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OREGON STATE NEWS WAR ROMANCE CULMINATES IN BRITISH HOSPITAL W h ile W a lk in g Streets of B rooklyr M an Detects O dor of B urning Po tatoes— Cook Reading Novel. How Dairymen Succeed. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor va llis— Successful dairymen are those who produce the largest amount o f milk and butter^at the lowest cost pos sible. Large and cheap production de pends on the_use of cows that have in herited the function of producing large amounts o f milk, and supplying them with economical nutrients. Inherited productivity isjietermined by test ap plied to ancestors and to the individual cow, and economical feeding calls for food in such forms and amounts as w ill enable the cow to exercise her in herited ability to its full extent with out drawing upon her own body for milk material. From the foregoing, taken from Professor Graves’ bulletin on feeding the dairy cow, it is seen that profitable d a iry in g 's rapidly being reduced to an exact science, and that it will be profitable just to the degree that it conducted on scientific lines. System in breeding and feeding, and the right system at that, is requisite to steady consistent success. Hap-hazard meth ods o f selecting the dairy cows and maintaining the dairy herd may occa sionally win when conditions art favorable, fbu t” assured success only awaits those who enter systematically upon the work of securing real dairy cows for the dairy and then feeding them in such a way that their bodies w ill be maintained and their milk flow kept at the maximum for the amount o f feed consumed with the least waste and at the least cost. O f course, the handling and market ing of the milk and dairy products are parts of this system, but that is an other story. Those who are interested in proper methods of feeding may get a copy o f the bulletin, “ Feeding the Dairy Cow,” prepared by Professor Graves and issued„by the college ex tension division,{Corvallis, Oregon. He was walking along one of tht residential streets of Brooklyn tht other day when he suddenly stopped and sniffed the air in all directions His nose had found a familiar odor, and pretty soon he traced it to a cer tain chimney and ascended the stepi of a house and rang the bell. "Excuse me, ma'am,” he said to the woman who came to the door, “ bul do you keep a cook?” “ Yes, sir," she replied as the looked at him In a puzzled way. “ Is she In at the present time?” ‘‘Yes, sir, but she doesn't want to see no agents just now.” ‘‘Oh, I ’m no agent, ma'am. You Jusi tell the cook that the water has all boiled out of the potatoes and thal the said potatoes are burning. Smell ’em very plainly In the street. Hap pens every day at my house. Cook it probably reading a novel or got a cold In the head. That’s all, ma’am—nc trouble at all—good evening!” A war romance, which is the talk of Winnipeg, Canada, where the principals of the story reside, has just culminated in the marriage at an English hospital of Miss Stonehouse to her soldier sweetheart, who was brought back from the front incapacitated by wounds received in heroic action on the fighting lines. The bridegroom left Canada with one of the first of the Canadian contingents. His name listed among the wounded impelled Miss Stonehouse to leave her home in Winnipeg to make the long Journey of 4,000 miles to comfort her wounded soldier sweetheart The photograph shows the happy pair, groom with head bandaged, bride at his left. The groom is being congratulated by his bunkie, who had been wheeled out to the grounds of the hospital in order to bo present at the wedding. GUARDIAN OF THE CAPITOL VIRGINIA DAY AT THE EXPOSITION $600,000 Plant to Rise. Medford — Two industrial projects, -vital to the future economic and agri cultural prosperity o f the Rogue River valley, are assured: The beet sugar factory promoted by the Western Sugar company, backed by Mormon capitalists, and the Portland Beaver Cement plant at Gold Hill. Both projects represent an outlay of more than $1,000,000. A $600,000 factory w ill be built in the Rogue R iver valley in time to handle the 1916 crop. The Portland Beaver Cement plant at Gold Hill has issued a call for its superintendents, foremen and employes to report for work at once. The plant, which has been in course o f construe- tion for the last 18 months, is now 85 per cent completed and practically all o f the machinery has been received and installed. The analysis of rock near Gold H ill shows one of the finest deposits of cement material in the West. Tests made by the beet sugar expert o f seed planted in the valley this year shows a high degree of saccharine and size and productiveness. On some land sowed to beets the crop is estimated at from 20 to 24 tons to the acre. The beets have not yet reached the height o f their development. In the best sugar beet districts of the Rocky Mountain states, the aver age tonnage is from 15 to 20 tons an acre. The bottom land is highly adapted for the growth of beets. Mr. Bramwell w ill arrive in Medford soon and with the sugar interest expert A. Storey will pass a month inspecting conditions here. Too Few Sign Petitions. Elliott Woods is the superintendent of the United States capitol and grounds in Washington, and has en tire charge of the policing of the build ing. Virginia uay at the Panama Pacific exposition at San Francisco was a great success. Our illustration shows the color bearers of the Rich mond Light Infantry Blues on parade, and, at the right. Governor Stuart delivering his address. NEW U. S. TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER Device fo r F astenin g Doors. Placing a wedge under a door Is one of the most effectual means for keeping it closed, for pushing upon the door from the outside only In creases the effect of the