle and horse ate your artie’e.
It pays to reload your shells I Your empty fired shells are the expensive
breeders, there would be no com­
part o f factory ammunition. They're as stronc and good as new. and it*4
Very truly yours,
easy to reload! Merely de-cap and re-cap shell, insert powder, crimp shell
plaint
such as you make in re-)
on to bullet. You reload 100 .Si irt S. K cartridges (buying bullets) in tf
E lmer D ixon .
ganl to our poultry’ breeding
hour at Iota! expense T?c.; easting bullets yourself, 38c.; new factory
Judge
Elmer
Dixon
is one o f .
cartridges cost ft .M . F r w — Meal Hand Book tells all about re loading all
work.
Very truly yours,
ride, pistol and shotgun ammunition; 160 pages o f valuable information;
f« r 8 stamps postage. The Marlin Firearms Co., It W illow St.. New Haven, Conn.
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Page.
J ames D ryden , 1
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| CLASSIFIED
For Sale or Trade— Good.desirable
property.
Inquire of W . H.
150-ACKE. STOCK AND DAIRY
Blair.
FOR SALE
ranch, 16-room house, good
barn, fine water system, fruit
and berries, 14 acres in clover,
20 acres in cultivation, rest
pasture, one-fourth mile from
railroad station and school. 16
head of cattle, including 5
milk cows, team, wagon and
farm implements, incubator,
cream separator, etc. All for
$6,000. Would consider acre­
age tract near town as part
payment. Easy terms. Ad­
dress E. S. Nichols, Wildwood,
Ore.
REAL BARGAIN. A new six-
roomed, modern bungalo, with
toilet, pantry, etc., lot 60x120,
close in, on paved street. A
snap if taken soon. Inquire at
this office.
wdh
Good Foothill Ranch 80 acres,
2 1-2 miles west of Cottage
Grove,
good 6-room house,
good barn, 30x40 feet, with
wagon or stock shed, spring
water for house and barn, fine
garden, 15 acres cleared, 2,-
000,000 feet fine saw timber.
Lots of berries, half mile from
macadamized county road. $40
per acre. See the Leader. H.O.
Acreage Home About 1 acre,
good 7-room house,deep drilled
well, poultry park, fine bear­
ing fruit trees, berries, on
Second Street. Only $1,800.
Will sell half of lot.
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LOANS.
6 per cent loans on farms, or­
chard lands, city residence or
business property, to buy. build,
improve, extend or refund mort­
gages or other securities; terms
reasonable; special
privileges;
correspondence invited. Dep’ t.
L, 618 Commonwealth Bldg.,
Denver, Colo., or Dep’t I, 749
Henry Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Fine Organ for sale—In good
condition, cost $125, will sell for
$30 if taken soon. Apply to
the Leader.
For Sale Cheap.- One acre,
new five-room house. Small fruit.
Outside city limits. Inquire at
this office.
bje
A Good Trade.—A good close in
corner lot 62 1-2x200 feet in
Merrill, Klamath county, in al­
falfa belt, good two-story
house, 7 rooms, improved
premises. Will exchange for
town or country property at
Cottage Grove.
Apply to
Leader. See photo.
3 1-2 Acres—Running water, 4-
room cottage, barn, poultry
houses, buggy shed, lots of
berries,
good garden land,
young family orchard, just
outside city limits. $1,500. Phil­
ip Jones.
Another Snap.— 15 acres, good 7-
room house, fine spring piped to
house. Very good garden land.
An ideal poultry ranch. Just
outside of town. Price $2600.
See the Leader,
80 Acres— About 11 acres cleared,
balance piling and large timber,
good
springs, house,
barn,
fenced on three sides, 2 3-4
miles west of Cottage Grove.
$1,200, terms.
Good Buy—25 acres, 1 1-2 miles
south of town on Pacific
Highway,
3-room
house,
about 15 acres under cultiva­
tion, about one acre timber,
balance easily prepared for
plow, much of it sub-irrigated,
about six acres under irriga­
tion, two acres or more good
celery ground. Price $3,500
wbf
Hot Lake Springs
HOT LAKE, OREGON
Union County, 9 miles east of La Grande
NATURE’S WONDERFUL CURE
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Reached only
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Repeating 3\tfle
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SPECIAL
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fr o m a ll 0 - W . » . • N. station*
The MEDICATED MUD, VAPOR and MINERAL BATHS
of H ot Lake have proven a boon to sufferers from Rheu­
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in reach of all.
Apply to any agent for particulars and ask for booklet
telling all about the Springs; or write to G. W . TAPE, the
new Manager at H ot Lake, Ore.
Reliable Harness
The Catalogue
House
A catalogue lists a
double work harness,
No.
10 L 2316
at
$4-0.74-. I will supply
any farmer or team ­
ster with the same
harness at the same
price plus $ 1 .0 0 for
freight.
C. W. BEALS