wedge. A convenient device of this kind is made of metal, and it not only serves to wedge the door but also contains a mechanical bell mounted on the same base and behind the wedge in such way that pressure on the face of the wedge by the door causes the bell to ring. The base carries a set 01 short points underneath so that it can be put in place and grips upon the carpet or floo-ing so as not 'o slide out of position. Such a de vice can be carried in the pocket and it is to be recommended for travel ing. Marshfield— The movement for bond ing Coos county for $370,000 to con struct “ permanent” roads met a rebuff when the petitions were circulated for two days and, instead of the required 1000, less than 500 signed them. The campaign was opened as a plank road proposal, but the plan was criticised. The petitions were drawn by District Attorney Liljeqviet, and the promoters stated the word "permanent” would A P ra y e r be construed as hard surface when the Let me have a good sense of propor court would finally pass upon the term. It is planned to obtain another 500 tion. Let me live more in today, in names and ask the County court to stead o ' living so greatly in the past and counting so largely npon the fu grant a special election. ture. Teach me to realize that regrets over the past will get me nothing Sew er Plant Approved. Forest Grove— Plans, specifications while too great preparations for the future many find me in my grave and and estimates for the construction of unable to cash in on the climax. Teach sanitary sewers in the city have been me to realize that the man who spends completed by Consutling Engineer R. all his earnings is simply and solely an E. Koon, of Portland, and A. A. Kirk asset to his relatives. Enable me to wood, city engineer, and approved by get into the cheerful frame of mind the city council and state board of where today always looks fair and health. The final date fo r remon bright, where all the disagreeable strance has been set as August 24. The things in the past are forgotten and work will consist of about 14 miles of where the future does not assume a pipe sewers and a disposal plant. The vastly overrated importance ’ In the estimated cost is $90,600. The en present. tire plant w ill be constructed in one district. F oreig n e rs In C hinese Service. Woman’ Runj for Office. Roseburg— Mrs. F. E. Alley, w ife o f a former Roseburg land attorney and prominent horseman, has an nounced her candidacy for the office of city treasurer. Miss Agnes Pitchford, incumbent of the office has declined to accept another term. A fter August 1 she will pass her entire time looking after other interest in this section. DIED LUE HEROES SPOTTING A FAMILIAR SMELL Many foreigners are engaged by the Chinese government in its various _ j - partments, either in the customs, rail ways, post offices, or other branches. According to the lat it Information the total is 3,948 persons, whose na tionalities are as follows: British. 1,105; French. 1,003; Germans. 533; Russian, 463; American, 174; Japa nese. 207; Italian. 75; Austrian, 50; Belgian, 171; others, 158. Launching of the newest American torpedo-boat deatroyer, the Conyng- bam. at the Cramps shipyards, Philadelphia, and little Miss Anna Conyngbam Stevens, who was sponsor for the vessel. W hen T o m m y " P u t O u t to Sea.” Describing the death of a British Tommy who had been riddled with shrapnel, an army surgeon in London on leave said: "As we laid the poor fellow tenderly on the hospital cot, suddenly he be gan to sing Tennyson's ‘Crossing the Bar,' to Sir Joseph Barnby's beautiful setting. His voice was one of the sweetest tenors I ever heard. Doctors, nurses and orderlies gathered at his bedside ilstenin in silence, deeply moved, while he sang the song through to the end, his strength waning with each verse. It was almost in a whis per that he finished the line, 'And may there be no moaning at the bar when I put out to sea.’ A moment later he waa dead." G reatest L iv in g Poet. Two Companies Hold Position Five Days Without Relief. O n ly H a n d fu l o f W re c k s L e ft of As. •s u itin g P a rty W ith M ission to C a p tu re C hapel— T h e y Cap tu re d It. How two companies o f French In fantry took a chapel defended by Ger man trenches and held their narrow strip of captured ground for five days under a continual fire f.om German artillery Is related in a letter pub lished In the Figaro of recent date. The letter was written by the officer commanding the party, who was one of the handful who remainod when they were at last relieved. The ap palling gruesomeness of modern war fare is told in thrilling phrases in this recital of a heroic act. Parts of the story have been elided by the French censor, but enough is left to give a graphic description. It is as follows: A n E x tre m is t. “ There was much agitation upon the Marcella— Mrs. Umson doesn’t be plateau. The order had been given to iieve in slang. Waverly—That’s all right, but sh< my majer to take the chapel at all costs. My company had the honor of Is entirely too circumspect. being designated as the attacking “ Do you think so?” “ Indeed I do. A show called ‘HI company, and I am sent to reconnol- Jinks’ came to town the other day and ter the point of departure. "The chasseurs who man the she Insisted on calling It ‘Hiram Jen trenches from which we are to leave kins.' ’* look at us with interest, because we are going to give the final blow, and T h e T ro ub le. “What’s the matter?” asked the can because everyone is sure that the nibal chief as his prime miniate! chapel has been mined and that the choked on his mouthful of roast min storming company will be blown up with it. slonary, “ I give my last orders, then the “ Oh. nothing much," replied the minister, as soon as he got hii whistle signal and we start off on the breath; “ only another good man gon* run. For two hundred yards, a great distance In an attack of this kind, the wrong way.” we run through shell holes at points deep as a man's height. W e take U n co n tro lla b le C u rio s ity . ” 1 don’t see why Mrs. Jorwag hai three trenches that are not heavily so many friends. She gossips terrl defended. But by the time we arrive at the chapel half the company is bly.” "Yes,” replied Miss Cayenne. down behind us, for we made the trip “Everybody seems willing to take a in the cross fire of three machine chance on being talked about for th« guns. “ My sub-Heutenant, a cashier of the sake of hearing what she says about Bank of France in times of peace, but the others.” a lion on the battlefield, at the head of ten men, jumps Into the little trench H e Got the N e w S u it. “ When I was a boy of your age 1 that surrounds the chapel and drives used to have to wear my father’s out the German sections. We have taken the chapel, but it has been a trousers cut down to fit me.” “ I know, pa, and If you were th« hard task; then my lieutenant signals boy that I think you were I ’ll bet you to Captain X's company. Without an vowed many a time that If you evet Instant's hesitation he leads his com had a son he'd never be made to weai pany behind mine, through the cap tured trenches. H e joins me and is such clothes.” killed Just as he shakes my hand. I take command of his company as well S tudying E ffr .ts . “ Shall I put a little tonic on youi as mine, and throughout the night a savage struggle takes place. hair?” inquired the barber. The positions we occupy are In the “ No.” form of a spoon, the captured trenches “ It’s getting quite thin.” “ Let it alone. A bald head Is the form the handle and the chapel the only thing that will give me any claim large end. Through the trenches am munition and food are sent to us, as to an intellectual appearance.” we are being attacked on three sides. The next day, seeing that they, T h a t ’s So. “ The country is simply being could not drive us out by assaults and ruined by this idea of rushing every not having been able to blow us up, for the precaution had been taken to thing.” “ Yet where would this country cut all electric wires which the shell have been if they had arrested Paul explosions revealed, the Germans be Revere for exceeding the Bpeed gan bombarding. All their artillery in that neighborhood was concentrated limit?” upon the small space we held, and I humbly pray to God that I may never A L ittle M ixed. Inquirer—Don’t you find it danger again fin'd myself in the midst of such ous work knocking about in a sub a hell. "Huge shells burst among the liv marine deep beneath the sea? Engineer— Yes, but a man must do ing and the dead uninterruptedly; we something, you know, to keep his head breathed only a thick and nauseous vapor. Everything was burning, every above water. thing was whistling ail about us. The, reinforcements that were sent in to HA D TO. me melted away and I was obliged to send again and again for more men to add to the handful of heroes whom I have the honor to command. “ W e could no longer get supplies, and for more than twenty-four hours we had to go without food or drink. What a sight! When, both day and night, hands and feet slip cease lessly upon unnamable things which once were human bodies; when of these things one has before one the thickness of four men, one realizes how small one really Is In the scheme of things, and It restores religious ideas to the most skeptical. For five days that continued, and for five days my colonel, who waa watching the bombardment of the chapel, kept say ing to his staff officers: ‘How can you expect a company to hold out in The Old Man—Did you ever work I p that hell? It Is not possible!’ But hold we did! We held until your life? the moment when a huge twenty-one The Beggar—Once. centimeter shell struck three yards The Old Man—When was that? away from me, tearing everything The Beggar—When I was in jail. about me to a horrible mess and bury ing me with five other soldiers. Wo Jud icial Proceeding. “A friend of mine who is a magis dragged ourselves out, and finding that trate found bis practice came in handy no one of us was wounded we took when be found a valuable book with off our kepis and on our knees *4re thanked the Blessed Virgin for having a leaf loose.” saved us. “ What did he do?” Shortly afterward we were relieved. “ He had it bound over to keep the And when I descended that slope to piece.” the plateau with the handful of men left from what bad once been two T h e Reaeon. “What made Jaggs so blue the other full companiea we were all crying from fatigue and shattered nerves. day?” Some of us, with eyes sunk Into “ He went to hia private cupboard the other day and found hia spirits our beads and contorted mouths, were chattering our teeth, without being were low.” able to atop. With our clothing torn and covered from head to foot with H e r Opposite. Nell—Do you believe people should blood and brains we were horrible ob jects to see. But the chapel was marry their epposites? Belle— Yes; my fiance lives Just ours!” across the street Thero is no "great poet” living to day. Between the few so-called poets of today there is but little choice. This Is not an age of poetry. The at mosphere of the time would Instantly Even. choke a real poet to death. The Lily—What a handsome coachman chances are, however, that we will you’ve got! have some real poets later 09 when Daisy— Yes; but you ought to see. this war is over, and the real soul ol m y husband s manicure!—Judges humanity begins to assert Itself. Pest Office C u p id ’s F rien d . Redding, Cal.— For the fifth time the lumbering town of Lamolne has lost Its postmistress by matrimony. It Is a position that has always been filled by a woman.
